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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01
The Country.

1t is in the country that the soul ex-
pands and grows great The town de.
velopes, cultivates and amplifies all the
senses, but its tendency is to contract
that incomprehensibls impulse of being
we call soul. Out where the rugged
hills point heavenward with ten thous-
and sturdy evergreen figures; where
stand the woods in royal majesty; where
the brooks dance along and clasp hands
with the rivers, and rivers sweep on
with unimpeded flow to the bosom of
the sea; where the rocks rise like brawny
giants, their nakedness covered with
moses, and drink in the sunshine and
the rain proudly, disdaining to show
how the elsments careas them slowly in
to dust; where the birds sing their most
jubilant songs. and the wild flowers veal
their brightest hues; where the beei
hum in lazy content from honey cup to
honey cup; where nature rules supreme
and man becomes n pigmy-there tn,
true soul, unabashed and undismayed
aspires to compass all the profound mys
teries of creation and reads eloquen
lessons in everything. Where village
dot the hill sides and nestle in the val
leys; where the throbbing clnngor Of tn
church bell is the loudes. sound heard
where the fields TEEN with hornel
promise OF the coming harvest, and til
: voices Of men are drowned In theprattl
/ Of nature-there are magnificent SOU
hidden beneath the bumbless exterior
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01
PUBLIC REPORT
OF A.
POLICEMAN.

! have not enjoyed good health for
several years past, yet have not allowed
it to interfere with my labor. Every
one belonging TO the laboring class
knows the Inconvenience of being obiig
ed to labor when the body, from debili-
ty, almost refuses to perform its daily
task. ] never was believer in dosing
with medicines; but having heard the
VEGETINE spoken of 80 highly, was de-
termlned to try il, and shall never regre,
that determination. As tonic (which
every one needs at some time it surpases
anything ever heard of. 1t invigorates
the whole system; it is a great cleanser
and purifier of the blood. There are
many of my acquaintances who have ia.
ken it, and all unite in praise of its sat.
isfactory effect. -..
Especially among the aged class o
people, il imparts to them the one thinf
most needful in old age-nights of calm
sweet repose, thereby Strengthening tn,
mind as we'll as the body. One aged la
dy, who has been suffering through lif
from scrofnla, and has become blinc
from its effects, having tried man,
remedies with no favorable result, wa
induced by friends to try the VEG ETINE
After taking few bottles, she obtaine,
such great relief that she expressed
wish for her sight, that she might b
able to look upon the man who had sen
her such blessing.
Yours respectfully,
o. P. H. HODGE, Police Offic.
Station 6, BosToN, Mass, May 9, 1871.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01
A New Confidence Game,

The confidence men are necessarily
men of genius-full of expedients; for q
new dodge is but rarely successful after
it comes to the attention Of the newspa-
pers, and is once thoroughly exposed.
These fellows are, therefore, compelled
to invent new avenues to popular favor
to the end that they may handle some
ones hard earned cash without being
compelled to endure the drudgery of
manual labor. The latest thing on the
boards occurred in Belmont county, and
the Wheeling Intelligencer tells how it
was done:
One day, not long ago, two men call
ed upon farmer in Belmont county,
several miles back of Bridgeport, and
representing themselves as United
States detectives, said they had been in
formed thar he had $500 counterfeit gov
ernment currency in his possession. The
farmer, of course, pleaded not guilty to
the charge, and remarked that he had
only about forty dollars of money in
the world. The pretended detectives
asked to gee this, and the farmer pulled
out his pocket book and displayed one
| twenty, one ten, two fives and two one
dollar bills, and a Fifty cent scrip One
of the sharpers took the money, and af-
ter a pretended critical examination
pronounced the twenty, ten and fvei
counterfeit, and made an entry Of theil
number in his note book and handed
them to his companion, excepting ths
ones and scrip, which he returned to thu
farmer. They then made several in
quiries about the neighbors, and finally
concluded, as they had some business il
the locality, not to make any arrest a
that time, having sufficient confidence il
the farmer to believe that he ~ould b
on hand when they should call for hin
that evening or the next morning ant
left, taking the forty dollars with them
1t is hardly necessary to state that thes
beauties never returned-that they wer
sharpers, and that this is one of tn
numerous tricks of fraud and rascality
known as confidence games" that ar
being daily transacted in the country
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01
Enthusiasm on a HOusetOp.
From the Cincinnati Saturday Night.

