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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20

RowelPs new Newspaper Directory
shows the failure of over one thousand
newspapers in this country during the
past year, the loss to publishers, adver-
tisers and subscribers amounting to over
$S,0OO,000 the Republic of New York
alone losing half million.
1t is the testimony of others also that
the past year has been the hardest that
our newspapers have ever known. A
mong other causes, a prominent one has
been this: As payments have not been
easily made, people reason that a news
paper subscription is but small amount,
and the publishers cannot be greatly in
convenienced for the want of such a
mere trifle. They forget that there are
thousands of subscribers who reason in
the same way. Consequently while the
neglect of one or two to remit would be
no great damage TO a publisher, yet the
failure of thousands to do so, is simply
disastrous to him. His weekly pay
ments are large, and must be met. His
sOuiSO VI SuPPhes oeAhS thSSO AAN"'clS,
when they dry up he must close his of
fee. He cannot even afford to wait for
better times. In what condition would
farmer be, whom say three thousand
persons were owing for as many barrels
of potatoes? And what would be his
thoughts of the honesty of his debtors
each one of whom neglects to remit hii
small amount, and by such neglect caus
ing the farmer-with money enough due
him to meet all his liabilities-to fail
- Church Journal.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20
Destroying Weeds.

The Rnral New Yorker says that July
and August are probably the months in
the year for destroying weeds. The
simmer heats are at their fercest, and
all annual weeds cut down at the root es-
pecially wither and die. The tougher
perennials have their growth for the
season, and have nearly perfected their
seed. The root then has least vitality.
and if the top be cut of feeble effort
is made to reproduce it, especially if the
woods grow in a tough sod of grass. We
have known frequent mowings Of this
ties in sod to reduce the vitality of the
patch so much that it would produce
only here and there a stalk until the
neld was again plowed.
In the growing corn August is, of all
months, the time to destroy Canada this.
ties and quack. Keep the plant down
as much as possible early in the season;
then, as the corn begins to tassed out,
go through with light hoe and cut out
every spear of thistle and pull up every
blade of quack, with all the root that
can be got attached. The quack should
be put in heaps and burned, but the
thistle roots will seldom if ever start
again, and pulling up at this season of
the year, or even cutting of, is fEal and
certain destruction. The cost Of doing
this is not large, varying with the price.
of labor and abundance of weeds; but
we are satisfied that it is always a prof.
table operation on all land foul with
thistles. We have repeatedly had the
cost more than repaid not only in the
corn crop, but in the succeeding oats
and barley. besides leaving the land
cInnnor fnr rnn ~ thorna ftor
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20
Philadelphia Butter.
TFrom the Scientific American ]

We publish extracts from a book by
Mr. " A. Willard, of the Rural New
Yorker, giving ''the secrets" of PhIladel-
phia butter manufacture. The article
opens with the sentence: Every one
has doubtless heard Of the celebrated
Philadelphia butter, the delicious flavor
of which renders il delicacy which, in
markets outside of its place of manu-
facture, brings prices which sometimes
range as high as 81 pound" The
reader, not bewitched by the Witches
of the above may take exception to the
word sometimes" as to some Philadel
phia butter. There are at least two
dairymen and butter-makers in the
neighborhood of Philadelphia who al
rays sell their butter at 81 pound, and
cannot supply all who desire 70 be their
customers. One Of these attributes his
success to three points, good food for
his COWS, uniform temperature of 50 de-
grees in the milk-room, and neatness,
cleanlines, and dainty nicely at every
step. from the moment the milk is OBJ
tanned until 81 per pound is paid for
the butter. He feeds his COWS often,
and not much at a time, on white clover
and early mown meadow hay, which he
cuts fine. moiFtens, and mikes with
corn meal and wheaton shorts. Pas
lures and meadows are keptat temper
atnre of SO degrees by flowing spring
water. "As good butter can be made
without water as with, but the milk and
cream must be kept at all times little
below 60 degrees" The other impor-
tant nt-cleanlineSs-he secures by
keeping the milk-house free from all
unpleasant surroundings, allowing no
milk to sour upon the floor of the room
or to decompose in the crsvices of the
milk pans, churns, or other utensils.
The above is descriptive of the care with
which the costliest Philadelphia butter
is made, but the ordinary article sold in
our market at half the price is not much
inferior in quality, thanks to the tidy
habits of the housewives in Chester,
Delaware, and Montgomery counties.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20

