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The Republican journal., 1874-02-05
An Old Notion Exploded.

The idea that the dairy business can be
successfully prosecuted only in u few
favored localities and upon certain kind
OF soil has for years been gradually giving
way rs knowledge and experience have
from time to time, abundantly demon
strated the fallacy Of this notion. Before
the factory system was introduced, and
when the art of making fine butter and
cheese was confined to a comparatively
few people and to certain sections of the
country, the failure to produce a good
article in new localities was naturally
the soil, or some defect in the food which
it produced. 1t is true the food which the
COW eats has something to do with the
quality and flavor Of the goods made from
her milk but it has been found that good
milk can be produced from a great variety
of grasses and other foods, and it is not
confined within the narrow limits which
was at one time supposed 1t was Alr.
Harding the exponent of Chaddcr cheese
making in England, who first announced
the proposition, we believe, that good
cheese could be made from the milk Of
cows pastured on any kind Of soil that
would grow good grass. He was employed
by the Scotch agricultural societies to go
into Scotland and introduce the Chadder
method Of cheese manufacture, and he
found that quite as good cheese could he
made by this process in Scotland As i'll
Somersetshire England although in some
instances the milk required skill and a
wide difference in its handling. lie con
cluded, therefore. that good cheese could
be made from the milk of COWS pastured
on diversity of soil by skill in manipulate
inc the milk, and that the not untreqlent
failures experienced by old dairymen in
making a fine product when changing
from one locality to another, We're due, i'll
a great measure, to want OF variation in
the handling of milk, and in not adopting
their process of manufacture to meet cir
OF the new conditions Of the
localities where they were placed. These
views are, without doubt, in a great
measure correct Rural New Yorker
The Republican journal., 1874-02-05

1t is frequently desirable to measure
given plot Of ground or 4 portion Of a field.
Surveyors are not always at a convenient
distance to such little Jobs and even when
they do reside in the immediate vicinity,
one does not always care to incur the eX-
pense incident to such n small lob. If the
lines are already established, the plot can
be measured with sufficient accuracy for
all practical purposes by means of neat
rod pole, made rs follows: Procure Il
stick Of pine, WhiteWoOd, Eastwood or
almost any other timber, one and q half
inches square and sixteen and 4 half feet
long, dress each end taperin@ from the
middle SO that the pole will be one and Il
half inches square at the middle and half
an inch square at each end. Such pole
VIII be light and quite stiff. Now gradu-
ate one side with the marks representing
ieet and inches. and graduate another side
70 indicate a Surveyors links. A pole one
Toa IN length must be equal to twenty-five
INKS 70 divide one side correctly, let
hlechanr compass be adjusted So that
the points WIFI divide the distance into
twenty-five equal spaces or links \ line
can be measured with such q pole m,ite
rs accurate as with a SURVEYORS chan
Now, then, if person does not under
stand how to multiply chains and liks. LEFT
him compute the measurement by square
feet. In one acre there are 43, 800 square
feet ANY intelligent sch0olboy can meas
ure the length and breadth of square
plot-multipy one by the other, and divide
the product by 1880, which will give the
number of acres, and the number Of square
rods representing the fraction Of an acre.
If it is desirable to measure triangular
plot, two sides Of which lie at right angles,
measure these two sides, multiply the dis
tance in feet one by the other, and divide
the product by two, which will indicate
the number of square feet, $500, and the
quotlent will represent the number OF
acres.
The Republican journal., 1874-02-05
Sunlight in the Stable.

~ 'iil9 sy'9''iI % tht ear NiiGli oul "Il-
i'i'IS mus i pe heP' III lii' "all 'nt greater
lai! o. lhe lililf, now important u u becomes
'il''l llleS Should nave liieir quarters mace
a Pte'3ahI all1 G"l'liorlaole aS possible
No' "hlH SlouIu lhe poardlhS OF lhe s'a-
olfS DE iiSht enough 10 keep out the snow
anu '|H' Nlho9' pui 'lie Iisllt oi tile sun
rho4ld he brought III rs much as IS prar-
J"aDie. Most barns are too dark ior the
.i''i't VI 'ne 'n'1ll;'I1 OF convenience ol
lHe ai'eh'''iIIa. M''AN cV"IH pt polA't'
our lil;tl nave h9t 4 1in&Ie pane "i glass
"'Wu1 ,,-i Ille "i'If 'l'iiidlA 7.
W ME dolh& me ''Aoofe", tne doors
must DC I,il open l" Iet III the Il%ht' and
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-06-24
petrol. Ponce court.

