The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-22

''N'N ''Nh ~ AAA' sltNtl .lONINulUN
lately with their twenty dollar out
fits, after fifty cents worth of fish,
which is about the usual proportion
of the haul in that locality. That's
high-toned fishing with good whis-
key. Here in Snyder county when
n fellow goes fishing he takes pair
of old pants worth about ) cents.
cuts Il limb for a rod, and with a
common line and hook worth about
ono cent, h. sets up in the trout
business, and at 10 cents per pound,
he usually winds up in the evening
with abou. five pounds of spccklel
beauties.
The Sudbury U,mocrdi of last
week says Tuesday morning the
body of n woman. badly decompos.
ed, was found in the river at Lewis.
burg II was floating near the inlet
of the staLdpipe, from which the
town is supplied with water As
the line of this county extends to
the west side Of the river the Union
county authorities Immediately sent
word TO our County Commissioners
to come and take the body away. It
was suggested by a bystander that
the body might be that of the Mont
gomery station woman who jumped
from the bridge at that place about
four months ago, and whose body
was asneerrecovered, and so it proved,
rs the woman's husband was at once
telegrapbed to and he came down at
once auh identified the body.
Hogs are the only known animals
that relish rattlesnakes. Peter
Muhlenhrg, whose home is about
four miles. a "a 4AA-Al,..L,s y.-.'.-
mountains, has. 2-year old swine
that has to its owners certain
knowledge killed and devoured IS
rattlesnakes this season. The snake
bites seem to have no effect upon
1t. This * true ~ TO the four-legged
hog, but to the two-legged hog the
bite of the rattler. thank Heaven, is
certain death. The two-legged
porker Is the species that only
drinks when another sets EN- up,
he sponges his way through upon
all occasions don't pay his honest
debts. and subscribes for Il paper
without ever intending to pay for
It, That kind of hog can not sur
yiye rattler's bite in spite of all
the whiskey distilled in Snyder
county.
G. c. Gutelius and c. H. Steiuins
er, who spent a day ut Anglesea,
last week fishing for sea-bass, came
home on Saturday loaded TO the
brlm with tish-stories. They forti-
fed themselves, however, by send
ing Il barrel of their catch ahead by
express which was prima- facia eyi-
dence of their successful angling. !
They We're the guests of Maj. J. L. |
Detweiler of Philadelphia, and the
stories they tell of the fish they
caught and the tinny monsters that
got away IS simply mortifying TO !
the fresn-water angler who gen !
orally takes more bait along than he |
brings fish back. They tished three
hours, in which time they caught |
three bushels of fish-one of which |
was u 3si pound drum fish u The !
stories may sound ishy but the |
.ish they sent home were genuine.
The young Pennsylvania Dutch
man who has graduated at the head .
Of his class ut West Point this year
IS closely followed by another Penn
'ylyapia Dutchman. For several
years in succession Pennsylyanians
nave led the graduating classes Mt
.he West Point Military Academy.
The "Penn'a Dutch, as our people
,re sometimes nick-named, can take
ust as many of the worlds honors
IS any other class, in sta tesmanship,
IS scholars, rs inventors, as business
men, farmers, mechanics, or in any
inc of usefulness that can be named,
while the kid-gloyed fops and snobs
who indulge in sneers at the "Penn'a
Dutch owe every comfort, every
good thing they eGt or wear, to tho
skill and genius of the "Penn'a
Dutch and the gentleman of tho
Sid-glove and swallow-tail tribe
would find himself as miserable as a
iy in molasses pot if it were not |
ior the superiority of these "Penn'a |
Dutch"