The recent discovery of extensive iron
deposits in the San Gabilan range OF
mountains, in California. and the known
existence Of vast iron fields in other
sections of the State, will it is thought
create new interest there in the manu-
facture Of this metal Last year Cali.
fornia paid about Sl0,0O0,000 for iron,
and nearly half a. much more for it,
transportation from eastern and foreign
factories. The chief obstacles in the
way Of the manufacture Of the metal on
the Pacific coast have been the lack OF
suitable coal and the high price oflabor
The latter trouble is likely to be remov-
ed by skilled laborers, who are crowd.
ing thither from the idle furnaces ofthe
east.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20

PIE CRUsT-The most healthy pie
crust is made of thin, sweet cream and
-four, with little salt. Don't knead
thin. Bake in a quick oven. Another
way is sift quart or two Of -four in the
pan. Stir in the center a little salt and
a half teaspoonful Of soda well pull
verised. Now put in the hole a cup Of
soft mot liquid) lard, or butter and lard
mixed, stir it thoroughly with the -four;
next add two scant cups Of good sour
milk or buttermilk. Stir all quickly
with the -four, in such n way that You
need hardly touch it with your hands
till you can roll il out. Bake quick
This will make three or four pies.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20
How They Buried the Hatchet.

Boston bar-room scene on Centennial
week, according to the Boston Herald:
A friend had invited one of the
South Carolina soldiers into the saloon
to put another turf on the hatchet.
While standing at the bar a stranger
came in. The South Carolinian sud-
denly dropped his glass and closely eyed
the stranger. His gaze was so steady
and peculiar that the friend began to be
alarmed and to fear that the hatchet
was about to be dug up again.
Directly the Carolinian asked the
stranger if he knew him. There was nc
recognition, whereupon the Carolinian
asked him if he was not in the late war
eyes," was the reply.
"And were you not stationed at such
a placer"
"Yes."
"Well, l thought so," replied the
Carolinian, and raising his hat, showed
large scar on his forehead, saying:
"There is your sabre mark, my boy
come up and take drink"
And SO then and there they decorated
the grave of the buried hatchet.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20

A sailor named Greenwood has related
at Halifax, the story of n horrible crime,
committed two years ago. He says that
the schooner Mary +. Jones sailed from
the Clyde River, Shelburne county, for
Boston, and two sisters, named Suther-
land, were passengers. Shortly after
sailing, the two women were brutaily
outraged by the Captain and crew, ex.
They were then killed and the bodies
thrown overheard. The crew afterwards
landed in their boat on the coast and re-
ported that the vessel met heavy wealth.
er, was thrown on her beam ends, and
the women drowned in the cabin, but
the vessel subsequently drifted into Bar.
rington Bay, when the deck load was
still on, and there was no appearance oi
her having been on her beam ends, and
no bodies in the cabin. The captains
name was Swain, and is now bound tC
New Brunswick port, where he will be
arrested on his arrival. One of the crew
was recently arrested at Shelburne, but
the magistrate considered the evidence
insufficient to warrant committal
There is much excitement in the country
about the matter Greenwood's only ex
cuse for not before telling the truth il
the sailors compelled him TO take ar
oath that he would never divulge the
crime.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20

The walking locomotive is French
machine which has SIX feet in place of
the ordinary driving wheels. They are
heavily shod with Indian rubber. weigh
ing two and half pounds to each four
tenths of an inch square surface. The
two middle feet are connected by hor-
zontal shaft and move together at rap
id pace, but the other four feet are in
depent of each other, and strike the
ground successfully, trotting at a rapid
pace. The machine is said 10 maintain
a much firmer hold on the rail or ground
than can be obtained with locomo-
tive's driving wheels, and hence it can
pull heavier loads on equal grades. or
the same loads on heavier grades than
the locomotives now in use. Iron mon
ger, an English journal, says that the
walking locomotive can be used on
grades of one foot in ten.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20

