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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-12-05
Endorsing.

The system of endorsing is all
wrong, and should be utterly abol
ished. 1t has been the financial ruin
of more men than, perhaps, all other
causes. BoOkkeeping, a journal de-
voted to merchants, clerks, and
business men, advises our young
men especially to study the matter
carefully III all its bearings, and
adopt some settled policy to govern
their conduct, SO as to be ready to
answer the man who asks them to
sign his note. What responsibility
does one assume when he endorses
note? Simply this 4: He is held
for the payment of the amount in
full, principal and interest, if the
maker of the note, through misfor,
tune, mismanagement, or rascality,
fails to pay it. Notice, the endorser
assumes all this responsibility, with
no voice in the management of the
business and no share in the profits
OF the transaction if it is profitable
but with certainty of loss if, foi
any of the reasons stated, the prin
cipal fails to pay the note.
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m. your tongue shall be Sit

"Tel.tale III. your tongue shall be slit,
And all the dogs In town shall have little bit.
What a horrible threat When
we were youngsters we believed
that this fate really overlook tell.
tales" and many time when we
had been guilty of tale-bearing we
would tremble for our tongue s
safety. If this vile habit, for vile il
is, begins to show itself i'll little
children, it should be steadily bat
tied with, for it is a dangerous foe
to ones happiness i'll after life.
What's more contemplate than
the boy or girl, man or woman,
who goes from one to another
gathering and bearing tales, re-
peating ISLANDERS, carrying news !
To some tits almost second nature.
The habit has been allowed to grow
upon them till they do it without
realizing that they are doing it.
Mothers, look out for the sprouts
and root them up before they have
time to bear much fruit.-Er.
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List Of Petit Jurors .

List OF Pett Jurors drawn for the Court OF
oyer and Termlncr and General JAN delivery
and Court o; quarter Session or the Peace OF
snyder county held as December Session 1883,
commencing December Y. 1899.
Adams. y. IL. Meyer.
Beayer-John Aiger. j. T.. Kearns.
beaver West-Abraham liolshue, Geo KrebOs.
Tlhman Weader. Charles Herbster, Fred
erlCk Stlmely.
Ccntre-R. II. Walter, G. A. Bngaman. j. L.
Shinkle, Elias Drummer.
Chapman-Geo. w. shreiber. w. H. SwartZ.
Frnnklin--Benjamn Custer. Davis GIFT, John
shannon, John :. Hasslnger.
.Iackson-Peter Ierner.
Middleburgh-M. u. Steininger, j. VI. NanZandt
Mlddlecreek-Wm. Fryman.
MOnrOe-W. w. IIetrick. u. T. HetriCk.
Penn--Wm. Aumlller, J. II. Thompson, John X
Hughes
Perry-Enoch Smith H. r. ArbOgast, Henry
Harding John Z, Nauge. Philip Mace, Thorn
as Reichenbach.
Perry west--Danlel Mammell Levi Derr, j. @
llornberger.
selnsgroye-D. A. Ulrich, Valentine Bolig, Care,
BaTret.
Sprlng-SOlomon Steininger. Alfred Kline, To
bias Il. ReitZ, j. ID. Benfer.
UniOn-LOt \. Burns.
Washlngton-Geo. W. Woodling. George Kuhns
Henry Deobler Jacob NJ. Rauch.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
Sunbury Il Lewistown Division.
Time Table, In effect Nov. IL, 1889.
w.srwARDI DIS. srArIoSt. EAtrwAR

seiinsgrOye AcCOmm datiO
tOonuec'ins with tr, iusop NO. Ry)
Leave Selinsgrove Arrive at seIinsgroye
lSSP y. NJ. $50 y. NJ
Trains Leave Lewistown Junction:
IL u, n. m. $ Of, n. m, 10 40, IN IL, p tn 2s D
% m tor Pittsburg and the Wet.
-. IN ~ IN, 10 p m, 4 IS p m. s4sp IN,
IL 10 IN: For philadelphia, REV York. Balti
more nnd Washington.
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A Lady's Perfect Companion

