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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-04-04
Auditors Notice.
IL the 1ssigned) In the Court Of
Estate Of Hoc- Common Pleas
ard W. Irorei. \ Of Snyder Co.

The undersigned Auditor appointed by said
Court TO pass upon the exceptions filed 10 the
account OF j. q. Meyer, Assignee for the bcnefit
OF the creditors OF said Troxel. and 10 make dis
tribution OF the funds II said exceptions are
Withdrawn. VIII sit. for the purposes OF his ap-
pointment, at the ONCE OF J. N. Baker Esq, IN
Adamsburg. Pa, on Tuesday. April 18th. 1895
at ia. NJ, when and where all persons having
any claims or OF herwise interested may attend
or suffer the consequences OF their absence
witness my hand at Selinsgrove, this 10Th day
OF March A. ID. 1895.
CHAs. p. ULRICH.
Auditor
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-22
The Umpire's Sad Lot.

The talented neologist of the Quincy ILL.,,
Herald is again paying his respects to a par
ticipant in the national game. He thus re-
fers to the umpire:
"There is a jibbering skate in Rockford,
with a ferris wheel for a head, who has been
temporarily elevated to the emoluments and
thrown of a baseball umpire, but it is an I'M
disturbed physical fact that he cannot tell a
strid from a lockout. Sometimes the home
plate seems to him the size of a cheese sand
wich, but when the Rockford pitcher is in
the box it is as big as bale of hay. The
The manager Of the red legged runts Of
Rockford succeeded in placing this obstacle
to human progress in the Office of umpire and
fhen lattered himself that he owned his
picturesque carcass. And SO indeed it seems
he does. He has been making Christmas
gifts of every point of the game to Rockford,
and yesterday he handed the victory to
sawedof Nichol on a glass dish with parsley
trimmings. 1t was a brutal revival of the
creed and practice of Dick Turpin. The
honor and virtue of the national game was
ravished, plucked and made a them Of idle
jest. Corruption and conspiracy 60 through
the Western association like a hired mar
through a brewery. The whole foundation,
capstone and smear of the republic is totter
ing into drooling and dreary ruin"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-22
He Would Dream In Revepre.

The bells were striking the hour OF mid
night when . Woodward avenue patroh
man discovered the form of = sleeping man
In = public hallway and started In to rouse
him up. A few vigorous taps OF the baton.
backed by q number of EXPLANATIONS did
the business, aud the mar sat up and rub
bed his eyes and asked:
"W-what's happened to the United
States Of America this timer"
You must get out of this"
Got to move on, have II"
..You have."
.ls 1t agin the law for a penniless man
to make his bed In a hallway"
Yes sir; you must move on"
"Lemme tell you suthin." said the
stranger as he arose and leaned against the
the door. "When you woke me up, / was
dreamin of havin a talk with q man In the,
city hall; / had told him my story and he
had just put his hand in his pocket to HELM
me ont. don't know how much he was
goin to gimme, but it was q quarter at
least. You Orter to come down with a
dime for wakin me up"
Dreams don't 60" replied the officer as
he worked the man ont on the sidewalk.
THAT Is dreams don't go on your beat?',
That's it."
Very well, sir-very well. I'll move
down the street on the next Leaf. I'll find
another place to sleep and to dream. m
dream that the Teller In the city hall gimme
a hall, and thst ! whacked up with q cop
per who felt to pity me and wouldn't drive
me out. That's 1t. sir. You've beat me
out Of q quarter. but lost one yourself, and
you go 70 grass, sir, and to Texas, cir, and
II / kin dream you've bin bit by q mad dog
I'll do 1t and be hanged to YOU, STRIP
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-22
SOCIETY
SAWDUST
Newport Swells May Give an
Amateur Circus.
FINE MATERIAL ON HAND.
Belmonts Animals Form an
Excellent Menagerie.
FINE MATERIAL ON HAND,

