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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-09
The EIghty-One Ton Gan.

The manufacture of the eighty one
ton gun at the Royal Gun Factories
in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwieh,
England, is slowly progressing, and
every step in its growth is watched
with considerable interest The
largest of the coils except one was
welded under the great steam ham
mer recently, and afforded a very
interesting sight to large number Of
spectators. This coil weighs nearly
twenty six tons, but it was manipu-
lated with the greatest ease, by the
expert sorgemen Of the Royal Gun
Factories, although it was larger oy
Eve tons than any one that has ever
been made. Another, nearly double
the size, win, however, have to be
prepared for the same gun, and some
special machinery is being constructed
for its manufacture. The progress
of the gun has in like manner neees'
STATED alterations of the plan IN mos'
of the workshops of tie department
The lathe, in which the steel tube Is
being bored has had its head carried
about ten feet through the wall into
the next shop, being 50 much longer
than any tube which has previously
passed through the boring mills III
| length is nearly twenty five feet, ant
its weight about sixteen tons
At the first boring a rough cut o
eight inches is to be taken out, tne
calibar being enlarged by subsequen
cuts of eleven, thirteen and fourteen
| inches.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-09
PrimevaI sIusieisns.

Another curious relic Of primeval
man has been discovered, which
shows that our very remote ancestors,
in addition to being cognizant Of the
arts of sculpture, drawing and engra-
wing, were also in their rude way,
musicians. NJ. Petite has recently
found, in a cavern in DourdOn, France
mingled with scraps of pottery, bones
Of anfmals, and flint implements, a
flute. The instrument is made Of
bone, and has but two holes so that
it could produce but four sounds. It
bears L close resemblance to the simi-
lar, instruments used by the savages
of Oceaniea.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-09
HOLDING a Granger TO HIS Word.

The aati-monopolists of Ford Coun-
ty. Ill. have done a creditable thing
in disciplining local officer who fall
ed to keep the promises by when
he secured an election. Last year,
so the report goes, ]. D. Kilgrove Of
fered to perform the duties of CouHty
Treasurer for STOO a year. He was
credited with meaning what he prom
ised, and the anti-mOnopoiy party
elected him to the Office. But he
soon came to the conclusion that his
salary of$TO0 was inadequate and
credited himself with the legal fees
and commissions. There was an in
dienant protest against this, but Mr..
Kilgrove was not frightened He
persisted in demanding, in addition
10 his salary and allowances as
Treasurer, the sum Of $4,000 as er
ohcio Collector. This claim si-
though there was no such Office as
Collector, he would not surrender,
and on the 25th Of July, his bonds
men. seventeen in number, farmerly
gave notice of their withdral az Sc
curities on his official bonds. He pro-
cured a new bond, but the Board of
supervisors rejected it as in sufficient.
They then declared the ONCE OF
County Treasurer vacant, and the
call for a special election to fill the
vacancy has been issued by the Coun-
ty Clerk. In Tazewell County there
is a similar case.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-09

Two young men out riding were
nassiug a farm house, where farmer
was irving to harness an obstinate
m,Ie won't be drswl" said one
Of the men. "Of course said the
farmer "be1I draw the attention 0
eyery fool that passes this way" Inc
Young men drove on.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-09

A Baltimore produce firm lately
received frow Ohio a large consign-
ment Of eggs, and in one Of the bar
rels. twelve OF fourteen inches below
the chime was. found live chicken,
which had been batehed since the
eggs were packed for market. The
little fellow chirped loudly for food
when released, its appitite having, no
doubt, been strengthened by its tedi-
Gus journey. Severallother eggs N
the vicinity Of the one from which
his ebickenship emerged showed IN
mistakable signs Of animation, and
on being deposited in basket near
a kitchen 6re, each produced q living
ehicken-aIl Of which were doing as
well as couldbe expected at last ae-
counts. s,4-rtl
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-09

ITmsy notbe true, but It IS said
that an irishman, after seeing the M.
marcus hills and mountain ranges q
New Hampshire, exclaimed: Beded'
never was in country before Wnele
tbey had 80 much land they hAa 70
stack il.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-09

BY S. ALxI GuNDI

An ancient dame was Mistress II,
Whose life showed many streak;
When age Of charm desp1iled her face,
She fell back on her cheek.
So huge shock of hair made up
Her capillary stock,
Kind hearted Mother Mature, sure,
Meier gave her such shock.
Their faults long since had doomed her teetf
To rot in dentists vaults,
And yet, as soon as they were out,
She filed ber mouth with false.
At last she died-consum ltions prey,
The doctors did aver,
She fell to coughing, died, and then
A coffin fell to her.
But those who saw her fearful end
Forbore 10 jeer or scon,
And took to taking on as soon
AS she was taken of.
-Hdrper's MdQd=ine.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-09
How 20 save stale bread.

