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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-06-27

TAKE NE DOWN AND MAUI ME -
There was Grape hanging to a door
on Besnbien street yesterday fore
noon. and a boy 6 or I years old
stood at the gate with pale face and
red eyes. A ragged tobacco chewing
imp, about IL years old, came slam
ming along aud he was making ready
to stick his finger into the small boys
eye, through the bars of the gate
when be caught sight of the Grape.
Somebody dead 7" he asked.
Eyes. my pa ,"gssped the little one.
"Honky but that's tuif y exclaim
ed The imp, and he began searching
bis pockets. After discovering .hal
his personal property amounted to
three nails, ar old cigar stub aud {
clay pipe, be said:
"See here, bub, I'd like TO give you
candy, or a knife, or something to
kinder make yon feel good, but |
cant do it. I'm dead broke and feel
in sick, but I'll tell you what I'll do
| could ehaw You up in one minute.
but you can come out here and III
let YOU take me down and maui me
and III boiler like a loon, and all the
boys around here will think you are
the wickedest fighter east of the ave.
nue.
The small by might have nppre'
ciated the motive but he didn't &C.
cept the offer.-DetroH Free Press
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-06-27

Militant.


A gentleman, a native of Missis-
sippi, recently died near Houston,
Texas, and one of the most remarka-
bic circumstances in his life, accord
ing to a LEGAL journal, was that he
was editorially connected with the
Vicksburg Sentinel for nearly a year
without fighting a duel or taking part
in any encounter. To persons who
are acquainted with the belligerent
record of the editor of the Sentinel
the circumstances will seem almost
Incredible, since il used to be said in
Vicksburg that no man coLld stay on
the paper a month without shooting
or being shot at, and in three months
be was almost certain to kill or be
killed. The Sentinel no longer ex-
lists, but during its continuance of
live-and-thirty years there was more
warfare among the members of its
staff than there has been among the
members OF any other staff since the
foundation Of the Republic. DR..
James Hagan was the first editor to
attract attention, and consequently to
provoke hostilities. He was u native
of the North, small, quiet-mannered,
very polite and amiable in ordinary
social intercourse, but one of the
f%iercest of ~ire-eaters. In 1888 and
1889 he had several desperate street
fights and two duels, one with the
editor of the rival sheet, the Wig,
in which be killed two men and was
himself three times wounded. Be-
tween that time and 1912 be had
seven more encounteFs, killed two
more men, and received FIVE or six
pistol balls in different parts OF his
body. In the spring Of that year be
abandoned the habit of carrying
weapons, and the following June
vas shot dead by Daniel W. Adams,
IAN utter stranger to him), who kill
ed him, be said, on account of an ar
ticle rejecting on his father, Judge
George Adams. James +. Fall,
another editor OF the gunpoWder
journal, fought several duels, and
was twice severely wounded. james
NJ. Downs, another editor, was badly
hurt 10 a "chivalrousn meeting with
L. +. Robbins, a banker, who consid-
cred himself a%ggrieved. Walter
Hickey, another Sentinel man, had a
street fight, mortally wounded DIR.
Downs, formerly on The paper, aud
was afterwards killed in an ene5uu-
ter in Texas. James Ryan, still
another editor Of the Sentinel, was
killed by X. E. Hammet, of the Wing.
George Jenkins, his successor, was
also killed in front Of the Office by Ii.
A. Crabbe, whom be had assaulted.
Many other fights and wounds were
made, given and RECEIVED by the SEN
incl men,. Who can read this CORY
account of that warlike sheet without
longing for the return Of the good old
days of journalism in the South,
when every editor was q walking ar
senal, aud forced as a business meas
ure, TO keep his private graveyard?
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-06-27
Ravagcs Of Mice in Different Countries

