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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-09-10
Browns Wooden wedding

Brown, a Young insJrnes friend
Of ours, who lives in Cambridge, had
the fifth anniversary of his wedding
to occur about week ago, and his
friends determined TO celebrate his
wooden wedding by surprise party.
Brown came in Yesterday and told
Us how they succeeded. They CON-
menced by sending a servant round
with q team to take Brown and his
wife out to ride at about seven.
They then began 20 come with pEes-
ents and materials for supper. There
was little party of five came first,
all laden-hands full They all got
nicely inside the garden gate, which
shuts with a spring, when Browns
big mastif, wLo Is always left IN
chained in his masters absence.
came round the corner and surprised
them. One woman stepped on her
dress, and in her fall SO demoralized
fragile black walnut bookcase she
carried that it was afterwards done up
in bundle and presented as kindling
wood Another fellow got safely
out Of the yard, ali but part Of his
pants, while old Smithers who weighs
22O pounds, plunged wildly with the
eight gallon pail of ice cream he ear
ried, through Browns glass hOt-house
in the corner of the yard, and sur
prised some $50 worth Of exoties
Finally they fixed things up and got
into the house, and as it was about
time for Browns return they com
meneed laying the supper-table
They got down tea set Of rare chi
na that a friend of Browns in the
trade loaned him q week before, and
broke two pieces, 60 that Brown has
since been obliged to mortgage his
hen-house and buv the set and the
comments of Mrs. Brown when she
saw the condition of the carpet were
sarcastic in the extreme. Finally as
a erowning touch they tried to hang
out Chinese lanterns with the word
Welcome" on them, on the porch
over the front door. They succeeded
in hanging two lanterns, and when
they had saved the house from the
fiery ienG there wasn't enough porch
left TO pay for the trouble OF trying
to hang out any more. Then they
sat down and waited for Brown and
his wife to come home We draw
tie veil over the scene that followed
their return. Some scenes are too
joyous TO be described in cold, cold
words. Boston Truueler.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-09-10

less coat, and turned himselfthis way
and that until
"Why Jessie ~ was the astonished
exclamation, Its Fales Hal tford ~
Which Fales Hartford must have
heard, for he stood petrifed, for the
space of a second, as his glance fell on
the bride and groom: and then rush.
ing wildly from the room, he appear
ed no more.
Mrs. Lane continued to lagh, at
intervals, when never she thought of
the comical juxtaposition of circum-
stances that brought Fales Hartford
before her at this particular time !;
Just as she had seen him last; and al
though her husband had lost his bet,
he could not help laughing with her.
After that ne never called Fales
anything but Narcissus.-Ladys
Friend.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-09-10

AN up country editor says: We
annually consume ten and half mill-
ions worth of foreign fruit use nine
millions Of tobacco and cigars; I've
million dozen eggs Of foreign laying;
million dollars worth Of sardines +:
two million dollars worth CT buttons.
and nearly a million dollars worth Of
human hair. This is an. outrageous
confession; though we can manage to
believe that part about the tobacco,
and eggs, and sardines, because some
country editors have appetites like
erosseut saw but we think the but
tons and hair are exaggerated If the
editor had twenty-One sons, all boys
and covered their clothes with but
tons from top to toe, the could hard
ly exhaust two million dollars worth
in a wear; and if he was 30 eat ten
pounds Of butter each meal, We don't
think he could consume that much
human hair. In fact, the button and
hair part o. his confession makes US
diseredit the whole thing.-Norris-
totrn Herald
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-09-10
whoepinx CouEh-Last Stage.

4 writer in the Medical journal,
London, states that in case of wheop-
ing cough in the last stage-that is,
after the third week, he has had enc
ounce of the strongest liquid ammo
MIA put into a gallon Of water in an
open pan, and the steam kept up by
means of half brick made red hot
throughout, and put into the boiling
water containing the amOnia, the pan
being placed in the middle Of the
room, into which the patients were
brought as the ammoniated steam
was passing of. This he says, was
used in the evening, just before bed
time, and it proved so efieacious in
abating the spasmodie attack, and af-
ter three or four days terminating the
malady, as to establish beyond doubt
the great value of this mode of inhal-
ing ammonia, as therapeutic agent
in tranquilizing the nervous system
in the whooping cough
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-09-10
People will Talk

