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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-17
An Astonishing Fix.

Old Mr.. Mugridge, who has a cottage
up at Shadynook, invited few of his
friends to go and stay awhile and enjoy
the country air. As they were all fond
of good beer, he sent up keg of new
ale to be put in the cellar to remain un-
til his arrival. Saturday afternoon he
and his friends went up. After opening
the parlors and making things comforta-
bic, he thought a little beer wouldn't go
bad; so taking his gimlet and lantern he
went down to fill the flowing bowl
Arriving in the cellar, he found that
the keg was leaking through an old vent,
so getting his lantern down, he com
menced to tap it, putting one of his
thumbs over the old vent, but finding
that the light wasn't good where the
lantern set, he took the handle of it in
his mouth and continued boring. Pretty
soon the gimlet went through, and the
beer came out whizzing, and as he had
neglected to provide a plug, he had to
put his other thumb over it. He had
the beer all snug enough, but discovered
that he himself was in a fx-he must
either stay so or lose the beer. His
mouth being in use, prevented his cal
/ ling anybody. He turned his head to
the left, then to the right, and then he
would drop it in a devotional manner
and make a noise between a snort and a
growl. About this time he began to feel
something damp under him, and found
by investigating, that he was sitting in a
pan of soft soap. Above him he could
hear his friends enjoying themselves in
the parlor. playing the piano, and his
daughter singing, "Father, dear Father,
come home with me now," followed by
'Thou art so near and yet so far" His
jaws began to ache holding the lantern,
and the drool was running out of each
corner of his mouth, which made him
nearly frantic. His feet and legs ached
too from the cramped position which he
was in, and he had decided to let the
beer slide, when he heard footsteps APP
proach, which proved to be the servant
girl coming down after coal. As soon
as she got sight of him, she dropped the
coal hod which fell into tub contain
ing a nest of pet kittens, killing three
of them and causing the old cat to light
up stairs, landing in pan behind the
stove. The loss of his pets made tbc
old man so irate as to drop his Lantern
and rehearse that part of the dictionary
which is left out. tfter scraping off the
soap as well as he could, he wended hi
way up the back stairs to his room and
changed his raiment. Returning to th'
parlor, he told his friends he had beer
ont to see a man.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-17
Game Laws.

The game laws of Ohio, make staple
article of local literature about this
time, when so many sportsmen are
securing up their pieces for the fall
shooting. The following is the sub
stance of the game laws of the State:
All kinds of wild duck may be killed
any time from the first day September
until the 18th of April. Wild geese
are not protected by law.
Meadow larks and kiIl-deers may be
killed from October 1st until February
1st.
Woodcock may be killed from the 4th
of July until the 1st of February.
Quail, pheasants and wild turkeys
may be killed from the 18th of October
until the 1st day of February.
Doves and rabbits may be killed from
November 1st until February 1st.
1t is unlawful to catch, or attempt to
catch, with a net, snare or trap, any
quail or Virginia partridges.
1t is unlawful to kill the following
birds at any time: Sparrow, robin
blue-bird, martin, thrush, mocking bird
swallow, oriole, red-bird, cat-bird, chew
ing or ground robin, kIng-bird, bobo
link, yellow-bird, pewee, or @heba
wren, cuckoo, indigo-birid, nut-hatch
creeper, yellow-hammer or flicker, war.
bier or finch.
The penalty for violating the law is mo-
less than two dollars nor more than TWEEN.
ty dollars, or imprisonment in the county
Jail not more than twenty days or both
at the discretion of the court.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-17
The First Kentucky Rifle.