From the Cincinnati Saturday Night.
Old man Boggs wished to make some
slight repairs on the top of his residence,
and for this purpose had occasion to tear
up few shingles. In doing so in a quiet
and inofensive manner, he was aston
ished to find that he disturbed hornets
nest. The hornets swarmed out upon
Mr.. Boggs. They made it hot for him
at the very onset. He rushed to the
ladder attacked from behind, when, hor-
ror Of horrors! neighbor had borrowed
his ladder! Mr.. Boggs cavorted, he
tum bled he rolled from one end of the
roof to the other, screaming as he went
LADDER ladder!" The hornets contin
ually increased; they few at his nose
his ears, his cheeks; they danced
on his forehead, they crawleds dowr
his back, they few up his breecues legs
they met half way and fought every
where. Boggs' wild gesticulations an,
terrific shouts attracted the attention o
the whole neighborhood., His friend
mistook the shouts of "ladderl" "hol
neisl" for Hayes and Wheeler" an
thought he was ratifying, but so muc
seriousness was depicted on his face tina
ladder was finally procured and res
cue effected. Mr.. Boggs is laid up RI
pairs now, and his face looks Ikea new,
paper picture of a defeated prize fig hte
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01
Horses and Their Drivers.

Very many years ago, l made up my
mind that when there was quarrel be-
tween a man and horse, in nine cases
out of ten the man was the wrong. Con-
Continued observation has only served
to confirm this belief.
The radical error into which drivers
fall, is, that the horse knows perfectly
what is wanted of him, and will not do
it. Then the driver proceeds to show
that he is the master, and in the vast
majority Of cases, the horses is punish
ed without the slightest idea why he is
80 treated
For a horse to understnd instantly
what his driver desires, there must ex-
ist pleasant feeling between them. The
horse must feel confidence in his dri-
yer, and with one driver horse will
show himself fearless of locomo-
tives, and with another he will dread
them. One man will drive horse fif-
teen miles with no more fatigue to the
animal than another will produce in
driving him ten.
Noihing tends more to cruelty to ami
mails than does cowardice. The man
who has lurking fear of his beast, il
the one who treats him the most harsh
ly, The man who is afraid of no horses
is just the man who treats all kindly
He is perfectly aware that there is al
ways danger with horses; but he also
knows that this does not depend upor
the horse, but mostly comes from aom'
extraneous source. the bad driving o
others whom he meets on the road, o
accident of some sort. He has friend
ly feeling towards his beast, as being
willing and useful servant and compan
ion, ready to do his whole duty, an
I more than his duty. So there spring
up q pleasant feeling on both sides, tn
o horse is encouraged and cheerful, an
. gets through his work easily and vel
Such driver gets vastly more from h
n horses than does q cruel one. The
come in fresh, they feed and sleep wei
n and begin the next days work und'
o favorable conditions. Age tells b.
b slowly on them; at fifteen and sixtee
years, such horses still show speed ar
70 endurance, and are still gay and fir
~ goers.
There should be kindness simply fro
e, kind feeling, but it does not the le
certainly bring its material reward.
-FOUR Dumb Animals.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01
st. Nicholas for December

