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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-07-30

At o'clock in the afternoon, on the g,renlfses,
in Madison township, in said county, offer for
sale at public auction, the farm of land of which
said testatrix died seized-containing 100 acres,
more or less This very desirable and valuabl
farm is well timbered and watered. and about
so acres of it in grass 1t is well located, ar
situate, near the GAINESVILLE & Maysville Turn
pike; and is the same farm formerly belonging
10 John Melick.
TERMS OF SALE :-One-third cash in hand;
one-third in year, and the residue in 2 years,
with interest from the day of sale, and to be
secured bv mortgage on the premises. Title
perfect. Possession given at once.
JOHN FORSYTHE,
Ex'r Of the estate of Catharine MeIick, decd.
July 80 1873 16w5
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-07-30

Remember that all the piece goods
purchased at the Clothing Store Of
Mains & Bro, will be cut out free of
charge. Prices of all goods lower than
elsewhere
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-07-30

Ice, Ice, Ice, at SINNERS any day,
any hour, and in any quantity, at one
cent per pound. 1w15
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-07-30

100 different kinds Of pocket books at
J. c. Curran's, at from Is cents to 81 90
each.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-07-30

Paints, oils, varnishes, dye-stuffs,
brushes of all kinds, garden and flower
seeds, cheap for cash, at SINNERS new
drug store.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-07-30

The Farmers Insurance Co., Of Knox
County, pays for live stock If killed by
lightning anywhere on the farm.
NJ. J. BUGH, Ag't.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-07-30

THE PEOPLES FRIEHD.-lt is sus-
ceptible of easy proof that the Sewing
Machine has been a greater blessing to
the American people than any invention
of the present century. Nothing else
has done so much to save the lives and
health of the wives and mothers, and
the patient over-worked women of the
land who, as a class, most needed relief
from the burthens of every day life. Ev-
cry father and husband fails in his duty
if he neglects to endow his hOnse with
snch triumph Of science as the Wilson
Shuttle Sewing Machine. 1t is the
cheapest and best sewing machine ever
offered. Machines will be delivered at
any Railroad Station in this county,
free of transportation charges, if ordered
through the Company's Branch House
at 1927 and 329 Superior Street, Cleve-
land, Ohio.
They send an elegant catalogue and
chrome circular, free on application.
This Company want a few more good
| agents.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-07-30

The bees have become very bold in
FL Paso, ILL.,, and cluster around the
beer-faucets in the beer shops. A thirsty
man who was drinking glass of beer
the other day was mortified to feel one
of these insects fly into his mouth, APP
parently intent on having sip of the
beverage before it disappeared down his
throat. He has not been able to taste
anything since, and his tongue has swol.
len so as to be with difficulty confined
behind his teeth.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-07-30

A variety Of light-colored, fancy cas-
simeres, of the newest styles, for pants
or for entire suits, for sale by the yard
or made up to order, at the Clothing
Store of Mains & Bro. Call and see
them
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-07-30

Skinner & Bro. sold over one hundred
dozen Fruit Jugs during the vast week
and have one hundred dozen for the
next week. Also, Glass Jars, &c.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-07-30

A fine lot Of mems and boys shoes, of
the latest style, just received by Walker
& Russell.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-07-30

Go to Walker & Russell and get a
pair of their first-class fine Boots war
ranted to fit the foot and please the eye.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-07-30
MARKET REPORT.

CORRECTED WEEKLY BY HAMILTON 4 co.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-07-30

Walker & Russell have on hand an
assortment of Kip and Stoga Boots of
their own make, warranted to give sat
isfaction. Call and procure a pair.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-07-30
Sale of q Valuable Farm.
Saturday, September 4th, 1875,

DY VIRTUE of the provisions of the last
I'D will and testament of Catharine Melick,
late of Perry county, Ohio, deceased, 1 will, on
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-07-30

HOUSE CLOSES ON ACCOUNT OF A CARLl
TELEGRAM
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-07-30
CARD FROM THE FIRM.

