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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-26
The Butter Way.
Detroit Free Press.1

"And this is the way it was, and it
wasn't any other way, and Tm telling
the truth or l hope to die, SIR" said
Sarah OShay as she came out. / had
been to the grocery for two pounds of
butter, sir, two full pounds of as good
butter as ever stepped into the house.
I paid the cash for it, sir, and walked
out, and as l was hurrying home for fear
the butter might get sunstroke, sir, who
should meet but my husband, sir, who
was very loving, till he found he
couldn't get any money from me, and
then he said he'd have me arrested for
the murder of Queen Victoria, which
the same [ am as innocent of as that ink
bottle before you, sir"
Please stop until you get your
BREATH interrupted the Court.
oh, l know when to stop as well as
you can tell me, SIR" she ratified on
Il told my husband to clear out from
me and never come back till he could
put on the red ribbon, and what did he
do but grab them two pounds of beauti
| full butter and jump over the fence, sir
[ knew he was going to sell them second
| handed or put them in pawn, and sup
pose l called out and tainted away ant
disturbed the peace and the like O. that
sir.''
After a brief consultation with tn,
officer in the case, his Honor remarked
Mrs Shay, you have made a careful
and truthful statement, as find, and
feel inclined to suspend sentence. How
ever, be careful after this how you carr,
home two pounds of butter and NEE
your husband. 1t is better to go hom
without butter than to let it be the mean
of bringing you to some bad end"
"Can [ have the pawn-shops searche,
for them two rolls, sir!" she anxiousl
asked.
Yes, and all other shops, but dom
speak above a whisper, don't create
riot, and don't faint away"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-26
A Remedy for Burns and Scalds.
Boston Transcript


At a recent meeting of the Massach u
setts Dental Society in Salem, DR.. G.
W. Waters, of this city, gave detailed
account of discovery which he has
recently made of a remedy for burns
and scalds. 1t was claimed that the ap-
plication of bicarbonate of soda, which
in all households, or other alkalis in a
cessation of pain from the severest burns
or scalds, and that in all cases of mere
superficial burning the treatment would
effect a cure in the course of a few hours.
At the meeting referred to the practi-
cal value of the remedy was demon
strated by test requiring considerable
nerve to put into. operation, and still
more faith in the efficacy of the novel
treatment which was to be illustrated.
The doctor dipped the sponge into boil
ing water and squeezed it over his right
wrist, the water flowing almost COM
pletly around the arm, and nearly en-
circling it with a severe scald something
like two inches in width. Not content
with this, he dipped the sponge second
time, and pressed it closely on the under
side of his wrist for thirty seconds. He
| then applied blcarbOnate OF soda to the
scalded surface, and laid over it a wet
cloth, and the intense pain was banished
as if by magic. On the next day after
this severe test, the scald, with the ex-
ception of the part purposely made most
severe, was practically healed. only a
slight discoloration of the skin showing
where the scalding water had flowed
this, too, without second application
of the soda The flesh on the under
side of the wrist had been cooked down
to the sweat-glands, and the scald was
one which ordinarily would have caused
an open and painful wound of long du-
ration. The only treatment of this,
however, after the first application OF
the soda, was to keep the part moist with
a wet cloth, and no pain was experienced
and it was but few days before this
severe wound was seen rapidly healing
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-26
Strange Railway Accident,

Not long since an accident occurred to
an express train on the Southeastern
Line, England. A passenger in the
second carriage from the engine states
that all went we'll until they arrived
within few miles of Minister, when,
the train travelling steadily at express
speed OF about forty miles an hour, the
faintest shock was felt by those in the
foremost carriages, slight crash heard,
and stones and dust began to fly up
around the carriage. On looking out of
the window, he saw that horse was be-
ing dragged along by the engine its hind
quarters were on the ground, the hind
legs on either side of the front left wheel,
and the rest of the body was being held
up by the engine, and being thrust for
ward in some strange way. The train
was gradually brought to stand-still,
and upon going to the engine he found
the body of a large, powerful black cart
horse, with the left buffer of the engine
driven right into the body, and holding
it up apparently at the junction of the
lower ribe of the spine. In this attitude
the body had been carried by the engine
for about quarter of mile 1t seems
that man was passing over level field,
crossing with wagon and two horses,
when suddenly round a sharp and closely
adjacent curve the express train swept
upon them; he escaped, but the left buf-
fer OF the engine struck the shaft-horse,
lmpaled it, and carried it off in the man
ner described; the right buffer caught
the other horse on the flank, killing il
instantly, and threw it off the line; the
corner OF the wagon came in contact
with the first carriage of the train, broke
one OF the panels, and was hurled off the
line. 1t was the opinion of the engine,
driver that if the horse, being hit so full
by the engine, had not been impaled
and carried forward in the way described
or ifit had dropped from the buffer on tC
the line before the train had stopped, the
engine would, in all probability, have
been thrown off the track.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-26