Painless Childbirth, IA new book by
DIR. John ii. Dye, one OF New York's
most skillful physicians, shows that
pain Is not necessary in Childbirth,
but results from causes easily under.
stood and overcome. 1t clearly proves
that any woman may becomea moth
er without suffering any pain whats
ever. 1t also tells how to overcome
and prevent morning sickness, swell
ed limbs, and all other evils attend-
ing pregnancy. 1t is reliable and
highly endorsed by physicians every,
where as the wife's true private coin-
panion. Cut this out Ii will save
you great pain, and possibly your
life. Send two-cent stamp for de-
scriptive circulars, testimonials, and
confidential letter sent In sealed en-
velope. Address Frank Thomas &
Co., Publishers, Baltimore, Maryland.
Nov. IA, 1888.
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List Of Grand Jurors.
(Formorly OF the Centr

List OF Grand Jurors drawn for the Court OF
oyer and 1erminer and General Jail delivery
and Court Of Quarter Sessions OF the Peace Oi
snyder county held AS December Session 1882
commencing December y, 1899.
Beayer-Geo. ;. Spaid, Alfred Klose.
BcaVerWest-AOrahamW Weader Emanuel knepp.
Cenire-GeO &. Spangler. IIirumJ. Bally.
Ch0pmaD-DaSid HerTOld.
tranklin-,lames Enterline. VIM. II. Newman
Adam Rennlnger John ~ kaufman.
JacksOn-A. 4. Hummel ZenO Oldt.
MonrOe--GeOrge Schaffer.
PelTy-John a. Schnee. \. =. Reltz. George Is.
BrociOus,
Sprlng-Iames G, Shambach. David Mtddles
waTth II. II. Laub. Henry GetZ.
UnOn-JOhn ii. Rehrer.
washlngtoA-lienry Il. Bickhart, Philip Hen
1rirks
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Philadelphia & Erie r r Division.

Philadelphia & Erie r r Division.
AND
NORTHERAN CENTRAL RAILWAY.
Trains Leave Sunbury
bio m, For Belief nte, Erie and Csnandai.
qua
y s63 m, For Lock Haven.
45 y IN, For Bellefonte. Kane and CanandaI.
3op m, For Remove and Watkins
o is IN for Wllliamspoit.
b26 m, For Catawissa and Hazelton,
eam, 10 90 am and 80 T. IN. tor WIlkesbarre,
90 m. 10 ~ m, SO pm ~ y IN, For shame.
kin and Mount Carmel.
Trains Leave Seiinsgrove Junction;
go3 am. arriving at Phiiad' lphla 3 Is y M
New YORK % y IN, Baltimore 8 TOP m. Wash.
lngton bb5 p IN.
! 81 p m, arriving ut Philadelphia Q 90 D m, New
YORK 30 IN. Baltimore Q as p IN. Washington
SIS ~.
SIS p IN, arriving at Philadelphia ASA m,
New York lOa m, Baltimore Is IN Wash.
ipgton o 30 = IN.
Trains also Leaves Sunbury:
90 IN. arriving at Philadelphia o SO n IN,
New York 30 n IN. 2 80 ar. nt Baltimore 20 a
M, Washinkton s 4j pm.
J. T.. WOOD, en1 Pass Agent.
cHAs. L. fUGH, GenI Manager.
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Gone Before.

Come hther dear Susie, I'll tell you tale
OF sweet little flower. In a bright sunny vale
IL was lonely and sad, for It's friends were all
gone,
And It wept on the bank OF a clear rlli alone.
IT'S tears fell like crystal. upon the clear stream
Where the sunlight was dancing in mornings
bright beam,
And It breathed sghs, so mournful, that borne
ON the gale.
That zcphyrs came round It TO hear It's sad tale.
They soothed and carressed It, and whispered
kind words,
Like the warblng in springtime Of beautiful
birds.
They said they would never. no. never II leave,
And bade IL be cheerful. nor sadly thus grieve.
But the flower 80 lovely. heart-broken and pale.
Received their kind words though they could
not avail
For It's heart was away with the friends OF It's
youth.
And It longed to he with them in beauty and
truth.
My brothers and sisters have all gone. II said
Their forms lie around me all withered and dead;
They have gone 70 their homes. TO the land
where the flowers
Never droOp their meek heads where no storm
tempest lowers.
And too, would he going. for they call Inc away
From this earth ever changing. How can I de-
lay
Farewell, ye green woodlands sweet stream and
blue sky,
And you, ye Kind zephyrs. who heard my sad cry.
Thus saying II folded. It's petals 80 sweet.
As though II were making It's own winding
| sheet
And the zephyrs wept DER 1t as they bent DER It's
| form.
And they told me the tale on the very next
| morn.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-12-05

