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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01
Keeping Poultry In Orchards.

Some farmers make it a practice to
keep their poultry in their orchards
from early spring until cold weather
sets in; and they find that it pays
them for 80 doing. A picket fence
should be built around the orchard
high enough to prevent their flying
over, with q suitable house or shed
in one corner of the yard to shelter
them at night. Thus situated, the
poultry will thrive ard prosper, keep
ing themselves in good condition, and
the increase in eggs will be greatly
augmented, and their usefulness and
value enhanced, to their owners al
least, on account of the thousand
myriads of insects and worms which
they destroy, and which will more
than repay the cost and labor Of
building the fence. BY keeping them
enclosed in this manner, a large mum.
Der of fowls may be retained in an
orchard; and the continual scratch.
ing which is done by them will prove
advantageous beth to the soil and
trees themselves. = Massachusetts,
Piowman.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01
Resources of che United States.

The Smithsonian Institute is at
present engaged ia making a coilec-
ton to illustrate the resources of the
United States as derived from the
animal kingdom; and TO this end in-
vite the cooperation of all who may
it in their power to render any aid in
the undertaking. They will form a
part of the governmental display to be
made in accordance with the act of
Congress of March 3, 1875, and the
Executive order Of March 5, 1915.
The general object of this exhibit
ton is to show-Grst, specimens of
all the animals of the United States
which are hunted or collected for any
economical purpose whatever; see
ond, the products derived from the
various species, both in their crude
and thei: applied or manufactured
condition; third, the apparatus or de-
vices by means Of which, directly or
indirectly, these objects are pursued,
captured aad utilized by sportsmen,
hunters. trappers and others.
For the purpose OF rendering this
exhibition complete and strictly na-
tional in its character, the Smithson-
ian Institute invites donations of the
above mentioned objects from manu-
facturers and dealers, and commun.
cations concerning them, with the
guarantee that full credit shall be
given TO all contributors on the labels
of the articles and in the catalogues
and publications of the exhibition.
After the collection referred to has
served its purpose at the information
al exhibition, it will be transported
to Washington and form q part of
the permanent display Of the Nation
al museum, in charge of the Smith
sonian Institution, where, as in Phil
adelphia, proper Acknowledgements
will be made to all who have aided
in rendering il complete.
The more expensive articles will
be received as a Loan, should they be
deemed important to tie exhibition.
to he afterwards returned; but it is
expected that, as far as possible,
all specimens will be presented, 81
that they may form part Of the per-
manent display at Washington.
Specimens may be SEN by express
or mail or, ifin large bulk, by rail-
road conveyance. Their ~tronsporta-
ton will be paid Oh receipt in Wash
ington, to which place they should
be forwarded, addressed to The Smith
sonian Institution, and marked an
ternational Exhibition, 1876" and
with the name and address of sender.
Jos. HENRY,
Sec'y Smithsonian Institution.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01
A New Food for Horses and sheep.

A favorite and rather new kind OF
mash for horses is coming into use,
composed of two quarts of oats, one
Of bran, and half a pint of faxseed.
The oats are first placed into the sta.
BILE bucket, over witch is placed the
linseed; add boiling water, then the
bran, covering the mixture with an
old rug and allowing it to rest thus
for five hours, then stir the mass well
up. The bran absorbs while retain-
ing the vapor, AID the linseed binds
oats and bran together. A greater
quantity of flazseed would make the
preparation too oily and less relisha-
BILE. One feed per day is sufficient.
l. is easily digestible aud is specially
adapted to young animals, adding to
their volume rather than to their
height, giving substance to the frame.
Prof. SAMSON reminds us not to over
look the food in the nourishInent
question in connection with the ame-
Iteration Of live stock. He considers
oats as SO generally given to sheep,
as Objectionable and approaching the
Improbable. Rams generally re-
ceive one pound of oats daily, ewes
half that quantity. Oats, forming
a n exciting food, are especially suited
for rams during the season when
they serve; but for fastening the de-
veiopment of young sheep they only
build up the bones, not the flesh.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01
Couldn't Play it.