weeping, Maude held her close in her
loving arms, whispering that she must
let her stay and comfort her for Fred's
sake.
Nearly eleven o'clock came, and still
Harvey rockingham waited, half
frozen, in the dark courtway, to see the
discontinue of his rival. Then his pa
tience was rewarded by seeing Fred and
his uncle come out of %, arm-in-arm,
evidently the best of friends, and enter
Miss Chesterton's carriage and drive
away.
Not until the evening of the we'd
ding, when he saw Josie an honored
guest, and was introduced to Mr.. Frank
Holman, did Harvey rockingham un-
| derstand the little mistake he had made
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-26
HOME AND FARM BREVITIEgS.

A nice, soft dishcloth can be made of
candle-wicking loosely knit or crocheted
on large afghan needles.
If white straw mating is washed
twice during the summer in salt water
a pint of salt to half pailful of warm,
soft water-and driedquickly with soft
cloth, it will be long before it will turn
yellow.
Millions of millionsof grasshoppers are
said to be Matching out in the Black
Hills. They may soon take to their
wings and visit the farmers of Nebraska
and Minnesota. Killing the home
Matched crop is, in no wise, safeguard
against visits from other localities, and
therein lies the danger to which Western
farmers will ever be exposed.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-26
The Flight of a Pigeon,

Experiments made by NJ NJ Laussedat
and Castor Tissandier have shown that
a pigeon liberated from a balloon at a
height of 1000, 5000 or 5000 metres is
paralyzed in flight and falls like an inert
mass: if let off successfully at heights of
1000, 800, and 800 metres, it is precipi-
tated toward the earth, describing long
spirals. How then casks NJ de Roo in
Science pour T'ous) can it be maintained
that the pigeon is guided through space
by the sight? for, by simple calcula-
ton, it appears that pigeon will have
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-26

LONDON is, on the whole, the healthiest
Capital in the world, its average annual
mortality not exceeding twenty-four per
one thousand, but in some districts the
mortality varies from forty to sixty per
one thousand, the increase being the re-
suit of filth, foul air and crowding. The
population increases at the rate of 49,
600 year.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-26

AFTER an experience OF over twenty-five
years, many leading physicians acknowledge
that the GRAFENBERG MARsHALL's Uterine
CATHoLICoN is the only known certain
remedy for diseases to which women are
subject. The GRAFENBERG VEGETABLE
PILLS, the mostpopu1larremedy of the day for
biliousness, headache, liver complaint and
diseases of digestion. Sold by all druggists.
Send for almanacs. Grafenberg Co., New
York
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-26
Good pleasure is the watchword

of honest trade. When you buy DOoLEY's
YEAST POWDER, for sale by all groeers, you
get perfectly full weight, just as marked on
the cans, and beside that an article made
of the very best and purest material, SO
that the strength can always be trusted.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-26

THE President sent thefollowing let
ter to Mr.. Conrad Ellery, of Newport,
r. l., at whose request he rested under a
satin bedquilt during his visit to that
State: ~ write to thank you for the
honor of sleeping under the beautiful
historic quilt once used by Washington
in Newport many years ago. The quilt,
the cordial welcome of the good people
of Rhode Island, the many pleasant
surroundings, all combined to secure
sweet sleep and pleasant dreams. Ac-
cept my thanks, and believe me your
friend sincerely"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-26

Now the pigeon which NJ. Cassiers trans
ported from Chatelherault to Agen
would have had to rise 1000 metres to
see Chatelherault from Agen, and we
know that in these high regions the
pigeon has its faculties paralyzed. Sight
will not explain the pigeons strange
faculty of orientation; and we must
either credit it with some sense of which
we have no idea, or seek the cause in
certain atmospheric currents-perhaps
in head-currents-which pilot it toward
its cote. The birds have probably an
excessive atmospheric impressibility of
which we have little idea; they can
probably distinguish that from the north
comes cold, from the south heat, from
the east dryness, from the west moisture.
Birdcatchers say that their work is in
vain when the wind blows from the
north, for the birds then conceal them
selves in the crops or in the woods.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-26

