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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07
Northern and Southern Soldiers.

The Memphis. Tennessee, Appeal
publishes, with warm endorsement,
letter from Captain J. c. Dougherty,
late Of the One Hundredtk Pennsylvania
Volunteers, in which he says:
Permit me to remind you that in the
cemetery at Arlington and other plncea
in the North the dead of the two armies
lie side by side, each receiving equal
care and attention from the Government.
| have lately observed with regret that
many Of the Confederate dead remain
on the battlefield of ChickaDauga, and
il has occurred to me that the Govern
ment would cheerfully transfer them 70
the National Cemetery at Chattanooga
If the attention of the proper authorities
was called 10 IL. Such an act would re-
ceive the Endorsement of the entire
country. All good citizens, Of whatever
party, will rejoice at the action Of the
Grand Army of the Republic, at Chic
ago, in inviting the ex-COnfederates 10
join in the reunion 10 be held in that
city in May; but TO the Ninth Army
Corps; General Burnside,) belongs the
credit of originating the movement. At
its annual reunion, at Harrisburg, in
September last, a cordial invitation was
extended to General Longstreets corps
TO join in the reunion in 1875. The two
corps met in nearly every battle in
which they were engaged in the East
and in the West, hence the feeling Of re-
spect that grew mp between them. No
more beautiful or fitting tribute can be
paid the memory of the gallant dead Of
the late war than 10 strew their graves
with choice flowers Of spring. Let us,
then bury in Oblivion all the bitterness
of the conflict, and all unite in the conf
ing ceremonies whatever we may he,
making no distinction whatever between
the blue and the gray.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07
Penn's Handkerchief.

A Colorado editor, who has seen the
handkerchief Of William Penn which l.
to be exhibited at the Philadelphia
Centennial, says of it: "The handker-
chief is in a tolerably fair sta1e of pre-
Servation, with the exception of hole
in The centre. The morning Mr.. Penn
went out under the tree to conclude his
celebrated land-grabbing operation with
the Indians, the forest foliage was laden
with 4 heavy dew, and as the young
Indian chiefs and maIdens put on the
brass rings ana glass beads, which the
conscientious William had given them
in exchange for their broad square lea
gnes of fertile land, and commenced to
dance in joy, they shook down the dew
on his venerable head, and he caught
severe cold in his nose. And the vigor-
ons use to which he was obliged to put
his handkerchief resulted in wearing
big hole in it,"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07
%n Inebriated SpeIler.

He left the spelling bee at ten o'clock
and stopped in saloon on his way home.
Here he met several friends who "set
EN- up" divers times, and he reached
home about midnight with confused
brain and very demoralized pair OF
legs. Then he swore that somebody had
stolen the key hole, but his wife, with a
fearful scowl on her brow and lamp in
her hand, admitted him.
"Drunk!" she exclaimed.
"D-r-u-n-c, (hic) drunk. THAI ez-
ynuff."
"Brutel"
"B root, (hic).-Givus harder one
"Idiotl"
"Thaz harder (hic), but kin SPELL
um. I-d-I-d-g-I-d-i-g-t, Idiot. Now
givus er sumner (hic)."
She picked up poker and gave him
"stunner,"-and the spelling bee ad-
journed sine die.-[ Norristown Herald.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07
DeeeItraI Appearances.

The Bridgeport Conn Standard says:
"A fellow, we'll dressed and apparently
weighing about two hundred pound,
succeeded yesterday in making eonsid-
erable money from number Of our gro
rery merchants and butchers. His plan
vas to walk into store, inquire the
price Of Different articles, and then
step on the platform scales, with pleas
ant remark in regard 10 the weight
"f different persons. Being a sociable
fellow, he offered to bet that the propri-
etor couldn't gness within fifty or sew
anty-five pounds Of biz exact weight.
Upon the challenge being accepted and
money put up, the fellow would aston
i@h all the byitanders by pulling down
the beam at two hundred aud ninety
pounds. Some thought he was a fraud,
but, upon feeling of his flesh, ne seem
ed to be built Of iron, il was 80 hard. In
most cases, those who lost their bets
paid their money cheerfully, but, after
all, II was a mystery how such an ordi-
nary appearing man could weigh 50
much"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07
New Form of Expressing Grief.