Stale bread may be made as nice
as freshly baked by dipping the loaf
in clear cold water. and warming
through in the bake oven. Much
bread might be saved that is throw
away il this were more generally prac
ticed than it is.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-09
way PrInlers are Di..IR..ea

A certain typo, whose nose shone
in the dark like q lighthouse from the
effects of steady and eopious libations
of stimulants, having been asked why
printers were dissipated, astOnished
The qnestionef by the following neat
answer:
When others stunned the murky sky,
Where fash On fash va bright'ning,
Great Franklin went 70 fiy his kite,
And bottled up the lightning.
And since hIs time, when cares cypress
And the hard times are tight ming,
Thsprinter seeks % dresn his woes
In draughts OF bottled lightning"
When badly tattered-Ais warm heart
A place for grief 70 rankls IN
He takes the : Hghtaing,r nies his kite.
And thinks himself FRANKLIN
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-09
BeefPstsIes-

Chop fne fair roast beef, season
with pepper, salt, and little onion
Make a plain paste, cut INTO snaPe
like an apple puff, gil with the minee'
and bake quickly.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-09

There is mule in East Wheeling
West Va, who has kicked the roof
off his stable every night for the past
week, in addition to knocking the
squeal out of family Of pigs
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-09

A voang man asked for q copy Of
Hou,er's odyssey at q bookstore
lin Norwich, Conn, the other day,
and the clerk not finding il, remark
ed in a reaeetiYe way. well, We
haven't aey Of -Hemer's latest works
in at present"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-09

The most serious charge yet made
.,ainst Mr.. Beeeber is that be Was
sSe = s srSt man to offer 3 chrome TO SUD-
scribers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-09

There is one recent decision Of the
Treasury Department in which q
thankful public, or the adult portion
of it at least, viii aequiesee. 1t IS
that children's whistles, tin horns,
etc mot musical instruments"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-09

A lady barber has been driven en-. out ~
Of nnbneue by the married ladies' Of
fbat plaee The latter thought sne
s scrsbed acquaintance too easily
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-09-09

G. oGLE

nRA G. MILLER, after twelve
yekys' active practice In Shanksville, has
now pern .nsuiy located at Somerset Tor the prae-
tiee Of me lCne, and tenders ms preeeslonaa SCI
rices 40 ths citizens Of Somerset and vicinity
Dhce in his Drug store, opposite the barnet
House. where he can be consulted AT an times
unless professionally engaged
Es-Nt. q calls promptly answered.
dec. Is, My.
The daily Argus., 1874-02-24
A Swindle,

The Muscatine Journal says that one j.
i. Warren is travelling over the State col
lecting money by threatening each farmer
WHO'S using three-horse clevis with pros
ecution for infringing n patent, He has
sent his circulars to some farmers in this
vicinity intimating that unless they pay
him So for the clevis and 81 for his trouble
in calling on them he will compel them to
pay $50 by suit. This may be legitimate
business or it may not be-but in any
event it is q swindle. In all the instances
that we have heard Of, the elevis was made
ut an ordinary blacksmithshop, without
knowledge or thought of infringing pat
ent, If our patent laws permit Mr.. War
ren to blackmail and swindle people in this
way the sooner they are amended the bet
ter. We repeat, be may have the law on
his side, but he is nevertheless an extor-
toner, and deserves the execration of ev-
cry honorable man, If he pursues the
course set forth in the copy of the circular
we have seen. az 80 ,--rF .......
The daily Argus., 1874-02-24

The stately course of justice in the Su-
preme Court of Mississippi was interrupt
ed the other day by an animated and al
most bloody fight between the Chief JUS
tice and one of the Judges. The latter
person having insinuated that the head of
the court manifested disposition to decide
upon questions without consultation with
him, an angry and unseemly controversy
followed, ending in the chief-iustice so far
forgetting himself as to draw a knife and
rush upon the complaining judge The in
reference of one of the Justices, it is said,
saved the life of the offender. 1t looks
rather dark for Mississippi when her high
est judicial tribunal is the theatre of such
disgraceful scene.
The daily Argus., 1874-02-24
MOFFAT's LIFE PILLS
and
PHOENIX BITTERS.