Is the Christmas number this year, and
is much larger than usual. 1t contains
nearly one hundred pages, and more than
fifty illustrations.
The frontispiece, called "The Heart Of
Winter" is a superb engraving, repre-
senting some exquisite bits of winter
scenery and life. It is one of Thomas
Moran's finest drawings.
William Cullen Bryant contributes an
article entitled "The Boys of My Boy
hood" and describing the amusements,
studies, sports, occupations, and social
life of the young people of his early
years. This paper forms remarkable
feature in magazine literature.
Professor Richard A. Proctor, the EN-
inent astronomer, is represented by an
article entitled "a Clock in the Sky at
Night" and giving clear and simple di-
rcctions for telling the time by the posi-
tion of certain stars.
J.T. Trowbridge, the great favorite OF
American boys, begins in this number
his new serial, "His Own Master" The
first tallment contains some exceed
ingly interesting scenes.
Lucy Larcom is the author of the fine
opening article entitled Poems and Ca
rolls of Winter" 1t is illustrated by
several excellent cuts, and it gives it,
young readers many admirable and sea
poets.
The Christmas element is made yer.
+ prominent. Edgar Eggleston contrib
r utes fine Christmas Fairy show, ant
there are several splendid Christina
, stories in the mum Der by Susan Coolidge
. Lucretia P. Hale, Rebecca Harding Da
J Wis, Olive Thorne and others.
q Still another striking feature is tn
g description of the great stables of one {
the prominent lines of New York stree
cars. The article is entitled "The Hors
s Hotel" and describes the building, ii
v rooms and attendants, the managemel
], of the horses, the arrangements for fee'
r ing and caring for them, and the vario'
1t methods and means employed in Il
n huge establishment. Its illustration
d are from sketches taken on the spot.
ee The numbers pictorial display al
includes beautiful pictures by Miss Ha
nj lock and Addie Ledyard, some funny
ss lustrations by Church, and some We
- curious drawings by Siamese artist.
Besides the Christmas poems, the nul
Der contains pretty poem by Cel
Thaxter, and a lively and amusing o
by Mrs. Dodge.
" 1t is impossible to even touch upon
;, the merits of this brilliant number, /
those we have mentioned will show Il
its list of features and contributors
certainly remarkable one.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01
The H0llering Woman.

There is, says the Burlington Hawk |
Eye, one "hollering woman" in every
street. A woman who never goes after
any body;but always calls across the street,
Who never looks for her children, but
who rushes to the front gate and shrleks
for them until, in the pauses of her
shouting, she hears them answering from
the room she bas just left. Every street
has one "hollering woman" No street
has more, for an soon as two "hollering
women" are thrown by pitiless fate upon
one street, the Deighbors vacate and emf
crate until rents come down, or, as it often
happens, one of the "hollering women
pulls up stakes and goes elsewhere, for
they cannot brook opposition. The
"hollering woman" generally manages to
keep her street In lively state of elocu
tionary excitement, and if You happen
to live within understanding distance
your diurnal serepade is something like
this: Tommvl Tnm-meei Tommy! Oh,
Tom! You Tom! Come right along
here and break up some of this dry
wood, or III break yonr back! Mary!
You Mar-ee. You get right down off
that tree-box this mint, you great tom
boy. or I'll skin you within an inch Of
your life; Mar-ee! Oh, Miss Pinkhard!
Miss Pinkhard! Mar-ee! Miss Pink
hard! Won't yon tell yonr milkman,
when he comes. to stop at my gate?
Mine came this morning before We was
mp. Erasmus. Erasmus! E-e-e-ras
mnsl Erasmus! Come right home and
take this pail of molasses back to the
grocery, and tell him if he can't send
what ordered don't want any. Eras.
mus, I say! Oh, Miss HARRISON! How''
the baby's measles? Did you try tha
tea I sent over last night? Who Gu
your new polonaise? Ma-ree! Mary
Where'd Emeline 60 to, I'd like to know
Didn't tell you not to let her get out
of her sight minute? Now you hun
her up, and bring her right home. Goo
morning, Miss Barnoby. Did you kno'
there was burglars over to Throopse
Last night? Got in at the kitchen winde
j and took pair of Mr.. Throops' pant
with dollar and half in 'em, and Mis-
Throops' big jet breastpin! Where yo
going? Tommy! Tommee! oh, Ton
e Mary, say! Erasmus! Oh. Miss Pink
= hard!" The serenade continues at rar
. dom all day long and is familiar to e'
: eryone who has lived within gunshot {
j. the "hollering woman"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01
Law for the People.

