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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-18
About school Teachers.

Mrs. j. G. Swisshelm says, respec-
ting divers common schools teachers
in Pennsylvania that she has met
not less than fifty persons who taught
in the common schools, and not one
whose irregular verb and participles
did not change places, and nouns
and verbs babitually disagree in com.
mon conversation; not more than one
in ten knew the forms of the most
ordinary business document, knew
how to divide a word; where to put
the date, address and signature of a
letter; how to form margin, fold
the paper, inclose and direct it. She
says further: l knew but one who
could write q page on note paper
and make less than four mistakes in
spelling ordinary words" Mrs.
Swisshelm thinks that the reason Of
this sort offailure is the too constant
devotion of the teacher to mathemati-
cal preparation to the exclusion OF
other branches. "Our school svstem,"
she says, NOW is largely engaged in
manufacturing that product which a
phrenologist described as mathemat-
ical fool"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-18
An IntePcsting Matrimouial Partner.
ship.

Miss Olympia Brown was married
last spring, but hasn't changed her
name. She says that she and her
husband agreed before they were
married that they should hold on to
their own names. In fact she
wouldn't have married without such
an agreement. / asked her if Mr..
Willis cher huspand) didn't wish to
change his name to Brown. She
said. oh, no. He would be simple
if he did, Willis being a much pretti.
er name besides, had his name been
Higginbotom, he would have pre-.
ferred to retain it, considering it was
his own, and the one be had always
been known by asked her if no
one ever called her Willis2 She
said, oh, yes, sometimes they did,
dut she didn't wage any special war
on that, any more than if they had
called her some pet name that ne, er
belonged to her. And SO il is John
Henry Willis and the Rev. Olympia
Brown; and he attends to his groce-
ry business, and she breaches to her
congregation Of saints and sinners
every Sunday, and they keep . snug
little house in Bridgeport, on Golden
Hill, and the name on the door is
Olympia Brown'-that partner in
the matrimonial firm being the better
known of the two.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-18
The New Baby washer.

The Pail Mall Gazette is firm be
lever in the story that an invention
is ready for paren.s which acts as
follows: You simply insert the be-
grimed and molasses coated infant in
an ori6ce which can be made of any
required size by turning for ten min.
utes cog wheel with electrical at.
tachments. The child glides gently
down q highly polished inclined
plane; his lips are met at its turmin.
US by On Indian rubber tube from
which the infant can draw lacteal
nourishment.
While in this compartment, which
is lined with plate-glass mirrors, the
perturbed spirit of the infant is sooth.
ed by its frantic efforts to demolish
its own image, reflected in the glass
with q nickel-plated combined teeth
cutter, nail-knife, rattle and tack
hammer which are thrust into the ba-
by's hand by an automatic monkey.
Fatigued by its destructive efforts
the infant falls asleep. while the organ
attachment plays softly the melody
of Put Me in Ny Little Bed.n Then
it slips into the third compartment.
Here the baby is washed. Another
small tube administers dose ofsooth-
ing syrup, and the infant glides from
the machine, its nails paired, its hair
combed, ready for the habiliments
rendered necessary by the fall of our
first parents.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-18
Woman's Ressntmeus.

Entire reconciliation is difficult with
a woman. She invariably keeps GER
tain reserves. When she has once part
ed from you in spirit, she will hardly re-
turn. Though she seems to, she does
not. She gives her hand again-per-
haps her lips; but the heart is no Ion
ger in one nor the soul in the other
Kiss her you have once roundly
quarreled with-if it be not a mere
lovers quarrel-and you will find
the statue under the crimson curve
the chill of the marble through the
bounding blood. A keen observer
may determine in society whether
you have had discord with a woman
you meet. However perfect the
breeding, however disciplined the
manners, the past discord leaves a
shadow that will net he lifted. The
old wound may be closed; it is not
healed, nor can it be by the highest skill
in spiritual surgery. Frequently men
like one another better after fighting;
women never, be the foe of either sex.
With these the bloom of favor is Ia.
ken off not to be restored. They
feel, though they may not say or
even think it, that slight or injury
admits of no attonement Woman
reads the proverb: To err is feminine
to forgive, impossible.-Galary for
February
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-18
Could Nos Refuse the Fav.r.

On one occasion, Sir Robert Wal.
pole wanted to carry q question in
the House of Comm ons, TO which be
knew there would be great opposition
and which was disliked by some Of
his dependents. As be was passing
through the Court of Requests, be
met member Of the contrary party,
whose avarice he imagined would
not reject large bribe. He took him
aside, and said, such question comes
on this day; give me your vote, and
here is bank bill of $4,000. which
be put into bis hands. The member
made him this answer: Sir Robert
you have lately served some of nv
particular friends; and when nv wife
was last at court, the king was very
gracious TO her, which mus, have hap
pened at your instance. i should.
therefore, think myself very migrate
ful puttng the bank bill into his
pocket il 1 were to refuse the favor
you are now pleased TO ask me-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-18
A Mortar Explodes fn Mail Bag.

