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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

Begins.


BOY, did you boiler on the s%treet!' ask.
ed the Burgess OF a small boy that was
brought before him last week.
4 don't know il / did, replied the boy
in trembling tones.
Il fear you did, my son, and ilsswas very
wrong. | knew a boy who used to SC
around raising Cain. From that he got to
stealing then he forged then he poisoned
his wife flung his children into a well and
butchered his mother-in-law. They hung
him and his last words were a warning TO
boys not TO holler on the streets.
I'm never holler no more - sobbed the
boy.
Very well, you may go, | shall keep
track OF you, and l hope you will heed
this lesson. BE a good boy, veal your
hair long. 60 around softly and some day
you may arrive At the dignity of Burgess.
Constable jones will take you into the
next room and teach you to sing
If ever We holIer again,
II ever we holler again,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
NOTICE
NOTICE TO TAX CoLLEC-

~ TORS.
The Collectors Of tho Townships and BoToughs
Of Somerset County are hereby notified that az
outstanding taxes Tor 1874 must h collected am
paif 10 the County Treasurer on or before the FIRST
day 81 Nav next. The necessities o. the county
require this action. and prompt collections ANl
payments must be made
VAL 7. MILLER.
f.. J. COUNTRYMAN,
OLIVER W. BOYER
,--1s Commissioner
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
Ifeyer We holler again,
Ifeyer we holler again,
May measles and rash
Quick settle our hash,
Irever we boiler again.

ONE Of the most conscientious sheriffs
on record has turned up in Iowa. a rail
road was to be sold at Sheriff sale, and q
friendly agreement was made by which
this model official was TO receive $3.50 in
payment for his part in the transaction.
which required two hours, perhaps, of his
valuable time. But after the sale he hap
pened to look at the statute which fixed his
fees. when he found to his horror that he
had been transgressing the laws OF the
State, which declared that he should re-
ceive no other fees than those legally as.
signed him. So he refused the liberal sum
offered him, and said he would take moth.
ing but his lawful fees, which in this in
stance, it seems, amounted to 81, 900.
TIE railroad men ~endeavored to hold him
to his original bargain, but he was toe
conscientious to violate the laws he was
appointed to uphold, and, the case going
10 the Courts, his integrity was rewarded
by Q verdict in his favor.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

FLORIDA is said to be the best timbered
State in the Union, there being in it over
thirty million acres timber land.-EX.
This kind OF throws PENIS woods into
the shade.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

PENNSYLVANIA has within her limit
2,232, 2s9 church goers.
THE female mind is agitated just now
over the style Of the spring hat.
WHEx a man gets drunk in the oil re.
cions they say he's of OF the belt
Tot OF new goods at Mrs. Jas. B. Tired
wells Fashion Bazar this week.
a WOMAN who can clean house withou
getting cross is an angel, or ought to be.
FINE Ashton saltfo sale at
T. ]. B~EEGHLEY's.
IF a man pats your baby on the head oil
smiles at your wife set him down as a can
didate.
FARNERs, buy your Seed Oats al Z. j
Beeghley's, be has just received a large
lot Of Oats and Corn.
THE woods in Lancaster County are iull
Of blackbirds, some OF the tall tree tops
fairly bending under their weight.
TIE song Spring 4ould be but dreary
weather, had We nothing else Out spiAHs'
isn't sung as much as it use to was.
THE mild weather has induced the own
ers of flower gardens 10 commence fixing
them ND for the ensuing summer season.
TnoUeH not generally known, every
heard of school directors has a right
10 send two teachers to the State Normal
I School.
THE spring session of the Somerset
Academy commenced on Monday OF last
week. Il starts in with about fifty pupils
this year.
JUsT received, a fine lot of Lake Her
ring; also No. / and ? Mackerel fresh from
the shore.
+. J. BEEGHLEY.
HOTEL KEEPERS and others will find
a good chanch to purchase pure rye whis-
key by reading advertisement OF IL. & X
c. lands in another column.
SOMERSET, not TO be behind The age, has
had a strike. The men employed at Netf S
saw mill. of which w. PARKER Is fore
man. Just below town, last week struck for
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

1T has been the practice among many
newspaper subscribers, after reading their
paper to mail it 20 some friend. New
United States laws now in effect make the
paper third class matter, and infiict such
high postal rates that it is now cheaper
and better for each person, who desires
that his friend should have the paper, to
subscribe for it directly at the office OF
publication, and have it sent from there.
This will save all the trouble of wrapping
and mailing, and the extra cost for postage.
and the paper viii be sent promptly. Send
in your orders for papers and they will be
sent at once, saving You trouble, time and
eXDcnse.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
SALE.