CINCINNATI Flour-Patent, SO 5oa1O; fancy,
s7@s so; family Sc 5O96 65; spring. 81 1898 25; ex-
81 25. Rye Flour, S4@l4 co. Grain-Wheat, 81 20
@1 As. Corn, 4s9t0c, rye, 4712G949c; oats, 30@41c
Hay, prime to choice timothy, Ss@13. Mess pork,
LOUISVILLE.-Flour-Ex 81 50@4 IS; extra.
family, S. 5O@6; A No. l, Sc 5O@6 49, fancy, SIG
75. Grain Wheat, 81 45@1 50: Corn, t4@5sc: !;
iNDIANAPoLis.e eFlonr-New process, SO ESQ
10 75; fancy, S9@9 so; family, SS@S SO; extra,
S7a7 so; low grades, SO 5O@5 Grain-Wheat, No.
s. 80; oats, new @3oc; rye, ,5o@55c; corn, 46
cured Hams, 914@1Oc. Lard, prime steam, 9991sc.
prime kettle gs4@I0c. Hogs, 81 7O@4 IS.
sunarpe NEM Sats and WesteTn si,ta ans S
mon to good Western and State Sc 25 a6 Co. good to
choice Western State, Sc S0@6 so; common to choice
Western extra Sc sO@s Is; common to good extra
Ohio, s69S %; common to choice st. Louis, Sc
@1O 25; Minnesota patent process, extra good
Rye Flour, 81 1895 25 Grain-Wheat 81 1901 4S
rye, H(a7Sc.; corn, 57@62c.; oats, 42@65c. Mess
pork, new, s14 4O@14 so. Lard, prime steam, old,
FUNDAMENTALLY - Western superfne,
s6; Western extras 81 Minnesota &c sxtra ira
81 high grades, s9@10 so. Grain-Wheat, Penn
sylvania red 81 9592 Pennsylvania amber, 50 O5@
2 10; white Western s2 1892 15; Rye: 7O@soc
white Western Ss@4Oc; mixed Western, 36aSsc
Pennsylvania white, soc. Petroleum, refined 1s15c.
/
MEMPHIS-Flo - Choice family, s9a9 so
Grain-Corn is quiet at 62d65c in store Oats are
weak at 5S6Qc in store. Mess pork is quiet at SIS
Lard, tierce, 9S4a10c.; kegs, 10s4@l1c. Bacon,
shoulders, 6c; clear rib sides, Sc, and clear sides
| SIC. "
| STOCK MARKETS.
| CINCINNATI-Cattle-Co Common to medium, 81 q
good to choice butchers grades 81 50@5 25 aii
to good shippers, SIS 25a6. Sheep and Lambs-Com-
to choice sheep So 5014 25 fair to extra lambs
S4G5. Hogs-Common, ST. 40d4 IS; fair to good
light S4 S55 O5 fair to good packing grades, 81 sc
| al 95; selected butchers. s5@5 10.
| BUFFALO. Hogs Good heavy, SIS i0 The
market for other stock is dull, beef cattle beini
| generally consigned through.
| NEW YORK.-Beef Cattle-Sales made of a few
selected extra native cattle at l21c. per h.;
| the worst at 91@l10c.; the range for ordinary t,
prime natives was 10lS@12l9c. ten loads of fai
Texas cattle, 914@912c. Sheep-Dressed, firm at e..
| a74c. per III.
EAST LIBERTY, PA.-Beef Cattle-Best Cattle
Sc 256l6 so per 100 lbs; medium TO good, S. 25@6
common TO fair, 81 1905 Hogs--Yorkers, S. S0@
| 10 per 100 lbs; Philadelphia hogs, S5 20el5 so
Sheep selling at from 81 750S 20 per 100 lbs.
| WOOL.-We give late Boston quotations. tn,
market active. Ohio, medium and extra, l6@tSc
double extra and triple extra F0@52iac. Michigan
and Wisconsin, 43@ISc.; combing and delain,
heeces were in demand at 52td55c. for washed ant
35@i2c. for unwashed, and extra pulled i'll fair de
mand ut 35@i:c.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-26

WHHoFT's ToNIC.-UNFAILING AND IN
FALLIBLE This great Chill Tonic cures
Chills without the Intervention of doctors
and their bills. No consulting visits-no
prescriptions to be illed-no huge bills,
entailing pecuniary embarrassments, added
to loss of health. 1t is the friend of the poor
man, because it enables him to earn a living,
enjoy his wealth. This great boon to man
kind is cheap, safe and prompt. G. R.
FINLAY q Co., Proprietors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-26
THE SUN.
NEW YORK.
1877.