NEWPORT, L. l., [Speciai]-Soctety here
Is trembling upon the verge of an amateur
circus. e has been talked about in the
casino, on the broad verandas of stately
houses. on the decks of palatial yachts,
along the roads ~frequented by the cyclists,
In landaus and vict0rias. upon hig dog
carts, iauntfng cars and drags, and
wherever the members of swaggerdom
happen to find themselves.
The project may end IN talk, as 1t was
begun. but there Is a chance that the hopes
of its origlnators will be realized. Certain
it Is that the people who have spent hum
dreds of thousands of dollars in fine horses
and their furnishings. realize that unless
something Is done, the halo which has
always hung over Newport will be out
dazzled by the growing popularity of Bar
Harbor. New life and new ideas must be
injected, else Newport will follow in the
wake OF Long Branch and Saratoga, both
of which In their day, were the summer
pivOts of swelldom.
The very idea of an amateur circus sends
q pleasing thrill through the frame OF the
fashionable Young girl. 1t brings up an
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-22
LIES Little Ironies.

4 Kankakee man waded out into the
river to drown a cat, took cramps and wal
drowned himself. And the cat came back.
A one legged q who has climbed
Mount Kineo In Maine, has given q cold
shoulder 10 the narrow chested Willies
who can't do anything.
A Niagara man played ghost SO well
that he became one, his victim having the
thoughtfulness to enable him to be a real
ghost by means OF a pistol bullet.
A mar In an Ohio prison for life is about
to be pard0ned out for the excellent reason
that the strongest evidence against him
was the fact that the dead mans mother
dreamed he was the murderer.
A granddaughter Of Lord Nelson. Wis
count, Bridport, has offered for sale ct
auction the medals and other relics Of his
lighting granduncle. People are saying
things about him too. New York Re-
corder.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-22

aad been my bette noir," she said. "Mv
tatner was a judge and allowed me to come
g MS law Office, the students there seeing
the indignation ! felt on the subject used to
hunt up each odious law and read il to me.
oh! the impotency of my rage when l used
to hear: A married woman cannot inherit
any property; whatever is left t her goes to
her husband or a married woman has no
night to wages she has worked for; if you
pay her, the law can compel you to pay her
husband over again; she cannot do business
IN her own name; she cannot make a contract;
she cannot " her children, If she is a
married woman, but, strange anomaly, she
Can own her children If she is not married,
and so on ad nauseum. Was it any wonder
that, hearing those brutal laws read and re-
iterated, that my own idea was to do some.
thing towards their abolishment?"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-22
menagerie, and they would lend an album
danced f color to the scene.

menagerie, md they would lend an abun-
danced OF color 10 the scene.
WHAT THE wHEELERs CAN DO.
One OF the circus Idea enthusiasts made
. proposition, and then wilted under the
multitude OF frowns hurled In his direction.
He thought II would be q fire thing to have
on the program : ladies' bicycle race. He
spoke the truth when he said that It would
arouse more enthusiasm than any other act.
When asked II he would be the bearer OF 4
request to certain well. known women, ask
ing them to c0mpete. be acknowledged the
task would be too big Z one for him.
II the cir. us Is given, the bicycle, how
ever, Is sure to play . prominent part.
There are q number Of fair maids and DASH
Ing matrons who have enough confidence
In their wheeling abilities to believe that
they could go through the figures of q quad
rifle on their bikes. This would make the
horseback dance quite q tame affair by com
paris0n. q there certainly would be a few
spills.
The polo experts could be relied upon to
give a lively act. Such men u Foxhall
Keene, Tom Hitchcock, Harry Whitney
and Moses Taylor, with their fine stable Of
horses to draw upon, might give q series of
races which would compare ~favorably with
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-22
Flashes Of Wit.

