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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-12-23
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS,
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Four Of the bread rioters at Montreal
on the 18th were on the next day sentenced to
six months imprisonment at hard labor.
The case Of Burbach & Reynolds, rec
tiders Of Milwaukee, for conspiracy to defraud
the government, was given to the jury on the
afternoon Of the 18th, who, at;er being on.
eight and half hours, returned q verdict o1
guilty.
Ex.Supcrvisor James H. Hill Of Indian.
apolis, Oh trial for defrauding the revenue in
crooked whisky, has been found guilty of the
second and third counts, and not guilty on all
the other counts. motion for a new trial is
to be made. r.,
David Robbins, the Bear River wife.
murderer, was executed at Digby, N. S., on
the 18th. The prisoner expressed penitence
and forgiveness toward all. He died without
q struggle. His last words were, 'God have
mercy on me, miserable sinner"
On Tuesday information was laid be.
fore United States Commissioner at St. Louis,
alleging that Supervisor Meyer, successor OF
Mcdonald, has so far followed in the footsteps
Of his predecessor as to neglect to report frauds
upon the revenue, Of which he became cogni-
zant in September last.
Between four and five clock on the
morning OF the 18th, the U. s. express car on
the St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern train
was robbed at point some ten miles from st.
Louis Of $4,000 to go, 600 in money an goods.
Charles Kinkaid, the messenger, who was
asleep when the robbers entered the car, was
seized and thrust into packing case, emptied
for that purpose, in which he was locked, and
from which he was on released on the arrival
OF the train at St. Louis.
John A. Finney, commission mcr.
chant Of Pittsburg, Pa, was arrested on the
18th on requisition from Gov. Allen Of Ohio,
tor fraudulent practices in soliciting consign-
ments Of flour, grain and other produce from
the Western States, remittances on which were
indefinitely postponed from time to time, with
intent to deiraud shippers. A number OF flour
mills and merchants in Wisconsin, Ohio, ILL.,
nois and other Western States are heavy losers,
it being alleged that Finney has in three years
amassed fortune Of S75, 900.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-12-23
CENSUS Of MINNESOTA. s o. j

Taken b. tho State fer the Year 1876.
The following is the table ftotals though in
the columns ''male' and "female'' blacks,
mulattoes and civilized Indians are not in
cluded. ALI are included in the column
headed ssf0fal.,s
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-05

| was present some years ago at the
execution of Barney Williams in this
district. He was an illiterate man, who
had committed one of the most atroc-
ious of possible murders. In his cell.
preceding the moment that he was led
out TO execution, there was one of the
most distressing of imaginable scenes.
His wife was admitted to say farewell to
him. She was a very strong woman.
regular Amazon In the transports of
her grief she seized upon her husband.
a heavy man, weighing upward of 10
pounds. and ran all around the cell.
crying out in wild, wailing voice, that
made ones blood cnrdle with sheer
dread. If ever there was scene that
could have completely unnamed man
that was the one of all others. Yet Bar
ney Williams walked out of his cell as
calm and collected as if he were going
to a dinner instead of his grave. / never
understood this man 5 n0nchalance until
I afterward learned that he was flle9 to
to the brim with whisky and camphor.
until he had lost the realizing sense of
the situation entirely. He was too
drunk to talk even, and so passed over
the border
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-05
A Romance of the Star Chamber.
Mammoth. Cave.

[From the Nashville American, October24.l
During the visit of one of the recent
touring parties to Mammoth Gave, a
scene was witnessed that was not down
Hpon the programme, and which from
its peculiar nature has just now leaked
ont. 1t. was in the Star Chamber, the
star of all the sights to be seen. As
soon as this division was entered there
was the usual cry of lights ont" and,
with a few exceptions, all eyes were
turned to the vault overhead to witness
the grand spectacle. Those few eyes that
should have been looking upward were
of the kind that belonged TO people of
an inquiring turn of mind, and glanced
to observe the manner in which the
light was thrown on the ceiling. As
they did SO, they saw distinctly outlined
between them and the light beyond the
forms of gentleman and lady. She was
standing upod rock which brought her
within easy reach of his arm, which en-
circled her waist. Gently he would draw
her to him, press his lips softly to hers
and then she would draw hastily back
One and another of the party we're
nudgeei; and ceased from the contempla-
tion of the stars over head to observe
the tableaux below. When the lights
were reproduced the young lady was
seated upon the rock where she had
lately heen standing, and both he and
her affectionnte escort looked az innOc-
ent as if ''they hadn't been doing moth
ing"
1t served the party no little merri-
ment, and the climax was reached when
some one, after they had left the cave
approaching the swain, asked him in
the presence of the party which scene in
the cave did he enjoy most. He prompt-
ly replied, "The Star Cha IN Der of course y
The loud laugh that followed caused
him to turn as red asa beet, and explain
ed to him the frequent illusion thereaf-
ter to "Iights out"
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The Judge Catches a Tartar.

