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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-05

Mr.. Maroony is foreman in tht
foundry, and gets thirty dollars {
week. With this salary the family
ought to get along well and save
money, but they do not Mr.. Ma
roony has q cousin, q shoemaker,
who only gets fifteen dollars . week,
vet sails right along in o lightning ex'
press, while MarooDy comes tagging
along in . freight with q bot box.
How do you manage it jack" he
would frequently ask. "to get along
the way you do! Here you actual.
ly keep your family and save money
on fifteen dollars g week, while j,
takes every cent | make 10 live, and
| get double the pay"
20, ! don't manage it at all" says
Jack; Il just take the money home
to the old woman on Saturday night,
and she takes her FIVE dollars to run
the house with, and puts the rest
away"
"Do you give her all the money 2"
asked Mr.. MarooDy, musing.
"0h, no, not quite ; | take out q
little for tobacco during the week,
and a trife to keep me from feeling
lonesome. IL / kept it all in my
pockets | would spend it sure ; but
Mary keeps it tight and safe"
Mr.. Maroony talked it over with
bis wife that night, and they couclu-
ded to try jacks plan. The follow
ing Saturday night be brought home
his thirty dollars. and keeping back
one put the rest 10 her keeping, and
she promised TO do her level best to
set the table on Eve. The first week
she squeezed through somehow. and
got along with six aud q halt. Mr..
Maroony was quite pleased, and
began lying awake at night thinking
about what kind of a house be would
build. He thought a plain rustic
cottage with a bay window would be
about right. The next week her ex-
pense account only footed up five
dollars and eighty cents, and Marco
ny changed bis design for a future
residence from a frame to a brick.
The next week she brought it down
thirty cents more, and be added q
wing with wash house. Then she
made q superhuman effort, quit buy
ing milk, and came within two shil-
lings of the goal for which she had
been striving. Mr.. Maroony decided
on an iron fence in front of his prem
Uses. TIE next week she lost ground,
slipped, and came out at the six dol
lar post. Mr.. Maroony thought a
neat pailing fence was good enough
for ANYBODY but with the ensuing
week she came in with flying colors
and struck the FIVE dollar marx in
both eyes. Mr.. Maroony had the
iron railing reinstated and granite
steps running up to the door. The
next week she took the money she
had saved, went and bought her a
love # q hat, too cute for anything,
a black silk dress, apd a cherub of q
cloak, that made the woman next
door cry with envy till her nos got
sore, and Mr.. Maroony came to the
conclusion that it didn't pay to live
in ones own property, keeping up
repairs, insurance, etc, and the wor-
~ and stew in dread of fire and
earthquakes more than balanced any
trifing advantage there might be.
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htSk

A dinner party was about TO be
held at q grand house in London; the
guests had arrived, q gorgeous iunky
had announced that all was ready,
and the guests, pairing off In the
usual fashion, SC suggesting Of the
loving couples in the valentines ador-
ming our shop windows, were IN the
act Of descending the staircase toward
the diDinc-room. Below in the ball
stood any number of magnificent
men-servants, walters, solemn re-
tanners generally. And now, leaving
the guests upon the stairs for half q
minute, | must diverge just to inform
you. 10 case, as a member Of the
sterner and less made up sex, you
should not be aware of the fact that
the present attenusted style of female
figure from hips downward, is cansed
by what a fine writer in q late millin-
cry and dry goods advertisement
called a perfect revolution 10 the
style of ladies' underclothing."
Which revolution, being interpreted
means that the multitudinous nnlen
tionable garments which used 10 days
of yore to make up that portion of.a
woman's dress which is not displayed
outside for a rude masculine public to
gaze at, are by the present devotees
of fashion entirely discarded, and
that underneath a ladv's dress nova
days is hardly anything TO be found.
save a tight-6ting suit of brown, com.
posed of soft aud yielding leather in
winter, and of heaven knows what
in the summer. Only by wearing
this perfectly revolutionary style can
the closely-cIinging fit of the skirt SO
dear to the lair sex of to-day be pro-
duced To return to the dinner
guests upon the staircase. The lady
on the arm of the frst gentleman Of
the procession was gliding down in
all her glory, her train trailing after
her several yards along the stairs,
when suddenly the gentlemsn next
behind her, in the dreadfally clumsy
manner of bis misguided sex, trod
upon her dress. Can you not fancy
the look with which, across her
shoulder, she wi:hered that unhappy
wretch! Horror /! There wac, all 10
the space OF secoed, a dreadful
crack, q fearful sound OF vending. and
the entire skirt, 10 the sight Of all
the company behind It's wearer. and
of the flunkies 10 the hall below fell
TO her feet. Shall | pursue the awful
story, Of will you fancy for yourself
the pietureg The deliberately arran-
ged hair, the white neck riuged round
with giitteriug jewelry, the fashiona-
bly, trimmed dress. body. and then
no, really, it is quite o awful
London Letter.
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lBaromerers.

