The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-12-07
ITEMS of LOCAL INTEREST

Generally when man feels the
need of economy he thinks it ought
to begin with his wife.
w. w. Smith of Paxton, Dauphin
county, spent Sunday with his uncle,
John p. Smith.
Miss Mabel Wittenmyer and II.
Burns Smith Of Bucknell, spent
Sunday with their parents at this
place.
The world has very little respect
for the religious profession of man
who does not make an honest effort
to pay his debts.
PhilipSpaide and Jos. Clelan, who
were engaged at bricklaying in Lew
istown, finished their Job and re-
turned home on Saturday.
On Saturday night we had another
snow fall of about 8 inches and the
rain op Sunday packed it so tightly
that sleighs were brought into use
as a mode of travel.
A lot in the northwest corner OF
State and Washington Street, Chi
ctgo, purchased by the Stewart es-
tate in 1894 for $500, recently sold
fer 81, 100000.
A York county farmer fed un-
ground wheat to his stock, and now
nourns the loss of four of his most
galuable horses. Wheat is n very
rood feed, when used ground with
,orn or oats, but it is risky busi-
ness to feed alone and unground.
NOTICE TO TAx-PAYERs.-T The col
ector OF taxes for Franklin town
hip will be at Middleburgh on Tues
lay { { court week to receive all taxes.
.fter Dec. 10 five rer cent. will be
dded to all outute the he m pai taxes.
Ire enchant'xRsox, Col.
Better put your money in the bank.
The country is filed with tramps
who have no hesitation in garroting
and breaking into your house and
robbing you. Afraid of the cities,
for there they are watched, thieves
and highway den have taken to the
country. Tile banks are safe. Place
your money in their vaults and you
will sleep easier.
The Pennsylvania railroad officials
have been notified to be in readiness
when called upon some time between
this date and December 90 to trans
port the Krupp guns, which formed
such an imposing exhibit at the
Worlds Fair, Chicago, to Baltimore,
at which port they will be shipped
to Germany, our government having
declined to purchase the same.
Few persons, says an exchange,
know what is meant by a size" in
in the matter of coats, shoes, &c.
A size in coat is an inch, size in
underwear is two inches, size in a
sock is one inch, in a collar one-half
an inch, in shirt one-half an inch,
gloves one-quarter of an inch, and
hats one eighth of an inch.
Hoes! Hoes The undersi & d
will have 80 choice head of Polan
China and Yorkshire Shoats at John
H. Meyers stables in NIiddleburgh
during court week. They will be
sold at private sale and there will be
bargain in it for persons needing
shoats and fine brood sows.
NER A. FEES,
Beavertown, Pa.
The mountains are dotted with
hunting camps this season and the
woods are full of hunters, and no
wonder, for it is delightful sport to
chase the painting deer by day and
circle about the campfire at night
to recount the days exploits and lis
ten to story and song. The appetite
is whetted to such an edge that even
hopeless dyspeptic becomes raw
enous eater and the provender van
ishes all too soon for the boarders.
1t has been the fashion for some
time to denounce the English spar
rows, and some of the states have
even legislated against them, but a
new discovery may bring these pro-
life and pugnacious little birds into
favor again. They are now credited
with ldevouring the larvae of the
horse bot fly and some observers
claim that the horse bot has become
almost unknown in certain localities
since the advent of the sparrow.