"MARIER JASEl" called BIah, as
be handed out lone woman and led
her around to the chslk-mark.
@And Marier was drunk" added
His Homer, in q sad voice; forty
three years old, going rapidly to the
grave, and yet so drunk that you bad
to be hauled down here on q wheel
barrow" /"
~On hand-eart, sir" she correct
ed, showing considerable interest.
"Well, there is a difference be-
tween hand-eart and a wheeLbar-
row. he went on, ''but il doesn't
make any difference IN this case. IN
fact the hand-eart was the easiest
thing TO draw you on, and more small
boys could gather around It. I viii
alter the complaint TO make it read
'hand-eart,' and now want to know
what you have 10 say about itlu
Tears came 70 her eyes, her corset
gave heave or two, and she whis-
pered-
II want to go TO the circus :"
@Ah that touches tender chord, =
sighed the court, as be leaned back
and listened TO the music Of the brass
band floating in the early morning
air, and saw ia imagination the trick
mule, the elephant. sud the rhinoeeros
ambling around the sawdust ring
admission Efty cents.
aMarier,1 be said at last in g.
changed voice, "yoaT die in three or
four years. anyhow, and perhaps its
Just ss well to let you 20 to the circus
as to send you to the WOrkhOuse-
Msyhap the growl Of the sea hon, the
snarl Of the tiger. the wsrble OF the
ostrich, and the gymnAstic exercises
of the monkeys. together with the
stirring air of old Dan Tucker. as
rendered by the band, may put
into your head
Go, aged female, and remember its
fftv cents saved every time one
cravEs under the canvas
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oueer vIer. % anA arenti...

Leander S,0Ors, of TolIaud, Conn,
one of the Second Advent people
who eneamped on Terry Island to
await the end Of the world last fall,
has just died, and his mineral was at
tended by large number Of tht Soc
ond Advent people from all pafS
the State. Mr.. StOors was onS
those who remained on the island q
winter obliged them to separate. Mr..
Barker, Of Meriden, who preached
his funeral sermon, said that when be
first visited the deceased, the latter
requested him to attend his funeral
and to tell the people present that he
(St0Ors) was a peculiar man; that
among his peculiarities be didn't be-
ieTe it right to exercise the elective
franchise, as ne didn't consider him
self citizen Of this world, b4t pill
grim and q stranger here, looking for
a citizenship in 8 future state; also,
that it wasn't right 20 make oath TO
bis tax list, &c
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A slave whip.

Attbe meeting Of the original Ah-
olitionists in Chicago, a eowhide
used to whale niggers was exhibited
TO the audience. Il was a broad. fat
hickory handled instrument, holding
securely a broad sole leather thong,
which it might readily be imagined
would deal a painful blow. To IN
ereas the acuteness Of the lash an
oval hole was cut near the end, the
effect on the skin Of the naked slave
being the raising Of a blister the size
of the hole. It was bought from :
plantation overseer, and is genuine,
1t having been used in the presence Of
one of the family Of the present pos
SCISSORS. On the lash was a card
with the following inscription: This
is bull-tail, so called. This one was
in daily use on the Ballard planta-
tion. Tensas Parish, La, obtained
from the driver who used il, and sent
to the reunion by H. Brown, Jr-,
EimwOOd, Ill"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-06-24

I watch the gossamer Ereaths thatfrisa
Fron the fragrant folds OF ny good cigar.
And dream Of the Cuban isle that lies
Ever embraced by the seas afar,
Where the paln-srees east their shadows long.
Meath the eloudIes. blue Of the trOpic skies
And the Crsols senoritss thr0ug
To gladden. the eve with their starry eyes.
Idream Of q darnseI whose orhs ofjes
Once fettered my heart with their nystie PoEer
And woke feeling that fingers yet,
As I sit and smoke In the twilight hour.
All, me, how on mid srsage groTss
wandered away in that vsrnaI land
Unto paths where elhsh Cupid rOves-
With the pcrfuned blossoms On either haad-
T Was there her fingers 90 deity formed
The dslicsts eigaretsAs for nc.
And hers was the glance shat dashed and
warmed
With its irs the passion Il would not see.
And free Of fancy she rzubled -.
TIL the groves were laden with globes Of gold,
In that Spanish island al agl0E
With It's sunny memories manifold.
And then sought for Inez again,
Resolved 20 tell her the story Of love
waited from eight o'clock tell tan.
Like q lens, diseonselate turtle-tove;
Bur shs came no more ss in the ssst.
To strengthen the tie that her absence broke,
So Lit mild cigar II last,
To s0lase the hopes that ended in-snoke /.
o.H.H.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-06-24
Dr.. LIvsnE,toae on Lions.