The Elmira Advertiser SAYS:
when the mail agent going north
on the train yesterday morning threw
the Dundee mail bag off at Starkey,
something inside exploded, and smoke
was seen to come out Of the bag
On examination it was found tina,
some Internal machine in the shape
of q small cannon had been placed in
the bag. and SO arranged that sligh,
jar would set it Of. Noone was hurt
The Agent took it in charge for
Special Agent McDonalds to inves
tigate. And Special Agent McDon
aids did Investigate it. 1t is mini
ature brass mortar with spring trig-
ger, into which fits closely a rubber
ball. 1t is toy called 'parlor artil-
lery,' but must be curious playthingi
as it explodes with a sound like a
rife. 1t had been boxed up, duly
stamped and sent through the mails
loaded. The box in which it had
been placed was torn to shreds
though the address, Davis Dimmock
Dundee, N. Y could be made out
1t might have burned up the mail
bag had it not been fortunately dis
covered.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-18
An Indiana Romance

She couldn't see it in that light.
She didn't want to marry him, but he
was bound she should. They both
lived couple of miles from the city
and near neighbOrs.-She refused to
listen to his courting, and he grew
desperate. SO he went off to the
West, and while out there persuaded
q friend to write letter, saying that
be was dead, and asked, as his dying
request, that she might, if she ever
went out that way to stop for a
moment and toss weed or perhaps
flower on his lonely grave This
was tender, but it didn't take worth a
cent, and she wrote back letter to
the friend saying that if be had any
consideration for her feelings ia all to
send her the dead lovers watch and
chain, his money and all mis- valuables.
To carry out his plans the dead man
sent home his brass jewelry and other
effects, and she Immediately proceed
to don the trinkets, and start to
singing school with the chosen "fel-
Ter" of her heart On their way
back home the pair were startled by
the apparition Of the lost lover, clad
in ghostly white but with the old
lineaments intact. The young man
fed, but the girl stood still, and but
ting up = paw which resembled an
elephants foot, naively inquired if
the gost wanted to be kicked to death
by a mule. To which his ghostship
replied thus: "Lord p! Lord Jeru-
sha heu come all the way home to
find you false ?" "You bet," replied
the fair one laughing heartily, for
she had discovered that it really was
the person of her dead lover. The
fellow had played nice game, and
had followed his goods and chattels
back to the land of his nativity very
quickly. The damsel was so DISCUS
ted with the other fellow for running
at sight of the CHEST the she immedi-
ately began preparations to marry
the ghost.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-18
Improvement I'm Cattle.

have observed in different neigh
borhoods that the introduction of short
horn bloods for mixing with our ma
tive cattle has very substantially en-
riched the farmers. In many places
it is hard to find poor looking cows
so general has been the improvement;
many are half bloods, some more,
but more commonly either less or SO
mixed up on both sides that it is
hard to say how much improved
blood they contain. So far as my
observation extends, the increased
market value Of all the cattle, in the
places where tho short horn bulls of
strong grades have been employed
generally, is nearly double that pf
the old natives; l think it is safe TO
say that the increased value is forty
per cent. Such crosses make better
beef, the animals cost less to keep
for the same amount of food, and
they sell readily when the raw bones
go begging. l have known instan-
ces where the use of the short horn
bull on common native cows has Civ
en- calves and older animals that
would at once sell for double price
and in a much quicker market. Now
| suppose there are about five mill
ion cattle in the Union, and that if all
were average half breeds they would
sell to-day at an average of at least
twenty-five dollars a head in all the
States, eastern and western. If all
were old native sorts, they would not
sell for more than fifteen dollar as
an average-in many States much
less. These estimates give ten dol
lars per head difference, which l have
no doubts is too small. But it would
make an aggregate Of fifty million
dollars improved value, if this blood
were generally mixed through all
our cattle. 1t is well worth while to
allow our great breeders to play with
ten, twenty and thirty thousand dol
lar animals, if bylthis the short horoed
blood will be noticed, inquired often
and diffused. say nothing about the
Jerseys, Herefords, etc, simply for
the reason that l have not had an
opportunity of witnessing the results
with these. have seen plenty with
short horns.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-18
A Monster Anvfl.

