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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25

WE have quite lot of Spanish silver
quarters which people will only take for
twenty cents. Will not Mr.. Bland or
some advocate of 4" raising" silver coin,
have law passed to make people take
them for twenty-five cents ?
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25

THIRTY families, consisting of seven
ty-eight persons, left Pittsburg recently
for Arkansas, via the Panhandle route,
under the auspices of the South Side
Colonization Society. They propose To-
eating in the vicinity of Pine Bluff, on
plantations which have been deserted
since the abolition of slavery in the
South.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25

New Tailor Shop The undersigned
gives notice to the public that he has
opened a shop opposite Rinesmith's
hotel New Bloomfield, Pa, in the loom
formerly used as confectionery, where
he is prepared to do work in his line
promptly, and at reasonable prices.
All work warranted to give satisfaction.
Give me call SAMUEL BENTZEL.
Bloomfield, May 1, III If.
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The New Senate.

The Senate of the Forty-fifth Congress
as organized for the regular session, will
consist of the following members. There
are Republicans lin Roman), 80; Demo-
Gratis lin itdHcs), SO; independent lin
SMALL CAPs), /: total. 7G.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25

tg Health is an inestimable jewel. The
cough that deprives you OF it may take your
life too. One bottle of Hale's Honey of Hoar-
hound and Tar will avert the evil, and save
you from consumption. Will you weigh Life
against half-dollar2 Sold by all Druggists.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in minute. so
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25

NOtice.-Persons desiring me to call
sales, would do well to notify me as to
the day as soon possible, so that the day
they select may not interfere with the
date fixed upon by some other party. 1
intend to have complete list of all sales,
and the date upon which they will take
place. Satisfaction guaranteed.
DAVID Mccoy,
Ickesburg, Pa.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25

Removal. It. Messimer has remov-
ed his Shoe Shop to the room adjoining
f. b. Clouser's Office, doors west of the
Post Office, where he will make to order
Boots and Shoes of all kinds. Repair
ing promptly and neatly executed. He
will also keep on hand good .assort-
ment of Boots and Shoes, which he will
sell at low prices. Give him a call. II
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25

A MASSACHUSETTS clergyman who
prayed for Congress, uttered with others
this very appropriate petition. go Lord,
give them common sense"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25

MISSISSIPPI,
Term expires.
1881. Branch X. Bruce,
1883. L. @. c. Lamar.
MISSOURI.
1879. Ddrid Armstrong.
1881. +. NJ OOckfeU.
NEBRASKA.
1881, A. s. Paddock.
1888, Alvin Saunders.
NEVADA.
1879. John p. Jones.
Is |. VIM. Sharon.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
1879. b. Wadleigh.
1888: Edw'd. II. Rollins.
NEW JERSEY.
1881. 7heo. H. Randolph.
1888. j. R. Mcpherson.
NEW YORK.
intv' hoScOe COnkllnB.
1881. Francis Kerndn.
NORTH CAROLINA.
1879. Dug. s. lferriDlon.
1888, Matt. ". Ransom.
OHIO.
1879. Stanley Matthews.
1881. n. @. Thurman.
OREGON.
1879. John II. Mitchell.
1888. L, r. Grouer.
PENNSYLVANIA.
1879. j. Don Cameron.
1881. Wn1. A. Wallace.
RHODE ISLAND.
1881. A. T.. Burnside.
1888. II. b. Anthony.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
1879. John j. Patterson.
1888. M. O. Butler.
TEN NNESSEE.
1881. James b. BdileD.
1888. IShdnt @. Harris.
4 TEXAS.
1881. Samuel y. Mdrey.
1888. Richard Coke.
VERMONT.
1879. Justin S. Morrill,.
1881. Geo. +. Edmunds.
VIRGINIA.
1881. Robert h. Withers.
1888. John w. johnson.
WEST VIRGINIA.
1881. Frank Hereford.
1888. Henry @, Darts.
WISCONSIN.
1879. Timothy o. Howe.
1881. Angus Cameron.
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THE TIMES.
Ne,o bloomfield, Dec. 90, 1877.
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W. j. RICE, Surgeon and Mechan ical
Dentist, Ickesburg, Perry Co., Pa.
az Always at home on Saturdays.
Call If you want anything in my line
at the most reasonable rates.
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Blank Receipt Books for Administrators
and Executors. Also blank notes and
all other blanks for sale at this office. If
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Does This fit You 2-Some of my custom
ers have apparently forgotten that store
accounts need to be paid. / want money
and little attention to this notice will
save costs. +. MORTIMER.
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ALABAMA.

