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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12
Irregular Feeding.
Western Farm Journal

western Farm Journal.
NJ. Petty, veterinary surgeon, draws
attention to the liability of horses and
cattle suffering from indigestion, from
the consumption of forage in humid
or musty state. It is from over feeding
this complaint is ordinarily produced,
or TO the too rapid transition from dry
TO unlimited green food. Another very
common cause is, the putting Of ami
mails to work Immediately after feed.
the threshing machine is also another
frightful source, as well as excessively
cold water, and above all, allowing the
animals tn drink the water of marshes.
A little salt or handful of meal is ex-
cellent in the drinks. Old animals ought
never he given too much food at once,
and it should be ever mixed with lit
tie straw. When the horse shows symp-
toms of ndigestion-restlessne sud
denly refusing food. resting on one leg
and then on another the head dropping
and seeking the left flank; its excrements
either hard or liquid, &C., an excitant,
as three ounces of kitchen salt or a glass
of gin, in bottle of water affords re-
lief, or an infusion of camomile or sage.
In case pain exists, two spOonfuIs Of
landannm will prove excellent or
course soap injections, friction and FUN
igation are not to be overlooked. Bleed
ing in case of grave indigo ton becomes
mortal.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12
Cherry Trees.

These should never be highly manur-
ed. Singular as it may seem, better re-
suits have been obtained by growing
cherry trees in grass than by cultivating
them highly as pears. Experienced
fruit growers in Delaware, who once be-
gan system of manuring and treat
ment of cherry tfees, found, after an
experience of few wears, that the bark
would burst. gum would ooze out, and
many portions of the .rees show an un-
healthy condition. The growers immed-
lately discontinued high feeding, and
seeded the land to grass. The trees re-
covered their health, and have borne
beautifully since the system of grass
culture began, 1t is the only fruit tree
of all varieties which we can safely re-
commend to be treated in this way. A
Delaware friend says his row of cherry
trees, growing in grass along the fences,
are the picture ofhealth and luxuriance;
while in previous years, with orchard
culture, he could never make them sue
cessful.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12
Antiquity Of GunpOwder.

With regard to the uncertainty as to
the exact date at which gunpawder was
utilized in war, Grose, who favors it
with great antiquity, quotes the follow
ing ancient testimony in "Grey's Gum
merry" printed in 1871: "In the Life of
Appollonius Tyannus" written by Phil
ostratus about fifteen hundred years ago
there is the following passage concerning
the people of I: dia called Oxydra:
These truly wise men dwelt between
the Rivers Hvphasis and Ganges; their
country Alexander the Great never en-
tered, deferred not by fear of the inhah-
itants, but, as I suppose. by religious
considerations; for, had he passed the
Hyphasis, he might doubtless have
made himself master of the country all
round them; but their cities he could
never have taken, though he had led a
thousand as brave as Achilles, or the
Thousand such as Ajax, to the assault;
for they come not out into the field to
fight those who attacked them, but those
huly men beloved by the gods, overthrow
their enemies with tempests and thun-
berbolts shot from their walls. 1t is
said that the Egyptian Hercules and
Baechus, when they overran India. in
vaded this people also; and having pre-
pared warliHe engines, attempted to con-
quer them they made no show of resiss
ance, but upon the enemies near ap-
proach to their cities they were repulsed
with storms Of lightning and thunder
bolts, hurled upon them from above"
In book entitled "The Gunner" print
ed in London in 1864, it is observed that
Uffano states that the invention and use
as we'll of ordnance as of gunpowder,
was in the eighty fifth year of our Lord
made known and practiced in the great
and ingenious Kingdom of China; and
that in the maretyme provinces thereof
there yet remain certain pieces of ord
nance, both iron and brasse, with the
memory of their years Of founding en-
graved upon them, and the armes of
King Whitney, who he saith, was the in
vanforj -
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12
Bee-keeping for Farmers.