Says the Franklin (Ky.) Patriot: In
the Public Library building at Louis
vile, Kentucky, hang, on pair of rus
tic hooks, an old rifle and shot-pouch.
Near by is piece of beech-log, sawed
a convenient length to set on end in the
relic case. Posted up is an old letter,
dated 1889. "OEly these and nothing
more" The old powder-horn is stop
ped up by plug of wood, which has
been drawn so often by its former owner
that its end is chawed off close. But
what of that? Reader, that stopple
bears the marks of the teeth of Daniel
Boone; that rife was the first gun of the
battles on the clark and bloody ground"
Though its lock is gone, its stock is bro
ken, and its barrel is rusty, that gun
used to be the terror of the aboriginal
inhabitants of Kentucky, who feared
and dreaded it, even when it and its
owner we're temporarily in their posses
sion and power. A hundred years ago
that old hero, equipped by those trusty
deadly accoutrements, led a charmed
dramatic life, roaming over the forest
of which he was lord, from the great
"Conhowa," as he spelled, it to the Mis-
sissippi. The beech-log, carved by his
butcher-knife, which hangs by leather
string from the old belt, bears this in
scription: "Daniel Boone, 1774."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-17
WINTERMUTE.
His Probable Defense e-Statements of
His Friends.

From the Sioux City Journal
In all that has been written or said in
regard to the horrible affray at Yank-
ton, the story of Wintermute, one of the
principal actors, has not yet appeared in
print, and as a matter of justice to all
we submit the following as it was given,
in substance, by his friends to repor-
ter of the Journal, who failed to obtain
audience with Wintermute himself:
They say that from the time that Gen
eral McCook first struck Wintermute in
the saloon until the evening of the next
day, Wintermute was in a demented
state, having been so stunned by the
blow that he was not conscious of what
was passing, or responsible for his ac-
tions-in proof of which they refer to
his returning to the meeting and inter-
ruptlng it, and using the unnatural Ian
guage he did there as saying he had
been badly whipped, etc. 1t is also
said that McCook's language was insult
ing and unbearing as it could be before
was ve-y humiliating to bear such treat
ment from one who was physically SO
mlch larger and stronger; that any one
would be justified in seeking redress af-
ter such an encounter, even though in
possession of all of his faculties, and
that McCook's attack on him was un-
called for and unprovoked.
Instead of waiting for him near the
hall door, as stated by the press gener-
ally, it is said that Wintermute took the
same seat he had occupied when he was
first in the meeting, and that he could
not see the General approach through
the hall at all; and there was no shot
fired in the hall, and he could not see
McCook until he was in the Courtroom
where the meeting was being held.
They further claim that McCook came
to the hall the second time armed, anc
that, by accident, the first shot was 6reG
by some one unknown, near the door
which reused Wintermute, who was sit
ting near the stove, and who sud
denly arose, and, as he did 50, drew hi
revolver and fred, missing McCook
and then advanced and fired the SECOND
fatal shot, laboring under the impression
that General McCook was firing at him
!. To substantiate this they bring re
sponsible persons to say that before tn
affray had fairly begun ball was hear
to pass over the heads of the crowd, ant
that the same lodged in the end Of tn
room directly opposite the door.
They also state that, contrary to re
peatedly published statements, Winter
mute was not, or never was, a candidat
for the Office of Secretary of the Terri
tory, or any other Office, since his resi-
: dence in Dakota. 1t is also claimed fo
y him that he is man possessed of hig
] sense of honor and untarnished charaC
, ter.
His friends deeply deplore the sa
e and terrible ending of the affair, an
h say-ah, how truly say!-that whisk
was at the bottom of it all.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-17

