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selt0rte 8eroauunesz 8erm6gen mieoer ber.
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Der 8epunberuns 1T, perIeben tperben.
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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-05
Up Salt River.

The origin of the expression "Up
Salt River" as applied to defeated po-
litical party, was as follows: Davy
Crockett, the famous Kentucky Con-
gresham, while Whig candidate was
challenged by his Democratic opponent
to meet him on the stump in joint dis
cussion. Crockett accepted, and the day
and place were fixed but Crockett did
not appear, and the people, thinking
him afraid to do so, rallied for his op-
ponent and elected him. 1t afterwards
turned out that Crockett, who had start
ed for the place in canoe propelled by
negro, had been landed in the forest al
the head waters of Salt River by his
treacherous guide, who then swiftly pad
died off down the stream. Crockett
was too good a hunter to starve in the
wilderness; but he was totally unable te
reach the appointed place in time, and
with it his chance Of election. Hence
the phrase, "Up Salt River"-meanins
that party is hopelessly defeated. -
Crockett, however, was more lucky year
afterwards, being elected by handsom,
majority.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-05

There is one peculiar thing about the
politico-temperance party. The leaders
of it are able at times, to make an i'm
mense show of strength; at these times
they will talk loudly, threaten to smash
the other parties, and lead some people
to suppose that they are about to push
their own movement to success. But,
after all this, when election day comes,
they will get SO few votes that they are
mot worth counting, and are likely to
be put under the head of scattering"
Thus, at the Massachusetts, State Conven-
tion of Temperance clubs held in Bos-
ton recently there were no less than six
hundred delegates, and it doubtless
seemed to those who heard the speeches
and noticed the enthusiasm that the par.
ty could control the politics of Massa'
chusetts. Yet what very little figure
the party presented at the election Of
last month, when they had candidate
for President, as we'll as candidates fol
Governor in many of the Safes, includ
ing the State of New York.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-05

William Jones, known as "Slanger,"
and who is said TO be the terror of game
keepers in the district Of Denbigh, in
Wales, escaped from the police, and af-
ter long run crossed river which his
custodians did not care 10 enter, and got
clean away. Two days later the police
went 10 the house Of "Slanger's" father
in-lsw and found that "Slanger" had on
their approach taken refuge in the CHM
ney, although good ERE was burning in
the CRATE. The police tugged at him for
some time, "Slanger" scraping down
SCOT upon them. The prisoner was
eventually dislodged from the chimney,
and hand -to-hand struggle took place
Knives were brought into play by the
assailants, and the police were obliged te
use their truncheons freely in self de
fence. The fight lasted sbout three
quarters OF an hour, when from sheer
exhaustion the police were obliged L
dssist, and they retired outside. Aftei
recovering themselves they re-entered
and found that their prisoner had eludet
their grasp by escaping through hol'
in the roof.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-05

An Indianian went into Chicago sa
loon, and asked for "a gin cocktail with
some strength into it." The barkeeper
made mixture of alcohol, pepper sauce,
absinthe, lines, and painkiller. "The
Indianian drank it," says the Chicago
Tribune, sand about quart of tears
came TO his eyes, his mouth contracted
10 about the size of safe key y-hole, and
when he had sufficiently mastered his
emotion to speak, he said, How much's
that?' Fifteen cents responded the
barkeeper. The customer put down a
quarter and said, Keep the change
have something YOURSELF then wringing
the barkeeper's hand, he added, That's
the first good gin I've tasted since left
home-something like liquor; it's sort o.
quick in taking hold and slow in letting
go. Come and see me, and III give yor
some corn whiskey that's better still
whiskey that's like swallowing circu
lar saw whole and pulling it up again.
The barkeeper, an hour later, asked tn,
patrolman if he had heard ofan old ma,
being found dead On the sidewalk, an,
when the officer said no, he danced fey
| jig steps, and cried, 'Hurrah! he's gon
somewhere else to diep p"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-05
Dog Eat Dog.

