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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-27


HORSE MAHAOEME ENT .-horsca should
not be stinted in their feed. Work horaca
should be put out To pasture at night
but they should have their usual allow
ance Of other feed. They have some
lost flesh to make up. Scrapo on che
eggs Of the bot ny from their foFe-lega
and shoulders with a sharp knife or
wash them OF with warm water every
evening. Three hours rest nj noon ia not
too much for the team while Piowing.
The lost time may be made up at morn-
ing and night. This arrangement u nol
a bad one for the driver as we'll. Gave
water often, and don't forget the hand d
ful sf corn-meal stirred into Il.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-27

Broom corn used to be almost wholly
raised for this country's consumption
in the Connecticut Valley. OF late
years Illinois has been able to raise
larger and cheaper crops. Therefore,
although broom making is extensively
practiced in New England, the raw ma.
terial is grown at the West. The pro-
duct Of an acre can be delivered in
Northampton for Eve dollars. Many
brooms are exported from Boston, aud
those made for the foreign trade have
handles stained with bright colors.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-27

Last week Pittsburg editor wrote
"The closer people get to nature, the
closer they are to God" Then he. OBJ
tained leave of absence to go out into
the country, and was struck by light.
ming while robbing an apple orchard.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-27

In the archives ofChester county, Pa,
has just been found the following order
on the county treasurer in Office one hum
dred years ago; philadelphia, Septem-
Der 80, l775.-Pay 10 Anthony Wayne,
Esq., or order, the sum of Thirty Pounds
for seventy-ive days attendance rs a
Member Of the House, at Sc per diem
and five pounds for mileage. Signed by
order Of the House, John Morton
Speaker"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-27

A wooden soldier in front of Troy,
N. Y, cigar store is armed with an old
army musket. A few days ago the own
er loaded the gun, and the boy who
next playfully snapped the lock had
never been so scared before in all his
life.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-27

A darkey, left in charge of a telegraph
Office while the operator went to dinner,
heard some one "calP' over the wires,
and began shouting at the instrument:
"De operator isn't yerl" The noise ceas-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-27

A Norwich, Conn, man has black
and tan dog which he began to tie up
on Sundays, few weeks ago. II work.
ed we'll for time, but now the dog
leaves home regularly every Saturday
night, and goes to a friends house on
the other side OF the city, returning
again Monday morning.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-27

A curious conscience case occurred at
Newport, r. l., the othet day. A man
from the country who had supplied "a
town grocer with eggs for years, which
the latter had not taken the trouble to
count, confessed that he had cheated him
ont of i've dollars by giving him short
measure, when the grocer also acknOwl-
edged having cheated the seller by pass
ing a counterfeit $40 Dill upon him.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-27

Three old women and a lame man
constitute debating society at Dubuque.
The three old women live together, and
their chickens scratch up the lame mans
garden. The debate is held across the
line fence
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-27

| 10 not: crled, paSslOnateIy,
raising my head "Oh, Helen, we are
dying; you might give me one kiss for
the sake of times gone by!''
She hesitates. The boat gives ter
rible lurch. / think she is fairly going
down with us, but l do not stir. Helen
bends forward and kisses my forehead
twice.
"You are a foolish boy" she says,
with her grave smile. "Now get up, and
try whether you can save our lives"
do get up, but 1 can think Of moth
ing but the touch of those sweet, cold
lips. A wild reckless. bewildering feel
ing of happiness surges through me. If
we could only sail on, on, like this for
evermore! Would it not be better to die
with that kiss on my forehead than to
. live and lose her? A mad resolve not
to be saved--to run on the rocks just
: ahead of us, and end it all-take pos
session of me, but Helen's voice recalls
, me to myself.
"Jt's time to go about" she says
clearly and coolly.
, "Will she stand it?" she asks, as
rise to let all go.
II am afraid not. She will feel thu
!, weather much more on the other tack. ,
"But must it be done?"
e at must. The Pins are not hundre'
o yards ahead"
1 'There ia no hope?"
o Il do not think there is, and you ha'
better let me take off that heavy pilo
e iacket-it will only drag you down."
/ She allows me to take it of. 1t is n
Ie easy matter with the sheet in my hanc
=. Now them" I call, preparing to ID
\ the sheet slip, 'down with your helm
le jam it DOWN.
10 "Wait one moment" cries my cousil
The daily gazette., 1875-10-13
BESET BY A SNAKE.

