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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-05-31
Centennial lleetinp,
The Citizens of the County Seat
Will Celebrate the Tooth Year
Since the Town Was
Laid out.

Friday evening, pursuant to Il cal
madein the columns o; the Posi-
quite a respectable gathering of citl-
zcns assembled in the court house t,
make arrangements for holding =
centennial of Mlddleburg to cclc-
bratc the Tooth year since the town
was laid out. The meeting was call.
ed to order at : o'clock bv Geo. W.
Wagcnsellcr, who stated the object
OF the meeting whcrc'lpon Hon. G.
Alfred Schoch was elected chairman
OF the meeting and Geo. W. Wagon
seller, secretary.
Remarks were made concerning
the appropriateness of celebrating
the event Ly President Schoch, At
torncv Jay &. Wciscr, ATTORNEY
Jacob Gilbert, Attorney Wm. X i.
Miller of Perm township and II.
Harris Bower Of FranklintoNnShip.
n motion prevailed To authorize
the chairman to appoint committee
toconsist Of ~ persons to conSti-
tute the executive committee of the
centennial whose duty it shall be to
consider the ways and means, the
financial SIDE and every other phase
OF the project and repor. tie result
OF their research to another meeting
to becalled by the chairman when he
considers it proper to do so.
While this is the centennial of
Middleburg, it is proposed to make
the matter OF interest to every per-
son in the county. The detail work
OF the centennial will be divided up
and disposed of by placing it in the
hands OF committees and there are
some committees which should and
probably will have representatives
from every precinct in the county.
Mlddlcburg is the county seat of
Snyder County and there is no reason
why the people OF the entire county
should not enter into the tcstivitic,
of the occasion.
No definite time has as vet been
set for this memorable event, bnt
there seems to be an opinion pre-
valcnt that the time should be about
the third week in September, being
about the 10th and DIST days of the
month.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-05-31
Look over Your Mail

Be careful to return to the post
Office mail matter not belonging to
you that you may receive through
mistake. A new postal rule that
recently went into effect is, that per-
sons, who through carelessness or
from any other reason take mail
from the office that belongs to an
other, and fail to return the same,
are liable to fine of 5000 or one
years imprisonment. This applies
to newspapers thus taken from a
post cffice as well as other mail
matter.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-05-31
Death Of Harry Kessler.

Harry kessler, a highly respected
citizen of Snyder County, died We'd
nesday morning at i o'clock at his
home, about two and one-half miles
west of Shamokin Dam, aged G3
years. Cause of death was consump-
tion. Deceased leaves Il wife and
four children. He was brother of
George and r. NJ. Kessler of North
and Simon Kessler of
Chestnut street, Sunbury.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-05-31


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Will ,'o'' Il ico'lIaI saturday even
my June - All are invited.
The centennial executive commit
-. "' ~, .',''' III we Commissioners
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Ii. Ii. Depot, sells all Rye Whi,kcv,
III. own make, from , to ! Yeas
old, by the barrel, > gal. gal. or
by the quart. Call to see thcgood~
before going elsewhere. 5-3I-lt.
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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-05-31
Announcement

i'reachingby the undersigned Pas
tor next Sunday as follows: Aline,
Saturday night, June 2 at 7:45 p.
m; Sunday morning at 10 a. M. at
Daniels; Pine at 2:3O p. m.,; St.
Johns at 7:3O p. IN. The Lords
Supper will be administered at the
latter appointment (St. John's) in the
evening. A cordial welcome to all.
j. L. BOYER, Pastor.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-05-31
Quarterly Conference.

The md quarterly conference OF
Middleburg circuit, United Evan
gciical church, will convene in the
Middlcbnrg chapel, May 3lst, at :
o'clock p. NJ.
Communion services will be held
ut PaXtonville Saturday at $50 p.
m; at MIddleburg Sunday at 10 II.
IN. and at kreamcr at $50 p. m.
Rev. a. ID. CRANKY of Bcavcrtown
preach at the three specified appoint
mcnts.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-05-31
SPECIAL NOTICE.
A Few Lines Especially Ad-
dressed to the Readers
or this Paper.