A colored man named Nelson is
owing a butcher on Beaubien street
FIVE or six dollars, and after trying in
vain to collect, the butcher and a
friend put their heads together the
other night and laid a plan. About
midnight they called at Nelson's
house, and he was awakened by a
rap on the window
Who's dar 2 be called out.
The Devilr solemnly replied the
butcher.
You is, heyH'
Yes. l want youP
What fur?'
You refuse to pay your butcher,
and am SEN to take you to the bot
tomless pitp
You isr
Il am. Come forth at oncel'
lie coming!' replied the negro as
be jumped out of bed ; 4 can't pay
dat six dollars half as easy in. any
odder way, an' de old woman is so
mighty cross lie glad 20 get away
from homei'
The butcher and his friend didn't
wait for Mr.. Nelson to put in an ap-
%pearance.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01
Quails and Insects.

A farmer boy in Ohio, observed a
small flock of quails in his fathers
cornfeld, and resolved to watch their
motions. They pursued a very reg.
ular course in their foraging. com.
mencing on one side of the field,
taking about FIVE rown, and following
them uniformly to the opposite end,
returning 10 the same over
the next five rows. They continued
in this course until they had explored
the greaJer portion of the field. The
lad suspicious that they were pulling
up corn, fred into the flock killing
but one of them, and he proceeded to
examine the ground. In the whole
space over which they travelled be
found but one stalk of corn disturbed.
This was nearly scratched out of the
ground, but the earth still adhered to
it. In the craw of a quail be found
one cut-worm, twenty-one vine bugs,
and one hundred chinch bugs, but
not a single grain of corn. The far.
mers should Keep this in mind, and
during the inclement weather of the
winter, feed and protect them. They
will be repaid tenfold for their trou-
BILE.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01
Screws vs.. Nails.

Most mechanics who work in WOOD
do not appear to understand the emf
nent superiority Of wood screws ovel
brads and nails In many places on,
SC. ew is worth three or four nails.
When q is securing cleats to bat
ten doors, or cleats to q wagon box
nails are very unsuitable when com
pared with the efficiency of gimlei
pointed screws. Screws will hold
two pieces of wood more rigidly than
nails; and, il the timber should shrink
a trife, the screws can be turned up
tight, whereas, it is difficult in most
instances to tighten up loose work
with nails in all places where there
is an unusual strain on the parts to
be held together.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01
Flens.

1t is gratifying to know that y
men cannot find time to think OF the
education of their fellow-creatures,
thew are rapidly attaining perfection
in that of feas. These interesting
insects arc being trained in a highly
ereditable manner both in France
and in England, and there is now on
exhibition in New York city a troupe
from Paris. 1t is not said whether
the bug is more intelligent than Its
smaller and sprigh;lier rival, but
there is every reason to suppose that
the sapient bug is aot an Invention CT
fancy. With regard to the flea, III
momentous problem is solved. The
gentleman from Paris, who, il ap.
pears. has some leisure on his hands,
edueates them, and makes them per
form ali Of things, such as
driving q chariot, firing q small cannon,
and performing BloDdin-wise on q
tight hair. lie entertains the warmes'
affection for his pupils, and maniiests
it BY allowing them constantly % re-
side about his person. The tieas have
20 be tanned before they perform, aud
he proceeds TO this delicate operation
10 the following way: He puts the
untutored aud rebellious flea in a re-
volying box, which turns whenever
the insect attempts to move. The
flea, of course gets soon tired oil Tbs
rotatory martyrdom, and wisely
elects to jump no more, SO that when
it is e~xtricated from its prison It stu
imaeines itself in its box, AID re-
mains, ifthe comparison be permitted.
as quiet and tracta5le as a lamb.
he flea is then attached to a micro
scopic chario; by an extremely thin
hair, and begins to work for his live
lihood. When the insects have per
formed, they are set on a piece ofraw
meat, or their tutor places them
on his hand aud feeds them on his
own blo0n
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01

