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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-04-22


of the difficulties.-A large LIMOS
farmer has had experieacf Ia tn's
matter worthy of atient.Jn; for
several years his wife and family had
been oyertaxed with the cares oi
hired men. and couple OF snug ten
an, houses were built, with garden
pround attached, and for a time eve-
ry thing seemed to work well.-Now
a good deal OF fruit of various kinds
was grown on the place, and it was
accidentally discovered that the fsmi-
lies of the tenant houses had put up
large number of cans of raspberries,
peaches. strawberries, and other fruit.
Tbev were discharged, but strange
10 saw their successors did the same
thing. SO that now this large farmer
has come TO the conclusion that be
has too much land, that he needs on
ly what be and his boys can work,
for the profit on hired help no more
than balances the various annoyan-
ces. The great trouble with most
hired help lies in the consideration
that if q man is worth high wages
paid him, he will not work long for
others, for be will seek land for him.
self
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Clover And Gypsum

A farmer Of Fayette county, lllion-
ois, makes the following interesting
statements in the ST. Louis Rarai
| World.
The avarage yield of the present
crop of clover seed in my neighbor-
hood was only one and half bushles
TO the acre. The season was not "a
favorable one, owing to the destruc-
ton of the clover blossoms by the
grassboppers, Our average crop in
1872, in this locality, was three BUSH
els, per acre. l use about q barrel
or three hundred pounds Of gypsum
(land-plaster) TO the acre. sow it
early in the season, just when vegeta-
ton begins to start. 1t costs me
about 50 a barrel. The costs in Chi
cago is sl.59 to sl.75. The freight
from Chicago to Vsndalia rangers
from $l.25 to $3.50. l am in the
habit of using four barrels annually.
/ am further satisfied that it pays,
and that it is profitable investment.
| am further satisfied that its use is
one of the best aids in restoring old
worn out land to fertility, that we
have. There are land of this kind in
my neighborhood that have been in
cultivation thirty years or more. l
have one field OF this kind. Ny first
crop on it yielded only about twenty
five BUSHES Of corn to the acre. My
second crop was one floats. Isowed
two and one-hai bushels to tie acre,
and one gallon of clover seed
AS soon as the oats came up / gave
the field its first annual top dressing
Of gypsum, sown broadcast, either
early in the morning, or during damp,
cloudy weather. i plowed the land
deeper annually until the depth of
soil has been increased to over eight
inches. usually let my land lie in
clover three years | cut the first crop
Of the second seasons growth for hay
when in blossom, and the second crop
later in the season, for clover seed.
The third season of its growth i pas
ture the field and brake it up after
harvest and sow in wheat. Of
course each season the field receives
its regular amount of gypsum in the
Spring. The land / speak of will
produce over sixty bushles TO the
aere.n t+-' JSfth |
ltis certainly O great improvement |
to bring land up to On average Of six
ty bushels of corn per acre that was
down to twenty-five, and by neglect,
with bad husbandry, might run down
to five bushels. 1t is not all soil from
which crops of grain, Gotten or tobac-
co can be sold indefinitely and be ,ul- |
ly recuperated by single salt Of lime
like land plaster. The time comes
when phosphates, potash and magne-
sia must be supplied as plant food.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-04-22