Sacramento, Cal, according to /:
local paper, has two animated baron
eters which have proved trustworthy
even when the artificial instruments
have failed. 0ne of these is q cat
fish, viii b is kept 10 a watertrougb.
No matter bow clear the weather
may be, and before the barometers
have indicated a change, this fish
always, before a storm, makes it a
point 10 swim about with its head
below the water and its tail above,
which latter is kept Topping until
rain Begins to fall, when he goes out
of sight until the weather changes.
The other is a couple of frogs under
the floor OF the police Office, which
has never yet been seen by any OF
the police officers, but who presage q
storm several hours in advance of
the barometrical indications by a Sc.
ries of peculiar d~iscordant croaks, and
no matter bow clear and bright the
night, the police officers make it a
point to prepare for storm, and the
warning has eve proved vain.
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Household


Keep fresh lard in tin vessels.
Keep yeast in wood or glass.
Keep preserves aud jellies in glass.
Keep salt in a dry place.
Keep vinegar in wood or glass.
Keep meal and flour ia a cool, cry
place.
Sugar is an admirable ingredient
10 curing mea and fish.
Lard for pastry should be used
hard as il can be cut with a knife. 1t
should be cnt through t1e -four, not
rubbed.
Crusts and pieces Of bread should
De- kept 10 an eartben jar, closely Gov.
cred, 10 a dry, cool place.
In boiling meat Tor soup, use cold
water to extract the juices. If the
aieat Is wanted itself alone, plunge j IN
boiling water at .nce.
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Ata meeting of the New Yoft
Farmers Club on April Cd. the Pres
ident said that the truth can not be
disguised, that oleomargarine has
finally become q commercial product,
and that it is the great competitor o
FIRST class dairy butter. This be
affirmed was the solemn, sober, SER
ieus and positive declaration of a
confirmed truth. Twenty-Five thous-
and pounds are daily manufactured
and sold in New York, and ten times
the amount will be when the capaci-
ty of the establishment to produce
that AMOUNT is extended People
will eat butter at twenty-five cents
per pound when they can not distin-
guisb it from butter at fifty cents per
pound. Butter makers. in view of
these facts, q no. afford to make
anything but the very best butter,
and that the sooner they learn these
important truths and benefit by them
the better. Robert j. Dodge, from q
committee appointed to visit oleomar-
garine factories and report upon the
method of the manufacture of the
tutter, its quality as compared With
butte: made exclusively from milk,
and its genesal attributes IS q health
ful and agreeable article of diet, as
well as its commercial value as a
production for foreign export, made
an elaborate report, in which the
Affirmative of every proposition was
strongly maintained. DR.. Henry A.
Mott, it,, chemist. laid be bad sciea-
tiically examined the artificial arti-
Gle, and ascertained that no deleteri-
Gus substances were introduced into
or retained 10 it. He advised dairy
men to produce nothing but frst class
butter, for the death kneli of the in
ferior and rancid kind had been
sounded.
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Another Minnenpo,,. VIM n,r..a.

ST. PAUL. May 24-The ne,ybbor.
hood ofthe burned mills at Minnesota.
lis has been the scene CT another
great fire. The Globe planning mill,
owned BY A. NJ. Woodward. was
found to be on fire al one O'Clock yes
terday morning, and being full Of
combustible material, was soo1 tot.
ally destroyed. With be lumber in
the mill, the loss reaches $22, 600, in
surance 5000. A spark from a pas.
sing locomotive is supposed to have
been the cause Of the fire. The mill
was the largest and finest 10 the State,
and had a capacity of 1000 feet
daily.
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and that excites no especial comment.
Everybody knows that Sammy Til
den inspired il, and everybody knows
its object. He does not want an IL
vestiga,ion, but be does want TO be
kept before the people. al o martyr,
to make sure of the nomination in
1850. Potter is working solely ia
his interest. The leading Democrats
here laugh at it, and the Republicans
pay no attention to il. II has bad .
bad effect upon business, for people
outside did suppose it was in earnest,
and that there was danger Of The
Presidential question beingre-opened-
But il is pretty well understood, by
this time, and is no more s matter OF
comment.
pTrTRO
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Early Cultivation.