The most Successful Medicines
in the world.
Established i'm 1885, by one of
our Most Eminent Physicians,
and now used throughout North
and South America, with more
pleasing results than any other
Medicine i'm cases of diseased
Liver, Blood, or Skin, Indiges-
tiOn, COStiyeness, Bilious Com
plants, Rheumatism, and Fever
and Ague.
Thousands of certificates are
in our possession, giving detailed
accounts OfperfectCURES effect
ed by these Invaluable Medicines.
They regulate the System, and
put all the functions Of the body
i'm a healthy condition.
EY Sold by Druggists everywhere.
The daily Argus., 1874-02-24
On March 31st, Next.
go, 900 Tickets, 1900 Gifts
LIST OF GIFTS.

Total 70 900 Gifts, all Cash, amounting toS1 10000
s9y- The concert and distribution OF gifts wall
positively and uneqUivocally take place on the day
now fixed, whether all the tickets sold or not
and the 12,GCu gifts all paid proportion TO the
number of tickets sold.
PRICE OF TICKETS.
Whole Tickets, $50; Halves. 81; Tenths, or each
coupon. S.: Eleven Whole Tickets for $500; 221a
Tickets for 900; 1I3 Whole Tickets for 5000
221 ho,e Tickets for $4,000. No discount on less
than $500 wo tn Of tickets.
The time for the drawing is near at hand, and
persons intending to purchase tickets have time
to lose.
THOS. E. BRAMLETTE,
Ag't Pub Libr. XIV, and Manager Gift Concert,
Public Library Building, Louisville, ~ =
/ Tickets at Z. Breunerts Smith Il Bonney's
Drug Stores. 2-16d&w1m
The daily Argus., 1874-02-24
CLIMAX! CLIMAX!

Ea-e's ca max Salye, a Family
--eSSiEg for % cents.
1t heals without a scar. No
family should be without it.
We warrant it tOcure Screfnla
Sores, Salt Rheum, Chilblains,
Sore Breasts or Nipples, Burns,
Scalds, Cuts, and SprainS.
1t has been used over twenty
years, without one failure.
Ithas 10 parallel-haying per-
fectly eradicated disease, and
healed after all other remedies
had failed. 1t is a compound of
Arnica, with many ether EX-
tracts ard Balsams, and Eut up
in larger boxes for the same
price than any other Ointment.
The daily Argus., 1874-02-24

A very interesting discussion is in pro-
gress in Virginia. The old capitolbuilding
at Richmond has become very shakys and
the Senate is contemplating a proposition
to build new one. The project, though
pronounced by the press to be inexpedient
IN the present condition of the State finan.
ces, has started another controversy con
cerning the location of the capitol. MANY
% the newspapers declare that the present
ioeation is too far from the center of the
tate. One plea is for its removal to
Rannton, and in defense Of it an inter est
The daily Argus., 1874-02-24
Henry County Patrons Union.


R.H. Hinman, master, Cambridge, ILL.,;
E NJ Vail, secretary, Kewanee, Ill.
HENRY COUNTY FARMERS ASSOCIATION
R.H. Hinman, president, Cambridge
Geo. M. Stevens, secretary, Galva.
HENRY COUNTY ORANGES AND CLUBS.
Kewanee Grange-M B. Potter, master,
S. NJ. Smith, secretary, Kewanee
CISCO Grange-Ambrose Denton, master,
Elliot Hinman, secretary, CISCO.
Munson Grange-John Wilkins, master,
VIM. Llken, secretary, Geneseo.
Ceres Grange-Wm. Terpenning, master,
b. I. Burch6eld, secretary, Geneseo.
Center Oranges. B. Shumway, mas
ter, Orson Jones, secretary, New Windsor.
Edford Grange-W. c. Briggs, master,
n q. Howard, secretary, Geneseo.
keystone Grange. II. Psddleford,
master, G. N. Cove, secretary, Cleveland.
Farmers Club-R. B. Lyon, president,
VIM. Hayden, secretary, Atkinson.
Galva Club, No John n Morgan,
president, Geo. V. Stevens, secretary,
Galva
Galva Club No. 2-J. NJ. A. Miller,
president, Thomas Bennett, secretary,
Galva.
Burns Club-John Taylor, president, j.
c. Thorp, secretary, Burns.
Western Club. W. Champion, presi-
dent, Byron Jordan, secretary, Orion.
Weller Club-Martin Johnston, presi-
dent, james Price, secretary, Bishop Hill.
Andover Club-E. Buck, president, 4.
A. Converse, secretary, Andover.
North Edwards Club. W. Scott, pres
ident, j. G. Edwards, secretary, Cam
bridge.
Clover Club--Wm. Forgy, president, Al
| fred Stickney, secretary, Woodhull.
Cambridge Club--- president, R.
L. Pettys, secretary, Bishop Hill
Spring Greek Granger. B. Burns, mas
ter, Alonzo Jones, secretary, Geneseo.
Geneseo Grange-Daniel Jones, master
Maynard King, secretary, Geneseo.
Pleasant Hill Grange-Thomas Boiler
master, Adam Bootzer, secretary, Sharon
Phoenix Grange-N. ii. Anderson, mas
ter, ID. B. McHenry, secretary, Geneseo.
Atkinson Granger. B. Lyon, master
j. NJ. Brown, secretary, Atkinson
Yorktown Grange-Wm. Maths, mas
ter, II. III. Smith, secretary, Yorktown.
CISCO Club. s. Showalter, president
John Christiance, secretary, CISCO.
The daily Argus., 1874-02-24