Some have adopted bee-keeping as the
business of life; and these have mostly
attained fiattering success. Others en-
gage in it as a pastime and amusement
chiefly.
Agriculture has made great advances
of late years. The intelligent bee keep
er no longer confines his favorites to a
hollow log, or rude box, nor what is
even worse, to any of those absurd con-
srivances which have proved the ruin OF
Thousands of happy colonies of bees,
and provoked the disgust of their nm
fortunate owners. But providing him
self with some form of movable comb
hive, well constructed, and having a
sufficiently capacious brood-chamber Tor
main apartment) and suitable arrange
ment for surplus honey, he enters up
on the pursuit with fair prospect of sue
cess. Those who have once learned how
to keep bees, will not soon abandon the
pursuit. Western Agriculturist.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12
The Dangers of Anger.

An article by DIR. Richardson on 'fIn-
dnced Diseases from the Influence of
the Passions" in the "Popnlar Science
Monthly" for November, Is interesting
and instructive He classes anger as
the passion which stands first as being
detrimental TO life. He says. "He is a
man very rich indeed in physical power
who can afford to be angry. The richest
man cannot afford il many times with
out incurring the penalty-a penalty
that is always severe What is still
worse of this passion is, that the very
disease it engenders feeds it, so that, If
the impulse go many times unchecked,
it becomes the master Of the man."
The effect of anger upon the brain is
to produce first paralysis, and after
ward, during reaction. a congestion Of
the vessels of that organ; for, if life con-
tinues, reactive congestion follows par
alysis as certainly as day follows night
Thus, in men who give way to violent
rage there comes on, during the acute
period, wha 10 them is merely faint
ness, which, after time of apparent re-
covery. is followed by slight confus-
ion, giddiness, weight in the head.
sense Of oppression, and return to
equilibrium. They are happy who. con-
tiRuing their course, suffer no more
severely.
Many die in one or other of the two
stages have named. They die in the
moment of white rage, when the eere-
bral vessels and heart are paralyzed
Then We say they die Of faintness, after
excitement. Or they die more slowly
when the rage has passed and the CON
gestion of reaction has led to engorge-
ment of the vessels of the brain. Then
the engagement has caused stoppage of
the circulation there, or a vessel has
given way or serous fluid has exnded,
producing pressure, and we report that
the death was from apopIexT, following
upon some temporary excitement.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12
MISCELLANY.
No time for Anything.
MARY Kyle Dallas. ]


The great difficulty in this country is,
that we have no time for anything. The
very walk of an American shows that
he is in hurry. An Englishman but
tons his coat and gloves and goes to
business as deliberately as he goes to
church. An American business man flies
after the car, struggling with his coat
sleeves as he runs, plunges in
head foremost, and plunges ont at The
end without regard to his neck Chief
amongst our accidents stand those which
occur because people jump upon flying
trains or after departing boats. To wait
ten minutes is something not to be
swallowed whole; and when one comes to
desert he finds that the fruit was pick ed
before it was ripe.
Everything is hurried through, from
the building of house to the curing OF
a ham. The women who work on sew
ing machines stop before they come to
the end of the seam. The dressmake r
sends home your dress with basting
threads in it, and no loops to hang it up
by.
There is none of the slow, sure COM
pleteness Of the old world about any
thing, and even fortunes are made in a
hurry and Lost in the same way. If any
man we know is getting rich by the slow
and patient process of saving, be sure
that he was not born upon this continent
Yet people live as long here as they
do anywhere else, and the days are the
same length. Why is it that we have not
time for anything?
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12
Nail Kegs from One Piece of Wood.

There has sprung up at Delphos,
Ohio, new industry, that of making
nail kegs from one piece of wood. I'm
der the new process of anufacture the
use of slaves is entirely dispensed with,
the body of the keg or barrel being
made of one piece. The process is cover
ed by patent, but it ia quite simple.
The kegs are cut into the proper length
and thoroughly steamed, and then put
into kind of lathe; here "veneering
knife" cuts the wood the right thickness
for the body of the keg, the sheets roll
ing fiom the log under the action of the
knife just as carpet is unrolled. An
other knife cuts the sheets into the
lengths required. These are then trans
ferred to a table fitted with goring saws
otherwise called drunken" "wabbling
saws'O, which cut wedge-shaped cores,
in order to give the package the proper
bulge when shaped. The sheets now
pass through machine which prepares
them to receive the heads, and then are
placed in drying house, where they re-
main forty eight hours. They are then
ready for shipping 10 the shop.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12
A Monster Steer.