The Post will also publish the follow
ing statement to creditors, prepared by
Mr.. Duncan. and read at the Stock Ex-
change:
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-12-23
THE ORIGIN OF ROBINSON CRUsOE.

Robinson Crusoe was published in
1719, with the following title: The
Life and strange surprising Adventures
of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner,
who lived eight-and twenty years all
alone on an uninhabited island on the
coast of America, near the mouth of
the great river Orinoco." The publish
er, who purchased the manuscript after
all others had refused it, is said to have
cleared 81, 900 by it. Defoe was ac-
cused by his enemies, who were nu-
merous and bitter, of having stolen the
idea and even the materials of ''Robin-
son C-usoe" from the narrative of Alex
ander Selkirk; but the charge was wholly
without foundation. Selkirk was not
wrecked at all, but voluntarily went
ashore on Juan Fernandez, which at
that time was as well known and more
frequented by ships than now. Crusoe's
Island, as the title of his narrative states,
was in the northern hemisphere, in the
Caribbean Sea, near the mouth of the
Orinoco; and the most probable proto-
type of Defoe's hero was Peter Serrano,
who in the sixteenth century was ship
wrecked, and lived alone for several
years OF an island in the Caribbean Sea,
near the mouth of the Orinoco. His
story is told at full length in Garcilaso's
ssHistory of Peru" a translation of
which was published in London twenty
years before Robinson Crusoe' was
written, and could hardly have escaped
Defoe's notice, as the book attracted
great attention, and Serrano's story is in
the first chapter.-Appleton's Anaeri
can CyclOpaedia, revised edition, arti-
Gle ''Defoe, Daniel"
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-12-23
A WANDERING WESTERNEB.

4 correspondent of the New York
Post writes; At one of the stations on
the plains east of Cheyenne, while the
other passengers were taking their meal,
we strayed away to breathe the invlgor-
ating air, and were attracted by com
mon housekeeping arrangement not
far from our train. The horse and COW
were grazing at 4 little distance from
the empty wagon, from which the top
had been removed and converted into
house. Upon a miniature cooking stove
the lady of the mansion, a rosy-cheeked
young woman, was preparing the DIN
ner, while the husband was engaged in
an employment the practice of which
would not have suggested itself to us
beating into flat slabs the tin cans that
he had picked up on his journey. These
he said were for the purpose of cover
ing his roofs when he built house some
where.
Somewhere And where is that %
we asked.
"Well, now, mister" he replied, "you
are too much for me there. I suppose
we must stop somewhere by and by,
but the further we go, the less we want
to. I like to keep going this way; my
wife likes it, and the baby in there seems
to like it for she grows like weed. We
are none of us sick; we always have
plenty to eat, and SO we don't see the
use of stopping. One of these days,
[ suppose, we shall go to the Pacific,
and then we shall be obliged to stop. In
the meantime, if we strike cook place,
we may build house to live in for a
spell, but for the present we are well
enough off.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-12-23

DDNT CONE OFF.-A few DAYS ago
a Detroit widower, who was engaged to
a Detroit widow, having two or three
children and both being well of, deter
mined to test her love for him and at the
sametime discover If she was actuated by
mercenary motives, as some of his friends
had asserted. He called upon her at
the usual evening hour. and after n
while remarked:
My dear, You know have two chill
dren, and to-day 1 had my life insurance
policy for $4,000 changed to their sole
benefit in case of my DEATH
You did quite right, my darling"
she promptly replied. Il have three
children, as you are aware As soon as
we were engaged l had every Collar S
worth of my property so secured that
they alone can have the benefit of it."
He looked.
She looked.
The marriage didn't come off at the
time set last week, and it may never
occur.-Deiroit Free Press
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-12-23