/ fit for such a sea as was now running;
in fact, the carpenter had already receiv
ed orders to have her inboard, and give
her thorough repair. The only other
boat on board was the longboat, but as
she was fixture, and itted up as COW
house, sheep pen, ETC., with holes in the
bottom for the discharge of drainage, she
could not be thought of. As the men
were about to cast of the gripes of the
small cutter, the Captain ordered all TO
be kept fast, saying he would work the
ship up TO the swamped boat. The
mainsail was then set, the yards trim
med, and the ship kept "full and bye"
but when attempted to be put about,
from the fouling of the gear aloft and
other causes, she missed stays. The two
men were now long distance of, and
as they rose on a sea could be seen wav-
ing a shirt one of them had taken off.
1t was the general conviction on board
that they never could be saved by the
means employed. Mr.. Weldon then
cllled for volunteers, and choosing two
strong men commenced clearing her for
lowering. A bailer was called for, when
there was general rush of the boys; the
smallest was chosen as being the Hghtest.
As the little fellow jumped into the boat
the triumphant look he gave his ship
mates showed that though small in sta
ture he possessed stout heart. A light
bucket and tin pipe were passed into the
boat The ship being now hove to, as
the boat was being lowered the Captain
said, "Mr. Weldon, when you see the
ensign displayed steer more to starboard;
when distinguishing pendant, more to
port; when-there is no display, keep as
you, are going" when boat is in the
water and a sea on, nothing can be seen
floating at any distance except under ex-
ceptional circumstances The boat was
now anxiously watched. At times she
was lost to view in the hollow of the
seas, again as she rose in sight our little
friend, who had lost his cap was seen
baiIing most vigorously.
| OA SOAAAh6 W eAO wv hhCy
were found to be much exhausted, the
continual washing of the seas over them,
and the strenuous exertions they had to
make to prevent themselves being wash
ed out of the boat, had told upon them.
Mr.. Weldon being aware very slight
blow would stave the boat they were in,
dared not venture too near the sunken
one; the boats painter was therefore
hove to the two men, and one by one
they were hanled into the boat All that
was taking place could be seen from the
ship through the glasses as the boats rose
on the seas, but with the naked eye moth
ing particular could be made out. The
sunken cutter was now abandoned, and
her frail companion commenced her
perilous return. She could be seen rap
idly nearing the ship. The youngster
was now assisted in bailing by one of the
rescued men, for the straining of the sea
had caused the boat to leak to that de-
gree that the two together could barely
keep the water under. The other man
had taken an oar. Soon they are along
side and aboard; the cheering was great,
and none cheered more heartily..than the
| troops
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-17
The Sort OF Mem that Women Like
Rest,

We know that men naturally shrink
from the attempt to obtain companions
who are their superiors; but they will
find that really intelligent women, who
possess most desirable qualities, are uni
formly modest, and hold their charms in
admire in men is gallantry; not the gal
lantry of courts or fops, but boldness,
courage devotion and refined civility.
A mans bearing wins ten superior wo-
me where his boots and brains win one.
# man stands before a woman with
respect for himself and fearlessness of
her, his suit is half won. The rest may
safely be left to the parties most interes-
ted Therefore never be afraid of wo-
man. Women are the most harmless
and agreeable creatures in the world to
a man who shows that he has mans
soul in him. If you have not got the
spirit to come up to the test like this,
you have not got that which most
pleases a highsouled woman and you
will be obliged to content yourself with
the simple girl who, in quiet way, is
endeavoring to attract and fasten you.-
But don't be in a hurry about the mat
ter. 1t isn't creditable to you. Espec-
tally don't imagine that any disappoint-
ment in love which takes place before
you are twenty-one years old, will be Of
any material consequence to you.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-17
POETRY.



The following poem by John G. SAKE, wa
yelling of the bust of John Howard Payne, il
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, few weeks ago:
To him who sang of "Home, Sweet Home
In strains 50 sweet the simple lay
Has thrilled million heErts, we come
A nations grateful debt to pay
Yet, not for him the bust we raise;
All, MOI can Hfeless lips prolong
Fame's trumpet voice? The poets praise
Lives in the music of his song.
The noble dead we fondly seek
To honor with applauding breath;
Unheeded fall the words We speak
Upon the "dull, cold ear Of death"
Yet, not in vain the spoken word,
Nor vain the monument we raise;
With qnicker throbs our hearts are stirred
To catch the nobleness we praisei
Columbia's sons-we share his fame;
'Tis for ourselves the bust we rear,
That they who mark the craven name
May know that name to us is dear;
Dear as the home the exile sees
The fairest spot beneath the sky
Where first upon q mothers knees
He slept, and where he yearns to die.
But not alone the lyric fire
Was his; the dramas muse can tell
His genius could Kean inspire;
A Kemble owned his magic spell;
A Kean to ffBrutus' " self so true,
(As true to Art and Natures laws)
He seemed the man the poet drew,
And shared with him the towns applause.
Kind hearts and brave, with truth severe
He drew, unconscious from his own;
nature rare, But pilgrims here
Will ofpnest say, in pensive tone,
With reverent face and lifted hand,
"'Twas he-by Fortune forced 10 roam
When, homeless, in a foreign land,
So sweetly sang the joys OF homeP
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-17