ALABAMA.
Term expires.
1879. Geo. T.. Spencer.
1888. Job3l +. Morgan.
ARKANSAS.
1879. Steph. w. Dorsey.
1888. Aug. II. Garland.
CALIFORNIA.
1879. Aaron A. Sargent.
1881. Newton Booth.
COLORADO.
1879. Jerome b. Chaifee.
1888. Henry NJ. Teller.
CONNECTICUT.
1879. Wnn. II. Bdrn1tfl.
1881. Wf)l. w. Eaton.
DELAWARE.
1881. 7hOS. f. BdyQrd.
1888. Eli Sdlllsbiiry.
FLORIDA.
1879. Simon r.. C0nOver.
1881. Chas. W. Jones.
GEORGIA.
1879. John B. Gordon.
1883. Benz. II. HUI.
ILLINOIS.
1879. Rich'd. j. Oglesby.
1889. DAVID DAVIS.
INDIANA.
1879. Dan. w. Voorhees.
1881. Jos. 70. Mcdonald.
IOWA.
1879. VIM. b. Allisen.
1888. S. J. Kirkwood.
KANSAS.
1879. John j. ingalls,.
1888. Preston b. Plumb.
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The best Alexander kid glove for sale
by f. MORTIMER at 81 per. pair.
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The person getting up clubs of TEN or more
will be entitled to a copy free.
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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-04-26

JOHN P. PHAIR was to have been
hanged at Windsor, VT, April 6. He
was convicted of the murder of Mrs.
Annie Freize (September 1874 had been
convict under sentence of death since
February, 1876, The evidence against
him was circumstantial, but was deemed
conclusive, and all efforts to secure par
don or reprieve has been unsuccessful.
But on the morning of the day he was
to be hanged, the Boston papers pub
lished a statement from Phair to the
effect that if given time he could estab-
lish an alibi and prove his innocence.
This statement, relating with great care
as to minutest detail the story of his life
on the day of the murder, and the sue
ceeding days, attracted the attention of
a gentlemen who remembered that he
saw Phair at one the places mentioned.
In two hours the man was to be executed.
He telegraphed the Governor, and on the
strength of his story the Governor tele-
graphed a reprieve. The execution was
delayed until May 4, that the new phase
of the case might be investigated,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-04-26
Kate Clact0n's PremOniti07a.
New York Sun

A San reporter the other morning
visited the Merchants Hotel, ON Court
landt Street, where he met well known
physician of New Brunswick, N. J. In
the conversation that ensued the name
of Miss Claxton was mentioned, and the
doctor said:
81 have known Miss Claxton from her
earliest childhood, and 1 was also an
intimate friend of her father. 1 have
always regarded her as a women of ex-
traordinary nerve, courage and persever-
ance. As soon as she made her great
success in the Two Orphans 1 did all
in my power to PERSUADE her to create
a version of the play in German, in
which language she is very proficient,
and carry it to Cincinnati, St. Louis,
Milwaukee and other cities containing
a large number of German inhabitants.
1 felt confident that in these cities she
would make a complete success. After
the terrible fire in Brooklyn, from which
she SO narrowly escaped, 1 noticed a
great change in Miss Claxton. The
dreadful scene enacted in her presence
that night and the details of the disaster
as they were subsequently carried to
her, shocked her nervous system to such
au extent that / am doubtful whether
she will ever wholly recover from it.
Indeed, she seems to have a premonition
that she is to be burned up. All
her friend have tried, and are now try
ing to dislodge the idea from her mind,
but in vain. have heard her say, that
fire and flames will always follow me,
and my life will be yielded up in a
tragedy more terrific than any eyes have
witnessed on the STAGE"
At the very instant the doctor pro-
pronounced Miss Claxton's words, the
wide doors Of the hotel were flung open,
and newsboy rushed in with an extra
announcing the terrible news from St.
Louis, and Kate Claxton's almost marvel
GUS escape. For an instant the doctor
was utterly paralyzed, and it was sew
eral moments before he was wholly HIM
self again.
The above remarkable coincidence
can be corroborated by at least half a
dozen gentlemen who were present at
the time.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-04-26

