Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-11-10

Governor Hastings designatea
Thursday, November 25th as Thanks
VIM. n. Snyder of Lancaster visit
ed relatives in Mifiiin and Port Roy
al scme days ago.
Foreign countries bought more
American corn in 1897 than in any
past year. They bought in 1897,
l76, ,9l6. 1896 bushels of corn and ATS.
263 bushels of corn meal.
Extremes. = The impious youth
who keeps unreasonable hours on the
street after night-fall, and the drowsy
pious member who falls asleep in the
church pew to the dulcet sound ol
his pastors sermon.
The chimney in the residence oi
Mr.. Wm. Banks at the corner oi
Third and Cherry streets took fire
aud burned with vim till salt was put
into the stove and that extinguished
it on Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. George E. Bailor has the dis
tinction Of having shot a 9 pound
wild goose on the river bank neal
Port Royal It is a rare thing to
shoot a wild goose in this part of ths
country.
VIM. Maxwell died at his home or
Water street on Friday night, aged
about 6S years Many years ago he
came to Mifflirtown and started 6
bakery. It was the first bakery
started in the town.
The sociable held in the lecture
room of the PRESBYTERIAN church or
the evening of the .3rd inst. was ar
ENJOYABLE occasion. It is the pur'
pose to hold another sociable in g
month from the date mentioned.
A Kentucky preacher preached t.
his congregation that there is nc
such thing as a devil When he
came out of the church the congrega
ton stoned him. which caused him tc
exclaim, OH oh! have dropped into
The factories are being opened
in different parts of the country and
skilled workmen who were SO long
ont of employment are being employ
ed. and are the happiest men to &c
to work at their trades, IL hours g
day on good pay.
The Juniata county papers were
misled last week by a Philadelphia
paper into the statement that Mr.
w. H. McNitt had been recommend
ed for the post mastership OF Patter
sou. The recommendation is for g
Mr. McNitt in some other town.
Rev. ". n. M. Masters will de
liver an address in the Lutheran
church on Friday evening at 7-30 or
the Subject Of National Reform. AL
are invited. The meeting will be IN
the interest of.the Natural Reform
Association. A collection will be
taken.
James Williams of Fermanagt
township has an enemy in the shaps
of some wild beaat that attacked his
cattle in the fields and killed one cal
and 90 badly wounded another that
the latter auirnal may not live. It is
believed by some to be bear from
the mountain.
Ezra G. Fasick has been driving
Hackenberger's bread wagon to Port
Royal. Last Saturday while return
ing from that place be was pitched
out by sudden lurch Of the wagon
caused by turning little to far on
of the way for a wagon loaded witt
hay to pass.
Clarence Pennell, Node Sulouff AMI
Anthony Pannebaker. were out hunt
ing beyond Patterson last Friday
Anthony cracked away at a bird
The bird got awav. and Pennell go
q shot in the left side OF the neck. 1
is a single grain Of shot and from
last accounts he is not seriously hurt
Port Royal people are TALKING
about electric light. Probably i
would be the thing 10 do to consul
with the electric LIGHT plant manage
ment of this tow. Also with tn
water company. Perhaps light ant
water both can be secured to Por
Royal from the light and water plan
here.
The bear, coon, fox aud rabbit sta,
long with the white man, living ol
the outskirts Of the civilized man
improvements, and at no time il
many years in the interior vallies O
the State have the animals Just men
toned been so plentiful. The dee
and moose, panther and wolf are al
most extinct.
The Miffl;ntoyn and Bloomfiel,
foot ball team met at Harrisburg o.
Saturday to settle the question of th
championship of Perry and Juniat
counties. The Mifflintown team wo,
the game easily 6 to 0. Almost ont
hundred persons went from this tow
to Harrisburg. About 400 peopl
witnessed the contest.
Vox populi, vox dei, the people
voice is Gods voice. Il is hard fo
some people TO believe that saving
For example q defeated candidat
never SAYS the voice of the people a
expressed at the poles is the voice o
God. When a candidate is defeate,
he never blames his defeat on God
He blames it on the other being.