a stump orator exclaimed: II know no
North. no South. no East, no West. fel-
l0w-citizens!" Then exclaimed an old
farmer In the crowd tits time you went 10
school and larnt j~ography."
She-..It must have been q terrible
storm to blow awav q lighthouse"
ChOlly-''Terrible, my deah! But It
only has e through carelessness that
there was q lighthouse in such an exposed
place.
Lady Visit0r-"And now, Tommy, take
the case of q poor sailor who is ship
wrecked, and who, after battling with the
angry waves, reaches an unknown island.
What would the poor sailor think on
reaching land?" TOmmy-"ThAt e dun
no where e are"
A doctor In New South Wales is said 70
have an Office In the street leading to the
cemetery and . reversible sign. and when
a funeral passes. the sign Is turned over 20
as to display the following: mot mT
patient; / can cure every man that f0llpW4
my directions"
Considerate-"I don't hold agin this
ERE new woman business So much a.
some." said Mr.. Jason. ITS Jest her
natural bent for information takin' . new
tack. Ell she wasn't irwin to and out ali
ABOUT goyernmlnt an, microbes she would
be tryin' to And out ali about the neigb-
bors, and o know the trouble that leads
to-"
HUSBAND comes nome later than usual
from the club. To avoid disturbing his
wife he takes of his boots and steals into
the room on tiptoe. But. vain ~precaution.
his wife begins tn yaWn. Ouicklv do.
termined. he goes to the cradle 81 HIS first
born and begins to rock it, singing !
slumber song the while. Whatever are
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-22
An AvertAd

The parlor lamp which did duty for the
same young man seven nights in the week.
red glow grew fainter and fainter, and, as
the shadows merged one by one into
gloom, an eerie feeling crept into the
young maids soul.
George" she asked, in tones tremulous
through suppressed agitation, "what would
you do if you were strapped hand and foot
in a chair, while a candle, stuck in the top Of
a keg of %gunpowder, a foot from your head
burned slowly DOWN."
And George, who had been gazing ex-
pectantly at the lamp. answered: Il would
blow it out"
She shivered.-Puck.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-22
Beauty In Paris.

A dusky beauty is exciting a great deal of
comment on the Paris boulevards on account
of the extreme fashions in which she INDUCES
Her identity was known to but few friends,
and it has only very recently become known
that she is the daughter Of Hippolyte, the
negro president Of the Isle Of Hayti. He
sent her to Paris on account of the political
troubles threatening the republic, and com-
mitted her to the care Of friendly diplomat.
She is very handsome, her dne profile being
admirably set Of by the dark color Of her
skin. She drives : chic tandem rig to the
Bots de Boulogne every fair afternoon.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-22

AS Sill LOOKED TWENTY YEARS AGO
One can we'll believe this remarkable lady
when she says she is never i'll, never knows
what it is to lose an hours sleep, for her
w~holesomeness and vivacity are proof posi-
tive. Never in her life has she lost a tooth;
her snowy hair is abundant and beautifully
many Of the manly virtues through the
wholesome companionship on the Wheel"
woMAN's FIRST CONVENTION.
Mrs. Stanton is justly proud of the fact
that she was the first woman in the world
that ever called a woman's suffrage conven-
tion. This she did in conjunction with Lu-
cretia Mott, in lS4S. Previous to this time,
however, she had the pleasure Of seeing the
married women's property law passed, an
issue for which she had worked increasingly
for years.
seven as a child the old English common
law, under which married women smarted,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-22
HER DAILY LIFE

..There is scarcely a variation in my daily
habits" she remarked. 81 rise at 7 each
morning and eat oatmeal and fruit for my
breakfast; yes I drink coffee-half milk. l
take a nap about 1890 and eat fruit for
lunch; today for instance shall eat three
peaches. For dinner I have vegetables,
fruit and sometimes poultry. As a rule do
not like animal food-no stimulants-not
from any principle, but because dislike
them.
"On any day that l am going to attend a
reception. lecture or what not it is my Gus
tom to dress completely; then for a slim
liant l lie down and take a little sleep. which
l enjoy upon the shortest notice. My time
is passed, as a general thing, in writ.
ing and reading. At present am
engaged on my "reminiscences; this and my
work on the woman's Bible absorb my
leisure.
"This idea of the woman's Bible has been
in my mind for years. The majority OF
people totally understand its aims and
meaning. We, the members OF the revising
committee, are simply taking those parts OF
the Bible, consisting Of about one-tenth OF
the book, relating to women. and comment
ing on them; no word is altered or trans
posed. Why should not women, with per
feet propriety. search the Scriptures and
when they find portions Of special interest to
them write commentaries on the textsf We
need more csmmon sense in the training OF
women's minds. Why, even in the present
state Of affairs of our city is 1t not evident
that those who appreciate and would main
tain ! secular form Of government fear
women's power against It. They fear that
women would restore the Puritanica1 Sab
bath and close the Libraries, picture gal
ler;es. concert halls and museurns, which
common sense people have been % long
iaboring to open TO the masses.
Arr ONE FANATICS.
ssIt & 1 sad fact but I true . that in the
! GRITTY Of cases whan : man evinces intol-
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-22
incidental topic Of a woman's bloomers, she
is always original, delightful and entertain