fRIdhtFtD ESCAPE OF 4 YOUNG CHIN
QUAPIN HUNTER.
The Wilmington, \. c, star Of the eth
instant says:
4 number Of white hoys were out in
the woods Just beyond the Wooten place,
Formerly the Schenk place, gathering
chinqaapins, on Sunday afternoon last,
when, the party having separated, one
OF the little fellows was heard to sud-
denly cry out as if in great alarm, yell
ing murder" help" and other such
exciting and startling calculations.
The other boys, who were not far off,
fastened in the direction of the eound,
and soon found one of the smaller boys
perched upon fence, trembling and
crying with fright, while coiled upon
the ground by the fence was a huge
snake. An elder brother of the little
boy, who had outstripped the others,
was standing close by with stick, and
upon receiving the reinforcement a SIM
nltaneous attack was made upon the
serpent by himself and the largest of
the other boys and he was soon dis
datched.
1t appears that the little boy, while
looking for chinquapins, was suddenly
attacked by the reptile, which ran up
his body and wound itself around his
leg. He shouted and kicked with all
his might and finally succeed in freeing
himself from the snakes embrace. when
he hastily sprang upon the fence. The
snake was subsequently measured, car
penters rule being used for tine purpose,
and found to be four feet nine inches in
length, while its circumference could
not have been less than four inches.
The serpent was pronounced by some
to be q horned snake and by others a
"stinger." The boys say that before
life was entirely extinct they pressed
upon his tail with stick when sharp,
slender object, something in the shape
of a needle, protruded three or four in
ches.
The daily gazette., 1875-10-13
[LMINGTON. N.DELsWEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 13, 1875. PRIC

fellowship again. Many who had
been Conscientious Republicans, but
who had become disguised or alarmed
AT the corruption and unsurpation of
the Radicals, were turning to the
Democracy as the only organization
that could restore the Government to
an hohest and constitutional basis.
The dropping spiGit of the South re.
vlved as she contemplated the pros
peot OF an early and complete deliver
ance. 1t was clear that nothing short
of absolute insanity ON the part of the
leaders could prevent final and
coinpl tie triumph IN the approaching
Presidential election, and no one
expected that such insanity would be
developed. No one supposed that the
Democrats would voluntarily spring
new and perilous issues when they
were winning every election on the
old ones.
The daily gazette., 1875-10-13
THE REAL ISSUE.

From the Louisville Courier Journal.
The New York Sun, referring to
the Ohio Campaign, says
'In the fury of the numberless dis
Quisitions on initiation and contraction
created by the canvass in Ohio and
Pennsylvania, people are in some
danger of forgetting the true issue be-
fore the country. This issue is the
arraignment of the present admins
tration for unexampled profligaGy in
every department of public affairs; for
the exercise of despotic powers oyer
the Southern States; for the extraordi-
nary public frauds and crimes in the
District of Columbia; for the foolish
and demagogic treatment of the cur
rency question by the last Congress;
for the attempt to foist General Grant
upon the country for third term: for
the scandalous prostitution of the ap-
pointing power, and for the defense
and support of the most conspicuous
public knaves by the President him
self"
The sun is right. That the Demo-
Gratis of Ohio blundeIed in thrusting
the two edged financial sword in their
platform can not be questioned, and
it matters not how the election goes
the result will be Illustrative of their
folly. The greatest political revolu-
tion of modern times was in progress
when this false step was taken. Mass
achusetts had surrendered her 75,0l }
Republican majority, and elected a
Democratic Governor, with majority
of Democratic Congressman. Dix,
who was elected Governor of New
York by $4,000 Republican majority,
had been beaten by Tilden with a
majority as large. The South was
being reclaimed from the grossest op-
preston and misrule to which civilized
communities were eva subjected
The change in Ohio was hardly less
remarkable than that in Massachusetts,
and, indeed, all over the country,
wherever the issues between the two
parties were steadily regaining their
lost ascendancy. Political trimmers,
well experienced in the arts of chang
ing their colors and their convictions,
were flocking to their standard. That
vulgar class of rencgades who had de-
serted their party in the hour of its
distress were suing for recognition and
The daily gazette., 1875-10-13
manufacturers, Inventors Producers.

and all others are solicited to exhibit their
articles at the BridgevllIe agricultural and
At Bridgeville, Del Oct ~, ~ and 2l, 1875.
Iist of Premiums sent on application.
spsclous apartments for protection of goods
and stock. J. X. RICARD3, Pres.
H o, NICHOLSON. Sec'y.
90 n day at home. Agents wanted. Out.
SlI 1T and terms free, TRUE Il co, Angus.
ta Maine.
The daily gazette., 1875-10-13
dunbar System
SUCCESSFULLY.


Interfering invariably cured in once shoai,.
Knuckling and knee-sprung horses imma
diately benefited and left in a condition bv ~ !.
alu OF Wn'on nature soon effects a permanent
Lameness from corns instantly removsd
Immediate relief given in cases of acpts
founder s'u'0
Diseases of the above nature and var;or.
others ertaining to the foet and lee. heretofors
considered incurable by 'Old SCHOOL, Vets,;o
oarians, are by iudicious Application oF ii.
DUNBAR SYSTEM relieved and cnred 'no
Anatomical specimen exhibited M m = oAs..
showing cause and effect. o'A's
Having been at great expense to aeouire
thorough knowledge of the su bject. and ha;na
the only smith in the State TO whom NJ
Dunbar has impaired his valuable m etho5 a,
treatment, am prepared to treat the worst
nase the public can bring forward.
/ employ only competent men and nav
sonally supervise all operations. "
V"oo HI AiS Orange Street
DAVID WOOLMAN.
The daily gazette., 1875-10-13
EPILEPSY or FITS.