The mischief Of the little field mice
is done SO very quietly aud adroitly
that few are ever caught at it, and
much Of the blame is put on the
moles, squirrels and Woodchucks,
that have enough sins of their own to
answer for. The meadow-mouse OF
Europe, which is very like our own,
forty or fifty years ago came near
causing a famine in parts of England,
running the crops before they could
get fairly started. and killing almost
all The young rees 10 the orchards
aud woods. More than 10000 of the
rascals were trapped 10 one mouth in
a single piece of forest, beside all
those killed by animals. About a
year ago, too, a similar disaster was
threatened in Scotland, where mil
lions of mice appeared, and gnawed
of the young grass at the root just
when it should have been ia prime
condition for the sheep and when
that was all gone they attacked the
garden vegetables. The people lost
vast numbers of sheep and lambs from
starvation, and thousands of dollars
worth of growing food; but finally,
by all together waging war upon
them, the pests were partially killed
of. The mice did not in either case
come suddenly, but had been increas-
ing steadily for years previous, be-
cause the game keepers had killed so
many of the vermin" (as owls, hawks,
weasels, snakes, etc, are wrongly
calleG) which are the natural enemies
of the mice, and keep their numbers
down, Farmers are slow to learn
that 1t does not pay to kill the birds
or rob their nests but the boys and
girls ought to understand this truth
and remember 1t. In this country
the greatest mischief done by the
fieldmice is the gnawing of bark from
The fruit-tres s, so that in some of the
Western States this is the most
serious difficulty the orcbardist has
to contend With. Whole rows of
young trees in nurseries are strip
ped Of their bark and of course
die; and where apple seeds are
planted, the mice are sure to dig half
of them up to eat the kernels. This
mischief is mainly done in the winter,
when the trees are packed away from
the frost or, if they are growing,
because then the mice can nov
about concealed under the snow. and
nibble all the bark away up to the
surface. Rabbits get much of the
credit of this naughty work, Tor they
do a good deal of it on their own
account. The gardener mas the same
trouble, of finding, when he
rare and costly plants in the spring,
that the mice have enjoyed good
winter quarters 10 his straw cover
ing, and have been gnawing to death
his choice rJses.
Millions of dollars, perhaps, would
not pay for all the damage these
small creatures thus &C .ompli 81
each year in the United States, and |
fear they will become more and more
OF q plague it We continue to kill off
the harmless hawks. owls, butcher
birds and snakes, which are the po-
L.eemen appointed by Nature to look
after the mice, and protect US against
them.-N. Nicholas for July.
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waiting for a Friend.

The amusing scene described be-
low occurred a few Sundays since in
the Episcopal church at st. Angus
tine, Florida, and was afterward jst-
ted down by an old and esteemed
friend Of the Drawer
He was past middle age-an edi-
tor, they said-and wore a beamiag
smile as be walked up the middle
aisle, CHANGING from side to side. Tne
pew next to The front was vacant,
aud he took a seat with u rather I'M
certain air.
"Can | sit here 2, be said, speak
ing to his reighbor in the adjoining
pew.
ooh yes ; the pews are free.D
IL want a seat for a friend. She is
a granddaughter of Jefferson"
Certainly"
"Who is the minister 2" (in a loud
eone).
"Mr. ROOT
"No !; l mean that other man, the
stranger" (snubbingly).
II do not know"
Gle was evidently uneasy, and
stood up facing the congregation,
with an expectant air. He turned to
Mr.. Astor, who sat behind him, and
said. In an explanatory way.
81 am expecting a friend. = grand
daughter of Jefferson. Can | seat
her here %
Certainly"
He was not neutrality-suspicious. she
was already in the church; and be
walked down the aisle and back
sgain, peering irto every face. He
bad hardly seated Himself again before
a lady and child appeared in the
aisle, to whom he hastily offered
seats.
as this your pew, madam 2"
mo, SIR
MAY | sit here 2"
Certainly
al wish to offer a seat to a friend of
mine whom | am expecting. She is
a granddaughter of Jefferson"
To this there was no answer, mere
ly a bow. Our friend continued
what is your name ?" (stsnding
up, and leaning over the child).
Paine"
80 you spell l. with an Z or a y?"
with an ~
"My name is Walker. What State
DO you come from?"
From Massachusetts
From near Boston 2"
From Boston"
cob lr
He is restless and looks around.
General and Mrs. Dent appear. He
gives a seal to the latter, the gener-
al-who, blythe way. is in command
at St. Augustine-going over to a far
corner. Again the question,
What is your name"
Dent"
"My name is Walker. Mrs. Dent,
allow me to introduce you to my
iilCuu ME dtut. iGCuJiF uSCu
to the amenities Of polite society, he
feared the ladies might not feel at
ease sitting side by side in church
without an introduction
Another restless waiting. Then
spying General Dent in his far cor
ner, be goes over to him and asks,
Won't you take my seat?n
"No, thank you"
You can't see the minister over
here"
NO matter"
10 he mean time the pew is filed
our friend settles himself upon a front
bench, and subsidies as the service
commences.
The granddaughter of Jefferson
does not seem TO have made her APP
p%earance.
And Walker has faded from Flori-
da -Editor's Drawer, in Hdrper's
Mogazine for June.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-06-27