Incidental topic of a woman's b~loomers, she
is always original, delightful and entertain
ing.
WHEN SHE WoR BLooMERs.
ITO my mind there has always been a
peculiar facination in a new idea," she said.
~ never brace myself against anything.
Why a woman can't wear bloomers if it suits
her convenience, is passing strange. We do
not object to a mans coat-tails, do we, and
l am sure they are much more ridiculous.
As a matter Of fact, wore blooniers
myself for a whole year; my companions IN
misery were Lucy Stowe, Susan b. Anthony,
and my cousin, Mrs. Miller, the daughter OF
the great Abolitionist. She was the bravest
of US all. She had them for all occasions;
lovely, white..satin affairs which she wore to
receptions in Washington, and rich, black
velvet ones for steeet wear. Her father
liked them, but Mr.. Stowe and my father
did not.
ssHow well do I remember the laughter
and derision Of the audience when We all
stepped on the lecture platform thus rugged.
Our dear friends besought us to clothe our
selves properly. 'Your principles are odious
enough they candidly remarked, without
damninF yourselves with your absurd dress.
We hea1fly disliked the costume, ash vas
inartistic.
s.The Only way to make the costume
artistic would have been to abolish the skirts
and let the well-shaped legs be seen, and As
ve lacked the artistic, We finally succumbed
and returned 10 the conventional feminine
forgery. The::physical comfort during that
wear had been very great, but the mental
trammei had been very much greater. We
started the ball a-rolling, however"
Mn. Stanton thinks that the bicycle i one
az the greatest Of inventions. On this sub
iect she has recently written, in her breezy,
witty style, Of the bicycles antiquity, giving
chapter and verse 70 prove that It's men
tioasd Ii the Old Testament. .'Its good
90 svsrybody," she said, land ! always
encourage ~ danghtss e ride. Men -
-ome noe ccsrtsoss md wsmen aequi'
&s
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-22

entransing picture of a gaily decked ring,
surrounded by scores of interesting faces,
which eagerly watch her rs she dashes into
view mounted upon her best horse, all be-
spangled and attIred after the e~xtravagent
fashion of the real circus peoples Then
she goes through some pretty evolutions,
while the band plays softly, and then
makes her exit, OILY to appear a few min
utes later in another scene.
An amateur circus would certainly be, to
use a vulgarism, pie, for the athletic girl Of
today. She would be in her element. per-
haps more so thar the fashionable young
man who, comparatively. is far behind fin
de steele femininity in matters of muscle.
THE WATERBURY, CIRCUS.
When Mr.. w Waterbury, the cordage trust
king, gave his famous circus in May of
1889, at his country place, Plaisance, it
was the social event of the year. The new
woman was in her infancy then, and the
| girls who figured in the program took very
mild parts. The heavy work fell upon the
men. and this forced Mr.. Waterbury to go
outside the strict circle of swelldOm for
performing material.
Weeks were spent in preliminary train
ing for this affair. and ii the Newport peO-
pie intend to do anything of q similar
kind. they have no time to lose. for the
trend of fashion will be LOnOx way by the
middle of September. At the Waterbury
circus, half a dozen of the seasons beau
ties made a pretty picture clad in red coats
and white skirts, and wearing red and
white hats, and mounted on white horses,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-22

At last the extreme limit in the apparel OF
the new woman seems to have been reached.
According to ! Detroit newspaper, several
bicycling girls Of Coldwatsr, Mich, have
already outgrown the bloomer stage, and
now ride in the streets and suburbs Of that
city clad in complete masculine costumes-
knickerbocker, golf stockings and short
Jackets.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-22
Political P~leasantries.