TEE Sun continues to be the strenuous advocate of
reform and retrenchment, and of the substitution
of statesm8nship, wisdom, and integrity for hollow
pretence, imbecility, and fraud in the administra
tion of public affairs. 1t contends for the govern
ment of the people the people and for the people,
opposed to government by frauds in the ballot
box and in the counting of votes, enforced by mill
tory violence. 1t endeavors to supply its readers
q body now not far from illion ofsOus-with the
most careful complete, and trustworthy accounts
of current events, and employs for this purpose q
correspondents. Its reports from Washington, es .
pecially, are full accurate, and fearless; and it
doubtless continues to deserve and enjoy the hatred
of those who thrive by pundering the Treasury or
by usurp ping what the law does not give them while
it endeavors to merit the confidence of the public by
defending the rights of the people against the en-
croachments of unjustified power.
The price of the daily SUN is 55 cents a month,
$3.50 year post paid ; or, with the Sunday edi-
tion, 8S.1O year.
The Sunday. edition alone. eight pages, sI.2O q
year, postpaid.
THE WEEKLY sun, eight pages of Sc broad columns,
is furnished at 81 year, postpaid.
SPECIAL NorIcE.-In order to introduce THE Sun
more widely to the public, we will send THE
WEEK LY edition for the remainder of the year, to
January l, 1875 postpaid for Half Dollar. Try it.
Address. THE SUN, New York City.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-26
Broken Bones and Bone Dust.-It

happened. saws the Ontario Herald, that
there was quantity of q broken or half
inch bones" as we termed them in the
Old Country, sold in Guelph last summer
for bone dust Those who purchased
did not know that half-inch bones would
have to lie in the ground at leasta twelve
month or more before any direct benefit
would accrue therefrom to a crop; and
one farmer in particular, in my presence,
was furious, denouncing the whole thing
as humbug, and the seller thereof too ;
because when he used the bone dust, as
he supposed, his turnips were not as large
as those that had no aid from the sup
posed bone dust Said he: I" I could ma
sac ony Difference a'tween 'em, and its
a. foolen." Now this trouble arose from
the ignorance of both seller and buyer.
The one thought he was selling bone
dust, the other thought he was buying
it. Had the several growers of turnips
used the real dust instead of broken
bone (the one being ground, the other
not) they would, provided they applied
proper quantity with good quality, as
an auxiliary to the manure, have found
without doubt a large increase in the
turnip crops, as the dust is profitable to
any crop the first year it is applied
especially so to the turnips; and nothing
that I know of, with the exception Of
superphosphates of lime, will stimulate
and hurry the young plants out of the
way of the fly so fast.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-26

ERNEST HUTCHINSON is the name of
a new musical prodigy who has been
astonishing people at Melbourne. He is
only five and half years old, and has
to kneel ON a high chair in order to reach
the keyboard of the piano.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-26

that if your grocer does not have, and will
not get, DooLEY's YEAST POWDER for you,
you can send twenty cents for quarter,
thirty-ive cents for half, or sixty cents for
one pound can; direct to DooLEY &
BROTHER, New York, and you will receive it
by return mail. Always use it for the
delicious Vienna rolls
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-26

T. II. COOLEY, of Pataskala, Ohio,
lost fifty head of sheep by a stroke of
lightning.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-26

GREEN fruit is in the market, and
smile goes round the undertaker's mouth.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-26
CHEW
The Celebrated
" MATCHLESS "
Wood Tag Plug
Ton
The MarEnfS

THE PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY.
New York, Boston, and Chicago
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-26
TOPICS FOR F4RMERS.
Wheat Cultiyation-If wheat 5