1t was jolly sleighing party tba
congregated the other evening on th,
West side, ready to make 6yin.
trip TO Oak Creek, enjoy a few
hours in dancing and general froli,
and return by the light of the beauti
Gus moon. fa
To convey the party to and fro
Aldrich's " new tangled" sleigh, th,
"Allcottp had been engaged Non
we haven't word to say against thi.
sleigh-but the jolly party from the
West side don't say much in its favor
that is, for ordinary purposes. Thos,
who composed the company say thai
ifone wants sitz a bath, or something o.
that kind, why of course, you know
the slei CHS all right, but for real
old fashioned dry sieighiug they
prefer a close carriage in the summer
time, now.
This new tangled" sleigh contains
a heating apparatus: q steam boiler
under the drivers seat, and steam
pipes running around the sides OF the
conveyance. Originally this was In
tended TO make the sleigh comforta-
bic; tits capable of different uses. how
ever, as may be seen by the follow
ing.
ProuptIv at the DESIGNATED bour
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the gay party composed of an equal
(and large) number of young gents and
ladies seated themselves property
(that is he sat next to herr and were
rapidly driven over the well packed
snow toward their destination.
All went merry as a sleigh bell for
two birds of the distance, and the
mc'l'crs ofthe party were chat
teriny, laughing gaily, when, with an
ears splitting report, the tank, holding
the water with which the boiler was
supplied, burst. This tank Is located in
the front part of the sleigh, and the
precision with which it fired at each
individual member of the party, soak
ing him (and herr through and through
was something wonderful The men,
bers have oil remarked this.
The floor of the sleigh was flooded
and the party was thoroughly wet.
It's astonishing how wet water is
on a cold night it was indeed
dampner, and the sleigh riders looked
something like parcel OF chickens
on a roost, as they sat with their feet
on the seats to keep them out of the
water on the floor. Silence reigned
for time-bHt the ludicrous side o!
the affair soon became apparent, and
as none were hurt laughter took the
place OF singing.
naE TraaL mas raonhal fNha NOR
ty made demand on their friends and
the friends for dry socks, dry
gowns dry-Gry-well for dry cloth
ing generally.
1t is said that the ball room afforded
a rich scene. The sprightly looking
old lady, in torn calico dress proved
upon close scrutiny, to be the beauti-
full Miss The lively old chap
in q pair Noah's pantaloons (and his
every day ones at that was found to
be the exquisit beauty-and SO
on through the list But the young
people were determined to have a
good time, and they had it-and de-
layed their departure until an early
late hour in the morning. OF course
strict secrecy was enjoined upon eve
ry member, Miss telling Mr.
that if ever he told how she looked
in the cap, she'd "be awful mad at
him." Naturally, he won't men
tion it. But the more closely such
things are kept, the more we know
about them-for our reporter writes
short hand you know
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-04-22
Reputcd Site OF Bable.

The Church Missionary Inteliigen-
Ger thus describes the reputed site Of
the Tower of Bable:
A high mound is surmounted by a
ruined and unfinished tower of brick,
the summit of which is 235 feet above
the plain. An examination of the
mound shows that it is composed OF
the same elements as the mounds of
Babylon-masses of brick and rub
bish, interposed with broken pottery.
These bricks are inscribed on one
side with cuneiform characters. The
cuneiform is the ancient Assyrian,
and is supposed to be the oldest in
the written language in the world.
One side, where excavations have
been made, You may see walls of
brick ascending tier above tier with
mastery ambition. On another, all
is convulsion and disturbsnce-huge
masses of brickwork, rent and over
turned vet so solid in their ruin that
it is easier to pulverize the brick than
to separate it from the mortar. One
of these blocks has rolled bodily to
the foot of the mound. Others are
fused or yitrihed by process which
can be none other than electricity or
fire. Curiously enough, the Arabs
have a tradition that it has been des-
troyed by fire from heaven. The
sides of the mound are pierced with
holes aud strewn with bones, which
plainly indicate the lairs of wild
beasts. The view from the summit
at sunrise is distant and varied. The
broad sheet of the Euphrates winds
for many a mile, till lost in the dis,
tance in "sea like" plain.
1t is difficult to resist the convic'
ton that Birs Nimrod is the Tower
of Babe, the oldest ruin in the world
/ There are those who believe it to
be the tower of Belus, and regard il
as a part of the ruin OF Babylon.
And surely it is when standing on
ground like this that the languagel Of
Scripture acquires vividness and re-
ality which rewards the toll Of pa.
tient investigation, and makes the
privations of travel forgotten and a
voice seems to breathe from the rest
ing-place OF the prophet beside these
mighty rivers which is daily more
heard and felt, rebukisg the sneer O
the scofTer and the sceptic.
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wooIen'Trou.ers.

