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Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-17

YNHIS OLD ESTABLIs . n ID AND
Il wide i,known Stable has been lately reno
vated, the old stock cnlled out and replaced with
tns young horses.
Carriagesof all descriptions sa hssd NOD
ERATH CHARGES.
Horses boarded b. the DAY or WINK 81
LOWEST POSSIBLE TERMS
n. B.-vt ttend strictly to our own business
1t. WINNIE DAVID.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-17

THE oRMSBY HOUSE.
Carson and EecoaA Strests
CAsea CIV. Nsv1AA
GEO. D. FRYER -. PROP.
Thh voA known Astsl has besa enaseIeA md
1t =, un4 Hsske0AblU ths
DasY PUBLIC HOUSE, n NEVADA
sWpAss aagtAns q ths ktnAn ~ sasAs:
SPACIOUS DINING HALL
Magnificent Parlers and spss.Aid
Suites sf RsosA,
Combine to saahs # sspply . want lsag fslt
here and threuGhout The stNAs. Ne patns or
expense will Be spared IA TIE CULINARY
DEPARTMnT, snd nothing tnat The markets
OF the PastAs Coass adord VA b onaSstsl from
the tabls.
To oorrespond with the general eissa.ss Of
the howe THE BAR viii be kept - . plan
second 70 nothing tn San Francisco: and the
BILLIARD ROOM will always ho huss-s -saass in
all its appoiRsmsnh.
IM WEs1fRa yHtex rrtEeeAPH COMPANY
Fave an otace in the ko1se; and All poeatlo
fsciiiiseS will Be Afforded ~
GusstA, Families and eAe RraveAav
Public.
A share OF pubAe patronage is soAsited.
GEO. D. FRYER,
janI Proprietor.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-03
A Slight Mistake.

The following auecdote, which is
said to have appeared in the news
papers many years ago, is said to
have been founded on an actual oc-
currence Although it may not illus
trate the democratic simplicity of the
people of Vermont to-day, it is new
ertbeless a good story, and good also
for many years longer life in the
newspapers:
Halo, you man with the pail and
frock, can you inform ME whether
his honor the Governor of Vermont
lives here ?" said British officer,
as be brought his fiery horse to a
stand in front of Governor Chitten-
den's dwelling.
He does" was the response of
the man, still vending his way to the
pig-sty
Is his honor ct home ?" continued
the man Of spurs.
Most certainly, i" replied frock.
Take my horse by the bit, then, :"
said the officer. 81 have business to
transact with your master"
Without a second bidding, tae
man did as he was told, and the Of
fcer alighted and made his way to
the door, and gave the panel several
hearty rops with the butt of his whip
for be it known that in those days
of republican simplicity, knockers and
bells, like servants. were in but little
use. The good dame answered the
summons in person; and having
seated the officer and ascertained his
desire to see the Governor, departed
TO inform her husband of the guests
arrival bat on ascertaining that the
0 fficer had made a hitchiDg-post Ct
her husband, she Immediately in
formed him that her husband was en-
gagged in the yard, and could not very
well wait upon him and big horse at
the same time The predicament Of
the officer can be better imagined
than described.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-03
Dan.e's Restlng-Piaee.

Charles Warren Stoddard writes
from Ravenna: "Dabte is buried just
around the corner. 1t is pleasant TO
have his grave 50 near-that Is, it
would be pleasant if it were any sort
Of grave. Don't come to Rayenna
with hope Of dropping tear under
the melancholy expresses which are
so far out Of range. Dent seek this
spot to pluck the thin grass blades
that grew themselves in such profu-
sion. Dante lies under more marble
than is necessary TO mark the place
ofhis sepulchre, and all that is visible
is Of little Interest," cold relief and
half dozen metal wreaths, with rib
bons streaming from them, are the
sort of memorials one naturally looks
for at the tomb of him who had Par
adise at his flnger'5 ends while he
lived and doubtless inherited it when
be died. At the museum yOG viii
find, among Other objects q! pe.-.iar
interest. the box JAaG once eoRtaised
the bones Of the marvellous poet and
q cast of bis face, with that long,
heavy nose and prominent china
profile less pleasing than that given
him in most portraits.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-03