At Belgrade, thirteen miles north
of Conslantinople, the woods are
sacred and the axe is never laid to
their roots, nor are the fountains suf-
fered to run dry in the blessed land
1t was at Belgrade that Lady Mary
Wortley Montague lived and wrote
heri ct c-s. In the Yellow Valley,
near the Cape Of the Tomb5, the
fishermen. shippers and gardeners
have made an earthly paradise.
When Murad Nv. saw q Of these
gardens, be exclaimed: II, the SER
want of the two noblest harems FOL
Mecca and Medina). possess no such
gardens as this.n And the very next
day the price of vegetables went up
But the Valley of the Heavenly
Watersi is the most famous of oil
these paradisiacal haunts. This
Eastern poets have preferred it to
the four jewels of Asia-the Plains O
Damascus and Sogd, the Meadows
Obolia, near Bassora. add the Per
sian Valley of Shaab BeVau. We
cross the Bosphorus in a caique and
climb the steep slopes of the giani
mountain in Asia. What went we
up to see? Two continents, ant
two seas and such a chain of lakes
and bill upon hill overhanging a
score of valleysEyalleys filed with
vines and fruits and flowers. Yon-
der is the Euxine. Turn to your
Byron ("Don Juan") and read:
The wind swept down the Euxine, and the wave
Broke foaming Ger the blue S~ympIegades.
IT'S a grand sight from of the Giants Cave
To watch the progress of those rolling seas
Between the Bosphorus. as they lash and lave
Europe and Asia, you being quite at ease:
Th-re's not a sea the passengers e'er pukes in
Turns up more dangerous breakers than the Eux
inc.
Down there at the mouth of The
Bosphorus lie the Symplegades,
through which Jason steered bis
ArgoDauts. On this giant mountain
there is a small monastery, wherein
live two Turkish dervishes, who
guard the grave of Joshua. An
open cellar, twenty feet in length ard
five in breadth, planted with flowers
and shrubs, is known as the grave; a
classical story points to the same as
the tomb of Amycus, King of tie
Bebrycians. who was slain by Pol
lux. In either ease we are happy ia
our pilgrimage (; so ere a dozen Turk
ish women shrouded in voluminous
folds of white linen, who have come
hither to eat sweetmeats all day long
on the breezy mountain top This
harem was dragged up the mountain
road in a chariot of scarlet and gold,
looking like a small band wagon in
a cheap circus. The gray oxen,
loosed from the vehicle, fed in the
neighborbood ofJoshua's grave.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-06-27
Something must be done /

Something must be done TO regu-
late the action Of these blue rays.
General P~lsasanton, in inducing peo-
pie 10 try their wonderful virtues, en-
tirely forgot to provide any means Ct
regulating them. Now there is Mr..
Rubelkin's case. He has a blue
ey ed sister, and she looked at bis feet
SO often and 50 steadily-trying to
guess heir measure for a pair of slip.
pers-that by the time the slippers
were completed his feet had grown
to the sizs of wa.ermelons oursted
his bots at every seam, and made
any slipper smaller than a ham c)ver
u hullow moekery.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-06-27

ASt. Louis school boy gave his
teacher this excellent deGaition of
responsibility" Boys has two
buttons for their 'spenders SOS to
keep their pants up When n but
ten comes of, why there's a coed deal
of responsibility on the other bar-
ton.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-06-27

But l pass" said a minister, one
Sunday, in dismissing one theme Of
his subject to take another. Then
make it spades! !" yelled a man from
the gallery who was dreaming the
happy hours away in IA imaginary
game Of euchre. 1t is needless to say
that be went out on the next deal,
beiag assisted by q Of the deacons
with a full hand of clubs.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-06-27

A precarious by of e'git sum.
mers attributes the death of q pet
goldfsh-his sisters idol-to the fact
that it could not take a joke. By
way Of a joke he tried to catch it oc.
casiopally with . bent pin.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-06-27

Somebody remsrks that young
ladies look upon a boy as a nuisance
until he is past the age Of sixteen,
when he generally doubles up in
value each year, until, like o colored
m~eerschaum pipe, be is priceless IS.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-06-27
sHovEEs. FORKS. SPADES. RAKEs

