The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-08-26

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Fancy White Dress goods at s to
IS cents, reduced from 8 to 25c. at
Maurer's. New Berlin.
The man who wears collars so high
that they scratch his neck can truth
fully be said to have bad case of
"cholera."
The annual session of Snyder
County Teachers Institute will con-
vene 10 the court house. in Middle.
burgh, Monday, December 9Th.
The total number of pensioners on
the rolls on the 3Oth of June last,
thirty-two years after the close of
the civil war, was 9S3, 3,52S, or more
than IL, 900 in excess of any previous
record.
On Saturday September 4th, the,
four Sunday schools OF Troxelville
will hold union picnic in j. G..
Meyers grove II miles South of
their town. The Troxelville band
will furnish the music.
The reason for so few August we'd
dings is not because the month is
deemed unlucky, but the modish
brido does not care to prepare
trousesu at the season when the
styles are 80 unsettled.
In the sterillity, pasteurized and
peptonized milk one can hardly real
ize that it was possible any child
could have grown to maturity on
the plain, ordinary fluid that infants
OF another generation were fed upon.
The Misses Lillian Swanger and
Mabel Meyer, two of Millheim's
most charming and accomplished
young ladies. have been the pleasing
guests Of friends and relatives IN
Union and Snyder counties for the
last few weeks.
A smooth, easy shave, genteel
hair cut, or other tonsorial work. is
always obtained at 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. Z. SOILS.
If you wish to aid in spreading tho
light of Republicanism. and at the
same time do us a little turn, the
next time you come in to pay your
subscription bring along the name
of some good neighbor to add to the
grand army Of readers.
In AcCLuRE's MAGAZINE for Sept
ember, William Allen White, whose
story Of "The King Boyyille" has
been read with delight the country
over will relate IAN Episode of the
Swimmine-hole Boyyille." wherein
piggy" Penninton and his devoted
subjects further reveal themselves.
Messes. Freese and Krouse,
Threashers, Of Kreamer, threshed
two bushels of wheat per minute
with their new lands Eclipse ma.
chine, on the farm of John Sieber,
at Globe Mills, last Friday. This is
extra ordinary work, and speaks
we'll for the machine and the thresh-
ers.-CO,rier.
Dun's "Review" for last week
makes radically encouraging remarks
on the prosperins condition of
the country, the heavy purchases,
large deals in stocks, and especially
in wheat, and finally intimates
that the week has been one of pro-
gress not surpassed by the great re-
vival upward rush in 1879.
A rural exchange says there are
hard times. We let our timber rot
and buy fencing. We raise dogs and
buy hogs. We grow weeds and buy
vegetables and brooms. We catch
fish with 81 rod. We build school
houses and send our children to be
educated away from home. And at
last we send our boys out with $40
gun, and $40 dog to hunt ten cent
game.
E. s. Manbeck of the enterprising
firm of II. G.. & E. S. Msnbeck of
Beaver Springs. Snyder county, Wis.
tied his mother in Walker township,
spending Sunday with her. He was
accompanied by Mr.. W. Il. Dreese
Of that place. Mr.. Manbeck gave US
q pleasant and profitable call on
before starting home, and
We are pleased to learn from him
that times were certainly improving,
slowly in "der leedle goun.
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