GLASS was first moulded instead of
blown. Writers in the fourth century
were the first to say anything of it and
then it was only casually mentioned
as ''the soul sees objects through the
eyes of the body as through window
furnished with glass;. When the open
ings for admitting light first began to
be covered with something, waxed linen
or oiled paper was in common use,
while for the dwelling of the royal and
most patrician, very thin shell was
used in small quantities, and also a
certain 'white stone," formed from
leaves of tale, such as is still found in
the houses of the peasantry of Russia.
It has long been mooted question
whether glass was in use in accent
Rome for windows, but by late dis
coveries in the ruins of Pompem it is
evident that there was window glass,
but that it was moulded instead of
blown.
Glass-blowing was known IN France
as early as the thirteenth century, and
yet 50 rude was the art that for two
hundred years after it was rarely seen
even in royal palaces. When the
Duchess of Berry retired to the chateau
Of Montpensier special mention is made
of the waxed linen in her window sash.
Even at the end OF the eighteenth CEN
fury there were men in the provincial
cities of France who followed the pro
fession of chassissiers-that is--the
profession of FASTING oiled paper IN win
dow sash.
Parchment and horn have also been
used to admit light. In Japan now, a
transparent paper nearly like white silk
is in use. It seems difficult to believe
that what seems now SO indispensable
to our comfort, was until so short a time
since a great luxury.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-12-23

MAxIMs FOR FARIERs.-It is worth
while for all farmers everywhere to re-
member that thorough culture is better
than three mortgages on the farm.
That an offensive war against weeds
is five times less expensive than a defen-
sive one.
That good fences always pay better
than lawsuits with neighbors.
That hay is a great deal cheaper made
in summer than purchased in winter.
That more stock perish from famine
than founder,
That horse who lays his ears back,
and looks lightning when any one ap
proaches him, is vicious, Don't buy
him.
That scrimping the feed of fatting
hogs is a waste of grain.
That overfed fowls won't lay eggs.
That educating children properly il
money lent at 100 per cent.
That one evening spent at home in
study is more profitable than ten loung
ing about taverns.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-12-23

QUITE recently a short-sighted hus-
band saw a large bouquet of flowers on
chair, and wishing to preserve them
from fading placed them in q basin of
water. When his wife saw the bouquet
half en- hour afterward, she gave-oos5.e
piercing scream and tainted on the spot
Her defective-visioned husband had
mistaken her new bonnet, with its
abundance of flowers, for a freshly culled
bOuuI,-f
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-12-23
Ara recent funeral of a Danburv

AT recent funeral of Danbury man,
one of the neighbors, female of very
sympathetic nature, was SO deeply affect
ed as to attract the attention of those
present. The wife of the deceased, q
tall raw-boned woman, noticing the
attention paid to the neighbor, kindly
approached her, and in a hoarse whis-
per, indicative of the most intense dis
gust, demanded "Who is running this
funeral =? You or me ?'' The sympathe-
tic neighbor dried her tears.
Nc1rS
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-12-23

People may say that advertisements
don't pay, if they want to; but only
little while ago Roman advertised for
lost COW, end the next day five cows
broke into his yard and ate ali his shrub
berry, a yearling calf fell down a cellar
hatchway. into coal bin, and a butch
er's horse ran away with a cart load of
beef and dumped it all over the front
step.-Roilte Sentinel.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-12-23

Two sons of Erin were standing by a
hydraulic press, when one called out to
the other; Jim, I'd like We under and
square the divil out o ye 'Would We,
indade, me boyl" was the answer.
s.Squaze the divil out o you and there'd
be nothing lift?"
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-12-23

A METHODIST preacher travelling in the
back settlement of Western State,
stopped at cabin, where an old lady
received him very kindly, giving him a
warm supper, and asking many ques-
tions. Stranger, where mought you
be from?'' Madam, I reside in Shell
by county, Kentucky" "Wall, stran-
ger. hope no offense, but what mought
you be doing out here?' MADAM, I
am locking for the lost sheep of the
tribe of Israeli "John," shouted the
old lady, ''here's stranger all the way
from Kentucky hunting lost stock,
and I'll just bet my life that old curly
haired black ram that came into our yard
last week is one of his'n.''
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-12-23

