The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-10-22
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Central Hotel. Large, fresh and
fine flavor, Half shell, ,uart or hun
dred." IO.I5.3t.
The finishing touches OF your
wearing apparel determines the neat
ness of your dress. A well selected
and tastefuliv trimmed hat il al.
ways admired. Go whore YOU can
always be suited.--,t T. Dunkle.
berger's, Middleburgh.
The Mckinley and Hobart club of
this place met in the Post room Sat
urday evening. The Ladies' Repub
llcan Glee Club furnished the music.
Geo. w. Wagenseller addressed the
club. Hon. 9. w. Herman explained
how he secured the orators for the
Mass Meetings The club accepted
invitations to attend the Mass Meet.
lngs at Freeburg. Wednesday even.
ing. Mt Selinsgrove, Thursday even -
ing and Centreville, Saturday even
ing. The Club meets again on Oct.
Goth.
The bed on which Abram Lincoln
slept when a boy was after this fash.
ion: The head and one side of the
bedstead were formed bv an angle
of the log cabin itself. The bedpost.
standing out in the room, was
single crotch were the ends Of two
hickory sticks, whose other extrem.
tiles were mortised into the logs,
the two sides of the cabin and the
two rails embracing n quadrilateral
SPACE OF the required dimensions.
This was. bridged by Stats rived
from the forest log. On this was
placed sack of dried leaves.
The fool election bet is Just now
engrossing the attention of the pub
lie and the man who can devise the
most foolish bet is being grOomed
for tho insane asylum by his fool
friends. Out West two men have
made bet on the election, aud the
loser most leave the town in which |
he lives and remain away forever.
Two other men have wagered their
situation on the result. The loser
must throw up bis lob and hunt |
another one. Those are about the |
worst that have been made public |
this campaign.
Several weeks ago Mr.. A. ID. Mil
Ter aud Benjamin X. Focht deliver
ed addresses at Salem nnl Paxton
vile, Snyder County, before large
RepIblictn meetings. Since then
they have received invitations to ad-
dress the Republicans Of Middle.
burg, Shamokin Dam, Mcclure,
Freeburg, Beavertown. and Centre
VILE, but much to the regret of the
gentlemen they were obliged To de.
cline any further outside engage
ments on account nf being billed for
Union County nearly every night
until tho election. However, they
feel highly gratiiied that their ef-
forts in sister SNYDER were so well
received aud ut some later day will
be glad to again cross the border
Le'oisbUrg Ne,os.
When banks are prosperous the
people are prosperous, and vice
versa. The kind Of money to be us.
ed in business IL of no greater i'm.
portance to the banker than to the
people, for the bank is both creditor
and debtor. All classes--the people
and the banks-are equally interest
ed in having the best money as an
Indispensable requisite of general
III there is any differ
ence the people ut large suffer more
from bad money than the banks do,
because the latter have facilities for
themselves and guarding
against the evils of debased or huct-
uating currency. which the people
have not. The fact that banks make
most money in good times is suf-
ficient reason why they should favor
sound money.-Indianapois Jour-
nal
In short time the reader will
have forgotten the excitement Of the
Political Campaign, and the
words Republican, Democrat or
Popocrats will be thing of the
past and your thoughts will natural
" turn to the coming Holidays with
the question, what will he the
best thing to buy for Christmas
presents for my adult friends, and
what will give most pleasure to chill.
iren and little tots. There is moth {
ng of more value and lasting, or, {
hat has come into more general use
han the giving and receiving of |
beautiful books. There are no doubt
many Of our readers who are ready ,
20 act az agents for the sale of a {
'eries of four attractive holiday :
books, ranging in prices from SOC. to I
b2.25. Such books are published by [
he well-known firm of Gillespie, [
Metzgar a. Kelley, $50 North Broad I
Street, Philadelphia, Pa. SO conf {
lent are they Of the selling quail. {
les OF their books, that they will q
urnish a handsome combination {
,utfit, free of charge, pay freight ,
'harges, give Premiums, also allow {
'ery Liberal Commissions to any
me who will devote attention to the
BUSINESS. We advise any OF our ,
eaders who want Profitable en- {
,loyment to write to, them for par
ieulars. u
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