A SURE CURE for this distressjng cor,7
plant Is now made known in a TREATISE 1ot
t 70 oG.a. pages on Foreign and Native Her.
p ua rrep'tatlons, pubhshed'by DIR. o. PHELPS
BRowE. The prescription was discovered bv
him In Ssh providential manner thai be
cannot co lscientiously refuse 10 maka il
known, as has cured everybody who ba a
used it for its, never having failed in a s;n'
gle case. The Ingredients NAV he ohta,ned
from any druggist A copy sent free TO oil
aaPpnean's ov mail: Address, DIR. U. PHELPS
PInowH' I' Il 1rand afr@at. Jersey City, New
'ofs'| apr22w4tE
The daily gazette., 1875-10-13
yrW NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. s.
WANTEOs
Energetic Men
In each County to invest
$50 Lo $1,000

according to population. and to take the
agency and
Superlntsnd Canvassers
"a, the best selling article ever invented.
iSi iprodt immediate and will repay investment
eSnH aso II. burrows, Is4 Fulton st, NY.
The daily gazette., 1875-10-13

Many tn ePanos and rgans now Aanu
fnctured will contrast well with some
watches we have examined, having a massive,
highly embellished case, and when yoa ask
them what time it is, they don't know, some
thing Is the matter with the movement. Such
is not however the CASE with the Beatty in
etruments, manufactured at Washington, n.
D. !, the movement, durability, and tone, is the
arst consideration, and then the case con-
strueted according to price.
The daily gazette., 1875-10-13
FOR SALE,
4 BEAUTIFUL FARM

on the Rapahannock. one mile from steam
Sast landing and convenient to Court House,
s,Snteen miles from Fredericksburg. Con.
tsns 2Sik acres of hne land. modern dwell.
ing house and necessary outbuildin q Sp,en.
dll itll water and excellent neighborhood Terms
essy. Address j. II. FORBES. Cashier, An
nanolIs Md.
The daily gazette., 1875-10-13

SDSYCH0MANUY. OR SOUL CHARM
4 lNd"-How either sex may fascinate
and gain the love and affections of any person
they choose instantly. This simple mental
requirement all can possess. free by mail for
2 cents; together with a Marriage Guide,
Egyptian Oracle. Dreams. Hints to ladies'.
eei Wi, queer hook. :0JO.O90 sold, Address T.
WILLIAM Il CO.. Pubs. PHILADELPHIA.
Oct. 8, lS75-2taw-lmo.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-09-09
Mnmuruns department.
IN ONION THERE Is STRENGTH.

The Governor of Ohio, whom great many
people irreverently cali "Old Bill Allen" in
his younger days had not only voice closely
allied to seven.fold thunder, but was: a
shrewd practical lawyer. His rude demo-
lition of sentiment once gained him case.
General Murphy. member of the Chillico-
the bar, thirty years ago was one of the most
noted advocates that, rode the circuits Of Ohio.
He could weep preflsely over the most hard
ened criminals and shed quarts of real tears
whenever the occasion required it. The re-
suits was that he usually carried the jury
with him. On one occasion General Murphy
was engaged to defend noted horse thief in
Ross county, while the State secured the SER
vices of Gov. Allen. The usual routine was
gone through with, and the prisoners guilt
was pretty clearly demonstrated, but General
Murphy relied upon working up the sympa-
thies of the jury. His effort was unusually
brilliant, and toward the close of his appeal
tears rolled down his cheeks in torrents,
while the jurors rubbed their eyes with their
cuffs. All this time Allen sat stiff and up
right, glaring with dry and frozen eyes upon
Murphy When the latter wound up with
a final burst of eloquence and tears, which
left the whole audience shifting, Ohio's tall
Governor, that was to be, straitened him
self to his fullest height. and pointing his long
bony finger at the jury, said: "Gentlemen,
there is such thing as blotting out justice
with tears and confounding judgment with
very much weeping. General Murphy under
stands this better than any living man. But
before his tears work an absolution of the sin
hardened criminal at the bar, and cheat the
state prison of its dues, I wish to show the
fountain from whence these tears flow so CO.
piously." With one swope of his long right
arm he was down in General Murphy's coat
pocket and withdrew an immense red onion,
denuded of its outer covering, and holding it
aloft before the eyes of the astonished jurors,
he continued: "The ancient Egyptians wor-
shipped the onion because it was typical of
the celestial spheres. Here in Ohio we have
good reason to curse it, because in General
Murphy's pocket it has so often cheated the
gallows and the prison of their Dues" The
prisoner was convicted, and General Murphy
never rubbed his handkerchief on peeled on
ion again when Old Bill Allen had the other
side of the case.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-09-09
DEPRECIATION OF VALUE.

