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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-09-04
Haitian Hour in a Mill Wheel.

The following account Of the rescue
of little girl from death, at Cape Tor
mentine, is given by paper, published
in Hamilton, Ontario: "About four weeks
ago a little girl, some three years old,
daughter of Mr.. Allan. of Cape Tormen-
tine, wandered to her fathers saw-mill
After a short time her father missed her;
but thought she had returned home. 1t
occurred to him 10 look down into the
mill wheel, when he noticed what he
considered a piece of stick protruding
out of one of the vents. The wheel is
what is termed a Parker wheel, and had
at the time a strong head of water on.
The mill was stopped, and Mr. Allan
proceeded to the wheel. To his horror,
what he thought was a stick was his lit
tie daughters leg much discolored, black
and blue. The agony of the parent was
intense at the discovery. The sight, he
slva, will never be erased from his men,
orv; and this, with the fact that throneh h
the dreadful stiffness and gurgling OF
the black waters. and the excitement OF
hope, the child was heard to moan, add
ed to his emotion. Measures were taken
10 relieve what was certainly thought to
be lifeless child. An aperture waf
made by the removal of a stave from of
the wheel, when the little girl was taken
ont, terribly bruised about the body and
lower extremities. She was carefully
rubbed, and as soon as possible warm ap
pliances had; and the child, through this
mercy of Divine Providence. is now do
ing we'll, What makes the escape The
more extraordinary is the fact of hel
having first passed through and beer
sucked under what is termed the fume
distance of some thirty feet, ther
drawn into the wheel and whirled around
for a period of twenty minutes-fo
about that time previous she was pratt
ling in her fathers presence"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-09-04
Who Shall Go To Congress!

By all means, men of ability; second
rate men are powerless there. By all
means, industrious, careful, painstaking
men. Lazy, careless, slip-shod men are
useless anywhere, and peculiarly unfit to
watch the interests of a constituency,
whose interests are as varied as the wants
and whims of men, and yet whose inter-
ests will constantly be attacked by
shrewd, sharp, active men from every
section on the land, bent on gaining ad
yantages for themselves and their con-
stituents by means fair or foul. By all
means, honest men, and men thoroughly
and well acquainted with the people they
represent, and in full sympathy with
their constituents. Honesty wanting, all
the qualities above demanded are use
less. and yet, mere honesty without "
| borough sympathy for their constitu-
ents. and an intimate knowledge of theiI
| needs aided by that mysterious some
thing called ability, is apt to be made
mere tool b. designing men. With thes'
qualifications, it matters little what pro
fession, trade or pursuit man may fol
low, for representative man is not IL
any sense of the word, 10 he looked up
on as representative farmer, black
smith or lawyer, but a representative o
the people of his district.-AmeTica
P1tT0n
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-09-04
The Sagacity of Elephants.

The services rendered by elephants to
the English army during the Abyssin-
ian expedition have suggested an article
in the Rerne des Deuz Mondes, by NJ.
Guidoz, or the use of these animals in
warfare. Such an elephant az that de-
scribed by Major Skinner, whose narra-
tive is quoted by NJ. Guidoz, would be
valuable auxiliary at any time. Accord
ing to this account, the major was riding
in a forest near Handy, when he heard
muffled sound of ourmph, ourDlPh, the
peculiar cry of the elephant, and soon
came upon a tame animal Of this species,
who, being left to himself, had under
taken the task of conveying away
large beam, which he carried across his
tusks, progressing, however, but slowly,
owing TO the narrow limits of the path,
which forced him to turn his head first
on one side and then on the other, utter
ing ourmphs of vexation. Seeing the
major approach, he threw down his load,
and stood aside to let man and horse
pass. The majors steed now trembied
in every limb, when the sagacious beast,
noticing his terror, backed still further
into the jungle, uttering his O~rmph in a
gentle and encouraging tone; and, as
soon as the horse had summoned up
courage to proceed, he reappeared, took
up the beam once more, and resumed his
arduous undertaking. 1t seems almost
sacrilege to contemplate employing ami
mails so considered and reasonable in the
questionable operation of man against
|
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-09-04
A Good Answer.

