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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

A preacher OF Knox county, Ky.cin-
forms the public through the Barbours-
Vile Mountain Echo, why he left the
Gospel field" After preaching six
years, averaging one sermon day, Z, ,196
sermons, and converting 1922 persons,
he received only $797 for all his work,
being small fraction over sc cents a
sermon, and about n cents sinner. AS
Mr.. Micawber said of the commission on
Goals, the pay was 'snot remunerative, y
but still 2, 2,196 sermons and 1922 conver-
sions are not to be made light of.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06
The Trans-ContiHeE-al Rail Road
Scheme.

The bill now before Congress to char
ter .he Trans-Con initial Railroad and
Telegraph Company has Leel amended
in ,wo important particulars. The first
change will be as 20 ;he maximum rates
10 be cna -ged for freight and passengers.
The bill as origionally drawn, fixed the
tariff on freight at enc and one half cent
PEE ton PEI mile, and .he passenger rae
a. two and one half cents per Dl,le. The
first has been reduced 10 one cent a ton,
and the later to two cents a mile. At
one cent a ton il will cost about twenty
fou- GEMS bushel TO carry wheat from
Chicago to New York, while passengers
caa lave! .he same distance for about
sixteen dollars. The second amendment
provides hat whenever tie road reaches
a stage Of prosperity whea ever it viii
pay over ten per cen.. on i.s original
cost, a further proportional reduction
shall be made both az to freight and
passenger trafc. The friends Of the
bill claim tina; if H. docs not pasb us
amended tnen, the Congressional cry for
cheap transportation does 30. mean bu-
siness.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

A traveller describes the weather sta
tion on Pixies Peak as building of
stone, walls two feet thick, thirty feet
by fifteen, and nine in height, Three
men are spending the winter there taking
observations. They are used to the
lightness Of the air, and do not expert
ence serious inconvenience. Water boils
at SO low temperature that it takes
about three times as long to cook food
as at the ordinary level. The air is SC
clear that the can sweep a distance OF
200 miles in any direction.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

The blue laws of Connecticut were
somewhat discouraging to young men of
enterprising connubial aspirations. For
instance: "No man shall court maid
by person or by letter without first OBJ
tanning consent of her parents; e5 PEN
atty for the first offence, 910 for the Sec
ond, and after the third imprisonment
during the pleasure of the Court"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

The oldest Mason in the United States
is said to be David Stiles, Connecticut
man. He is companion Of St. Johns
Chapter No. 8, r. A. NJ, and member
of Hennepin Lodge No 4, A. I. and A.
NJ, Of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was
born in Woodbury., Connecticut, May
q, 1766. lie is now, therefore, nearly
one hundred and eight years old, and
has been 4 Master Mason for nearly sew
enty-five years. He stands and SITS
erect and retain his faculties in good
condition. His memory ia vivid, and
he distinctly remembers the signing Of
the Declaration Of Independence. lie
voted twice for Washington for Presi-
dent. One 1f his children, now livi q.
is over eighty years Of age.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

A young man in Indiana sued his fa-
ther for loaned money, which the father
claims was his own property. The faith
er's counsel, in summing up the case oi
his client, remarked, "Twice has this
prodical returned to his fathers house
twice has he been received with open
arms; twice for him has the fatted cali
been killed; and now he comes back and
wants the old cow"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

To ca y on the Signal Service Of .he
I'm ed States -equires an anaeal -ars-
mission o. owe -wo hcndrcd Thousand
messages. The psiaeipal centre Of the
Service is at Fort Wh.pple, Virginia, op-
posite Georgetown, d. G. From the irs,
station - the Aleu,ian Islands; fom
wh'ch reports arc scnt, 20 those Of the
northern British coast, thcrc iiterycncs
nca.ly halc tie circumference Of the
earth's suffice, and owes this large span
Of territory every important elemental
change is reported three shines a day.
Cautiolary signals are displayed when
ever the wind IS as strong as twenty Give
miles an hour, and these signals have
often saved life ard pcoperty along our
Atlantic coasts, and or the borders Of the
lakes. IN interchange of the reports
between THIS country and Canada, fore
tells to each people the storms advanc-
ing over the othe- territory
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

