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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-06
j. WENTWORTH.
Fast Horse.

Many years ago a solitary horse
man might have been seen swiftly
riding towards Toledo, Ohio. The
sun had just set in the horizon. 1t
was on the close, in short, of an
election day, and that solitary horse
man was courier from an important
township in that county. All but
the one we speak of had been heard
from at Toledo, and the vote from
this very township was needed to
tell how the county had gone At
length the solitary horssman arrived
in Toledo and reined the foaming
steed up before the Indiana House.
A large crowd OF Republicans and
Democrats rushed for the news.
Better time,n said the solitary
horsemsn, looking at bis watch, "wss
never made by live boss! Fifteen
miles in tbirty-two minutes What
dye think Of that, gentlemen" asked
the horseman.
"Cuss the horse" yelled the excl
ted crowd, chow has--township
gomez"
Gentlemen" replied the solitary
horseman, II disremember. 1t went
either Republican or Democratic,
but I've been so taken up with the
speed Of this ERE boss that | forgot
which; but, gentlemen" roared the
excited horseman, rising in bis sad
die and waving his whip in the air,
"you may just rest assured on one
poini-sll creation ean't beat this
boss"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-06
Signs of Prosperous Farmer,

When you see barn larger than his
house, it shows that he will have
large profits and small Affections.
When you see him driving his work
instead of his work driving him, it
shows that be will never be driven
from good resolutions, and that be
will certainly work his way to pros
perity When you always see in his
wood house a suificiency for three
months or more, it shows that be
will be more than a ninety days
wonder, in farming operations, and
that be is not sleeping in his house
after a drunken frolic. When mis-
sled is housed in summer, and his
farming implements covered in both
winter and summer, it plainly shows
that he will have a good 40 e over
his head in the summer Of his early
life and the winter of lis old age.
When his cattle are properly held
ed and fed in winter, it evincss that
be is acting according To scii jture,
which says that "a mereifil L. IN is
merciful to his beast" When be is
seen subscribing for a paper and pay
ing for it in advalee, it shows that
he is speaking like a book represent
ing the last improvements in agri-
culture, and that be never gets his
walking papers to the land of power
tu
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-06

An old man of experience saws

An old man OF experience says:
/ have seen young man sell
good farm, turn merchant, and die in
the insane asylum.
/ have seen farmer travel about
so much that there was nothing at
home worth looking at
have seen a young girl marry a
man of dissolule habits and repent
for it as long as she lived
i have seen a man spend more
money in folly than would support
his family in comfort and independ-
eDce.
l have seen an old man depart from
truth where candor and yeraeity
would have served him to a much
better purpose.
| have seen the extravaganza and
folly Of children bringing their parents
to poverty and want and themselves
to disgrace.
| bave seen prudent aud indus
trious wife retrieve the fortunes of
family when the husband pulled
hard at the other end of the rope.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-06
What He Wanted

