The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-09-19

niata county. Last week four barns
went up in smoke and the Commits
sioners are Offering reward of
$500 for the arrest and conviction
of the fire bugs.
Wednesday, Claus Spreckles, who
is building large sugar refinery in
Philadelphia, reafiirmed his purpose
to fight the sugar trust to the death
If he does this, cheaper sugar may
be looked for in few months.
Next week being court, farmers
will no doubt bring their Jugs and
have them filed with "Shade Noun
tain Dew" to provide against frost
ed feet. cold shoulders, lung disease
and general disability. Marks &
Endres retail dealers in pure rye
whiskey, can supply their demand.
Harry Vernon Whitman, eldest
son of editor Whitman Of the Lew
isburg Journal died on September
lst. Harry was fine young man, a
good printer, and strong support
to his father in the newspaper work.
We deeply sympathize with our
brother in this, his most sad berive-
ment.
A young man from the country
walked into one of our confectionery
stores for some candy one day last
week. When asked what kind he
would have he said 'Tll take n
penny's worth of those, and a
pennv's worth of these, and penny's
worth of Them pointing to the
different kinds.
A. X. Gift last week traded his
farm west of Middleburgh to Henry
Kuster on his farm i'll Washington
township. He in turn traded that
farm on farm located near Ogallah,
Trego county, Kansas, owned by
Mary and Elias Bailey, formerly of
this county. They will move in in
the spring.
AT a swell party in neighboring
town, n young man remarked to one
of his lady friends that one of the
strange ladies reminded him of n
spoiled negative ut the photo
grapher's. On being asked to ex-
plain he said it was case of "too
much exposure and not enough de-
velopment.' The lady had crawled
too far through her dress.
Harter, of the PosT, who can pub
lish more Dutch in one column than
n Sunday School scholar can read in
n week, came flying to Selinsgrove,
last Monday, to purchase u cheap
box OF cigars at the Sheriff's sale.
Well, he was favored, by paying
xl.5O for 80 cent box, and then had
the pleasant experience of being put
off the train Mt Franklin, for having
such skunky trash i'll his possession
-Setinsgr0Ue Times.
Some people are so devoid of good
sense and common decency that
they presist in defying the laws in
regard to Sunday hunting and have
the gall to shoot squirrels within
half mile of town neatly every Sun
day. We don't object to it if the peo-
pie will allow it, but there is IA
chance for somebody to make the
half of $25 fine by reporting the
parties.
Charles Walter, living with John
Cooper of near Selinsgrove, had a
remarkable experience on Saturday
of last week. He was coming down
the steep hill near Henry Shaffer's,
three miles northwest of Middle
burgh with a three-ton load of lum-
Der when the lock broke and he fell
under the wagon and one of the
hind wheels passed over him at the
hip without doing him serious in
jury.
There is little trouble i'll store
for r. H. Thomas, the big granger.
He is said to be a great mogul
among the grangers, prints their
papers, holds their pic-nics, and they
pay their tribute to him as though
he were little tin God. 1t is claim
ed that the Granger's picnic at Viii
liams Grove is not under the aus
pices of that organization but is
owned, and operated by r. III.
Thomas, a shrewd fnancier, and
that he realizes over $12,OOO each
season from it. The Grange is OPP
posed to monopolies and trusts, and
if this is not a great big monopoly
and trust, at their expense, we are
badly mistaken.