The Yreka, California, Sentinel says:
We learn that a gentleman named George
Miller has just arrived at Ashland, Ore
gon, from Lost river, in the Kalamath
Lake section, with the largest steer ever
exhibited, which astonished the people
OF Ashland, as it will all others who see
the animal. He calls him the Lost
River Ranger" is nineteen hands high,
twenty feet from tip to tip, and is calcu-
lated to weigh when fat 5000 pounds.
Mr.. Miller is on his way to the State
Fair at Salem, Oregon, and will stop at
Ashland few days to give the animal
rest, as his feet are quite sore in making
the trip from Lost river. He is certain
ly the largest animal witnessed next to
the elephant. Mr.. Miller also intends
taking him to California this winter,
where he will fatten him and take him
to the Centennial.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12

BURYING POTATOEs.-The Canada
Farmer gives the following methods OF
burying potatoes:
Potatoes should be laid in compact
heaps, and covered carefully with straw.
Over the straw put abont eight inches OF
earth, and over the earth good thick
layer of straw. Over all. put six or
eight inches Of earth. Frost will 20
through almost any thickness Of earth
alone, but it will suffice to keep il in
place. BY nsing straw and earth com
bIned, time il saved in nncovering when
The roots are wanted to be got at. II
the snow is blown from the heaps dur
ing the winter, and the cold is very in.
tense, it will be well to cover them with
a coat of coarse manure.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12
Origin of the Term "BrOther JOna-
than.''


The story of the origin of the above
term as related many years ago to the
editor of the Norwich Courier by gen.
tleman over eighty years of age, who
was an active participator in the scenes
of the Revolution, Is as follows:
"When General Washington. after
being appointed Commander of the
Army of the Revolutionary War, came
to Massachusetts to organize il and make
preparation for the defence of the coun-
try, he found a great want of ammuni
tion and other means necessary to meet
the powerful foe he had TO contend with,
and great difficulty to obtain them. If
attacked in snch condition. the cause at
once might be hopeless. On one occas-
ion, at that anxious period, consulta-
tion of the officers and others was held,
when it seemed no way could he devils
ed to, make such preparation as was nee
essary. His Exceliency Jonathan Trum-
bull, the elder, was then Governor Of
the State of Connecticut, on whose
judgment and aid the General placed
the greatest reliance, and remarked,
we must consult Brother Jonathan on
the subiect' The General did so, and
the Governor was successful in supply
ing many of the wants of the army.
When difficulties afterward arose, and
the army was spread over the country,
it became a by world We must consult
Brother Jonathan The term Yankee
is still applied to portion, but Brother
Jonathan has now become deRigna-
tion Of the whole country, as John
Bull' has for England"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12

The passions which act most severely
on the physical life are anger, fear, ha-
tired and grief. The other passions are
comparatively innocnous. What is
called the passion of love is not injur-
ious until il lapses into grief and ankle
tv; on the contrary, it sustains the ply
sical power. What is called ambition is
of itself harmless, for ambition, when it
exists purely, is a nobility lifting its
owner entirely from himself into the
exalted service of mankind. 1t Injuries
when it is debased by its meaner ally,
pride; or when, stimulating man to too
strenuous efforts after some great object,
it leads him TO the performance of ex-
cessiye mental or physical labor and to
the consequences that follow such effort.
The passion called avarice, according
to my experience, ter DIS rather to the
preservation of the body than to its de-
terioartion. The avaricious man, who
barring himself of all the pleasures of
the world, and even to be exposing him
self to the fangs of poverty, is generally
placing himself in the precise conditions
favorable to long and healthy exis-
tence. By his economy he is saving
himself from all the worry incident to
penurv; by his caution- he is screening
himself from all the risks incident to
speculation or the attempt to amass
wealth bv hazardous means; by the reg
ularity of hours and perfect appropri-
alton of the sunlight, in preference TO
artificial illumination, he rests and
works in periods that precisely accord
with the periodicity of Nature; by his
abstemiousness in living he takes just
enough to live, which is precisely the
right thing To do according to the rigid
natural law. Thus, in almost every
particular, he goes on his way freer than
other men from the external causes of
all the induced diseases, and better pro-
tected than most men from the worst
consequences of those diseases which
spring from causes that are uncontrolla-
bla
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12