The next one was also woman-a
thick set, srowling woman of forty
who came out in the corridor with the
intention of freeing her mind if it killed
her.
This is a case Of commenced his
honor. when she snarled;
'Taint case either-It's only spite?
You are charged, Mrs. Baker, with
Il don't care a snap for your charges =
she said.
Mrs. Baker, will you shut up?'
No, Sirp
Then, Mrs Baker, shall shut you
up!'
You can't do it =
Mrs Baker, would you rather eat
mush and milk in the house of correc-
tion for the next three months than re-
main at liberty and be privileged to 20
to pic-nics and have loafer with red
nose step on the trail of your dress and
tear the skirt off?' asked he.
Well, nobody can boss me around!'
she exclaimed.
You are an ugly woman
And you are mean man.
'And I'll send you up
And don't eareH
And it's three months
Make il four?'
And he did.
There were no other eases, and when
the Maria drove around, Mrs. Baker
said she'd murder the first man who
dare to lay hands on her. Fonr of the
officers surrounded her and carried her
to the vehisle, handcuffed her to the
seat, and the band threw orange peels at
her red nose and sang:
Her hair is red, her nose the same;
| Her temper is fearful to see; W
She ought to be Gagged, the same as a
bear,
! Or somebody's death she will be.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-05
Pea-Yine Glover.

An Ohio farmer correspondent advises
an inquirer to SOW pea-vine clover for
pasture. He says: My plan is to seed
with timothy, in the fall. with wheat,
then SOW one bushel Of pea-vine clover
to eight acres. This will produce about
twice as much pasture as the common
clover, and if you have good soil, and it
seeds well. you will have heavy layer
of clover, trampled down to rot on the
ground. In this way you can enrich
your soil and keep more stock than by
sowing common clover. | have been
cultivating this clover for the last six
years, and would pay twice the price of
common seed rather than to do without
it. / usually pasture two years, and
then follow with corn, but the cut
worms were so bad, that in July, 1873, !
changed my plan. ] plowed a field of
pea-vine clover that had been pastured
in 1872, and from eight and one-f fourth
acres, without manure, ] raised 250
bushels of wheat | had to harrow
down the clover and ride the harrow be-
fore l could plow it, and the pillow would
then choke. | shall follow the wheat
with corn Pea-vine is nearly two
weeks later than common clover, and
should not be pastured too soon. Tt
save seed, pasture till the middle OF
June, after which it will fill we'll, and
made four tons of hay last year, from a
field that had been pastnred all summer
and it was as good hay as ever | saw
but it was SO dry that it cured very
/ quickly.
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To Clean a Rusty PIOw.


Take a quart Of water and ponr slow
ly into it half pint Of sulphnric acid.
The mixture will become quite warm
from chemical action and this is the rea-
son why the acid should be poured slow
ly into the water rather than the water
into the acid. and let it remain on the
iron till it evaporates. Then wash it
again. The object is to give the acid
rime to dissolve the rust. Then wash
with water and you will see where the
worst spots are. Apply some more acid
and rub on those spots with brick. The
acid and the securing will remove most
Of the rust. Then wash the mold board
thoroughly with water to remove all
the acid, and rub it dry. Brush it over
with petroleum, or other oil, and let it
be till spring. When you go to plow-
ing. take bottle OF the acid water TO
the field with you and apply it every
bout to any spot of rust that may re-
main. The acid aud the securing Of
the earth will soon make IL perfectly
bright and smooth. II adj iron work
be wa,hed off with petroleum as soon as
we put our tools. implements and ma
chimes aside for the winter, IL will keep
them from rnstine, and save great deal
Of trouble and annoyance, TO say moth
ing Of depreciation and loss. -
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-05
n NUMBER 80.
The Influence Of Reading.


