The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-01-16

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Martha Il. Bingaman, i"
{Simon II. Long, Hoffer.
lAgnes Marks,
,Samuel S. Scholl, Pallas.
tAlice Icing,
IS. Il. Gaugler, 4"
Kate NJ. Martin, "
jeremiah /. Fisher, Penn twp.
Mary G. Snyder,
We learn that Miss Vickie Erdley
intends abandoning the millinery
business this spring and move to Sc
hnsgrove. Miss Erdley is tasty
trimmer and moderate in her prices.
We hope she may benefit by the
change. We are also informed that
Miss Libbie Dunkleberger contem
plates opening millinery and fancy
Store i'll Middleburgh in the spring.
VIM. G. Heinle, of Bellefonte, is
spoken of as the coming Democrat
ic State Chairman. Republican
Chairman Andrews will find him n
formidable opponent and one entire
ly worthy of his steel. The selec-
tion of Mr.. Heinle as leader by the
Democrats would insure spirited
though honorably conducted cam
paign-one that will put our party
to strong test.
The editor Of the Posr has now
completed his masterpiece of poe
try for the use of that Chicago firm
in their Forthcoming volume on the
Poets of America" 1t is set to
the tune the old COW died on and
runs rs follows:
It roars in my head like the devil in harness.
I'VE got It, feel it, my every limb aches.
But golt Old Grlppe,Ill prove your harmless =
Wait, hold till tell you ere ev'ry bone breaks
You'ra forelgn-born tramp-an alien here;
Our native Old Quinia a cOnquering Seer
VIII knock you out stin and take In the stake :
so pack up your duds and give us the shake.
Eli Whitaker, of near Elkhart,
Ind, recently made statement of
the profits he made out of crop of
Brown LeShorn chickens, number
ing siXty-fye in the year 1889. The
hens i'll the past year laid 1850 eggs
which he sold and they brought him
an average of sixteen cents per doz-
en-, making $l75,S5. Besides this he
sold Sl1.57 worth of young chickens
and still his flock increased forty in
number, which he estimates being
worth $40 The expense of keeping
the chickens was S373l, and sub
tracing this amount from what they
brought him leaves Il net gain of
SlGG.11.
How many of our lady readers
know of the origin of the word cali
coz A correspondent asks this
question and then answers il Us fol-
lows Many centuries ago the first
monarch of the province of Malabar
gave to one of his chiefs, rs II re-
ward for distinguished services, his
sword and all the land within the
limit of which n cock growing ut Il
certain temple could be heard.
From this circumstance the little
town which grew up III the center of
this territory was called Calicoda,
or the cock growing. Afterwards it
was called Calicui, and from this
place the first cotton goods were
imported into England, bearing the
name calico.
While we are enjoying spring like
weather the worst blizzards known
for years go tearing through the
Notwithstanding as far East
and South as Kansas. Old prob"
has predicted several cold waves for
Pennsylvania. But cold waves run
wild and pretty much rs they please,
like deer in the mountains, and when
we think there is one coming straight
for us it dives into the brush and
the next seen of it is the white
tail of the blizzard cutting across
the Arctic Regions and striking for
the North Pole crossing. 1t would,
however, be unreasonable to expect
a continuance of the present mild
variety of weather and our readers
are advised to look out for n change,
one of these days, that will make up
in severity for all the time that has
been lost. Nothing pays itself SO
well as weather." is an old saying,
and, probably, true. Hence we re-
frain from chuckling over the dis
comfture of the prophets who pre-
dicted severe winter until the sea-
son is further advanced-till there is
no time any more for "bad spell"