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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-10-08
Work.

Young men sometimes think that
it is not respectable TO work They
immagine that there is some charac-
ter of disgrace or degradation belong
ing TO toll. No greater mistake could
be made Instead of being disgrace
ful 10 engage in work, it is especially
honorable 1t is the useless, not the
useful man who does nothing; who
eats the bread he does not earn; who
relies upon others to support his life.
1t is he who is not respectable, be-
cause he does nothing to command
respect. 1t is surprising to see how
many young men there are at the
present day who are growing up to
habits of idleness. Having nothing
else 70 do, their nights and often their
days are spent in places of i'll repute.
Craving excitement they seek the
gaming table They find stimulant
in Intoxicating liquors. They look
upon labor with aversion, if not with
absolute repugnance, and follow cour-
ses which end only in shame. How
many men now in middle life look
back with regret upon many lost
moments spent by them in idleness,
and lament that their lives are now
beyond reuisal. Prepare, young
man, while yet you have chance,
against such . sorrowful period. Do
not allow yourself to grow up with
out anything to do. Believe that any
labor which viii furnish occupation
for the mind and hands is better than
life which aecomplishes nothing,
and which will by and by be full Of
misery.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-10-08
a Lost Wedding Ring.

A bridegroom is at all times an OBJ
ject Of the most perfect indifference,
not to say contempt to the onlookers
at a matrimonial festival There is
no pity for his agitation or sympathy
with his forlorn condition. He is a
black-coated nonenity, lay figure, a
foil in the dazzling picture going on
before the altar No pity can, there
fore, be extended to that wretched
man, who, being married the other
day, put the wedding ring into his
mouth for safety. The ceremony pro-
ceeded. The miserable object who
played violin secundo trembled in his
patent feathers. The moment came.
The minister, calm and self possed as
a judge pronouncing sentence of the
law motioned for the ring. The par
alyzed bridegroom gave start
There was sudden gulp. gurgling
sound, and that ring had gone where
there is no marrying or giving in mar
riage
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-10-08
Sagacious.

Before the war there lived on a
plantation, near Lynchburg, an old
colored preacher, whose sermons were
truly remarkable One day his mas
ter, who happened to be passing,
paused to listen to him as he discours-
ed to his fellow-servants. His sub
ject was "Hell, and its horrors, which
be described in terrible terms. de-
claring that there was whipping and
whaling, and snatching out of teeth
He then proceeded, with a touch of
Dantesque vigor, to tell his hearers
that hell was region of fearful cold,
where ice and cold covered all things,
and where freezing was the favorite
punishment.
"Why Caar," said his master,
next time they met, curious to learn
why the preacher differed so strong
ly from the usually accepted theory
Of the Internal regions, "vhat makes
you tell my servants that hell is a
cold place ~
"Massa, don't dare tell Them
nothing else. Why, if | was TO say
that hell was warm, some of them
old rheumatic niggers would be
wanting to start down there the very
first Frost
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-10-08

A SAGACIoUs HoRsE.-T&e Ban
gor (Me) Wing tells the following
story illustrating tie sagacity of
horse owned in that State Captain
Frank Lane, who lives on an island
near Yinalhaven has a span Of horses
which be uses on his farm and also
employs to carry passengers TO and
from the boats A few weeks since,
during the absence of Mr.. Lane, one
ofthe horses backed into G well about
twelve feet deep. His mate immedi-
ately started for the house of a neigh
Dor, and by neighing and other ways
endeavored 10 attract the attention Of
the inmates. Gaining their attention,
be ran back to the well and evident
" tried to induce them to follow
him.
After repeating this several times,
the neighbors became satisfied that
something unusual had taken place,
followed the horse to the well, and
after little delay gathered force
anG rescued his mate from his un-
comfortable position. To their as
tonishment the horse had received
no injuries worth mentioning. Upon
his return, Mr.. Lane had occasion to
go down after passengers, and con-
cluded to harness the horse which
met with no accident into a single
wagon, and give the other horse an
opportunity to recover from his bruis-
cs. No sooner had he started than
the horses mate placed himself by
his side, and kept his place down
and back, and this was repeated
several times, when Mr.. Lane con-
cluded to again harness them both
and let them in the future work
together in double harness.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-10-08

Saturday Night.