A correspondent. travelling through
Alpine Savoy, writing of the great
glacier of Ire la Tete, says:
In one place it was as a huge sea,
frozen at the moment of its grandest
swell and sweep. In another part it
resembles marble mountains with
vast quarries. There were quantities
of great stones in some places that
held enormous bits of rock crystal;
these stones ere hurled down by
spring avalanches. Harnish and the
guides at ore time went of TO hunt
some crystals; gradually one by one
they disappeared behind the icy
peaks Of the glacier, and for a little
1 vas entirely alone. The solitude
was very strange and at the same
time delightful. There was a pro-
found silence. | could see chalets
and cattle p~asturing OF the far-off
mountain slopes, and below me goats
were browsing on the peaks of Ire
la Tete. But | can form no idea of
distance except by the deep silence
abodt me. | could see the pastoral
slopes and SUBMITS Of Mt Joy; the
peaks of Bonhomme and Bontemme;
the beautiful mountain Rosalette, and
many other peaks around and be-
yond the glacier. But every object
near at hand was so unnatural that
seemed 10 be on another planet. The
very light was different; it was lurid
in its glare. The coloring, too, was
peculiar; the somber granite and the
glittering marble tints were varied
by intense emerald and blue of the
c:evasses. not only forgot distan-
ces, but | became insensible to time,
past, present aud future, and when
the men with Harnish returned it was
as if | had awaken from a most
sublime dream. We stayed four
hours on the glacier. | could hardly
credit it, for it seemed SC short a
time
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01
Weeds I'm the West.

Talking with o Western farmer,
two or three years ago, we asked him
why TIE West universally preferred
the mammoth corn rather than the
smaller size grown in York State
With not as rich land we averaged
more bushels per acre than were got
at the West. With a laugh at the
revelation be was making, our friend
frankly confessed that one important
advantage of western orn was that
it grew faster than the weeds, which
would rise up and choke the smaller
variety: but were themselves kept
down by the monstrous growth of
stalks and leaves on the corn now
grown.
1t was only a few years ago that
Western farmers had an important
advantage over us at the East on
the freedom of their farms from
weeds. This is still true in many
places as respecting Canada thistles,
quack and other perennial weeds,
but the whole tribe of ANNALS, espe-
cially rag-weed, is more numerous
on Western fields than anywhere
else.
This is the double result of care
less culture and the great fertility Of
the soil. On Western Germ fields rag
weed often grows nearly as high as. a
mans head and filled with seed,
while by Eastern woodside and stub
bic fields it is found from SIX inches
to a foot and q half high. This fill
ing up of Western soil with weeds
even ANNALS, is a great loss to far
mers. They hurt the corr crop, es-
pecially in such seasons as the pre-
sent, and they make the growing Of
small grains more and more precari-
GUS. At the West as well as here,
clean, thorough culture is the only
live policy and pays best in the long
run.-Moorc's Rural.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01

A pious New Jersey dame has
stopped praying for her husband, be-
cause, as she says, II have ptayeu
so long without effect that | think
the Lord has just as poor an opinion
of that man as ] have.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01
Latest in Paris.

A marvellous piece of mechanism
in the way Of clocks has just beer ex.
hibited in Paris. 1t is an eight-day
instrument, with dead beat escape
ment maintaining power. 1t chimes
the quarter, plays sixteen tunes, plays
three tunes every twelve hours, or
will at any time required. The
hands 60 round as follows: One,
once q minute; one, once an hour
one, once a week; one, n a month;
one, once q year. 1t shows the
moons age, the rising and setting Of
the sun, the time of high and low
water, half ebb and half food, and
by q beautiful continuance there is a
part which represents the water
! which rises and falls, lifting some
ships at high water tide as if they
were in motion, and, as it recedes,
leaves these little automaton ships
dry on the sand. The clock shows
the hour of the day, day of the week,
day of the month, month ofthe year,
and in the day of the month there is
a provision made for the long and
short months. 1t shows the signs OF
the zodiac; 1t strikes or not, chimes
or not, as may be desired; and it has
the equation table, showing the diff
ference Of clock and sun every day in
the year. II it would smoke a cigar,
and drink the health Of the observer
in champagne, its round of useful.
ness and wonderfulness would be
com plete.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01
Buried Alive Thirteen Years.

