The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-09
MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO.. PA, MARCH 8, 1893

oDllglng clerk IN Wittemyer's store,
and Ammon Spangler, one of Sny-
der county's successful teachers,
have gone to Philadelphia to stand
examinations for the departmental
service in Washington.
Have you lost tooth, or perhaps
several, where the loss shows, and
prefer to have the i'll looking space
rather than wear a plate 7 Do you
know that DIR. Voelbler, of Selins-
grove can insert substitutes TO your
satisfaction without obliging you to
wear plate, whether you have the
roots left or not Ask him about it.
For SALE.-A new two-story dwell
ing house, good stable, and all other
necessary outbuildings, good water,
good fruit, on about acre of land
situate two miles west of Middle
burgh, on the public road to Troxel-
vile. Will be sold reasonable and
on easy terms. For particulars ad-
dress JoHN WALTER,
2w. pd. Middleburgh, Pa.
Owing to a misunderstanding we
were lead into the error of stating
last week that Col. A. T.. Reed had
resigned the Superintendency of
the S. IL l.. r. II. and that G.. w.
Creighton late of the Shamokin Div.
had been appointed in his stead.
Mr.. Reed is still at the head of our
division, likes it, and has no desire
for change.
A Nittany Valley farmer says the
wild turkeys are starving on account
of the deep SHOWS having covered
the ground for so many 'reeks. The
turkeys enter the farmers orchards,
fly upon the apple trees and with
their wings hammer the limbs OF
the trees until the frozen ansal@ga,ll.
WI eey eat to appease G2i'Ssl a,nhiiS = ,nnS-
ge centre Democrat. Se
John LAWYER and Harrison Keis-
ter are now boarding with Sheriff
Bolender. 1t is reported thai the
boys always had chickens tc sell
when the huckster came around.
while those who made business
of chicken raising missed theirs
when they wanted pot-pie. And
thereby hangs tale which needs
explanation from the boys.
A fellow is now travelling through
the country trying to swindle Parties
with contract for wire fences He
offers to give enough wire to fence Il
ten-acre field if the party will sign 4
contract to take the agency for the
wire. The contract is wheIe the
swindle comes in, for if read closely
it tulns out to be n promissory note
for $3.50 after few words have been
erased with oYolic acid. Look out
for him.
The poor quail, pheasants, rabbits
turkeys and other small game are
having Il hard time Of it. Many far
mers are feeding the poor creatures,
but despite their help, the birds lis
appear in whole covey lots. one
farmer in Jackson township INFORMS
us that n flock of quail chat daily
came to his barn for feed was miss
ing one morning and few day, af-
ter the crows were seen digging
them out of the snow drifts and de-
vouring them.
Those in this county who usually
Mt this time of the year engage in
the shooting and trapping of fur
bearing animals will be interested
in learning the prices that are being
paid for skins, to wit : Otter. IS to
SO mink, Zoe. to 81 red fox, 81 to
Sl,65 grey fox, Soc; raccoon. 25c.
to 81 ; skunk, 81 to Sl.5O; skunk,
half striped, 55 and 20 cents skunk,
striped, 30 to 30 cents; skunk,
white, - to Is cents opossum, 10
to 40 cents muskrat, to 1S.
Greengoods men keep sending
their circulars into our county of
fering to sell counterfeit money that
looks like the genuine for about $50
on the $1,000. We have heard of
none green enough to bite-at least
we have heard of no one being bit
ten. If some wag, or set of cour-
ageous wags could lay plan to beat
these green goods chaps at their
own game, it would be interesting
reading, to find the chaps had been
scooped in by some of their colntry
cousins.