If were 10 pray for taste which
would stand me in stead under every
variety of circumstance, and be a
source OF happiness and cheerfulnes~
through life. and a shell against ills
however it might go amiss and the world
frown upon me, it would be taste for
reading. sneak Of it, of conrse, only
as worldly advantage, and not in the
slightest degree as superseding or derosa-
ting from the higher Office and snrer and
stronger panoply of religious principle;
but as a taste, an instrument, and as a
sort of pleasurable qualification. Give
a man this taste and the means Of grati-
flying it, and you can hardly fail Of max
ing him happy man, unless, indeed.
you put into his han IL a most perverse
selection of books. You place him in
contact with the best society in every
period of history-with the wisest, the
wittiest-with the tenderest, the bravest
characters that have adorned humanity.
Yon make him denizen of all nations
"a contemporary Of all ages. The
world has been created for him. Jtis
hardly possible but the character should
take a higher and better tone from the
constant habit of associating in thought
with a class of thinkers, to say the least
Of it, above the average Of humanity. II
is morally impossible bnt that the man
ners should take tinge of good breed
ing and civilization from having con,
stantly before ones eyes the way in
which the best bred and best in
formed men have talked and conducted
themselves n their intercourse with each
other. There is gentle perfectly
irresistible coercion in the habit of read ?
ing, well directed over the whole tenor
of a mans character and conduct, which
is not less effectual because it is really
the last thing he dreams Of.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-05

CAPoNIzING.-Ca Caponizing fowls il
practiced to some extent in Pennsylvania
and New Jersey. It's effect upon the
fowls is, that they grow one third be-
yond their otherwise natural size, fatten
more rapidly and easily on less food.
and their flesh is of finer quality, the
price they command in the market being
over fifty per cent. higher than that Of
ordinary fowls ofthe same age. As an
illustration of their superiority, we
quote from an exchange Of recent date
the statement that a man in New Jersey
has just sold lot OF 25s capons, aver
ageing ten and three-fifth pounds each;
the heaviest pair weighing tweEiy eight
pounds. The price obtained was thirty
eight cents per pound. making over
$500 head for The fowls.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-05

Better than Nothing.

A good old Methodist lady, very par
ticulan and very pious, once kept
boarding house in Boston. Stanch to
her principles, she wonld take no one to
board who did not hold to the eternal
punishment OF large portion of the
race. But the people we're more intent
on carnal comforts than spiritual health .
so that in time her house became empty,
much to her grief and alarm.
After some time bluff OLD sea captain
Knocked at the door, and the old lady
answered the call.
Servant, ma'am. Can you give me
board for two or three days? Got my
ship here, and shall be off soon as 1
load"
"Wa,al, I don't know" said the old
lady.
"Oh, house full, eh?"
No, but"
"But what, ma'am?"
al don't take any unclean or carnal
people in my honse What do you be-
lieve?"
"About what?"
"Why, do you believe thar any one
will be condemned?"
ooh, thunderl yes"
"Do you?" said the good woman,
brigh tening up.
"Well, how many souls do you think
will be in fire eternally?"
Don't know, ma am, really-never
calculated that"
Cant you guess?"
"Can't say-perhaps fifty thousand.
"Wa'al, hemp mused the good wo-
man: Il guess I'll take you; fifty thous
and is better than nothing"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-05
Hints on Horse Flesh.