The New Orleans Picayune says: There
is something extremely curious III the
crops of the east and west banks of the
Mississippi. 1t has been noticed for
some time past that these two banks
enjoyed wholly different weathers and eli
mates; that frost on one side of the
river very seldom travel across it; that
while the right bank might be enjoying
a rain, the left bank was just as apt to
be suffering from a drought; and, in
fact, that the thousand yards of the
Mississippi produced the same effect, as
far as climate and weather were con-
cerned, as thousand miles of ocean.
The last few years have shown a wonder
full difference in the sugar crops of the
plantations on the east and west banks
of the river, and greatly in favor of the
latter, difference that is increasing each
year. For instance, the crop on the
west bank plantations this year was
56,350 hogsheads, to 34,901 hogsheads
produced by east bank plantations,
showing that the former are sixty-one
per cent. more productive than the lat
ter
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-04-26
The BON'S Dilemma.

The Free Press says that the other
night about ten o'clock, a policeman
passing along Larned Street east came
upon boy who was walking up and
down in front of a house, and, when the
lad was asked if he lived there, and why
he did not 60 in, he replied:
Dads waiting for me with whip"
"Going to dust your jacket, is he ?"
&c That's the programme" sighed the
boy, "unless I can think up something
to unfasten his mind from the subject,
If 1 could rush in and tell him that a
big fire was raging down town, or that
the Mayor was dead, or some such thing,
he'd be taken by surprise and forget all
about dressing me down."
And you can't think of anything
else?"
"Not a thing. / wish the old gent
was in the habit of stealing his wood,
getting into the House of Correction, or
doing something that would give me a
hold on him, but he's straighter than an
Alderman's elbow"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-04-26

WHEN General Ricketts, was wounded
prisoner in Richmond his wife went to
stay with him and other wounded North
ern prisoners. For three months she was
the sunshine of that horrible place, and
her patients have never forgotten her.
Two years afterward she got into a car
at the corner of Broadway and Fifth
Avenue with her mother. 1t was full,
and she stood for a moment without a
seat. Suddenly a great six-footer sprang
up at the far end of the car, and sang
out: Gentlemen, stand up, every one
of you, and take off yout hats, for this is
Mrs. General Ricketts,, who nursed four
teen of us in Libby Prison for three
months. God bless herl" And they did
stand up, and, led by her former patient
cheered until the street rang, she, in
the meantime, half provoked, half
amused and wholly embarrassed.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-04-26
Introduction of the Potato.