Mattocks, Grub Hoes, Picks. scythes, sneaths. sledges Mason Hammers,
Cast Steel Step Ladders. Carriage and Tire Bolts Of all sizes. Loooking
Glasses, Wash Boards, Clothes Wringers, Meal Sieves, Door Mats, BASKETS
Tubs. Wooden Buckets, Irvine, Rope all sizes, Hay Puleys, Butter Prints,
Mop Sticks. Traps. Steelyards, Meat Cutters and Suffers, Traces, Cow
Chains, Halter Chains, Shoe, Dust and Scrub Brushes, Horse Brushes Cur
nv Combs aud Cards Door Locks Hinges, Screws, Latehes and everything
lin the Builders line. Gaps, Lead, Shot Powder aud Safety fuse &c &c,
The fact il. keep everything that belongs 10 the Hardware trade l deal
exclusively in this Lind of goods and give my whole attention to il. Per
sons who arr build ng, O any one in need of anything in my line. viii Ind
it to their advantage to give me a call / will always give a reasonable
credit to responsible persons. | thank my old customers FOR their patronage,
aud hope this season to make many new ones. Don't forget the place
Nc. "BAER BLOCK
Ami, IA JOHN f. BLYMYER
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JOHN F. BLYMYER
pEALERN
Hardware, Iron, Nails, Glass, Paints
OILS. SC, &c

The following is a partial LIST Of goods in Stock: Carpenters Tools
Planes, Saws. Hatehets. Hammers, Chisels. Plane Irons , dzcs, &c, Black
Hardware, Tab Trees, Gig Saddles. lIanes, Buckles, Rings BITS and Tools
Table Knives and Forks, Pocket Knives, Scissors, spoons nc fazoE, the
largest stock In Somerset County. Painters Goods, q full stock White
Lead. Colored Paints for inside and outside painting. Paints IN oil, all cdors
Varnish. Turpentine. FIaxseed Oil, Brushes, Japan Dryer, " ainut Stains
&c. Window Glass of all sizes and glass eat to any shape Inc os' Coai
Oil always on hand Our stock of Coal Oil Lamps is large and comprise,
elegant STYLES Ditson's Circular, MGlsy and Cross Cut Saws NH
Saw Files ofthebest quality. Porcelainliucd Kettles Handles OF all klndss
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-06-27

Thimbles and scissors of gold stud
ded with turquoises are the latest ex-
travaganee.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-06-27
RURAL TOPICS.
PARIS GREEN AND PLASTER.

Written for the HERALD by a farmer, gardener
and fruit-grower Of great experience.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-06-27

Blessed is the old maid that don'l
hate old people and children.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-06-27
LIST OF THINGS NEEDED.

1t is q good plan for farmers to
have q memorandum-book in which
to note down anything needed, or to
be done. to assist his memory. For
instance, the village may be some
miles from the town, and q farmer
doesn't want to send oil 60 there in
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-06-27
HOMES FOR ALL.
Ayers


EFM Nf1 ever discovered Tor
M E%(aSTR cleansing the sys-
g/ SHE TEN and purif ing
SO NJ the blood. Il hes
XsNSS4 gFrz1T stood the test Of
&ESNNNE@ years, with a con
NS stantlygrowiagrc rep
USy6SSo ~ltation. based on It's
intrinsic virtues, and sustained by its re
markablc cures. So mild as to be safe and
beneficial TO children. and yet SO searching
as to elieetually purge out the great cor
ruptions Of the blood, such as the scroiuloHs
and ~syphilitic contamination. Impurities.
or diseases that have lurkel in the system
for years, soon yield to this powerful anti
dote, and disappear. Hence its wonderful
cures, many of which are publicly known,
of Scrofuia, and all scroiilous diseases,
Ulcers, Eruptions. and eruptivc lis
orders of the skin, TumoFS. BIotciteS,
Boiis, Pimples, PuStules, Sores. st.
AnthOny's Fire, Rose o. EFysipe-
las, letter, Salt Isleum. ScIid
Head. HingwOrm, AMI inieTna! I'll
creations OF the Uterus, Stomach.
and Liver. IL also cures other COM
plants, to which it would not seem c>pce..
ally adapted, such as Dropsy. DySpep-
STA, Fits, Neuralgia, Heart Disease,
Female Weakness, Debility. and
Leucorrhea, when they are maaiiesta-
tions Of the scrofllous p%oisors.
u is an excellent restorcr of health and
strength in the Spring. BY renewing the
appetite and vigor of the digestive organs.
it dissipates the depression and l~istlcsS Ian
guor Of the season. Even where no disorder
appears, people feel better. and live longer,
for cleansing the blood, The system moves
on with renewed yigor and : new lease Of
lite.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-06-27
THINNING FRUIT.

