The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-02-23

A law passed by the Legislature

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Y ed. II requires mortgages at least
once every three years to have en-.
tered on the records in the Record.
er's office any payments made on
the principal, and also payments
OF interest. No one has thus far
L complied with the law, in fact no
one knew there was such n law, an
/ indication that people do not read
/ up the Acts of Assembly very close
ly.
1 The people who hesitate about
travelling 10y rail on account of the
seeming danger have not leg to
stand on. According to the report
of the Interstate commerce, the
chances of n passenger on railroad
train being killed are only one in
200, 600. The number of passengers
carried by rail last year was nearly
10000, 900, aud the number killed by
accident about 800. A good deal
larger proportion than that died in
their bed but nobody thinks of re-
fusing TO go to bed on that account.
j Considerable merriment was Gre
ated i'll the Senate Wednesday morn
ing by the reading Of the following
letter, which was sent to the clerk
desk by Senator Hackenberg: Dear
Sir, wish you would introduce
bill prohibiting the manufacturing,
buying, selling or wearing hoop
skirt or crinoline in this State, max
ing all such violations misdemean-
or. If they must be worn, let the
men wear them" The petition was
referred to the committee on Re
trenchment and Reform.
On Sunday evening, n Western
blizzard, accompanied by peals of
thunder and sharp flashes of light
ming ngah'-uck this section and reigned
i.""sr. --.1s ~ ~. rr'i,e - 80,
snow which fell on Friday, being
very light, was blown from the hills
and deposited in the crossroads
making travel impossible for time.
Jere Schrawder, tho faithful mail.
carrier between Middleburgh and
Miiilinburg, who had not missed
day for many years, was prevented
from coming on Monday on account
of the drifts.
An editor is u cross between early
piety and old age. He never swears
in the paper without abbreyiating
dash. He rolls along like stone
gathering moss until the lumbago
strikes into his back. The gathering
of wealth has but faint hope and
shadowy might be- in his mind. Ho
lives from day to day in the hope OF
getting conscience money from his
subscribers who owe him several
years of subscription, but the sub
scriber sleeps well every night while
he struggles ON, and always has
something coming.
The old Haines and Penn horse
company, which existed some thirty
five years, to protect its members
from losses by horse thieves, dis
banded last week, the funds on
hands permitted n dividend of S3G
to each member, collected from
fines for non-attendance and the
one dollar membership fees. Ac-
cording to our recollection only one
or two horses We're stolen from the
membership, which were paid for
out of its treasury. 1t sustained no
loss in the past twenty-five years
from horses stolen. Centre Repor-
ter.
No growler ever built II city or
town of any kind. The most un-
necessary thing a town can have,
the most unspeakable nuisance that
can come around, is the man who
growls and snaps and snarls at men
who are really doing something.
What could u town be without men
of enterprise There are houses to
go up, stores to be opened, factories
to be built and every conceivable
business to be pushed along. And
while some men are pushing and
pulling and perspiring, and the town
is showing the benefit of their en-
deavors, along comes snappy,
snarling fellow growing about some
thing, If he were drone, it would
be better If he were clam and
kept his mouth shut the town could
stand it. But he won't do it. He is
a companion Of the croaker-a nui-
sance and fraud. !