ing revelation is made 1t is asserted that
the people of West Virginia, wearied al
most to disgust with their political wrang-
lings, are tired of the experiment OF gov
erning themselves, and are anxious to re-
turn to the old Government. If the capl-
tol be removed to Staunton, it is urged. the
movement for a union will be easily accom-
baJ
The daily Argus., 1874-02-24
DRAWING PAY FOR SUNDAYS.

Representative Warner, of Henry, con-
tinues to draw pay for Sundays, as men,
Der of the Legislature, Does he do any
work for the State on that day?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-03-26
PHUNNYGRAMS.

"A doctor calls his dog Cinchona, on
account of the bitterness of his bark.
The ways of woman--Anywhere
from ninety to two hundred pounds.
That's my impression" as the
printer said when he kissed his sweet
heart.
domestic duties, many wives think,
should be written after the phonetic
fashion-do.tea
"A Pennsylvania couple were married
short time ago in graveyard; but
then, you know, it's cemeterial,
Editors sanctum-Enter foreman
"Half dozen lines wanted, sir, to block
out with Give us a joke on annexation"
Married editor, adjusting his spectacles
with an air of surprise" All, but annex
alton is no joke. Brooklyn argus,
AT recent funeral in Danbury
where several organisations were in at
tendance no Grape badges were provided
for female society. The President, after
fidgeting about in a manner peculiar to
her unfortunate and unhappy sex, sudden
ly blurted out, ~ declared | don't enjoy
this funeral one Bit" The announce
ment cast a gloom over the entire gather
ing.
"A fashionable Bridgeport wife writes
10 n friend in Danbury of the hard times,
and says "Thc whole trouble Tom says,
is due to a disagreeabe old party called
Jake Hook. He has been doing some
thing about railways, or bonds, or some
thing or other, that | couldn't explain to
you, and which makes no difference any
way, only ] know that am dead sick of
the name, and am everlastingly down on
the whole Hook family, from old Jacob
to the last arrival"
"A well.known dry goods merchant
advertised for clerk for his mourning
department An energetic looking indi-
vidual answered the advertisement, and
stated that he had an immense experience
in mourning. He had, probably, attended
more funerals and seen more deaths from
smallpox, yellow-fever and similar
scourges in different parts of the world
than any man living. He thought he
could make that mourning department
hum, he felt so well qualified. His famil-
iarity with funerals was great; but, alas!
his ignorance of mourning goods was
very dense--and he was not hired.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-03-26
Table Etiquette.

/. See that those about you are helped
before you commence eating yourself,
2. Do not eat soup from the tip, but the
side Of the spoon.
3. On passing your plate to be replen-
ished, retain the knife and fork.
4. Wipe the mouth before drinking.
5. Remove the teaspoon from toe cup
before drinking tea or coffee.
8. Use the knife only in cutting the food
do not raise it to the mouth.
7. Eat slowly; rapid eating is UNI
healthy.
8. If you find anything unpleasant in
your food, avoid calling the attention Of
others to it.
9. Close the lips when chewing.
10. Keep your elbows off the table.
II. Do not speak with food in your
mouth.
10 When asked to help your neighbor
do not shove, but hand the plate to
him.
10, Do not turn your head and stare
about the room
IA. If any one at the table makes mis-
take, take the least possible notice of it.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-03-26