John King, of Tennessee, bad q
farm in Tennessee in 1862, and the
soldiers of both armies made them.
selves cordially at home on his prem
ises. So he removed with all his
produce to a cave 10 the Cumberland
Mountains. A storm threw down q
rock which closed the mouth of the
cave. Therein he lived for thirteen
years, in the dark, eating from his
produce and drinking from a spring.
The other day a railroad company,
blasting for a tunnel, blasted him
out.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01

THEY have found a petrifed Mer
mon In Utah, and from the number
of dents in the head, evidently made
with a poker and fiat iron, it is judg.
ed that be had at least thirty-fve
wives-NorriStoUn Herald.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01
Her Mission,

Yesterday afternoon while severa.
men were drinking at q Griswold
street bar a woman quietly and soft
ly entered. Some of the men sal
down, others stared at the wema1
and the bar-keeper timidly inquired
Come to pray?
NO, sir" she promptly responded
1--WE come here to get the wash.
bill, and if you don't fork over III
rake these gin bottles sing a funeral
march! p
He forked.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01

A Brooklyn girl is engaged to be
married tie an Italian Count, and in
the course of four or FIVE years she
may be looked for on the street with
a hand organ playing the usual
tunes.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01

Duck shooting at the lagoons,
ponds, lakes and small water courses
in the Mississippi bottom has COM
menced in good earnest. Bitter mast,
of which wild fowl and wild animals
are very ford, is said to be abundant,
game and equally so.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01

Mattocks, Grub Hoes, Picks, Seythes, Sneaths, Sledges, Mason Hammers,
Cast Steel, Step Ladders, Carriage and Tire Bolts of all sizes Looking
Glasses, Wash Boards, Clothes Wringers, Meal Sleeves, Door Mats, Baskets,
Tubs. Wooden Buckets, Irvine, Rope all sizes, Hay Puneys, Butter Prints,
Mop Sticks, Traps, steelyards, Meat Cutters and Suffers, Traces, Cow
Chains. Halter Chains, Shoe, Dust and Scrub Brushes, Horse Brushes, Cur
nv Combs and Cards, Door Locks, Hinges, Screws, Latches and everything
in the Builders line. Caps, Lead, Shot, Powder and Safety Fuse, &c, &c,
The fact is, keep everything that belongs to the Hardware trade. | deal
exclusively in this kind of goods and give my whole attention to it.. Per-
sons who are building, or any one in need of anything gin my line, will lind
it ito their advantage to give me a call l will always give q reasonable
credit to responsible persons. / thank my old customers for their patronage
and hope this season to make many new ones. Don't forget the place
No, ,"BAER'S BLOCK
Apr. 8 ~. JOHN +. BLfMYER.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01

A story is told of an Irishman
who was bound yer to keep the
peace against all her majesty's SUBJ
jects, exclaimed: "Tben heaven help
the first foreigner ! meet"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01

JOHN f. BLYMYER,
DEALERIN
Hardware, Iron, Nails, Glass, Paints,
Oils, &C., &C..

The following is a partial LIST of goods in Stock: Carpenters Tools,
Planes. Saws, Hatchets, Hammers, Chisels, Plane Irons > DIES, &c. Black
smiths Goods. Bellows Anvns. Wees, Flies, Hammers, &c Saddery
Hardware, Tab Trees, Gig Saddles, Hames, Buckles, Rings, Btsa and Tools
Table Knives and Forks, Pocket Knives, Scissors, spoons IN hasors ~
largest stock in Somerset County. Painters Goods, a full stock White
Lead, CoIored Paints for inside and outside painting, Paints IN OIL all eoiors'
Varnsh, Turpenine, Flaxeed Oil, Brushes, japan Dryer, Walnut stains,
&c Window Glass of all sizes and glass cut to any shape. The best Coal
Oil always on hand. Our stock of Coal Oil Lamps is large and comprises
elegant STYLES. Dhstons Circular MGlev and Cross Cut Saws. Mill
Saw Files of bebest quality. Porcelainlined Kettles. Handles of all kinds.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01

Every third man in St. Louis is
named Jones, Brown, johnson or
Smith, while tho balance answer to
toe name of hello, tberel"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01

The Russian harvest has failed.
That OF England is short. That of
the United States is large.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01