You may 20 through the world, but twin be yer,
slow,
II you listen "a all that Is said as you 90,
You' II he worried and fretted and kept in n stew,
FJr mesidlesome tongues will have sonnet hing todo
For people viii talk you know.
If quiet and modest you have il presumed,
That your humble position Is only assumed,
Your re a wolf In shsep's clothing, or ese you're
fool,
But don I get excited. keep pc rfectly cool,
For people viii talk you know.
II generOu. and noble, they'll ven, out their spleen
mean;
If upright, honest, fair as the day,
They'll call you 4 rogue In a sly, sneering way,
For people will talk, you know.
And then If you show the least boldness of heart,
or slight inclination to take your own part,
They'll call you an upstart, eonceited and vain
But keep straight ahead, don't stop to explain,
For people viii talk, you know.
II threadbare you dress or old fashioned your hat
Some one will surely take notice Of that,
And hint very strongly you can't pay your way,
But don't get excited whatever they say.
For people viii talk, you know.
II You dress in the fashion, don't think to escape,
For they'll eriticise then in different shape;
You're head Of your means, OF your tailor's IN.
paid,
But mind your own business, there's nausht to be
made.
For people will talk yGu know
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-09-10

LADIES travelling across the plains
carry their hair in their pockets to
avoid being sealped.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-09-10

About q year after this episode,
Jessie Lane (for she married Cousin
Theoeore) was on her wedding jour
ney-one of the happiest and pretti-
est brides of the season Two weeks
had flown by like dream and in
the weakness of her perfect content,
she had just eonfded to Theodore all
the particulars of her girlish fancy
for Fales Hartford, and her gratitude
to him for showing the eloven foot
just in time, and uneonsciously help
ing her to her present state of happi-
ness.
To all of which Mr.. Lane listened
with eommendable gravity, only de-
murring when his wife wound up
with: Talk of tcOmeR's vanity, in
deedi Men are ten times vainer :"
Now said Theodore, the wise,
stop a moment, my love-I must
take issue with you there, as q gen.
eral principle. Just please cast your
eye into the parlor," Othey were sit
ting outside on the versnGa) "and
you will see a mirror between the
windows.
Now, | am willing to make you q
bet, anywhere within the bonds of
reason, that every woman who pass
es through that room will look into
the mirror-or, il you like this form
better, that the first person who does
look into the mirror will be wo-
man."
The hotel at which. they were
spending a few hours was quite
thOroughfare on the direct line of
travel and the women who passed
through the parlor would naturally
have their bonets one-sided, or be
out of order in some way, from the
wear and tear of journey; looking
in the glass, therefore, might be set
down to other considerations than
that ofvanity.
Jessie declared that she did not
think the test fair one, for men
didn't get so easily disarranged but
her husband was quite inexorable.
Two women passed hastily
through, without even glance at
the mirror, and Mrs. Lane was tri-
umphant but Mr.. Lane declared
that they didn't see it.
Presently, Jessie touched her hus-
bands elbow.
Look ~ she whispered; and then
went of in an uncomfortable 6t of
laughter.
Theodore looked, and recognized
an old acquaintance. A very hand
some man stood admiring his Gre
clan profile, and twisting and un-
twisting his mastache He carefully
brushed every speek from his fault
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-09-10

WHEN a mans necktie is united
how untidy he looks.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-09-10

THERE is q law firm in Boston
called Steele and Gamble.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-31
Beginning 10 Keep Bees.

The american Bee Journal has the
following sensible advice to noVices in
beekeeping:
Beginners in beekeeping should not,
when going into the business, build
costly bee houses, provide high priced,
untested patent hives, purchase a large
number of colonies, or buy ''three-
banded Italian queens at time when
as yet they can hardly tell a drone
from worker. Begin moderately and
hasten slowly. The needful experience
in practical bee culture is much more
easily and far more efficiently acquired
by careful attention to a few choice
stocks, than by hurried supervision of
large number, even with the aid of
manuals and text books. Plain, sim
pla movable frame hives, too, will be
found better suited for the requisite
manipulations, than fanciful and COM
plicated coutrivances, devised by per-
sons really ignorant themselves of the
habits and wants OF bees. And colo
nies placed in an open situation, will
their hives readily accessible from al
sides and somewhat sheltered or shad
ed by trees or vines, will be much
more conveniently managed than wher
placed In ordinary sheds or outdoor
bee. houses. Study first to know whai
is required for success, and then ex
tend your operations when you are
sure that you can have the busines
swell in hand.' Precipitancy, in mos
kinds of business, is the ruin of begin
ners, and beekeeping needs study ant
caution to assure success.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-31
THE DEATH BED SCENE OF Ma
POLEON III.