An instrument for measuring dis.
sahces by sound has been invented
recently by Major de Bouleuge of
1ne Deigian army. II consists Of a
glass tube having graduations aIo,~
its length representing djs,anoae,
measured The tube is closed ., =
.extemities, and is filed with liopid -
which IS metallic traveller, formed
by two disks united BY central
rod. The diameter Of the disks
is a little less than that Of the
tube, so that when the latter is Yerti-
cal the traveller will descend with a
SLOW and uniform motion. knowing
the velocity Of sound and that Of
travel, it is easy TO construct the dis
tance scale. In operation. the edre
of one disk is brought To the o marx
and the instrument being held hori-
zontially, the fash Of the capnon.
for example, is noted at that instant
the telemeter is turned TO a vertical
position, and so held, the traveller. Of
course, descending meanwhile, until
the sound IS heard, when il is again
brought horizonucally. The position
OF the traveller denotes The distance
TO be read on the scale. II is stated
that, during the course of official TX.
periments at the Belgian artillery
school, the instrument, in estimatiog
distances Of 5000 yards, did not
make over twenty-oue yards Of error.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-03
seanlles 81 shaaOwp

The shadoirs all day long rlay At
silent games Of beauty EyeFything
is double if it stands in light. The
tree sees an unreyealed and mufled
self lying darkly along the ground.
The slender stems Of towers. golden
rod, wayside ssters, meadow daisies.
and rare lilies (rare and yet abund-
ant in every nice, level meadow east
forth a din and tremul0gs line Of
shadow, that lies long all the morn
ing, shortening till noon, and creep
ing out again from the root al the
afternoon, until the sun shoots it as
Z far eastward in the evening as the
sun shot it westward in tho morning.
il million shadowy arrows such as
these spring from Apollo's golden
bow Of light at every step. Flying
in every direction, they cross, inter
lacing each other in a soft network
Of dim lines Meanwhile, the clouds
drop shadow-like anchors, that reach
the ground but will not hold; every
browsing creature, every fitting bird,
every moving team, every uncon-
sci0us traveller writes Itself along
the ground ia din shadow.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-03
rake Tfnc 10 rest,

Most men and women keep il the
traces and keep pulling, the year
round. All the more, therefore, is it
thei- duty to take things easier as the
hot weather comes on. Take longer
rests at noon. Put on less steam
when YOU are at work. Snatch a
Sunday now and then from the mid
die Of the week. You can't? You
can. People fnd time to be sick and
die. They can just as easily end
time to rest and keep well. Every
thing does not depend on finishing
that dress or fencing that field; or
putting upn so much fruit or catch
ing SO many customers. Better that
the children should wear old clothes
than that their mother should be laid
aside bv a fever. Better tkat the
corn crop be little lighter than that
there be no one to harvest it. Let US
have shorter sermons and fewer Of
them on Sunday; longer reeesses for
the children at school on week days.
Put up the store shutters earlier at
night; prepare palmer meals in the
kitchen. Take q noon-day nap your
self, and give your employees chance
10 go a fishing of an afternoon now
and then. That only is due which
the Lord lays upon US and be IS not
so hard a master as we sometimes
suppose.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-03
ATimely suggestion.

Il correspondent writes: How to
keep water in the barn-yard from
freezing in the trough is a problem
which 1 wish some one would solve.
1t is quite a trouble to have to cut
out two or three inches of ice every
morning, in cold weather, besides
wasting a great deal of water. /
have been experimenting little, and
have found a way TO somewhat mod
fly the evil When | go to the barn
at nine o'clock in the evening there
is generally quite a crust Of ice in the
trough. Through this | break at one
end of the trough q small hole, and
dip cut three or four quarts Of water,
This leaves an open space betweer
the ice and the top of the water, and
the whole process Of freezing has to
be repeated. In the morning there
will be two coats Of ice, both quite
thin, and it is not half the work to
get them out that it is to cut out
what will be produced if it is left IN
disturbed 1t may be worth while
for other farmers to try this method
1t costs but little to do it, and with
me it saves a good deal of work.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-03
The secret ofIt