The Utica Herald says two old ladies
troubled conductor on the Central road,
one protesting that she should die if the
window were open, and the other pro-
testing against shutting it, when an ex-
perienced traveller advised the conductor
to settle it in this way: "Open the win
dow and kill one, then close it and kill
the other, and we shall have peace"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06
This is from the Lynchbarg Virgin

1hls is from the Lynchbdrg virgin
ian:
"What other city can say it2 No 9TH
er in the universe. On the same day
were elected two United Senators, both
former residents of Lynchburgh and ma
tives of this county: Judge Thurman of
Ohio, and Col Withers of Virginia.
Furthermore, on the same day another
er distinguished citizen of Lynchburg
and former United States Senator was
inaugurated Governor of Ohio, Hon.
VIM. Allen. Still further, on the same
day three distinguished citizens OF
Lynchburg received complimentary
votes at Richmond for United States
Senator"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

One of Charles Summers remin is
cences Of Daniel Webster Is that wher
he was quite young man he and the
godlike had been employed as counsel
for the Commonwealth and had been
awarded 81 900 each for their legal
services. Webster collected Summer.
bill in spite Of the la.ter's remonstrance
but Sumner was unable to collect the
$1,000 OF Webster during life, or Of the
estate after his death.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

Ribbed glass for roofs and cellar win
dows is comparatively new introduc-
tion. The Boston and Lowell Railroad
station at Boston is rooted with $4,000
feet of glass, weighing three pounds to
the square foot; and the Boston and
Providence station has on its roof 13,.
600 feet, weighing four pounds to the
SQUARE foot
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

Wooden shoes are highly recommend
eG b. ;he agricultural societies and gov
ernmeh:s Of Europe, as IL is shown that
many diseases rcsu!iagin impaired con-
situations and even in tie loss Of life
have resulted f-om wearing leather
shoes in wet weathe-. A practical work.
man from France has been called recent
ly 20 Germany 60 supeeintcld their man
uic.ure. They are light and easy to
wea and provided With a small cush-
ion within the upper side 70 obviate any
pressure on that part Of the fool They
are of neat, pleasant appearance black
ened o. yar1isned, large enough 20 ac-
commoda.e comfortable stockings md
provided wish leather straps. Their
prices range from p TO 90 cents, and
YER few pairs would last a lifetime.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

The amount required to carry ont the
plans which James Lick, Of San Fran
cisco, has matured, cannot be certainly
aseertained. But they represent from
100000 to S3,OOO,OOO. The Obserya-
tory, the Academy Of Sciences, the
School Of Technology, the Asylum for
Aged Women, the Orphan Asylums-
these are some of the uses TO which a
wealthy citizen proposes to devote hi.
means in his declining days.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

The varnish applied by the Chinese to
tea chests is made of freshly drawn
blood, little alum, and four parts of
powdered slaked lime. One, two, or
three coats of this mixture applied while
viscid, make the packages impervious
to moisture, rendering tinfoil unnecessa-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

The stories which have been in cireu-
lation about the poverty of Louis Kos
suth are contradicted. LouIa Rukkay.
a cousin Of the Hungarian patriot, live
ing at Des Moines, Iowa, writes 90 che
Chicago Times saying that HE relative
il in comfortable circumstance. lie has
two sons who are successful engineer,
and whose incomes are ample % support
their father iu comfort, did be need their
assistance. His health Is said 20 De rec
markably good, aud he rs continually
receiving gratifying tokens from his
countrymcn that has patriotic efforts ON
their behalf are still fresh in their mem-
ory.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

\ Troy editor took his wife to New
York the other day. The conductor, as
he came along, recognized our Troy
brother rs entitled to a free passage, but
not knowing the lady, whispered to him:
as that lady friend Of yours?" "No
no, said the Troy editor in haste, "shc
is my wife"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

The New E,glaad newspapers are full
Of "Abby Smith cows" The Smith sis
ters arc farmers in glastonbury, mama
ging a large aad very lucrative
dairy. They are educated, unmarried,
and strong-minded. They believe that
women should not be taxed 50 long as
they are not allowed to vote. Therefore,
they lately refused TO satisfy the de-
mands of ;he tax-collec,or, and invited
him 10 seize and sell their property,
threatening TO make such a course the
theme fo- woman's rights agitation that
would in the end emancipa.e ihei- sex.
After some delay and consultation with
the authorities, il was decided that the
tax must be collected. Two Of the cows
were sold, and Abby, the oldest Of the
sisters, wrote about il to the newspapers.
She has at least succeeded in causing q
vast amount Of discussion.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