The last scene in the life of the
late Emperor OF the French was,
according to the latest news, .singu-
larly touching. As we said yester-
day, there was evidence that be was
conscious to the very last Twice
over, in his lstes. moments, he spoke
to the Empress in avery feeble voice.
The last life sign was q smile, when
the Empress knelt and kissed her dy.
ing husband. In addition to the
Empress there were present at the
closing scenes, the whole household
OF Cbiselhurst. The Prince Imperi-
al, who had been summoned from
Woolwich, was fifteen minutes late.
The poor boy was deeply affected,
and with streaming eyes, kissed his
dead ialher frequently. The Empe
Tor died quietly but the Empress,
completely overcome, tainted at the
bedside. When all was over the
Empress refused to leave her dead
husband, and for several hours remain
ed by the bedside on her knees in
prayer. The dead Emperor, the
sorrowing Empress, the weeping
Prince Imperial, the household look
ing on in sorrow-it was o sad, sor-
rowful. but withal beautiful tableau.
In his last moments the dethroned
Emueror was not without The con-
solations Of frieadship.-Ne0 York
Herald,
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-31
Average Yield Of Farm Crops.

The monthly report for December
Of the Department of Agriculture,
gives the estimated average yield Of
the various farm crops in different
States in 1872, reported by the thou
sands Of correspondents of the De.
partment. OF corn, the highest aver
age yield per acre for any State is 4o.s
bushelsin Iowa. Illinois reports 500;
Indiana, S9.s; Ohio, S9.5; Wisconsin,
So; Minnesota, 35.2. The lowest
average for any State is 9.6 bushels
per acre in Florida. Of wheat, the
highest reported average is Is Z BUSH
els in Minnesots, 1s.5in California, the
lowest is rs in Delaware. OF pota-
toes, the total crop is put at five per
cent. less than that of 1871, a decrease
of about 100000 bushels. Iowa
reported an average yield of 1873 bush
els per acre, Minnesota, l3O; Wiscon.
sin, 90 /; Illinois, s5
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-31
Perfection i'm Bee Culture.

There is no owner of half a dozen
colonies of bees that has not had the
opportunity to notice that frequently
there will be a single colony that will
far excel in yield of honey any Of the
others. They may be all in hives as
near alike in size and construction as
possible; they may be all managed
as near alike as the bee keeper knows
how; yet one viii distinguish itself
by heaping up unheard of-betore
quantities of honey.
Such result must have a cause, or
perhaps number of coincident causes
To aseertrin these causes is the prov
ince of the scientific apiculturist.
The fact that an apiary of one hun.
dred colonies produces an average
of one hundred pounds of honey is
of little value, and teaches nothing
unless we are informed of how it was
managed That one tenth of the
hives produced only an average of ten
ponnds each, and another tenth pro-
duced an average two hundred pounds
each, should lead us to try and an
swer the question: "Why do not all
produce the maximum ?"
We have istances reported where
FIVE hundred and even seven hundred
pounds of honey have been secured
from a single colony. What it is pos.
sible for one colony to do is possible
for all and until the bee.keeper shall
be able to SO understand and control
the operations of his bees that he can
bring them all up to the highest
standard of productiveness, the sci
ence of bee culture will be imperfect
D. L. ADAIR.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-31
q Religipns.

