The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-09-14

quite more dead than alive.
And so he piled the dollars up.
To leave them TO his SON
And the boy he blew IN every red
And had lot Of fun.
See change in advertisement of
Miss Nettie Cohen, Salinsgrove.
Agents (mole or female) make so
day. New invention. Every house
hold must have it. Small outlay,
big profits. Perfection Mfg. Co., los
ST. Clair ST., Cleveland, o.
James Banks of NIiillintown shoul-
dered his gun and mounted his
bicycle for squirrel hunt in Black
Log Valley on the first day of Sep
tember. Soon after daylight, and
after having killed two squirrels n
bear weighing 120 pounds presented
himself He let it drive Mt him with
No. 6 shot at about thirty yards aud
knocked him down. He followed it
up with shot in the head which
laid bruin out. He dressed him and
then dragged him down the noun
tain to where he had left his bicycle,
and mounting him on bis machine,
trundled him home.
MISTAKEN Souls VINO DREAM OF
Bliss. The following marriage IL
censes have been granted since our
last publication
NJohn =. Miller, Selinsgrove,
Mary G.. Stautler,
tDaniel Sassaman, Monroe Twp,
lSarah Musser, Globe Mills.
". Dewin Heckard, McKees ! Falls
Emma Hoffman,
flames Row, Penus Twp,
| Carrie f.. Walter,
0scar Herman Penns Twp,
lAllen III. Dinius, Middlecreek, twp
lAnnie Nj. Leitner, Jackson Twp.
IJames w. Minnick, Selinsgrove,
Sarah A Swartz "
Miss Kate .Bowersox writes us
froan the Carlisle Indian School M.
der date of Sept. o: / have spent
one week among the Indians and
they are very respectable set,
must say. They have loads of ap-
paratus-.more than / ever saw in
any public school-but then / never
taught outside of Franklin township.
l have two nicely furnished rooms
for my own apartments. On the
whole l am glad / gave up my school
for this. As soon as / am fully set
tied and have time and know more
about the school you may get an
article for the Posi-.
VIM. Bolich, farmer residing
near Tylorsyille, was last week ap
preached by n well dressed, smooth
tongued gentleman who wanted tc
buy farm. The fellow soon had the
old man interested III game OF
cards in which he Bolich) won q
So, 200. But the money could not oo
paid over until $1,000 was deposit
ed in the hands of the the stranger
as n guarantee of good faith. He
did so and was handed n box that
was to contain the prize. After the
stranger had left n son Of Bolich re
turned home, opened the box and
found it to contain a lot of bark
from n tree on the farm of Mr.
Bolich. Served him right. A mar
who expects to win $4,000 pot by
gambling should be classed with
gamblers and deserves no more pity
than'a professional if .he'gets skinned
Owing to the failure of our law
makers to make an appropriation
for carrying out the free text book
law passed by them, the local boards
will have to meet this expense the
present year. Therefore it will be
money in the pockets of the people
if they will, rs far as practicable
have their children use the schoo'
books that may be in the family. OF
course increased school expense
where there is no state appropria
tion, must be met by taxation, which
comes off the householder whether
he be a property holder or not
Don't allow your children to leave
their good books at home if they
can be used, and bear in mind that
books carelessly or wilfully abused
musl be paid for by the parent
The result of this rule will doubt,
less be of benefit to the pupils, many
of whom are needlessly extravaganl
in the use of school supplies. Him,
! fi9lofyo,l TocnI Neqps