A gorgeous Georgia girl recently ped
died out 300 kisses at 10 cents smack
and then gave the money to the poor to
buy coal and flannel and things. The
young men of that town feel within
their individual and collective breasts
that charity is divine.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

\ young man at Austin, Nevada, the
other day, made n serious mistake. lie
bought handsome dress pattern for his
wife and pair of red flannel drawers
for himself lie delivered the wrong
bundle to the young lady. Result-a
broken head and ruined frying-pan.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

A Dubuque man hired policeman at
three dollars per night to watch his wife,
and she was at the same time paying the
same man four dollars per night to
watch her husband.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

Collector Casey, Of New Orleans Il
brother-in-law Of President Grant, has
just bought one thousand acres Of land
in the vicinity of lIalf-Hollow-IIill,
Long Island, paying 100000 for it.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

Barney Williams was once acting at
Philadelphia, and, being disturbed by a
childs cries, said, "Shure, there's a nurse
wanted" The woman retorted, "No
Irish need apply" and retired triumph
antly.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

\ peculiar type Of spotted fever RACES
in and around Carrollton, Illinois, and
from it there has thus far been but n
single recovery. The physicians aye
puzzled.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

A man who was trying to dead-beat
the Lake Shore Road by playing deaf
and dumb, was asked by the conductor
how long he had been SO, and he replied,
"Why, man, I was born this waayw
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

Charles Astor Bristcd was the richest
literary man in the country, having a
snug little income Of 100000 a year, in
heritcd from Grandpa Astor.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

The reader is at liberty to believe or
not, as he pleases, that peach tree in
Missouri, being transplanted to new
soil, has taken to producing white
plums.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

The Oldest member Of Queen Nicto
las Privy Council, Lord ST. Leonards
is nincty-threo years ofage; the Young
est, Prince Arthur, is twenty-four.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

The 81. Louis Croesus, the late James
II. Lucas, lcft $1,000 0OO-this in uddi-
tion TO S2,000,000 which he gave his
sons during his lifetime.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

Senator Stewards new house in Wash
ington commands twelve streets. 1t has
tower ana Doric, Gothic and Corin-
THAN dancing room.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

A Kansas Sheriff played euchre with
a prisoner and become so interested that
II other prisoners tip-toed out.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-02-06

Don't mind your own bushes.
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-15
The Parents Of Theodore Parker.

Rev. o. B. rockingham gives the follow
ing portraits of the parents of Theodore
Parker: This man was born in Lexington,
and his ancestors had ''the fighting blood in
them," having been in the French and Indi-
an war, as also at Concord and Bunker Hill.
From the account of his parents we can see a
little how he grew to be the man he was.
His father ''was a quiet, thoughtful, reading
man, ofstrong sense, of moral worth, reliable,
honorable; worked every day and all days;
taught his children to speak the truth always
had boook in his hand in the evening ;bosks
of history, biography, and travel engaged him
as also speculative philosophy, not physical
and moral; he was also fond of Nature, an
observer of plants and flowers" Theodore
was ali this and more, for be had mother, q
handsome woman, OF slight form, faxen hair,
blue eyes, and a singGlarly delicate complex
ion, more nervous than muscular. She lived
more IN her feeling and imasination; ber
temperament was poetical; her favorite Rad
ing was the Bible and hymn book, and ballad
poetry gave her great delight, and her mind
was stored with passages of beauty from Eng
lish literature. In the moral culture Of
her children she took great interest, which
she expressed in wise counsel and symp athy,
as occasion came up.
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-15