Wheat CuItlyatlOn.-I wheat snail
ever again take prominent position in
our native husbandry, we are convinced
it must be through its treatment as a
cultivated crop When plantedin drills,
and thoroughly worked between with a
horse implementin the spring, we would
anticipate an increased yield, brought
about through the influence of space and
root-pruning. Webut mention this mat
ter in this place on account of its i'm
norfaOpe
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-27
That Disease Breeds Disease

Is notorious fact. 1t is therefore Of vital
importance to check maladies in their birth
ere they have chance to develop other and
more dangerous disorders. AS means OF
checking complaints which, il allowed to
proceed finally disorder the entire system,
Hostetters Stomach Btters is a medicine the
use Of which cannot be too strongly urged
upon the sick and feeble. The physical func-
tions are regulated by it, it insures the ac-
QUESTION of vigor by the debilitated, and 1t
substitutes cheerful condition Of mind for
gloom and dependency. Dyspepsia, consti-
patton, liver complaint, and kidney and blad-
der troubles yield to its remedial influence !;
it counteracts a tendency to govt and rheu-
matism, aud invigorates the nerves. More
over, it is derived from purely botanical
spect, is superior to the mineral remedies of
the pharmacopRia.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-27
What Shall Be Done With Our
Prisoners?

1t is getting TO be a question difficult to
answer, and yet one of vital Importance
Nearly 1,4O0 convicts are confined at San
Quentin, and not one-quarter OF them are or
can be employed under the present system
The State cannot utilize them, and 1t is with
the greatest difficulty that business men can
be induced to contract for their services; so,
instead Of being compelled to support them
selves, or being, as in some OF the States, n
source Of revenue to the commonwealth, they
are heavy tax upon the property holders.
Their rapid increase in numbers is alarming.
At the present rate, We shall soon be unable
TO build prisons fast enough TO contain them.
There few are kept at work, some learning
useful trades that may be benefit TO them
when they come out, If they ever do. There
are but two or three contractors that have
made success Of il at the penitentiary, the
largest Of which is the California Furniture
Manufacturing Company, who have been
there for q number Of years. Suffering Sc
verely at the time the Prison was destroyed
by fire, they are now running again with the
latest improved machinery and nearly their
full complement Of men, and the goods they
manufacture proves that the very finest fur
niture can be made by prisoners when they
are properly managed. A visit TO their ware
rooms, "a aud 22o Bush street, or 649 and
65l Market street, San Francisco, will satisfy
the most skeptical upon this point. Then
why do not other manufacturers take hold
Of the matter, and by putting six or seven
hundred prisoners at work, become public
benefactors, by providing work aud lessen
ing taxes.-S. II Bulletin.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-27
Pure Milk.

If all the dirty and careless practices
were known which prevail at our farms
relative to the food, water, stabllng and
yarding of COWS, and in milking and
taking care of the milk, it would no long
eer be a m ystery why so many are feeble
and sickly among us. There is probably
mo article of diet which is so easily poi
soned with unhealthy ingredients as milk
The cows blood is poisoned by impure
food and water. Aud If the blood is i'm
pure the milk must be. And if there be
any impure gases or noxious scents in the
atmosphere, they are greedily absorbed
bv milk, either in stable, cow yard, or
milk room. The sugar of milk is so
delicious to the taste that it hides and
sugar-coats thousand impurities and
deadly elements in the milk which is so
greedily devoured by the infantile idols
of the human race, and their transplanta-
tions from earth to heaven is ascribed to
a wise Providence, when in fact the ter
rible crime was caused by the filthy and
criminal practices of those who have
charge of cows, milk, butter and cheese.
Looking to the financial benefits of pure
milk, the editor of the Liue Stock Journal
saws hundreds of dollars are lost in the
bad quality of cheese, caused, perhaps,
by single stagnant pool of water, out
of which the cows are allowed to drink,
from the uncleanlness in milking or
washing the cows, or allowing the milk
to become tainted by standing in the foul
air of stable whilst milking, from i'm
proper food, from garget in single teat,
from carriOn in a corner of the yard or
pasture. tainting the air, and through
the lungs of the cow, tainting her blood,
and thence her milk; or by hundreds of
other careless and unclean practices.
These matters should be carefully investi-
gated by boards of health and by vigil
liant police officers. They should be in
quired into more carefully by butter and
cheese associations, and by the owners
and patrons of creameries and cheese
factories. They should be inquired into
by any one who values his own health or
the life of his children.-Io,oa State
Register.