The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-12
Come, Josie, Take Your Med.
icine.


ticle a the Posr charging crooked
ness % the county ticket printing
for tie November election. The
facts as stated proved our allegation
as plain as the nose on Il mans face,
and we had hoped that the Commits
sioners would come forward and
make o clean breast of il by admit.
ting That they had been entrapped,
but although they have repeatedly,
singly and collectively, admitted
that tiiat was the case, they hesitate
about saying so in print, knowing
full wei that j. A. Lumbard of the
tribune, the one they would have
to score, is man who is rs sly as
fox, tricky as mule, merciless as
a hyeba, and as utterly devoid of
conscience as frozen turnip. They
begged of him in the name of Justice
and right, and in the confidence
they had bestowed in him, to come
and lead them out of the trap by
disgorging some of the money he
had induced them to pay out unjust
ly to him. He refused to do it, and
on Thursday of last week he apollo
gized BY casting still deeper reflec-
tions upon them by alleging that
they had told him to present his
bill OF expenses and be allowed
reasonably compensation !" This,
the commissioners tell us, is utter
ly false, for it would put an entire
different construction to the matter.
! He nccuses us of not wishing to
have the Job of printing the tickets.
None but q fool would take Job of
printing before he knew the extent
OF it, and as Mr.. Lumbard did il he
is entitled to another afliix TO his
~. d'';, - 30 .sssopt -.-gsat .i.., $500
monwealth had not given out the
form and size of the ballot, and un-
til be did so no protest. onal printer
would think of ordering paper for
the same Mr.. Lumbard did how
ever. He ordered ,, 700 pounds of
paper Mt 6 cents per pound, size
52X22, which he could not use, but
held the Commissioners for the
same This is remarkable state
ment. If the Commissioners paid
for this paper it belongs TO them.
Pray tell Us what have they done
with it ? III you cut off 22x2S inches
the size the ballots were after
wards printed-what did you do
with the other ~ inches, or nearly
half of the bulk ! This is remark
able break for an experienced liar
"Nliilliu county paid 50 much, Ju-
niata so much and Union so mu ch.
You know too well, Mr.. Lumbard,
how misleading such statemepts are
to those inexperienced in our craft
We rate our jobs by the thousand
sheets, and why did you not tell the
people that Miilliu county paid an
average of Sll per thousand, Centre
Sl2, Northumberland Sll, Union IS
and so on, and that you bull
dozed the Commissioners Of Snyder
county into paying you almost S2l
per thousand Some Of our sister
counties had mock elections and that
necessitated the printing of double
the amount of regular tickets We
know that Bro. Schoch of tho Milf !
linburg Islegroph printed $500
tickets for $500. These facts are in
controyertable. The Commission
ers had n bid of so per thousand in |
their office from the Williamsport .
party, when, three days before the
letting was to close, Lumbard ap-
preached them-HOt they him-as ho
alleges, and under the hypocrtical
mask of friendship, induced them to
enter into an agreement that cost
the county $500, whereas it should
have cost only $3.50, and the auditors
last week accepted the bill because
n sur-charge would cause the victims
to suffer while the guilty one escaped.
One word more. We got $50 for
printing the election proclamation.
That was our price. We had the
privilege of making our readers q
present of the same in the form of
supplement if we chose. II was I
more expensive to us but they rath-
er like such side-dishers. We sent
it into 5000 families in two weeks.
You, Mr.. Lumbard, with your 7ri6-
uae circulation Of 700 per week, sent
it into l,400 families in two weeks,
accepted $50, the same as we did,