A business that goes altogether on
tick-Telegraphing.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01

Why do honest ducks dip their
heads under water? To liquidate
their little bills.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01

He kept resolutely away for whole
month-neyer once went near the
place. Ii Jennie wanted him she
might send for him or get her sister
TO invite him to tea, as she had done
before. But John " are was not
sent for. neither was be invited to
tea, and bis spirits began to wax
low.
If she'd cared about me she'd
have got in my way somehow be-
fore this-trust a woman be thought.
The idea of not being cared for
was not cheerful. That night he
suolled csrelessly by the shop, but
on the opposite side of the way
Nothing was TO be seer Of Jennie.
He walked on 10 q brown study, then
crossed over, and went deliberately
by the shop, with only one eve, how
ever, turned in its direction, but not
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-01
TOBACCO AND CIGARS,
HARD ARE
Carpetings and Oil Cloths

ever brought 10 town. A large stock of Queen
ware. Determined TO be up to the times in assor
ment, styles anu prices, we respectfully solicit a
call from those in want Of goods. febls
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-10-23
SUMMONS,

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SEW
l. enth Judicial District, of the s ate of Ne
vada. in and for the County of Lincoln.
Esther Abrahamson, plaintiff, vs.. julius Abra-
hanson, defendant
Action brought in the District Court of the
Seventh Judicial District of the State Of Nevada
in and for the County of Lincoln, and the COM
plant filed In said County OF Lincoln, in the
Office of the Clerk of said District Court.
The State of Nevada sends greeting to Julius
Abrahamsol, defendant:
You are hereby required TO appear in
tion brought against you by the above named
plaintiff in the District Court OF the seventh Ju-
dicial District, of the State OF Nevada, in and
for the County of Lincoln, and answer the com.
plant hled therein, within ten days (exclusive
OF ths day of servicel after the service on you
of this summons, II served in said county; or
If served out of said County, but witnin said
District, within twenty days, and in ali other
cases forty days; or judgment by default will
DC taken against you. according to the prayer of
said complaint.
The said action is brought to obtain decree
OF this Court dissolving the bonds of matrimo-
ny existing between you, said defendant, and
said plsintif, on the grounds that at the time of
SAID marriage she was only of the age of Is
years y mouths, and that said marriage ceri.
nony was not performed by plaintiffs consent
but was forced and coerced to permit said cere.
moDy to be performed. Since said time she
arrived at the age of 1G years and has not con.
sented to said marriage. All of which is more
particularly set forth in plaintiffs complaint
to which you are referred. and further, that She
oe allowed to resume her maiden name o
Esther Davis.
And you are hereby notified, that if you fai
10 appear and answer the said complaint al
aeove required, the said plaintiff will apply t,
sne court for the relief herein demanded, ant
For costs OF suit in gold coin.
NY order of Court
leeal Given under my hand and the seal o
tne Dlstrict Court Of the Seventh Judicial Dis
Irict H OF the State of Nevada, in and for tn
oouhty OF Lincoln, this 4th day of June, in tn
Sear oi our Lord one thousand eight hundre
and seventy-1ve.
P. b, MILLER, Clerk,
By ]. NJ. HANFeRD, Deputy Clerl
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-10-23

-...ax SOmpany.-- -
LJcaJon oi works, Ely District, Lincoln county.
Nevada; Location Of principal place Of bus
mess San Francisco, California.
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of
the Directors, held on the fourteenth tl4th)
day of september. 1875, an assessment mo. III
OF Fifty Cents t50cl per share was levied upon
the capital stock of the corporation, payable
Immediately, in United States gold coin, to the
Secretary, at the Office of the company, Room
No. II, Hayward's building, No. 419 California
street, San Francisco, California.
ANY stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on Tuesday, the Nineteenth
t19th) day Of October, 1875, will be delin-
quent, and advertised for sale at public auction,
and unless payment is made before, will be
sold on Tuesday, Ninth 9th day OF No
ment, together with costs of advertising and
expenses Of sale.
WM WILLIS, Secretary.
Ofice Room No. IT, Hayward's Building, No.
4l9 California street, San Francisco, Cali.
fornia. Se2l-td