The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-11-19
MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER co. Pa THURSDAY NOW
A large advertiser makes this oh

servation: Il regard newspapers
as fortune builders for others. No
man with meritorious article, who
uses n properly written advertise
ment, can fail to succeed
An Iowa man bet so that he
could ride the flywheel in a sawmill.
When his widow paid the bet she
remarked sympathetically evil.
liam was n good, kind husband, but
he didn't know much about fiy-
wheels"
In making corn meal mush cook it
with milk instead OF water, or part
water and part milk, if not con.
venient to use all milk. The pud.
ding will be much richer, and when
fried will more readily take nice
brown.
A smooth, easy shave, genteel
hair cut, or other tonsorial work. is
always obtained ut Soles' Barber
Shop. in Wittenmyer's Building, op.
posite Post Office. Go to Soles and
you will make no mistake, Shaving
soap, face cream, hair oil and egg
shampoo for sale. A. +. SoLRs.
Our old Republican friend Samuel
Bowen OF Franklin township was in
town on Wednesday, and while here
made US call. Mr. Bowen is one
OF the solid Republicans of our
county-always true to the party, no
matter what the result may have
been to him. Tribune.
Martin Horning. of Blair county,
last week expressed to the agricul.
tural bureau at Washington, ID. g., a
monster pumpkin that weighed 1l9
pounds. This trophy Of the garden
will be entered for the 800 prize Of
fered by the secretary Of agriculture
for the largest pumpkin raised in tho
United States this year.
The probabilities are now that the
Pennsylvania Midland Railroad
which IL projected to traverse a por
tion Of Bedford county will be com.
pleted in the early future. On DC.
tober ., the Supreme Court handed
down m opinion in case affirming
the opinion of the court below. and
authorizing the receiver to borrow
money and complete the road.
James Meyer aud Aggic Gember-
ling Of Selinsgreve drove to the
county seat last Thursday and Sc
cured marriage license. They re-
turned to Selinsgrove where Rev.
w. A. Haas performed tho nuptial
ceremony. The groom is an indus.
trious young man aud the bride is
one OF Selinsgrove's fair ones. The
PosT extends congratulations
A young man, five feet eight inch.
es tall, light complexion. blue eyes,
sandy hair, receding forehead, sew
oral teeth out Ct upper jaw, light
mustache and slight German ac.
cent, is going from place to place
and preacher to preacher borrowing
money, representing himself a
church member of any denomina-
ton he can for his fraudulent pur,
pose and using different preachers
names for recommendation. He
has very slick tongue. Let all per-
sons look for him, for he is n fraud
Of the first water.
While tearing off the roof Of his
house Monday, Edward Spangler, a
farmer living at Spry, York county,
found bag filled with gold and sill
yer and notes. Before lie had time
10 count his find, his hired man,
William Sullivan, is alleged to have
seized the bag and made off with it.
Spangler pursued Sullivan, bu. the
after is said TO have threatened to
iill him and made good his escape
With the treasure. Spangler noticed
he denomination Of one of the
notes which he says was $500. The
police ore now looking for Sullivan.
The most singular and inconsist-
,nt thug about deadhead newspa-
,er readers is that they are general
y ready to speak unfavorably Of the
PAPER thus used, and probably as q
,retext for not purchasing, Reason
ng by analogy. they must be rela.
ives OF the farmer who once took q
ausage machine ION trial" After
utting all OF his years supply OF
ausage meat, and loaning it to sew
raj neighbors. who also used it to
mt all theirs, he returned with COM
,laints as to alleged defects. aud q
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