By virtue OF an order Of the Court Of Common
Pleas Of Somerset County, sitting in equity, viii
be sold at the county Court House, town Of Som
erset, Ponna., on
Tuesday, bay An, 1878,
at . P. N. the Railroad Of the Salisbury and
Baltimore Railroad s. Coal Company, and
Railroad bed, from its present M in S0mer-
set County to It's mines near Salisbury, in said
county, about 1919 miles in length and a branch
about X miles, together with the Railroad fran
chise, SC, described in fhe mortgage ofsaid Com
pany, dated March 18th, 1875, and duly recOrdcd In
said county.
!. /. PUGH.
+. CARROLL BREWSTER,
Attorneys for
FRIEDRICH l. ANSPACH,
APRIL Trustee.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

SOMERSET, not to be behind The age, has
| had a strike. The men employed at Netf S
saw mill, of which W. PARKER Is fore
man, just below town, last week struck Tor
higher wages.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21


The present week has been one of vast
importance TO the people OF the southern
part of Somerset county from the fact that
from this date commence the operations OF
the Cumberland and Elk Lick Coal Com
pany-the largest corporation in the coun-
ty. Messrs. Hoult, Chamberlain, and
Paul of the stockholders arrived ON Fri
day, and on the following day held a meet
ing at the Dale House, at which the plan
OF operation was decided upon. A tram
way one half mile in length will at once
be put down, the eastern end of which
connects with the Salisbury d Baltimore
railway the western, with an incline OF
SEQ feet in length slopes will be made
and headings driven during the next few
months and men put TO work at every
point necessary TO insure the speedy open
ing of the mines. Mr.. Thos. Sheridan has
been appointed resident engineer, and
among other things, viii sOon survey and
map out the new town adjacent to the con
~templated Improvements Valley hide
pendent.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
Pittsburgh Connellsville
Pittsburgh, Washington { Baltimore
eeSHORT LINE-77
ALTERATION OF TINE.
Mail and Accommodation Trains daily, SI2DI
Sundays. EXPRESS Trains daily.
TIME 3

ON and amer Sunday, Nov. l5th- 1874, Trains
on this Road wiz Depart and Arrive from Depot,
corner Grant and Water streets, as follows:
DEPART. PITTSBURGH TINE ARRIVE
Uui0nt0wu Ac- MckeespOrt &C
CIR. ...-....6 go am. com. .........G;4 an
Through Mal.T25 am. Mckeesp0rt Ac-
Mixed Way..-.925 I'm. Om..--..-.1-3 am
M'kecsport Ac- W. Newton Ac-
c0m...-.-..l;0 am om-..-......bZ an
NcKeesport Ac- Through Ex.-.S;50 an.
con. II pm Uni0ntown Ac-
UniontOwn Ac- com.---lo 'l5 am
com .s s5 pm. iMckeesport Ac-
NckecspCrt Ac- egm--- i H.
tm..---.-.4.G pm Fl heeeloIL
81. Newton Ac- com--.-- VJ p-u-
com .5.I5 pm. Mckeesp0rt Ac-
Mckecsport Ac- cQm---.-- DIV pun
com 6-cOpm UnioutOwn Ac-
Through EN.,..sOe pm. com-.---.-a;s0 pm
MrKecsp5rt Ac- .MheespoEt Ac-
1m...-.--I15 pm. om-.--sS pm
West Newton Through MaiL.s.J0 pm.
Church Train l2s5 pm. Vest Newton
Church Train.l0O5 IN.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
A SsIGNEE's NOTICE.

Samuel Zimmerman having made voluntary
assignment 10 me for the benefit Of his creditors,
ali debtois and creditors OF said asslgn0r viii call
on me and make settlsmeRt.
JENNEnX ROADs. WA. ZIMMERMAN,
Somerset Co., Pa. Assignee.
aur2I
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
A SSIGNEE'S SALE.

The undersigned Assignee Ct Peter Phillip
will offer at public sale, on the premises {
Mineral Point en-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
TIME TABLES.

