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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-05-22
A Queer Freak Of a Woman.

The Knoxville (Tenn.) Chronicle says:
"a lady living in the upper end of this
county began not long since, for the first
time in about thirty years, to speak to
her relatives and strangers. Her history
is strange one. When she was little
girl, some five or six years of age, she was
a regular little rattle-trap as merry as a
cricket and had something to say to ev-
cry one, strangers as well as acquaint-
ances, with whom she came in contact.
Her father considered her too forward,
and on one occasion, when she was about
seven years old, punished her severely
for speaking too much. The child took
it SO to heart that she never spoke again
to her father or any one else for about
thirty years, with the exception occasion,
ally to her mother, as long as she lived
| and her sisters and their children. She
had not a word for her brother-in-law oil
any one else. To question her always
proved useless, for no reply could be elic'
tied. Thus she dragged along weary
lonely life, until few weeks ago, wher
attending a revival she became convert
ed, and began to talk to everybody in
rapid, vehement manner, until it wal
found that her reason to some extent wa
impaired. She was taken home and re
ceived prompt attention, and at last ac
counts her mental condition was muci
improyed -
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-05-22
Matrimonial Market.

1t is custom at Galway fair for all
the marriageable girls to assemble and
to tempt all wanting wives, by their cap
tivating charms, to be made more hap
py for life. Says an American gentle
man of the highest character, who was
an eyewitness, and invited by noble
man to go and see these girls: "At IL
o'clock precisely we went, as directed,
to part of the ground higher than the
rest of the field, where we found from
sixty to one hundred young women,
we'll dressed, with good looks and good
manners and presenting a spectacle quite
worthy any civil or modest mans feel
ings. They were the manageable girls
of the country, who had come to show
themselves on the occasion to the young
men who wanted wives; and this was the
plain and simple custom of the fair.
can plainly say that saw in the custom
no great impropriety-it certainly did
not imply that, though they were ready
to be had, anybody could have them. II
was not Circassian slave market, where
the richest purchaser could make his &C.
lection. They were, in no sense of the
term, on sale, nor did they abandon
their right of choice; but that which is
done constantly in more refined society
under various covers and pretences-a
theatres, at balls, and public exhibition
Il will say nothing about the churche
was done by this humble and unpre
tending people in this straightforward
manner"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-05-22
A Cruel SchOOI-Teacher.

A brutal man who holds the place of
sub-ms ster in one of the public schools
of Boston, threw little dog out of one
the school-room windows the other
day. The distance to the ground being
forty feet, the poor little animal was
frightfully mangled, and had to be kill
ed on the benevolent principle, that is,
to be out pain. Referring to the act the
Boston Traveller says: 1--WE presume
that the wretch was discharged from the
post he disgraced, and If he was not we
advise the parents of all children who
attend the school in which he is employ
ed not to allow them to attend it longer,
for the life of no child can be considered
safe for one moment when the child is
in the room with such creature. If
he threw the dog out of the window
from heat or temper, why should not the
same heat of temper lead him some day
to throw a pupil-a little pet girl, say
out of a window to be crushed on the
stones? If he acted deliberately then
he is fiend, and is no more fit to be
teacher of children than is Master Jes'
sic Pomeroy. Children are proneto cru
city from thoughtlessness and ignorance
and they are not likely to learn to be
kind and forbearing from the example
of schoolmaster whom they have seer
engaged in the devlish act of throwing
a little dog from fourth-story window
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-05-22
Utilizing DiIapidated Moving Ma
chimes.

The Vermont Farmer thus tells how
old or otherwise disabled moving ma
hcines may be utilized:
Take off one driving wheel, and in a
place near the place of churning fix up
on firm timbers the machine with ifs re-
naming driving wheel uppermost. Up
on this driving wheel lever about ten
feet long is fastened with bolts; to this
lever the horse is attached, and as he
walks in q circle around the machine,
propels it's gearing. The pole of the
moving machine, fastened by bolts to the
same wheel that formerly gave the vi
bratory motion to the cutter bar, now ex-
tends horizontally along the ground and
on its end outside the circle of the horses
walk is placed a wheel upon which the
rope belt runs, connecting it with sim
liar pully on the end on the Sanborr
churn. Hitch the horse to the lever, and
the machine churns.
Let us review this matter because tbs
subject is important. and see wha
changes are to be made:-1st, one drive
wheel off; End, tipped up on edge ant
braced so as to be firm; Sd, a lever bolteC
to the drlvewheel; 4th, horizontal revolv
ing bar having on its end pulley wheel
5th, pulley wheel on the churn; 9th,
rope belt from one pulley to the othe,
7th, all will see that the horizontal re
volving bar over which the horse step
must be fastened near its end to keep
in place; 9th, watch your churn and tax
off the horse as soon as the butter begin
To come
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-05-22
+. K. CLAYToS, Clerk.
AN ORDINANCE