The varieties of expressing grief are
numerous. The Chinese imagine that
it is necessary 20 raise an immense row
and wear white clothes to show how pro-
foundly they feel the loss of relative or
dear friend, while Europeans are less de-
monstrative and wear black. But it has
been reserved for Philadelphia mer.
chant to reiginate a touching testimonial
to the dead. His wife had died, and a
day or two after the funeral there was a
grand opening at his store, which was
made to serve the purpose of mourning.
All the goods were arranged tastefully,
and draped with black in a sort of SOM
bre-cheerful manner. For instance, a
beautiful hemstitched handkerchief
would have neatly laid upon it a pair of
black kid gloves. This and other III
genious devices were resorted to. There
is an editor in this city. says the Wash
ington Chronicle, who must shuttle off
the coil of mortality one day, and when
he does we shall follow the fashion of
the Philadelphia merchant and cele-
brate, mourn we mean, his death by up
setting barrel of printers ink on four
or five reams of snowy white paper. We
are sure all will pronounce it touching
and appropriate tribute.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07
VOLUME 3.

The honest pioneer of that day, like his
children of this day, had no right or
reason to suppose, that the great State OF
Ohio was obtaining his money, his hard
earned dollars, under false pretenses, or
that this noble State would lend itself to
deprive them, or their children, of what
they had purchased. They, our honest
and unsophisticated fathers, believed
that when Ohio undertook the sovereign
task of establishing county seat, and
Ievying a considerable price therefor,
thai it had honor and manhood enough
to keep its covenant.
There never was but one Legislature OF
Ohio. mean enough to sully the fair
fame of the State--to force price upon
rs for an article, and then bargain with
others to back them with the whole mil
itary power Of the State, if We refused TO
surrender our rights under the covenant
with the State-and that was the Legis-
lature of 1S5O-51. This Legislature was
guilty of an act of unmeasured perhdy
in passing the law by which vote was
taken in 1851 to remove our county seat
to New Lexington. But the perfdy Of
the Legislature, or what, if it were not
perfdy, is equally inexcusable-its ig-
norance of the rights of Somerset,-I say
this perfdy would have fallen harmless
Iy to the ground, had not the county
seat vote of 1851 proved to be an
UNExAMPLED FRAUD.
The Representative from Perry county
was not even elected by the county, but
was sent by Perry and Fairfield in lS49-
So He neither represented Fairfield
nor Perry in asking a vote then.
This was proved by the vote which
followed on the county seat question in
1851. For purposes of deception the
new township of Pleasant was created
near the center, and out of the four sur
rounding townships. These four sur
rounding townships voted as follows in
1850: Pike 334, SaItlick 1856, Bearfeld
100, Monroe 168-total 878 votes-the
largest vote but one ever before given.
In 1851, after Pleasant was carved out
of their territory, one would suppose
these townships would not cast so many
votes as in the year before. Buthow
stands the record?
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07

There is heavy emigration to Cali
fornia this season, although it is appar-
emily without warrant, as the labor mar
ket is overstocked in city and country.
1t seems to be phase of the American
fever for knowing West" that thousands
should be pushing for the Pacific coast
without any perceptible inducement
beyond vague expectations. It will be
well for this country when we no longer
have West to emigrate to. When that
time comes the growth of the Nation
will react toward its center. The popu-
lation of the great Central States and
the Mississippi Valley can be doubled
and yet not reach moro than hundred
to the square mile. The country will
grow in different way. Great manu-
featuring cities will arise; interior towns
and cities will be built up, coal and iron
resources will be more fully developed,
and there will not be such unequal con
ditions that breadsluffs will be burned
for fuel. Our population is entirely too
diffnse, and the filling up OF the Nation
will be advantageous in every way
Baltimore American.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07

In Indiana a Quaker maiden, who
''ad reached the age Of sixty, accepted a
matrimonial offer from a man who be-
longed TO the "world's people" and the
Presbyterian Church, and has began to
prepare for her wedding. As usual a
delegation Of Friends from her meeting
waited on her, and demonstrated with
her for marrying out Of meeting. The
1ride elect heard the visitors patiently,
and said: Look here I've been wait
ing just sixty years for the meeting TO
marry me, and il the meeting don't
want me to marry ont of il, why don't
the meeting bring along it, boys?" That
seemed to settle the matter" Like the
maiden lady, who, having heard a per-
son quote, MAN proposes," etc, said
she never heard a man propose.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07
Beautiful Twin Brides in the West.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.l