An Omaha livery stable keeper owned
q fine lot of coach dogs. Those dogs are
white, with black spots all over them,
and are noted for their docile, not to say
cowardly, dispositions. The dogs be-
longing to the ivery-stable keeper were
beset on all occasions by the other dogs
in the streets, and. as they are meek in
spirit, were as easily overcome as lot
of sheep. The livery-stable man stood
this as long as he could, when, one day,
he found large, white bulldog, and il
Immediately occurred 10 him what to do
He bought that dog, took him to his
stable, and there kept HIM till he go,
thoroughly acquainted with the coach
dogs. The bulldog was then sent to the
BARRIERS shop, and black spots were
neatly painted or dyed all over him, &c
that he looked like veritable coacl
dog, with a somewhat short nose and
elongated lower jaw. The next TIM
the carriage was sent out this mode
coach dog went along, ard the stree
dogs event for him." thinking the,
would have their usual sport and vic
tory; but in this they were mistaken
the bulldog waded in, and the way tn
hair, guitar-strings and sausage mea
few was caution. Since that time tn
!. coach dogs have been let alone.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-05
A Dog swims Forty Miles.

Captain Bunce, of the Leonida, is the
owner of a large Spitz dog, named Jack,
that was picked up in the middle of the
Sound several years ago, as he was swim
ming about, several miles from land.
On Tuesday the captain left the faithful
creature on the East Neck wharf by
some mishap, and Jack, seeing the ves-
sci some distance out in the bay, decided
to follow. As the vessel was under good
headway, little notice was taken of his
jumping off the wharf, as it was sup
posed he would soon return. The YES
sci reached New York that night. Moth
ing was seen Of The dog about here dur
ing the following day, but what was the
astonishment of the captain and crew,
on going up to the deck while the yes.
sci lay in her dock in New York on the
morning OF. the second day, to find the
faithful creature at his post watching
over the vessel in his usual manner. HI
was thoroughly exhausted by his lone
swim Of forty miles, however, and coult
do nothing but lie about and recruit hi
strength for two or three days. Hunt
ington Long Islander.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-05
The Sympathetic Man.

A mother and babe were among the
passengers at the Central depot yester-
day. She had the child carefully wrap
ped up, and this fact, perhaps, attracted
the attention of big fellow with a
three-story overcoat and rusty .atchel
in his hand. Sitting down beside her
he remarked:
Gold weather for such little people
isn't it?"
She family nodded.
"Does he seem to feel it much?" con
tinued the man.
| She shook her head.
"Is it healthy child?" he asked
seeming greatly interested.
"He was up to few moments ago,
she snapped out, "but I'm afraid he
smelled SO much whiskey that he'll hav
the delirium tremens before night?"
The man got right up and walked ou
Of the room, and was afterward seel
buying cloves and cinnamon.-[ Detroi
| Free Press,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-05
A Wife's Revenge.

In Western city lives certain mar
ried man who, but for his quick temper,
would be all that the word gentleman
implies. Unfortunately, he occasional
ly lets his hot blood run away with
his brains. Not many weeks ago his
wife and he had some pretty sharp words.
when he so far forgot himselfas to strike
his better-half with piece of rope
which he chanced to have in his hand.
He soon after left for down town, first
telling the servant, however, that he
would bring company home with him to
dinner. Dinner hour came around, and
SO did Mr.. B., with couple of his most
esteemed friends. The table was groan-
ing under its load of good things when
Mr.. B. ushered his guests into the din
ing-room; but fancy his surprise on be-
holding in the center of the table, on a
huge plate, large riece. of rope neatly
coiled up. With sickly smile, he
looked first at his guests, and then at his
wife. s
my DEAR" he exclaimed, "what is
the meaning of this?"
"Oh, nothing, my DEAR" she answer
ed; "only as you gave me rope fol
breakfast, thought I would give yor
a rope for dinner"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-05
Gusty Day I'm Minnesota.