GENERAL PIcKETT's KINDHEA RTED-
NEss.-The ST. Louis Times, alluding to
the recent death of the Confederate Gen
eral Pickett, relates the following incl
dent of the famous rebel charge at
Gettysburg: pickett put himself at
the head of his Virginians. He had an
aide-de camp, boy almost and the only
son of a mother who idolized him. Just
before the column broke from a parade
rest into a run, the Genernl spoke to his
staff officer tenderly, and asked him il
he, the aide de camp, were killed in the
charge, who would be sorrowed for him
my mother" the boy answered, some
thing like a tear dimming the CLINT OF
his steel-blne eye, and busted himself no
further with the future. Not so with
Pickett. Just as he mounted and moved
out at the head of his troops, he called
the young officer to him, and sent him,
with an important message, to a distant
part Of the field. When the boy return
ed, the division had passed through the
great slaughter. His commander had
just taken the trouble to save his life.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20

The Winchester, Ky, Journal says:
ave saw in this town last Saturday a
nice pair of shoes, the vamps Of which
were made of rattlesnake hide, and the
quarters of chicken snake hide. Also
several snake hides neatly tanned, and
three feet long and eight inches wide.
They belonged to j. III. Henderson, who
lives on "Big Coon" in Jackson county,
Ala. lie makes specially of catching
all kinds of snakes in particular, and
without iniuring or killing them, takes
of their hides. These he tans in ahont
two months, and then makes them into
shoes. lie uses a weed, which grows in
the mountain, TO 'mesmerize' the snakes. +"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20

Very few men are aware Of the amount
Of soil washed away every year in this
section Of the country. If we keep on
with this kind of farming many farmers
will do as they now do in the Eastern
States, and put guano, ashes, plaster, su-
perphosphates or lime in every hill Of
corn. Farmers, you should stop some Of
this waste; don't think Of leaving moth
ing but the yellow clay for future gem
erations.
But there is a remedy for all the waste:
SOW more clover. Keep the ground ell
ed with roots or vegetable matter, then
it can't get away 80 easy. Throw up a
clover sod for corn or wheat and be sure
to have the clover in the rotation Of the
crops.
Sow in February or in March, and
next summer you can NOW a big crop Of
hay from that piece Of ground, and re-
member that IL is getting richer.
Make calculations to seed another part
Of the farm next year, and in a short
time you can have n two-year old clover
sod to plant corn on; then look out for
fine corn, big ears and big yield, grow
with half the labor that You now grow
on those worn-out fields that have been
in constant use for corn and wheat for
twenty-five or thirty years. Ohio is the
best country for clover ever saw. The
farmers east Of this State don't pretend
to get along without sowing clover, and
to make the clover grow they use plaster
and lime. Here there Is 70 use Of this
at present; and in addition TO the rich
yield Of fine clover or hay the clover
seed is profitable to take care of. We
hope to see Western farmers giving this
subject more attention.-[E Elk.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20

A young man at the Warm Springs OF
Virginia came down to breakfast on
Monday last, which day was the twenty
first anniversary of his berth. and on
raising his plate found underneath it a
check from his father for $4,000. The
youth was the son of Senator Robertson,
of South Carolina. The father has been
feeding on the people of Carolina for
the past five or six years, and the pres
entation of the sons fortune at the din.
ner-table is regarded Us pleasantly
symbolical of that.-[Chicago Times.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20
MISCELLANY.
Farmers Troubles in California.

Farmers troubles IN CaluOrnla'
The San Francisco Alta Of a recent
date says:
ave do not see any serious danger that
the people of California will become
idIers, as many of the Southern Italians
and Southern Spaniards are; but a con-
siderable portion of the people coming
from the East of late seem to think that
they ought to be able to live without
hard work, to get two or three times as
much for their labor as can be got in the
East. The grain farmers, as class,
cannot afford to pay the current prices of
farm labor, and the proportion of farm
ers who have saved So, 900 or $4,000 out
of grain crops, after paying all expenses
and supporting their families, within the
last ten years, is thrice as large in Iowa
and Wisconsin as in California, and for
such sums as $4,000 or $50, 1000 is ten
times as large. In fact it is one of the
greatest rarities to find California far
mer who has made anything out of grain
after succession of crops. A few have
been fortunate enough to do well in one
favorable season, and have invested their
money profitably in land, risking little
or nothing afterward. Nearly all those
farmers who have undertaken to farm
extensively year after gear with hard la
Dor have lost money. The hired men
made all the profit there was in the crops,
and about the last thing that farmer
wants to do here is to cultivate grain ex
tensively with hired men. The land
owners are impoverishinE the soil in the
hope of large crops, with two chances
out of three against them. If the sea
sons here were regular, and if the crops
did not usually vary from the average
more than they do in Illinois, the wages
of farm laborers would soon be brought
to a figure that would leave fair mar
gin of profit, but the irregularity. in the
yield, with the hope Of great profit out
of an exceptionally large crop, induces
the maintenance of the present high
rates of wages"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20