Under date of April Pad we sent
You a postal card calling your al
tentlOn To the fact that friend had
paid for the Posi- for two months,
during April and May. This has
practically served as II trial sub
scription for you and has afforded
you an opportunity to see what Il
great amount. of news the PosT
publishes. That trial subscription
expires with this issue. We waud
he pleased to add your name to oar
already large list of subscribers and
with that in view we enclose an or
der for subscri ptlon which YOU will
fling folded on the inside of this pa
per.
We have given You the opportuni-
ty to read in full the story, "Robt.
llardy's Seven Days" and we have
already given YOU six chapters OF
"The CruciIiXion of Philip Strong"
We trust you have enjoyed the
stories and that YOU will wish to
finish the latter which is fully twice
as long as the former. You should
not miss the remainder of this story.
When this is completed, we will
have some other important and in
tercsting features. The Posi- has
always maintainedits position as the
leading newspaper of Snyder county
and it will continue to do so. We.
are now compiling list OF persons
residing in Snyder county who are
~ years OF age and older, which
will be published in the Posr as
soon as completed. The Posi- al
ways has some special features that
no other county newspaper has and
what innovations have been made in
ioul nalism in Snyder County has
been due largely to the aggressive
hess of the Posi-. We trust YOU
will Join our circle of friends. Iou
will find a list Of special offers in
this issue under the heading, ain
Combinatio" with the PosT.' Read
it. The offers there made are for
Cash in Advance. We will say,
however, that if any Of our friend.
who wish to follow up the story
and are not quite ready with the
money now and can pay the Posi- in
a few months, if they will write to
us and make known this fact, we
will be glad to give the dollar rate
Tor the Posi- just the same. Re
member you get the PosT one year
and the Farm Journal almost five
years for only one dollar.
We do not wishto take your name
of the list until we know that YOU
do not care to have the Posi- con-
tinued to your address. We have
sent you nine copies Of the Posi- and
you will confer a favor upon us by
letting us know how you liked them
and whether you care to receive the
Posi- any further or not. If we
cannot have your order now, we
trust you will try to do so soon, but
you will be missing rare treat, il
you fail to send your order now.
Fill out the enclosed order blank
and enclose with one dollar in cur
rency, money order or check, adj
dressed to the Posi-, Middleburgh,
Pa. 4
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-05-31
Announcement.

AT st. Johns Evangelical Lu-
theran Church, Mt. Pleasant Mills,
Pa, next Sunday, June g, at 1880
=. NJ, Rev. f. E. Gilbert will de-
liver a special sermon for the inter-
est of the Young Peoples Luther
League. A cordial welcome is ex.
tended TO all. BY order Of
COMMITTEE.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-05-31
Dissolution of Partnership

Notice is hereby given that the
sawyer and thrcshcr firm known as
Swarm a Iechman have bv mutual
consent dissolved partnership and
all accounts due the said firm must
bc paid to +. &. Xcchman to whom
the accounts have been transferred
SWARM a /rCIIlIAN.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-05-31
LOCAL NEWS.
A Weeks News Dished up in
Small QuantitieS--Visitors In
Town During the Past
Week--Other News
of Interest.

Court will convene next Monday
morning.
Adam Shemorry of Penn township
was at the county seat last week.
Reuben Weirick of Paxtonville
was at the county seat Saturday ev-
ening.
Number 8 plain fence wire at 81
cents per pound. A. c. Smith,
kreamer, Pa.
Master Philip Gross of New Ber-
lin is isvisiting Hon. G. Alfred Schoch
and wife of this place.
Henry A. Hottenstein of Globe
Mills was in town Saturday after
noon on business with this Office.
Postmaster Geo. G. Wagenseller
'ot Selinsgrove was at the county seat
between trains Saturday afternoon"
J. II. Rhoads and wife of Shamo-
kin Dam were Sunday visitors at
the home of his uncle, d. T. Rhoads,
at this place.
Al II
w. ~ o" WV '.,n :. ~ ~
ea,, ,, .o"lsn'p' "loPPIo -" 80; W. S>s y"
y .'aLsuny ., 1 ~ pay "'' 'p
Ol ~ '''e 0'
} Adam Hauck and wife of Leba-
bn were the guests of Prot. A. A.
ls''ar ~ 1ps'y =
10 N''"n ""s " ~
Po''''e''
Mrs. Harry H. Harter of Lin
coln, Nebraska came in from her
western home last Friday to spend
several months with friends in
e'i'9y i'al'a'
Next week. being court week, no
doubt many of the readers will be
at the county seat. and while here
I'VE extend a cordial invitation to all
to come in to see us.
~ -,
Inc Cnr'stlah n hnaeaVer ophven-
will be held in PHILADELPHIA, during
November 20, q and 90, 1900.
This promises to be the biggest
State convention ever held.
u
william ulIlete' 'he "ell-knowh
c'or ana dramatic a'''hor' teils' III
NE ouTLook's hecrea'loh 1. { num-
o hisown snccially constructed boat
Sc a year. THE OUTLOOK CON-
|Ayy, New York;
AL, anew cash-in-advance es'oscr'Deris
|n'''led to 90 votes IN the organ con-
S'' An old subscriber VINO pays
ear IN advance Is entitled to 20
br every month maid in advance.
Do not FORGET to ask for vour nre-
blum co,,nons.
;,
haymond katz was selllngcloth-
so cheap last Thursday morning
10 every person In town wondered
ny he was giving such unusual
4rgalns. Finally 1t was discovered
ID! his first born, little girl, came
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-05-31
Snyder County Statistics.

