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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10
Paid in His Own Coin.


There was once a farmer on Long
Island, who was ahonta as mean as
mean could be. lie vas rich-ior
mean people always get rich and ne
scrop'ed at nothing that would add
a dollar to bis pile. Notfarf from him
lived a shiftless sort of negro, who
loved TO steal better than be did to
work; and the farmer said to him
once:
Glen, | viii give you fifty cents q
hushel for all potatoes you viii bring
me-and don't care here you get
Thea )"
Glen jumped at the chance, but ask
ed him where be could get them.
81 doLi. care where. OF course you
will steal 'em. Bat that's none OF
my business
The bargain was struck; and every
night for a week Glen would drive
to the farmers house with a load OF
potatoes, ca ~ them into the cellar,
and receive his pay for therA- AT
length The farmer asked him where
be got them
"Stole 'em boss!' replied the dar-
key, with a grin.
Where did you steal 'em; Clem!"
cob, up in your side lot 7" replied
the negro, while a grin took entire
possession OF his face.
He got away in time to save his
sable back but hal farmer hasn't
bargained with him since to steal any
thing.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10

A good old Methodist lady very
particular and very pious, once kept
a boarding house in Boston. Stauneh
to her principles, she would take no
one to board who did not hold to the
eternal punishment of a large por-
ton of the race. But the people
were 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 a 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 of as
soon as / load.n
"Wa'al, l don't know" said the
old lady. =
"Oh, house full, eh ?"
mo, but"
"But what, ma'am ~
81 don't take any unclean or car
nal people in my house. What do
YOU believe"
"Abcut WHAT"
why, do you believe that any one
will be condemned 7"
"0h, thunder yes"
do you ?" said the good woman,
Frightening up. well, how many
souls do you think viii be ih the fire
eternally ?"
Don't know, ma'am, really
never calculated that"
Cant you guess 2"
Cant say-perhaps fifty thou
sandn
"Wa'al, hem" unused the good
woman Il CUES, I'll take you, fifty
thousand is better than nothing"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10
The Hog Msrke..

For a veal we have been trying to
impress upon The farmers minds the
Importance of taking care of the pigs,
aud enforcing as much as possible
the growth Of the hogs OF hand, feel
ing certain they would comnsand a
good price. Many of the farmers are
afraid that while they may get a good
price this fall, they will get very lit
tle next, and thus incur a loss. OF
this we have but little fear. The
high prices this fall and large de-
mane viii cause them to be butcher
ed of closely and leave the number
none too large for next year.
There is a great amount of DAM
aged wheat this year, which may be
fed to advantage. The phosphorus
contained in the wheat is calculated
TO make bone and muscle. and thus a
very large growth may be made
process of laying on fat begins later
in the season by feeding corn. The
wheat also contains enough fatty
matter TO give that process a good
start, which should begin on those
1ntended for market, as soon as the
corr is matured. Fat is laid on
more rapidly and more economically
an moderate weather than in cold.
BY keeping up the growth of the
summer pigs they may be made q
good, paying size FOR the June mar
ket.-St. Louis Journal and Farmer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10

Don't turn up your nose at cheap
metals. Men have accumulated large
quantities Of gold by starting in lie
with a good stock of brass.
Don't try to drown your trouble
in whisky. A man in this town has
used sixteen barrels, and his trouble
"still lives
Don't use the term Il flatter my
self" Some impudent bystander
will tell you its wrong TO ilatter a
fool.
Don't kick q man when be starts
down bill. 1t is wrong to waste
your powers in unnecessary labor.
Don't hatter yourself that you ear
preach a better sermoR than your
pastor. A brick mason cannot mend
a watch.
Don't talk a mai TO death. 1t is a
hard way to die.
Don't worry about the crops. Plant
the seed in good time and let the
Lord have bis way about the harvest.
Don't give your coin to a blind
organ grinder. 1t is better to spend
it for circus tickets.
Don't slip in al the back door aud
drink alone. 1t reduces the bar
keepers profits.
Don't imagine that the welfare of
the country can be effected by the
conducted of a town policeman. A
tempset in a teapot is not very de-
structive.
Don't make haste to gain wealth
Better be comfortably poor than mis-
erablv rich.
Don't abuse a policeman. Some
Of them are orphans, and all of them
are entitled TO your sympathy.
Don't forget to pay the printer
Printers think "tis sweet TO be re-
membered"-by their debtors.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10
Our Oldest tesset.