We have had the pleasure to see the
newly-made twin brides at the Gibson
House last night, and must confess that
more perfect exemplicatlon of the
French story of Girofe-Giroha could
hardly exist. They were at supper with
their husbands last night when we saw
them, and nice little tea party the four
made. The bridegrooms are brothers,
bnt not twins. 1t is not often in life
time that one is permitted to see two
brothers married to twin sisters. The
husbands are easily distinguished the
one from the other. The trouble to be
apprehended is in the sameness of the
wives, and very pretty sameness it is.
To use homely but trite phrase, they
are as like as two peas. To describe the
one would be to describe both. They
are of medium size, perfect brunettes,
dress exactly alike, and seem to be
about twenty years old. Beauty has
richly endowed these fair brides and
placed its dimpled seal in the cheeks of
each. How, in the order of human pas
sion, it came to pass that either of the
husbands could fall IN love with his
wife without falling IN love at the same
time with her sister passes our under
standing. 1t has been suggested that
each OF the Morgan brothers fell in love
with both the Stuart sisters and, to set
tie the matter, put their sweethearts in
bag. shook 'em up, and drew cuts for
the one that came out first. We sup
pose they know, but We don't see how
either of them knows to which one of
the twins he is married. They came in
to supper, and by judicious assortment
were seated each at the right hand of
her husband. When they went ont Of
the dinning room one couple was allow
ed to get some distance in advance be.
fore the other started, to prevent con-
fusion.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07
BrimstODe as a Fire Extinguisher.

A writer in French chemical journal
makes valuble suggestion which may
result in saving many vessels from de-
struction by fire at sea, II his directions
are followed. He states that fifty pounds
of birthstone would prove sufficient to
abstract the oxygen from 1881 cubic
feet of air, thus rendering il unfit 10
support combustion. Its use would
therefore be immense in closed space
like ships hold, as the sulphurous gas
of the burning birthstone would pene-
trate where water from the decks could
not be brought TO bear The density of
the gas renders it an easy matter to keep
1t from rising, and by using proper pre-
cautions no danger from this source
conld ensue.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07
The GrasshOppers ON the Defensive.

From the Chicago Tribune, May IL
The embryonic grasshopper is having
a serious time in Minnesota. Numer-
GUS reports are received going to show
that the severe winter, though bearing
hard on the sufferers from last years de-
vastations of the pest, has at the same
time proved great blessing in that it
has so frozen mp the myriade of eggs de-
posted by the insects that the powder to
germinate has been lost. Another enc
my of the hopper has made its appear
ance in the shape of an entirely new
species of worm, which is said to live
and thrive on these eggs, and which is
improving its brief period of existence
by waxing fat on this peculiar fodder.
This last fact is only another exempli-
fication of the eternal fitness of things,
and fully sustaining the poets theory,
that "all feas have feas to bite EN-, and
so on, ad in fnitum."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07

WALKING-sTICKs.- appendages
TO gentleman's dress are said to have
been originally brought into fashion by
Henry III, of France. but they did not
become general in England until the
year 1865. They were made with an
indented head, so as to afford more
convenient resting-place for the hand in
grasping them. After "A time ingenuity
added the round and hollow top, in
which various nreful articles were KEPT,
such as nutmeg and ginger for the in
valid, and sugar-candy for the old and
asthmatjc. Soon after this, snuff was in
troduced, and quickly came into high
favor with the English exquisiles, who,
before long. appropriated the cavity al
the top of their walking sticks to its r,-
cePtiOn. On meeting with friend, af-
ter the first greetings had passed, mu-
tual unscrewing of the tops of the walk
ing-sticks would take place, and pinches
of the precious contents would be duly
exchanged.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07

