The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-02-09


his home in Port Royal, Wednesday,
Feb. I, of heart failure. He was a
director of the First National Bank
of Middleourgh, of the Peoples s
Bank, Newport, and of the Juniata
Valley Bank, Mifflintown. He was
aged ~ years. The funeral took
place Saturday, and was attended by
j. n. Thompson, Jr., cashier of our
bank.
There is bill now before the
House making an appropriation of
$40, 900 to place fishways ut Clarks
Ferry and Shamokin dams, in the
Susquehanna river, and at the Mil
lerstown dam in the Juniata river.
1t may be that the placing of these
dams will do some good in permit
ting fish to pass up the river, but if
the fishways are as useless as the
one at Columbia dam the money
will simply be wasted. Every year
we hear the old story that fishways
can be of service If placed properly.
Why doesn't somebody place them
in position to give the fish chance!
An exchange says another swind-
ler is working the country districts.
His game is new one and the
farmers bite at it. The scamp says
he is representative of n co-opera-
tive store which sells groceries, dry
goods, tools, etc, to farmers at
wholesale prices. To get the bene-
fit of the store the farmer is requir-
ed to pay fee of sixty cents year,
or one bollar in advance for two
years. 1t is slick game, and as the
the fellow who is working it is a
slick talker, many farmers are part
ling vii, Sheir 81 bills to get advan-
tt.akeS The cooperative store. The
a ...s Ixists sally ia tic brains of the
agent and he is a fraud.
When you wish to know what the
weather is going to be so out and
select the smallest cloud you see
Keep your eye on it, and if it de.
creases and disappears it shows Il
state of the air that is sure to bt
followed by fine weather but if il
increase, take your overcoat with
you if you're going away from home,
for falling weather is not far off
The reason is this. When the air is
becoming charged with electricity
you will see every cloud attracting
all lesser one toward it until it gath
ers into n shower, aud, on the con
trary, when the fluid is passing of
or diffusing itself, thena large cloud
will be seen breaking into pieces
and dissolving.
Don't forget the editor when you
have news item. If your wife
whips you let us know and we will
set you right down before the pub
lie. If you have company tell us
if you are not ashamed of your visi.
tors. If II youngster arrives mt yom
house and demands food and raj
ment, buy quarters worth of ci.
gars and come around, and if you
are cash subscriber we will furnish
name for him or her us circum.
stances may warrant. If you have
a social gathering of few friends,
bring around big cake, six or sew
en- pies and ham-not necessarily
to eat but as guarantee OF good
faith. You needn't bother to invite
us, as it may be n little too cool foI
our wardrobe. We mention these
things because we want the news.
Hon. Jere Grouse, who took his
seat as Associate Judge of this
county the first week in January,
now holds the thirty-third commits
sion received at the hands of the
Governors of Pennsylvania and
Postmaster Generals of the United
States. The first one was a colonels +
commission by Governor Pollock,
three by the Postmaster Generals
and twenty-nine by the Governors
of Pennsylvania. The last was Civ,
en- by Governor Pattison, to the of
fee which he now holds. He was
prothonotary and clerk of the courts
of this county for twenty-one years
We believe he exceeds any other
man in the State of Pennsylvania in
the number of commissions issued
to any ole man. Mr.. Grouse has
always been a popular official, and
too liberal to grow rich in offie.-
lSetinsgrOue Times.