The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-02-25

How to raise beets-take hold Of the
tops, and pull.
"Some New Yorkern talk Of doing
away with police force entirely" This
ia another blow nc the criminal CLASSES.
L Norristown Herald
An EnQIi.h statistician has pprpared
hn article showing the proportion Of
ammunition Lost on battle. fields. It's
probably entitled LEAD Artray."
She asked him II her new dress wasn't
as sweet ~ Spring ROSE, and the brute
said il was, even TO the minor attraction
nf still having little due on it,
Washington Chronicle.
Some careful and deep-thinking stu
dent has discovered that the word
debt is composed Of the initials Of
"Dnn everybody twice" C-r edit ~
formed Of the initial letters Of "Call
regularly every day; I'll trust"
The Danbury News thinks that "one
of the most pitiable sights In this life is
the spectacle of a man, who has been
married but three months, wearing cot
ton in his ears" The same man wear
ing poker and broom handle monoRrams
on his head is n much more pi,iAble, rs
well as painful, sPectacle.-[ Norristown
Herald.
Bangor (Me.) lumberman are paying
from eight to sixteen dollars per month
for workmen, aud get more help nt
those figures than they can uae.
when have work to OPP. plus
old topper, 81 always set about doing IL -
He had heen "settinR shout" in a bar.
room for years.
A breed Of dogs without tails have
been discovered in Africa. and how the
miSchipvons boys there utilize old tin
kettles and fruit cans, We cannot pretend
TO say.
The "pioneer" Shad. from n large
number Of fry which were placed three
years ago in the Sacramento river IN
California, has just been taken 10 VIII
mington. in that state. The fsh measur.
ed sixteen inches long.
The Brooklyn Argus Is Of 'pinion
that Mr.. Evaris, Centennial orator, is
already limiting himself to diet Of
eagles eggs. But il doesn't say how
many tnlon-ied gentleman must eat
aerie's eqnal TO tie OCCASION Norris.
town Herald.
The '1eap year necktie" for gentle
men is out. We have not reen IL, hut
suspect IL is a yonnR lady's sleeve, with
an arm in il. and goes all the way
around the neck. Every enterprising
young gentleman should have one
[ NOrristown Herald.
When a boy has been of oil day, con-
trary to the expressed wish Of his moth
err, and on approaching the homestead
at night, with an anxious and cautious
tread, finds company at tea, the EXPIRES
sion Of confidence aud rectitude which
suddenly lights up his face cannot be re-
produced on canvas.
Edwin Nevins. Of Fletcher. Vermont,
took nm account Of fodder for his cattle.
and found a probable deficiency for
March. lie cut his throat and crnwied
under the barn to die. hut there he must
lie man Of elastic temperament hope
revived in his breast, and he cFaWled
out again for medical treatment lie
will recover.
A Danbury couple have nice little
daughter Of some fve summers. A lady
visitor lately observed to the mother:
What pretty child you have! She
must be a great comfort to you.
She is indeed, said the fond mother.
When I'm mad at John, don't have
to speak to him. She calls him 10 his
meals, and tells him to get up coal and
other things that ] want She's real
handy.
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