MARRIAGE AND PHYsIoLoGY.-The wri-
ters on physiology aud upon mental disease
are doing much TO enlighten the public as to
the responsibilities oil marriage. DIR. Mauds-
ley writes in this plain (ahd to many it will
be shocking language ;-"When one consid-
ers the reckless way in which persons, WI at
ever the defects of their mental and bodily
constitutions, often get married, without
sense of responsibility for the mseries which
they entail upon those who will be the heirs
of their infirmites, without regard, in fact,
to anything but their own present gratitca-
ton, one is driven to think either that rau
is not the prominently reasoning and moral
animal which he claims to be, or that there
is In him an instinct which is deeper than
knowledge He has persuaded himself,
rightly or wrongly. that in his case there is in
the feeling of love between the sexes some
thing OF so sacred and mysterious character
as to justify disre ard of consequences in
marriage. We have only to look at the large
part which love fills in novels, poetry aud
painting, and to consider what just,ficat ton
of unreason in life it is held to be, to realize
what a hold it has on him in his present
state of developments and what a repugnance
there would be to quench its glow by cold
words OF reason. At bottom, however, there
is nothing particularly holy about it; ON the
contrary. it is a passion which man shares
with other animals; and when ics essential
nature and function are regarded, we shall
nowhere find stronger evidence oil a commu-
nifty of nature between man and animals"
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-15
PETTY THIEvEs.-Grace Greenwood writes
to the Times in the. following vein from Wash
inofOn.

PETTY THIEvEs.-Grace Greenwood writes
to the Times in the. following vein from Wash
ington:
l do not like to have my little aristocratic
claims disputed. / like to have IL known
tha. though no derote myself, 1 Loo neh,(3
devd acknowledgements who naffoWiy
escaped the massacre of st Bartholomew by
never going nea' Paris, and Puritans distin-
guished by not having come over in the May
dover. don'tlike to lrave the strange fact
questioned that am connected alas distant-
ly +! on one side with Vice President Aaron
Burr, and on the other with Major Gen.
Benedict Arnold. 1 am poor, but am proud.
Let his detractors say what they will of him,
Aaron Burr never lobbied for a ma, ket-honse
grant, or intrigued for sewerage contract.
He schemed and plotted for an empire. fit
was bad game it was bold one. Let ora
tors wreak themselves on the crime aud
shame of Benedict Arnold, and Young
America speak their pieces in school, but he
did moi plunder widows and orphans through
caved-in savings banks, or peddIe off fraudu-
lent paving contracts for $4,000, more or
less. He planned to rob the young Republic
OF life and honor; he barpaned to sell his
country, liberty. the hopes of continent.and
threw in his own soul, for at least hundred
thousand poi nds, commission in the Brit
ish Army, and great revenge. There was
sort of Satanic grandeur about the transac-
ton.
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-15

INFANT DAMNATION.-And Professor
Swing doesn't believe in the doctrine of in:ant
damnation? 1t is not enough to say of this
that it is startling; it is cruel. There must
be some sort OF system in theory. There
must be baptism, or regeneration in some
shape And here comes in an infant that
never did any go, to any body; that never
experienced change of heart; that never had
a heart to speak Of perhaps; and that infant
is not to be punished but is to be treated as
if it had studied up all these things and bad
deliberately made up its mind to be saved.
viii Professor Swing tell us frankly If there
is anv justice in that? We grown people
have to earn our salvation through much
thought and trbulation, a combat with sin
from conversion to sanctfcation; though the
process may accompany us to our graves and
here comes in an insignificant infant and,
happening to die, reaches salvation without
an effort on its part, without struggle, With
out temptation in the direction OF evil to
lead it astray. Come now, Professor Swing,
is that what is called fair shakes? We have
no jealousy OF the miserable little wretch, of
course; but we repeat that there must e sys-
tenn in theology. And really we don't want
any Of those small bundles of red Hammer anu .
paregoric to usurp our heaven, plcklnS ous
all the best places, and flying afonnu as II
they had the best right there. e.-hoe"eSeer
De1nocrnf
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-15

FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 15- 1874
Gossip and Gleanings.