As soon as a planted crop that re-
quires cultivation appears above the
ground it should be cultivated, not
only to destroy weeds, but to encour-
age the growth of the crop. Early
cultivation greatly bastens the pro-
gress of vegetation, keeping the soil
warm, moist, and mellow, aud is,
therefore, very advisable. But the
great danger is from weeds. 'Ill
weeds grow apacc," and SOON smoth-
er the Young crop. What could be
destroyed by a light stroke Of the
harrow. pillow, hoe, or cu~ltivator,
quickly takes firm hold of the soil,
and is soon afterward eradicated with
difficulty. In the meantime it has
robbed the legitimate plant of susten-
ance, and has dwarfed and stunted it.
The time for cleaning cultivated crops
should not be put off The early
season has pushed forward weeds as
well as crops, but if left alone the
weeds will ge. ahead of the latter.
What would to-day require but an
hours easy work, may next week
need several days. hard labor. This
is most noticeable of the garden, but
is equally rue Of the field. One light
s;ro Ike of the steel hand rake may
clean a garden row from the newly
sprouted weeds which could only be
hoed out with difficulty after two or
three days. neglect. So 3 stroke from
a properly-6tied harrow OF cullivator
may clean the corn or potato rows in
the field, which will call in a few
days time for much hand labor.
THE hand Of the dilligent msketh
rich :" and it does this 10 20 way
more certainly or effectively than by
prCmptness of action in vi daily
work. The present forward season
and the mois. weather render these
remarks more pertinent and timely.
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Rather bic Than Part Win nj. Gold.

Joseph Walker, of Mansfield, Pa.
a widower OF City. with four chill
dren and property of the value OF
some $4,000, hanged himself a few
days ago. A niece of his wife. a
woman Of thirty, had been sent for
by him TO act ss his housskeeper.
She claimed that be had promised
to marry her, and when be denied
that be had any matrimonial inten-
lions she made preparations for su-
ing him for breach of promise. The
threatened suit and the fears Of los
ing some of his fortune in conse-
quence so weighed upon his mind
that be was led to end his imagined
misery by suicide. He was a very
close, economical man, and be dread
ed more than anything else the
thought o. losing a few dollars.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-05

A Kansas school marin has intro
duced a new feature in her school
When one of the girls misses a word
the boy who spells it gets permission
to kiss her. As a result the girls
are becoming very poor spoilers,
While the Buys are improving very
much.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-05

There are but two men 10 BAY
City who are not candidates for
City Marshal. One Of them il
dead and the other one is a WOODEN
Indian.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-05

Whenever a tramp goes into a
New Jersey town be tries to Hatter
the Inhabitants by asking the way 10
Washington's headquarters.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-05
IT HAS NO EQUAL