Mr.. O'Clarence purchased a new
pair of pants Saturday. When be
got home bis wife was making bread.
She Wiped her hands on her apron
and made a careful examination of
the pants. First she pinched one leg
Of them, and then asked him what he
paid for them and then pincned the
other and asked him if be didn't think
it was too much. After that he stood
of ways so she could get look at
the fit, so as to form right opinion
of it. Then she asked him if he
couldn't draw them up higher, and
they touched the Hosr. He said be
could'n without splitting himself in
two, which there appeared no urgent
necessity for his doing. She pinch
ed them again, taking up his leg and
eyeing it thougbtfully while he
clutched the table with his hand and
hoped around on the other leg to
rest himself. She was not quite con-
fdent they were not all cotton Chose
clothing people do lie SOY but she
was not quite sure. However she
could tell better at the window, and
drew him over there to the imminent
danger of tripping him over and
breaking his spine-She rubbed them
again, and turned up the leg so as to
see the other side, and all the while
her mind gathered doubts and fore
boding. If he had only said he was
going to buy q pair of pants she
would have gone with him herself
and picked them out.-But tailors
know a man can't tell one kind of
cloth from another, and will put of
anything on him. Then she abrupt
ly dropped his leg, and went to the
back door and called Mrs. Mugent.
Mrs. Mugent came in, and being
made acquainted with the particu-
lars, pincbed Mr.. o'Clarence's legs
herself and asked him why be didn't
buy the cloth and have his pants
made at home,-Mr. O'Clarence
expia'aed that be didn't like the
bother, and Mrs. O'Clarence said
he always would have his own way,
and that an uncle Of Mrs Mugent's who
lived in Bridgeport, got pair of
all wooi.pants last Aprilfor s. and you
(Mr. and Mrs 0'Clarence) would
have thought they cost $40 ifa cent
the cloth was just as fine and firm
as anything could be- Mr.. Mugent
would sometimes get the impression
that he must have bis pants ready
made but be always got cheated
She was positive there was not a bit
ofwoel in these pants, and if they
were Mr.. Mugent's she would have
them taken back. That is exactly
what Mrs. 0'Clarence th eugt, and
in spite Of Mr. O'Clarence's protesta-
lions he took them back and got
another pair The other pair was
little short in one leg, and pinched
his stomach, but there was wool in
them Mrs. Mugent said.-DanJury
Ne,os.
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Things Not To DO.

Don't leave in the fields the stones
piled up in spring after narrowing in
the grain, but pick them up and haul
them of either at once, or in the fall.
The longer they stand the more OF
en- eyesore, bother, and loss they are
TO you.
Don't let the vegetables in your
cellar remain so late into the spring
as to become rotten and offensive,
not to say destructive to health.
Have an eye to them in season, be
fore the danger is upon you.
Don't plant year after year the
same kind of seed :hat has been han.
ded down to you from your grand,
father. There is pleasure as well
as profit in sometimes getting out OF
the beaten track and trying a new
one.
Don't neglect to repair damage
to any Of your buildings, fences, or
tools at the earliest moment practica-
BILE after its happening. No time like
the present for doing such things.
The old saying that "a stitch in time
saves nine" is and excellent one on
the farm.
Dent turn cattle out upon grass
lands, or even pastures, before they
have become dry and settled after the
spring rains. They poach the ground
by their hoofs to its great injury, and
all the feed they get is of very little
value to them.
Don't keep in a constant fret about
things that may be annoying, or
worry about things that can't be
helped. Troubles are not lightened
by fretting. The true remedy is to
keep cool and try to master difficult
ties, and not let them master you.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-04-22

Ar enraoed ,royolor nj,

Az enraged traveller writing home
from the far west says Descending
to the bar-room, | took my turn at a
tin wash-basin with a cake of yellow
soap, and dried myself on a musty
towel hung on broom. A bootjack
and lean dog laid in the middle OF
the 6oor, the chairs long ago ceased
to De quadrupeds, discomfort is king,
and dirt is prime Minister
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BOARDING Farm Help.

The Bucks County PENN Agri-
cultural Society recently considered
the question whether il is better to
board hired hands or TO pay extraS FOR
their board. 1T was generally eonce-
ded that when a farmer boards sever
al hands, his wife works harder than
any body else, but, at the same time,
II costs about $3.50 a year more to
have man boarded out. The plan
of having tenant houses was recon-
mended, for no time is lost in this way
help is more to be depended upon, and
the laborer can take better care of his
children.-0ne farmer, however said
be had quit the business on account
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Promptly at the designated hour
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TOSEPH SHEETS & son.