Money paid under Misrepresentation
of facts, may be recovered back.
Money voluntarily paid with full
knowledge of the facts and circumstan-
ces of the case, though in ignorance of
legal rights. can not be recovered back
The assignment of note, the pay
ment of which is secured by mortgage,
carries the mortgage with it.
Payment to one partner is payment
to both unless strictly forbidden.
A debtor has the right, at the time o
making payment, to direct as to wha
debt it shall be applied.
If debtor fails to make such appli
cation, the Creditor may apply the mon
ey paid upon any demand against th'
debtor which he may choose.
Where there is no place of paymen
agreed upon, the debtor must seek tn
creditor at his domicile or place of bust
ness.
Upon the sale OF an article, paymer
is to be made on delivery, unless som
other time be specified.
Allowing time for payment will nj
however, violate the contract.
In case of two sales of personal prof.
er'y, both equally valid, his is the be,
ter right who fret gets possession Of prof
erty.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01
The Drum and Fife.
From the Chambers journal. ]


Drums and flies are probably the
most ancient, as they are certainly the
most familiar, of all our musical para
phernalia; and they have been through
many ages associated with scenes OF way
like interest and display. Whatever be
their origin, there is charm which is
alien to all other instruments and which
makes the music they produce more ap-
plicable to military purposes than any
other. 1t would be difficult, if not
wholly impossible, to describe the
cause of this, bnt it is certain that on
the line of march men find it easier TO
keep step to the lively tones of the fife
and the brisk roll of the drum than to
distinctly heard further than about half
the length of battalion. 1t is q singu
lar thing, however, that it is only the
English speaking people who make this
kind of music national, for the French
and other continental armies generally
march TO the sound of the drum and
bugle, when their brass bands are not
playing But this kind of music has
never found favor with our British regi-
ments, though many attempts have been
made to introduce il. 1t has a foreign
ring about it which makes it unpleasant
to English ears, and it is very monot-
onous character, there being no more
than FIVE notes on the common bngle
consequently the few tunes that can be
played upon it have samenes about
them which is exceeding wearisome tc
the ear. But this does not prevent its
being used occasionally, as a change te
the music of the from bone or the fife
The chief glory of the drum lies in The
criapness of its sound and the beauty o
its appointments, though of late year
this useful instrument has been sadly
used, by being cut down to mere skel
eton, composed principally of bolts ant
screws, with scarcely any body to it a
all. The handsomest specimens of tn
2 drum which have been familiar to u
from childhood and to preceding gener
), ations are those borne by the drummer
of the Guards, which are beautiful
j emblazoned with the royal court of arm
!! and the names of the battles in whicl
: each regiment has been engaged, and tn
: bearers take a pride in keeping tn
: plain brass brilliant, while the emblaa
u oned portion is always we'll polishe
with hana1uaY
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01
Honesty.


Every body says that every body should
be honest; but every body is not honest
either at home or abroad. That we
should be honest in our trade, weights
and measures, dealing with our neigh
bors and with our strangers is clearly
right. That strong principle of integ
rity should govern us. is just what every
man not only admits but believes and
contends for. There is no such thing as
being too honest. Honesty is a virtue
better than gold, richer than rubies,
more precious then gems and costly
trappipgs. 1t is much richer adorn-
ment for manhood or womanhood than
wealth can purchase or place SECURE. To
be honest is to be likes child, an angel,
and Christ said of little children 'of such
is the kingdom of Heaven" But we
wish to write a word-a strong word-in
behalf OF honesty. There are many peo-
pie who are honest away from home.
They make home promises only to break
them. AS husbands they make thous-
and and one promises to their wives, and
hint thousand good things and raise
many pleasant expectations they never
seem to think of again. As wives they
practice thousand little deceits, equiv
ocate many times, when straightforward
honesty was just the thing required. Al
parents they conceal, go around tn,
truth, deceive and often falsify to thei
children, when the truth is always bette
always the best. The children ee
their parents double dealings, see thei
want of integrity, and learn 70 cheat, de
ceive and equivocate. The child is to
often a chip of the old block.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01
Some Horse Talk.