A very intelligent old darkey was met by
an ante bellum friend the other day, for the
first time since the war, and the old mans
delight in seeing one of the Massa's tickler
friends in old times was unbounded. After
hearty hand-shsking and a protracted laugh
peculiar to the Southern darkey, the gentle
man asked:
"Weil, Uncle Joe, how are you getting
along in the world?"
"Sorter slow Marse-. Been had rheu
matiz right smart lately, and things amt 60
ing exactly right any how" replied the dar
key.
"A great many changes have taken place
since last saw you, Uncle Joe. Death has
taken your old master away, the family are
scattered about the four quarters of the globe
the farm is divided up, and strangers occupy
the old house. 1t makes one feel right sad
Uncle Joe, to think of the changes that have
been wrought by old Father Time"
"Yaas," replied Uncle Joe. "You mem:
Der when I was slave l worked hard at odd
times, and made money 'nuff to buy myself
l paid old massa 81 900 for my freedom"
"Yes," said Mr., 81 distinctly remem
ber it."
"Wish I had dat money now" mused the old
darkey. :,
"Well, yes," replied Mr.. ;"it would
be quite fortune for you"
"Lots o fortune, Sar," said the old man
mournfully, "and every time I think about
it 1 kinder rue de bargain. Niger was wutf
a thousand dollars then, but now he amt
wuff a cuss. Mighty changes in this world,
massa."- Ncksburg Herald.
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&eadiualtpr fhe1 Sabbath.
CONDUCTED BY
REV. ROBERT LATHAM.
s"I WISH + WERE A CHRISTIAN"

[otglnat]
a"I WISH 7 WERE A CHRISTIAN"
These, or words of similar import, are not
unfrequeptly heard. It is no uncommon thing
to hear persons publicly declare that they are
not but they sincerely desire to be Christians
Itseems upcharitabIe to question either the
honesty or sincerity of any individual. This
we will not do; but there is something strange,
something inexplicable about the condition
Of the man WHO e'desires to.be Christian and
yet is not. 1.-The desires to be Christian, why
is he not? Who or what prevents him from
being q Christian Upon whom does the
blame, of this thing rest? -. ... .: &c..
The excuses which men offer for not ma
king a public profession of religion are often
weak and silly. We have heard of individ-
uals who objected to connecting themselves
with any branch of the Christian church be-
cause they found something defective either
:in-the doctrines or in the mode of worship of
all denominations of Christians This is true.
Christ gave the world perfect church, just as
God gave US aperfect world but the latter
was marred by mans sin and the former cor.
rupted by mans innovations. There is not
an institution on earth-human or divine
with which man has had any thing to do, but
he has, in some way or other corrupted. There
is nothing on earth perfect, in the sense that
it is not in some way or other corrupted by
man. But with all the innovations which
man has made, the church is the pnrest nsti.
tuition in the world. The individual who ob.
jects to the church. on account ofhuman cor.
ruptions, to be consistent, must object to every
institution and relationship which exists
amongst men,: He who refuses to connect
himself with the church because of defects,
should cut himself off from all connection with
any and every member Of the human family,
and isolate himself from all association with
any of his race. Really, to harp about cor
ruption in the church, is rs silly as it is falla.
cious. THERE'S less error in the church, as it
now exists amongst men, than can be found
any place else beneath the shining sun.
: Alf thatthoseswho say they wish they were
Christians mean, is they desire the present
comforts which Christians enjoy and; the eter'
nal Joy which awaits them in another world
They love the ways of the world and the car
hal pleasures of sin. They, have horeal desire
to serve God. They dread the punishments
which follow sin, but they love ardently the
practice of sin. There is not one holy desire
in their breasts. Their desires are selfish
They would not, for any consideration, aban'
don the practice Of sin. If in reality they
desired to be Christians then they would be
Christians, for there is no barrier in the way
but their desires.
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COTTON GINS, WAGONS, &C.

E,OTTON GINS that need REPAIRING, can
L be put in good order by serding them to me,
on or before the first of September.
Farming Implements and Machinery RE-
PAIRED at short notice.
WAGONS MADE AND REPAIRED, of sea-
soncd timber This Department is conducted by
Mr.. w. F.GARVIN, who is ready to give prompt
attention to all orders for Wagons and Repairs OF
other Vehicles.
Thankful to the public for the generous patron
age bestowed, respectfully ask continuance OF
the same. j. ED. JEFFER1S.
July Is Is II