A sensation is reported from Orange
burg, S. c. a few days ago n stalwarr
negro named Reuben Gerter went to
have his fortune told by female sooth
sayer. She told him Of a great many
things, and mentioned incidentally that
he was a-nlurderer. This was enough
When the words were spoken he fed
with all speed. Then came certain men
who had already recognized Reuben ms
one who had killed man at Augusta,
and who wanted him. The chase, did
MT prove longer than fifteen miles out
of town. Reuben Gerter was examined
before the authorities, and there confess
ed the murder. lie is now in jail at
Orangeburg. 1t was very dramatic
and remarkable affair. That fortune
teller undoubtedly had points" on the
man, and used them in n way which she
thought ought to build up her trade i'm
mensely.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07

more conveniently by rail, than Lexing-
ton. This was not true at the time Of
the last vote But it is fact now. 1t
has been made fact by great sacrifices,
on our part, of which we feel proud.
The only benefit we can derive from
these sacrinces is our long sought OPP
portuniiy to have one more hug with
Lexington. This may not prove sue
cessful, hut we feel ourselves entitled to
the contest. While we feel that three
fourths of the population has been made
more accessible to Somerset than to
New Lexington, and this is so because
of our exertions and pre-eminent sacri-
fees, we would be untrue to our convic-
tions of duty, if we did not invite the
people thus accommodated to avail
themselves of the superior convenience
thus afforded by Somerset over Lexing-
ton
"IF WE CAN GET A VOTE"
hear uttered by scores of tongues, Eve
can beat Lexington 1000 votes" Why
shall we not have a vote? Is it because
our fathers gave $4,000 to establish the
county seat at Somerset? Is it because
We were beaten in 1851 by vote that
has been adiudged illegal and fraudu-
lent by two Legislatures since it was
cast? Is it because the county seat is at
Lexington now under that fraudulent
vofa9 l. it bocausa ua hava axDerdad
$500, 600, to make Somerset more con-
venient to three fourths of the people of
the county than New Lexington is? Is
it because we demand to know of those
who are thus convenienced, how they
feel about it? Shall we not have vote
because a large majority are ready 10
petition for it? The total vote of the
county in 1874 was 1876. / admit this
was not full vote. There are now
1000 honest voters in the county. May
be 1900. Twenty-Five hundred is a ma
jority. We have lost no friends since
the last vote. We therefore start with
1859. We want 241 votes more. Would
it not seem strange if we could not get
twice this number, in addition to what
we got before, out of Jackson, Coal,
Saltlick, and Monday Creek? An aver
age gain of 60 votes in each?
THESE FOUR TOWNSHIPS,
United with Reading, Madison, Hope
well and Thorn, cast { rds of the whole
vote of the county. Last year they cast
2171 votes and the balance of the county
cast 1905 votes. The last vote on the
county seat in 1859 stood thus:
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07

LoEG AND SHORT DAYs.-The fur
ther any country lies north, the longer
a-e its days in summer, and the shorter
in winter Al Berlin and London the
longest day has sixteen hours and a half;
at Stockholm il has eighteen hours and
half at Hamburg seventeen hours,
and the shortest seven; at Petersburg
the longest day has nineteen, and the
shortest Eve hours; At Tornea, IN Fin
land, the longest day has twenty-one
hours and half, and the shortest two
hours and a half at Wanherhus, in
Norway, the day lasts from the 2lsi Of
May TO the 22d Of July; and at spitr-
bergen the longes, day is three months
and a half.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07

India rubber sidewalks are coming in .
to fashion out West. For small towns
they are admirable-combining economy
and duIs bility. The first experiment
was made in DanvilIe, Iowa, where
three hundred yards we're put down on
one of the principal streets. All the
boys in the place ran over it, bat there
was no noise. A leading merchant stop
ped in front of his house, then jumped
on his heels. The elastic forces hidden
in the rubber threw him over the gate
to the roof of the piazza. But after a
few trirls he was able TO alight on the
steps with the graceful accuracy Of a 8y-
ing squirrel. The chief drawback 10
the walk is its odorous familiarity in hot
weather, but il can be neutralized BY a
weekly wash of borax and coal tar. It's
principal advantage is that it can be
stretched. As the town grows, il is pull
ed out toward the suburbs. Two yoke
of cattle can lengthen it three miles a
day.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07

A negro named Joe Reed, Friday kill
ed Nashville policeman named Frazier
and was arrested and confined in jail.
At half-past ten Friday night n mob ga.
thered at the Jail and, on being refused
the keys by the jailor, broke down four
heavy doors and took the prisoner out.
They took him to the suspension bridge,
tied one end Of rope TO his neck and
the other to the bridge, and then threw
thin off. The rope broke and the victim
fell ninety feet into the river. lie was
shot once on the way from the Jail and
again at the bridge. The body has not
been recovered.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07

