The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-10-19
OBE,s OBSERVATIONS.
What He Sees and Hears During His Tray
els About Town.

What He Sees and Hears During His Tray
els About Town.
"Ten minutes six times a day spent in in
haling and exhaling the breath will improve
the form, says a fashion note in an exchange
For the balance of the 1880 minutes in the
day, the fair readers of the paper that pre-
scribes this treatment for form improving,
are expected to stop breathing.
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Any party or society of town which will
undertake to get up genuine Kirmess, this
winter will not only have far better paying
attraction than a fair, a supper, and like
affairs, but will furnish the people with one
of the most beautiful aud delightful enter
tainments ever given here. In some towns
no larger than Shenandoah a Kirmess has
cleared from $1,000 to $1,000, independent of
the expense of nearly $1,000. 1t is unique
entertainment and may take occasion to
give the details of it in this column shortly.
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The ladies connected with the Presby-
terian church have undertaken to raise
money to help build parsonage and for that
purpose each will take turns holding teas" at
their residences and baking cakes, etc, to sell
One of the young ladies is soliciting original
recipes which have been tested and found
satisfactory. After a sufficient number have
been collected they will be published in book
form with the name of each contributor over
each recipe and sold at nominal figure.
Miss Jennie Thomas of North Jardin street.
gave a successful regular old-fashioned
Welsh tea" with great success last even.
ing. 1 believe the undertaking will be
successful and hope it will.
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Some Of the HERALD boys enjoyed good
joke at the expense of one of its oldest
readers yesterday. He had never seen q
telephone operated and had never held the
receiver to his ear in fact he knew nothing
at all about it and gladly accepted an invita-
tion to walk down to the Office and "see the
old thing work" On the way down he
stopped at Scheihy's and had glass of beer
and munched an apple during the remainder
of the journey. While the visitor was
looking over the presses one Of the boys
rushed in exclaiming, "Is Mr.. -- here p"
eyes, 1 am here" answered the old reader
and he was told that a gentleman was calling
him to the phone. The visitor protested that
he knew nothing about the darn old thing
and anybody having business with him
would have to write, telegraph or call in
person" Upon assistance being volunteered
our reader consented to go to the instsument,
put the receiver to his ear and shouted,
"Hello!" into the transmitter. He had no
sooner followed instructions than he was
staggered by vigorous "Hello yourselfw
"Golly, there is something
Listen, listen, ask what is wanted" said
one Of the bystanders.
Again the reader stepped forward and after
shouting "Who in - are you and what do
you want?"
Like a fash there came back, II know
you, ---; what beer is that you We been drink
ng2 It seems like scheiay's Even apples
wouldn't disfgure its trademark"
Our friend threw down the receiver, his
eyes were as big as saucers and he seemed
anxious for somebody to pinch him to see if
he was really alive. He agreed that the
telephone" was great invention and
walked slowly out Of the Office homeward
bound to tell his wife of his experience.
When hereads this it will be the first init
nation to him that the man at the other end
of the line was posted.
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The fight for the local post Office has become
hot, and so complicated that it may yet be
necessary to take up a compromise candidate.
But mike Mellet is still confident, since he
has Congressman Reilly at his back; Charley
Quinn has different opinion and is sure that
with Harrity, Hensel and the National
delegates in his favor Mellet isn't in it;
and "Milt's" friends say they have
hope which is almost fathomless. The
latter have not been idle and if half
Master is a winner. 1t is said that Postmaster
General Bissel and even President Cleveland
have received personal calls in behalf of the
tombstone man and that even Mrs. Cleve-
land has been requested to interest herself in
the case.
It is said the best argument made by
Masters friends to the President, and which
seemed to be the most fayorably received, was
that the Irish Democrats were gobbling all
the offices in the county and the German
Democrats were being left in the cold. As a
warm adherent of Master states it, Don't be
surprised if you read after election day of the
appointment of "Milt" Master as successor to
Postmaster Boyer"
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Isaacher Robbins, who has just returned
after spending the past summer in Chicago,
has expressed himself pretty freely over the
present condition of the country. He says
the people of the West are thoroughly disgust
ed with the present Administration and claim
it is responsible for the present hard times.
They say that at the next presidential cleo
tion if not before, the Democratic party will
not have a leg to stand on. Mr. Robbins is
very enthusiastic over the Worlds Fair and
Chicago and says both are greater than the
greatest. He is engaged in the cab and
transfer business there and has over eighty
horses in the service, but still holds his re-
sidence in Pottsyille, Mr. Robbins viii spend
the winter in Chicago and return East in the
spring. The Michigan breezes must agree
with him for he is looking better than he has
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