In giving "reminiscences OF Colonel
Levi Boutwell,, noted man in his day.
the Montpelier (Vt.) Argus tells the fol
lowing story: "The Colonel was un-
commonly bald, and without his heavy
dark wig looked not bit like himself
Once he was in the washroom of the Pa
vilion. and for convenience in his ablu-
tions had lald his wig aside. Presently
a young, spruce chap, with extremely
red hair came in. Noticing the Colonei :
nude head, he inquired, We'll, uncle
yhy don't you have some hair on your
head@ 1t was an impudent question, and
the Colonel knew it. Looking savageiy
on the red head of the sauey young
stranger. he replied, When they made
me- and had me all finished except my
hair they told me that they had nothing
left EXCEPT red hair 1 told them, then
.Epad,' l wouldn't have any. would
| rather 90 without. They might save
that for impudent young popinJays and
FOOLS The young inquisitive and joker
was perfectly willing to drop the sub
| iect,"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-09-04
How He Caught 1t.

4 resident of New Haven, Connecti-
cut, has lately given up steamboat travel,
and now, when he wishes to go to New
York, he provids tickets bv the railway.
His preference for the latter method of
locomotion came about in this wise: Not
long ago he had occasion to go TO the
metropolis of the Empire State, accord
inglv he started for the steamers land
ing. with carpet sack in one hand and
a cane in the other, in what he supposed
to he ample time. But when he came
in sight of the wharf. he observed the
boat apparently swinging awav from her
moorings. and amid the shouts and ieers
of the bvstanders. he broke into fran
tic run for the landing. The boat was
eight or ten feet from the wharf when
he reached the place where he had hop-
ed to find a gangnlank, but. nothing
daunted. and trusting to the momentum
acnnired during the rnn. he leaped into
the air and gained the.vessers deck. Not
without accident. however. The carpet
| bag struck one passenger so violently IN
the stomach that he douhled m liFe =
iackknife, and absorbed whole flask nj
brandy in getting siraightened ont. while
the cane strncll another man in the face
with sufficient force to Suddenly induce
/ him TO get down on his knees to look af-
ter his hat. When he had recovered it
the man who had occasionpd all this
commotion said to him, in a tone OF
mingled apology and snlf-gratulatinn
"Wcll, made itr' ayes. vou did,
said the sore headed passenger; "hut yor
burned old fool, this boat amt going
| out: she coming in
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-09-04
Ancient Trees in Nevada.

The Virginia City (Nevada) Enter
prize says. ain the bottom Of the main
shaft of the Virginia City Coal Company,
FL Dorado Canon, Lyon county, has
been encountered the trunk of a tree
four feet in diameter, lone relic Of an
ancient and extinct forest. Where cut
through by the shaft this old tree j.
found to be perfectly carbonized-turned
into coal. Outside the old log is COM
pIetely erusted over with iron pyrites,
many of which are so bright that the
crystals shine like diamonds. These
pyrites also extend into the body Of the
log, filling what were apparently once
cracks Of windshoker, and even forming
clusters about what was once the heart
Of the tree. This relic Of an old-time for
est lies far below the two veins Of coal
the company are about to open. The
finding of this old trunk is evidence that
the country was at some time, ages and
ages ago, covered by forest OF large
trees; though the native timber growth,
when the country was first visited by the
whites, and az far back as the traditions
of the Indians extend, was but a shrubby
species of nut-pie. A few miles from the
shaft in which the carbonized trees was
found are TO be seen on the surface the
petrifed remains Of many large trees. In
the early days of Washoe, before the pro-
spectors had broken them up for speci-
mems, pieces of tree-trunks two or three
feet in diameter and twenty or thirty
feet in length, were to be seen lying up
on the surface of the ground. However,
these trees, and even the one found in
the bottom Of the shaft of the coal mine,
may have come from the foot hills Of
the Sierra Nevada Mountains-may
have drifted out when seas Of water ev-
erywhere covered our present valleys.
The water lines visible on the hills show
that the whole country was filled with
lakes. and the petrified trees lying herr
and there on the surface of the ground
probably foated out on the waters Of the
extenct lakes, and finally sunk to the
bottom in the places where they are now
found"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-09-04
The Girl to Find.