The total number Of accidents report
ed on all railroads in the country dur
ing March last, was one hundred and
twenty-five, whereby seventeen persons
we're killed, and seventy-three injured.
Twelve accidents caused the death Of
one or more persons, tweuty-Fix others,
injury but not death, and eighty -four, or
sixty-nine per cent. Of the whole, are
recorded as causing no injury to any
person. The number Of accidents falls
far behind the record Of February, and
was exceeded in January.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07

Alta Dunkirk fire, last week, LArkins,
the man who was being burned out, car
ried box containing 5000, his entire
saving, into the street and handed il to
a man whom he didn't know ard doesn't
now remember. Probably the man he
handed it to has forgotten who handed
it to him; at least he doesn't hand il
back.---[ Buffalo Express.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07

Fifty-Seven years ago EbeneEer Ever
EFT, Of Neversink, Ulster County, New
York, was left widower at the age Of
fifteen years, having been married three
months. That short experience In mar
ried life sufFiced him until the hfty-sev-
enth anniversary Of the death Of his
wife, when he was again married az the
age Of seventy-two to Miss Elizabeth
Decker, Of Neversink. aged fifteen, just
the age that Ebenezer was when his first
wife died.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07

Have we two brains?' inquiries the
Chicago Inter-Ocean in an editorial
headed line. As God is ouI witness, we
don't know, but it may be remarked in
this connection that the Inter Oceon has
not yet convinced the public that it has
even one-lSt. Louis Republican.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07
''Our Local Interests.
Lecture Delivered by Martin Kagay,
in the City Hall, Somerset, o.,
February p, 1875.
So,1rnsEr- O. Feb. 25. 1875.

SOMERSET, o., Feb. 25, 1879.
MARr1N KAGAY, Esq, - Dear Sir:
Having been appointed a Committee by
the audience that heard your Lecture on
the night of the 22d inst, would most
respectfully ask that you furnish the
Press u copy of the same for publica-
ton, and believe Us ever yours,
MARTIN BERKEY,
J. NJ Brown,
ALBERT GRIMM,
Committee
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07
faith vsr'ay of bliss, not only here, but

faith var'ay of bliss, not only here, but
beyond here.
Lexin ston would boast itself the pat
ron of Western Perry. Is patron one
who sees a man struggling for life in the
water, and when he has safely found the
shore, encumbers him with help? Now
that Western Perry has succeeded in
giving notoriety and value 10 its mines,
and planted towns and population along
its great railroad, and feels her prosperi-
ty increasing, shall she make haste to ac-
knowledge obligations to New Lexing
ton when no benefit has been received
from her?
No MONUMENT
of stone or brass is sought for WESTERN
PERRY. Her history and her record
shall be her legacy to her children. If
these do not survive imperiShably in
their hearts, no token of brass or marble
will rescue her memory from oblivion.
Her aim is not to arouse sectional hos
tility, it is rather to assert sectional
rights. She desires, by the agitation of
the county seat question to honor
claim, deeply interviewer with her affec-
ton and her old time memories. She
wishes to point with pride to the mag
nitude of her contributions, and the un-
measured benefits of her influence on
the general interests and progress of the
county. She desires that infancy may
thus learn the purposes and the effects
of her sacrifices and be educated to emu
late the devotion and energies of an hon
ored ancestry. She wishes that labor
in its toll may point with pride to her
achievements and reap the full rewards
of its industry. We wish, by reopen
ing the question, to illustrate the max
Inns of wisdom which teach that no re-
suits, greatly beneficial, are attainabIe
without great labor, and that possessions
unworthily obtained are not the perma-
nent rewards of fraud. We wish that
old age, clinging to the ragged edge of
life, may smile its retiring approval
upon preserving and faithful sons, and
we wish, finally, that whosoever, in all
coming time, shall turn his eyes hither,
may behold Western Perry,-the moth
er of the Newark, Somerset, and Straits
vile Railroad 1.-The home of $4,000
happy people-masters of the eoun-
ty seat of Glorious old Perry.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-05-07

II is estimated that at least half mil
lion strangers will join the natives in
Boston ON the 18th Of June. A pop
corn manufacturer who hasseen Colonel
Sellers is making four million corn
balls for the event