We have gathered from the re-
cords in the Commissioners Office
some statistics which we present be-
low. in the first column are the
number of voters registered in each
district, the second column the num-
her of births for the past 6 months,
the third the number of deaths for
the same period, the fourth column
the number of able bodied men sub
ject to military duty and fifth the
number of bicycles subject to taxa-
tion under the new law.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-05-31
Flag Day.

June l4th will be flag day-the
one hundred and twenty-third an
niversary OF the adoption Of the
Stars and Stripes b. the Continental
Congress.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-05-31
Centennial Executive Comm.

In accordance with instructions
givens me by the public meeting
held lin the Court .Ilousc Friday
evening, | have named the following
persons to constitusc the executive
committee of the Middlcburg Gen.
tenniai. A full turn out of the
committee is desired Friday evening
ut 7:30 o'clock in the Commission
er>' Office. The committee is as fol-
lows; v. ". Wiulnmvcr, Carton
Seebokl, Daniel Bolcudcr, X. G..
Walter, W. II. Beaver, G. NJ. Shin
del, J. Z. Sciach, q. W. Wagcnsel-
Ter, y, Miuey, G. W. Giaybill,
J. NJ Thompsn', John F. ;>letler,
uI;ibcrt. Jay G. Weiser, H.
Harris Bower, q. II. S,aninger,
ID. L. Rlloads, NJ. Il. Steininger, +.
&. Bowersox, II. S. Ritter, 4. &.
BaShoar.
Every member of the Committee
should be pres,nt Fri'I1y evening as
the meeting is called tor tn, purpose
OF ascertaining whether there is sui
flclent interest to warrant the COM
mlttee in going ahead with the ar
rangements for the centennial.
q. ALFRED SCIIOCH,
President pro tenn.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-05-31
Church Dedicate

Our new lIoovcr'e United Ev-
angcIical church is tini~hcdand will
be dedicated to the Worship OF the
Irl"nc God, Prov. Per-, June II,
1900. Rev. 5. p. Rcmcr of Lewis
burg, Pa, will oiliciatc. All are
cordially invited to be present.
W. f.. BRILLuAET.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-05-31

Large frogs wanted at Sl.UO per
dozen. A. &. Smith, Kreamer, Pa.