The true girl has TO be sought after
She does not parade herself in show goods-
She is not fashionable Generally she
is not rich. But, oh! what heart she has
when you find herl so large, and pure,
and womanly. When you see it yon
wonder if those snowy things outside
were women. If you gain her love
your two thousands are millions The'll
not ask vou for carriage or first-class
house. She'll wear simple dresses, and
turn them when necessary, with no vul-
gar magnifcate to frown upon her econ
omv. She'll keep everything neat and
nice in your sky parior, give you such
a welcome when you come home that
vou'll think you power higher than
ever. She'll entertain true friends on a
dollar and astonish you with the new
thought how little happiness depends
on money. She'll make you love home
fif you don't vou're a hrute), and teach
Won how to pity, while you scorn, poor
fashionable society that thinks itself
rich, and vainly tries to think itself
happy. Now, do not, pray vou. say
any more, "T can't afford to marry"
| Go, find the trne woman, and yon can.
| Throw away that cigar. burn up that
switch cane, be sensible yourself and
seek your wife in sensible way.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-09-04
A Panic In Church.

Last Sunday night, says Max Adeler
in Danbury Nevs, during the sermon in
our church the gas suddenly vert out.
and there was complete darkness. Tie
minister requested the congregation to
remain perfectly quiet until the cause Of
the trouble could be ascertained and 9th
er lights procured. Old Mrs. Smiley,
il appears, was sound asleep when the
accident occurred. but just after Il e
clergyman had finished speaking TO the
congregation she awoke. At first she
thought she had become blind, but as
she sat by the window she Immediately
saw the light in the street, and then she
knew that the congregation had gone
home and that she had accidentally been
been locked in by the sexton. Dreadful
ly frightened at the Loneliness and the
horror of her situation, she picked up a
hymn book, and, dashing it through a
pane of glass in the window, she put her
head out and began to scream for help
Her shrek impressed passers-by with
the idea that the church was on FIRE, and
in an instant the alarm was given. 4
moment later the engines arrived, and
Just as the sexton began to light the gas
again one gang of fremen began playing
through the window on Mrs. Smiley
Spring bonnet, while another gang pour
ed three-inch stream up the middle
aisle with such force as to wash Rev
DR.. Hopkins, the minister, out Of tho
pulpit and down among the high hat
which were floating around by the new
doors. Eventually the matter was ex
planned, and the fire department shut Of
the water and went home. But the dea
cons want to know how, if Mr.. SMILEY
refuses to pay the bill for repairs to thu
church, he can ever look a fellow wor
shipper in the face again.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-09-04
Herd Of Camels in Nevada.

On ranch on the Carson River, eight
miles be.ow the mouth of Six-mile Ca
non, is TO Le seen a herd of twenty-six
camels, all but two Of which were born
and raised in Nevada. But two Of the
old herd of nine or ten brought here
some years ago are now living. 1t would
seem that the original lot fell into the
hands of Mexicans, who treated them
badly, overlooking and abusing them
The men who now have them are French
men. who had formerly some experience
with camels in Europe. They find no
difficulty in rearing them, and can now
show twenty -four fine healthy animals;
all of Washoe growth. The camel may
now be said to be thoroughly acclimated
in the State. The owners Of the herd
find it no more difficult to breed and
rear them than would be experienced
with the Sc me number of goats or don
KEYS. The ranch upon which they are
kept is sandy and sterile in the extreme
vet the animals feast and gov fat on
sueh prickIy shrubs and bitter weeds ai
no other animals would touch. WheT
left to themselves their great delight, of
ter filling themselves with the coars'
beraee of the desert, is to lie and roll il
the hot sand. They arc used in packing
salt to the mills on the river, from tn
marshes lying in the deserts some si1t,
miles to the eastward. They have AM
mails that easily pack eleven hundre
pounds.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-09-04
The Happy Farmer.

The following picture drawn by an
exchange may be highly colored;
"What can he pleasanter than the life of
a Missouri farmer? At daylight he gets
MP and examines the holes around his
corn hills for cut worms; then he smash
es coddling moth Larvae with hoe-han-
die until breakfast; the forenoon is de-
voted to watering the potato bug with
a solution OF Paris green, and after din
ner all hands turn out to pour hot wa
ter on the chinch bugs in the corn and
wheat fields. In the evening favorite
occupation is smudging trees to discour'
age the curculio, and after brief sea
son of family devotion at the shrine o.
the night flying cleoptera, all the folk
retire and sleep sonndly till Aurora red
dens the east, and the grasshopPers tin
kle against the panes and summon then
to the labors of another day"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-09-04
Dau@s = Of Prominent Citizen of
-. l.ouis Burned to Death.