When a gentleman in China feels de-
sirous Of taking unto himself wife he
sends to the raternal head of some fam
lily containing daughters for specimens
of the size of their feet, with prices at
tached. One foot is valued at $4,000,
the next smallest at $1,000, and 80 on,
according to the market. After the
foot. or the lady to whom it belongs, is
chosen, she is sent in a sedan chair tn
the intended husbands honse. He
meets her at the door, looks into the
vehicle to take view of the fair one,
and if she suits his taste he admits her.
As soon as she passes his threshold she
becomes his lawful wife, but if he likes
the lady not, he shuts the door and she
is carried whence she came.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12
VOLUME 3.

"Not here?"
''No, mother; she hasn't been to bed
at all-and there's a note on her table
directed toyou."
"Open it, mother, said Isaac HoPgood
huskily. "This is a doomed night for
our household To Think our house
has become so distastefnl to oar chill
dren that they fy from it like rats from
falling houser"
Elsie's note was short enough. II read:
"DEAR MoTHER:-I am tired of liv-
ing in the kitchen. ] have run away
with John Elton, and before you see me
again / shall have entered npon new
future. ELSIE"
Mrs. Hopgood broke out into wild,
hysterical sobbings.
Mrs. Hopgood read the hurriedly
scrawled paper with face cold and set
like steel.
"Run away with John Elton!" he re-
peated slowly. "Poor Elsiel then God
help her. For he is as great villain
and scoundrel as ever lived"
as wasn't my fault, Isaac" sobbed
Mrs. Hopgood, rocking herself back
wards on a chair into which she had
dropped.
at was your fault" retorted her hus-
band, almost savagely. "You made the
very name Of home mockery ts your
children; You shut up your soul inside
of a scrubbing pail; and now you are
reaping the bitter harvest"
OF course poor Alexander Hopgood
was unable to lift his throbbing head
from the pillow the next day, and his
mother never left him until afternoon.
When at last she came dawn stairs,
the parlor blinds were thrown wide op-
en-, food of sunshine streaming'in, the
table neatly set in the pretty dining
room, with flowers on the table, and new
books, games and puzzles scattered
around.
Mrs. Hopgood gazed around with
bewildered air. She hardly knew her
own home.
"This is the way in which we must
live henceforward, mother" said her
husband, cheerily. "Let in the light
and sunshine; teach Ben and Fanny that
home is something more than an empty
name, and try, in so far as we can. to re-
trieve the errors of our past life."
And Mrs. Hopgood mutely bowed her
head.
81 will try. husband" she answered
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12


SALT AND CHARCOAL FOR STOCK
Farmers who raise stock should give
them plenty Of charcoal to eat, and fur
nish them freely with salt. Both i'm
prove cattle and keep them in good con-
diti"n. Salt acts heallhily on the blood;
charcoal strengthens and heals the mu-
cous membrane throughout the alimen-
tary canal, and increases the power of
the digestive organs, healing any un-
healthy condition existing there. Il
prevents worms generating in the storn-
ach. etc; it ab@orbs the pHtrescent gases
by which worms are generated, and they
consequently die. The free use Of salt
and charcoal will contribute to protect
cattle from epidemics, and will counter
act the effects Of putrescent or septic
water.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12

Fritz Simmons, a qnarryman at San.
geriies, Utter county, New York. who
has heretofore barely supported himself
and large family by his earnings, a
few days ago received from Germany a
gold draft Of $4,000. he being the only
heir of an uncle named Conrad
Schmidt, who died there last year. SIM
mons had received letter from an adj
ministrator Of his urcle's estate soon
after the latter's death telling him OF
the little fortune awaiting him, and
asked him to forward power of attor-
ney, but the qnarryman was skeptical,
supposing it was the plan of some sharp
er To extract money from HIM. Mean
while the attorney in Germany presnm-
ed his letter had failed to reach its adj
dress, and finally wrote to the German
Consul in New York for assistance in
finding Simmons. In this way the lat
ter finally got his legacy.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12

