The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-11-16


nounces that she is selling out and
will return to the city after having
disposed of her goods. She is dis
posing of her goods ut cost and
offers great inducements to pur-
chasers. See advertisement.
In storing apples in barrels it is
said to be n good thing to line the
barrels with newspapers. A farmer
who has tried the experiment says
that in those unlined he found some
of the fruit decayed, while in the
paper lined barrels every apple was
sound and in fine condition.
Venus is again the evening star,
after an absence of nearly year.
Immediately after the evening twi-
light she can be seen in the western
skies and will continue there during
the remainder of the year, growing
brighter as the weeks pass until
January 6, when she will reach her
greatest brilliancy.
The editor of the PosT will leave
to-day for the Seven Mountains to
join the Troxelville party in ten
days deer hunt. The paper next
week will be in the hands of the
boys, and we ask our correspondents
to help them all they can in making
the PosT interesting during our alb
sence.
A person finding anything valuable
must make an honest effort to find
the owner. Some time since David
Shelley found q pocketbook along
the road in Lawrence county and
failed to return it. He was arrest
ed, tried and convicted of larceny,
and sentenced to pay costs and be
imprisoned in the Jail for ten days.
trTnssQ Qfi1nR. bdps,hof Uonft
has DISCONTINUED the kissing Of the
Bible in the administration Of oaths
Judge Clark, in explaining the Or
der to that effect, says: Holding
up the right hand is the more con
venient form. Then the kissing Of
the book is a very nasty thing. I
have heard of people catching dis
ease in that way"
The only Democratic exchange
that came to our table last week
bearing Il number of roosters was
that staunch and able advocate of
true Jacksonian Democracy, the
Centre Hall Reporter. Fred is like
thorough-bre race horse who runs
until he drops dead, or like bull
dog who doesn't know when he's
licked
Always in the lead with millinery
goods. l have a beautiful line of
c'ats, bonnets, children's hoods,
boys Tam O'Shanters, flowers and
feathers. New styles all through
the line. You can not help being
pleased. If you are asking yourself
where you can buy the cheapest and
best this season, you can get your
answer by calling at Libbie Dun
kelberger's Millinery.
Swindlers are travelling over the
county with samples of seed wheat,
which they show and claim will yield
80 bushels TO an acre. They pro-
pose that they will furnish the seed
and 100 pounds of phosphate per
acre, and ask in return one-half of
the crop. This is certainly a bar
gain for the seed, but it is still bet
ter when the signed paper turns out
to be a note for two or three hun
dred dollars.
MISTAKEN Souls VINO DREAM OF
Bliss. The following marriage IL
censes have been granted since our
last publication
;. 5; a; SehSil, S,s Union Twp,
tFranklin Il. Baker, Millroy, Pa,
lSusan B. Stauffer, Union Twp.
JWilliam w. Arnold, Port Trevorton
)Sallie l.. Wise, Dundore,
yGust. Swartz, Troxelville,
lAda n. Oldt, Spring Twp.
John a A. Martin Martin Chapman,
81. ID. DIETRICH, Swineford,
lEflie Collier, Paxtonville
Henry .; Meiser, Salem,
SJohn N. Rigle, Middlecreek,
lMalinda Gerhart, Beaver Springs.
"a. W. Huffnagle. Middlecreek, twp
(Lydia II. Klase, " 90
SM. II. Gasser, Cincinnati, O.,
lR Rocclar Eraah,,x.,