sHfM WnIiWf LI I,sI a1l DlsE = ) IIsni. II : I
lNlM MUNN Esa5 ,hin probably any other
anxiousiy sought after. Ii the Liver Is Regulated
In its action health IL almsst Invariably secured.
Indigestion OF want ofaction In this Liver causes
Headache, Constipation, Jaandice, Pain In the
Shoulders, Cough, Dizziness, Sour Stomach, bad
taste In the mouth, bilious attacks, palpitation .of
the heart, depression Of spirits or the hi hes, and q
hundred other symptoms. NJ LAYER REG
uLAToR is the best remedy that has ever been dis
covered for these ailments. 1t acts mildly, eff.
fectuaily, and being a simple vegetable compound.
can do no injury In any quantities that may be
taken. 1t is harmless In every way: il has been
used for forty years, and hundreds from all parts OF
the country will vouch for its virtues. viz Hon.
4 Alexander ii. Stephens,
ERE Of Georgia; Bishop Pierce
- ~.rssn of Georgia: John Gill
Shorter, of Alabama Gen. John Is. Gordon, K.
l.. Mott, OF Columbus, GA, are an ong the hun
dreds TO whom we can refer. Extract OF a letter
from Hon. Alexander ii. Stephens. dated March
S, 1872: II occasionally use when my condition
requires 1t. DIR. simmons Liver Regulator, with
good effect. Ii is mild, aud suits me better than
more active medicine.
REGULATOR. t ::: ; '91 4, SIS 4, s;:;s a: a: :si
Ough digestion OF the lOod taken let it be much or
little. Therefore, DO not stimulate up thes tomach
to crave food, but rather assist digestion ate
eating by taking
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION.
Brooklyn made It's s9ih annual pa
rade on Wednesday last. $4,000
children, in white froeks with pink
and blue ~sashes,-for boys don't
count 10 prccessions-led by martial
music and waving banners, are q
pretty sigh, although . theatrical
D and the city turns out on the
holiday 10 see il. The City Hall
and public buildings were dressed
with flags, ane the houses on the
route hung cut their colors to do hon
or TO the occasion.
N SILVER SLIPPERS
religion walks, in Brooklyn, where 1t
isn't eenteel not to belong to some
congregation, aud young men join the
SUNDAY School to get into society.
There is not enough that Is sacred
about the exercises TO interfere with
devotion, beyond an opening prayer,
which serves as a boon TO the altar,
and a geography and music lesson
Sunday afternoon, illustrated with
colored cbalks and PAPER mache
models Of scripture scenes, NAV be as
entertaining as one Of Tom Nast's
lectures aud no more sacred because
the geography is that Of Judes, and
the HYMNS Moody and Sankey's YER
sion. which one hears hummed at the
church door. alternately With whoa
Emma that m - senseless and dis
eueting Of Music-Hsll yulgarities-
Principles and piety are successfully
ignored nSbe International Sunday
School Lessons, much as they ere 10
the m~schine-made religion in vogue
now-a-dsvs. The girls who go 10
SUNDAY School, wouldn't lose The
parade 10 their white kid boots and
new sssh lied round the hips, ia
stvle.n II there we're Sc Sundays IN a
wear. 10 attend Sunday School for Il.
AM the hsys isd the exercises,
with Edward Egglestou telling bis
brilliant stories. on the platform.
quite endurable in prospect OF uDlim
ifei cake aud cream in the vestry
,parlors afierwsrd. 1--we bad five
pieces OF fruit cake and I'm c5oke-fuil
Of ice-eream," confessed an ingenious
youth who ran away from home to
Join the parade. land you may send
me 10 bed If you wantto, right away
II was worth itr "Tbe Methods
has The mos ice-cresms, bat the
Pre~sbyterians' cakes the richest"
remarked a philosophical little Irish
Catholic who had intelligently sam
pledn lunch at half a dozen different
vestries. The Cbild:en's Day is as
great a business day for the vendors
al Prospect Park as Fourth Of july,
and the price Of cream soda sent up
to twenty-five n a glass on this
occasion.
THE POLICE PLAGUE.
Abatement of nuisanees is in order,
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IT you feel dun. drowsy, dcbIlitatcd. have fire.
qucnt headache mouth tastes badly, poor appetite
and tongue coated, you are suffering from torpid
liver, or ~biiiousness y and nothing viii cure you
so speedily and permanently as 10
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AS REMEDY In

MALARIoUS FEvERS, BOWEL COM
PLANTS, DYSPEPSIA, MENTAL DEPRES
SION, RES rLESSNESS JAUNDICE, NAU
SICK HEADACHE COLO, CONSTR
u s. TIlN AMI RIIInIf< ESS
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Ohm T. Nj
DEAlERls
Hardware, Iron, Nails, Glass, Paints
OIL &C.. 60
sHovEH.s. FORKS. SPADES. SIS.

Mattoeks, Grub Hoes, Picks. Scythos, Sneaths, Sledges, Mason HaGners
Cast Steel, Step Ladders, Carriage end Tire Bolts Of all sizes. Looking
Glasses Wash Boards, Clothes Wringers, Meal Sieves, Do6rMa Baskets
Tubs, Wooden Buckets, Twine, Rope all sizes, Hay Pdleys, Butter Prints.
Mop Sticks, Traps, Steeyards, Meat Cutters and Suffers, Traces, Cow
Chains, Halter Chains, Shoe, Dust and Scrub Brushes, Horse Brushes, Cur
ry Combs and Cards, Door Locks, Hinges, Screws, Iatcbes and everything
the Builders line. Caps, Lead, Shot Powder and Safety Fuse, &C. &C.
The fact is, keep everything that belongs to the Hardware trade. deal
exclusively in this kind of goods aud give my whole attention to it. Per-
sons who are building, or any one in need Of anything in my line, will find
to their advantage to give me a call VIII always give e reasonable
credit to responsible persons l thank nay old customers for their patronage
aud hopet this season to make many new ones. Don't forget the place
No, 8, "BAER'S BLOCK.
Apr. g IA. John 2 BEYMYER
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Bound to oecur-A muzzle.
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isIinehasnospacesiuit
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PURELY VEGETABLE,