Undertakers, Berlin, Pa, constantly keep on
hand and make to order Coffins OF all styles and
prices on the shortest notice possible. Having o
hearsc Of the latest style In readiness are a J.
ways prepared to take collins to and bring eorpses
to the various cemeterics aprl
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BEST WORK MEN

Are employed in his establishment, some of whom
have had an experience Of over twenty years In the
business. He Is. therefore enabled TO turn out a
frst-class vehicle, both in point Of material and
workmanship. All work warranted to be repre-
sented when leaving the shop, and Subtraction
guaranteed. All kinds OF
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-04-22

This space Is reserved for &. +. Rhoads & Bro,
who have moved into the most Magnificent grocery
room In this place. They can be found in Baer's
new Building, second door from he corner.
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SCHELL & WILSON.
Prompt, straightforward, HonlOrabh.

g ATISF ACTION GUARANTEED.
- oRMlSrON & cos. Great N. T. Dollar Sale
Goods at half price. No Auction" or shop-worn
goods. Every order filled promptly No Tickets, "
Certificates, or swindlng distributions"
81 Buys elegant 81 so and s2 books, splendid gold
Jewelry. pins, rings, ladies' sets, hair chains Ma
sonic pins, studs, pens, pencils, &c.
81 Buys silver gobleis, cups, 5bottle castors,
elegant butter dishes silver spoons IL turnblers
elegant goblets, s-bottle casters, IL knives and
forks, carving knife and fork, pr razors &C., &c.
81 Buys elegant l0O-picture albums, gents va
liese, pistol, elegant work basket German
accordeon- flute or toy piano, fine violin, drum
and sticks, telescope or microscope.
81 Buys doz. handkerchiefs, pair linen table
cloths dozen linen collars, oprs hose, pr under
shirts or drawers ID. linen thread, 100 paper col
lars, pr. kid gloves, sc.
81 Buys lbs Good tea. 10 lbs. coffee. 30 fine
cigars, = box raisins Is bars soap, lbs. figs
cans tomatoes, lbs CASTLE soap, and all groceries
&e.
!. Ifyou want books, dry or fancy goods, jewelry
groceries, &c, fail not 10 send for great list OF
staple gocds,-ALL SOLD FOR ONE DOLLAR.
We buy only of the largest wholesale dealers
and importers, and Retail Mt Less than Wholesale
Priu. Send trial order. Send all orders, &c, to
ORMlSrON CO, 80 Broomfeld Street, Bos-
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Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-05-13

The BANKRUPT GOVERNOR OF South CAR.
oLINA.-A correspondent of the Augusta,
Ga, ,'Constitutionalist. furnishes the follow
ing schedule of the Indebtedness and assets
OF Governor Moses, the bank rupt Governor
of South Carolina:
"Due General Preston, on mansion, S2O-
600; due Hardy Soloman, borrowed money
$50. 600: due General Dennis, 100000; due
Gen. Gurney, $4,000; butchers bills, 81, ,oOo'
Shiver & Co, "a 900; Indian Girl cigar
store, 81, 900; X. ID. Sem * Son, SOS; GeIger
4 McGregor, druggists, $50; Cardwell a
Co., tailors. $1,000; Columbia Hotel, due
since 1872, $500; Sundry county troasurers,
100000; divers restaurant keepers. shoema
kers. and "shysters." SO, 600, Baltimore fur
niture dealers. $50, 0,0O0-making a grand
total of 1927, l50. His assets are: Preston
lnsnsion, valued at $780, 900, less the mort
gage. $4,000; horses, carriages, &c., $4,000
house and lot in Sumter, "a 900; plantation
in Sumter, $1,000. Total $67 900"
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-05-13
More I2iotinG by StriIEer...