DR.. Livingstone IS said to have ex-
pressed the utmost contempt for lions.
Yeu talk about the majesty Of the
lion, slid be, chatting one day at q
party IN Loadon with Sir Edward
Laudseer, "but you DO not know the
beast There IS no more majesty
about him in the forest than there is
about that poodle It is al poetry.
Lions are arrant cowards-eowardly,
sueaking beasts You can hardly
tell q lion from q donkey n the
forest; and if you come upon lion
suddenly. his FIRST impulse is to t1ek
his tail between bis legs and bolt
He viii spring upon you If ne comes
upon yoa unaRares and can have
time 70 crouch; bot If man has the
courage 70 look lion in the face, yOu
need not even cock your rife "
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SOMERSET. PA. WEDNESDAY,. JUNE "a. 1874.

Carrie-Good hesyenslr
AsI uttered this exclamation / star
ted back, and then forward; and ther
III hardly know Whist. for hanging
arcoss Carries arm, was my oVercoat
Recovering my astonisnment,
snatched It from her, and thrust nv
band into the pocket / drew out
eleven thousand seven hundred dol
lars and twenty-shree cents.
You have heard about, and perhaps
seen, the singular capers of a mad
man or the wild antics of those
crazed with rum, or the grotesqur
dancing of savages. Well, judging
from what Carrie told me, and from
appearance Of my apartment after it
was all over, am led to believe
that, were it impossible to eoncen-
trate the three above mentioned
species of demons in one, their eaper-
ring and dancing would appear
tame in comparison with mine that
night.
But | cooled after-a while, and just
in time to save Carries head a
thump from the chair or wash stand
which had selected as partners in
my crazy waltz.
Then I asked for an explanation.
1t was the simplest thing imaginable
/ do not know why / had not thought
of it before Il was simply q blunder
of Carries father. He had mistaken
my coat for his own, aud worn it
down town, never dreaming that
small fortune was lying idly in the
pockets.
We'll. didn't have the brain fever
over the affair, but / was the next
door to it. made a clean breast of
the whole thing excepting nv at
tempt, or rather my resolve at self
destruction. No one ever guessed
that part of it, and / tell it to-day for
the first time.
/ sent Mr.. Anderson his receipt,
handed over the money to Mr.. Wins
ton, and went right on a wiser and
better man, / hope. And to-morrrw,
God willing, shall lead Carrie to the
alter.
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OSi.uary ola western Editor.


The way they get up obituaries Of
western editors is shown in the follow
ing
Ye editor sat in his rieketty chair.
as worried as worried could be, for
ye Devil was grinning before him
there, and copy" ye Devil sayed
be.
0h, We Editor grabbed his big gull
pen, and it spIuttered We ink so free,
that his manuscript looked like a war
msp-"Take this, +" 10 We Devil spake
be.
He scribbled and scratched through
ye live-long day, no rest or refresh
ment had he; for ye Degil kept con-
stantly coming that way, aud howl
ing for more "cop-eelr
Day after day be scissored and
wrote, a-slaying the whole countree;
while We Devil kept piping his sin
gle note, "a little more outside
cop-eel"
And when ye boys in We newsroom
heard ye noise Of ye fray, ye sound
Of q blow and a blasphemOus word,
Hes raising ye Devil" say they.
And oft when a man with 3 griev-
snce came in, We Editor man TO see,
he'd turn his back with a word of sin
go talk to ye Devill'' sayed be.
And ever and Oft, when q proof Of
his work We proprietor wanted to see,
aye proof shall be shown BY my per-
sonal clerk; you must go to ye Devil, ,"
ssyed he.
And thus he was destined; through
all Of his life, by this spirit tormented
TO be: in hunger and poverty, sorrow
aud strife: always close TO We Devil
was be.
Ye Editor died But re
DerlI ljcsd on And the force OF life's
habits we see; for ye Editors breath
no sooner was gone. than straight TO
Te Devil went be.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-06-24
A Model 0sisuary.


