The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-29

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November 4. fssG-}
DEAN SfR-iiaTe jasg been reading he
SOMERSET HERALD sent me By q friend
and which comes as sunshine 10 sound
sieepeIs. 50 seFy welcome indeed tina.
Tani J0at 70 pai my name down for a
year subscription; mal il tothis place.
have been here since February u
1876. and you'll acgui, me OF eEotis,n hi
telling you now well l have succeeded. or
Wll doubtless say "a Prophet is nor with
cut honor etc. For the irst two months
hlicti the position Of '.Siawashe" rousta-
bo'i, thea I was promoted "Tenass Tvee. +"
shipper and tailyman, and then was pro-
NOTED 10 "Igeg or book-keepe.. there IS
bat enc more step ia the line OF promo
ton T. e., "HgAs Tyee' OF business OF
my own would not Ike 10 undertake
q description Of ihe country and It's re-
sources buJ VIII content myself hv saving
There are uceans OF magnificent timber.
Logs are delivered al The mill AZ 81. The
freight from here 10 san francisco is ; par
N, while INC average pricei Is So per II.
u TIE san Francisco market. Mil men do
vel, IN tactit Is tie best country | know
oi Tor laboriag men. The wages p.id rer
month. are common laboreTs $40, Choppers
$40, o-N-teansleTs 500, Crescent savers
fo3, carpenters $50, other trades in pro-
portion. Ihe above prices in gold, with
board, per month.
The climate l. miserable. there being
rain al least eight months in the year. ii
is quite warm IN winter and cold in tie
summer. Robins winter with Us. but
disappear In the ummer. This country
isa lazy mans paradise and aboands N
game. II one longs Tor venisou steak al
nc has 20 10 Is 10 let loose the dogs and in
q icn moncnis a deer takes water 10 Is
cape them it is not sportsman like, bur a
very easy way 20 capture them. Or. ifone
iaucies c~iam-chowder. take Q shovel and
basket, dig here on the beach. and
lOu scoop them out with IS little trouble
as potatoes. There Is a capital fish mar
kcJ, though EIne but pilgrims or new-com-
crs ever care TO cali tor fish. notwithstand.
ing salmon, brook trout. herring halibut.
smell and tom-cod abound.
Now then, prepare for what TO YOU nav
seen, an apparent "S hop or butt is an cY.
cry day TACT with as, vii: crows in count
less numbers throng the place during the
week, tanner than chickens az home.
allowing enc 70 walk within ten feet II
them. Atabout half-past eleven a. m. they
hack rC.r tie mil, and tie m0ment the
WHISTLE sounds dinner time, OF rush the
men 60 she u-Iess-h0usc. and in ~ the
crows. Livery nook sn5 Granny is search
e1 ay these Innocent thieves Tor tallaw.
lunches forgotten by tAc men, Ne. sun.
more improbable but true, IS The iac; that
hogs s.s- principally Gp0E clans. The
ct SIS train 10 company. and. watching
heir opportunity, seize the CLAIMS and. lis
jug o. = considerable height, drop them on
"a rock IA order 10 open toe shell. which is
IS hard us ,hit OF an oyster. On
Sunday NOS . crow IS 10 b. sen cr heard
aiaJt the place. owing to the men being
idle and shooting.
In clear weather we have a magnificent
view 1t Mounts Rainier, Baker. ana Olym-
pts. The fwo former l-8. and the latter 50.
miles distant. oHe can scarcely Imagine
,hem SD FIR removed. a. they. being CIV
ere VITA perpetual snow, stand ont in bold
relics. Fery truly yours.
EDW y l. B0sE.
TIE 4tove leiter was not written by Nj.
ROSE tor publication, Gttthinkiugi II Nouij
of interest 20 oug uaav readers, we
.ar- tasen lbe liberty 90 pint It. Mr. H..
d viii oe remembered. wa> 40 one time q
.a-mfer of tAe .irm cd Camp. Sanuer *
iHnlbe! merchants. OF this place.