The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-09-01

Tome ana see our rRhcy Lawns
and drinitys we are closing out at
81 cents. +. H. Maurer. 9-l-2t.
Frank Brosius, of Sunbury, was
among our callers on Wednesday.
He is spending several days in town
and attending the bush-meeting west
of this place.
H. Albert Klingler of Washing
ton twp. was u callerat this Office on
Monday. He is one of the school
directors of his district and a stall
wart Democrat.
Amandus Shambach, a private of
Co. A., 18th Regiment, Penn'a
Volunteers is home on a sick fur
lough, in Middleburgh. He is
troubled with malarial fever.
Last week W. f. Feese and John
M. Steininger OF this place drove to
Millerstown, Perry county, to take
look at the Millerstown Journal
printing plant and we understand
that Mr.. Feese intends purchasing
the outfit and will remove thence to
assume the tditoriship of that paper.
We regret to lose Mr.. Feese as a
citizen, but we extend to him the
best wishes of the Posi- for an alb
undant success in his new venture.
The Mifflin County Agricultural
Fair Association will hold their fair
at Lewistown, Thursday, Sept. s
A Special Fair train on the S. e. l..
railroad will leave Middlcburg at
1850 a. M, and arrive at Lewis
town at 1900 noon. Returning in
the evening leaves Lewistown at
200 y. NJ, stopping at all stations
between Lewistown ard Middleburg.
The Stearns Septuplel, a seven-seat
ed bicycle will be at the Fair. DO
not fail to see it.
Charles Pease, of Company b.
Twentieth Kansas, has written to a
friend that most of the soldiers are
head over heels in love with charm
ING young women out in San Fran
cisco, and that when the peace terms
are agreed to and the soldiers mus
tered out, scores Of blushing brides
will be led to the altar and after
wards brought back to Kansas.
There is nothing left now for the
Kansas girls but to marry the stay
at home fellows or travel the long
and lonely path otsingie blessedness'
The 3lst Annual Fair of the
Juniata County AgriculturalSociety
will be held at Port Royal Septem-
ber IA, Is and l6. The races will
come off on Thursday and Friday
The programme on Thursday will
be a purse of 5000 for 2.35 trotters
and PAGERS; $50 for three-minutt
trotters and PAGERS, and 500 fol
running, halt mile heats, catch
weights. On Friday a purse for
2.35 class, trotters andpacers; $2OC
free-for-all trotters and PAGERS, and
$50, running, halfmile heats, catch
weights. Entrance fee 10 per cent
of the whole amount Of the purse.
Suppose a farmer should sell his
wheat or corn in lots of two or three
bushels, scattering his sales all over
the county. Would he be satisfied
to wait five or sixyears for his pay +!
Would farming pay II business
were done in that way? But that
is Just why some publishers ofcoun-
try newspapers find it difficult to
make both ends meet. A great
many persons do not seem to realize
that it requires a large amount Of
ready cash to successfully publish a
newspaper. And is it fair, is il
honest to subscribe for a paper, pay
one year in advance, remove to an
other county or State, receive the
paper regularly for years and then
order the postmaster to notify the
publisher that it is."refused," at the
same time owing him for all but the
first year? Many men have done
just this very dirty act with us and
pretend to be upright, conscientious
citizens and pass as such in the
communities in which they live.
All such should be exposed and