The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-26

Two old crows which perch on tree
in Dudley, Mass. every afternoon, and
cav until hundreds Of others are collect
ed are called Moody and Sankey.
Ii's Sartoris-ky for the Executive son-
in-law to cross the lbriny deep at this
season of the year. However, he is
probably accustomed to squalls by this
time.
The Cairo Bulletin nominates Norris
sey for President. With Faro to rule
over va we wouldn't be any worse off
than the ancient Egyptians.-[B Brooklyn
Argus.
"The prisoner at the bar seems to have
very smooth face, said spectator to
jaile5 "Yes," replied the Jail er;
"he was ironed just before he was
brought in"
Judge Van Voorst decided yesterday
that the Ocean National Bank of New
York was not liable for the $4,000 of
United States bonds stolen at the time
Of the burglary in 1869, because it was
no part of the banks business to receive
such deposits.
A shark has to turn over on his back
when he bites, because his mouth ia
where his necktie ought to be. When
Paul Boyton was attacked by twenty
foot shark he lay down on his back
on the bottom of the sea and laughed
at the fish, which could not got at
him.
Prince Edward Island oysters are sent
to England packed in oatmeal, and by
the time they reach London they are
plump and wholesome, commanding
abont sixty cents dozen. And yet each
individual oyster takes his oatmeal, not
because he loves it, but because he heard
il was healthy.
A wild goose few into Oregon, and it's
crop being opened revealed new kind
of grain. From the seed forty bushels
have been raised, and the Oregon farm
ers are sitting on the fences with their
elbows on their knees wondering what
they shall call the new kind of whisky
they will make from it.
All Polish landed proprietors in four
provinces have been ordered by the
Russian Governments to sell to their pres
ent holders any farms rented by Rus
slams, upon conditions regulated at St.
Petersburg. This, il is said, will com
plete the impoverishment of the local
Polish nobility.
The wits of the press are ridiculing
obituary poetry a great deal now, and
finding fault with its measure and
rhythm, and all that, hut down in the
bowels of every newspaper Office there is
an old bald headed bookkeeper who blink
and blinks and knows that obituary
poetry rhymes better with a dollar
line than anything Tennyson ever wrote.
The death of Vice President. Wilson
will make possibly an election of Presi-
dent pro tenn of the Senate an important
proceeding for whoever is chosen virtn-
ally becomes, according TO law, Vice
President of the United States. AT the
last session of Congress. Senator Ferry
of Michigan, was elected President pro
tenn. of the Senate. The place had long
been occupied by Senator Anthony Of
Rhode Island, but as the Vice President
himself was an Eastern man, the West
ern Senators contended that it should go
to that section.
February 20, 1913. John Quincy Ad-
ans died in the Capitol, in the room
then occupied by the Speaker, and he
and Mr.. Wilson are the only persons
who have died in that scene Of their la
bors. The room in which he died IL
now occupied by the Committee on
Banking and Currency. His last words
were: "This is the last OF earth; am
content