An old farmer being asked why
his boys stayed at home when others
did not, replied that it was owing TO
the fact that he always tried TO make
home pleasant for them. He fur
nished them with useful and attrac-
tive reading; aud when night Comes
and days labor is ended, instead Of
running with other boys to the rail-
way station and adjoining towns,
they gather around the great lamp
and become absorbed in their books
and papers. The boys were still at
home when the elder one was TWEEN
tv-One while those who were fur
nished with 10 reading at home
sought city life and city dissipation
as soCn as they were seventeen or
eighteen. All will do well 10 heed
this testimony of "a farmer who has
known how hard 10 is to struggle for
footing on a free soil without capi-
tai, and how valuable aud compara-
lively cheap are the aids which good
reading brings to him. Ia this age
Of general Intelligence, the mind
must be catered to, and books and
papers furnished and not only this,
but in this age Of the world, cheap
and artistic chrome pictures can aIso
be brought to use in making them at
tractive. The farmers life is themOst
independent Of cay, and there is no
reason why it may not be as attract
ivelv surrounded.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-03
Ss-sa---5alz-allun-s
Picking mp a wasp.

4 West Hill minister picked up a
frozen wasp on the sidewalk, with q
view to advancing the interest OF
science, he carried it into the house
and held it by the tail while be
warmed its ears over & lamp chin
ney. His object was to see if wasps
froze to death, or merely lay dor
mant during the winter He is of
the opinion that they merely lie DOR
mant, and Of the dormantest kind at
that. When they revive, he says the
tail tbaw5 out frst, for while this
one's head, right over the lamp, was
so stiff and cold that it could not
wink, its probe worked with such in
conceivable rapidity that the minis
ter couldn't grasp fast enough to keep
up with it. He threw the vicious
thing down he lamp chimney, and
said he didn't want any more truck
with q dormant wasp, at which his
wife burst into tears and asked how
he, minister of the gospel, could
use such language, right before the
children, too.-BurliHgt0n HarLeye.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-03
Hand.si,akans.

How did people get in the habit
of shaking hands? The answer is
not far to seek. In early and barbar-
Gus times, when every savage or
semi-savage was bis own law-giver,
judge, soldier and policeman, and
had to watch over bis own safety, in
default of other protection, two
friends and acquaintance, or two
strangers desiring to be friends and
acquaintance, when they cbanced to
meet, offered each to the other the
right hand, the hand alike of defense
and oGense, the hand that wields the
sword, the dagger, the club, the tom
ahawk, or other weapon of war.
Each did this to show that the hand
was empty, and neither war nor
treacbery was intended A man can
not we'll stab another while be is iD
the act of shaking hands with him
unless he is a double-dyed traitor
and villain, and strives to aim cow
ardly blow with the left " while giving
the right and pretending to be on
good terms with his victim.
The custom of hand shaking pre-
walls more or less among all civilized
nations, and is the tscit avowal of
friendship and good will, just as a
kiss is of warmer passion. Ladies,
as every one must have remarked,
seldom or never shake hands With
the cordiality of gentlemen, unless it
be with each other. The reason is
obvious. They cannot be expected
to show to persons of the other sex q
warmth of greeting which might be
misinterpreted, unless such persons
are very closely related 20 them by
family or affection, in which case
hand shaking is not needed, and the
lips do more agreeable duty.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-03
Care of lambs

Sheep are the only farm stock that
have retained or advanced their act
ual value in the market during tie
past year 1t is, therefore, for the
farmers interest that be carefully
watch his ewes and lambs at this sea
son. Ewes need better care than
weathsrs, and should be removed TO
pens where they can be looked after
daily. As they near the hour Of
lambing, they should again be re-
moved to a warm, dry pen, and
watched closely If the lamb comes
weakly, it should have a moutbful or
two Of warm milk until it is active
enough to suck. If it should become
chilled, let it be removed at once,
and warmed and fed until restored.
But there will be few weak lambs If
the ewes are fed previously with good
clover hay, and few roots and
handful Of oats daily. No hogs
should be permitted near pen Of
lambs; and lne tanner and more gen
tie the sheep have beea made, the
less danger there viii be Of the ewo
reseuting any Interference, either
with herself or she lamb, and disowD-
inc IL in consequence.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-03
How TO BanIsh FIens

The Maryland Farmer gives the
following useful receipt for extermi-
mating aeas
The oil of pennyroyal will GER
tainly drive these pests off but a
cheaper method, where the herb
flourishes, is to throw your dogs and
cats into a decoction Of it once a
week. Now the herb and scatter it
in the beds Of the pigs once q month.
Where the herb cannot be got the oil
may be procured. In this case satu-
rate strings with it aud tie them
around the necks Of dogs and cats,
pour a little on the back and about
the ears Of hogs, which you can do
while they are feeding without touch
ing them. By repeating these ap-
plications every twelve or fifteen
days the aeas will fee from your
quadrupeds, to their relief and i'm
provement and to your relief end
comfort in the house. Strings satu-
rated with the oil Of peunyroYal and
tied around the neck and tail OF
horses will drive off lice. The strings
should be saturated once a day
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-03
Fattenins steers.