=
As five years are required for the COM
pletion of the bony structure of the
horse it is important that he be careful
ly used until that age. Ii he is early
overworked the ligaments which nnite
his 130 bones are prevented from be-
coming sufficiently fixed TO the frame.
and he is dwarfrd, and wears out and
dies long before reaching the full TWEEN
ty-fve years which should be the aver
age duration Of his life and vigor. The
muscles of a fine horse ought to be thick
and very long; thickness insures strength,
and length an extended sweep Of limb.
Properly constructed harness is as es-
sential to the comfort of horse as easy
clothes are necessary TO the comfort of a
man. II harness is not we'll fitted to the
form the veins are compressed, circula-
ton is retarded and diseases ensnes.
When in motion the horse regulates hi
center of gravity by using his head and
neck. The check-rein is therefore inhu-
man ana injurious.
If horse il compelled TO run when
his head is held in a vertical position,
the gravity is thrown too far back, and
he advances with difficulty. The ears
may be called indices of horses mind.
Intelligent ANIMALS prick up their ears
back. A blind horse directs one ear
forward and one backwack, and in a
deaf horse the ears are without express
sion.
The ears of the best horses are short
and wide apart; the eyes are well open.
and the forehead is broad. A broad
forehead indicates good brain. Th e
Arab saws: "The horse must have a
fiat forehead and the courage of a bull. y
The horse breathes by his nose and moi
by his mouth; hence the nosirils should
be large, so the fresh air may be taken
in freely. Dealers enlarge the nostrils
of their horses by artificial means. The
mouth of Young horses is round; in age
it becomes narrow and elongated.
The Arab says, speaking of his horse:
''The first seven wears are for my young
er brother, the next seven for myself
and the last for my enemy.
A horse has only one jugular vein; a
man has only three. The withers can
never be too high. The higher they are
the easier the animal travels. The
ioins shonld be short, the chest square.
and the shoulders well developed. The
veterinary surgeon who said, "No foot
no horse" was perfectly correct. The
hoof is curious and complicated
mechanism-an elastic box which ex'
pands and contracts as the horse raises
or puts downs the foot. Shoeing shoulC
be done with care and skill, or the nat
nral form of the hoof is destroyed
Above all, so noble an animal should h'
treated with the greatest kindness, ano
no pains should be spared TO make hi
bonds as easy to wear as may be.
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Playing Seven Up for a Baby.
Council Bluffs Globe. ]

Council Bluffs Globe.l ru
We have it from good-authority that
near this city, fews ago, a game Of
''srven up" was played. little girI Of
five summers being the prize. The faith.
er had played and lost everything he
had, and, while under the influence OF
liquor proposed TO put up his little girl
against certain amount Of money. The
proposition was at once accepted and
the game began. AT the last hand the
game stood-father, 5; opponent, 2. In
the deal the father received the follow
ing trumps: King, ten, seven and tray.
His opponent received ace, jack four
and deuce. The father begged and was
given one, which made him within one
of going ont. Confidently believing
that the game was his, he threw down
the king and trav, excIaiming, "Can
you beat that for high or low?" His
opponent replied that he could heat
both, and showed his hand, and claimed
high, low, jack and game. The claim
was denied, the father hoping that he
could take the game himself The game
went on, resulting in the success Of his
opponent, who secured the game by two
points. The winner still has the child,
and states that he intends keeping it nm
less the father uses the law to regain HE
loss. She is in good hands, much better
than those of her father, who is a wild
over and man of dissolute habits, al
though the possessor of kindly heart
when not under the influence of liquor
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-05
A Romance in Real Life.

From the Placerville Democrat, 18th ult.l
In the appropriate column of our is
sue of September IS, appeared this no.
tice:
"DIED-ln this city, September l6.
1875, Hiram Bacon, native OF Maine,
aged 65 years"
Mr.. Bacon died in the County Hospi-
tai whittier he had been brought in a
dying condition from Logtown, where
he had for several years lived a confirm
ed and hopeless invalid, and an almoner
of an old friend of former and more
prosperous years. To his name ro-
nance attaches, which recent events
have recalled. In ''the early days of
Washoe,p Hiram Bacon was one of the
"Kings of the Comstock." He it was
who gave its name to the Bacon mine;
he owned half of the Belcher and a
large amount of other valuable mining
property. In the zenith of his prosper
itv he met, became fascinated with and
married brilliant and ambitious chit of
girl, of whom he became excessively
fond and doiingly INDUCED. On, one.
occasion he bought and presented to her
a set of diamonds which cost $50, 600.
These and other evidence of his uxori-
ons fondness she greedily grasped and
boarded.
After a while came reverses, then dis
ease. then poverty. Then the pretty
yonng wife turned the bewitched old
husband out upon the cold charity of
the world. Subsequently male friend
abstracted and pawned her fine diamonds,
and she was forced so summon her old
husband from his humble retreat in this
country to identify her jewels and effect
their restitution After this the old
mans affairs went on from, had to worse,
until at last, as above stated, he died
pauper in the county hospital.
Bnt it seems that through all these
years she, or some one for her, has been
keeping up two policies IF insurance, of
$4,000 each, on the old mans life
Last week she came up 10 the vicinity OF
the old panper's grave to prove uP the
facts which will enable her TO collect the
$4,000 of insurance on his life. Her
first application was to DR. Cooke, Coun-
ty Physician, but Bacon had died with
out his administering to him, and he de-
clined to make any affidavit in the
premises. She then fell back on DIR.
LOhman, who had attended on Bacon
while at Logtown; and DR.. Lohman
made the coveted affidavit, which was
supplemented by one from the HOSPITAL
Steward in the role of sexton, anG the
bereaved ~ widow, with neverso Innch
as glarce toward the grave oft buried
sped hayward with her policies and
proofs.
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Taking the Chances.

