Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-04-22

Early garden making p.opl. =
LOVE- ,o' planted corn ON the INK .,S
18th Of April. A''n ana
Harry Mcclellan and vif. -..rr,-
90 rom three weeks visit Ia Ph;is .
dsiphia on Friday. nA"
The Thermometer registered a. d.
ersss IN the shade at 2P. n. ON r.;
oay afternoon, April II.
A good maay fishermen d.noun..
carp. bscause they say, it destroy.
the spawn Of other fish.
A common notice in th. n.vs.
paper reads: Excessive cioeratt.
smoking killed 80 and SO.
The crimson clover that was ,ovn
.ast summer stood the drought, but
the winter freeze killed it.
The Republican State Convention
tnat is to convene on Thursday, will
cs a harmonious Convention.
Samuel Il. Rollman caught a
string OF nice fish in the river last
Friday; suckers, cattiss and carp.
Landlord VIM. Zeigler attended
the funeral Of his stsp-fathsr Mr..
Flickinger in Bloomfield last week.
T. V. Irwin and Robert Parker
have planted Maple treas along their
lot at the intersection Of Bridge and
Main streets.
The German carp has few friends.
1t is not palatable fish, or our peo
pie do not know how to cook it SO a
to make it pslatable.
It will take all Of this week and all
OF next week to put many far msra
through with their oats sowing, and
BY that time the oats sowing will b.
late.
James McCauley breaks the record
in corn planting. To bs up with the
summer weather of last week, he
planted corn on the 18th day oi
April.
The owners of land suitable for 9
ten day national encampment of the
National Guard, at Lewistown, asked
81 900 cash and additional cost fol
fences.
Tho average women when they ge,
together these spring days, have K
talk about house cleaning, garden
making, spring clothes and bonnats
and their neighbors.
The reception Of the First Defend
ers on their pleasure trip to Wash
isgton last week was different from
that OF volunteer soldier boys agaips
rebellion made s5 years ago-in 1851
A Kentucky msn has invented F.,
churn that is run by rocking chair
1t it = popular csurn. One may r>sd
sew, gossip or engage in sensible
talk snd at tho sams time rock arG
churn the butter.
II Easter had hsen timed this yeal
to follow the April full moon, il
would be lste and people would cay
Easter governs the weather, but i
came after the March full moon snt
that mads it early.
| Rev. A. n. Raven will be installed
pastor of the Presbyterian church or
the 25sh last. Rev. R. n. Campbell
will preside; Rev. ". H Decker viii
preach the sermon; Rev. H. G. Fur
bay will give ths charge to the pas
tor.
Tho 107th birth day of Mrs. Han
nah Chsrc of Ferrsll, n. j., was eel
ebrated last Monday. Her younsss!
son is 66 ysars old. She has 80
grand children; 80 great grand chill
dren and l6 great, great grand chill
dren.
Someone writes and esks: "Whet
is your definition of a banksr?'
We'll banker may be properly call
ed O dsalsr or trader in money, one
who secures m onsy at q lowor rate
and disposas of it at = higher rsts OF
interest.
The lstters uncallod for in ths
Miffl;ntown post Office for the week
closing April IS, were for, Wm. Kep-
ler, Abe Kline, II. Pierce. Harman
Pierce, B. F. Richards & Bros, Mrs.
Sallie Meissr, MslY Phillips, Miss
Mary Kipplsr. Niss Bessie Roush.
The McVsytown Journal, of April
18th mentions, this: A patent for
100 acres Of improved land in Brown
townehip, this county, was issued
last Thursday by the department OF
internal affairs to williamson d.
Taylor and John w. Taylor, Of Reeds
vile.
The mountains that girt Juniata
county are about 1000 feet above the
| Pennsylvania Railroad and the rail.
road here at Aifflin is about AL feet
above sea level, 50 that makes Tusca-
rors and Shade mountains between
IA and Is hundred feet above sea
level.
Not much general interest is taken
in tho State political conventions this
year. Outside of the circle of dele
gates, there are few people concern
ed enough about the conventions to
talk about thsm. Politics will as