A swarm of swindlers are at work
in various parts of the adjoining
counties swindling the farmers.
The farmers who allow themselves
to be feeced, are not to be pitied.
We have frequently warned the
public against the numerous swim
dies which prevail throughout the
country, and have tried to protect
our people from the wiles of shar-
pers until we are tired. The
press is powerless to prevent the
impositions from being partially
successful, for it is II notorious fact
that the swindlers make their hauls
from the ranks of those who are too
stingy and penurious to take II
newspaper but who are rascally
enough to cheat their neighbor
whenever they can get chance.
Every farmer should be n subscriber
to II good, reliable newspaper, and
then he would stand fair chance
of being posted rs to the tricks play
ed upon rustics by the beats of
the cities.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-02-13
NotieeY Notioe!!
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ChmaBl Peach
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Boan Cnap9% %
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percentdi tfronr
~ S ~ C. 1t TARER, Nurseies
it.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-02-13

Agriculture is an art 1t consists in the
employment of various means and meth
DDS to produce certain economic results.
Thus, blowing, manuring and cultivating
the soil, are used TO raise corn, cotton
and other crops. To do this, in the sim
plest, rudest manner, requires some
knowledge, and such knowledge must
come through one, or all, of three chan
nels First, observation of the growth
OF wild plants, and experience in efforts
to raise food plants. Second, science
Third, experiment.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-02-13

The people in some sections of the State
are tired of waiting for tourists, and very
sensibly are turning their thoughts in
other directions.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-02-13

1t is said that the Yuma Indians on the
Colorado River bury watermelons deeply
in the dry sand, and preserve them all
winter fresh and crisp.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-02-13

Upland rice is one of the Florida crops
that deserves increased attention. Farm
ers in the Northwest work hard through
out the year to produce fifteen or twenty
bushels OF wheat per acre and enough hay
and forage to feed their stock through a
long and dreary winter Here, with any
thing like the same labor, we can produce
from twenty-five to forty bushels OF rice
per acre planting as late as June, after
we have taken an early crop OF the same
ground. And the rice grain and straw are
worth far more than the wheat and its
straw. Eerbum sat sap. Max.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-02-13

without chart or compass. The moral is
obvious: subscribe for and carefully
study the FLORIDA AGRIcULTURIsT.
A Canada paper says: ''Not one per-
son in million could tell the flour made
from sorghum seed from that made from
buckwheat The sorghum is, in fact, the
better of the two" We cannot raise
buckwheat in Florida, but if the seed of
sorghum, Dhoura, Katfir corn or Milo
maize is as good as buckwheat for winter
morning hot cakes, those who live near
local mills should test the matter and
proclaim the fact
sss.s sE-tg s.sa ssp:-s
Do not n rglect the farm garden. Start
it early and give it constant attention.
All new gardens for vegetables should be
arr ranged for horse cultivation by extend
ing long rows or drills across from end to
end. This will greatly reduce the trouble
of working and keeping it clean, and save
a vast amount of hand labor. Yourcrops
will grow vigorously by keeping the soil
constantly mellow and killing even the
smallest growth of grass and weeds
by the frequent passing OF the narrow
horseshoe, harrow or cultivator.
-.
The precocious wisdom of the young is
well hit off by the old farmer who, in
speaking of his boys, said: 'From six
teen to twenty they knew more. than
did: at twenty-five they knew as much;
at thirty they were willing to hear what
| had to say; at thirty-fve they asked
my advice; and think when they get to
be forty they will actually acknowledge
that the old man does know something"
On the gainful or industrial and pro-
ductive occupations of the country, agri-
culture ranks far ahead of any other, as
shown by the census of 1880:
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-02-13
For THE FLORIDA AGRIcULTURIsT
Field and Fireside Papers-No. s.