About HAS Saturday night two
middle aged men stopped in front of
a house on Essex street, and, after
shaking hands with an earnestness
and solemnity that were very effect
ing one of them said: Good night
Buggles," to which the other respOn-
ded, Good night Punky." Then
both of them started at each other
with wonderful intensity, and finally
grasped hands again. "You feel
quite well ?" said Punky, with some
anxiety. Never better" kindly vol
unteered Buggles, at the same time
turning around on one leg, and
throwing up one arm to snap his
fingers, but changing his mind, and
hastily clasping Punky around the
neck instead. Then he Strengthened
himself mp and, looking solemnly at
Punkv, extended his hand, which
that individual hastily grasped, and
wrung with feryor that was simply
surprising, while both of them start
ed at each other in manner that ex-
hibited an extraordinary interest in
the object "You are firm friend of
mine," said Punky, with the tears
gathering in his eyes. $50 you are
ofmine," asserted Buggles, in a bro
ken voice. Then they shook hands
again. Nobody never seemed to
understand me as YOU do" said Pun
Ky trembling with suppressed emo
tion. That's just what I've always
said of you" maintained Buggles
with as much emphasis as his awak-
ened feelings would permit. At this
juncture the two were so thoroughly
absorbed in contemplating each 9TH
er's features as not to notice night
capped head peering out of an upper
window, and were just preparing to
grasp hands once more in increased
fervor, when q shrill voice screamed,
Come home drunk again will you ,"
and was Immediately followed by
bucket OF water most unfortunately
aimed. The man named Punky i'm
mediately bolted over the fence, and
around to the back of the house,
leaving Buggles to look round for his
hat, which had been knocked off by
the force of the shower, and to dis
pose of himself afterwards as he
might see proper
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-10-08
The Load a woman Carries.

Miriam NJ. Cole writes to the wo-
mans Journal to say: A man in the
strength of his years would fall out
of the ranks if he were obliged to car
nv the enormous weight Of clothing a
woman carries who walks by his side
keeping perfect step. That she final
" breaks down in fact, but that she
keeps her place so long isanother fact,
marvellous and significant. "How
many thicknesses of cloth do YOU
think our girls wear about their
and was recognized in every part of
our own country, and will no doubt
continue to do so while the United
States remains nation. Ii origina-
ted precisely as above stated, and the
writer Of this article distinctly reeol-
lects remarking at a time when they
first appeared in print, to a person
who was equally aware of its origin
how odd it would be should this sill
ly joke, originating in the midst OF
beef, pork, pickles, mud, salt and
hoop-poles eventually become q na-
tional cognomen.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-10-08
EAREEoOT.


Oh don't you remember the old hillside farm,
And the farm house with the clap boards so
gray.
With rgarden Of roses anl sweet pinks ant
balm,
And tho meadows with bGttercups gay
And don't you remember how, in-doars and out
And under the old orchard trees,
The gay. laughing children wore skipping
about,
with baro ieet, as baSy as bees
How We all played together the girls ami the
boys,
Aud had houses and workshops and stores,
Rag babies and -"earthens," and just as much
noise
As our voices could make cut of doors;
Here we loved through tho pastures and wood
land TO roam,
To gather bright moses and flowers!
We thought then. as now, there was 'no place
like home"
And no home so delightful MS ours
And don't you remember the pleasant school
road,
And the school 50 sunny in June,
The lessons we learned, .-.he marks" that we
''tocd,"
And how we played "plzenn a; noon:
our sunbonne,s crumpled, hung over our nccks,
The summer wind played with cur hslr:
While the sun paid our faces Is wsrmest re
spects.
And kissed our white toes that went bare.
How we climbed the steep hilisiies. as nImble as
COATES,
And skipped over the lodges in glec;
We mimicked the wooIlark AMI whipporWilTs
no.es.
And sung with the chick -dec-t,ec;
We waacd the brook when the water was low,
And shouted TO make the woods ring,
Or played on Us banks in the summers son
glow.
Light-hearted us birds On the wing.
You remember the pond where the geese used TO
swim.
How VIC called it the ocean So wide.
And in an old hat that was minus q brim
We sailed ouT rag dolls on it, tide:
And when thcy had eruised all the wide ocean
through,
And oltdonc both Magellan and COOh,
We drew them all home In an old ragged shoe,
And called 1t n ccach-.ide they took.
How we danced in the mud with cur bare naked
feet,
And played twas the Dutch way to ehurii -
We made us mad biscuits ani pluncakes 50
sweet.
without any cook book 10 learn;
How we pitiei the children whose stockings AMI
shoes
Forbade them to have such fun.
While we stirred M our puidings ami pastries
AMI stews,
Aud left them 20 cook "a the sun.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-10-08
OUR Teutonic friend Johann,