The blizzard last Friday was terror.
Two or three persons who attempted to
cross the river at Minneapolis were
blown down, and only saved themselves
from going over the falls by throwing
themselves on the ice. On the upper
side Of tho lower brigds about $50 feet
Of the sidewalk was literally lifted up
and thrown to the oppsits side. A couple
Of farmers wagons laden with hay were
literally blown over and the hay scat
tered over all creation. The traffic on
the bridge was then closed for the day
The roof OF the Orchestrion building or
Hennepin avenue was blown of ant
hangs down over the front Of the edi6ce
where IL remained the next morning
when the frst train left it. A numbe
Of other teams were capsized by III,
wind. telegraph lines torn down, sho'
cases smnsbed, awnings blown towar'
the north pole, and a variety of mino
damages perpetrated.-[Anoka Unior
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-05
A Berlin Institution.

There are no less than sixteen horse
butchers in Berlin, and all contriye to
make a good livelihood in pursuit of
their calling. The value of q dead
horse averages from twenty TO hirty
thalers. The skin fetches from eight
to twelve dollars. The bones are the
perquisites of the proprietor; and for
them he receives from glue manufac-
turers and bone burners a remuneratiye
little sum. Finally, the flesh. The
dogs get most of it, but what they do
not get the poor people eat. We shud-
der at the idea, and yet wonder at our
own inconsistency. These fine pieces of
meat we regard with aversion. says a
tourist, while at our feet dozen ducks
were smacking their bills in the gutter,
and probably the birds would soon ap-
pear before US as savory roasts. There
in the stable stood a fat pony, healthy
and rotund. Was he also TO be slaugh-
tered? Certainly He had bad hoof,
the curing of which would cost too
much in food and time. And there
next to him stood-an ass! happiness
and impudenee equally blended in his
countenance What was he doing here:
He had been raffled away at Swiss gar
den. Perhaps weaver had won him
and finding no room for the little ami
NAL under his loom, had sold him tc
the slaughterers. "And excellent con-
ductor," we inquired diffidently, "what
will be done with the ass's fesh?" "Yes
what is to be said-for restaurant.
and the like it is not-bu! Heaven pre-
serves us-the flesh of the ass is-yes
it is very often used for sausages" VI
thanked our good informant. and tool
leave. In the nearest restaurant we par
took of refreshments, rejoicing in tn
meantime that the ass still lived. ,.e
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-05
Making Butter from Swimming the
Thames.
from the London lancet


Whatever incredulity has been felt in
reference to the manufacture of butter
from Thames mud, there now appears,
says the Medical Examiner, to be no
doubt of the fact that such butter is
made. and in no inconsiderable quantit-
les. But the precise nature of the ma
terial and its mode of collection have,
we believe, remained an undiscovered
mystery until the present time. It ap-
pears that as much as 3s Sd day can,
under favorable circumstances, be earn
ed at low tide by explorers, properly
equipped and with keen knowledge oi
their work, ON the north bank of the
Thames, below Dagenham. Here these
persons collect oleaginous globes. These
globes, originally made of cork, matted
with hair and woody fibres, are diligent
ly planted for the purpose, and grow to
the size ofa walnut or cricket ball in the
water by the action of the tides, which
cover them with grease. The grease
thus obtained is from the drain pipes OF
our factories and slop sewers of ou
kitchens, and in consistency and colo
resembles Russian tallow. The process
by which this questionable fat is ulti
mately manufactured into an article Q
food, unobjectionable to the eye an
palatable to the taste, is necessarily ex
citing public curiosity.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-05

