The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-08-09
"REMINISCENCES.
Queer Doings and Express
sions Of Some Persons.

sions of Some Persons.
Persons occasionally will do some
queer things and make queer re-
quests. We give instances below
from Il recent issue Of the Centre
Hall Reporter:
WANTED CHANGE.
In the days of the old copper
cents, when they were the size of
quarters, a devout church gocr,
when the klingleseckel was passed
around for the collection, by mistake,
dropped II quarter instead of Il cop
per cent. We will call him Jones.
After services, having discovered
the mistake, he applied to the dea-
con for - cents change, After
that he went by the name of Quarter
dollar Jones.
A DOG TRADE.
Years ago when winters meant
more SHOWS and drifts, a fellow
from Snyder county, knowing that
Joseph Gilliland hld a dog that
suited h,m better than his Snyder
county canine, tramped all the way
up to Gillilands near Centre Hill,
some - miles, accompanied by his
bow-wow, to swap dogs with Joe
liland, who was willing to get
ri! of his dog for any other, and the
swap was made. Next morning the
fellow from Snyder county found
himself so badly snowbound that he
couldn't tramp home for nigh a
week with his new dog. That trip
for trade, owing to the blizzard,
, cost The fellow ST..
GOT Az ENUMERATION.
A citizen living in the east end OF
the valley, finding that his COW was
assessed SO higher 'han he thought
was right, walked IS miles TO Bel
leionte to attenH' the appeals and
have the valuation of his cow re-
duced $40, which, was granted by
the commissioners. Pleased, h e
started home: called IN the Reporter
hlice, To tell lis how he made $40
that day. He had not looked into
the problem deep enough to discover
that he bad only made 10 cents less
on his tax by the $40 oil ON the
valuation of his COW.
LIVED HIGH.
a fellow in these diggins whose
habits were not of the sort to keep
his family away from hunger, made,
as he thought, one day a rich strike
by disposing Of some horsc-radish,
realizing Sl.75. Fcclingmllionaire-
like, he concluded to have his wife
and little ones for once to enjoy
high living, by investing his pile in
ginger-snaps at one OF the town
stores.
VIRTUE IN \ CHESTNUT ETRR,
A former resident of a damsburg,
Snyder county, told the Reporter OF
his experience with another, both
boys narrowing with a horse given
to provoking tail-switching. The
boys bethought themselves of cure
for that sin. So taking chestnu.
burr, the tail of the animal was
raised, the burr placed hereunder,
and the switching apparatus at once
shut down. That horse got home
from the field without harrow
harness, or bride. Try it.
COOL IN A PINCH.
In the good old days when ON
farmers enjoyed teaming frolics tax
ing crops to market at Lewisburg
while gang were in the Brush val.
ley narrows, one of the teamster
had occasion to stop to fix some
thing under the wagon; his ont
hand was propped on the grounC
near the wheel. A little jerk of tn
team, and the wheel was on hi
thumb, pinning him fast; under ex
cruciating pain he modestly calle'
the teamster back of him: "Sog
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wan du so CUTE sy wit, fore ell wen
mig for"
DUBBED THEMSELVES.
| About 35 years ago distri'
teachers convention was held in tn
lvillage of Logansville. 1t was