First Presbyterian Church-Rev. Eben
| Muse. Pastor. Services at IOJz a. m. and :
| O'CLOCK p. IN. Prayer meeting Thursday
evenings. Corner Main and Hardin streets
First Congregational Church-Rev. W.
>. Peterson. Pastor. Services at lOJz a. m.
and O'Clock, p. IN. Prayer meeting Thurs
day evenings. broadway, south OF Main
Cross Streets.
Methodist Episcopal Church-Rev.I.R. 1. R.
Henderson, Pastor. Services at lOJz A. m.
anu O'Clock, p. m. Prayer meeting Thurs
uay evenings Sandusky ST., west of Main.
English Lutheran Church-Rev. George
Miller, Bsstor. Services at lO1z a. IN. and :
p. IN. Prayer meeting Thursday evenings.
crawford street, west of Main.
United Brethren in Christ-Rev. I. ].
Harbaugh, Pastor. Services at 10 a. m and
1oclock, p. m Prayer meeting Thursday
evenings Corner Crawford and West Streets
Church of Cod-Rev. J. W. Aukerman,
Pastor; Services at l019 e. m. and O'Clock.
IN sy sFraysr ,.ss msst,PS y SfI THURSDAY evenings
ST. MIchaeI's Catholic Church-Rev'
]. B. Young, Pastor. Every other sabbath,
First Mass at O'Clock, A. NJ, High Mass al
10, A. NJ, Catechism at 2, p. NJ. Services in
English, German and French. Mass every
morning at : O'Clock, A. NJ. West end OF
Main-Cross street.
German Lutheran (St John's) Church
Rev. NJ. Buerkle, Pastor. Services every
other Sabbath at 10 o'clock A. NJ. Singing
Society at I o'clock Friday evening, Corner
of West and Front streets.
English Reformed (St Paul's) Church
Rev. Josiah May, Pastor. Services every
other Sabbath at 10 o'clock, A. NJ. East end
of Main-CrosS street.
German Reformed Church-Rev. J. G.
Ruhl, Pastor. Services at lOL a. m and Z
O'Clock, p. IN. Prayer meeting Thursday
evenings. East end Main Cross Street.
Church-Rev. VIM. Whit
tingtOn, Pastor. Services lO1Z a. IN. and
O'Clock, p. IN. Prayer meeting Wednesday
evenings. Sandusky street, east OF Main
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-31
An eminent politician says SIT

An eminent politician says: SIT is
curse to any man who owns a good
farm, as I do, TO get mixed up IN pol
itics. 1t units him for his work, and
he is never bettered by it. Had /
devoted my time and energies, with
the same enthusiasm and self denial
that 1 have given to politics, to my
farm, l would have been a far richer,
more conteuted, and certainly q hap
pier man. The truth is, / had no faith
in farming But the older / grow,t the
more clearly / see its certainties, as
well as possibilities, and regret the
time wasted
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-31
Farm Life DUlI,

Talking with very bright and am
bilious young woman, a farmers
daughter, where we stopped over
night, she said farming was a dull sort
of life. "Yes,' said a young man Of
twenty-five years, "there is no incen-
tive to work it is all hum-drum, rou.
tine,and hard work; no relaxation of
effort and nothing to stimulate the
mind.'
"What nonsense" wereplied. "There
is everything for a stimulus. Each
farm is world in itself, about which
those who have lived upon it know
little or nothing, comparatively. Sup
pose, for example, we were to ask you
how many kinds of grasses-real
grasses-grow upon your farm, could
you tell us, with their correct names,
habits, and history? Suppose we ask
yoG how many species of plants are
indigenous on your farm, and the
names of these plants, time of flower.
ing, color of flowers, soil and locality
in which they grow. could you tell us ?
Suppose we ask you how many spe
cies of insects are to be found on your
farm, their names, history, habits,
whether injurious to you or not, upon
what trees or plants they live, and
how long they stay, could you tell us?
Suppose we ask you to show US speci-
mems of the grasses, and other plants;
the birds, insects, &c, which may be
gathered within your boundary fen
ces, could you show them to US And
yet, if you were to undertake to ac-
quire the knowledge we have sugges
ted by these inquiries, you would find
your life too short yet the knowledge
you would gain, the interest you would
soon take in it, and the knowledge Of
your own impotency you would &C
quire, would prove to you that it is
not the farm that is dull place, but
it is you who are dull "-MoOre's RE
raj Men Yorker.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-31
ANECDOTE OF GREELEY.

The following anecdote Is related
of Mr.. Greeley, who is well known
to have been throughoutlifs staunch
advocate of temperance. Through
all the campaign he sat at public
dinners and suppers where wine and
spirits flowed freely, but he never
passed the bottle or touched the liquor
himself. The walters who knew
bis temperance principles were gener-
ally puzzled what to do when they
came to the row of glasses fronting
his plate. as they fronted all the
others. Usually they were directed
by look or gesture of the master Of
ceremonies to pass him by in silence,
bat on one occasion an Irish waiter
would not abide such su apparent
breach Of hospitality. "Hadn't ye
better take something, sir, to get up
an appetite like, after your long ride,
sir?' the hospitable Hibernisn whis-
pered to- he startled sage. "a little
brandy-a and water, now, would do
ye goOd-it would upon my soul,
SIR"
The heartiness Of the appeal toucht d
the philosopher. He recognized the
the ring of true hospitality in its
tones, and his heart relented at the
idea OF depressing such sterling
virtue by g continued refusal.
Brandy and water?" said be,
"Well, Pat, I'll take half that to
oblIge you. Give me .ss water, aud
let some one else have the brandy.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-31