Somebody wrote to the editor of a pa
per to inquire how he would break an
OK. The editor replied as follows: "Ii
only one OK, good way would be to
hoist him by means of a long chain at
tached to his tail, to the top Of a pole
forty feet from the ground. Then hoist
him by a rope tied TO his horns to an
other pole. Then descend on to bis
back five-ton pile driver; and II that
fails to break him, let him start coun-
try newspaper and trust people for sub
scriptions. One Of the two will do IL,
sure"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20

SOAR MAKING.-A gentleman, in the
Cincinnati Gazette, says: After the fam
lily supply Of soap has been made IN the
spring, the grease that aecumulates and
ia laid aside during the simmer often
gets "maggoty To avoid this, the fol-
lowing is good plan: Have a kettle
full Of lye and throw all bacon rinds
etc, into this kettle. And when fall
comes you will be surprised at the nice
lot Of soap YOU have have. And even IL
rat falls in, he will be changed into
soap just the same.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20
Discovery Of another Grove Of Great
Trees i'm California.

This grove is situated in basin at the
head waters of the San Lorenzo and
Boulder creeks. One of the trees eclip-
ses all that have been discovered on the
Pacific coast. Its circumference, as
high as man can reach, standing and
passing tape line around, is few inch
es less than $50 feet. This is beyond the
measurement of any tree in the Calaver-
GUS Grove. The hight is estimattd at
16O feet, and part of the top lying on
the ground is over 100 feet in length.
The other trees in the vicinity are not
as large, but all are of immense girth.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20
How Donaldson Earned a SenSati
al Advertisement

We had come down to within hun
dred feet of the earth, and were travel
ing slowly along on lazy current of
air in the calm stiffness of early night in
the country, when suddenly the woods
broke away beneath US and we noticed a
belt of moonlight on the Miami River,
near Hamilton. This turned the con-
versation upon ballooning over water,
and Donaldson was tempted to say:
"Perhaps you remember my adven-
ture on Lake Michigan two yerrs ago.
made the ascension alone. My bal
loon was full and light, and l had plen-
ty of ballast Everything was in good
shape. l went alone purposelv, so as to
do what ] did. An immense crowd
saw me off The air was favorable and
sent me off over the lake. There was
light sea on. When / got so far mp
and away that my movements couldn't
be detected, pulled, the valve rope and
came down to the water. ] knew the
effect on that crowd. What l was after
was sensational advertisement. There
was pretty good surface current of air.
As the basket touched the water the bag
of course jerked at 1t and pulled it up,
and let out little ballast from a bag.
And in this way skipped along for
some time. 1t was nearly dark, and
clouds were gathering. Through their
glasses they could barely see me, cling
ing to the basket and being dragged
through the water at a fearful rate, as
they imagined. In that way passed
out of their sight, as l learned after, in
to certain death, as they supposed. Then
/ let out ballast enough and arose to a
good height, and kept on. ! got my
sensational adv. of 'Perilous Adventure
Hair Breadth Escape and so on
and didn't get my feet wet"
In this way poor Donaldson foreshad.
owed his awful fate to us, as we travel
ed through the air that calm, pleasant
night, last autumn. Little did he sus'
pect then that what he had once gonC
through in fun, with safety, was to b.
repeated to---his death.-[ Cincinnati
Commercial.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20
MIxEp P1cKLEs.-Thoge Vi

MIXED PIcKLEs.-Those who possess
a vegetable garden do we'll toward the
close of the season 10 keep an omHiula
yathcrum pickle jar containing strong
vinegar, in which TO throw small ioma-
toes, tiny ears Of corn, cauliaower sprigs,
radish pods, small onions, strawberry
tomatoes, and small cucumbers. When
the jar is full, ponr of the vinegar, spice
it with pepper-corns or green peppers,
cloves, allspice, salt and ginger. Add
mustard seed to yellow it. Boil il from
ten to fifteen minutes and turn il over
the nick lea
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20
The Vanity of Human Wishes.

