The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-07-31
It's a ticklish job to attempt to get
through life on tick.

"A nick name VIII cllng 10 nlan eN-
EN- after he has won title.
Amandus Shambach will reopen his
blacksmith shop in the near future.
| Mrs. s. +. Davis uses this means in
thanking all those who so kindly as
sisted her in her late bereavement.
The Evangelical congregation is hav
ing new tlag-stOne walk laid at their
church property on the French Flats.
Call on A. f. Soles In his new slav-
ing and hair cutting parlor for your
head cleaned with u refreshing sham
poo and clean towel to each patron
on the north side of Market square op-
posite Central Hotel. Satisfaction guar
anteed. If.
An American watched Chinaman
putting a dish Of rice on friends
grave, and asked him when he expect
ed his friend TO come out and eat the
rice. "Samee timee," the Chinaman
replied ''your friend comee out and
smellee flowers you put on."
On Sunday while one of Zach Bow
ersoX's sons was bringing the cows
from the field he was attacked by a
viscious dog, owned by the boys grand
father, and badly bitten in the muscle
of the arm. DIR. Herman was COM
PEELED to put quite n number of stitch
es in, in dressing the wound.
In every community you will find
the chronic kicker, and Middleburg is
no exception. Always finding fault
with every improvement that is made
he walks around and curses his own
shadow for being crooked. So
Here's to the kicker,
The treacherous kicker,
The kicker who never is true;
Who always is crying,
And never is trying
Some good for his town to do.
i DR.. f. o. Lyte, President of the State
Normal School at Millersviile, Pa , is
the author of n very successful series of
books in language; DIR. G. w. Hull,
Professor of Mathematic, has written
an excellent series of mathematic work
Prof. H. Justin Roddy's books on Geog.
raphy have just been published, and
other teachers Of this great institution
of learning have written works of val
uc.
Put few matches on the surface OF
water in basin in such a way that
they will form star, with their heads
towards the centre. Thrust piece @
soap pointed at the end into the water
at the center of the star, and you viii
l find that the matches will begin t.
move away as if they were afraid o
the soap. You can coax them bacl
again by putting a piece of sugar at th'
center.
Judge White, of Indiana county, il
his talk to constables recently, calle'
their attention to the law requirin!
supervisors to pick the loose stone
from the roads, saying it was import
ant that this law should be enforced
IS A fine of ten dollars can be recovered
l. from any supervisor who refuses o
IL neglects his duty. The same law vii
e apply to the neglect of boroughs in a
Us lowing loose stones to remain in tn
~ streets.
:. An evidence of the scarcity of farr
:. labor, or possibly relic of the dar
ages, was witnessed on Monday on
farm very close to Millersburg. Itwa
n that of the wife of a young farmer 81
"a ting on horse rake, raking hay in tn
Is broiling sun, driving with her rigl
s. hand and operating the rake with h'
e. feet, and worst of all carrying in h'
rs left arm helpless little babe. This
~ not an overdrawn picture, but lool
IN like going back to barbarous times.
Did you ever see real happy loafel
ed If you did he constitutes the eXceptio
iy to the rule. A loafer is an eXcresen'
nc upon the surface of society. Althoug
&c he may try to delude his selfish so
les into the belief that "the world Ow
ly him living" and that it must furnis
.g' it, yet away down in the depths of b
he consciousness he knows that he is
rs parasite of the meanest sort, unable
command even his own self-respet
Labor is the law of the real, successf
he and happy life, and he who violat
in that law will certainly pay the pen'
ty.