1t has always been known that the po-
tato was first brought into England by
Sir Walter Raleigh, when he returned
frem his voyage " for discovering and
planting" colonies in the year 1886.
Thomas Herriot, the mathematician, in
describing potatoes, says, "These roots
are round, some as large as a walnut,
others much larger; they grow in damp
soil, many hanging together as if fixed
on ropes; they are good for food either
boiled or roasted" Sir Robert South
well, in 1898, informed the Royal So
ciety of London that his grandfather
took potatoes into Ireland, having re-
ceived them of Raleigh himself. There
is a tradition in Ireland that they were
first brought into that island by an Irish
priest from France, when the Faculty of
Paris had pronounced it poisonous; but
Southwelrs account is no doubt correct.
This root was, however, first introduced
into Europe by the Spaniards, who
brought it from the kingdom of Quito to
Spain, whence it was transplanted to
Australian Flanders, where it was culti-
waited and sent as presents to Rome and
Vienna before 1898.
Peter Oieca, in his "Chronicle," 4"
printed in 1868, says that the inhabit-
ants of Quito had, besides mays, tuber-
GUS root which they ate, and called
papas. Clusins, botanist of Vienna,
concludes that this was the same plant
as above, living specimens of which he
had received from Flanders. The roots
introduced by Sir Francis Drake and
Sir John Hawkins, were sweet potatoes
from Spain and the Canary islands,
which were used as a great delicacy long
before the common potato was known.
The kissing comfits of Falstaff, " Let the
sky rain potatoes, hail kissing-comfits,
and snow eringoes" (Mery Wives of
Windsor, Act v, Scene 81, and other con-
fections were principally made of these
and eryngo roots.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-04-26

NORWICH Bulletin: Caution often
averts danger. An uptown man who
heard burglars in the house the other
night, woke up his wife and sent her
down stairs for drink of water, and then
crawled under the bed and wasn't in
jured in the least.
AN old gentlemen, being reproached
by his prospective mother-in-law that he
was much to old for her daughter, and
that he was even bald-headed, replied:
Madame, my badness is no Indication
of age-it runs in the family. In fact
madame" said he, in a sudden gush of
confidence, 81 was born bald-headed."
A CERTAIN clerk said, lately, in CONVEX
sation with friend, "Pocahontas was
good man; a noble and kind-hearted
man!' Hold on" exclaimed the other,
whose knowledge of biography was more
accurate, Pocahontas was woman !"
"She was, ehF" returned the frstspeaker,
not at all abashed. Well, that's just my
LUCKNOW can I be expected to know :?
1 never read the Bible''
A MAN who, from his youth upward,
had been leading most irregular life
suddenly ended his bachelor career by
marrying a widow worth 940, 900.
"Don't imagine" said he to one of his
friends, that l am simply marrying for
money. If she had had only 100000, l
should have married her lust the
same"
"BUT I pass" said minister in the
West End few Sundays ago in dismiss
ing one theme of his subject to take up
another. "Then make it spades p'
yelled a man from the gallery who was
dreaming the happy hours away in a
game of euchre. 1t il needless to say
that he went out on the next deal, being
assisted by one of the deacons with a
handful of clubs.
A PARTICULAR face shows determine
ton merely by the turn of the
mustache; but the mustache is robbed
of all its experience unless it is worn by
itself. When it grows naturally, the
the mustache is always sign of manly
temperament; it never or at any rate sell
dom, happens that it is bristling, hirsute,
in gentle and thoughtful character and
it is rarely rounded, turned under, OF
softly curled, in men of rough nature
born for contradiction and conflict. To
draw it to a fine point is to give the face
| fo nd
cent expression, since the points cannot
kept stiff without the use of cosmetic
easily detected and soon melted.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-04-26
THE FAIR SEX.

