The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-05-05

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ton, while The same number OF Amerlcans
would have TO the extent OF foar horses
THE Postodice Department, q te@ days
, since. placed upon sale three cent postage
. stamps. manufactured upon IN entirely
new principle. They are made Of two
kinds OF paper. one hard and the other
porous. The purpose is to prevent the
possibility Of the washing Of stamps. This
! end IS accomplished by the new stamps,
! as the porous paper ahsorbs the ink. III
greatest difficulty is that the Stamps can
be made properly adhesive. but IL IS
r doubtful whether the eSperim cnt viii
, prove successful.
AREczxr act Of Assembly requires The
. executors, administrators, or friends OF the
deceased person, 10 pat an affidavit on rec
ord in the Registers Office, setting forth
the day and hour when the death occur
red. Friends and parties applying for
letters Of administration viii do vel to
? bear this important fact in mind and here
! by save much inconvenience in receiving
{ their legal papers. The act IN ques-
ton can be found on page 1914, Pamphlet
Laws G. lisa
THE chilly atmosphere TO which this
region is still subjected does not warrant
the hope that SHOWS tor the season lave
come TO an end. But should no more visit
Us, the present winter occupies the eminent
position of having contributed a greater
amount of snow than any previous one for
many years. The winter Of lS12-I3 had
a big record, but that of1S74-I5 has eclips-
cd it, the fall thus far showing an aggre-
gate depth of So inches, one inch in ex-
cess offs notable predecessor. In 1S12-13
there were % snowsa and the present win
ter 81.
AS old subscriber for the Herald, Alr.
David Moreilud, o. Upton, Iowa, writes
to Us as follows
i see that there is a great eXcitcm at in
the Eastern States about the Black Hll
gold mines. The further you come west
the less YOU hear about them, although
there Is a starting point in the north west
crn parto Of this state, a. Sioux City, and
hundreds arc starting from there and other
points. Along the Missouri river IL is con
sidercd a perfect cheat. Ifany OF my old
neighbors or any ofthc young mon OF your
county contemplate going there, tell them
90 come ont here aud help me 10 raise corn.
i viii pay better.
As Mrs. Elizabeth Weyand and her
niece, Mrs. Liverpool. were coming from
Johus,owa 90 Iio1vtrsyiie % gt;cnd the
funeral of Mrs Mary Dull, mother of the
former, they met w,ta an accident which
might have proved very serious. In at
tempting % drive over q slide Ia the read
the buggy upset. When The ladies felt it
turning they sprang ont over an eubanl.
ment about fifteen feet high, and the horse
and buggy rolled down the hill after them.
Beyond a few bruises the ladies' escaped
injury. The buggy was damaged slight
ly, while the horse escaped without even
a scratch, So writes our correspondent,
ana We know that his reformation as re-
liable.
BuoEsTowS, Pa. April aith 1875.
Mr.. EDITOR
1 was shown a milk trough at the house
OF Mr.. Samuel Statler in Shade township.
thirty-hve feet long, and twenty three
inches wide in the clear, with a division, |
all hewn out OFFS solid hemlOck tree. The
whole joO was completed in the short space
[ Cf eight DAYS by a man who has reached
theadvGnccd age OF seventy years. The
old gentleman who did the work is Mr..
Samuel Ross. an old resident 81 our town
ship. The tools used were an axe and a
matt0Ck. Il is decidedly tie best mechanic
al job / ever saw, taking into consideration
the fact that Mr. Ross is minus one eye.
Beat Shade Il you can in q milk
trough. ~ l. 5.
SOME uamitigated G ourdrcl, for whom
hanging would be too Ugh; punishment
sent us a notice of the marriage OF Mr..
II. II. Gei-eT, OF Wittenburg, which in al
good faith we published. Nr. GeiCer,
however, has since written 10 Us indig-
nantly denying that he is married, and
moreover adds that be has mot even pop
ped the question. Wittenberg, being in
a rather remote part Of the county, where
our acquaintance is limited, we supposed
the notice was all right. What could in
due, any person to perpetrate such q piece
OF s~coundrelism Is beyond our comprehen-
sion. Il anybody tells you Mr.. G.. is mar
ried, tel him be is another.
Mr.. WILLIAM SMITH, of the National
Pipe Foundry, Pittsburgh, IS the owner Of
a horse iorty-scven years ola. He uses it
for the children 10 ride, and they have no
trouble with it ill spring, when the grass
begins 70 snsot up with It's tendrils. He
{ longs for the green growth. andail at once
feigns lameness. 50 thathe has to be turned
E out. he has played this trick each success
sive spring for the past six years. There
is no; q horse Judge in America who can
guess within thIy-dge years Of his age
upon even q critical examination and no
knowledge Of the circumstances. There
may he cases Of greater l0ngevite, Int
they are rare.
TIE weather the last week has been
\ prclty favorable for Spring work, and the
oats crop has generally been put in. except
ia low ground. The wheat crop opens
very proulisingly in this region; We have
escaped almost entirely the injuries sus-
tanned by the winter wheat in many Of the
Western States. To all appearance there
VIII bea fine yield of hay. The cattle Fed
in this n~eighborhood have been nearly al
sold, and II good rates, ranging FROM ) 20.
: cents a pound. The member Of cattle
fed the last season was in excess of the
average, and our farmers have realized
well from their investments in this article,
besides securing for their land large
amounts On barn yarl manure, which must
tel on future csoTs.-G5 hys5UTg Star.
Il another column viii lie fsunt an.
advertisement ipg sealed proposals for
furnishing stone with which TO macade-
mize the streets Of our borough. This IS 3
move in the right direction, aEd We hope
u see 10 followed Up until all oCr streets
and roads have been thoroughly maCade-
m;zed, UWil Le remembered that last
year West street, from The borough line
10 the Union School House, was maeade-
mizcd, and it has proved TO lie 50 s~atsiac-
e tory, that our people are Of the opia!oa
that the borough authorities are SPENDING
the pubic moneys in a manner Eosi beue-
EciaL.
; THERE Is q self-Sacriicing gentleman
e over la Somerset County who was a can
didate fox the position OF County Superin-
d tendent OF schools. lie has concluded to
retire from he arena, but in order TO 90
50 gracefully he publishes the following
Gard
same time ago l suffered myself 10 be
, persuaded into the belief thata majority OF
! the School Directors Of Somerset County
, would prefer 10 vote Tor ne for the Of
Zee of County Superintendent of Common
! Schools / have, however. ascsriaiEed
/. since, thai | am politically disqualified,
I and, as the canvass has been dragged
! down into the dirty pool OF politics IpTo-
fer 70 have nothing further 10 do with it. "
AlF. urOt, who suffered himself ito be