uoLSu. "A. ~. CiIiltu, NTcdLleT, II.
State College of Centre Co., Pa,
has an advertisement in the Posi-.
Read it, 4-5-13t.
George Roush of Globe Mills
spent Memorial Day with II. II.
Grimm and family.
Misses Bertha Seebold and Mabel
Meyer spent Sunday at the Mer-
chants House at Adamsburg.
Cashier j. n. Thompson of the
First National Bank spent a few
days of the past week in Philadelphia.
The eclipse Monday was observed
by a great many people. 1t was
almost total in this latitude. In the
southern part of this country it was
total.
GRANDFATHER's CLOCK FOR
SALE.-A grandtather's clock is Of
tered for sale by Jonathan Musser
of kreamer, Pa.
Philip Mengle of Mt. Pleasant
Mills came in Thursday oflast week
to become a new cash-in-advance
subscriber to the Posi-.
Miss Emma Long of Pfoutz Val
ley, Perry county, is making her
home with her sister, Mrs. W. |.
Garman Of this place.
The assessors of the county made
their returns last Thursday consist
ing of the register of voters, births,
deaths and school children.
County Commissioner Geo. F..
Miller called at this office Thursday
while attending a meeting, to pay
for the Por for f H. tiabel.
Bruce II. Grouse, who has been
employed in lumber camp at Vim
tondale, Cambria county, is spend
ing few weeks with his parents at
this place.
Mrs. James Ayres of this place
and her daughters, Mrs. Harry H..
Leitzel of Mitflinburg and Mrs. F..
f. Ranck of WilIiamsport are spend
ing the week in Philadelphia.
DR.. and Mrs. j. W. Orwig Sum-
day attended the funeral of little
Ray Diehl of Philadelphia, which
took place at Watsontown. Deceas-
ed is grand daughter of Rev. S. p.
Orwig, formerly Of this place.
Go to A. f. Soles for a smooth
easyshave or up-to-date hair cut
and head cleaned with refreshing
shampoo or dandruil removed with
his tonic, clean towel to each patron
in bank building one door east of
Post Office; satisfaction guaranteed.
A. ii. Swartz of Adams, II. J.
L.cplcy of Spring, Isaac Mhldlcs-
warth of West Beaver, w. II. Cor
don ofPerry and A. W. Aucker of
Union, all assessors of their respec-
tive districts, dropped in to see us
Thursday of last week.
We recently read an account of
young man in Maine taking his girl
out for a ride and she fell out. He
drove a mile or two before he missed
her. Such a thing could never
occur in this breezy town. The
horse might fall out of the shafts
and never be missed, but the girl
never.
Wednesday of this week, VIM. p.
will voluntarily relinquish
his position as foreman of this Office
to accept position on the staff of
the Sunbury Evening Item. His
future employer will find him a
faithful servant and the best wishes
of the Posi- go with him. c. w. |
Smith of the New Berlin Reporter
will be Mr.. Shelley's successor.
Last week one night James Ayres
Of this place became suddenly blind
in one eye. The eye felt as though |
there was a scum over and he wash
ed it, but there was no relief. Fl
nally by closing the other eye he
discovered he was totally blind in
one eye. 1t is probable that a blood
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WISE WORDS,

Never think any portion Of time too
short to be employed.-Lord Chester.
field.
Lie not. neither to thyself,. nor man,
nor God. 1t is for towards to lie
Herbert.
There is one body that knows more
than anybody. and that is everybody.
-Talleyrand.
Unbecoming forwardness often pro-
ceeds from ignorance than impUd-
ence.-Greyille.
The earnestness OF life Is the only
passport to the satisfaction Of life
Theodore Parker.
Speaking much Is q sign Of vanity,
for he that is lavish in words is a
niggard indeed.-Sir W. Raleigh.
Most Of the critical things in life.
which become the starting points OF
human destiny, are little things.-R.
Smith.
Every evil to which we do not sue
cumb is a benefactor. We gain the
strength Of the temptation we resist
Emerson.
The man who Is deserving the name
is the one whose thoughts and exer.
tons are for others rather than for
himself.-Scott.
A brave man knows no malice; but
torgets, In peace. the injuries OF war.
and gives his dlrest foe a friends
embrace.-Cowper.
There is no policy like politeness.
and a good manner Is the best thing
in the world either to get a good
name, or to supply the want Of it
Bulwer.
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BIRD MUSIC.
Wonderful Eject on Indians ut Q
Concert

Wonderful Eject on Indians ut Q
Concert
In his "Recollections of an Old Nu-
sician," Mr.. Thomas Ryan tells of the
effect produced by q violinist on q
family party of Indians who occupied
the front seats at a concert In Topeka,
Kan. 81 was told there was q father
with six sons in the party, all very
large, broad-shouldered men. They
fled quietly into their seats, preceded
by local guide. in whose hands they
seemed like good, doeile children. One
can never know what they thought Of
us, but one can do something In the
way Of inference. They sat quite i'm
movable in their seats. with their OK
like eyes fixed on our party while we
played serious music No shadow OF
emotion could be seen on their coun-
tenances. The fifth number Of the
program was a violin solo by Mr..
Schultze, and for an encore he gave
q little caprice. entitled THE Bird in
the Tree" The moment Mr.. Schultze
bO6oA SA45 PAONS bAS 4AAAoAo "O4S Oil
alive, their eyes sparkled with pleas
ure. and they nudged each other with
their elbows; and when the little bird
melody and limitations Of bird-singing
began they looked all around the CELL
ing and the walls. doubtless expecting
to see singing birds fitting about Not
seeing any. they looked at the violin
list and began to understand that he
was the magician. The surprise and
almost incredulity depicted on the
faces Of these children Of nature was
a rare show in itself At its eonclu-
sion they jumped up and down, just
az little children do when something
unusual pleases them. Com
panion,
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Quest For NoiseIess Rails.