In the Prairie Farmer, Mr.. Law
renee gives the result of sundry ex-
periments in fattehing steers with
different kinds of food We cannot
fud space for the report in detail.
aud must therefore be content with
the conclusions arrived at; which
are that common wild steers do not
become used TO confinement in so
short a time as one hundred and
nineteen days, the time occupied in
the experiments, and, therefore, the
gain that might be expected from
more comfortable quarters is not re
allied fact to be noted by Eastern
buyers who purchase Western cattle
for stall-feediEg. This was seen by
comparing those fed out Of doors
the best average gain having been on
corn fed in the ear in an open shed
In regard to bcets, the fact seems to
be, so far as observed by Mr.. Law
renee, that they are very valuable
for mich cows and calves, but tbev
do not appear to fill the place Of corn
in fattening steers. Thus a steer, fed
on corn and beets, gained 10 lbs,
while another steer, fed on corn alone,
gained 2lO lbs.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-03
4 Change of Fortuae.

As an illustration of the change:
Of personal fortune in this country
the Chicago Times tells this story
Detroit readily disposed of $4,000
in thirty years seven per cent water
bonds, there being but two purchas-
ers, each Of whom paid a premium
Of one per cent. J. Ii Beach, who
took $50, 900, went to Detroit in l847
with the present Governor Of Michi-
gan, BagIey. He bad six dollars in
cash Bagley found employment in
a tobacco house, Beach in a bank.
The latter's employment not proving
permanent, be went to Cincinnati,
where be failed in business. Desi-
rous of going to ST. Louis, be had
no other means Of reaching there
than such as nature provided, and to
raise money wrote 20 Bagley, ask
ing for twenty dollars. Bag,ey, now
a millionaire, was just able to remit
the amount. Beach reached St
Louis, and now, with a ready cash
capital of $4,000 Is investing in
the bonds OF a city where once be
hadn't mar7edi TO bless himself
with.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-03
Rural DIscontent.

/ A very sensible article appears in
the Chicago Inter Ocean under the
head Of rural discomfort" 1t ap-
( plies to young men who are not sat.
listed with country life and entertain
desire to drift cityward. To these
the writer drops few words OF
kindly advice, which are so true that
we reproduce them: "In the city
everything is oycrstocked. Clergy
men, all but a favored few, are poor
ly paid, many lawyers and doctors
cannot keep soul aud body together;
for every mercantile situation vacant
there are hundreds of hungry appli-
cants, ready to work on half salary ;
ready writers, Conversant with the
city and its labyrinths, can be bad at
a moments notice. There is scarce
ly an establishment Of any kind in
The great city which could not be
emptied and filled again three times
in one day, and vet this discount is
on the Increase. While there is room
for every taIen; in every city, there
Is no room for mediocritv. If the
country youth finds his brain afame
with great thoughts, his opportunity
will come; be need not fear. If be
has the soul Of an artist, his pencil
will speak, and the world will not be
slow to notice. If be he a poet, or a
writer Of dawning genius, his works
viii not long remain beneath a bush
el in his local paper But if he be
simply young man Of ordinary abil-
ity, smart enough to keep his place,
aud to gain the respect Of bis fellow
men, let him avoid the city as be
would the plague; let him follow the
path which is smooth before him, be-
cause be has not the trials and the sor-
rows which await him at the city
gates.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-03
WHOLE NO. 1850.