SOMERSET 3 MINERAL roIsT RAILROAD.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

No anu1uaeciaoni VIII be asserted upler p,tI
tor ia advance. We viii charge Tive Dollars r
ius7 ring al aun1dacemCnis except for the Offices
Of Ponr House Director ind Au8i,cr. Tor uhi-a.
Three Dollars viii bc charged. Tlcke.s one DOS
lar per lheuslal. Must be pcH fr before tskes
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

BLYMYER's is the place 20 buy Hard
ware. lie buys his goods for cash and
viii sell as how as the same goods can be
bought anywhere. Call and see his large.
fun stock. He keeps everything in the
hardware line. Builders viii find il TO
their advantage to give MIN a call. Il
will pay you 20 go % his Hardware Store,
~ Somerset Tor anything II the hardware
line.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

We arc authorized 70 announce that SAMUEL
SMITH. Of Somerset township, viii be 4 candL
date FOR Auditora at the next Republican primary
election
SAMUEL Low RY, CT Allegheny township,
will be a candidate at the next Republican prt-
mary election for County Auditor.
We are authorized 70 announce JOSEPH W
BEAEI. Of Jenner Tp., rs z candidate for County
Auditor. subject to the decision Of The voters at the
coming Republican primary election
We are authorized to announce that s. s. MIL
LER. Of Somerset township, viii be scandidate
for Auditor az the next Republican primary cleo
ton.
WE are authorized to announce that SIMON
". FRITZ. Of Brothersyalley township, will be a
candidate FOR Auditor a. the next Republican prt-
mary election.
JFgE. J. BALDWIN viii be 0 candidate for a
trade with every wool grower in Somerset County
He IS selling AMI trading Morgan Ooien goods,
and wants 10 Try CT trade 9r an tie wool he can
ret.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

THASEFUL Tor the generous support given ms on
former occasion. ] again ask the nomination lr
Proth1uetary 10 shc next primary election.
HENRY T.. SCHELIa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
TREASURER

FoE C0USTT TREAsrRER,
II. +. KNEPPER.
SUBJECT 70 the decision Of the Republican voters az
their coming primary election.
WE are authorized to announce FRED. a.
SMITH, OF Somerset borough, as a candidate
Tor County Treasurer.
MR. EDITOR. Y0u VIII confer a favor on many
citizens or voters Of Somerset County by announc
ing the name UfOur friend EMANUEL NJ. BOW
MAN OF Somerset p. as a candidate for County
Treasurer. subject 20 the decision Of the Republ-
can party at their next primary election. Mr.. B.
feels very thankful for past IvOrs while being q
candidate, lnd win be under many obligations Tor
a hearty support again. If nominated and elect
Ell, he viii hlithe ONCE tothe best Of his knowledge
and ability.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

HOTEL KEEPERS and others will find
a good chanch to purchase pure rye whls-
key by reading advertisement OF IL. & X
c. Lands in another column.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
REGISTER AND RECORDER.

FRANCIS J.. kOOSER, OF Somerset borough,
Is candidate for Prothouo,ary, subject 20 the de-
elslon q the Republican voters AZ the ensuing pri-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21

We have received quite a number OF
letters. unaccomVanied by the money,
asking us TO send the HERALD to parties
residing outside OF the county and in a
number of cases out of the State. Since the
new postal law has gone into effect we
are compelled TO ask That the subscription
price, s. per year, be paid in advance.
We pay he postage. No deviation what
ever can be made.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-05
Large Schools.

The common notion that ali children
should be taught alike is cminently un-
reasonable, on account of the difference
in their prospects and capacities.
Now large school tends to make chill
dren alike, because it molds them all to
one rigid form; but it is the interest
Of the community that each child's
special gift or grace should be sedulously
cultivated, not obliterated. We Ameri-
cans are so used to weighing multitudes
and being ruled by majorities that we
are apt to undertake the potential in
fuence of individuals. Yet we know
that Agassiz's word about a fossil fish
justly outweighed the opinion of the
whole human race besides; that Won
Moltke is worth great armies to Ger
many; that a few pages of poetry about
slavery and freedom by Longfellow,
Lowell, and Whittier have had the pro-
foundest effect upon the public fortunes
of this country during the past thirty
years; that the religions of the world
have not been the combined work of
multitudes, but have been accepted from
individuals. We must not be led by
our averages and our majorities to for
get that our life may be more precious
than other millions; that one heroic
character, one splendid genius may well
be worth more to humanity than multi
tudes of common men.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-05
An Ancient Palace.