IL isa common practice TO allow all
the fruit on trees and grape vines
that sets to grow ; and the result is
frequently very poor fruit, and injury
to the trees and vines. Grape vines
are often killed by becoming exhaus.
ted by a crop of fruit that their roots
cannot sustain. Young vines at the
6rst and second fruitings are particu.
larry liable to be Injured by over
bearing. The remedy is to cut out
one-third to one-half of the smallest
Is soon as the berries begin to take
form. This thinning process is prac-
ticed by vineyardists generally and
the result is, that the fruit allowed to
grow is worth more than the entire
crop would be il not thinned out, be-
ing better in quality aud selling for q
higher price. The same is true in
regard to peaches, pears and apples !;
but as thinning out fruit that cannot
be reached by the hand when stand.
ing on the ground is troublesome,
apples are generally allowed to grow
without thinning.
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WORKING LAND N DBoUrHs.

During drouths crops should be
well cultivated, as the working of
the soil is always beneficial to the
crops, no matter how severe q drouth
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-16
"DOdge the Big Ones"

Joseph Lane, United States Senator.
Governor and Major-General, was one OF
the bright galaxy. Through the war with
Mexico he rendered services second to
none other On his way from Vera Cruz
to the city of Mexico he met and totally
routed Santa Annals army. He had with
him three thousand men. That was on
October 8. On the 10Th of the same
month he attacked strong force OF the
enemy at Atlixco, and captured the place;
and here it was that he lost only one man,
while of the Mexicans full five hundred
were killed or seriously wounded. And
so all through the war his course was
brilliant and effective. He had entered
the service as a private soldier from In
diana, resigning his seat in the State
Senate for that purpose; but he was elect
ed colonel of his regiment, and rs two
more regiments were formed in Indiana
he was commissioned by President Polk
a Brigadier. General before he left the
State.
The anecdote we are to tell was of the
battle of Buena Vista. He there had
command of the left wing of Gen. Tay-
lor's army, and opened the engagement
by attacking the Mexican division of
Gen. Ampudia. While his forces were
forming into line they were somewhat
annoyed by battery of small guns which
the Mexicans had stationed on neigh
boring height, and which were blazing
away furiously; but their pieces were
badly aimed, and the shot flew wild, most
of it passing high over our soldiers
heads. One of Lanes old Indiana regi-
ments was at the front, and most exposed,
and as the balls came whizzing through
the air the men would involuntarily duck
their heads. Gen. Lane noticed this, and
in his loud, trumpet tones, he called out:
Indiana Regiment! No lodging"
Almost Immediately afterwards came
the boom of a new gun from the height
the boom OF roarer-and as twenty
four pound solid shot came uncomfort-
ably near to the general, he popped down
his head very suddenly.
The men saw, aud smile and litter
ran along the double line of bronzed
faces. With grim smile upon his own
face, turning again to his men, Gen. Lane
thundered:
Indiana Regiment! You may dodge
the big ones IN. J. Ledger.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-16

Ir seems to be poor time for now
tangled pleas. Some time ago the prom
Using device of temporary delirium' as
legal excuse for violence and bad Ian
guage was cut short at the very opening
of its career in an interesting divorce
case. Now certain young Mr.. Petit,
who took the liberty of shooting a lady
friend not long ago, alleges that he did it
because he was possessed of a DEVIL"
aud Judge Sutherland, instead of taking
prompt measures to have the fiend exor-
cised, or looking upon authorities on COM
plicsted cases of devils" sentences the
young man to five years imprisonment
in the State Prison, though he must have
known all the time that the young man.
devil would refuse to go along, aud the
wrong person would be punished. This
shows not only that Judge Sutherland is
no judge of devils, but that he has no
sympathy with one of the most popular
of our national sports, which we take the
shooting of unwilling young ladies by
willing young gentlemen to be.-N. Y
Tribune.