OUR Teutonic friend Johannas X
, entered one of our drug stores
and thus addressed one of the clerks:
"Toetor, l feel sig all ofer, und de
beebles dells me | better take one fs-
sick
"All right, Sir" says the clerk
"Will you have dose Of salts or some
purgative pills."
"Yell, vot t cost for dem saulds ?"
Ten cents, Sir"
"Und how much for dem fissicking
pills?"
'I'll give you dose at the same
price
After vain search in his pocket
for the required sum, he asked:
"TOctor, you tond got no second
hand fssieking pills, amt you?"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-10-08
An Inpromp,u Missouri, wedding.

a Missouri paper gives q detailed
account Of how a betrothed couple
were persuaded TO anticipate the day
set for their wedding, and TO have
the ceremony abruptly performed at
a birthday party, at which they
Glanced to DC guests. it SAYS: 'Re
corder Theis was also present, and as
soon as be saw the Young couple
come in, with an eve 10 business be
suggested that if anybody was pres
ent who wished TO be married he was
at their service. The Young couple
az once took the hint. The young
man was willing, but the maiden
was backward, and would not con
sent.
"Adam concluded to use little
diplomacy, so he says: Il will make
a present Of a s35 cooking stove to
anv couple that | shall marry to-
night This proposition 80 delighted
the company that others commenced
Offering presents. f. G.. Mueller said:
i will give a nice bureau F. G.
Ahlers AND J a spring Mattress
Fisher, the halter, Call on me for a
rocking chair Miller, the gunsmith,
III give set Of cushion bottom
chairs;' Mr.. Volk, And here's al
extension table, Mrs. Anna Niete-
book, I'll give a $50 dollar bedstead;'
Mr.. Natz, Put me down for fine
looking glass; Mrs Mitchell, Here's
a breakfast set; Miss Fritz Niete-
book, III give clock; and so they
went on until the presents in the ag-
gregate amounted to about s40O, the
young couple meanwhile blushiug and
hardly knowing what to do.
Several friends Of the young lady
got around her, and told her she
would not again have such favor
able opportunity to make start in
tie world and just as the party was
breaking up, about II O'Clock, Mr..
Humstock, who appeared to he work
ing in Adams interest and urging on
the match, came round to the Record
er, and whispered in his ear "Stop
leedle, dots all rightly ehincks, we
got a wedding anyhow poody soonn
Adam called a halt the company
stood still in hats and bonnets, while
the Recorder proceeded and said: |
pronounce you man and wife, and may
God bless you, and Miss STERN was
Mrs. Green to the delight Of all pres
ent."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-10-08

ten and Drury & Son were mulcted
to the amount of the costs-about
one dollar and tbirty-fve cents EACH
The moral Of this suit is that the
is the safest as well
as the cheapest. vehicle through
which to advertise. There q gen
tleman's sign is placed before the
eyes Of thousands Of persons every
week Woshin0toa ReDorfer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-10-08

The Attorney General has deter
mined to prosecute the kuklux of Ken
tucky for the crimes committed there,
with the utmost rigor.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-10-08

An out-spoken writer from one of
the summer resorts says "as a rule
at public parties, the ugliest women
wear the most diamonds
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-10-08
Miscellaneous.
PURELY VEGETABLE