Ia Belgium and other continental
countries, the carrot has been growu
as field crop for longer time, and
TO much greater extent, than in
Britain. In the year 1865, the atten-
ton of the Society for the Encour-
agement Of Arts, etc, was directed
10 this branch Of hu>baudry, and, in
consequence. an account of the cul-
ture OF carrots and the uses 70 which
they may be applied was published
by Robert Billing, a farmer in Nor
folk, who states that he obtained.
from twenty aud a half acres. five
hundred and ten loads Of this root
which he found equal in use and eff.
feet to a thousand loads Of turnips.
or three hundred loads of hay. Some
OF them measured two feet in ler 9Th,
anu from twelve to fourteen inches
round. Horses are remarkably fond
Of carrots, and when mixed with oats
they form very good food for them.
The efficacy of these roots in preserv-
Ing and restoring the wind Of hos ses
had, II IS said, been partially known
IN Suffolk, where carrots were admin
istered as q secret specific for the
complaint long previously to their be-
ing commonly applied as food for
that animal Carrots are equally
beneficial as nourishment for cows.
sheep and swine. 1t was stated some
years since that at Burliagton, in
Yorkshire, the stock Of farm, con-
sisting Of twenty working horses, /
four bullocks, and six milch cows,
were fed from the end Of September
to the beginning of May on the car
rots produced from three acres ofI
land. The animals, dariHg the whole
of that time, lived on these roots,
with the addition of only a very
small quantity of hay.
Carrots contain a large amount of
water, Sc parts in loo lbs. Their
most distinguished dietetical sub
stance is sugar, Of which they pos
sess nearly G1 per cent. Starch is
also found in small quantities, with a
small portion Of albumen. The an
clients used the seed both Of the wild |
and cultivated carrot as an internal /
medicine against the bite Of serpents;
hey also gave it to animals that had
been stung by them.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-03
The Yankees and the Eear

Two Yankees strolling in the
woods, without any arms ia their
possession, observed a bear climbing
tree, with its paws clasped around
the trunk. One Of them ran forward
aud caught the bears paws one in
each hand. He then called out to
his comrade:
Jonathan, run home and bring
me something to kill this varmint;
and mind you don't stay, or I'm in q
fix
Jonathan ran of, but staid a long
time During the interval, the bear
made several desperate attempts to
bite the hand of him who held it.
At length Jonathan came back
Hullo, what kept you SO longf"
"Well, I'll tell you, When | got
home breakfast was ready, SO / staid
10 eat"
We'll" said bis eomrade, "come
now and hold the critter till kill it,"
Jonathan seized the bears paws,
and held the animal.
We'll, Jonathan, have yop hold Of
him?"
Il guess I have"
Very well, then hold fast; I'm OF
for dinner"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-03
StranGIes In Colts.

This complaint, known commonly
as distemper, is nothing serious.
The. swelling which appears at the
junction of the jaws and throat will
in time break OF itself and disappear.
The only treatment necessary is to
give the colt soft feed, with bran
mashes and no medicine at all.
The appetite, which falls off while the
fever accompanying the disorder re-
mains, will return as soon as the alb.
scess has broken. If the enlarge
ment increases to such an extent as
to threaten sufocation, it may be
opened with lancet and discharged.
No poultice should be applied to the
swelling. Sometimes, when the abb
seess refuses to break, or is slow in
suppurating, it may be FASTENED by
rubbing it with a little ointment,
composed of one part Spanish flies
and six parts Of lard.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-03
What is a Good Education ?

Edward Everett's definition of a
good education was Read the
English language well, write with
dispatch, a neat, legible hand, and be
master Of the first four rules of arlth-
metic, so as TO dispose Of at once,
with accuracy, every question Of fig
ures which comes up in practice, and
if you add the ability to write pure,
grammatical English, you have an
excellent education. These are the
tools You can do much with them,
but you are hopeless without them.
They are the foundation; unless you
begin with these, all your dashy at
tainments, e little geology, and all
other ologies and osophies are osten-
tatious rubbish
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-02-03
a Caprieious Cat

A clergyman's cat at West Spring
field has shown some remarkable
symptoms Of natural depravity. At
ter giving birth TO seven kittens re-
Gently, Of various colors, she re-
moved the two blackest from the
group and utterly refused TO take
any notice Of them. No sooner
were they restored to her nest than
she again and again ejec,ed them,
aad death finally relieved the little
waits. And this in defiance to the
fifteenth amendment, which declares
there shall be Ho distinction on ac-
count Of colOrl No other than a
Massachusetts cat would have dared
to thus offend the majesty Of the
law.