FEcUNDITY OF GRAIN OF WHEAT.
An English farmer accidentally drop
ped grain of wheat among some seeds
he was sowing in his garden. and, "hav-
ing a cnrinsity To protect il gave IL ev-
cry chance to come 10 perfection The
result was 63 heads Gao very lnrgel, con
tanning 3,044 counted kernels. not in
Guiding some picked away by an enter
prising hen. He leaves readers to draw
their own conclusions, only adding that
as the result of frequent investigation,
he never found more than % ears to one
root growing in his fields.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12
EARTHQUAKE.
Distinct Shock in Western Missouri
and Kansas.

J ST.. LOUIS, November s.--The Re
pubIican's Kansas City special says that
section of country was considerably
startled about o'clock this morning by
a shock Of an earthquake. Itseemed 70
be two distinct shocks, and in some
places the vibration caused people 20
get out Of their beds 10 sce what was the
matter. IL is learned from passengers
who came in from the west, that the
shock extended ms far as Fort Riley.
MANHATTAE, KAN, November g.
A very distinct shock Of an earthquake
was felt here at 5 o'clock this morning.
IL is described as a succession Of slight
shocks by some, and by others as mo-
tion similar to that Of the hopper Of
mill. The agitation seems 20 have pass
ed from east to west, though a few say
from south TO north, and was aecompan.
led by heavy, dull, rnmbling sound.
Buildings were considerably shaken, and
the inmates in some cases, were much
alarmed, but no damage was done. The
shock was followed by light rain,
which continued for ten hours.
TOPEKA, KAN, November SAT
ten minutes before o'clock this morn
ing shock Of an earthquake was felt
here heavy enough to awaken nearly
every one in town. II shook windows
and crockery in store-house, and floors
seemed to heave. Those who were up
say the wave was from the northward.
The same shock was experienced at 4.45
in waubanSee county. fifty miles west,
and was also felt twelve miles south Of
hare
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12

A fair Young couple Of Rutland, Yer
mont, went last week, on their bridal
tour. rs far as Poultney, before the GER
emony. They went in search Of the
cheapest and most private means where
by to become one flesh. Having secured
the services of Justice, the happy pair
were united, and, handing the oficiat.
ing gentleman ten cents, we're joyfully
departing, when the polite Justice oh.
served that as the bride appeared dow.
erless he would bestow the marriage fee
nnnn her.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12

A family living on Cass avenue found
a good thickness of cream on some milk
that had been standing over night, and
when the milkman made his usual cal!
the pleased housewife exhibited the
cream and said: 81 never expected to
see this" The man looked at the
cream, winked wisely and solemnly,
scratched his head and replied: "Well,
i don't know what ails il, but you can
throw 1t out, and I'll give you fresh
pint in its placei"-I Detroit Free Press.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12

Some rogue recently cut the straps
by which two large elephants attached
tn a circus then exhibiting in Benning-
ton, VT, were confined, and the beasts
started out on voyage of discovery.
They ate up halt an acre of potatoes and
nearly frightened woman to death by
rattling her window-b blinds in the at
tempt to get some apples on the window
sill. It was so dark that she could moi
see foot from the window, and when
she opened the window a huge trunk
was whirling about after the apples
The poor woman fell over backward
screaming: "Oh, what snakel,'
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12

The Baltimore Sun, of Thursday, re.
ports that il is finally decided to trans
fer the remains and monument of Edgar
A. Poe from the obscu=e lot now occu-
pied in the rear of Westminster Church
yard to more conspicuous position in
front of the church, in the same grave
yard. The lot has been secured, and
the removal and dedication will take
place 40 soon as practicable.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-11-12

During the prevalence Of the earth
quake an Columbia, South Carolina,
last Monday night, 4, is reported, an ex.
cited individual rushed to the Secretary
Of the Treasury's house. and reused him
by shouting "Earthquakel eArthquakel
and the treasury vault 10 burst wide
openl" The Treasurer only turned over
in his sleep, however, with the remark,
"All right; there's nothing there"