PURELY VEGETABLE,
containing those Southern Roots and Herbs which
an all-wlse Providence has placed in countries
where Liver Diseases most prevail. Ii will cure
alldiscases caused by Dcrangement Of the Liver
The symptoms OF Liver Complaint p bitter
or bad taste 1.-THE mouth; Pain In the Back, Sides
OF Joints, oitcn mistaken for Rheumatism; Sour
Stomach; Loss Of Appetite; Bowels alternately
costiye and lax; Headache; Loss of Memory, with
painful sensatiOn Of having failed TO do some
thing which ought TO have been done: Debility
Low Spirits, n thick yellow appearance Of the Skin
and eyes, dry Cough often mistaken for Con
sumption. Sometimes many Of these symptoms
attend the disease, at others very few; but the
Liver, the largest organ in the body, is generally
the seat OF the disease. and II not regulated in
tine, great suffering. Wretchetness and DEATH
viii enSue.
This Great Unfaling SPECIFIC will not be found the
leas. Unpleasant.
For DYSPEPSIA. CONSTIPATION. J.un-
dice, Bilious attacks, SICK HEADACHE, Collie
Depression of Spirits, SOUR STOMACH, Heart
Burn, Sc, &c.
SiTnGTS' biFT Regulator, or Medicine.
Is The cheapest. Purcst and bes, Family Medicine
in the wOrlt.
The Portland daily press., 1873-12-17
California Shell Mounds.

The San Francisco Bulletin says: Charles
Ben. Darwin, the Assistant District Attorney,
noticed the whitish appearance of saEd-hiil
near Steiner street, north of Greenwich, and
knowing that it must be one of the shell
mounds so common in this vicinity, he ex-
amined it. There is nothing remarkable
about the mound. 1t is not so extensive as
mary other on this coast, nor so large even
as several others on this peninsula, and few
people take any special interest in such places
though they are the signs of the existence
here OF once numerous people. Many of
these mounds in California are of vast extent,
and are composed almost wholly of sea shells,
some of the piles having been constructed
from a level plain to height of thirty to for
ty feet, though most of them are evidently on
elevated ground, selected, perhaps, because
beyond the reach of tides, or for the purpose
of overlooking the surrounding country, ike
the extensive one at Monterey. Ore of these
huge piles, situated near the San Pablo road
near Oakland, is built up entirely of shells
from level ground to a height of fifty feet or
more. There is another on MIR. Rogers place
in Alameda, and the Shell Mound Nursery is
located on another. On this penislla there
are three or four small ones aud one or two
quite extensive. The Digger IudiaLs profess
to know no more OF these piles or the people
who constructed them than the whites do.
They say members of their tribe were never in
the habit of congregating on the coast TO eat
sheli-fish, and that the mounds have always
been there since their recollection, and they
have n traditions to show that their fore
fathers knew anything of the mound buildings.
The mound near Greenwich and Steiner is
not composed wholly of shells, but is an or
binary sand heap, with layer of shells t: ON
two to four feet in thickness on the surface,
aud some people surmise that the shells were
deposited by the sea, and that the wind has
driven the sand off in places so as to leave
hill here and there. This explanation might
appear reasonable as to some localities, but
not to all. The shell mounds of this coast
differ materially from the celebrated ancient
mounds OF Ohio and the Mississippi valley,
and were evidently constructed by a different
people, and for different reasons. As yet
very little attt ntion has been paid to them,
the people of California being too busy in the
struggle for wealth to leave much time for
the purpose of scientific Inquiry. Mr.. Dar-
win, however, having nothing else to do,
commenced digging with his cane into the
side of the hill, where the wind had blown
away the sand leaving the layer OF smells ex-
posed; and, while thus engaged, unearthed
in the sand, under the shells, complete
skeleton, the bones lying as if the man Tor
woman) had been in a kneeling position.
Mr. Darwin intends to present the skeleton
to the California Academy of Sciences, when
it il hoped some good guess may be made as
to its age. 1t is believed by the finder to be
the remains Of a race now extinct.
The Portland daily press., 1873-12-17
Knowing Dog.