On the left bank of the Guadalquiver,
at the southwest end of Seville, close to
the cathedral, the alcazar, and the to-
bacco mandatory, there rises a grand
palace, with extensive gardens fronting
the river for considerable length, and
only separated from it by the magnifi-
cent ollees, or ALamedds, along which, in
the cool of the evening, the carriage
company" of the pleasure-loving city
enjoy their fashionable drive. Any
home more stately or better situated, or
more perfect Eden of semi-tropical
luxuriance, European royalty can no
where boast. The palace was originally
the chosen residence of Fernando, that
son of Christopher Columbus who was
charged by his dying father with laying
beside him in his grave the fetters which
Spanish gratitude had requited the great
admiral for the gift of new world.
The semi-Italian Fernando called the
place SAINT Elmo" name which the
Spaniards modified into San Telmo,
making the saint Spanish saint, and
hailing him as the harbinger of safety,
appearing to the mariners in the shape
of a lambent flame at the top of the
mast of the tempest-tossed vessels when
the storm has spent its fury that flame
which medieval sailors in the Mediter-
rannean called "Il fuoco SAINT" Elmo,
and their classical ancestors Castor and
Pollux." Fernando Colan bequeathed
his house and grounds to the State for
the uses of nautical college, and with
that view it was enlarged to its present
palatial dimensions by the last of the
Spanish Hapsburgs, Charles III, toward
the latter end of the seventeenth CEN
tury-that age which combined gran
deur of conception with the utmost
perversion of extravagant taste in exc
cution.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-05
Speaking I'm Public.

In too many cases, the public speaker
substitutes sound for sense; rhetoric for
argument; learned quotations for facts I;
he does not understand the value of
words, and, using them prodigally, les
sens their effect. Now this is clearly the
result of the degeneracy of conversation
as fine art. There is no school for the
extempore speaker, we believe, equal to
that Of the thoughtful talk of a company
of intelligent friends, expressing freely
their ideas on some vital question. Only
let the talker, in private or in public, be
not content with the slipshod modes Of
speech, the vulgar slang, the halfbaked
sentences which so many miscall conver-
sation; but let him aspire, even in the
expression of the most commonplace
facts, the most ordinary news, the COM
monest message, to clothe his thought in
the language which shall be at once
strongest and most graceful, clearest and
most refined, saying fully and aptly all
he means, yet not an iota more. Prac-
ticed with such aims, no day need go by
in which he may not take a helpful les
sOu
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-05
Fishing mt MOOsehead Lake.

The fishing itself is hardly what it
used to be when the lake was 0verfull of
speckled trout. 1t now requires more
skill. The trout do not rise so readily to
the fly, and yet the sport is not lessened !;
they are still abundant-if you can catch
them. They spawn n the brooks which
feed the lake. Spencer Stream is ia
nous spawning bed. 1t is filled with
little mounds or heaps of gravel stones
made by the trout, which carry the peb-
bles i'm their mouths, and place them in
regular order over their spawn with their
tails. The survival of the fittest is the
law of the realm of fishes as well as in the
contest of races. The male trout pro-
tects the female while spawning from the
reaches and red.tins which seek to de-
stroy the spawn, and these mounds are
the castles of defense which the trout
erect for this purpose. Even with this
protection it is estimated that not more
than one trout in one thousand arrives at
maturity. The little streams are alive
with the tiny trout darting to and fro in
schools in the shimmering light. The fish
have their haunts, with which all the
good guides are familiar. They often
follow the log booms in the spring, and
have their holes in the meadow streams.
The fly is used at all seasons, though Sep
tember is the best month. Deep water
fishing is best in June, July, and early in
August. Bait fishing is best from April
to June. White fish and lake trout are
caught in large quantities through the
ice in the winter. Buoy fishing is COM
mon all through the summer. Famous
stories are told of the lakers or togue.
The largest specimen yet taken weighed
twenty-seven pounds. These lakers are
the monsters Of the deep, and prefer to
live on their own race-cannibals in fact,
and cannibals in appearance. The
speckled trout are the best to eat, and
the most gamy to catch.-Harper's Mage
z;ns
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-05
THE LIGHTNING TRAIN.

