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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-10-17
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-10-17

A gentleman passing along the
streets of one Of our popular cities
saw, a. be ,hoagh., an old acqasisi-
saee engaged a. the street corner il
selling penny pies lie aseossed him
snd discovered thar be Was indeed .
dear !risad be bad not seen for many
yesrs- OF course be synpsthised
with him in bis fallen iortuaes and
expressed himself in such . way that
his hear. overspwed with compassion
oE him The pisman At last tired Of
the feeling exclaimed, "D-n your
sympathy then-buy . pie"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-10-17

A lirile girl in North Carolina Was
stung on The arm BY . loeast . short
time ago. and has been compelled 10
saEer smputstion Of the member in
consequence.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-10-17

A Spaniard and An American we've
recently dining togetbe; IN New Or
leans. The fcrErer in passing dish
of brsins TO the latter, said; Whist
you lack " The American IN oaer-
ing The Spsaisrd . plate Of tongue,
answered: rWhst yoo have . sur
plus Of
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-10-17

Farmers and chickens delight in
full crops.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-10-17

An exchange says Of -begoce
nan that be Fad dspic.ed co1nte-
nance.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-10-17

Boo,blacks are gentlemen Of con-
siderable polish, and were made "a
shine in this world.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-10-17

Every man is the son Of lis s~s
deeds.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-10-17

There are 600 applicants IS school
teechers in Berks county.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-06

The Secretary of the American Insti-
tute Farmers Club, speaking of beans
for horses, said that they form striking
illustration of the principle that the
nourishing or strengthening effects of
the different articles of food depend
more on some peculiar property which
they possess or some combination which
they form, than on the actual quantity
of nutritive matter. Beans contain but
$40 parts of 1000 of nutritive matter,
yet they add materially to the vigor of
the horse. There are many horses that
will not stand hard work without beans
being mixed with their food. Observant
travellers have discovered the difference
of spirit and continuance of their animals
in proportion as they allow or deny them
beans on their journey. They are of
great assistance to the hard-worked
coach horse; washy horses could not get
through this work without them, and
old horses would die under the task i'm
posed upon them. Beans afford not
merely a temporary stimulus, but they
may be used daily without losing their
power or producing exhaustion. They
should not be used whole or split but
crushed. Some persons use chatf with
beans, instead of oats. With hard
worked horses, this might be allowed,
but in general beans without oats are
too binding and stimulating. Beans
should be at least twelve months old be-
fore they are given to the horse, and
care should be taken to prevent them
from getting damp and mouldy, which
will at least disgust the animal if they
do not harm him. Then, to, mouldy
beans harbor an insect which destroys
the inner part of the bean. When con-
verted into meal, beans are good for fat
tening hogs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-06
The Golden ODpOrtunity.

IL
There is one point in the situation this
year in regard to grain to which it is not
too early to call attention. 1t is fact
that, in spite of the events abroad which
tend to put up the prices of grain and
insure rapid and ready marketing of
the surplus crop Of the United States,
there is such thing as stopping the ex-
port trade entirely, by taking too firm
an attitude in regard to prices. Farmers
in California know that 1925 was paid
for small quantity of wheat about the
lst of May, and do not understand why
the whole crop should not realize that
figure. They accordingly demand 50. %,
which is an extravagant price, and the
result is that $4,000 tons of idle shipping
available for wheat, are rocking at anchor
in San Francisco Bay, and thousands of
tons of grain are lying piled up in the
city, awaiting purchasers. No one will
touch the grain at that price, and there
is dead lock in wheat. The export
market is extremely sensitive to prices,
and the falling off from shipments in At
lantic ports during the recent moderate
rise shows the fact clealy enough, even
were the California illustration not
available for proof. Now, while good
and paying prices are insured for this
year, it ought to be evident even thus
early in the season that the full advan-
tages of the present situation of things,
one of which is ready sale of surplus
products, can only be secured by letting
well-enough alone, and avoiding extrava-
gance and defiance in the fixing of prices.
Prudence and good judment will make
this a profitable year for the United
States. a speculative thirst for i'm
mense profits will fling the best opportu-
nifty the country has had for years.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-06
Another Hero.

Somebody Numbered on the Detroit
branch of the Lake Shore railroad last
week. The Canadian Southern express
waited near Toledo for the St. Louis ex-
press on the Wabash road, and finally
received orders from the train-sender to
run wild" At Air Line junction the
conductor learned that freight train No.
10 had been abandoned and accordingly
he slgnalled the engineer to go on. 1t
was midnight, and there was dense fog;
the train was running along long curve
at the rate of thirty miles an hour; and
trundling on the same track in the OPP
posite direction was the freight train.
The firemen of the express train saw a
light on the track and jumped for his life.
The engineer whistled "down brakes"
reversed the engine, and remained at his
post, with his hand on the lever and his
eyes fastened on the approaching engine
There was great crash; the engines and
freight cars We're wrecked; the passenger
cars remained on the track, and nobody
except the engineer was so much as
scratched. Imprisoned in a shapeless
wreck of iron, steel and wood. with
steam escaping from the shattered hues,
and flames raging behind him, he had
paid the penalty of somebody's blunder.
An IRON rod was driven in between his
shoulder-bladss, his skull was tossed into
the cab, and his body was iammed be-
tween the boiler and tender. Mr..
but stop! it is not worth while to {" Mr."
a man who dies like hero in saving his
fellow creatures. Lewis Young was his
name
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-06
A Turkish Lady as Seen by a Yankee
Captain.

The following extract is from a letter
written by the captain of Maine brig
now loading IN Smyrna, Turkey:
Speaking of Turks makes me think to
tell you that have been highly honored
since have been here, having had as a
visitor Turkish lady of high rank
something that never happened before in
Smyrna, SO my consignee informs me.
She was the most beautiful woman
have ever seen, and wonderfully grace
full. / suppose you are aware that the
Turkish ladies are always yelled to all
except their husbands, if they have any,
but this Lady was unmarried and came
on board accompanied by the consignee
of my vessel with his wife and sister and
a small army of attendants. She kept
closely yelled while she remained on
deck, but when resting in the cabin a
photograph of my little girl was handed
to her. She, in order to observe it bet
ter, dropped her veil and thus remained
during the short time of her visit. She
was just like all handsome women, per-
fectly well aware of the fact and evil
IDENTIFY willing that others should be,
when out of sight of her own people.
She was perfectly at ease, and just before
leaving recovered her face with her veil
and assumed that mysterious look and
appearance common to all Turkish wo-
men"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-06
Not i'm the EulOgistic Ring.

Senator Blaine is responsible for the
following good story: The mortality
during the last session of the Forty-third
Congress was unusually great. Messrs.
Hooper and Greeker, of Massachusetts,;
Hersey, of Maine; Rice, of Chicago. and
several other members died during the
session, and Saturday afternoon was
set apartfor hecustemary eulogies. On
the day before, General Butler went up
TO the Speaker to inquire what the order
of exercises was to be. Mr.. Blaine re-
piled that the arrangements on such oe-
easions We're generally made by the col
leagues of the member whose euiogies
We're to be pronounced, and that General
Butler could probably learn what the
order of exercises would be BY inquiring
of almost any one of his fellow members
from Massachusetts. "Wen," said Gem
eral Butler, 9 I'm not in the euloei>tic
ring, but I'll be id if don't make a
speech On old Hooper if they don't shut
ne OF with the previous question. ~
S'e.s pnrk 7ribpss,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-06
THE FAIRIES.

Where are the wonderful dives and the fairy crea-
lures bright2 -, :. - -.
Where are the tiny things tha' uAnceu III 'ne pane
moonlight?
Danced in magic ring and huttered in robes OF
white, -. =,
Like NOTES in the sunbeam "hiiee, Ike ieafes Il.
H,E-fo the sound y ne sea- and the cry Of the ,rares
## on the shore.
Where are the dusty gnomes who toied in the
golden ground?
So that the miners trembled hearing their nam
mers sound.
Hearing them tapping, tapping, deving in darkness
A thousand tapping hammers, beneath them ham,
merng -,
Hark 70 the muttered thunder the roics Of the hidden
spring.
Where are the forest fairies, the elves in Lincoln
Deem n the forest hidden, and never in cities
Sought for by timid maidens, on sainted Hallow-
The joy of all true lovers, merry band were
H1rk 10 tie hum Of the be- in the scented blooms Of
May.
81 Where the household fairies. who loved the
Who played at games with the shadows pickering
to and fro;
But left no track on the sanded floor, trace on
And filed up the little slippers the children left be-
hind?
Hark % the ho,cl Of the tempest the Of the stormy
Uiad.
The elves waiting, waiting, for the golden days
When grief shall be knownno longer nor faithful
love be dumb;
Till the figures all are added up, and finished the
mighty sum.
All yes they are waiting waiting till grief shall be
Hark 10 he rustic Of raindrops, that kiss the deserted
Chambers Journal
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-06

A western small-fruit grower says:
. commenced the business on an in
come of 500 year; now it is $4,000.
My market has been mostly in our small
towns near home. And it is astonishing
what an amount of fruit can be sold in
our small towns of from 500 to 5000 in
habitants, and at paying prices too
But as some one who reads this may
think he will try the business, too, |
will just say 60 slowly at first" That
is good, and remember it requires years
to become successfully established in
small-fruit growing, and then the profits
may be light. Your land is to be first
put in good condition. Apply the ma
nure literally, even if you have enough
for one acre only. Go slowly OBJ
tain the best varieties of fruits, as far as
in your power, and be satisfied to make
a mere living. Beware of setting varie-
ties that are not adapted to your climate.
For instance, raspberries that may be
very successful in one place may not be
worth anything in another locality, and
the same is true, in some degree, with
strawberries, grapes, etc"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-06
A Remarkable Fertilization.

The Portland Oregonian of August
! 18th contains this unbelievable story
g Judge E. G. Bronaugh has attached to
his watch chain little amulet or charm,
which, aside from its peculiar history, is
veay pretty in itself. 1t is nothing more
nor less than petrifed rosebud. Dur
ing the rebellion young nephew of
Ju 1ge Bronaugh, while in one of south
ern states, wrote home to his mother and
inclosed in the letter a rosebud. The
letter arrived safely at its destination,
and, after having been perused, was laid
aside with the rosebud in drawer, where
it remained for eight or nine months.
When the drawer was overhauled and
the letter again brought to light, the
rosebud it contained was discovered to
be petrihed. The judges aunt recently
sent the stone to him at this place, and
he placed itin the hands OF jeweler for
the purpose of having it fitted to
carry on his watch chain. The petrifac-
ton is so very hard that while trying to
drill a hole in it two or three tools were
broken before the object was accom-
plished. Its perfect rosebud, and so
well preserved that the finest fibres are
to be seen. What peculiarities of air,
earth or water could have changed the
tender rosebud into a hard, almost dia-
mond like, substance In the short space
of nine months Is to Us mystery"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-06
BUtter.MaLinc

Says the Country Gentleman 'sThe
one great principle that should be con-
stantly borne in mind by the butter
maker, is the strong attraction which
milk has for odors, and its ready absorp-
ton of them whenever it Genes in con-
tact with them, and that the attraction
never ceases, and extends to the differ
ent stages OF the milk, including cream
and butter. 1t is not enough to have the
vessels clean. The mere faint IN the air
OF the stable, or In an unoecupied room,
or a foul cellar, is sure TO be detected in
ali the changes of the milk. In summer
there Is less danger. The milking is then
done IN the open air, and is not kept in
a hot, inhabited room, but usually in a
cellar on milk-room with open windows.
lnwinter 1t is difficult to keepmilk pure
through its different,stages. u
With a knowledge of the sensitive na-
ture of milk-and q belief in it too-anv
one who has the handling of it can for
himself see how TO manage 80 a. to keep
1t free from faint. He understands best
his situation. He knows whether the
feed is pure in point that i first, and Is
81 importantly; q. ~sli a. the wster-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-06
The OUfpneS.

In these days the farmers outgoes are
heavy. They are much greater than
they used to be when men of sixty were
like boys; yes, or even when the man of
forty or fifty drove Buck and Bright
with a homemade buckskin whip-lash
tied to a hickory whip-stalk which he
had himself fashioned and ornamented
with buckhorn ferrules. The capital
now invested in machinery, on large
share Of the farms of the West, would
then have bought good sized farm; and
it is really a question worth considering,
whether small farmers have not got too
much capital invested in machines which
lie idle more than two-thirds of the time
a wheat drill costs $75 to 800. The
owner himself uses it from two to ten
days, and is generally able to rent or hire
it out for week at % cents an acre for
land sown.
4 reaper, or harvester costs from 1925
to $500; mower 800, say on an aver
age. These machines are in active use
only about three weeks during the year;
the rest of the time they must be housed
in buildings or sheds erected purposely.
Almost every farmer must have, or he
thinks he must, a horse-rake, which is
used only through haying and for the
purpose of cleaning the wheat stubbings
For all these machines the outgoes are
large. If they could be employed
through the season, there would be no
question as to the profitableness of in
vesting capital in them; but as it is we
doubt very much whether it is profitable
for small farmer to keep his capital
idle so large a portion of the time; and
during this time probably, his stock ami
mails are of the commonest quality and
his fields are not by any means very rich
or very productive. The constant query
should be how to invest a small surplus
so that it shall reture the largest cash
dividend. Shall it be invested in
machinery which is two-thirds of the
time useless, or would it not pay a surer,
larger profit in some good stock animals
fertilizers or fruit trees? We believe
that good many small farmers keep
themselves down and greatly embarrassed
by too liberal investment in these ex-
penslve machines; and that they would
find an advantage in getting along with
out them, that is, without purchasing
them, and investing their money in some
thing which would yield constant re-
turns. 1t isa very agreeable and pleasant
and refined way of farming to be able to
hitch to the best machines and do the l
work by sitting and driving, but the
interest We have TO pay on idle money
spoils all the fun. Big crops and fine
animals, growing into fat dividends, tell
q better story of our financial Abilities
Detroit Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-06

not stagnant or fouled in any way.
How very remiss we are in these two
points that go to make milk, believing
that little carelessness is of little conse-
quence, whenit is just this that will hurt
any butter, however well it may be
made. And it can never be got out.
Who is shrewd enough to see his way
clear TO produce pure butter, that is pure
from foul contact, from the time it is
drawn till it is packed away as butter?
There must not only be fresh air, but
clean air-no carrion or other odor to faint
it. All the utensils for handling the
milk through its various stages must be
scrupulously free from all scents, wheth-
er the natural scent of the wood in the
different wooden vessels used, or for
eign faint. In view of all this, who, We
have heard it asked, can ever expect to
have good butter? and yet it is done, in
June and October, and sometimes during
almost the entire summer when the sea-
son is cool, with sufficient moisture for
fresh feed. When there is great heat,
vegetable and animal decomposition
goes on, the air is tainted, the water bad,
and the high temperature interfering
both in the COW, fevering her system.
and the milk. Now, a cow must be kept
out of the sun when very hot; it is i'm
perative. This usually occurs at the
middle hours of the day; and then the
animal should be sheltered. Yet who
takes the pains to do this? Very few.
We see here the Importance of noon
feeding in the shade The middle of the
day in hot weather usually does the mis-
chief. A few hours relief from this each
hot, sunshiny day will remedy the evil.
Both the animal and the milk will be
benefited. This is soiling in part, and
may be the means of leading to it. The
milk thus obtained is in pure and
healthy state, and the means are at hand
to keep it so. The recent experiments in
the new systems seem to be steps in the
right direction, avoiding contact with a
foul atmosphere, and preventing by a
low temperature and rapid rising of the
cream, the usual incipient fermentation.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-06
NOTES FOR THE FARMER.
Little Brown Hands.
BY MARY H. KRoUT.


They drive home the cows from the pasture,
Up through the long shady lane,
Where the quail whistles loud in the wheat field
That are yellow with rpening grain.
They find in the thick waving grasses,
Where the searlet-iipped straw berry grows.
They gather the earliest snovdrOps,
And the first crimson buds Of the rose
They toss the hay in the meadow;
They gather the elder-bloom white;
They ind where the dusty grapes purple
In the soft-tinted October light
They know where the apples hang ripest,
And are sweeter than Haiy's wines;
They know where the fruit hangs the thickest
On the long thorny blackberry vines.
They gather the long delicate sea-weeds,
And build tiny castles OF sand;
They pick up the beautiful sea shells
Fairy banks that have drifted to land:
They wave from the tail, rocking tree-tops
Where the orioles hammock nest swing,
And AT nighttime are folded in slumber
BY q song that fond mother sings
Those who toll bravely are strongest;
The humble and poor become great;
And from these brown-handed children
Shall grow mighty rulers Of state.
The pen of the author and statesman
The noble and wise of the land
The sword and chisel and palette
Shall be held in the little brown hand.
indianapolis Herald
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-06
The Household.

HARVEST DRINK.-Five gallonsof wa
ter, half gallon of molasses, one quart
of vinegar, and two ounces of powdered
ginger. a.. ms .--..
To MAKE THE SKIN SMOoTH.-Use a
teaspoonful of powdered borax every
morning in the basin of water when
washing the face or hands, also use it
when taking a bath.
TOMATO CATsUP.-Cut tomatoes in
pieces; boil slightly; strain the juices and
add the spices and the proportion of vine
gar of a pint to three gallons of juice,
and boil down very thick; can hardly
getit too thick; add plenty of red pepper,
and in bottling leave the depth of half
an inch to be entirely filled with black
pepper. Then drive in the corks and dip
each bottle into melted sealing wax.
This is the method adopted at bottling
factories and cannot fail to keep the cat
sup. Never let catsup burn in the boil
ing. E.a.
To PURIFY THE BLooD.-Strictly diet
ON oat meal porridge, lean beef, plain
vegetables, fruit and Graham bread. Eat
no wheat bread or pastry or buildings; nc
butter or grease at all. Butter and cheese
secretly poison many systems Drink
weak lemonade. Eat regularly, and the
drier the food the better. Food floating
in grease refuses to digest. Substitute
clear water-not ice water-for tea OF
coffee. On retiring, apply cold cream or
beef fat to the complexion. Take the
oils externally instead of internally.
CREAM CAKE.-Into half pint of
boiling water put half cupful butter;
let it boil, and stir in two cupfuls -four,
measured before sifted; this will form
into stiff dough; let it cool, then break
in five eggs, and stir till perfectly
smooth; drop in pans, a tablespoon at a
time, and not near together. Bake in a
quick oven, about 20 minutes; if taken
out of the oven too soon will fall. In
side Creana-One pint of milk, two table
spoonfuls corn-starch, one cupful sugar,
and one egg; reserve little of the milk
to wet the cOrn-starch in, and boil the
rest; then add corn-starch, sugar, and
egg; place on the fire and stir occasion
ally till it thickens. When cool, split
open the cakes near the top, and fill.
GREEN TOMATO PICKLEs-One peck
green tomatoes, ten white onions, six
green peppers, one small DoX OF mustard,
two quarts of vinegar, one and One-half
pints of salt, one-half pound white
mustard seed, one-quarter pound whole
cloves, one tablespoonful black pepper;
cut onions and tomatoes in thin slices,
and chop peppers fine; make layers of
them in large stone pot, and sprinkle a
little salt on each layer. Let them
stand "a hours, and then drain off the
brine. Put tomatoes, onions and peppers
in preserving-kettle, sprinkling on each
layer the mustard-seed, spice, and pep
per, and so on till the kettle is full. The
box of mustard should be thoroughly
mixed in the vinegar, and thrown into
the kettle after everything else is in.
Stew slowly over moderate fire for
three-Quarters of an hour