The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-05-02

MATRIMONIAL MARKET. The follow
ing marriage licenses have been
granted by the clerk of the Orphans
Court of Snyder county during the
last week:
"a. G. Rendering, Lewistown,
tMinnieB. Gemberling, Selinsgrovc
tWm. III. l.. Meyer, Franklin,
tAnnie l.. MiddleswaIth, Beaver.
,Percival Reinard, CHAPMAN.
Laura Reichenbuch,
Farewell To MAJOR PHILLIPS. On
Saturday evening we accepted an
invitation to accompany the EN-.
ployees of the s. II l.. Railroad to
Lewistown on special train to bid
Major Phillips good bye, and ut the
same time TO present him with
token of their esteem in the shape
of two diamond shirt studs and "A
silver backed brush and comb, cost
ing nearly 300. Upon the arrival
of the special at Lewistown juno
ton we found the depot already
crowded with railroad men. In Il
few minutes the Major appeared and
was conducted into the large wait
ing room where Colonel Culbertson
mounted box and delivered pre-
sentation speech i'll words such as
only come from heart overilowing
with love for a friend Hon. An
drew Reed followed in behalf of
Major Phillips in n most fitting
speech of acceptance, after which
the Major gave each of his employ
ees goodbye by an individual shake
of the hand. No one had under
stood how near Major Phillips had
been nesting to the hearts of his
men until his resignation was an
nounced. He had never refused n
deserved favor to the humblest of
them. The absence of his generous
heart in the superintendent chair
will be felt more now than ever, for
you'll never miss the water till the
well runs dry"
OF all unfortunate people in the
world, none are more entitled to
sympathy and commiseration than
those whom circum stances obhge to
appear upon the witness stand in
Court We will here draw picture
of the pleasures of beinga witness.
You are called to stand and place
your hand upon IL copy of the Scrip
turc in sheepsliin binding, with II
cross on one side and none on the
other, to accommodate either yaicty
of the Christian faith. You are then
arrmgned before two legal gentle
men, one whom smiles at you bland
ly because you are on his side. the
other eyeing you sayagely fOr the
opposite reason. The gentleman
who smiles proceeds to pump you
all You know, and having squeezed
all he wants ont of you, rclcntlessly
hands you over TO the other, who
proceeds to show YOU that You are
entirely mistaken in all your suppo-
sitions that you never saw anything
you have sworn 10 in short, that
You have committed direct perjury.
He wants to know if you have ever
been III State prison, and takes
your denial with the an of Il man who
thinks you ought to have been there.
Asks you all the questions over
again iii different ways, and tells
You with an awe-inspiring severity
to be careful what you say. He
wants to know if he understood YOU
to say so, and wants to know whether
you meant something else. Having
bullied and scared you out of your
wits, and convicted you in the eyes
of the jury of prevarication. he lets
you go. BY and by, everybody you
have fallen out with is put on the
stand, to swear that you are the big
gest scoundrel they ever saw, and
not to be believed under oath. Then
the opposing counsel, in summing
up, paints your moral photograph to
the jury, as II character fit to be
handed down to all times as the tyne
OF lnfamy I; as II man who had con
spired against innocence and virtue,
and stood convicted of the attempt.
The Judge, in his charge, tells the
jury if they believe your testimony,
etc, etc, indicating that there is
even a judicial doubt of your verac-
ity, and you go home to your wife
and family, neighbors and acauaint-
ances, suspected man, all because
of your accidental presence on an
unfortunate occasion. Who would
be a witness ?-Juniata Tribune.