The women of Minnesota who are
twenty-one years of age and citizens of
the United States now have the right to
vote for all school officers, subject to the
same requirements of residence, ETC.,
which are made for male voters at gen.
eral elections.
WAS it not rough on Ella, just as she
was telling Frederick, at lunch, how
ethereal her appetite was, to have the
cook bawl out, &c Say, will yer have yer
pork and greens now; or wait till yer
feller's gone?'
ITO THE handsomest woman in town." !"
was the address on a valentine received
at the Conway Post-office. The female
population of the whole village num-
bers about two hundred, and there were
Just one hundred and ninety-nine calls
for the missive.
GIRLS, don't marry or keep company
with man who drinks whisky. He
may tell you that you can save him, and
that he will go the devil without you.
Just tell him to go-that the devil can
get along with one Of you, for hun
dred chances to one if you marry him
he will take you both there. Drunken
ness and misery are inseparable COM
panions, and the man who drinks whisky
has no business with wife. Again we
say, girls, don't marry man that drinks.
"NoRvAL" is responsible for this j:
GA lady at the Clarendon, New York,
was very curious to see the Grand Duke
Alexis, the other day, and SO she stole
noiselessly along the corridor and peered
through the keyhole of his parlor while
the royal party were breakfasting.
While she looked, Alexis arose, and the
lady turned to run away, under the inn
preston that he was coming to the door.
In so doing, she fell over pail of water,
broom and dust-pan she had not seen,
and came down with a thud and a
scream on the floor like the letter X.
The royal party ran out alarmed, and
Alexis assisted her to rise. She was coy-
cred with confusion and bruises, but o,
so happy! for she had actually felt the
touch of real live DukeW
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-04-26
A GREAT sECRET.

Ny friend, here's a secret
BY which you may thrive;
l am fifty years old,
And my wife's forty-6ve.
A queen among beauties,
The Wedding guests said,
When we went to the church
With the priest, and were wed.
That's thirty long years past,
And / can avow,
She was no more a beauty
To me, then, than now.
For still we are lovers,
As I am alive,
Though /, sir, am fifty,
And she's iorty-fivel
And here's the full secret,
That saves us from strife;
I kept her siOeefhedrf,
In making her t01e!
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-04-26

The wealthy Marquis D'Aligre, who
died in Paris some time ago, was so par
simonious that seeing his servant with a
smart-looking hat, he reprimanded him
for his extravagance. "But it is tine old
hat you gave me; had it ironed for a
franc" "Ah," said the Marquis, but
did not know it could be restored. Here
is the franc you paid-I will take the
hat.n And he forthwith transferred the
renovated beaver to his own head.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-04-26

A TRADEs-UNIoN has been formed at
New York on rather singular basis. 1t
is known as ''The Working Shop Tailors'
Association and Union" and one of the
leading clauses of its constitution pledges
the society to avoid all strikes, the
founders of the organization believing
that arbitration is sufficient to secure
all needed reforms,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-04-26
Incidents of the Recent ResP7COi7
Disaster 13a Connecticut.


There seems to have been some minor
" incidents"
A woman who lived in Granite mill
tenement, and thought more of her pigs
than she did of her family, cried out as
she saw the water coming: ooh, my
God, my pigs are goin'p and would not
leave until dragged by sheer force from
the pen, where she had determined to
die with her beloved pigs. The dead
porkers were afterwards found arranged
artistically around the mineral springs
well.
A Massachusetts parson was on his
way to claim Wellington bride when
the food stopped him. But the girl
came up the next day herself, and the
couple took their bridal tour in trip
around the ruins.
A dog was found down stream COM
pletely stripped of hair by the force of
the water, only little remaining about
the head.
Three quarter of mile below the vii
lage loaded freight car was stranded
right aross the highway.
Lawyer Fairfield picked a note for
one thousand and five hundred dollars,
due him, from bush pocket-book Of
his containing valusble papers was found
near the hotel, and Monson man carted
home with him Cancelled checks scattered
along the bank, and an indorsed check
dated 1868, apparently not yet used.
Bags of wool dot the landscape for sew
eral miles, with punches festooning the
trees here and there.
Twenty pounds of brook trout were
picked up at the springs.
Pieces of furniture, clothing, papers,
books and remains of buildings are
strewn along the river banks clear to
| Willimantic. q
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-04-26

The actress, Miss Kate Claxton, has
had a most marvellous experience, and
one that, while far from pleasant, will
prove one Of the most valuable adver-
tisements that a woman in her pro-
fsssion could have. Barely missing death
at the Brooklyn fire, and again at
Newark, she now escapes from the
Southern Hotel with the same narrow
margin between life and death.