With lungs of iron and wings Of fame,
With nerves and sinews OF quivering steel,
With ribs of brass and a giants frame,
He spurns the earth with an angry heel.
Through the midnight black
His eyeballs glare
With CHASTITY stare
On the startled track,
And he rends the sky with scream OF pain
Oh, monster grim Is the lightning trainl
The legend tells OF a milk-white steed
That carried Mohammed from earth to heaven
As swift rs flash OF light her speed,
And jeweled feet TO her were given;
Each leap was as far
As the eye hath sight,
And each hoof as bright
As blazing star,
And gleam liks,ehe stream that the comet yield.
AL Borak left In the rosy fields.
A wonderful arrow was that Of old
That bore Saint Abaris through the land;
1t was feathered with light and barbed with gold,
And sped by the touch of Apollo's hand.
With sibilant song
IL cleft the cloud
That shouted aloud
As IL flashed along,
A vision so rare as the prophets ride.
The Sultan's cap and magical wand
Bore Fortunatus TO isles remote;
The talisman took him to every land
And TO every sky In its airy boat
But the cleaning shaft
From the archers arm,
Aladdin's charm,
And the phantom craft,
And the steed that skinned the azure plane,
Are all combined in the flying train.
II devours the forest and drinks the lake,
Then punges down the wild ravines
With the wealth of the world on its burdened back
A sooty man from the saddle leans,
And murky wreath
Its Jaws emit
As he tightens the bit
In the dragons teeth,
And his cheek is swept by the fiery name
Oh, monster grim Is the lightning train
w. A. C.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-05
PAPER Money.

Paper money has been used in
China from very early period. The
native banks of Fuhchaufu are quite nu-
merous, and the bank bills in use are
noted for their unique appearance, and
for the difficulty with which they are
counterfeited. The banks are not under
government inspection or control. Any
individual who has the capital, or any
company of individuals who can furnish
the necessary funds, may establish a
bank and issue bills, without getting a
charter, or applying for any kind of per-
mission from the government. The out
line of the bill, with various devices to
make counterfeitiDg difficult, is engraved
neatly on solid block of brass in the
case of wealthy banks poor proprietors
of banks use hard wood instead of brass.
The right hand margin is made an inch
or more wider that the left hand margin
of the block of brass or wood. The
value Of the bill and the day of issue are
filed in with the pen, and one or more
words to facilitate the detection of a
counterfeit. Various stamps, large or
small, round or square or oblong, some of
which are verycuriously and elaborately
engraved, are impressed on different
parts of the bill, using red or blue ink.
These add very much TO the appearance
of the note.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-05
boss, 6ein' as tole you all bout killin'

boss, 6ein' as ! tole you all bout KILN
dat 'fernal nigger?"
81 am sorry that can not publish it.
but the same poem came to me last
week, and / threw it in the waste-bas
ket."
"Yas? but can't you put it in for me,
boss? You see Pse lame, but l walked
all de way up here to get it in de paper.
Il regret very much, Sam, that can't
publish it for you, particularly in view
of the charming frankness and naivete
with which you have narrated the thrill
ing chapter of your life"
"What did 1 understand you to say,
bossT
"I can't publish your poem, and re-
gret it."
"Well, boss, I'll lebe it wild you, and
any time you want to put it in de -"
and just then shrill signal came from
the countingroom through the speaking
tube, and Sans eyes nearly started from
his head as he leaped from his seat.
"What's that, boss?' .
"That's policeman's whistle, SAM"
"Good night, boss; l aint got no more
time to stay" and he hobbled out of the
room and down stairs and out of sight.
And Sans poetry was gently laid in
the waste basket, with dozen or more
of the same sort, received that night. In
its stead one of Sans audience writes
the story of the dusky visitors one ro-
nance,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-05
The Latest Novelty in Shoes.

Any young lady anxious to invest
superfuous pin-money, should purchase
a pair of the latest novelty in shoes at a
triAing expense. A pair described are
made of pink silk, with banas of faint
blue running across the uppers, whereup-
on sprigs of lilies of the valley are deli
cately painted, while over the lower
portion of the beautiful marvels the
brush of an artist touched rosebuds and
violets into almost fragrant realities,
while tiny humming birds and gay
tinted butterflies seemed to hover in
trembling delight over the dainty
sweets, hidden within the chalice cups
of the flowers. Weuld not Sucking
have written a lovelier ballad than the
one on the wedding
"Her feet beneath her petticoat,
Likenttle mice, stole In and out"-
had he seen these same "little feet +"
encased in such coverings as the one de-
scribed above?