The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-17
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| CuAMOklN Dh .,
LsI bought the PosT, and, while
,rcad it with interest l wondered
,hore was no one from this
w. We to correspond for you.
pI Now. excuse me for writing a per-
al letter, but 1 see news from all
sO" ,be county-even from Middles-
r,h and. pray, where is Middles-
S~'r,b' Is it the home of Ex-Sher-
SNiddleswarth with whom ! board
lille he lived in the old jail 7
.d Low well, where they raise
,SOse & big turnips and ask for more
W. wv, The lowest well here is dug
Isht along side of old Uncle Fred
ls Hottenstein's cellar and its water
devoted to the use of soaking the
hickey out of old barrels and then
'olI TO people to make them feel
hnnv That turnip story was a
oood one but Mrs. Ritter on HELEN
,,roe, raised twenty eight sugar
nmrkips on one stalk-the smallest
lro;cbiug IS pounds and the largest
a, I saw them with my own eyes.
There 5 plenty of news most of the
,,me and when there isn't, get some
,,od fellow to write you such stuff
as -,
Iobn Wits girl of Danville, is Wis.,
;,;ns with Johns parents and he's
IN clover
Miss Annie Messermen is spend
n, a month pleasantly with the
,mily of Emanuel Yager.
Johnnie Arnold left Shamokin
Dam Friday last, for his native
one Middleburgh.
One of our eel fishers took very
ick last week. He tried beef, wine,
nd iron, and is able to be about
gain. / think his liver had unjoint-
i '''.
Now there is Worl. Aurand, you
night get him to write for you. He
asn't much to do but tend the dog
nd parrot. He also knows how to
Oast eels as you perhaps know.
Or Scott Ritter, why don't you
4 him he told me last week that
sold 100 of your papers and could
ave sold more if he had had them.
ut then he is kept pretty busy. He
Tvs the PosT is the best county pa
.r. and gave correct account of
le murder Mt this place. Since
Iartin DIETRICH was arrested there
not much talk about the murder,
the talk is as to his guilt or inno-
|nce / hope if he is innocent he
l be speedily released, and if he
guilty he had as well confess and
done with it. Capt. Alexander is
ving as hard to see if DIETRICH can
oye an alibi as he is to convict him,
ID he would be the last to charge
ch an awful crime to an innocent
e.
Who would have thought that we
ve murderer among us, but it
BINS We had, and one of the most
ID blooded ones.
There is William l.. Hottenstein,
might find time to write you some.
could tell you the price of eels,
see him helping f.. II. Hotten.
Pin in his store. 'Lige's trade
pst be improving, as it takes four
five to wait on the customers.
Daniel Gaugler, Captain on the
hnie Steamboat, is carrying his
lre OF passengers to and from
hbury Last week lie shot
cken hawk that measured 3 feet
inches from tip to tip.
Docky' Bordner could tell you
pething about two fellows from
luleDurgh who drank too much
luice at Milton fair and then
be to this place and made the
ht hideous with their unearthly
s' Vim. Kirk wears the hat the
fk-smith lost.
Lamokin Dam is like white
ned fence. Every hog tries to
her dirt on it-even coming as
ps the county-seat to do it. They
worse than the Hummels- wharf
who come two miles to Uncle
Hetricks for Il drink of fresh
er.
le detectives are busy at work,
lg hard to unravel the mystery
BE Hane murder and we may
|, ior news before long that will
all plain.
ott Ritter went out this morn
or turkeys, We suppose his
" Is out of meat-and for that
er will stay out.
"a. YoUR WFITWIsUFR