Is harmless.
Is no drastic violent medicine.
Is sure to cure If taken regularly,
Is no intoxicating beverage,
Is the cheapest medicine In the world.
Is given with safety and ths happisst results to
the most delicate infant,
Does not interfere with business,
Does not disarrange the system.
Takes the place OF Quinine and Bitters Of every
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rnE poLlcE PLAGUE

Abatement of nuisanees is in order,
and next to the stencil factories, New
IS to complain of its Obtuse
JACOr officers. From criminals,
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Tie Potter Investigation is the
only political topic of interest here,
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LIVE

Shorter, Of Alabama g
l.. Mott, OF Columbus, q
dreds TO whom we can re
from Hon. Alexander II
S, 1872: II occasionally
requires IL. DIR. Simmon
good effect. Ii is mild,
-..ra ao.fua ~aRs.f,a
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AN EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC
For all Diseases of the Liver, Stomach, and
Spleen. The Cheapest. Purcst and best
Family Medicine in the World.
ASK the recovered dyspeptics, bilious sufferers,
victims OF Fever and Ague, the mercuriai dis
eased patients how they recovered health, cheerful
spirits and good appetite-they will tell You BY
taking SIMMONS LIVER RRaULAToR-
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Usnameniel Machine AMI stanl, Black Walnut
Table ts0 Drawers, Ptsni Box Cover, which
attaches 10 side Of the Table, forming a
Convenient work box 9r az extension
top NJ wilt
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-01-26

discovered from the bridge. During the
night the camp was surrounded, and ct
daybreak the work of slaughter COM
menced. In the battle or massacre, the
power Of the tribe was so completely
crushed that they shortly after came in
and sued for peace. The county has had
its share of Indian trouble since, but they
were with Indians who mostly lived with
out ito borders.
The assessors report for the year end
ing January lst, 1877, shows that in 1876
there we're ,223 acres ofland inclosed,
and 7,4S6 cultivated. There were in
wheat, $50 acres, yielding 1l.430 bushels
in barley 10 acres yielding 800 bushels;
in oats, 10 acres, yielding go bushels /;
in corn, 3S acres, yielding go bushels /;
in beans, Is acres, yielding 4sO bushels /;
in potatoes, $50 acres, yielding $40 tons /:
in onions, 8 acres, yielding 400 bushels {;
and in hay, $500 acres, yielding $500
tons. The dairy and apiary yielded H..
600 lbs of butter, 500 lbs Of cheese and
500 lbs of honey.
The value Of the fruit crop Is estimated
$1,000. There we're but two acres in
grape vines, and 800 gallons OF wine
made. Trinity has two breweries, max
ing $4,000 gallons of beer.
OF horses there were l,048; mules, 2sS;
sheep, 26,3S0 aud hogs, 4sl.
The interests of the county are also pre-
sented by one water power grist mill, 9
saw mills q steam and water power)
which turn out 1900. 900 feet of lumber ;
and 23S miring bitches 400 miles in
length. The irrigating bitches are all
used for mining purposes.
The assessed value Of real estate in
1877 was SSl2, 1857: assessed value of i'm
provements, Sls6,24 assessed value of
personal property, sall,7 total $780,,
S67.
Trinity has an estimated total popula-
tion Of 5000, of which number 800 are
registered voters and 6sl census school
children.
Trinity was organized in 1852, and con-
tains / 800 square miles.
1
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-01-26
Among the Dead Failures.

OF the past, how many bogus nostrums
may be numbered !! Beginning their ca
reers with II tremendous flourish ottrump
cts, blazoned for a time in the public
prints and on flaming posters, soon, but
not too soon, were they relegated to the
limbo of things lost on earth. But Hos
letters Stomach Bitters is living and
thriving remedy. 1t goes on, curing and
to cure. Neither underhand nor open
competition affect it. On the contrary,
contrast with inferior rival preparations
only increases its popularity. 1t has
been repeatedly initiated, but without
success. Counterteits of it have been
surreptitiously introduced but have tal-
len fiat. Everywhere it entrenches itself
in the confidence of the people and well
it may, for i. is thoroughly reliable in
vigorant of the feeble, banishes dyspep-
sia and constipation, braces the nerves +,
cures rheumatic ailments and kidney
complaints, and eradicates and prevents
intermittent and remttent tevers.