A diseonsolaie editor thus bemoans
his spouse:
/ mus my wife died No more viii
those loving hands pnll OF nv roots
and part nv back hair. a. only a true
wife can. Nor viii those wiling feet
rePienish the coal hod o. water pail
No more win she rise. amid the tenn
pestuous storms Of winter, and bic
away TO make the FIRE, without dis
turoIng the siumbers Of the man who
dotted on her so artlessly. Her men,
ory Is embalmed upon ny heart Of
hearts. / wanted TO embalm her
body, but I found I could embalm her
memory cheaper.
/ procured Of Eli Midget. a neigh
Dor Of mine, avery pretty gravestone.
Dis wife was c0nsumptive, and be.
kept it on hand several years, in an
ticipation Of her death. But she raj
ned last spring, and his hopes were
blasted. Never shall / forget the
poor mans grief when / asked him to
part with it
Take i, Skinner, and may you
never know what it Is to have your
soul disappointed as mine has beenl'i
and he burst into a food Of tears.
His spirit was, indeed, utterly bro
ken.
| had the following epitaph en-
graved upon the tombstone.
"TO the memorP Of Tabitha, wife
of Moses Skinner, Esq. gentlemanly
editor Of the Trombone. Terms, 50
a year, invariably IN advance. A kind
mother and an exemplary wife.
Ohice over Coleman's grocery, up
two fights of stairs Knock hard
We shall miss thee, mother, we shall
miss thee. job printing. Job print
ing solicited
Thus did my lacerated spirit erv
out in agony even as Rachel weeping
for her children But one ray Of
light penetrated the despair Of my
sOul-the undertaken took bis pay in
job printing, and the sexton owed me
a little account I should not have got
ten any other way. Why should we
pine at the mysterious ways Of provi-
dence and vicinity (NOt a eonun-
drum
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-06-24
FORCE PUMP.

The Simplest, Most Powerful. Effective, Dura
bic, Reliable and Cheapest Pump in use.
It Is made all Of Iron, and Of a few simple parts
Il VIII not Freeze. as no water remains In th'
pipe when not IN action
It has nc leather OF gum packing, as the sucker
and valves are an Of iron
Il seldom, If ever gets out Of order
Il Efu force water from 20 to % feel in the air BY
attaching few feet of hose
ing Gardens, &C
Il furnishes the purest and coldest water beca1ss
4 fs placed In the bottom Of the well.
TER1s.-2< fzch Pump, as; pipe, SOC. = foot
Is; 65c-
Larger sizes IN pruporti0n-
WETAND-SsPLATT
Sole Agents f0r Somerset County
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A GENTS WANTED.

100 Agents wAntad u sell 10 domestic articles
which sell on sight IN every family. Our agents
are making from Is 70 $40 Per dAy, selling cur
goods. send : etA and pOstAgestAnp for sample
and terms 20 agents Z. =. FITCH 4 Co.. No.
-, sth Assnne, Pistsburgh, Pa
Hays0
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NO. 2

who distrust earnest impressions. l
plead guilty. however, and confess
that I do not wholly belongto the
age which makes jokes Of accidents
and murders and finds material for
laughter in classic art
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-06-24

When you have lost money IN the
street, every one Is ready TO help y0a
look for It; bat when you have lost
your character, every one leaves you
to recover it as you can
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-06-24

A pugiiistic IrishmaE in England
being bound over to keep the peace
on all British subjects. remarked -
4The saints help the first foreigner
meet
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-09-16
for PATENT
NOTICE No. II.
U. g. LAND OFFICE,

