The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-06-13
Born to James W. Walter and wife a
pair Of twins, boy and girl.

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The'glutton. never puts Off to-mor-
row what he can eat to-day.
The man who shakes hand, most is
generally the hardest to shake.
IF love level all things it's funny
that lovers don't go at it with level
heads.
The uarber should have an easy time
in Heaven. Thcre'll be no parting
there.
| The trouble with some ministers Is
that they Use a text merely as n pre-
text.
We are glad to note the constant I'M
provemeut of Mr.. James Ayers 70 his
former state of health.
The Gilbert's Sunday School will hold
| festival at Gilbert's school house Sat
urday evening, June %.
Governor Stone has put his signature
to the new fish law which went into
effect Immediately consequently the
black bass cannot be legally caugh UNI
| til June IL.
The editor of the Posi- is spending
tins week in Buffalo and Niagara Falls
attending the meeting Of the National
| Editorial Association and taking in the
sights of the Pan-American Exposition.
Uncle Sam may find it a losing
game to ship schoom'am to the Philip
| pines. Two-thirds Of them are sure to
| gct married and resign within Il year.
Manila is an Evcless Eden so far as
| white women are concerned nowadays.
When newspaper man lets Il paper
run without sending Il dUl ,lvh year
he shows he has confidence Ia the sub
scirber's intention to pay, and the obll-
CATION rests upon the man getting the
paper to treat the newspaper man as
well by paying promptly, by mail or
otherwise. s-,a-, .-.ssr. s,-, .-,....s.
People who visit Buffalo this sum
mer should bear In mind that they
have vigorous anti splitting ordinance
in that city. The maximum penalty
for expectorating on the floor of a pub
lie conveyance is $500. One such fine
would make the exposition very ex-
pensive luxury. ....
We had so many visitors last week
that it is impossible for Us to name them
all and the Roll Of Honor was so large
we could not prepare it in time for last
issue. We publish it in full this week
and wish to thank our many friends
for the valuable and appreciated en-
couragement given to us.
The time may come when news items
like the following may be read daily:
About 10 o'clock this morning horse
less milk wagon loaded with cOwlcss
milk. collided with brainless man on
a chainless wheel. The lucklcss
wheelman was'badly injured, and he
ing homeless, was taken in a horSclcss
cab to "A home for the friendless.
During the past week the PosT got
out three different sets of artistic cards
on S-ply card board for large advertise
ing house in Philadelphia printed in
six different colors While the POSTI
can and does complete with PhiIa.
printing offices, there is no need forI
any one in Snyder County to send
away for his printing. Call and see
samples orwritc.
AS the result Of n joke the Sayrc.
bank is being flooded with 1901 pennies
ana letter requesting remittance Of $40
for each cent. Recently paper in
the spirit Of righteousness announced
that the bank would pay so for 1901
pennies, and many who failed to see
the point began collecting coins and
sending them in. One individual
mailed four pennies of this years date
with request that SO. 96 be returned
to him and now the bank officials are
kept busy trying to explain the joke.
The agents for different makes of
grain and grass cutting machinery are
very busy in our section at this time.
There have been n number of cases re-
ported of the usual trouble of signing
orders and afterwards countermanding
them and the machines being shipped
notwithstanding the ecountermand, and
I'm one case suit has been brought be-
fore one of our Justices Of the Peace in
such q case TO recover the price of a Sc
parator. Farmers ought soon to be-
come well enough posted to know what
they want to buy and what papers to
sign If they want machine simply on
trial. A man In good financial stand
ing should not DO asked to sign anyl
ironclad agreement It. will soon be
tested whether It IL an agreement that
allows the company to revoke 1t, but
n6t the purchaser ID bindings i1d Z 4
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