There is no more striking evidence of
the vanity of human ambition than in
the proposal to SELF the house Of Jay
Cooke, in Pennsylvania, and the transfer
to a railroad company of the palace of
the late Mr.. LeGrand Lock wood, of
Connecticut. Ten years ago Mr.. Cooke
and Mr.. Lockwood were among the
richest, most enterprising and most cele-
brated merchants of this country.
Wealth rolled upon them in the fullness
of spring tide. With wealth came the
ambition to found family and home
an ambition which, whatever we may
think of our democratic and liberal in
stitutions, seems to be an instinct Of hu-
man nature.
Mr.. Cooke built his house at Ogontz,
which, from reports, cost him more
than a million of dollars. The auc-
tioneer the other day could only obtain
bid of three hundred and fifty thous-
and dollars. Although the sale was un-
der decree of bankruptcy it was post
poned. Mr.. Lockwood's palace at Nor
walk, cost one million two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, and was recently
offered for sale at hundred and ten thous-
and dollars. This is probably the finest
private dwelling in America, construct
ed of solid blocks of granite, finished
inside with rosewood and mahogany and
cedar of Lebanon.
Mr.. Lockwood is dead, and railroad
corporation possesses his domain. Mr..
Cooke is a bankrupt. and the auctioneers
are vainly asking the world to buy for a
song what cost him a fortune.
How true it is, as the wisest of men
once said: "All is vanity and vexation
of spirit"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20

There is a hearty glow Of patriotism
in this paragraph from the Memphis
Appeal which is extremely pleasant;
democrats we are, and Tennesseeans,
and full Of love for our thrice blessed
South land: bat over all there laps the
claim Of the Union, with its great
achievements and still greater destiny.
God bless the flag, and God bless the
Union, and may He strengthen all
hearts, both North and South, 70 labor
for an everlasting peace between the
States -
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20

A Frenchman more noted for his CON
ceit and for certain amount Of success
with the fair rex than for the cleanli-
ness Of his linen, was posing the other
day before a be'utiful and witty woman,
when he delivered himself Of this rath-
er arrogant sentiment; "Women, ]
change them as do nay shirts" "Ah;''
SAID the fair one, looking attentively at
the collar Of his shirt, ~ should never
have believed YOU 40 constant"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20

We do not like precocious children.
Fruit that is soonest ripe falls soonest to
the ground, and, perchance, rots there.
A comet is very bright, very dazzling
and beautiful, but it seldom lasts long
Ten to one that the dullest child often
est turns out TO be the greatest ornament
of the family Exchange.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20

A country youth, who desired 90
know how TO become rich, sent quar-
ter in answer to an advertisement and
received the following valuable recipe;
Increase your receipts and decrease
your expenditures. Work eighteen
hours a day, aud live ON hash and oat
meal Cruel"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20

Ina store window nj Oswcgo there has
just been placed on exhibition musket
Of the Queen Anne pattern which was
captured by Aaron Burr while serving
under Benedict Arnold nj the attempted
storming Of Quebec on the night Of De
cember 81, l775. The gun weighs p
naunde
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20

Farmers must not only 30 cultivate
the crops upon which they mainly de-
pend for income, as 10 make them prof
liable, but they must make all the mi
nor crops, which they raise for feeding
stock or for family supplies, pay cost Of
cultivation, otherwise the profit Of the
leading crops will be absorbed by the
losses on minor crops. and the farm ac-
counts will show no balance on the right
side
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-08-20

A child, when told that God is every
where, asked, an this room?" Eyes" f"
am the closet?" "Yes." ain the draw
ers of my desk?" ayes, everywhere. He's
in your pocket now" "No, he amt,
though" "And why not?" "Tauth /
amt dot no pottet."