Field and Flreslde Papers-No. 3.
To those who, like us, see the great ne
cessity for rural improvement and the
fuller development of our wonderful nat
ural resources, the steady drift of popula-
ton from the country to the cities is one
of the saddest and most discouraging
features ofthe present day. This tendency
is evident all over the country, but not
so much in the South as in the Eastern or
New England States. In Massachusetts,
as the Springfield Republican shows in an
interesting study of the subject, the pro-
portion of all the peoplegathered in cities
and towns OF more than 5, 8,000inhabitants
has risen from less than one-twentieth
hundred years ago, and but little over a
third in 1850, TO quite tWo-thirds when
the last census was taken in 1885. "Our
form of government was framed for an
agricultural population distributed pref
ty evenly in small farming towns. We
now have to dealw population which,
as in York State, is massed to the extent
of one-third of all in two adjoining cities,
and as in Massachusetts, is gathered to
the extent OF two-thirds of the whole in
places with over s, 1000 inhabitants. Here
are problems to be solved which were un-
dreamed OF by the fathers Of our Repub-
lie
=.
But though it may be conceded that
''our form of governme 1T was framed for
an agricultural population, distributed
pretty evenly in small farming towns or
neighboring settlements, still, as we de
sire to preserve the purity OF the body
polite and to promote the greatest and
most important industry of our country,
we must do all III our power to make ru-
raj life attractive and profitable to our
Young men, if we would keep them from
plunging into the vortex OF city life, with
all its snares and temptations
For brick and mortar breed filth and crime,
With pulse OF evil that throbs and beats;
And men are withered before their prime
BY the curse paved in by the lanes and streets.
"And lungs are poisoned and shoulders bowed
In the smothering reek of mill and mine;
And death stalks on in the struggling crowd
But shuns the shadow OF oak dpine'
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-02-13

Agriculture. .......
Professional and personal
services.
Trade and transportation.
Manufacturing, mechanical
and mining..-..............
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-02-13

Farming, like all other occupations or
trades, to be a success, must be carried
on in an intelligent, business-like manner,
and d good, practical agricultural paper
in the farmers family is only second in
value to the Bible In these days of in
vention and iInprovement-of the rapid
spread OF new ideas-a farmer withoutan
agricultural paper is Ikea mariner atsea
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-02-13

The dewberry, or Trailing Blackberry
(Rubus trivialiS), is one OF our too-much
neglected fruits leading Florida nur-
seryman expresses the opinion that it
will 'pay better than the strawberry, >
and in many localities it undoubtedly
will. But there is ample room for both,
and both are desirable, even in a small
family garden. Thus far, the different
strains of high-bush blackberry, so sue
cessfully grown at the North, have not
been a success In Florida; but we have
good accounts OF the Lue1etia and other
improved dewbsr11es from horticultural
friends in different parts of the State.
Reasoner Bros, OF Manatee, have a new
native variety that j should like to hear
more fully described. And it, also, de-
serves a name
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-02-13