A new story Of Bob Ingersoll, and
good one, is told in the Burlington
Hawkeye: "During his campaign tour
down East" says the Hawkeye, "the
Colonel one Sunday went to fashiona-
BILE church. With characteristic west
ern independence he ignored the ofici
Gus ands remonstrative usher, and Sc
lecting the finest pew he could find,
esconced himself in the softest corner
Soon the great man who owned the pew
came along with his family, and sat
down. But such impudence could not
be permitted to pass by unrebuked, and
the proprietor of the box wrote on the
fy-leaf Of hymn-book. pay $4,000
year rent far this pew" and passed il
to the colonel. Quick as thought the
ready pencil came out, the book was re
turned with an additional line, and the
indignant owner read the comment 'D-d
fine pew for the price, The droppings
ofthe sanctuary fell on one insulted and
burning heart that morning, but it did
not beat under Ingersoll's vest"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-05
A Texans Wonderful Traces
From the Greencastle Star.l


A Texan, visiting this point, gathered
around him some of our citizens Mon
day, and entertained them with some of
his experiences in the Lone Star State
One incident told by him is as follows:
YOU'D hardly believe, now, what ]
am going to tell. In Texas we use raw
hide straps, or thongs, for traces, and in
wet weather they do stretch amazingly
Why, often in damp weather at home
I've hitched up two horses and drove
down the hill from my house into the
creek bottom for sled load of wood.
have loaded the wood and many times
driven back home and unhitched tht
horses and the sled would not be il
sight"
"How did you get the wood home
then?" asked an lnquisitive bystander
"Oh, I just tied the ends of the trace
together and threw them over a post
went knocking about my work and wait
ed till the sun shone out. Sometimes
would be more than two hours befor
that sled load of wood would get home
but you'd see her crawling up the hill a
last, gradually approaching as the raw
hide traces shrunk up into their prope
lengths. Yes, Texas is a great country
you bet"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-05
Articles that were formerly made

Articles that were form erly made OF
morocco leather are now made of shark
skin in Paris, and husbands are remind
ed of that voracious fish itself when their
wives exhibit gaping and empty purses
made of its skim.
The bull worship of the Egyptians
finds its parallel in the fox worship of
the Japanese; dogs are protected from
harm by public edic,s in Yeddo, as in
Constantinople; to kill stork is as great
a crime in the eyes of the Japanese as to
kill an albatross in the eyes Of an En-
glish sailor.
Last year 1898 unclaimed bodies were
buried from the morgue and hospitals Of
Paris. AT Pere la Chaise there were
buried during the last fifteen years, 21S,-
312 bodies; at Mont Parass, 1876, $40; and
at Montmartre, 95,522. OF the twenty
cemeteries six are beyond the line OF
fortifcation.
1t is fact worth thinking about that
Africa is three times as densely popu
lated as America. The estimated mum
Der of inhabitants in Africa on abou
eleven and half square miles Of terri
tory is more than twice that in Americs
on about fifteen and halfsquare miles
In America the average is 81 people t'
the square mile, in Africa, III.
Some faces speak not. They are book
: in which not line is written, save, per
haps, date. Others are great famil,
> Bibles, with both Old and New Testa
ments written in them. Others ar
merely "Mother Goose" melodies an
nursery tales.-[Longfellow.
: VIM. Lambie, Ypsilanti, Mich, re
ports yield of 900 bushels Of ears G
Q corn on ten acres, at a cost per bushel c
" Z cents in the ear. The interesting fes
9 ture is the cost per bushel, rather tha
l. the yield per acre. As the land was
r. reclaimed marsh, and was quadruple
4 in value in the process of producin
ie corn at cents per bushel, it may /
rs considerd sample of first-class farm
ing.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-05
Funny Advertisements.

Below will be found some of the odd
tiles in advertising.
Two young women want washing"
Teeth extracted with great pains"
"Babies taken and finished in ten
minutes by country photographer"
"Coal and wood split"
The next appeared in a London paper
under the head of forsale: "Piano forte
cottage, seven octaves-the property
of a lady leaving England in remark
bly, elegant case on beautifully carved
supports" There is mystery too,
about those closing words which it is
not necessary to suggest.
And what does this mean? Business
Chance-To be disposed of-A genuine
fried fish business at the west end.''
Does the genuineness apply to the fish,
the business, or the way they are fried:
And ones mind gets hopelessly dazed
over the advertisement offering reward
for "a large Spanish blue gentleman
cloak lost in the neighborhood of the
market"
There are others deliciously inconse
quent, like the advertisement of run
away, which Furnished this valuabl,
hint for identification: cage not pre-
cisely known, bu. looks older than he is
Or the notice shoemaker puts on hi
door: "Shall be back in ten day from
the time you see this shingle."
Some, however. leave no loophole 70
doubt: "Babies, after taking one bottl
of my soothing syrup will cry no more
And an editor, putting air tight col
fins, said: "No person having one
tried one of these will ever use any 9th
| |
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-05
The determination of the Antelope.