To Suppress Disorderly Conduct.
SEC. j. BE IL Ordained by.the Council Of
the Incorporated Village Of Somerset, Ohio,
That it shall be unlawful for any
person or persons, within the Corporate
limits Of the said Village Of Somerset,
TO wilfully and designedly annoy OF dis
turb, or aid and abet others in annoYing
and disturbing any person or persons, or
collection Of persons lawfully assem-
bled, or any society organized and exist
ing IN conformity to Law, by lighting
throwing stones or other missiles, or by
boisterous and tumulterous conduct or
abusive, profane, vulgar or indecent
language, or lewd and indecent exposure
of the person, or other grossly immoral
or indecOrous behavior.
Sec. 2. That if any person or persons
shall violate any Of the provisions Of
this Ordinance, he, she, or they shall,
upon conviction thereof before the
Mayor of said Village, or other compe-
tent authority, be fined in any sum not
less than one dollar, nor more than
twenty dollars, and pay the costs Of
prosecution, and stand committed and
be imprisoned until such fine and costs
shall be paid, or otherwise discharged
according TO law.
SEC. 8. That all Ordinances and parts
of Ordinances inconsistent herewith, are
hereby repealed, and this ordinance shall
take effect, and be in force from and af-
ter its passage and legal publication.
Passed in Conncil this 9th day oi
| April, 4. D. 1874.
+. B. WOODWARD, Mayor.
| Attest:
! L K CLAYTON. Clerk
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-05-22
The Capture of Santa Anna.

There was a brilliant celebration in
Galveston the other day. of the anniver-
sary of the battle of San Jacinto. In
the procession on that occasion we're Os-
car Parrish, T. J. Callahan, Captain
Joseph Sovereign and Captain Joel w.
Robinson, four of the gallant partici-
pants in that day of victory-four Of the
brave men who contributed to make the
battlefield of San Jacinto holy ground.
In describing the ceremonies of the day
the Galveston Neps narrates again the
story of the capture of General Santa
Anna, the President of Mexico, after the
battle that made Texas an Independent
ration. The Neps says:
After the battle Santa Anna was a
fugitive, and every effort was made to
capture him; without this the victory
would have been incomplete, and Texas
independence unsecured.
One of the party of scouts discovered
a man in the distance, seven miles from
the battlefield, who proved to be Mex
Ican soldier, yet, from his bearing he was
supposed to be an officer.
1t was proposed to dispatch him when
he refused to walk TO camp; but Mr.
Robinson in the kindness of his heart
plead for his life and took him up be-
hind on his horse. Mr.. Robinson was
the only one Of the party who spoke
Spanish and they eonversed on various
subjects during the ride. Santa Anna
could not believe the statement that but
a handful of desperate troops had beat
en- his finely appointed army.
As the party approached the eaml
Mr.. Robinson saw a commotion among
the Mexican prisoners, and as he passed
they rose and saluted the officer behind
him, and said, "E1 Prcsidente.
At that moment Santa Anna, finding
that he was discovered, leaned over ant
whispered in Spanish, Il am Santa Anna
take me to General Houston"
He was taken Immediately to Genera
Houston, who was reposing under tree
The rest has passed into history; bu
this interesting incident deserves an i'm
perishable record.
To such gallant men as Joel w. Rob
inson and his brave comrades we are in
debted for the empire that they won AM
the liberty their valor achieved.
Mr.. Robinson is still in the vigor o
, life, loved and respected by all VIII
know him, of irreproachable morals
man that never shrunk at human peril
and as tender and kind as n woman.
Santa Anna still lives; but, shorn @
all power, old, poor and deerepit, he sue
; as suppliant where he once swayed n
? prince
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-05-22
A Strange Sight at Sea.