In the experience of the very best detec-
tives of the present day, modern crime
has become science, with which it re-
quires the keenest intelligence and the
most subtle ingenuity to cope successful
ly. Politics, religion, art and all the
appliances of steam, the telegraph and
chemistry are pressed into its service;
nothi g is too sacred or too vile for its
purposes. 1t is the same old story over
again" Desperate cases require desper-
ate remedies"
Hence, in the detection of counter
feiters, it has been (since May, 1859,
when Colonel whitley was appointed
Chief of Division) and is now, the aim
of the force to secure the cooperation of
one ofthe gang to be broken up, who,
besides furnishing the necessary infor-
nation and keeping the officers posted
as regards the movements of the parties
who are being "shadowed," may after
wards serve as States evidence against
his former confederates. The inaugura-
tion of this effective system-somewhat
similar to the plan after which the Bow
street detective police operates-has
created distrust and caused more alarm
among the counterfeiters, as class, than
could have been accomplished by any
other agency. The detection of coz
federate strikes CONSERVATION into the
ranks of crime, land opens the door for
its final determination. No better proof
is required of the effectiveness Of this
system than the fact that counterfeiting
on large scale, as carried on extensive
ly three or four years ago, is to-day vir-
tually at an end; the counterfeitinP now
going on being confined to the compara-
lively small operations of "boodle-ear-
riers" and second-rate "cony-men." =
AppIetOR's Journal.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-17
Wanton Slaughter OF Cattle by In
dinns in Colorado.

ST. LOUIS, October "a letter from
Pueblo, Colorado, October s, gives che
details Of the wanton slaughter and scat
tering Of cattle by the Indians in East-
ern and Southern Colorado along che
upper waters Of the Arkansas River. It
appears that on September 2S a party Of
some three hundred Indians, consisting
of Cheyennes, Arapahoes aud Kiowas
came into the Arkansas Valley from the
south, and camped opposite Fort Lyon
and near Las Animas. The command
ing officer Of Fort Lyons had a talk with
the chiefs; but could learn nothing of
the intentions of the Indians. They
claimed the country as their own and
said they proposed to roam over it as
they pleased. They were all warriors,
each armed with broech loading Gov
ernment rifles, one or two good revoly-
ers, bows, spears, &c, and each leading
an extra horse. The commandant oft
Fort Lyon requested the hand Go return
to their reservation, 20 which they re-
piled they would go when ready, and
talked very impudontly. Two days af-
ter they left, proceeded up che Arkma-
sas River through the seitlemcnis scat-
tered in bands along the various tribu-
tary streams, and began indiscrimiuate
slaughter and stampedingof cattle, cont
pelling the herders to look for them.
This continued about q week, during
which time several hundred caitle were
killed, and great excitemcniand conaier-
nation created among the settlcrs large
numbers Of whom nockcd into Pueblo
and other towns. AZ last accounts the
Indians were going toward ii settlement
on the las Animps River. below rriui-
dad, and citizens were arming IN dclensc-
Several small companies have already
gone out to defend the settlements TWo
or three herders, who attempted % O.
fend their herds, are reported killed.
The Indians came from She reservation
near Fort SILL Military aid haa tefn
asked for, but none reoeived up io date.
/ ~ana@an~n--
N-. The most certain wheat lands in Calls
Z Fa-..sa H. -. IL.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-17
The Esuuimaux Dog,

The most valuable domestic animal in
Kamschatka is the dog. During winter
they are fed with dried fish every morn
ing and evening; but, while travelling
they get nothing to eat, even though
they run for hours. Their strength is
wonderful. Generally no more than five
of them are harnessed to a sledge, and
will drag with ease three full grown per.
sons, and sixty pounds of luggage
When lightly laden such a sledge will
travel from thirty to forty miles in 8
day over bad roads and through the deeI
snow; on even roads, from eighty to on'
hundred and forty.
During snow-storm, the dogs keeE
their masters warm, and will lie quietly
near him for hours, so that he has mere
ly to prevent the snow from covering
HIM too deeply and suffocating him.
The dogs are also excellent weathel
prophets; for when, while resting, the,
dig holes in snow, a storm may will
certainly be expected.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-17