The other day colored resident of
Vicksburg found bottle of whisky in
the suburbs of the city, and halting a
pedestrian he Inquired:
'Dat's whisky, amt it?"--"Smells like
it, and ] guess it is" was the reply
"And dere amt no pizen it it?"
"WelI, there may bel can't, tell l
shouldn't want to drink it,"
"If dere was plzen I'd be dead mig
ger, eh?" "You would"
"And if dere wasn't any pizen I'd
be wastin' pint of good whisky?"
"Yesr
The finder turned the bottle over and
over, smelled of the contents three OF
four times, and finally made ready to
drink, saying: "Dere's heaps of pizen
lying around loose, but dere's also heaps
OBJ niggers in Vicksburg, an Ize gwine
to tip up de bottle an run de cbances!"-
[Vicksburg Herald.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-05

1t is not the amount of land that makes
the farmer rich, but the amount well
improved. A few acres titled to it's ut
most extent Of production will Weld
much more of profit than the large farm
badly managed and titled. new conner
will put his last dollar in land, and go
in debt for his house and farming tools,
and in ninety mine cases ont of a hum
dred he will, after striving hard and liv
ing poor, find himself, at the end of a
dozen years, worse of than when he first
began. This is the general rule of those
who are choosing farming for their pro-
fession.
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VOLUME 3.

At sunset the last assault was made
and repuised, and at dark the Austrian
commander sent summons to the gar
r'son. This time the answer was favor
able. The garrison offered to surrender
at sunrise the next morning If allowed
70 march out with their arms and re-
turned to the army unmelested- After
some hesitation the terms were accepted
Meanwhile La Tour d'Auvergne had
passed an anxious day 10 the tower. He
had opened the fight with an armament
of thiIty loaded muskets, ,sbut had not
been able to discharge them all. He had
fired with amazing rapidity and with
surprising accuracy, fer it was well
known in the army that he never threw
away shot. He had determined to
stand at his post until he had accom-
plished his end. which was to hold the
place twenty-four hours in order to give
the French arnlv time to complete the
maneuver. After that he knew the pass
wonld be ofno consequence 10 the enemy.
When the demand for surrender came
to him after the last assault he consent
ed to it upon the condition ] have nam
ed
The next day, at sunrise, the Austrian
troops lined the pass in two files, extend-
ing from the mouth to the tower, leav-
ing a place between them for the garri
son to pass ont.
The heavy door of the tower opened
slowly, and in few minutes a brOnzed
and SCARED grenadier. literally loaded
down with muskets, came out and passed
down the lines of troops. He walked
with difficulty under his heavy load, but
there was a proud and satisfied look on
his face.
To the surprise of the Austrians no
one followed him from the tower. In
astonishment the Austrian Colonel rode
up to him and asked in French why the
garrison did not come.
81 am the garrison, Colonel," " said the
soldier proudly.
"What!" exclaimed the Colonel, "do
YOU mean to tell me that you alone
have held that tower against me?'
81 have had that honor, Colonel, was
the reply.
"What possessed you to make such an
attempt, grenadier?"
"The honor of France was at stake"
The Colonel gazed at him for mo-
ment with undisguised admiration.
Then, raising his cap, he said, warmly:
"Grenadier, salute you. You have
proved yourself to-day the bravest of the
brave" -
The officer caused all the arms which
La Tour d'Auvergne could not carry to
be collected, and sent them all with tn
grenadier into the French lines, togeth-,
er with note relating the whole affair.
When the know ledge of it came to the
ears of Napoleon he offered to promote
La Tour d'Auvergne; but the latter de-
clined to accept the promotion, saying
that he preferred to remain where he
was. a1
The brave soldier met his death in an
action at Ouerhausen, in Bavaria, in
June 1900, and the simple but express
sive scene at roll.call in his regiment
was commences and continued by the
express command of the Emperor him