The bark Braco is the Oldest YES.
sci il the United States. She was
built at Duxbury by Reuben and
Charles Drew in 1924, and now is
over ffty-ons years old. The Draco
was built 10 the most thorough man.
ner and Of the best materials, pas
cure oak, and if no accident occurs
may live as long in the future as she
has 10 the past. She is PSI tons reg
lister, double deck, originally a brig,
but altered into a bark in 1884.
She was first employed in the freight
iug business then sold to 7. and c.
Flint & Co, for the South American
trade; next she passed to Samuel j.
Bridge, Joseph Knowles and Z. Tuck
or Osborn, for the Australian trade,
and was finally sold to Mr.. j. BourIe,
Jr., Of New Bedford; for a whaler, and
has long been engaged in that bust
ness. The Draco was well known
in Boston forty years ago. aud was a
favorite vessel with all her owners,
as she was almost always fortunate
in making profitable voyages for
them. In 1886, the Draco, in a voy-
age from Valparaiso 20 Swansea,
Wales, loaded heavily with q cargo
of copper ore, passed through the
Straits of Magellan, the only vessel
Of any considerable size that ever
made the passage before that time or
since.--BostoR Advertiser.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10
Making Apple Butter.

We find in the W'dt eD Yorker,
from a North Carolina correspondent,
this receipt for making what is so
common TO the farmers wives Of
Pennsylvania and elsewhere-app'e
butter. 1t contains we think some
hints which may prove new to some
of III readers at least, though it en-
tails more labor than the old Penn
sylvania mode, but doubtless pro-
duces a better article: and we there
fore extract such portions as may be
useful:
81 make apple butter only from APP
pies; | have a brass kettle holding
% gallons in which / boil 90 gallons
sweet cider Gown to 8 gallons, which
makes o nice sweet syrup. This is
put away 10 jars for the present.
Then put four bushels peeled apples,
q~uartered, in "a brass kettle and: boil
it TO a mash with 20 gallons sweet
cider with out string, over a slow
fire. Then take the mashed apples
out and strain them through a strain
er, and put the strained mash in. tubs,
and put away for next day. Next
day strain early and put the strained
mash ID the kettle again, and Eve
gallons Of boiled cider or syrup
Then stir it with a long banded
stirrer of wood with half inch holes
ip it, over a slow Gre. This boiling
and stirring takes from twelve to.
fifteen hours steady work.
The apple butter is in this gay
condensed, and will keep for years
without being closed entirely air.
tight. Before / use it at the table |
aGd as much cream, milk or sugar
and water IS there is apple butter.
But to make Q perfect apple butter,
it takes other materials to DO it,
Take peaches, pears or blue and
yellow plums, peel and quarter them
and boil them 20 a mash with good
cider; strain and work it as you
would the apples. After it is done
put away in jars like apple butter,
and when the grapes are ripe take
your Grst apple butter maze from
peaches, pears, etc, miy it upiin the
kettle again and boil the whole up in
ten gallons of grape juice. This viii
make a delicate preserve, which con-
densed is worth fifty cents per pound
anywhere. | am selling annually
without any difficulty, 1000 pounds.
Add spios. cinnamon, and if one de-
sires apple butter sweeter, sugar to
taste.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10
The Canning Cobbley.