Dio Lewis says: Trimming men for
the prize-ring, they are not allowed to
touch lager beer, tobacco or any other
such stuff. Billiard players, training
for match, carefully avoid all such in
dulgences. When not training, these
people are likely to indulge pretty free
ly in spirits and tobacco; but when seek
ing the highest health, they are compell-
ed to deny themselves. And yet we
constantly hear the healthfulness OF
lager and the meerschaum seriously dis
cussed. 1t is stated as historical fact
that no man who has graduated at the
head Of his class in Harvard College
within the last fifty-iive years, has used
either spiritsor tobacco, in any form.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-17

In cotempoary we find the following
historical statistics regarding the inhu-
ence of wives:
1t ia not all dream which made the
wife of Julius Cesar so anxious that he
should not go to the Senate chamber on
the fatal Ides of March, and had he
complied with her entreaties, he might
have escaped the dagger of Brutus. Dis
aster followed disaster in the career of
Napoleon, from the time he ceasad to
feel the balance wheel of Josephine s
influence on his impetuous spirit. Our
own Washington, when important ques-
tions were submitted to him, often has
said that he would like to carry the sub
ject to his bed-chamber before he had
! formed his decision; and those who knew
the clear jqass6ent and elevated pur-
I pose of Mrs. Washington, thought all
the better of him for wishing to make
her his confidential counsellor. Indeed
the great majority of men, who have
acquired for themselves a good anc
great name, were not only married men
but happily married-both paired anC
matched.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-17

Could we but live our life over again,
starting from boyhood, how many errors
how many mistakes would we try to
avoidi Men and boys make mistakes.
We wonder they do not commit more,
Many spot in the road of life would
be avoided. We should try to be more
brave; more earnest in defence of the
right, and to protect the weak. There
is not boy but who can do better than
we have done. There is not man but
who can, by beginning at once, build
himself up to glorious position.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-17

PRoM1sE.-Keep your promises
The man who forfeits his word, without
good or sufficient reason, on one occas-
ion, will repeat it, and is unworthy of
our confidence. If American boys and
girls are trained to consider promise
as a sacred thing, the men and women
will soon be more honorable. Every
day, life's worries are added to, and its
cares increased, by some one forfeiting
his word. I promised, but did moi
mean it, is remark as common it is
heartless. Never promise without de-
liberation, and keep it strictly, even il
compelled to use great self-denial.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-17

The Athens Messenger of Sept. 25th
says: Geo. w. Hill, of Albany, in
forms us, that in June he cut from two
acres six tons of timothy and clover
hay, and from second moving, during
the present month, four tons more. If
anybody in Athens county or elsewhere
can beat this, Mr.. Hill would be pleased
to hear from them.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-17

The Minnesota law compelling saloon
keepers to pay ten dollars annually to
the supporter of the State Inebriate
Asylum has yielded twelve thousand
dollars this year.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-17

An Iowa editor wrote: During the
past week we have been visiting the
Solons of the country" and his constant
subscribers think that is funny way to
spell Saloons"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-17

At hotel table one boarder remarked
/, to his neighbor: "This mist be healthy
iplaye for chickens" Why" asked the
z deher. because never see any dead
ones hereabouts."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1873-10-17

The eighth juror was obtained in the
Stokes trial Saturday.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-01-09

RIVER News The ice in the oalo'
commenced moving last Saturday On
Sunday bargos, RATS Of lamb'r aud logs
we're passing BY. The destruction Of all
kinds Of prOpertyon tue upper Ohio is re-
ported to be immense
The steamer Emma Graham is sunk at
Antiquity landing aud will be total loss
The gorge gave way at 0incinuaii Tues
day, destroying the steamers Mountain Boy
Kate Putnam, and Messenger, aud badly
damaging several others. The coal inter
ests suffered losses. to the extent Of $780,
coo.
Not a boat was damaged 10 the Kama
wha, Of which there were quite a number
at this place. This proves that the Ka-
nawha is the best harbor on the Ohio.
Navigation has been resumed on the
Kauuwha.