The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-10-22

/ III history are Governor Snyder, after
/ whom the county was named, whose
/ remains Il buried at Sr.iusgrovc, and
another WAS Honorable Ner Mddlcs.
/ WarIh, log since dead, member OF
] congress and man ofuotahlr charac-
Ter. lie was II typical Pennsylvania
! DItchman, and possessed not only u
strong intellect, iudominahlr energy
ana great political acumcn, but enjoy
ed an abundance of the dry humor and
natural wit for which that race is noted.
| inns strlkingly manifested itself during
ms term IN Congress when one of his
colleagues delivered himself an address
which was 81 cmhellishcd with Latin
ana Greek quotations that it dlSgustcd
the OLD veteran, and at its conclusion
he Jumped To his feet and began har-
angue in Pennsylvania Dutch which
:" astohlshed the speaker that he call
ed upon HIM for an explanation of his
outlandlsh utterances, declaring that
he was out of order. Mr.. Middles-
Warth blandly explained his action by
stating that the language addressed to
the last speaker was good, old Penn
sylvania Dutch, and that he meant by
1t to convince the House that the last
speaker WAS not the only man i'm that
body who could handle two languages.
lhls performance, with his already re-
cognized ability, attracted attention to
llm and short time later, at ban
quet, he was requested to carve the
turkey in Pennsylvania Dutch style
MIR. Middeswarth promptly accepted
the challenge, and placing the bird in
front of him he sliced or a "drum-
stlck' and second joint which he de-
livcred on his own plate, and then,
setting the turkey back IN the middle
of the table, remarked "Now, gen
tlemen help yourselves. That is
Pennsylvania Dutch style ~
Our visit last week was principally
confined to Mcl<ees ! Falls, where we
Went for the purpose of catching fish,
Out 10 our surprise iound that the bass
tor which the State has stopped almost
all kinds of fishing and spent thou
sands of dollars in legislation for their
preservation, had mySteriousIy disap-
I'"''''' "h" we "'"h G'' oIi'' some
'i''il 'llat IN" p"'Uli"i "I the waters
oI 'il' NuSI IurhalllIa mas caused lhrii
"'0'IU''I"ii' "i'''' "tiI'IN aI'iI"u'"
''''I' a"~''l'' /" ilI.' coal washed Ii'i"
II' stream ir"nl tine "'jhiar'jr lm""-
on 'il' West hInu'h winch practically
covers us notion nNd '...7 tine rI'''.ro
"''"'r TN" rocks "h'i' li' I,I' were
wont 10 make Ih'lr N'hi'a'i"u' II
were wen, ihriri"r" tor our law max
'rN to pay some attention I" the pres
'rNaIl"iI "I TN" natural conditions "i
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w,,,,a. and ovorrthinn also a. tomn,
,hann;onro II;n,al'l, t.. uao,;.a,idn
of the hunters dream whose nrovisions
are exhausted and he goes hungry TO
sleep, As hiyh nc nrtv guosts ST one
time flock to his house to emf and
sIeep and listen to tha rusb of the
mighty Susouebonno nc if n,mhles
over the falls
There ,s moreover no nl,oe in the
State tbot ottnrds eo,,aI o,,norturi,v ~
st,du human rotura uaro :. :, r,,,,,