The largest anvil in the world has jus,
been cast at Woolwich, England.
The plate which is to form the bed
of the monster weighst of itself lO7
tons. The surface, lay face down.
ward, and when 1t became cool il
took perfect army of sturdy smiths
with hydraulicjscks andIcombinations
ofthe strongest tackle . whole day
to lift the monstrous lump of solid
metal twenty Two feet square. The
anvil block to be mounted thereupon
will weigh only q triHe short of 200
tons, and the steam hammer which
will strike upon it, thirty fine tons Of
solid metal being the English ton Of
2,24O paunds.
The blow..at fnll force will be tre-
mendous. In fact it is doubtful
what will happen to the town of
Woo! which and vicinity when the
mighty piece of mechanism gets to
work. Vulcan himself. and all the
giants who worked beneath Mount
Etna' never dreamed of such an anvil
rs this, and Thor's famous weapon
was mere tack hammer in compari-
son. Taking al its metal together II
will weigh hard upon 500 tons.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-18
Save the Largest Gohier.

Now that the season has arrived
for selecting the male turkeys to pre-
serve for breeding purposes, the
necessity of picking the larges; and
most perfect as regards form and Wig.
or may well be urged upon every.
body who keeps this very profitable
farm stock. Let it constantly be
borne in mind that size is great de.
sideratum in gobbler kept for breed
ing. The largest males may be used
With safety, even il paired with fair
to medium sized hens, provided the
following precautions are used.
The peril from tbirty-6ve pound
gobler is a reality. whether the hen be
large or small. This arises not so
much from the great weight of the
gobler as from vicious use of bis well
grown spurs and claws. If left Tree
the feathers are soon torn from the
backs of the hens, and the skin not
infrequently follows, and the hen
dies from the Injuries. To prevent
this, the gobler may be kept in con-
6nement for few weeks before you
wish his services. 1t is well ascer-
tanned fact that single connection
of the male with the hen turkey, at
the proper time, insures the fertili.
ty of all the eggs she may lay in the
first litter after it. A day or two OF
the gobbler with the hens answers
all the purpose of weeks, and greatly
diminishes the danger of injury. As
an additional safeguard cut the spurs
and the toe-neils, and burn of all the
sharp points with a hot iron, OF
course taking care not to injnre the
fowl. If this be done breeding
with large turkeys is quite
as safe as with smaller birds. We
are aware that the American passion
for size has sometimes operated to the
detriment ofpoultry. But in turkeys
size can be secured without danger.
Poultry World.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-18
Feminine AGectation.

There is q certain style OF woman
who affects the most innocent simple.
ity to questions to which every one
past first childhood can give an an.
swer; whose cue is naive ignorance:
whose charm is her unenlightment;
yet who can use her very ignorance
as trenchant weapon enough when
she is in the humor. She has the
prettiest way possible of putting you
in the wrong; and eontradicting you
with the least shading and the most
directness of any woman you can
meet. Sometimes she makes YOU
appear pedantic or obscure. The
tone in which she says, "Oh ! you
are too clever for poor little me to
talk to, and daresay you are right
but then i am such little goose | do
not understand you" is quite sufficient
to annihilate you for the evening if
you chance to be one Of those un-
lucky ones who are sensitive as to
the impression they make. She, so
simple, untutored. the child of nature,
makes it plain to you that you have
gone on a wrong road when you
have spoken to her as TO reasonable
being of decent education, and have
assumed that she possesses a mind and
some degree of instruction. She is
all heart if you like; she can expati-
ate on her dog, or that darling boat
race; but she cannot let you think
that she has ever used the eyes of
her mind, or seen anything de, per
than the self-evident superfcialities
oflife. you talk to her on any SUBJ
ject beyond the current trivialities of
the day. she lifts up her eyebrows
and says: How odd ~ And the
next person to whom she speaks
hears that you are such an extraordi-
nary person, and have such funny
ideas; or she may ring the changes
by saying that you are so dreadfully
learned she cannot understand YOU
and fancy speaking of such dry sub
jects as the sun, or the State of Spain,
or the different physiognomies of a
crowd, or the lecture at Horticultural
Hall, to poor silly little her! All she
wants TO talk about is the opera, or
the fashions, or the latest scandel,
whatever it may be; or failing q
scandel, the latest amusement; and
anything to make her think and use
her brain, though in the mildest way,
ruffies her serenity and transforms
you into bore of the first magnitude.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-18
Preparing 20 Plant.