81 pertest agin this thing" shrieked |,
for seed wat it was leading to.
wait till l make my sejestion," sed
Bigler al wuz comm to it. 1t strikes
me that Bascom's wife hez got all the cloze
that belongs to the wiInmen Nv the Cor
ners, and that it is likely to continyoo so
jist so long ez Bascom keeps the grocery,
for the reason that it takes all that the
men kin get hold NV to keep EN- in sus-
tenance. Now wooGn't it be an ekitable
arrangement eff the male citizens Nv the
Corners shood take turns At keepin the
grocery Let Issskcr Gavitt hev it
week, witch wood enable him to get Mrs.
Gavitt a pair ov shoes-a weeks profit
wood enable Pennibacker to get his wife
caliker dress, and so on around. 1t
seems to me that it's unfair"
Bigler didn't git no further with his in
cendiary harangue. Bascom bAed over,
and throwed bottle at him, witch Bgler
lodged and he and Pollock went out
latin vociferously at the fix they had put
us in. That bottle broke up the meetin.
l thot it a pity that it shood be wasted,
and went for it, and SO did every man In
the room, and we struggled for it on the
floor like madmen. lssaker Gavitt got it,
and busted out with it.
l am feerful that our efforts to stem this
tide will result in faiiyoor. can't help
confessin that there is suthin queer in the
fact that Bascom's wife is the only woman
in the Corners who hez decent clothes,
but Joe Bigler and Pollock he'd no biznis
to make that fact so cussedly apparent,
Ell it ever gifts to the ears NV the wimmin
it Amt impossible that they'll commence
u raid on Bascom themselves. | woodent
ha D,,,, al
hold Nv where that fifty bushels NV corn
went, for no money. It's cold world,
and hard one to git thro with easy.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY,
(Which wuz Postmaster. }
p. S.-This excitement hcz delayed tho
ishoo Nv my new paper. But / shell git
ii out.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-03-26
A Mile in Thirty -0ne Seconds.

The Poughkeepsie On. " Eagle gives
the following account of the recent
achievement of an ice boat on the Hudson
River near Staatsburg:
Thursday last the wind blew very fresh
from the south, and the owner OF the new
ice-boat Cyclone determined TO take adj
vantage of the favorable opportunity for
timing his yacht The Hudson at this
point is very wide and at the course
selected its breadth Is one mile. Having
made every preparation for the feat to
be accomplished, the reef points were
shaken out of the sails and every stitch
Of canvas spread to the gale. With two
men on the windward runner to keep the
boat down to the ice, the helm was
turned, the sails filed, and in moment,
with every inch of canvas drawing, she
was under full Roadway. Like an arrow
from a bow she darted away on the
course, clouds of pulyerized ice following
in the track of her runners as they
hummed over the surface Of the river, and
in what seemed but an instant the
river had been crossed, and the mile &C
complished in the almost incredible time
Of thirty-one seconds being at rate of
two miles in minute and two seconds.
Persons on shore compared the speed of
the flying racer TO that Of a meteor flash
ing through the sky, and watched her
movements with eager interest. The
owner afterward put the boat through
some movements on the ice, and aston
ished, as we'll as paralyzed, the lockers
on by sailing all the way across the river
on one runner, the force of the wind
throwing her over on her beam ends and
raising the windward runner from ten TO
twelve feet above the ice. Although but
few were found willing to partake of the
| amusement, all seemed disposed to coin
eide in the opinion that ice yachting is
the most exhilarating of sports, and the
evolutions of which one Of these yachts Is
| capable the most graceful OF anything
they had ever witnessed"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-03-26
COMPENSATION.
By ., p. CRANCH.

By o. P cRANcH
Tears wash away the atoms in the eve
That smart for day.
Rain-clouds that spoiled the splendors Of the sky
The fields with flowers array.
No chamber of pain but has some hidden door
That promises release
No solitude so drear but yields its store
OF thought and inward peace.
No night so wild but brings the constant sun,
With love and power untold
No time 50 dark but through its wool there run
Some blessed threads OF gold.
And through the long and storm-tossed centuries
burn,
In changing calm and strife
The Pharos- lights Of truth, wh1re'er we turn
The unquenched lamps OF life.
Love Supreme, o Providence Dvine
What self-adjusting springs
OF law and lfe-what even scales are thine
What sure-returning wings
OF hopes and joys. that fit like birds away
When chilling autumn blows,
But come again, long ere the buds Of spring
Their rosy lips unclose!
What wondrous play Of mood and accident
Through shifting days and years;
What fresh returns Of vigor Overspent
In feverish dreams and fears.
What wholesome air OF conscience and Of thought
When doubts and forms Cypress.
What vlstas opening to the gate were sought
Beyond the wilderness
Beyond the narrow cells where, self-involved,
Like chrysalids we wait
The unknown births-the mysteries unsolved
OF death and change and fate.
Light Divine; we need no fuller test
That all is ordered well.
We know enough to trust that all is best
Where Love and Wisdom dwell
~ Y Independent.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-03-26
Nasty.

From the Toledo Blade.l
The Temperance Movement At the
CrSss-Rosds - Those Wrctchcs, Joe
Bigier and Pollock, Persecute the
Saints.