From l...- II. Louis Times. August IS
\ fatal and most distressing accident
occurred about ) o'clock P. n, Wednes-
,iay last, at Jennings Station, on the St.
Louis. Kansas City and Northern Rail
wav. The victim was little Julia Janu-
arv. aged thirteen years, daughter Of
our esteemed citizen, D. \. January,
ESQ. Julia vas out with some little
friends in a rudely constructed play
house, about one hundred yards from
the dwelling house, where they had
TOW stove made of bricks. The chill
dren had been baking biscuits for their
play, and Julia stopped down to take
them ont of the oven, when her dress
canght on a stuck of wood projecting
from the fire place, and, as she turned
away. threw the stove down. Her clothes
caught FIRE almost instantly. There was
no one there to assist her in extinguish
ing the flames but children younger
than herself. 80 she started to run home,
fighting the FIRE the while with her
hands. When she arrived there, how
ever, she was absolutely naked, her
clothing having been completely
consumed ny the flames famed
bv the breeze as she ran. Her mother
was at homo and Immediately summond
such medical aid as could be obtained at
the village. DIR. Hodgen was subse-
qnently called, and did everything in
his power to alleviate suffering and to
preserve life, but to no purpose.
Mr.. January arrived at home about
$50 o'clock, soon after which the little
sufferer fell asleep, and seemed to sleep
comparatively comfortably until nearly
4 O'Clock, when she awoke. She had
but few minutes longer to live, how
ever. for at O'Clock she passed away
quietly and without an expression of
pain. Her body was badly burned,
though it is thought not so severely as
TO canse death. She is supposed to have
inhaled the flame and smoke to an
alarming degree. Her hands were burn
ed to crisp, and had she lived she would
| have lost both of them.
Julia was a remarkably beautiful and
interesting child, mature for one of her
| age, and was, indeed, the companion to
/ her mother.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-09-04
Good-Hearted People.

What a comfort they are in this often
uncomfortable world, those good-hearted
people who cross your path at times!-
neople who like to please and be pleas
ed-vbo do not indulge in sarcasm-who
never believe more than they can help
against people who delight in innocent
amusements, and take pleasure IN other
people's courtships-who don't PROBE
your sore points Intentionally, and hno-
ing out your foibles, trouble your peace
through them-who never repeat "hat
this person or that person has said
against you, but who 6elights in letting
Won know of those litde compliments
that cheer ones life so-that are really
so nice and wholesome for us, because
there is an atom of brotherly love IN
them.
From these folks young Brushhard
never receives the paper in which some
bilious critic has called his last new PIC
ture "a mere daub;' but he receives the
precious paragraph in which some kind
soul has said, "If Brushhard works
carefully, he will some day rival Turner;
and even now his skies are glorious. =
1t is cut out and carefully enclosed to
that anxious artist by the good-hearted
man.
As for the good-hearted woman. what
a dear old soul she is How she loves
to have YOU to tea, and whispers, CHOW
nice YOU look !" and lets you have your
chat with the incest man in the room
and gives you flowers when you &C
home, and don't tell every one that you
must be ten years older than you say yor
are.
Find a couple of good hearted folks
and their home is a paradise. I'd rathe
have such friends, even if they were th'
plainest people under Heaven, than max
one of a cotorie of the brightest wits an
greatest celebrities under the sun. IL
, rather be good hearted, if only Heave'
would make me truly SO, than to b
wise or beautiful or great beyond com
u,rison. For many wise man is TO
f wise for happiness, and many wit to
. bitter for love, and many beauty cold
' er than an icicle; but good, warm, los
ing heart must bring little ray of Heav
| ems sunshine down to earth, and Civ
: great peace to its possessor.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-09-04
Col. Fred Grant Thinks Of Matri-
nlOny.