AN old darkey of the ante-bellum type
was Yesterday prowling around in among
the offices OF one of the railroads ending
in Atlanta, and finally found his way to
the President of the road whom he thus
addressed: "Well, yer see, Boss, L
isn't much larned niger and ibis in
the country, an de gemman down stairs
said he'd sell me a first-class ticket in
de secon'- class kyar, an secon' class
ticket was de same fur a fus-class far
an called fur de secon'- class kyar, and
for the good Lord, Boss, I'm nightly
mixed, an a nigger's purity ierbel to
get him neck bruk bout dis fus' class
secon' kyar bizness eff he don't git it jis
right, SO come up to you what am de
gineral boss an kin splane how it is, sab,
eff yer pleafe!" p Vicks6a~g Herald.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-12-23
CONFESSION OF A HUSBAND.

It was about buckwheat cakes. told
Maria Ann that any fool conla beat her
making those cakes, and she said [ had
better try it. So I did. I emptied the
batter all out of the pitcher, one eve
ming and set the cakes myself. got the
-four, and the salt, and the water, and
warned by the past, put III liberal sup
Ply of eggs and shortening. L shorten
ed with tallow from roast beef, because
1 couldn't find any land. The batter
didn't look right +: lit my pipe and
pondered yeast, yeast to be sure. L
went and woke the baker, and got six
cents worth of yeast. L set the pitcher
behind the sitting room stove, and
went to bed. In the morning L got up
early, and prepared to enjoy the triumph;
but I didn't. The yeast was strong
enough to raise to dead, and the batter
was running all over the carpet. scrap
ed it up and put it in another dish.
Then I got a fire in the kitchen, and put
on the griddle. The first cakes stuck to
C0G Liz SCCOdt SiltpoSos Ai4OAN
Maria came down and asked what was
burning. She advised me to grease the
griddle. I did it. One end of the grid
die got too hot, and I dropped the
thing on my tenderest corn while trying
to turn it around. Finally the cakes
were ready for breakfast, and Maria got
the other things ready. We sat down.
My cakes did not have exactly the right
flavor, L lost my appetite at once.
Maria would not let me put one on her
plate. think those cakes may be reck-
| oned as bad loss The dog ran off and
stayed three days after one was offered
to him. The cat would not eat them.
The hens would not go within ten feet
of them. I threw them into the back
yard, and there has not been pig on
| the premises since. L eat what is put
before me now, and do not allude to my
mothers system of cooking.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-12-23

THE idea of the devil was originated
by the Persians, who made him to
typify hunger. That is what makes
men say, ST am hungry as the devil;
let's have % half dozen raw
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-12-23
CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST
ERN RAILWAY.

Passengers for CHICAGO, Detroit, To-
ledo, Cleveland, Bnffalo, Niagara Falls,
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Rochester, Alba
ny. Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, Port
land, Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington, st. Louis,
Cairo, San Francisco. Sacramento, Og-
den, Salt Lake City, Denver, Council
Bluffs, Sioux City, St. Paul, Marquette,
Escanaba, Menasha, Madison, Cheyenne,
Omaha, Yankton, Winona, Duluth,
Green Bay, Milwaukee, and all points
North, West, South and East, should
buy their tickets via CHICAGO and the
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-12-23
CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY.