Agriculture feeds Us; to a greatextent
it clothes US; without it We should not
have manufactures. and We should not
have commerce. These allstand together,
but they stand together ike pillars in a
cluster, and the largest is agriculture. =
Daniel Webster.
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driven to break. He has that pure and
apparently eflortless action that charac-
terizes his sire, who inherits it from his
famous grandsire, Ethan Allen-an ac-
ton that seems to enable him to steal
from quarter-pole to quarter-pole by
merely wishing himself there.
In the 2 "a class, at Pcughkeesie, the
elegant black stallion Warren by Aristos
came to the front in three straight, eve
nv heat being won in 2:2Gi. He is evil
IDENTIFY trotter of very great merit.
Aristos rather had things his own way
at Poughkeesie, only two of his get be-
ing entered, and they each winning in
straight heats. Warren is the sixth of
the get of Aristos to enter the 2 80 list,
and there are plenty more to follow.
Ben Franklin has the same number.
The gray mare Julia G. (2:29) turns
out to be by Abraham, son of Daniel
Lambert, as stated last week. She was
bred by the late William II. Ellis of Mid
dlebury. viii some of our readers who
know give us the breeding of her dam
Addison county, for one whose breeders
have been pited so much for not know
ing how to breed trotters, is doing rea-
sonably WELL 1t has furnished in the
new 2 80 list
Gillig, 2 :23I, by Aristos by Daniel Lam
bert, bred by w. w. Moore, Shore
ham.
May. Be :25, by Ben Franklin by Daniel
Lambert, bred by A. j. Hough, Or
Bessie H., :25a, by Abraham by Daniel
Lambert, bred by Mr.. Hall, Cornwall
Julia c., 30, by Abraham by Daniel
Lambert, bred by w. II. Ellis, Mid
dlebury.
N. o. D., 2 80, by Ben franklin by Dan
iel Lambert, bred by Nelson ODon-
aid, Orwell
Whether Henry c. (pacer) 2:29, by
Ben Franklin, and Warren, , :26i, by Aris-
tos, were bred in Addison county we are
not informed; but the above string is
fair showing for little county with
only $4,000 inhabitants. What other
county as small has done better; and
what other sire save Lambert has three
sons that have already contributed seven
new performers to the ? 80 list this sea-
son? We are still wearing those "an-
tique blue glass spectacles'', dear brother
of the Mirror, but when we turn them in
the direction OF those wiseacres that have
been exhorting us to throw away our
Iamberts and beUln TO breed trOtterS, we
perceive tinge of green.
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A BASTILE CENTENNIAL.
HOW THE Hath OF JULY WILL BE
CELEBRATED IN VARIOUS PLACES.

In France All Glasses Join, but in New
Yorl the Anarchists Will Claim the Day.
Frerrhmen Generally Celebrate 1t as
Independence Day.
Thisis indeed the year of centennials 1t
may he said in a broader sense that this is the
era of entennials, beginning with that of the
Declaration of American Independence, ITO,
and enling with that the Fourth of the dis
coveryo of America in 1892. By an odd coin
cidenct the momentous events appear to con-
centrae from both extremes towards the CEN
ter of this era, but the year 1889 includes
more noteworthy centennials, both in France
and America, than any other in the century.
What very remarkable year that of 17sg
was. devout mind might say that provi.
dence vas instructing France and America
that they should unite in the cause of freedom
and good government. Early in the year the
first president of the United States was elected
and theroyal mandates went out to collect the
old French 'parlement'-the states general,
that had not met since 1914. April G, the first
American congress under the constitution
met; April 30 George Washington was inau-
gurated; May the states general met in
Paris; June 90 to 25 the representatives of tn"
French people declared against the king and
the revolution began; July 4, the American
congress passed its general revenue act, and
July II the people of Paris stormed and cap
tured tie Bastle.
Wonderful year indeed. The United States
is done centennializing for this time, and will
not resume till 1892, but the French are but
fairly begun, and the 14th of July is their
grandest day. They have partially restored
the old Bastile, as if for the pleasure of bat
tering again, but experience shows that it
is difficult to maintain old national hatreds
after al the old fears have passed away
OF course all men of any reading whatever
know a great deal about the Bastile and the
Frenchrevolution, and even those who cannot
read know something, for the name is a popu-
lar pro7erb Every one knows that 'bastile"
is prison where one may be held a long
time without trial, but few know how fully
the Paris prison filled the description, and
how completely its capture demonstrated
that the people had risen at last, and would no
more endure the old tyranny. One item will
show the whole state of the case The reign
of Louis XVI had been singularly mild, and
when the people forced the Bastile doors they
found only seven prisoners. Only seven men,
forgotten of mankind, unregistered in any
court, their prison unknown to their friends,
and their history unknown even to them
selves, for they were almost imbecile.
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