CLEVELANn, May 1l.-This forenoon about
sixty Bohemian sowor diggers struck Tor
an increase 81 wages. Tue strikers visited
various points where work was progressing
and obtained roInforcemonts. In some in
stances they resorted to violence. At noon
aDont one hundred strik ers passed through
Superior street, visiting number of points
and compelling men To quit work and join
tsem. At rurdy and McNIefs lumber
yard a serious Iiut was threatened and a
number of shots were fired without effect.
Several persons were badly hurt by flying
missiles. The strikers wero hnally dis
pei sed hy the police. Many striking Goa
beavers and lumbsrmen have resumed WORK
AT the old rates.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-05-13
TN the Court of Chancery of the State Of Della
! ware, in and for New Castle County, at the
February Term, A. D., ls-4.
John Friel and pa,;t;on IN,
William Peters al wife pr,;,ihp iot
Charles W. Bowlen and hled
John Bowlen. January 10Th. 1874.


And now to wit. this l 9th day of February, A. ID
1s74, it appearing TO the Chancellor by the aft
davit of Thomas Griffin that Charles W. Buwlen
AMI John Bowlen. two of the defendants in this
cause have no known place OF abode within this
County and cannot be served with process, that
their residence Is in some foreign state Coanty
unknown to their friends or to the said Thomas
Griffin, and no Appearance having been entered tor
the tad Charles W. Bowlen and John Bow
len at the return OF the summons issued ior the
II Is theTeupon On motion OF William s, MccauI-
ley and deorge H. Ba ties. Esqrs.. Solicitors for the
petitioners. ordered by the Chancellor that the
said Charles W. B0wlen and John Bowlen, do ap =
pear before the Chancellor at his chambers Mt
Georgetown, on the first day of June, A, d.. 1874
and show cause, if any they have. why partition
OF the premises in the petition described should
not be made according to the prayer thereof, or
that the petition will he TAX en- pro conrsss as 10
the said Charles w: Bowlsn and John Bowien.
And the Register is directed to cause copy of this
order to be published in the Delaware Weekly
GAZETTE, newspaper Of the City Of Wilmington,
for the period of thirty days next preceding the
said first day of June. A. d., 1874.
l. Charles NJ. NandeveT, Register of the Court oi
Chanaery of the State of Delaware. in and for ew
Castle County. do hereby certify that the fore
going order is truly copied from the Record OF the
said Court.
- In testimony whereof have hereuuto
seal \set my hand and afii ed the seal Of said
(~[N JCourt at New Castle. this 9th day OF
NJ OArril. A: d., 1874.
apr29-lmw Register in Cha
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-05-13

The President yesterday nominated David A.
Williamson, OF Coifornl, To be Consul at
Valparaiso; Philip Clayton, Of Georgia, Consul
at Callao; Joseph c. Abbott, Collector oi Gus
toms at Wilmington, N. c., james B. Bedford
Associate Justice for Cololdo
Don Carlos has revoked the banishment OF the
Cure of Santa Cruz, and has recalled him to
Spain. The Prince Of Wales, Duke of Edin-
burgh, aud Prince Arthur will receive the Car
at urasesend to-day, aud conduct him directly
to Windsor Castle.
The. Pennsylvania Legislature has passed
without a dissenting voice accommodation 10
the President that General fITZ JouN PORTER
be accorded a new trial
Baxter proposes to establish his headquarters
IN The Penitentiary. Men meyer fight 30 well
as in defense of there home.
An American bakery has been opened in St
Petersburg for the dissemination Of the Stal
Spanglei doughuuls
The Gear embarked at Flushiog Holland yes
terday, for England.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-05-13
Ihs Foremost Tonic of the Age.

A new path to health was provided for the sick
new shield against disease was secured to- the
healthy. when Hostetter's Stomach Bitters became
the standard tonic of America. For nearly quar-
to disease and the causes which produce it. has been
ITS sanitary march. building up the feeble help
ms nature to fight down every variety OF aim eht,
soothing pain, promoting digestion. regulating the
secretons increasing the nervous vlgor OF the
TEN, cheering the spirits. ariesting premature de-
cay. and not only prolongng lie. but adding value
to it by putting thousands Of nvalids in a condition
10 enjoy 1t. No volume ever published would be
large enough to contain q history OF the cases OF
dyspepsia. constipation, biliousness, intermittent
fever. nervous debility and mental and physical
prostraton cured by this great vegetable invigor-
ant, which not only restores health but protects II
from danger in the most unhealthy districts.
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