In the year 1876, the captain of a
Greenland whaling vessel, found himself
at night surrounded by icebergs, and
clay to" until morning, expecting every
moment to be ground to pieces. In the
morning he looked about and saw a ship
near by. He hailed it, but received nc
answer. Getting into boat with some
of his crew, he pushed out for the mys.
terious craft. Coming alongSide the yes
sci, he saw through the port-hole mar
at table, as though keeping log-book
frozen to death. The last date in the
log-book was 1762, showing that the yes
sci had been drifting for thirteen year
among the ice. The sailors were found
frozen among the hammocks, and other
in the cabin. For thirteen years thi
ship had been carrying its burden o
corpses-a drifting sepulchre manned b.
frozen crew.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-05-22
A Lost Love.

"She loved him for himself" Perhaps
that wasn't her fault. But the fact was
he had nothing else to be loved for. She
married him. And still she loved him
for himself. He gave her not so much
as single dollar to aid on her love. Last
week he returned home full of whisky as
a barrel, and undertook to assert his
manly sway in too violent way. In
fact, he deliberately punched her in the
eye. This was what turned her love "a
gall and made her take up the washboard
on which she earned her own and his
support, and belabor him with it until
there was very little of the board left
and his head looked like pumpkin
which boys had been using as football
Now he earns living for himself and
wife. Such are some of the inconsisten
cies of the human feminine.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-05-22
THE WAR ARKANSAS.
The President Recognizes Baxter as
the Governor - Proclamation or
dering the Brooks Crowd to Dis.
perSe.

The following is the Presidents proc
lamation relative to the Arkansas ques-
tiou, which will doubtless have the eff
feet of inaugurating reign of peace in
that State:
BY THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED
sTAFEs-A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, Certain turbulent and dis
orderly persons, pretending that z. Bax-
ter, present Executive of Arkansas, was
not elected, have combined together with
force and arms to resist his authority as
such Executive and other authorities of
said State; and
Whereas. The said Baxter has been
declared duly elected by the General As
sembly of said State, as provided in the
Constitution thereof, and has for a long
period been exercising the functions Of
said Office, into which he was inducted
according to the Constitution and laws
of said State, and ought by its citizens
| be considered the lawful Executive
! thereof; and
gWhereas, 1t is provided in the Con
stitution of the United States that the
United States shall protect the States in
the Union, on application Of the Legis-
lature, or of the Executive when the
Legislature cannot be convened, against
domestic violence; and
"Whereas, said Elisha Baxter, under
Section of Article 4 of the Constitu-
tion of the United States, and the laws
passed in pursuance thereof, has hereto
fore made application to me to protect
said State and the citizens thereof against
domestic violence; and
"Whereas, The General Assembly ol
said State, convened in extra session at
the capital thereof on the 11th inst, pnr-
suant to Il call made by said Elisha Blx-
ter, both Houses thereof have passed a
joint resolution applying to me to pro
tect the State against domestic violence
and
"Whereas, II is provided in the law
of the United States that in all cases o
inaurrection to the laws thereof, it shal
be lawful for the President Of the United
States, on application of the Legislature
of such State, or Of the Executive whel
the Legislature cannot be convened, Il
employ such part of the land and nava
forces as shall be judged necessary fo
the purpose of the suppression of sucl
insurrection or causing the laws to b.
duly executed; and
"Whercas, II is required that whenev
er it may be necessary in the judgmen
of the President TO Use the military fore
for the purpose aforesaid, he shall forth
with, by proclamation, command sue
insurgents to dispersc and retire peacea
bly, to their respective abodes, within
ten days from this date, and hereafte
submit themselves to law and authority
to said Executive and other Constitu
5 tional authorities Of said State; and
invoke the aid and cooperation of a
j good citizens to uphold the law and pre-
= serve the public peace.
ain witness whereof, have hereunt
set my hand, and caused the seal Of th
n United States to be affixed.
> "Done at the city of Washington, tn
n 18th day of May, in the year of OF
Lord eighteen hundred and seventy-fou
e and of the independence of the Unite
: States the ninety-eighth.
:. U. S. GRANT.
|, "By the President: HAMILTON FIsl
- Secrotarv
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-05-22
The Deaeon,s sunday.