Mr.. Charles Algernon Frederick Sat
toris' "best man." Lieut. Col. Frederick
Dent Grant, L. S. A., is contemplating
matrimony. In fact has carried his con-
temptations to such an extent that he
has made the propositions to a beautiful
young damsel of Chicago, and is now in
all probability preparing plans and spec
iiications for a bridal outfit that will
fairly eclipse his British Brother -in-law.
To accomplish his hymenial predilec-
tions Lieut.. Col. Grant has come to
Chicago, and found in the person of Miss
Ida Honore, daughter of II. H. Hcnore,
Esq, the one he desires to join his for
tunes, in peace and in war, "for better
and for worse" The gossips, who know
all about these matters, say that the
young lady reciprocates the preference
shown her by Mr.. Grant, and futher
state that the affair has so far developed
as to set apart the day for the happy ev-
ent which will be in the month of Octc-
Der. Miss Honore is q sister of Mrs
Potter Palmer who was one of the chos-
en- guests ct Mise Nellie Grants wedd-
ing, and Is, furthermore, one of the lead
ing ladies of Chicago society. As to
where the nuptials will be performed
has not yet stated, but of course Chicago
will be the point, and it is safe to pre-
dict that it will be the most sumptuouF
affair the city has ever witnessed. Socie-
ty people will be on the qui viUe for par
ticulars, and soon as cards are scattered,
there will be most extraordinary pre-
parations placed on foot. The Sunday
Times, as is nasial in other matters, is
first to make public this important i'm
pending event. Chicago Times.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-09-04
Female Strategy.

\ Minnesota paper gives this fresh in
stance Of feminine fnesse: " 4 young lady
of Hutchinson, who is fair to middling
in looks, puts on good deal Of style
and would like to be popular, and who
lives in a house that while il is decent
and respectable is not grand, had the
luck some time since, to receive an in
PRODUCTION to a stranger who hailed from
a neighboring town. 1t was at church
that she was made acquainted with him
and he asked TO see her home. She ac-
cepted, and they started. 1t occurred to
her, az they walked onward, that after
what che had said it would hardly do to
enter her humble dwelling, for the lad
at her ride might think she was not what
she seemed. A few houses distant from
hers stands fne-looking residence. he
fore which she halted. He, not beina
acquainted with Hutchinson or her, sup.
posed, of course, that everything was all
right, and left at the gate, with bright vi.
ions dancing through his brain, Will,
she hid behind the stoop until he go
out of sight, and then went home hap
py"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-09-04
The Philadelphia Diamond Robbers
Successful Jump for Liberty-In-
geniOu-Iy Planned Escape from the
Prisoners Dock.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin. August 2l:l
James Freeman, the diamond thief
who made his escape in such bold and
desperate manner on Saturday, from the
Court of Quarter Sessions, has not since
been seen or heard of by any of the Off
GERS of the Court or the Police Depart
ment. From the successful manner in
which the escape was accomplished, 1t
seems pretty certain that the whole thing
was planned by friends in the same
manner as the escape of Jim Haggerty
was carried out, and that a woman had
considerable to do with the matter. As
soon as Freeman was placed in the dock
n woman stepped up to him, and engag-
ed in conversation with him. She ap-
peared to be doing nearly all the talking
and this was kept up for some time. She
then walked away, and Freeman quietly
picked up his hat and stuck it in the
side pocket of his coat. The woman was
present at the trial, and then walked to
him in the same way as the did on Sat-
nrday Therefore, no suspicion was
created by her actions. Soon after she
had disappeared from the Courtroom,
Freeman asked for the water, jumped
from the window, &c. Outside of the
Courthouse matters appear to have been
arranged a Ia Haggerty. A crowd was
about the door of the American Hotel,
and as soon as Freeman darted in, this
crowd jumped about in such a way as to
impede pursuit, and at the same time
throw out the impression that it was on
ly anxiety to know what was the matter.
At the rear of the American Hotel a
man was standing. He had been there
since Z O'Clock, and as soon as Freeman
reached the Minor street sidewalk, this
man started on a run, and always kept
ahead of the fugitive, so as to open the
way for him, and throw any pursuers of
the track. After passing the Eastern
market, Freeman darted into the Fourth
street door of store at the northeast
corner of Fourth and Market streets, and
passing out quietly by a Market street
door, got into a passenger railway car
going west, and that was the last seen
of him