Many years ago, the husband of
an old lady, living in Buckingham,
died without making his will, for the
want of which necessary precaution
bis estate would have passed away
from bis widow, bad she not resorted
to the following expedient to avert
the loss of her property She con-
cealed the death of her husband, and
prevailed on an old cobbler, her
neighbor, who was. in person, some
what like the deceased, to go to bed
at her house, and personate him,
in which character it was agreed that
be should dictate a will, leaving the
widow the estate in question. An
attorney was sent for to draw up the
writings. The widow, who, on his
arrival, appeared in great affection
at her good mans danger, began to
ask questions of her pretended hus-
band, calculated to elicit the answers
she expected and desired. The cob
bier, %groaning aloud, and looking as
much like a person going to give up
the ghost as possible, ieebly answer
ed Il intend to leave you half of
my estate, and | think the poor old
shoemaker; who lives opposite, is
deserving of the other half, for be has
always been a good aeighbor." The
widow was thunder struck at %receiv-
ing a reply so different from that
which she expected, but dared not
negative the cobblers will, for fear of
losing the whole of the property,
while the old rogue in bed-wbo
was himself the poor old shOemak r
living opposi.e-laughed in his
sleeve, and divided with her the
fruits Of a project which the widow
had intended for her sole benefit.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10
Is There a Portrait Of rocahon,as.

There has been amongthe descend
ants of the Indian Princess a consid-
cradle interest respecting a veritable
portrait of her. A gentleman of
Richmond has for several months
been conducting a correspondence
with gentlemen in England on this
subject, and there is reason TO believe
that there are sereral portraits still
extant which are authentic. and that
an original Of a true eopy' may be
obtained for cur gallery Of historic
Nirginians. There is no doubt that
a portrait was taken Of P~ocahontas
when 10 England, and it is natural
20 suppose that the original, or a
copy thereof, may be in possession of
the Relic family, of which Pocahon-
tas' husband was a cadet. The last
advice from England is that there is
still extant a portrait of the Princess
and her son.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10
A Story for Girls.

Sit down on the porch, children,
and let me tell you about Aunt
Rachel, and the story she once told
me. One day wien | vas about II
wears old, l had planned to go after
sras berries. but Aunt Rachel said
to me: "a girl of your age shoold
begin to learn to do housework--
Take off your hat, roll up your
sleeves, and help me do the baking
| pouted, and sighed, and shed
tears, but was encouraged by the
promise that | might go after the
baking. Uuder good Aunt Rachels
direction, | mixed a big loaf bread
placed il on q tin as bright as a new
dollar, aud was rubbing the -four OIL
my hands when she called out:
"This will never. lever do, child
you haven't scraped your breakdown
Clean
| shall never forget the picture she
made standing there, her eyes re-
garding me sternly, one hand resting
on her bip, while in the other she
held the untidy bowl.
at will never do, child" she wen.
on; at is not only untidy, but 1t
makes too much waste; to be a good
~housekeeper you must learn to be
economical. You have heard of the
story OF the young man who wanted
an economical wife ?u
NO. answered, aud | might
have added that [ did not wish to
hear il either.
WELL" she continued, che was a
very likely young man, and be wan
ted a careful wife, so he thought of a
way be could find one. Oae morn
ing be went to call upon the differ
ent girls Of his acquaintance aud
asked them each for the scrapings of
their breadbowl to feed his horse
You see they all wanted him so they
got all they could for him. Finally
be came to a girl who hadn't any, so
be asked her to be his wife, because
he thought she must be economical.
Now" said Aunt Rachel trium-
phantly, suppose a young man
should ask you for the scrapings of
your breadbowl, what could you
say 2"
What could | say 2" | repeated
scOrnfully why I'd tell him if be
couldn't afford to buy oats for his
horses they might starve | wouldn't
rob the pigs to feed them"
l suppose Aunt Rachel thought
the lesson was all lost on me; but
as true as you live l never knead the
bread to this day without thinking
of her lesson in economy.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10
About Boiling Eggs.