Beautiful, beautiful" mentally eiac-
ulated Deacon Barnes at the close of a
sermon about Heaven. "Those are my
ideas exactly E
And SO enwrapt was he with his
thoughts, as he passed from the church,
he forgot to ask lame old Mrs. Howe to
ride home with him, as was his usual
custom.
perhaps it is Just as well,' he thought,
"for she is worldly old woman, and
wonld probably have drawn my thoughts
away from Heaven"
At the dinner table his son exclaimed,
"Oh, father, have situation at las" "
Have you forgotten it is Sunday,
John?" ASKED his father, sternly. Don't
let me hear any more such talk"
John ate his dinner in silence. How
could his situation be wrong thing to
speak of on Sunday? He was so thankful
for it that t seemed to come from the
hand of God. God knew all about the
restless months in which he had answer
ed an advertisement every day
When the minister gave thanks in
church for all the mereies of the past
week, Johns heart gave grateful throb,
and he determined anew to acknowledge
God in all his ways. John ate his dinner
in silence, while his father thought about
Heaven.
In the afternoon Mr.. Barnes nephew,
stranger in the place, came over from
his boarding place opposite, and sat on
the piazza, talking with John.
"I can't allow this, Tom" said Mr.
Barnes, coming to the door with the Bi-
BILE in his hand; "you must not sit here
breaking the Sabbath. Go back to youl
clearinghouse and read some good
book"
Tom started up angrily, and spent the
afternoon fishing and bathing with ar
1 old colored man, his only other acquaint
ance in the place, while Deacon Barnes
sat in large rocker on the piazza with 1
| handkerchief over his head, and though
of Heaven.
Presently, his two little granddaugh
tiers came out on the piazza with 1arg
picture book, and sat down near him
There was a futter of leaves and grea
deal of buzzing az the little yellow head
bent over the book, and finally the.
laughed outright.
"Children, where's your mother?
sternly demanded Deacon Barnes, spring
ing to his feet.
Cup stairs, putting baby to sleep,
they both answered together.
Deacon Barnes strobe into the hall.
ELLEN! Ellen!" he shouted; 81 shoul
think you might keep these ehildre
.uiet on the Sabbath. They won't al
low me to think"
Ellen had been awake all night with
fretful baby. She had hushed him, an
had just fallen asleep, when her father
voice aroused her and woke the baby.
"Please send them up stairs,"' said sh'
wearily.
And all that sultry afternoon sh
amused the three children, in a clos
upper room, while her father rocked an
} famed himself and thought of HeaveI
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-05-22
AN ORDTNANCR
Pertaining 10 Sidewalks

SEC. ]. BE Il Ordained by the Council N
he Incorporated Village Of SomeTset, Ohio,
That all pavements hereafter made
upon sidewalk in this Incorporated Viii
lage, shall be made of good hard burn
ed brick, ilagstOne, or solid oak not less
than one inch in thickness, and accord
ing TO the directions which the Council
Of said Village Of Somerset, may give
BY resolution, and Of the width and
grade specified therein.
SEC. ,. That all Curbing shall Dc Of
good sandstone or Limestone on the
streets near the stores and business
houses, but may be made Of oak plank
son other streets. Where plank is used
il shall he not less than three inches
thick, and where sandstone or limestone
are used, they shall be not less than four
inches thick, aud the bottom Of all curb
ing shall be NJ least twelve inches under
the surface on the gutter side Of the
curbing.
SEC. 3. That the owner or owners Of
any lot or parcel of ground in said Vii
lage shall make or cause the sidewalks
and curbing or any part thereof In front
of and abutiing upon such lot or parcel
of ground 70 be properly paved, repaved
or repaired wherever the Council shall
direct by written notice, the same to be
done; Of which direction such owner or
owners shall have sixty days notice, and
the notice shall specify the grade and
width of the pavement and the time in
/ which the work shall be done.
SEC. 4. That If the owner or owners
of any lot or parcels Of ground shall
neglect OF refuse to pave, repave or re-
/ pair Sidewalk, Curbing OF part thereof
| within the time prescribed in said legal
/ notice, the Council may order the same
to be done, and the COSTS Of such paving,
4 curbing or repairs with interests and
penalties thereon az may be further pro-
/ vlded by the laws Of the State of Ohio,
and shall be certified to the Auditor of
the County, to be placed on the tax du-
1 plicate against such premises, 70 be col
lecfed as other taxes are collected.
SEC. 5. That all Ordinances or parts
Of Ordinances conflicting with the pro-
visions of this Ordinance be and the
same are hereby repealed.
SEC. 6. That this Ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after its
passage and legal publication.
Passed in Council, May Is, A. ID. 1874.
r. b. WOODWARD, Mayor.
Attest:
E. X. CLAYroN, Clerk
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-05-22
d. K. CLAYTON, Clerk.
AN ORDINANCE
To Protect Property from Injuries
and Destruction.