The old fashioned mode of digging
holes by hand has in large orchards
been generally abandoned, and the
mellowing of the ground by frequent
ploughings and borrowings renders
he sitting Of the trees anywhere in
the friable soil an easy operation, but
where the number of trees to 5e Sc,
out is comparatively few, it will be
as well to have good-sized holes dug,
the bottom filed with mellow surface
soil, and the sides wide enough apart
to admit the roots being spread out
IN their natural position. As a rule
plant young trees.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-18

QuARRELseME couple were discuss
ing the subject Of epitsphs and tomb
stones, and the husband said: my
dear what kind Of a stone do you sup
pose they viii give me when l die1
Birthstone, my love-" was the afec-
tionate reply.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-18
Miscellaneous.

nr. y. Walkers California VIM
cgar Biiters are purely Vegetable
prcuaration, made chiefly from the na-
tive herbs found on ilio lower ranges Of
tie Sierra Nevada nogntaius Of Callfor-
mia, tic medicinal properties Of which
arc extracted therclrOm without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked. "What is the cause 6 the
unpal:,liclcd success Of VINEGAR BIT-
TEi:s?" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause Of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They arc the great
blood purifier and a life giving principle,
4 perfect Rcuoyator and lnyigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history Of the world has 4 medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
Qualities Of VINEGAR BITrEgS in healing the
sick of every disease man IS hcir TO. They
arc a gentle Purgatiyc as well as Tonic.
relieving Congestion or Inflammation Of
the Liver and Yisccrsl Organs IN Bilious
Diseases
The properties of DE. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperient. Di2phoretic,
Carmnative. Nutritious, Laxative, Diurehc,
Sedative. Counter. Irritant Sudonhc, AItera-
tive, and An,i-Bilious.
II. II. MCDONALD a. CO..
Druggists and Gen. Agts San Francisco. California,
and cor of Washington and Charlton SITS. N.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-18

BRAVE men can term fair women
The apple of their eye,"
But when it comes to Office
NO ladies' need apply"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-18

This space is reserved for }.
f. Blymyer, who has removed
his stock into the most magni-
ficent hardware room in this
place. He can be found in
Room No. 3, Baer's Block.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-18

This space Is reserved i0r G.. +. Hhaa.is s. Bro-
who have moved iuto the most magnificent grocery
room in this place. They can bg found In iileri
new hElliuG, second door from The corner
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-18
Best W0rksfaafa

Will be employed. The public are respectfully
invited to call and examine his stock.
sep.e, II.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-03-18
FINE READY -NADB CLOTH

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The anti-monopolist., 1874-11-19
OUR DEFEAT IN WISCONSIN,
The Chicago industrial Age

The Chicago Indastrial Age thus
accounts for the defeat Of the Anti
Monopolists in Wisconsin:
The State of Wisconsin has gone Repub-
lican, andareversed the decision of last year.
While this is matter OF regret, it was not
unexpected to any intelligent observer 1t is
the result of dishonesty on the part of a
portion of the Reformers. The party Sc
cured the election last year through assur-
ances that it would stand by the people and
protect them from further aggressions of
monopolies. 1t had no sooner got in power
than the ST. Paul Railroad Company en-
deavored to take possession of it and run it
for its own benefit. 1t failed, but it had just
strength enough to demOralize the organiza-
ton and drive the people back to the Repub-
ican party for relief-the Republican press
and nearly all the prominent Republican
politicians being in favor of sustaining the
legislation OF last winter
The people were led to believe that
the success of the nti-Monopoly par
ty meant the election of Hon. Alexander
Mitchell, President of the Milwaukee
4 St. Paul railroad company, as United
States Senator and they preferred
even Matt Carpenter to railroad man :,
even though that railroad man was the
mental equal and moral superior Of his
radical competitor.
The anti-monopolist., 1874-11-19
THE nAGNITUDE OF THE REVO.
LUTON IN MINNESOTA.

Two years ago the majority for Grant
in this State was over 10000. Now
the aggregate majorities for Congress
VIII not exceed four thousand.
A few years ago the Radical majority
on joint ballot in the Legislature was
over fifty. Now it is nothing.
Kings majority is nearly six thou.
sand less than Averill's in 1872; and
Dunnell's abont 1000 less than he re-
ceived two years ago.
And these results were obtained not
in skirmish, but in a hard-fought
pitched BATHS, with every nerve strained
and every resource exhausted.
The world moves, the revolution
spreads. With the growth Of free
thought another year will utterly wipe
out the Republican majority.
The anti-monopolist., 1874-11-19
NOTICE..

Subscribers to the ANTI, MoNoPoLIsT
will please remit with their subscrip-
tions Twenty Cents for a years postage
after the lst Of January next, or ten
cents for six months, or five cents for
three months. All subscribers, whose
gu subscription expires the early part
of 1875, will please remit before the
1st Of January next, for after that
period all postage on newspapers must
be prepaid. The subscriber will not
pay any more postage than he does
now, but he will pay to as, instead of at
his local post office.
The anti-monopolist., 1874-11-19
TO YOU. SIR.

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You know whether or not you have
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II you have not, be good enough to
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You wouldn' do it.
The terms of all newspapers are, pay
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benefit you and the State, we. trusted
many Of you until the lst Of Septem-
Der. That is now long past, and some
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hope all such will renew their subscrip-
tionS.
If you can't pay for year, or six
months, pay for three months; but
prove that you are willing to pay some
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We will try to give you during the
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