dear,
Also my twenty dollar braid likewise my new back
hair;
Let not the worms feed on this cheek; ah! save me
from that fate
Incin'rate, mother darling-incn' rate or cremate.
Brooks's men do not fight shoulder to
shoulder so much as backs to Baxter.
Inc weather, if we may be permitted to
use the language Of Henry Ward Beecher-
however, it won't do.
ONO now ranks next to Pennsylvania in
the production of iron. But it doesn't zen.
ter the SOUP of her statesmen so much as il
does Keleys.
The weather was very dry and dusty yes
terday; and by the way, thanks to the crusa-
ders, good many persons were in the same
condition,
Terre Haute Express: The most trying cir
cumstances under which boy can be, is
when another boy in the alley is winking at
him, and his father is offering him nickle to
carry in pile of wood.
An enthusiast describing the appearance of
Mount Washington last month, remarks that
1t was 'as white as table cloth" Either
that man has no children, or he does not per-
y,,it tbap, to hav Al, 81.
Detroit Free Press: In about a month
more the boy of the priod, who ran away
from school and went in swimming, will be
seen on the sunny side of the barn waiting
for his hair to dry, SO that he can bnff the
old lady.
Sometf our exchanges are calling Mrs. In
gram ''the Nemesis of Brooklyn liqnor-deal-
ers." This is particularly unkind to Meme
sis, who, so far as we are informed, was
never accused OF The maternity of such boy
as Fred.
New men, the Herald insists, are wanted in
the politics of the period. They certainly are
wanted; but are the old ones going to die?
Because we never knew an old politician who
was willing to give up the reins until some
six months after his death.
A contributor to the Meriden Republican
concludes a lengthy and reverent account of
tie recent Young Mems Christian Associa.
ton Conference at Bristol with the following
somewhat ambiguous sentence; at O'Clock
the writer took the train, and agreed with
others that it was good to be there'
Hon. VIM. M. Evarts's election as mem
Der of the Produce Exchange, causes consid-
cradle sensation in legal and agricultural cir
cles. Mr.. Greeley was ri ght in saying tina
had Mr.. Evarts devoted himself to the pIow,t
the hoe. and the shovel, he would have made
a greater farmer than Lord Nelson.
DIR. Lindeman says the false hair worn by
ladies contains parasites. 1.-The gregarinde
grow in Jumps at the extremities of the hair.
The Jumps contain lots of psorasperms; the
heat of ball room flor instance) matches
them out into pseudo-navecilli, which float
off and penetrate human people, and breed
all sorts of diseases of the heart, lungs and
Kidneys" And furthermore, Sin a ballroom
containing fifty ladies, A, 100000 of navicell
are set irv1.' W. dome know preoisoly what
these dreadful things are; bnt if Baxter
wants recruits it is pretty evident that now is
his time.
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-15

Dors AnvpRr,stse PAY?-There Is no In:
DOES Adv o.ard of a well sustained system Of
isaRSs adsoSs Ss falling OF SsSssv in .a
.au,;syng - Bonner.
ver1ls,ddg s,ddggertised my productions and made mou-
,@Nichoias Long,corth.
eyaconstant and persistent advertising is a sure
prelude to wealth.-SiePhsn Girard.
invest one dollar in advertising that business
"A. T. StelDdrt
ssWithout the aid of advertisements could
have done nothing in my speculations. l have
the most complete faith in printers ink. Adj
vertisng is the royal road to business.-Bar-
mum.
advertising has furnished me with COM
petenee. Amos Laprence.
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-15
FOR SALEM FREEPORT.

A DESIRABLE Situation at Freeport Corner suit
IA able for genteel Residence Hotel or Boarding
House. Price low and Terms liberal.
There being no Hotel or public Boarding House at
Freeport Corner this is good opening for either.
For particulars inquire of CHARLES CUSHING ON
the premises, or JOHN G. PROCTER,
ap27d3w 80 Exchange St, Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-15
Tor Sale.

A TWO Story House in good repair. Containing
N finished rooms. Convenient for two families.
april dtf
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-15
Tannery for Sale at Great Bar
Oaiu

In Deerng (Strordwater Village) containing 1is
Il Watts, mostly covered. The buildings are in good
repair The Tannery is supplied with water by two
aqueducts the best of water for manufacturing pur
poses; the location is very good tor purchasing
hides and bark, being located within few rods OF
the Canal and the Portland and Ogdensburg Rail-
road. The bark is ground by water power. There
are about 20 acres OF land; the purchaser can have
one acre to the whole. There is no doubt that the
town would exempt the capital of the Tannery for
some years from taxation. A large portion of the
purchase could remain mortgage.
For particulars enquire of GEO. r. DAVIS, Real
Estate Broker, or Jonathan Smith, on the premises.
mc2l d3m