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Show OWNS ENTIRE TOWN. UNIQUE DISTINCTION OF J. R. MECK OF MECKVILLE, PA. Postmaster Is Pooh-Bah of Only One-Man One-Man Power Community In the Country All Houses In the Village Vil-lage Owned by Him. Mcckvllle, Pa. In this northwestern part of Dorks county, at tho foot of tho Illtio mountains, lives Jacob R. Meek, who can boast tho ownership of in entlro vlllngc, tho only ono-man-power villas In this country Ho conducts tho post ofllco and I' Is named after him; tho farmers bring their milk every morning to tho creamery which Is run by tho postmaster; post-master; tho vlllago store Is under tho same management, nnd, wlillo tho vlllago vll-lago Is small, this mercantile establishment establish-ment Is ono of tho most enterprising found In tho country districts of Dorks county 50 foot square, thrco stories high and packed full from collar to garrot with all sorts of goods, from tho tiny row of pins to grain drills and harvesting machines and commercial commer-cial fertilizer. Whllo tho vlllago does not boast a hotel, tho village owner has a wholesale whole-sale liquor store Dcsldes tho business part of town, tho vlllago contains half a dozen houses, nil owned by Mr. Meek. It was established In 183G by Michael D. Myers, and In 1871 a brother of tho present proprietor bo-camo bo-camo part owner, and tho placo was called Mcckvllle. In thoso early days tho business of tho placo was tanning lcathor. In 1879 Mr. Meek, tho presont owner, own-er, became proprietor of tho entlro vlllago and postmastor, and has been holding tho dual honor over slnco. Tho community Is thickly settled, and tho young folks needed somo employment em-ployment othor than work on tho largo farms, and for months Mr. Meek studied how ho could keep them In tho neighborhood, so ono day ho drovo half a dozen stakes on ono of his corner cor-ner properties nnd now It Is tho Blto of nn enterprising shirt factory. Meckvlllo Is near tho Lobanon county coun-ty lino, and ncross tho border Mr. Mock has oporatcd a crcamory and canning establishment nt Fredericks-burg Fredericks-burg for yenrs. Doing all this keeps a proprietor of n vlllugo rather busy, and yet Mr. Meek finds tlmo to travel, novnr misses n world's fair or exposition, and tho Jovial Dorks county prlnco of county merchants always finds n minute min-ute or two to pass n Joke, whothjr speaking with friend or strangor. |