The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-10-15
Allison Swenk was Middleburgh
visitor Tuesday.

ar ~ tDclibSEiONo ''oi'Oh
morning.
Again the leaves come nuttering down.
Slowly, silently. one by one
Scarlet and crimson. and gold and brown.
whiting to TALL for their work is done.
Jacob Stahlnecker and A. W. Aur-
and attended the horse sale at Sc
insgrove on Tuesday.
We are indebted TO Prof. G. +.
Fisher OF Susquehanna University
for special favors this week.
See rei.cappcd Autumn dancing over the hlls,
Ills palette gay with colors manifold
lie tints the willows tNlgs with yellow finme
And paints tile naples russell red and gold.
Four prisoners are in the Snyder
county Jail just now. Fogelman has
not vet been released because he had
no money to pay his fine. He must
stay thirty days longer.
The Snyder County Medical So
ciety met Mt SelinsgrOve on Tues
day. Dr.. II. 5. Braucht Of ths place
was present. Discussions pertinent
to the fraternity were ably presented
JAY G.. Wciser and the Misses Bo-
lender we've royalty entertained from
Saturday TO Sunday at John IL.
Weisc's, Mnhantongo. MIR. Welser
is a candidate for Associate Judge
i'm Juuiata county and thinks his
chances inr election are not entirely
hopeless.
The consumption of cotton by
American mills was 2,S76, 846 bales
in 1872 This last crop year, ending
Augu.J 81, 1896, it was only 2,54,.
~. The decrease of 37l,S74 bales,
during our Democratic good times,
is "A point to be remembered by cot
ton growers and their employees as
well as by the workers in the mills.
Shall we accept as inevitable ou
present humiliating and unproht.
able position, or shall we use means
at command to regain our lost pow
er and prestige on the ocean? Shall
we give that Protection and en-.
couragement to our shipping inter
ests ,hat other nations give to
theirs, and Ahich freely give to all
our other great interests' Or shall
we, by continued neglect, suffer
the,n. to ne utterly destrov"d'
Tho next time travelling peddler
calls at your door and tries to sell
goods ask him if he will take youi
butter, eggs and other farm produce
ask him it., when your neighborhood
gets ready to build road OF bridge
over slough, he will willingly do
nate few dollars TO help it along
Tell him there is a poor widow down
the road who would he thankful j!
he would dc2..e o few provisions
anl ask him il he would contribute
to an enterprise just starting /. h,
agree TO DO this, then patronizt
him. Your home merchants will DC
this and more.
y forestry meeting will BE- held uu
der tho auspices of the Pennsylvani,
Forestry Association at the Drexe
institute, Thirty. second and Chest
nut Streets, Philadelphia, on Thurs
day. October 22d, at Sp. m. An ad
dress will be made by DIR. Nathan c
Schacffer. Superintendent Publ,
Instruction, followed by an illus
trated talk by DIR. j. T. Rothrock
Forestry Commissioner Of Pennsyl
vania. All persons interested in for
estry are cordially invited to be pres
ent
The advance OF wheat, inside o
two weeks, from 50 cents to 81 cents
Is a wonderful phenomenon in tn,
equation of international trade
There is nothing fictitious about tn,
event, since it appears to be base,
upon very legitimate considerations
The advance is very great thing [,
our farmers, who have been blesse,
with a very gratifying crop, Will
other exporting regions appear t,
have fallen below. The apprehen
sion Of war, resulting in the view o
Russian exporters. in the closing O
the Black Sea may also have been
factor in the advance. But, what
ever the reason, the rise is u sub
stantial good.
AT meeting Of the Sunbury an,
LewistOwn railroad il was unan
mously voted TO adopt the merge
Of that road with the Mifilin an