ANAgricultural writer furnishes the
following conundrums for farmers to
consider: "Farm and farm lands, with
the current prices, are poor property
and return small interest, but remem
bering Portland, Chicago and Boston,
and remembering there Is not town
of 10000 inhabitants that may not be
swept out of existence in night, and
remembering there is no absolute and
everlasting investment but in the soil
is not three psr cent in perpetuity
better than six or even ten per cent in
the unstable commodities of brick and
mortar, bonds and mortgages, insur-
ance policies and warr4ntee deeds
which warrant nothing at all?
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-31

Tax Rev. Thomas K. Beecher is .
gentleman who speaks his mind free
* sud has no fear Of dignitsries in
bis soul. He wss engaged TO lee
turs in Geneseo, N Y, bat the lee.
ture committee sent him word not
TO come because OF great small pox
panic in the village. Whereupcn the
Rev. Thomas wrote as follows: Il am
amazed that in this intelligent nine
teenth century, there should be
small pcx panic. If any word OF in
telligent contempt from me can be of
any use TO you, please pass the word
around from me that elesnly and vac
cinated persons are in no more dan
ger ofsmall pox than they are OF
virtue without an effort" The rs-
sponse Of the great lecture committee
has not yet come under o0r ohser-
walton.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-31
IFrom James T Fields Lecture "The Masters
1f1k,a

lFrom James 7. Fields Lecture "The Masters
ofthe Situation"
No Success Through Incidence.
Now, no man ever became master
of the situation by accident or indo-
lence. believe with Shirley, that
the Almighty has given men and wo-
men arms long enough to reach to
the stars if they VIII only put them
outl 1t was an admirable saying of
the Duke of Wellington, "That no
general ever blundered into great
victory" St. Hilaire said, 81 ignore
the existence of blind chance, accident
and hap-hazard results!" "He hap
pened to succeed is foolish, un-
meaning phrase. No man happens to
succeed. "What do you mix your
paints with?" asked visitor OF Opie,
the painter. "With brains, sir" was
the artists reply.
Incidence never sent a man to the
front. 1t is one of Gods laws that
nothing in His universe shall be sta
tionary. The fixed stars, as they are
called, are now known to be undoubt-
edly moving on. The deep things of
this world are not engineered by slug
gards. 1t is the travesties OF Chris
tisnity that abound among the indo-
lent who take everything for grant
ed.
Masters of the truly religious situa
tions, like Frederick Robertson, Ward
Beecher, Maurice, and Stoptor Brooks
are never idle. They scorn to furl
their sells and ride at anchor in the
sluggish ways of extinct thought, but
are ever busy in the great thorough.
fares of life, casting out those devili
of intolerance, superstition and by
pocrisy, Who doesn't like to see
minister fully master of the situation
rom an earnest desire to serve th'
great cause in which he has enlisted !
Robert CoIlyer told me the other day
of big-hearted, big-fsted old clergy
man in Yorkshire who was so deter
mined TO convert the wild, wicket
I-.oIIo-s o,, tha ,noors that when the,
refused to come into church on Sun
day, he would rush out of his pulpit
spring into a crowd of cockfghter
outside of the chapel, knock some Q
them down with his brawny fist. cola
them, drag them in and then admin
lister Gospel truths right and left 9TH
rascals.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-31
A SINGULAR RLOPEMENT.

The Washington Star Of Saturday
says: "On Monday evening last .
young gentleman Of high respectable
ty, with his wife, welded on Christ
mas, arrived in this city and took
rooms at one Of the hotels The gen.
tlemsn, whose nsme is suppressed,
had IN official appointment which
called him to this city, and while bis
attention was called to the capital
On Friday, q worthless vagabond,
who worked about the hotel, succeed
ed in decoying the young bride
from. her husband and left for parts
unknown. The husband 10 desrly
affected and almost heart-broken,
but In the end ne think, the loss viii
prove his gain"