The Scientific American points out
the rich harvest that awaits the in
ventor who shall produce a rail over
which street cars may pass noiseless-
ly. In the worst Of these the din is
nerve racking, and even under the best
conditions there is an annoying noise.
There is no noiseless joint, and the
anvil chorus" marks the progress OF
every train, and the blow given by
every wheel as it strikes the joints
may be heard blocks away. The con-
cussion which Is produced whenever
a wheel passes a joint Is due to the
fact that as a wheel leaves the end Of
a rail that rail end is depressed be-
low the end Of the rail against which
It abuts. So when the wheel passes
to the rail ahead It strikes a blow that
increases in clangor according to the
poorness Of quality Of the track The
need is for joint as strong and stid
as the body OF the rail itself. and when
this is obtained there will be O prac'
tically silent track. The best joints on
the market theoretically fulfill this
condition, but they soon become worn
by the heavy loads. What Is needed,
In the judgment Of the Scientific
American, is some means of abolish.
ing the joints altogether and welding
the rail ends.
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STERILIZATION OF MILK.
a Process which Lessons NoarisAi

a Process which Lsssens Noarishiag
Qualities of the Fluid.
After all that has been written and
preached about the necessity Of stsr-
liking milk for the use Of infants, II
those In care Of them would do their
full duty the medical specialists In
the care Of children are now of the
opinion that sterilization lessons the
nourishing qualities of milk, and rem
ders II more difficult of digestion.
The latest teaching on this import
ant topic in the best medical circles IL
that milk must Of necessity be steril-
lied for safety's sake II 1t has been
exposed to harmful germs. but that It
Is altogether preferable to prepare in
fants' food with unsterilized milk II
good and chemically clean milk can
be had. This means that pains should
be taken to get milk from healthy
cows that have been MIXED in a clean
ly manner, the milk being kept there
after till ready for use In clean vessels,
closely covered.
- - Cd6ACl III" luOoO VINO eau
afford to pay for it to procure chemi-
cally pure milk in large cities than IN
most country places. A large number
OF people now make q business OF tax
ing care Of cows than many human
beings receive, milking them with the
utmost sanitary precautions, and con-
veying the milk to those who demand
chemically clean milk for infants and
invalids.
On the farm the housewife usually
takes pains to scald the milk recep-
tacles, but in the majority Of cases
the milking is done by hired man"
who has never been taught, and does
not know that a mixer should have
clean hands. 1t would be easily pos
sible to insist that one who milks
should wash his hands thoroughly tust
before milking. If there is not a regu-
lar dairy for the milk, q special place
should be petitioned on to hold II
when sitting in the pans; this place
should be screened from flies, which
carry typhoid contagion, and nothing
but milk should be kept there, SO that
odors Of fruits and vegetables and all
dust shall be kept from the milk and
cream.
Milk intended for infants should be
put as soon as MIXED into glass bot
ties. that, after being cleaned, have
been rinsed in boiling water and turn
ed upside down to drain upon q scald-
ed dish. The bottles should then be
ton batting. or, If for transportation.
the bottles should have a liquid tight
cap; this, If Of metal, should be kept
from touching the milk with one of
the patent paper caps, that can be dip
ped into boiling water without injury.
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ROAD
.DELAGOA BAY X

France, Russia and Paul Kruger. Had
it not been for those powers this ooun-
try would have gone to war with the
fmpudent Portuguese and would have.
no doubt, administered sound thrash
ing.
Furthermore, after Portugal had
agreed to arbitration by Switzerland
the British government practically de-
serted its citizens. leaving them to tight
their case alone. when the American
government, having gone into the az
fair on behalf OF Col. McMurdo's
widow. now Mrs. Frederick c. Penheld,
assumed the whole responsibility oil
the claim and was represented directly
before the arbitration tribunal. It's
counsel, J. Trehane, a member OF the
American bar. now in London, living
in Berne practically all through the
period Of arbitration. Up to the time
Of his death the late Col. Bob" lnger-
soil was connected closely with the
conduct of the American plea.