There is an objection to the com.
ROO gay of boiling eggs which peo-
pie do not understand. 1t is this
The white under three minutes rapid
cooking becomes tough and.indiges.
tible while the yelk is yet soft. When
properly cooked eggs are done even.
ly through like any other food. This
result may be attained by putting the
eggs into a dish with Q cover. as a
tin pail, and then pour upon them
boiling water, 2. quarts or more to a
dozea eggs. and cover and set them
away from the stove tor fifteen min,
utes. The heat of the water cooks
the eggs evenly and sufficiently and
to g jelly ike consistency, leaving
the centre of yelk harder than the
white, and the egg tastes as much bet
ter and picer as a fresh egg is nicer
than . stale egg. abd no person will
want to eat them boiled after having
tried this method once. - hural
eie Yorker
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10
Now 10 Hoke the Butter Come.

4 reader Of an exchange asks,
"Wbat is the matter with the cows
milk" She complains that the but
ter will not come. A correspondent
of the same paper ,replies as follows:
Now | cannot tell what is the
cause, but l can tell the remedy; for
| rave practiced it for the last 25
years, and | never knew it to fail
When the mill is brought in, strain
it in a tin bucket or par, snd set ii
over q pot of boiling water. Keep
the water boiling until the milk is
scalded, or until 9 scum rises on it.
Then pour it in pans Of crooks. and
set it away in the usual way. | pre-
fer this way of heating milk because
it prevents scorching. Pursuing this
plan, you will find the butter will
come readily, and be of superior
quality. To scald the cream after il
has risen does not do as well.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10
The Horse I'm His Stall.

Notwithstanding all that has been
said on the subject, people still con-
Gne their horses. compel them to
stand in the same crampee place, ara
in their own dung, and thus from
day to day, even for a whole winter
and some during the year. The re,
suit is. the thick legs, still JOINTS oad
boofs and other ailments of the gen.
eral system. as well as the feet aud
legs.
This is wrong. A horse cannot
tell his i~niuries-he suffers in silence,
becomes crippled, spoiled for his
life. dies. and t,at is the end OF him
Thus thousands Of horses arc annu-
aIly lost-and the evil extends 10
every neighborhood. Do we pot
most of us fasten our horses to one
SPOT. where they connot move ana
there force them to stand! Are we
guiltless of swelled legs in our hors-
esS Are they as comfortable IN
their cramped condition as when In
The field. or where they have room
in their stall To tie a horse in his
stall is the FIRST link in the chain OF
abuse. Give your horse freedom.
lie has the principles of its enjoy
ment within him. Give him q chance
20 walk, to change his position, to be
at ease. n { confined, cramped, tyr
sunized. Treat him nationally. Not
as the habit-tbe habit is bad.
Look to his wants intelligently. lie
will appreciate you and remember
vour fayors-for a horse has a good
memory. But bad treatment is bad
for bim-bad to remember; but be
submits to it because be must and
he will make the best OF q bad thing,
eve walk without invitation in,o bis
prison ST all-it is bis OILY place, and
there he suffers in silence. Give him
room-let him loose in it. Give him
beading-clean bedding every day.
And do itnow. We are now talkin
20 the careless and reckless. A hu-
man intelligent man will see that
his beast is cared for. Treat the
animal which is your main reliance
with more care, and you will not re-
gret it-Rurai World.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10
Like q Woman

The other day as a DoyIestown
mother was combing her boys head
with O fine comb, a female acquaint-
ance entered the house withoutform-
alities. There was just M instant's
time, and during that instant the
comb was concealed, hand raised to
the boys chin, and as the lady en-
tered the mother remarked:
Come, Henry-lfy you don't hold
up your chin | can't button your shirt
collarli'
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10
At Sea-.

An Irishman was brought up be-
fore a justice of the peace on a
charge of vagrancy, and was thus
questioned:
What trade are you?"
.'Sure, nov, yer honor, I'm a
sailor.n
"Xou are in the sea-faring line. |
question whether you have ever been
to e in your life 2"
"Sure, now, and does yer honor
think ! came over from Ireland il a
yaggin ?"
Commit him-commit him"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10
ACbfla's Premonttie. sSpeasS,.