U. g. LAND OFFICE,
PIoCHE, Nevada, August 81, A. D. 1874
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN. THAT A. L.
IN DAVIS Whose postoffice address is Eureka,
Nevads) has this day filed in this office dio.
gram, together with notice Of application for .
patent from the United States, under the act of
Congress, approved May 10, 1872, for nine hun
dred (9o0) feet OF the Col. Head Lode, the same
running 1888 feet southerly and 767 feet in a
northerly direction from the location monu-
ment, with surface ground 200 feet In width,
situated in Tenn Piute Mining District, lincoln
county, State Of Nevada, and described in the
plat and field notes on file in this Office as fol-
lows, to wit:
US. SURVEY No. 80.
Reginning at post marked No. /, U. s. Sur
vey No. SO, whence the monument on Grant
Peak bears N. deg. 43 min E. 2,051 feet The
kinsey shaft bears N. SO deg s? min. 1896 feet. A
pine tree, inches in diameter, marked Col.
Head B. T. bears No. 81 deg. W. "A feet, and
post No. Of y. s. Survey No. 81, made for A. Z.
Davis upon the Kinsey Lode, bears S. So deg.
q min. L. 305 feet; thence running s. deg. Z.
960 feet to post marked No. Q, u $ Survey No.
80; thence s. 81 deg. W. 200 feet to post marked
900 feet to post marked No. 4, L. s. Survey No
80, and thence N, 81 deg f. 200 feet to post No.
the place Of beginning containing 1900 acres
courses expressed from the true meridian
with q magnetic variation of 1875 deg. east.
This claim is located upon unsurveyed land
and is bounded on neither end by any known
claimants. The nearest mines are the kinsey
and Rather.
This claim ia recorded in Book A, page 2ll, o.
the TEN Piute Mining Records, and copy Of
the notice and plats can be found posted at thu
location monument, at the open cut upon thu
lode. r s.t# J. G. FOSTER,
se2.60i Register
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-09-16
LEGAL,
SUMMONS.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT. SEVENTH JU;
a;ci.i District of the State OF Nevada, IN ana
~ the County Of Lincoln.-Bertha L. heiieh'
berg. Plaintiff, vs. Albert d. Ae'ieh0e's' D'
'ellc act;on brought in the District Court Of the
seventh Judicial District Of the State OF ne,
yad. In and for the County OF Lincoln anu
ths complaint filed in said county Of Lincoln
in the ofice Of the Clerk Of said District court.
The state OF Nevada sends Meeung. 70 ON. A,us.. na
omired to appear in an action brought against
SSor Nv the above named plaintiff IN the DIS.
;r;ct Conrt Of the Seventh Judicial District
of the state Of Nevada, IN and for the county o'
G,nooln. and answer the complaint nled therein
within ten days Sesclusivc % ~ 'tS aS,s Summons
a. served In said county; or, II served OUT o.
s.,S coupty. but within said District. WITHIN
sar,v davs: and in all other cases forty days; OF
srSoment By default WIN be taken ag.inst you
according to the prayer o. said complain -o.
sshe ma action is brought to obtain decree
=, ~. Court TO dissolve the bonds Of matri
mony exissing between you: SAID deienoan., n.
la n,aipti0. ON the ground Of extreme crueity
s,S xilrre 20 supply the common necessarle
of life: all Of which IL more parucuiary &c
forth in PLAINTIFF complaint on me- AN, nnt "
and Won arc hereby notined that II you isii u
.,nssr and answer the said complaint. as soos'
.sfcrrired. the said plaintiff will Apply 70 ~, ~
Cc,,,t for tho relief herein demanded ana 10
costa Of suit, in gold com
H;.sy S ,nser nv hand and the seal Of the Dif
.r,ct Const of the Seventh Judicial District 9
Wv. IA atate Of Nevada, In and Tor IN
! county OF Lincoln, this 9Th day OF a.
III md. In the year Of our Lord one MOI
sand eight hnndsed and ssvsnty,19IrE; 9Ep c,e,t.
Byy. N. RAxro1p. Deputy Clerk.
p,.,,cr l. q nrN Plaintiffs Attorney.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-09-16
PATENT NOTICES.
APPLICATION for PATENT
NOTICE No. 10.

U. s. LAND OFFICE, IA
PIocHE. Nevada, August 81, A. d. 1874.
N oIlCE Is HEREBY GIVEN, THAT A. e.
~ DAVIS whose postofiice address is Eureka,
Nevadal has this day filed in this Office dia-
gram, together with notice of application for q
patent from the United States, under the act of
Congress, approved May 10, 1872 for one thousand
and nifty tl.050) linear feet of the Kinsey Lode,
the same running $50 feet southerly ard COO feet
IN northerly direction from the location mon-
ument, near The Kinsey shaft. with surface
ground two hundred feet in width, situated in
Tenn Piute Mining District, Lincoln county,
State of Nevada, and described in the plat and
held notes on file In this office as follows, to
wit
aLC US. SURVEY No. 81.
Beginning at post marked No. /, u. 8. Sur.
vey No. 81. whence the monument on Grant
Peak bears N. deg. II min. W. l,l76 feet
The knseyshaft bears 8. y deg Z. 56e
feet. and nut pine tree inches in dia.
meter marked kinsey b. I, bears n. S8 deg
3o min. W. 81 feet; thence running s. liz
deg. Z. 1850 feet to post marked No. 2, U.
8 Survey No. 81; thence 8. 7sk deg. W 2tO feet tc
post marked No. 3. U. 8. Survey No. 81 thence
N. i1k deg W. 1850 feet to pest marked No. 4
U. s, Survey No. 81. and thence N 78N deg. Z
200 feet to post No l, the place Of beginning
containing S2-l0D acres-courses expressed
from the true meridian, with magnetic varia
tion of 16n deg. east.
This claim is located upon unsurveyed land
and is bounded on neither end by any known
claimants. The nearest mines are the Col
Head aud Wyandot.
This claim is recorded in Book A, page 2iO, Of
the Tenn Piute District Mining Records, and q
copy Of the notice and plats can be found
posted at the location monument, near the Kin
sey shaft J.C. FOSTER,
se2-6O ESQ Register