To Protect Property from Injuries
and Destruction.
SEC. l. Bet Ordained BY he Catuiea gf
tie Incorporated Village Of Somerset, Ohio,
That if any person shall, within the
Corporate limits Of the Village Of som
erset aforesaid, wilfully and maliciously
mark, deface, disfgure, injure, damage,
stain, or destroy any Church, school
House, Hall, Building, Pump, Wall,
Fence, Railing, Bridge, CulverL Tree
Tree-box, Shrub, Vine or Plant or shall
befoul or corrupt, any we'll or cistern,
or work damage or detriment 70 any
other property, real or personal, being
the property Of another, or the public;
The person so otiendingshall be deemed
guilty Of n misdemeanOr, and upon con-
viction thereof before the Mayor Ot said
Village, or others competent authority,
shall be fined in any sum not exceeding
twenty dollars, nor less than one dollar
and pay the costs Of prosecution and
| stand committed and be imprisoned un-
til such fine and cosis shall be paid or
otherwise discharged according 20 law.
SEC. .. All Ordinances and parts OF
| ordinances inconsistent with the provis-
ions Of this Ordinance are hereby repeal
| ed.
SEC. 3. This Ordinance shall take ef-
| feet and be in force from and after its
! passage and legal publication.
Passed in Council this 9th day OF
/ April, A. ID. 1874.
r. b. WOODWARD, Mayor,
=. K. CLAYTON. Clerk.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-05-22

Relating to the discharge of firearms
SEC. l. BE il Ordained BY The Council Of
the Incorporated Village Of iSonerscf, Ohio,
That it shall be unlawful for any per-
son or persons within the Corporate linn
it's Of the said village of Somerset, 20
discharge any gun, pistol, firo-cracker,
torpedo, &c, on any street, sidewalk,
public ground, or in any alley or lane
thereof; nor shall il be lawful for any
person or persons to discharge any gun
or pistol upon the premises owned or oc-
cupied by him or them, TO the danger or
ammo yance of the public; Prorided, That
nothing in this ordinance shall apply 10
any organized military company, nor in
the celebration Of the National Holidays.
SEC. .. That any person or persons
who shall violate the provisions of this
Ordinance, shall, npon conviction there.
of before competent authority, be fined
in any sum not exceeding FIVE dollars
and pay the costs Of prosecution, and
starid committed and be imprisoned un
til the fine and costs shall be paid, Of
Otherwise discharged according TO law
SEC. 8. That all Ordinances and parts
| of Ordinances Inconsistent herewith, are
/ hereby repealed, aud this Ordinance Fhal
take effect and be in force from and aftel
its passage and legal publication.
Passed In Council, May IS, A. ID. 1874
r. b. WOODWARD, Mayor.
Attest:
f, X. CLAyToS, Clerk.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-05-22
The Bandit Yasquez.

The reported capture of the California
bandit Vasquez is cause for great rejoie-
ing in the Golden State. A reward OF
eight thousand dollars was offered for
him, dead or alive, so valuable was his
head considered by the State. As his
name implies he was of Spanish descent
He was no romantic robber of the Rhine
castle or Italian opera school. lie be-
longed to the strictly realistic school
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-05-22

To Regulate Show License.
SEC. l. Be q Ordained by he Council of
the Incorporated Village Of Somerset, Ohio,
That it shall be unlawful for any per
son or persons to open or exhibit any
Show, Circus, Menagerie, or Jugglery
or similar performance, within the Cor
porate limits Of said Village Of aomer-
set, without first obtaining License from
the Mayor or Clerk thereof The said
License shall not be granted for O less
sum than three dollars for any one day,
nor more than twenty dollars for the
same time.
SEC. 2. That any person or persons
who shall violate this Ordinance, shall,
upon conviction thereof before compe-
tent authority, be fined in any sum not
less than three dollars, nor more than
twenty dollars, and stand committed and
be imprisoned until such fine and costs
shall be paid, or otherwise discharged
according to law.
SEC. 2. That all Ordinances and parts
-of Ordinances conflicting with the pro-
visions of this Ordinance are hereby re-
pealed.
SEC. 4. That this Ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from and after
its passage and legal publication.
Passed in Council, May l9, a. u. 1874.
r. i. WOODWARD, Mayor.
! Attest: