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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-08
Incidents of the Visit of President
Hayes to the Capitol.

From the Chicago T;mes-One of the
most amusing and noteworthy incidents of
the reception at the Senate was the occa-
sion of call made upon Hayes BY Colo
mel Roberts and Ex-Governor Penn. Of
Louisiana. The former is accredited with
holding the first interview with Hayes, in
which the new Southern policy was out
lined and the latter is here as a representa-
tive of the Nichols government. Penn
was very particular in his makeup, lazily
drawing on a yellow kid glove as he went
in to pay his compliments, and see how
matters stood in Louisiana. Hayes receiv-
ed these gentlemen very politely, and at
once engaged them in private conversation.
Hardly had this begun than in came Sena-
tor John Sherman with Ex-Governor Will
liam Pitt Kellogg. Kellogg turned very
pale when he saw the Nichols men were
ahead of him, and he at once attempted to
talk with Hayes. His especial object in
calling was for the purpose Of getting
Hayes to reconsider the order Grant issued
this morning to General Augur to not al
low the troops to be used for any other
purpose than to protect peace. This. leav-
ing Packard without support, of course
means his downfall, and with it goes the
Legislature that elected Kellogg to the
Senate. This accounted for the frantic
wildness of Kellogg in rushing at Hayes.
He was met with rebuff, although ac-
companisd by John Sherman. Kellogg
insisted that unless Packard was supported
the streets of New Orleans would run riot
with bloodshed. Here Penn interfered.
"Mr. Kellogg" said he, you may have
my head for a football, if what you say
comes true. You talk about fight here to
help your chances for the Senatorship.-
What do you care, at this distance, whether
blood is shed or not? If you can get into
the United States Senate, you would not
care if every throat in Louisiana were cut"
Penn also assured Hayes that there would
be no fighting. Packard, if not backed by
the Federal Government, would be power
less to make fight. Hayes of course, said
nothing especially. The compact that he
has agreed TO, to gain Southern influence,
he now propose to carry out. The only
Democratic members of the House that
called upon Hayes to-day were from the
South. He treated them in friendly way,
and gave them all assurances of his inten-
tion to pursue a new policy toward the
South.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-08
The Increasing Demand for Hogs.

The agricultural editor of the Iowa State
Register maintains the following sensible
conclusions: "There is no danger of over
production in hogs. As our production in
creases, the demand increases. The foreign
trade in the product of the hog is large and
important and increasing every year. In
the year ending November l, 1875, we ex-
ported of hog product, 457 1887 pounds.
For 1876, lacking sixteen daya, the exports
were 6O5,658,642 pounds. Taking the whole
export for this year, and allowing 200
pounds to represent live hog (as much of
the export was rendered lard and hams, it
will be seen that our foreign trade this year
has taken 3,O2S,293 hogs, being at least a
million more than annual slaughter at Chi
cago. And it took 742, 1853 more hogs in
1876 TO supply our foreign trade than it did
in 1879. And there are sevidences that
there will be largely increased demand in
1877 over this year, 1t is understood that
there is now light stock of old pork on
hand. If fjustice is therefore done, the pro-
ducer's pork would command rs good ifnot
better prices than at present, throughout
the fall and winter.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-08
Farmers Wives.

Few things will bring .norc certain
and happy reward to a farmer than for him
to remember that his wife is social being
that she is not machine, and therefore
needs rest, and recreation, and change. No
farmer will lose in the long run, either in
money, health, or domestic comfort, enjoy
ment and down right happiness, by allot-
ting an occasional afternoon, from midday
until bed time, to visiting purposes. Let
him, with the utmost cheerfulness and
heartness, leave his work, dress himself up,
and take his wife to some pleasant neigh
boris, friends, or kinsmans house, for the
express purpose of relaxation from the
cares and tolls of home, and for the inter
change of friendly feelings and sentiments,
also as means of securing that change OF
association, air, and food, and mode of pre-
paration, which always wakes up the ap-
petite, invigorates digestion, and imparts
new physical energy, at once delightful to
see and experiences; all of which in turn
tend to cultivate the mind, to nourish the
affections, and to promote that breadth ot
view in relation to men and things. which
elevate, and expand, and ehnobles, and
without which the whole nature becomes sc
contracted, so barren and become but
shadow of what they ought to be-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-08

The New York Bulletin condeDses good
deal of matter into the following para
graph:
"The political agony is past. We are to
have neither revolution nor an interregn-
um, but President. Whatever may be
the opinions as 10 the methods by which
the difficulty has been surmounted, there
can but be general feeling of relief at the
dangers escaped. We may anticipate a
certain degree Of political excitement, and
an unusual acerbity of party feeling; but
the country will soon learn to adjourn all
such disputes for settlement four years
hence. Surely, we may at last congratulate
ourselves that political questions are suffi-
ciently removed from the path of commerce
to admit of fair chance for the recupera-
ton of business. We have before us nine
clear months during which the country
will be exempt from Congressional alarms;
and for that period, provided we be favored
with good harvest, we NAV venture to
anticipate important progress toward the
restoration of a sound and comparatively
prosperous condition of business, with an
exception possibly in the case of some OF
the Southern States"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-08
Shakespeare.

Out Of the circle of religious books | set
Shakespeare as the one unparalleled mind.
No nation has produced anything like his
equal.
There is no quality of the human mind,
there is no class oftopics, there is no region
of thought, in which he has not said the
commanding word. All men are not i'm
pressed, in proportion to their own advance
ment in thought by the genius OF Shake
speare. The greatest mind values Shake
spease the most. 1t is wonderful that it has
taken ages to esteem him. We find with
wonder that he was not appreciated in his
own time; that one can hardly find a
cotemporary who did him justice. Still
his fame and the influence of his genius
have risen with the progress of time AS
there has been opportunity to compare him
with other poets and writers, his SUPERIOR
ty has been felt, and never so much as a,
this day. In reading Shakespeare you
will find yourself armed for law, for divin
ity, and for commerce with men, Ralph
Waldo Emerson.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-08

A BLocKHEAD.-A Montrose, Pennsyl-
vania, paper publishes cut of life size
wooden head natural growth of beech
wood which has recently been found near
Susqushanna station on the Erie Railway.
The scientific numskulls of those parts
have put their wooden heads together and
attempted to account for this natural curl
osity. They think that a human skeleton
was lying upon the ground-that beech
nut found its way into the skull and
sprouted, and the upper portion, which
would have formed the branches of the
tree, was forced to remain and grow in the
skull, and was thus nodded. forming the
head, and showing the convolutions of the
brain; meanwhile the root passed down
along the space in the spinal column. The
length of the wooden head is twenty six
inches; length of the ears of the scientific
gentlemen not given.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-08
What Your County Paper Does.

An exchange combats with considerable
vigor the argument that the city papers are
cheaper and better than county papers, be-
cause they give more columns of reading for
the money. Do the city papers, it asks,
ever give you any home news? Never
DO they say any thing in regard to your
own county? Nothing. Do they contain
notices Of your churches, Sc hools, colleges,
improvements and hundreds of other local
matters of interest which your local paper
publishes without pay? Do they say word
calculated to draw attention to your county
md its numerous thriving towns, and aid
in their progress and enterprise. Not a
word. Aud yet there are men who take
such contracted views of this matter that
unless they are getting as many square
inches OF reading matter in their own pa
per as they do in city paper they think
they are not getting the worth Of their
money.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-08
Orchard Manuring.

There would seem to he no good reason
why, if we wish to raise good orchard
fruits, we should not manure our trees
People often look at trees growing on
rocky hill-sides, and argne therefrom that
trees can grow without manure. They
know that potatoes and other vegetables
must have manure or they will not thrive,
but they regard trees as different order of
vegetation. something that can thrive and
flourish where nothing else would. But. in
the case of trees on rocky hill-sides, the
land ts often anything butt poor. The rocks
themselves frequently contain valuable
mineral matter, which, as the rock decays,
is presented in form that plants can feed
upon. Then, whatever vegetation grows
among the rocks remains there to decay,
and even leaves and other foreign sub
stances that blow into the crevices formed
by the rocks make valuable plant food, on
which the tree thrives. Indeed, trees in
apparently poor, rocky places are really
much better off than many trees in orch
aids, where they are in what appears good
land. In more level land trees must be
manured. In many cases it is as necessary
to best success that trees have an occasion
al manuring, as it is that any other crop
should have mature. There have been
many discussions as to whether manure for
fruit trees should be applied broadcast OF
ploughed in. For orchard trees there is
no rule; it depends on circumstances. If the
trees are on ground where vegetables are
grown, the manure is, of course, turned in
for the benefit of these crops, and the roots
of the fruit trees fight with those Of the
vegetables for some of it, and get it too
But there are many orchards where nc
crops are grown but the trees, and then i
is an excellent practice to apply manure a.
a top dressing at least every other year, i
you would have them bear an abundance o
| good fruit.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-08
Madeira Wine.

Two years after its final settlement by
the Portuguese, the vine was imported into
Madeira from the island of Gambia or
Crete, and found so congenial a soil that its
wine became renowned as the most deli
cious beverage it has been granted man to
taste, Madeira has been a household word
in every language of Europe, but in 1860
there were only four hundred pipes re-
maining on the island; and though Madei-
ra is still offered for sale in every city of
the United States at reasonable rates, it is
not difficult to imagine its source. The
Madeira wine of commerce WAS itself a
compound of the various productions OF
the island, known by special names as
Bual, Sercia!, etc, each possessing dis
tinctive character. At one time the pro-
| duction amounted to twenty-five thousand
pipes year, but in 1852 the same terrible
disease which spread over the other Allan
tic islands appeared among the vineyards
and destroyed its culture, taking from the
island its fair name, running thousands o.
wretched people, and depriving man IF s
blessing; for since man will yield TO the
craving nature has implanted in him, ant
everywhere furnished him the means o
gratifying, it is blessing when he car
drink of wine like this rather than some
vile substitute. Fortunately the oidium ap
pears to have been destroyed TO have
disappeared, and new plants introduced
from the United States and Europe are
thriving. with every promise of restoring tt
the island its former celebrity among win,
producing countries. The mildew which
attacked the vine has not impaired til,
fertility of the island in any other respect
It's lofty mountain sides are covered will
valuable timber. Pines are of extraordin
arilv quick growth. The Juglaas regia-
the fruit Of which is termed by some til,
Persian and by others the English walnut
and better known as the Madeira nut
here, ,attains it's highest development. Spic
: trees flourish, the red pepper excelling il
/ favor the product of Cayenne. Orange
and other tropical fruits thrive w1thou
care, and strawberries ripen in February il
the open air.-Dr. A. L. Gihon, in Harper
| I?rooei.,o Hrrab
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-08

Old Maids.

A keen observer of human nature, in
expressing his opinion on old maids, says
he is inclined to believe that many of the
satirical aspersions cast upon old maids tell
more to their credit than generally ina
ginsd. Is woman remarkably neat in her
person? "she will certainly die an old
maid.' ls she frugal in her expenses and
exact in her domestic concerns? "she is cut
out for an old maid" If she is kind and
humane to the animals about her, nothing
can save her from the appellation of an
"old maid" In short, it seems as though
neatness, modesty, economy and humanity
were the never-faIling characteristics of an
cold maid"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-08
4 New York Samson.

novel athletic entertainment will short
ly be given by we'll known amateur of
this city. Among other feats that he pro-
poses to perform are juggling with dumb
bells and ring weights, none of them to
weigh less than forty pounds. and ranging
as high as one hundred and eighty pounds,
and lifting enormous weights. He will
raise and hold in his hands cannon weigh
ing 1000 pounds while it is being loaded
and fired. He will also lift horse, fifteen
hands high. six inches from the ground by
main strength, standing over the animal on
a platfrom. He will then lift team O!
horses in the same manner, and will next
lift platform containing dozen persons
While suspended in mid-air by one hand he
will put up to arms length over his head a
hundred pound dumb-bell with the other
--Mey York Times.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-08
The Cabinet.

President Hayes Cabinet as confirmed by
the Senate on Wednesday March 9TH, as
follows:
VIM. VI. Evarts, y. Y, Secretary of
State.
John Sherman, Ohio, Secretary of Treas
ury.
Geo. W. McCrary, Iowa, Secretary Of
War
Richard w. Thompson, Ind, Secretary
Of Navy.
Gen. Chas. Devens, Mass, Attorney Gen.
eral.
David VI. Key, Tennessee, P. NJ. Gener,
al.
Carl Schurz, Mo-, Secretary Interirr.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-08

The shotgun still retains its pre- emin-
ence as an arbitrator in California. The
Cchioo Enterprise, of Feb. 9th, reports the
following: "On Saturday, at St. Johns, a
dispute occurred between two men over a
game of cards, which resulted in the fatal
shooting of man named Quil!ot, alias
Cole, by John Wooleford claims TO have
acted in self-defense, and has surrendered
himself to the authorities. During the
game Wooleford called deceased liar, for
which the latter slapped him in the face. A
rough and tumble fight followed, when
they were separated by some bystanders-
Wooleford then left the saloon at which
they were gambling, and soon returned
with shotgun loaded with buckshot and
took aim and fired, killed Quillot instant
ly; ten balls took effect. Quillot was arm
ed with a rife, and it is claimed by Woole-
ford that had he not got the first shot he
would now be dead. The sympathy of the
people is with Wooleford, as he is a hard
working man, while Cole was a gambler"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-08

SoUTHINGToN COMM SENTINEL
There is man in this town between fifty
and sixty years of age who has steadily
worked for his father until the present day;
never had a dollar in his pocket; never
went to church, wedding or funeral; never
was on car; never to a party; never spoke
TO girl except to ask where her mother
was; never had holiday; and yet had his
poll-tax abated, this year, on account of
poverty, while his fathers estate is esti-
mated at from thirty thousand to fifty
thousand dollars.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-08
He Wanted TO Be LiOnized.

A tramp, tall and fine looking, called at
the house of Sheriff Barton, at Faribault
the other night, announced himselfas Jesse
James, said he had been hunted long
enough, and wanted to go to Jail. ~ be-
lieve what you say" said Mr.. Barton
"You are Jesse James, the outlawed mur-
derer. Boysl' shouted Barton, "bring a
rope, quick, and we will string this rascal
SO high that plea of guilty never will save
him!' And as the Sheriff took a step to-
ward the back room the tramp gave one
look of agonized disappointment at the
comfortable looking stove and then holted
like quarter horse.-S. Paul Pioneer
Press
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-08
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned
~ has been appointed and qualified the Ad-
mnistratOr with the will annexed of the estate of
Edward r. Magruder, late Of Perry county, Ohio,
deceased. Dated this eth day of February. A. u.
1877. J. ! MAGRUDER.
All persons indebted - s1il esttIe requested to
make immediate settlement. Those having claims
will present the same Tor payment.
J.J. N AGRU DER, Admir-. .
Somerset, Ohio March /, 1871 3w
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somerset church Directory,

LUTHERAN.
West Main street. Services every Sunday at 1OI5
A. NJ Sunday School \. NJ. Rev II. ". Wise
man Pastor.
CATHOLIC.
South Columbus street Mass at and 10 \. ~
Vespers P Nj Rev. y. II. Noon, Pastor.
METHODIST.
East Main street. Services at lO1a \. NJ. Sabbath
School \. NJ Rev. !. EanLaw, Pastor.
REFORMED.
East Main Street. Services at 1O12 o'clock A. NJ
AMI JPN. Sabbath School at u. Rev. D. NJ
DUCKS, Faster.
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school REGULATIONS.

2 Second bells shall ring long enough for pup
to reach their rooms from any part of the schop
grounds.
3. Pupils coming in after second bell has ceased
ringing, shall be marked tardy
4. Pupils required to attend regularly, unless
prevented by necessity
s. Pupils tardy three times, or absent twice
wtthoutg good excuse, shall be reported TO the Sup
erintendent.
g. Pupils, on arriving at the school grounds in
the morning, shall go Immediately to their respec-
tive rooms and remain until recess, unless excused
by the teacher.
Z. Pupils, shall leave the grounds Immediately
at close of school II M, and 4:l5 p. NJ, unless
permitted to remain for special reasons.
1t is the wish of the Board to make school work
tie business of the pupils, and the earnest corpora
tion of parents and guardians is solicited in
ing to the young, and through them to the future
citizens, habits of business like attention. prom pneSs,
| and accuracy-a legacy, as business men know, far
| richer than GOLD.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-08
Notion.

HNHE Probate Court Perry County Ohio, has de-
| clar the estate OF Eli X. Clayton, deceased in-
solvent Creditors of said estate, will present their
claims for allowance rejection the undersign-
ed. NOAH kARR.
March s. 1877. Administrator of said estate.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-08
ROCHESTER, SEEDS.

Reds Floral Tribute. book of 80 pages with
Colored Plates describes 800 varieties OF Flowers,
Vegetables, Bulbs, &c. Price 10 cents. This work
with pkts.
REID'S FRESH FLOWER SEEDS,
including Pansy ana Ferbena, for IS cents
Ii Choice varieties and The Tribute 90 cents
Vegetable Substituted if preferred.
W. II. REID,
Mention this Paper. Rochester, n. Y,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-03-08
Sale of Real Estate by Guardian.

By virtue of an order of the Probate Court OF
Perry county, Ohio to me directed guardian OF
Lev Fisher, Micheal Fisher, Lewis Fisher and
Nancy Fisher, minor heirs of Adam Fisher deceas-
ID, will offer for sale at public auction upon the
premises herein after described, on Saturday the
7th day of April, 1877, between the hours of 1
O'Clock and o'clock P. NJ, all the interest of said
wards, consisting of two equal third parts of the
following tract of land, lying in Reading Township
the North half of Sec. No l. T. No. IL and r. No.
II. and described follows Beginning at post
in the n. boundary of said No. /. standing 9
chains and SO links E. from the n. W. corner OF
said Sec. and at the N. E. OF 20 acre tract
now owned by James Love; thence running E.
along said N. boundary, chains and II links to the
\. w. corner of 81 acre tract now owned by
said Love- thence S. along the line of said last
named tract chain and 81 links to the S. w. cor
thereof; thence E. along the line of said last
named tract, chains TO a post thence due 5. Is
tract, owned by said Love; thence W. along
the line of said last named tract, chains and Il
links to the S. E. of said 20 tract first
above referred to- and thence n. along the line of
said 20 tract 20 chains and Az links to the
beginning, containing Is acres, more or less Ap-
praised at Sl,140. Terms of sale; third to be
paid in hand one third in one year, and the re-
naming third in two years;-the deferred pay
ments to bear interest from the day of sale and be
secured by mortgage on the premises sold
2. 5. The two adult heirs, Adam and Franklin
Fisher, have / bound themselves in Il written
agreement to convey their interests (the remanine
one third par ofsaid tract to the purchaser of the
said interests of said wards, at the same rate a.
theirs shall be sold at to make the title COM
plete. JACOB PooRMAN Guardian
March s, 1877 pisces of said Wards.