A singular coincidence, to use nc
stronger term, occurred a week OF
two ago in Washington. Without
any apparent therefor, and
while gazing upward into the sky, a
little three-year-old child, the death
of whose mother bad committed her
60 its grandfather, paused in its SEEM
ing contemplation Of things above,
and turning TO its grandparents re-
marked, in its childish prattle T:
~Dranpa, my mamma is up wonder
in the sky, and I'm going to see her
next week" Then turning and en-
teriDg the honse, the child caught its
Grandmother by th. hand and asked
her If she would not go with her.
"Wbere 10 7" inquired the lady, and
back came the answer ITO nv
mamma in heaven" The following
Friday the child was seized With
membranous Group, the violence of
the attack of which bsfaed all hu-
man skill, and on the first day of the
Sext week the child died.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10

A country girl near Utica mistook
The meaning of a young nan who
was looking up piekers for his fathers
hop yard, and when asked if she was
engaged, sweeily said: Not yet,
but always thought it would be pleas.
ant" The young man rode home
quickly, and dreamed oil night of
breach of promise trials"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10
Effects of Cold ian Fattenins.

A producer of pork 10 Musklng-
hum county, Ohio, who has made an
experiment with hogs with a view
to ascertain how far cold retards the
rate of ~fattening, reports the follow
ing resul's: Carefully weighing
the hogs fed, and the corn fed lothem,
and estimating pork at four cents
per pound, be found that what be
fed out during the first week IN DC
tober returned (in pork so cents per
bushel the first week in November,
60 cents; the third week, 40; the
fourth week in November and the
month of December, %; the first
half of January, ); the last half 0.
In the October week of the expert
ment the weather was pleasant and
warm. 1t gradually grew colder till
the latter pare of November, from
which time it remained about sta
tionary till the first Of January, after
which ii run down to zero, and be-
low ia the latter part Of the month.
The hogs were well sheltered in a
good pen with plank door.-Agricuh-
urdl Report.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10

Snipkins staked his ali e. the re-
suit of a game of euchre the other
night, and lost. Thro wing down
the cards peevishly, be broke forth in
the following pathetic strain Twas
ever thus in childhood's hour, I've
seen my fondest hopes take fight,
and'every time l played the left bow
er some n took it with the right.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10
A~bOlishinS the Rats.

An exchange takes q rather de-
spondent vieT OF the rat question
when it says: There is one effective
remedy for rats when they obtain
possession of your premises. If one
tears down bis bonse, plows arsenic
into the foundation, and builds upon
its site q strong Enclosure filed with
large and hungry cats, the rats will
desert it. The remedy is a costly
one, and it has its inocnyeniences.
but so far it is the only remedy which
can be tried with any reasonatle
hope that it will be effective.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10

A YOUNG lady in Washington Co.,
New York, beautiful aoi well edu.
Gated, and the owner of an S. 900
farm in her own, says that when she
Is married the entire wedding ex-
penses. including her dresses. shall
not cost over SOS, and that she will
make her husband happier than any
city belle can who takes off fonr
chairs full Of padding at night, and
cannot goto party wearing q dress
that cost under $40.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10
No n1FPPpFNcc co III

No DIFFERENCE 80 HM-Going
up Market Street the other day, q
man saw q boy about eleven years Of
age seated on the sidewalk, bare.
headed, in the full blaze of the scorch.
ing sun.
Club, you ought not to sit there p
said the man.
"Wby ~
Because you'll get all tanned up"
Makes no difference to me wheth-
er ! sit 10 the sun or in the shade,'
sadly answered the boy, mother tans
me up three or four times a day any.
how"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10

A Duluth ssesso says it is posi-
lively amazing how cheap property
becomes as be passes up and down a
street. 1t falls seven per cent. when
ever he enters a house.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10

Anna Connect, a pretty girl over in
New Jersey, was acquitted Of the
charge Of burglary, %whereupon she
threw her arms around the Judges
neck and kissed him. And now all
the married lawyers around Plain
feld are candidates for Judge.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-10

A Vincennes, Ind, man and bis
wife after a stand up fight of an hour
concluded to call it "a draw She
drew about six handfuls of hair out
of bis head.