The Kanaas City Times complains
that the antelope is being exterminated
on the plains in the same ruthless way
that characterized the destruction of the
buffalo. The ever extending limit of
western settlement and the extension of
cattle ranches from the west concentrate
the herds of antelope and give the i'm
preston that they are Increasing rather
than decreasing. The Saddle of ante
iops" sells, delivered on the line, for ST.
to So, and TO obtain this steady busi-
ness is carried on, resulting in the rapid
decrease Of the once numerous herds Of
antelope. Juet now the best antelope
hunting district is west of Dodge City
on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad, and east of Puebla and Trim
idad, Colorado. On the Ksnsas Pacific
Railroad the finest herds of antelope are
found west of Kit Carson and east oi
Dover. The animals are killed in great
numbers by ambushed hunters, who take
the saddle. e. the two hind quarters
of the animal together with any portion
they may require for their own immedi
ate use-and leave the rest ofthe carcass
to be eaten by coyotes. The saddle, as Gu
by them, weighs eighteen or twenty
pounds, and is sold in the Kansas mark
ct at cents a pound the hide in which
it is wrapped being thrown into the bar
gain by the hunter. ThesKansas Pacif
Railroad brings in great quantities Of thi
meat and the antelope, unless in som
way protected, will be speedily exter
| minated
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-05

The Philadelphia Times says: DR..
Frank Cowan, of Greene county, is en-
gagged in examining into the details of
an interesting geological discovery re-
Gently made by him in southwestern
Pennsylvania. On sandstone two hun
dred and fifty feet below the Pittsburgh
coal seam stratum he has found the foot
prints of six new species Of air-breathing
animals. The doctor had secured plas-
ter casts of the impressions that the de-
lineation in his report to the State Geo
logist may be as perfect as possible. As
many as thirty-nine consecutive pairs OF
one kind of tracks have been found on
one stone. The largest of the animals
supposed to have made the tracks, DIR
Cowan presumes to have been about the
size of an otter and of the nature of the
alligator. .
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-05

Reports made by exploring parties
consisting Of biologists and mineralogists
under the lead of Captain Murray of the
Royal Engineer service, who recently
journeyed in the western part of New
foundlond, furnish most interesting de-
tails Of the appearance and resources of
that section of the island. They fre-
quently encountered closely grown for
ests of stately birch and pine extending
many miles without an opening between
the thickly matted branches of tke foli-
age. Hay of wild description had grown
to the height of nearly six feet in some
instances. The horses seem to relish it
much more than the ordinary grasses
The soil upon which this hay grows is
said to be chiefly natured by the moul-
dering trees. A little island in the
Gambo river, beautiful and partly
nayigable channel of fresh water, which
according to some vague tradition, had
been believed to be the last remnant oi
territory inhabited by the original red
men, was found to contain no vestige of
Indian life. The numberless lakes
gulleys, and rivulets TEEN with trout
Muskrats and otters abound in various
quarters of this uninhabited Western
coast and give promise of very lucra
tive industry. Hares, rabbits, deer, sill
yer gray and black foxes were met il
numbers. Flowers, curlews, and par
tridges were very abundant. In spite O
the fame this country has acquired 70
fogs and storms, the weather was almos
continually dry and sulubrious. Will
the sky at evening exhibited splendor
unequalled by the heavens of Italy o
the East.