UliUAuU ANU NUnlU w lhnN nhluW nj
Close connections are made at Chicago
with the Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern, Michigan Central, Baltimore & Ohio
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne 6, Chicago, Kan
kakee Line and Pan Handle Routes, for
all points EAST and SOUTHEAST, and
with the Chicago Il Alton and Illinois
Central for all points SOUTH.
Close connections are made with the
Union Pacific r. r. at Omaha for all
far West points.
Close connections are made at juno
ton points with trains ofau cross roads.
PULLMAN PALACECARS
These celebrated cars are run on all
night trains on all the lines of this road.
This is the ONLY LINE running these
cars between Chicago and St. Paul or
Chicago and Milwaukee.
At Omaha our Sleepers connect with
the Overland Sleepers on the Union
Pacific Railroad, for all points west of
of the Missouri River.
| Among the
Inducements offered by This Route
to the travelling public are all the modern
improvements Rock and Gravel Ball
asted Track, Steel Rail, Rock and Iron
Bridges, Parlor and Drawing Room
Day Coaches, Smoking and Lounging
Cars, Westinghouse Safety Air Brakes,
Miller's Patent Safety Coupling and
Platforms, Speed, Safety and Absolute
| Comfort.
Running thro' Five Great.States,
and operating over 1000 miles of road,
this Company presents to the traveller
facilities that ARE NOT and CANNOT be
offered by any Competitor.
All ticket agents can sell you tickets
via this route.
If you wish the best travelling accom-
odatio1is, you will buy your tickets BY
this route, and will take no other.
| MARVIN HUGHITT, W. H. STENETT,
| Gen'l Superintendent. Genl Passenger Agent
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-12-23

TWEED is an non est man at last.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-12-23

THE undersigned offers his services to the COMMIT
/ nifty for putting under new sills and othersiee
repair and budns. Having superior fac ties
for owing Houses,-can assure all in neeo O. NJ
service that any business entrusted to y care VIII
receive prompt attention and be performed in man
ner warranted to give full fabrication. Enquire OF
the undersigned on Fourth st., North side ,.,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-10
The Wearing of Mourning.

The etiquette of mourning is far more
expensive and cumbrous in Great Britain
than in this country. If a relative dies,
the whole family, servants included, must
wear black at least six months, and where
the relationship is large and several deaths
follow each other in tOlerably quick sue;
cession the confinement to. habiliments
of woe, even where no grief is felt, be-
comes very protracted. If a person at
tends funeral he must be dressed in
mourning, and many persons wear black
for some weeks or months for a friend to
whom they are not related. The London
Queen thus illustrates certain features of
this servitude: Suppose one to have six
brothers and sisters who marry, there are
then twelve near relatives. at the death OF
each of whom custom provides " family
mourning for six months. Then there
are other twelve months for each of the
parents of the heads of the family, and |,
possibly two or three children of his own,
to say nothing of all the nephews and
nieces and other casuals. Here we have
no less than sixteen years oil lille TO be
spent in black That is to say, one-haH
Of the expectation in life is to be spent in
discomfort and gloom, and at the cost of a
small fortune, IN obedience to an Irrational
custom of which everybody complains,
but from which nobody has the courage to
emancipate himself The English are a
ow-moving people, and terribly afraid
of violating any of the prophecies, but
they have gradually awakened TO the
necessity for reform. A society has been
organized the members of which bind
themselves TO limit mourning to the heads
of the family, except that the children
may wear it for their parents, brothers or
sisters Servants are not TO be clothed III
black, and it is declared sufficient for men
TO wear piece of black Grape on the arm,
or for women TO have a black sash and
trimmings.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-10
A Fight With an Eagle.

Two passengers lodging al the railroad
hotel started out to take n walk, a short
time since, along the sandy beach which
leads on the coast to the east of the rail
road station. One of them went into the
thick woods which skirt the seashore, and
there saw large bird sitting ON long
branch of tree. looking very much like
large owl. He went up and hit II on the
head with stick, when the bird flew at
him, sunk its claws in his breast and arm,
and, extending its wings, dragged him of
his feet over the ground His screams
brought to his assistance his companion,
who, seeing what was the matter, stunned
the bird with repeated blows on the head
and set free its captive. They then tied
the bird and brought it with them TO the
hotel 1t is evidently the harpy eagle
horpufa destructor), having a strong black
beak. yellow tarsi. rounded wings, which
nevertheless stretch some feet. The head
is grs,yish white, with long round feathers
forming a crest ON the crown, which give
it an owl-like aspect 1t is found in Guiana
and other parts of South America, but it
is exceedingly rare ON the isthmus. II IS
about two and half feet in length with
six-teet stretch of wing.-Pdndnad Star.