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

Ile guests ol lTlenuS Ill AlluuleDurgl
over Sunday.
List of unclaimed letters in Mid
dleburgh, p. O.: Mr.. Geo. Vroman.
Kelsey u Vroman q Co., DIR. l.. y.
Close, Chas. T. Chester, Clarance
Rank, Sallie S. Troupe.
j. w. RUNKLE, p. NJ.
Hon. V. B. Bennett, of Kansas. the
great American orator on social and
political questions will speak in
Music Hall, New Berlin, on Tues
day evening, September 18th. Do
not fail to hear him.
The farmers are complaining about
the rayages Of the grass-hoppers.
They are eating everything green in
sight and have commenced opera.
tions upon the grain fields, where
they eat the tender sprouts down so
low that they are not expected to
sprout.
Miillinburg will not get water
works if the borough is to build
them. 1t has been learned that ac-
cording to law they can not levy n
sufficient tax to raise the required
amount. The only thing left is for
the moneyed men to step in and
form n stock company.
The Hebrew New Year occurred
on Monday, September IL, and will be
known as 565I in the Jewish calen-
dar. AS seven out of every nine
teen years contain thirteen Jewish
months, next year will be long one,
extending from September II, 1893,
October !, 1894.
SHOOTING MATCH.-There will be q
big shooting match at the Shamokin
House, Sunbury, Pa, on Friday and
Saturday of this week. 1t will be q
60 yard range rifle match and the
prizes to be contested for are 45O
pound hog, Winchester 1iAe, and n
gold watch. Fish and eel dinners
and suppers win be served. Every
body invited. CARL LITz, Prop'r.
The picnics at Mcclure and Lilly
vile were largely attended on Sat
urday. Prof. ID. S. Boyer delivered
n lecture at Mcclure on "a trip to
the Worlds Fair, and Drs. Smith
and Tool and Co. Supt. Bowersox
spoke at Lillyville. Snyder county
talent is growing in demand-even
in Miillin county.
Quite n number of Snyder county
people attended Juniatu county
court last week as witnesses in the
trial of George Dauberman for al
legged crookedness in the pension
business. Sufficient evidence was
produced to Justify the retention of
Mr.. Dauberman for trial at the L. S.
Court, and he is again out under
bail
Boys, if you take the trouble to
work ont correctly the following
problem, it will show exactly what
good people think of you. Place the
year of your birth on piece of
paper, add your age at your
birthday last year, multiply the re-
suit by 1000 and subtract G77, ,423.
Substitute for figures letters of the
alphabet, for1, b for ., C for 3, etc.,
and read the result carefully.
Eighteen members of the Sunbury
Bicycle Club took dinner at the
Washington House on Sunday, viz :
p. Z. Smith. Captain, w. b. Smith,
d. S. Eyster, j, c. Eisley, A. l.. AL
leman, j. +. Sherman, f. NJ. Snyder,
S. r.. Kaufman, j. W. Zeigler, Il. v.
NTalicll, II. l., Shean, j. G. Kramer,
ID. NJ. Wolf, o. W. Goss, L. w. Guy
er, G. i. Bigony, |, G, Baleman, and
Ralph l.. Malick. They were as
fne-looking and well.behaved a set
of gentlemen rs have ever visited
our town on a Sunday, and we wei
come them back,
One of the most hopeful signs of
the times is the growing conviction
that creeds are worthless save as
they are embodied in deeds. The
notion that the man who gives in
tellectual assent to a serious of theo-
logical statements has a through
ticket for the kingdom of heaven re-
gardless of his personal conduct, is
rapidly losing its popularity. 1t is
being recognized that right belief
is followed by an earnest and un-
selfish life.