The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-23
Business Men No Good.

OStiuhSJer teneral BlSSell ~ ac-
credited with the announcement
that no local business men need an.
ply for post Offices under his admin
istration. He objects TO commits
sioning local business men as post
masters, for the reason that the nc.
tual duties are performed by ire.
sponsible and often incompetent
clerks and substitutes. Postmas-
tors under Mr. Bssell must promise
to devote their entire time TO the
work and personally keep strict of
flee hours.
Since Mr.. Bissell objects TO the
appointment of careful, trained,
methodical business men as post
masters we are anxious TO know
whether his ruling is not putting "A
premium on the loafer Of the COM
munity. John Wanamaker, one of
the busiest, biggest business men
of the times, made one of the best
postmaster generals the country
ever had but according TO Mr..
BlsselPs ruling such appointments
are n mistake. In the past four
years the post Office department and
service was greatly improved and
evsry fair, honest man must admit
that. MIR. Wanamaker's private bus.
mess nor the interests of the coun.
try suffered. We think here is
good object lesson for the new ad.
ministration to study. If Mr. Bis
sell will succeed in his new depart
ment ~ well as the busy, business
man an / famous Philadelphia mer-
chant did, AMI we hope he will still
even do better, the entire country
will corr. . 10 him.
Il II 49,
oD,ob klos caught a large fish
otter IN set-net under the iron
bridge across Mddlecreek ut Sam
uel Hassinger s, three miles west of
Middleburgh, on Monday of this
week.
Bonneville Smith, who has been
clerlling Mt Renova, was called home
last week on account of his mother
who received n severe fall, and since
he is home he has been offered a
clerkship in W. W. Wltteumycr's
store which, we are pleased To learn,
he has accepted
Two large set-uets ornamented
the gutter ON the public square in
Midilebmgh ON "Wednesday morn
ing The drainage has been imper-
feet IN this locality owing to the til-
ing being frozen up, and some wag
had set the nets ~ Il burlesuue on
the city dads Supervisor Hare
lifted the nets about eight o'clock,
but one Of them had u hole and the
suckers had all escaped into the bar
room.
Whether you handle a pick or
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books, dig bitches or edit paper,
ring an auction bell or write funny
things, you must work, says self
made man. IF you look around
you, you will see the men who are
the most able TO live the rcst Of their
days always work the hardest. Don't
be afraid OF killing yourself with
work. 1t IL beyond your power to
DO that. Work gives IN appetite for
meals it leads sohdly 10 your slum-
bers it gives the appreciation of
i holiday. The buster You are, the
less deylItry you will get into, the
sweeter viii be yom sleep, and the
better satisfied the world viii be
with you
We are glad TO learn that Pres
ident Cleveland has revoked his de-
cision to discriminate against the
Democratic country editors in the
matter oiappOlntments. Ihiswould
be the grossest ingrahtudo. Tho
country editor is tho political puck
mule OF the period. Politicians, rs
rule, use their brain and Drawn for
all they are worth, and after they
have stepped from their shoulders
into Congress on the Senate thoy
pay everything down TO oven their
whiskey bills, while the country
editors claims go unhoeded and are
finally repudiated. No We thought
Grover Cleveland had too much
good common horse sense to go back
ON the country editor, and we are
glad to see that our confidence in
| him has not been misplaced.