Upon returning" writes an American
abroad, "from residence in Italy, we took
steamer from Leghorn to Liverpool to avoid
the fatigde of the land journey. On coming
into port at Marseilles we were detained sew
eral days, the ships boat plying between the
steamer and the shore, the harbor being. as
usual, crowded with ships of every nation
and description. On the second day after
port most m iserable, halfstaIyed dog fer
rier) one side OF whose body was a mass of
pitch, was observed to crawl upon the com
panion- ladder, giving a terrified look around
him. Much surprised at the sight of the
wretched anim-l, the captain exclaimed,
Whose dog can this be?' and the inquiry
went around among the several passept ers
and crew. No one owned him, and the
steward, following him on deck EXPLAINED
that be had found the roor creature hidden
away in an empty berth. Captain M,
KIND and humane man, proposed 10 adopt
him as one of the ships company, and, set
ting him up on his legs, made pretense of
giving him dozen for coming for board as a
stowaway, greatly to the amusement of the
children, and then named him Jack. A
sailorlgreased his coat andHgot him free from
the pitch, making him look more respecta-
Bile; and, with good living and kind treat
ment, Jack soon recovered his spirits and
pecially to the captain. If spoken to in any
other language than English, he would re-
main quite, unconcerned; but good dog
good old fellow would make him wag his
tail and looN happy. Before coming INTO the
Mersey river we took in onr pilot Then a
sudden change came over Jack, who had
been most quiet and peaceable traveller; he
grew quite excited, running up and down on
the bridge, and jun sJiDg to get look over
the other side; so great was his evident ex-
element, the nearer we came to Liverpool,
he attracted the attention Of every one on
board. On reaching our destination, and
while as yet the steamer had scarcely stopped
the ropes for mooring being only thrown
ashore, Jack was observed TO mount case
of oranges placed at the side of the steamer,
and at one bound leap On shore in a moment.
Follow that dog cried the captain to man
standing on the wharf, 'and see where he
goes OFF SET the man, and after sore time
returned, quite out of breath. saying he had
been obliged to give up the chase, Jack hay-
ing set off at quick run up one street and
down another. evidently iak@g the nearest
load home. The curious fact was how the
dogs instinct enabled him to choose out of
the many ships lying round one whose desti-
nation was Liverpool. How he came on
board none of the sailors could tell; but that
he was doing wrong he evidently knew by
hiding himself away until discovered by the
steward"
The Portland daily press., 1873-12-17
Magazines for JanuarY.

'Our Young Folks has been merged in
''St. Nicholas the holiday number of which
comes to us loaded with good things from the
best writers Of both. Mr. Trowbridge has
transferred his story Of "Fast Friends to ST.
Nicholas, which thus receives most valua-
BILE auxiliary, Mr.. Trowbridge being one of
the best writers of juvenile literature that we
have. The present number of it shows a
great increase in size, as well as in the quali-
ty OF its articles. The frontisepiece is a
beautiful steel engraving of The two poor little
princes in the Tower with whose sorrows and
sufierings most all children are familiar.
The opening piece ''Christmas Angels is
by Donald Mitchell, uo1
''Tne Elves Gilt, by Arthur Crosby will
be as acceptable as stories of the wee toM al
ways arc to children, "What might have
been expected" is continued, and the boys
get out OF the scary position in which the last
number left them. F4
'Pete" is the story of news-boy told by
himself, but ''not writ by himself, coz he can't
write" We are pleased with the picture in
the story of SHOW Meg changed her mind''.
The chubbiness of the chidren's features, and
the manner in which they hold their spoons
are something new in our experience OF hos
pital children. ''Christmas in Spain" by John
Hay, is good. We like the calcium light in
the engraving. Mrs. Dodge tells of "a Gar
ret Adventure" which was tun for the chill
dren though not for papa. John Preston asks
SIS the world round?" We give it up and
think you may eat the orange
Mr.. Butterworth gives us "The story of
the Jolly Harper-man and his good fortuue'
saying nothing however of the rest of the
| firm. ''What the Chrsr-child brought is as
good as German Christmas stories always
are. "The boy who worked" succeeded as
only boys who work ever can. The French
story par Paul Fort gives an account OF the
manufacture and use of snow-balls which we
hope the little ones win discover for them
selves. Olive Thorne commences in this
number her serial story of ''Nimpo's Tror-
bles." The tinty tonty little ones have not
been forgotten as is testified by ''Berte."
There are nearly as many poems as stories.
The illustrations are numerous and in gen.
eral good. Jack in the pulpit is as full OF
| wit and humor as ever. He commen,s as
| we shall end with ga Merry Christmas to
you, my dears, and very Happy New
| Year."