A fat horse is proportionally weak
horse. Fat is an oily matter, itself un-
endowed with life or sensibility, con-
tanned in cells. as honey Is within the
honey comb, which are vital. and so
endowed that they lose the power either
of adding to or taking from the quantity
of oily matter at any time existing.
The use of fat is to fill up creyices in
the body, facilitate the movements OF
parts one upon another, and serve as a
sort of internal nutriment, in case the
animal should be in a situation where
he can not obtain food; but when it ac-
cumulates, instead of facilitating the
motions of parts, it clogs and impedes
them, and becomes, from it's collected
amount of freight, burthen to the
body.
A fat horse is not only unfit to go,
but really has weight within himself
to carry which the horse in condition
for work has been disencumbered of. A
fat horse will not bear the loss of blood
the same as horse in working state
of body; the one will faint from the
abstraction of a quantity which the 9TH
er will stand without being affected -
Plumpness, which arises from fatness, is
too apt to convey to the eye of the mex
perienced the impression of strength
and ability to go to work; whereas it
ought, we repeat, to be taken as proof
to the contrary. When buyer enters d
dealers yard to buy horse, every
horse shown him, most ikely,-a Ger.
tainly every horse four or five year,
old, is fat and therefore not in condition
for work. Dealers, by quantities O
grain, and sometimes by means of poi
aonous nostrums, and by giving thei
horses only such little walking exercis,
as serves to keep their legs from swell
ing, make the horses they have for sal
as fat as they can.
, No men are better aware of the dis
advantages arising from the presence o
fat than trainers of jocks. "Such
horse is too fat to win his race" is
3 remark not seldom head, even at tn
, starting-post at the race-course, whe
8 signs of obesity, it is expected, have
: or most assuredly ough ht TO have-var
y ished
, In young horses, fat is mostly depo
e tied upon the external parts--upon th
q superficial muscles-and is, consequen
t ly, found Immediately underneath II
j skin; but horses seven or eight yea
e old, and upwards, are very disposed
e accumulate fat inwardly-about Il
h kidneys and bowels, and upon the bel
d internally. A horse may evince We
l. little fatness outwardly, and yet
" loaded with fat ain his inside" Fat
IN matter deposited among the fleshy pal
,e or muscles Of the body, and betwe
,g their fbers, renders them loose in te
a. ture and fiabby in feel; the fat occur
ing that space which. in the horse
ia hard condition, ia filled with clean mi
of cular fher.-[P Prairie Farmer.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01
A Dreadful Bandits Death.

The killing Of the desperate bandit
Chaio Alsjandro, was Characteristic.
He commanded four hundred men. He
socks mp position at Huitzlae, Col.
Usalde OF the FedersIs. attacked him,
and aftsr desperais..6ghs, in which the
Rsvolutionisis Lost forty in killed, and
wounded, and the Federals fourteen
killed, and eleven wounded, the Revo-
lutionists fred and their leader was sho,
through the brain while trying to escape
from 4 house in which he hand taken
shelter. Chato Alexandra. whose real
name was Alejandro Gutierrez. had beer
made a Brig. General by Gen. DiaI
On one occasion he Kidnapped III.
wealthy Don Santos Diegollado. FL
asked his victim what he would give Il
be released, and Diegollado replied tha
he would give everything in his posses
sion. lie 1thsn handed the bandit
gold watch, sum Of money, and othe
valusbles. These the wretch pocketed
and calmly taking out his revolver she
his victim through the brain. Hi
hands we're red with blood of his cour
trymen.--(San Francisco Chronicle.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-01
HEARTFELT PRAYER.

ST. PAUL, Aug. %. 1864.
H. R. STEVENS, ESQ.,:
Dear Sir-I should be wanting in
gratitude, if l failed to acknowledge
what the VEGETINE has done for me. |
was attacked about eleven months since
with Bronchitis. which settled into Con-
sumption. ! had night aweats and fever
chills; was distressed for breath. and
frequently spit blood; was all emaciated
very weak, and SO low that my friends
thought my case hopeless.
! was advised to make a trial of the
VEeETINE, which, under the providence
of God, has cured ME. That he NAV
| bless the use of you- medicine to others
as he has to me, and that his divine
grace may attend you, is the heartfelt
prayer Of your admiring. humble ser
want. BENJAMIN NPETTINGILL.
P. S.-Mine is but one among tn,
many cures your medicine has effected
in this place. B.P.