A correspondent asks us II We consider
Grover Cleveland - Jefferson Democrat
Yes-a Joe jefferson Democrat.-New
York Mercury (Dem.)
While tricks are common when working
political cards, those held up the sleeve are
generally with the ultimat. view of play
Ing the deuce.-Philadelphia Times.
Senator Brice has secured control OF
another railroad In his state. Is he trying
70 control m unbroken line from Ohio 70
Washlngton?-New York Mall and Elk
press.
So dreaded Is the dark horse In the pres
identiaI race that nobody Is inclined to re-
spond TO the entreaty Of the old sOug.
"Will Somebody Bet on the Bay?'.-B0s-
ton Transcript.
The word tomboy, 10Y applied 70 :
rude young woman. formerly meant . rude
young man or boy.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-22
A Day With Mrs. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton.
AN ACTIVE OCTOCENARIAN.
She Was a Bloomerite Many
Years Ago.

New YoRK. Especial. IA day with Mrs.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. the pioneer OF
woman's suffrage, is as pleasant a diversion
As an active man or woman could find any.
where. 1t is instructive, too, for Mrs. Stan.
ton keeps abreast of the affairs Of the world
with powerful tenacity. The opponents of
the advanced woman, could they see and talk
with this clever, interesting, bright and
healthy minded old lady in her own home,
within a stones throw of Central park.
would doubtless agree that if all womankind
were like her, the sex would be doubly at
t~ractive.
Mrs. Stanton's home is Just what one
would expect it to be. Books, papers, statu-
airy are everywhere, rugs on the hard wood
floor, the furniture is costly and substantial,
the whole place permeated with the attrac-
tiveness of home and comfort.
That she is an octogenarian seems in
credible, yet SO it is, for ON November 10
next, her eightieth birthday will be cele-
DRAFTED in royal fashion in Carnegie Music
hall. 1t will be an event which promises to
be the browning incident of her career.
"No. l will not say one word about that
Just yet" she remarked; sit would be too
premature" and then, with m alertness and
youthfulness Of mind and thought that is
amazing, she proceeded to give her opinion
upon every subject of the passing hour.
Of course her favorite theme is the bet.
terment and progression of women, but
from her project, the woman's Bible to the
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-22

ssMabel," said the summer girls mother,
.'that young man writes very nice letters.
But ! wish that his chirography were ! little
less obscure"
ssWhy, mammal"
81 can't quite make ont whether he says
he looks forward to the time when Ne win be
sosciilating n the hammock " oscalating
Il the hammock. "-WadAinetoa SCR.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-22

caparisoned in red and white. All OF the
interior decorations were In red, white and
gold, even the sides Of the ring being
covered with heavy red cloth, edged with
gold bands.
IT COSTS LOTS OF MONEY.
II was estimated at the time that the
circus cost the Waterburys $4,000. and
perhaps this has something to do with the
delay Of the Newport people In taking
hold and working up the idea. Every
one is waiting for some else to step
forward with an offer u foot the bills.
Circus angels seem TO be scarce.
That . bold performance could be given,
however. there Is little doubt, for IN album
dance Of nne material can 30 had Tor the
asking.
oliver 81. r. Belmont's menagerie Is
close at hand, and offers . fine foundation
for the show. There are no very Wild
animals II Nj. BelmOnt's collection. but
there are Z number Of rare one They
were collected by their owner In I'll parts Of
the world. Il would make : fino act # Nr.
Belmont should head 4 parade Of his col
lection and make ) little speech about tho
pecultasities Of each animal. There Are
many birds Of gorgeous pluuage n the