The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25

called on one OF the preachers OF that
town and were married. After the
ceremony the groom handed the rev.
erend gentleman a sealed envelope
which he supposed contained the
usual fee. After their departure he
opened the envelope and found this
note IF she turns out as well as /
think she will l will come back and
pay you for the service"
Look out for well-dresssed
smooth talking young man who is
travelling about the westeran part of
the state, claiming to represent New
York house which has no existence,
and showing lot of high-class sam
pies, for which he offers to make up
n suit for S12. When the order is
given he demands deposit of SO as
a guarantee of good faith. This he
deposits. The stranger disappears
and the clothing never comes.
The Post.ollice fever is prevalent
throughout the country. Postmas.
ter General Bissell and his assistants
are busy engaged in handing out
the medicine intended 10 cure it +:
but in the meantime his patients
complain that heis too slow in admin
istering for their complaints, aud not
a few Of them think the disease will
carry them off before they receive
the desired official medical attention.
Blessed are they who want nothing,
for they will not be disappointed by
the Post-oilice Department.
September next the government
will cease the business ofprinting en-
velopes for business purposes and
the S2jO,OOO annually paid for this
work will then be distributed among
the country printers. An exchange
says the repeal should not only stop
the printing gof envelopes, but should
have included the manufacture of
them. The government has no more
right to make and sell envelopes
than it would have to make and sell
saurkraut.
Economy in House Decorations
interests all good house-keekers.
Some little advice on this subject,
together with instructions how to
paper can be had by sending your
address to Alfred Peats, Department
b, l36-l3s W. Madison st. Chicago.
or 1892 W. 18th St, y. Y. He will
also send you samples of Wall Paper
at lower price than you have ever
seen before. They are all first quail
ity and arranged with wide borders
and ceiling decorations according
to the latest style.
The Juniata Tribune is authority
for the following A Tyrone girl
travelling westward %.nun3 :, teung
man at Pittsburg, of her acquaint-
ance and in the conversation their
satchels got mixed being both alike,
and the young man started on his
journey, taking as he supposed his
own valise. 1t was not long before
the young lady had occasion to open
her valise and imagine her surprise
at finding not her own but a mans
trinkets. Imagine the young man,
though, when he would open the
young lady's valise.
The Pennsylvania railroad COM
pany has decided TO grant to pass
encers holding Worlds Fair Excurs-
ion tickets Of the pink variety the
privilege Of stopping of in each di-
rection. In order TO have this done
the person when buying the ticket
must tell the agent the name of the
station or stations they wish to stop
at. The agent will then write plainly
the name of the station on the back
Of the ticket, which is for the infor-
nation Of the conductor. Without
this endorsement they will be treat
cd az continuous train tickets.
Pennsylvania does not raise more
wheat than her people consume.
She has population Of about 9, ,OOO,-
900, which on an average require five
bushels Of wheat for each person,
one year. Multiply the million peo.
pie by five bushels required to bread
each one and We have a required
wheat yield Of % million bushels.
The state board Of Agriculture puts
the wheat acreage this year at 300.
900, which viii require an average Of
over l9 bushels an acre 10 produce
enough bread for hepeople ofPenn-
sylyania