The bolt on the back door had
needed replacing for long time, but
it was only the other night that Mr..
Throcton had the presence of mind
to buy new one and take it home.
After supper he hunted up his tools,
removed the old bolt and measured
the location for the new one. He
must bore some new holes aid Mrs.
Throcton heard him roaming around
the kitchen and wood-shed, slamm-
ing doors, pulling out drawers, and
kicking furniture around She went
to the head of the stairs, and called
DOWN
Richard, do you want anything "
Yes, | do?' he yelled back. Il
want to know where in Texas that
corkscrew is? p
'Corkscrew, Richard "
Yes, corkscrew I've looked the
house over, and can't End it p
why, we never had one, Richard
'Diden't eh /? We've had dozen
of 'em in the last two years, and |
bought one not four weeks ago. It's
always the way when ! want any
thing
But you must be cut Of your head,
husband she said, as she decended
the stairs. We've kept house seven
years, and l never remember seeing
YOU bring corkscrew home
Dyes, I'm out of my head, / am p
be grumbled as he pulled out the
sewing machine drawer and turned
over it's contents. Perhaps I'd bet
ter go to the lunatic asylum right
away p
We'll, Richard, | know that | have
never seen a corkscrew in this house.
Then you are as blind as an owl
in daylight, for I've bought five or
six. The house is always upside
down, any how, and never can
find anything
The house is kept as well as any
of your folks can keep oneH she re-
torted, growing red in the face.
I'D like my mother here to show
you few things he said, as he
stretched his neck to look on the high
shelf in the pantry.
Perhaps she'd boil her spectacies
with the potatoes again y answered
the wife.
DO you know who you are talking
to p be yelled, as be jumped down.
Yes, / dor
We'll, you'll be going for York
State, if you don't look outn
I'D like to see myself When |
go this house goes y
Look out Nancy
I'm afraid of no man that lives. ,
III leave youn
And I'll laugh to see you gop
Going close up to her, he extended
his finger, shook it to emphasize his
words and slowly said:
Nancy Throeton, I'll apply for
divorce tomorrow I'll tell the judge
that l kindly and lovingly asked you
where the gimlet was, and you said
we'd never had one in the house,
which is bold falsehood, as | can
provep
'Gimlet p she exclaimed
Yes, gimletl'
why, l know where there are
three or four You said eorkscrew y
Did / p he gasped, sitting down
on the corner of the table; well, now,
| believe | did
And you went and abused me
like a slave because | woulden't say
a eimlet was q corkserewn she sob
bed falling on the lounge.
Nancy he said tenderly lifting
her up.
%, Richard = she chokingly an
swered.
And that household is so quietly
happy that canary bird would
sing its head off if hung up in the ball.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-06
How 20 Handle q Gun.

Guns should always be carried at
half-cock, as then neither blow on
the striker nor pull on the trigger
will bring the former into action.
There is no necessity whatever far a
gun to be otherwise than at half
cocK, unless game is Immediately in
front and, further, it may not be
out OF place to add, that it is danger
Gus when shooting in company for the
gun to be swung round in taking aim
with the finger on the trigger. The
eye should follow the line ef the
flight, and the gun be raised at the
proper moment. Accidents from
guns bursting are rare hut caution
is very necessary in getting over
fences to see that no earth gets lodg-
ed in the muzzle, or in winter time
that the latter does not get blocked
up by snow dropping from the BUSH
es or otherwise. These obstacles,
although they may be easily remov-
ed, are quite sufficient if they re-
main; to burst the strongest barrels
when the piece is fired. This is
caused by the wonderful velocity of
the expanding gasses. This expan-
sion, is said to be at about the rate
of 1000 feet per second, is the same
in all directions, and the least check
at the muzzle of the gun causes such
sudden increased pressure on all
sides that the latter are unable to re-
sist its effects, and are burst open.
No one is more cautious or scrupu-
lous in the use of his gun than an old
sportsman, and no one more readily
than be detects and condemns care
lessness in the manipulation of their
guns in others.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-06

Farmers are slow to learn the val
ue of carrots for horses. They are
so nutritious that livery stable men
feed out large quantities of them to
their horses, instead of grain. -Four
quarts Of oats and the same of car
rots are considered as good for a
horse as eigh. quarts of oats; and
horses that are not worked much
will keep in good condition on hay
and carrots only. A few small po-
tatoes are also very good for horse,
especially to give smooth, glossy
coat The farmer who has no car
rots, beets or turrips for his stock
when winter approaches has made a
serious mistake. In England where
land is dear, the farmers grow i'm
mense crops of beets to feed out in
the winter; and if profitable there,
why not here? Probably the most
easily raised, most productive, and
most profitable root crop in this coun-
try is some of the varieties OF beets,
some of which grow eighteen to
twenty-four inches long and yield a
thousand bushels to the acre, if the
land is highly manured; butthe best
way to grow them is to grow a crop
of potatoes the previous year on the
land, with heavy application Of
manure, and with no manure the
year the beets are grown, and there
will be but few weeds, if the land
was kept clean the year before.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-06

Perryopolis, Fayette county fas
citizen by the name of A. G. Husiu
who is in the l05th year Of his age.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-06

'Long John" was lightly resting
on the simple but substantial chair
which supports his ethereal form in
his office, yesterday afternoon, when
there entered with slow, uncertain
step, sn elderly man who looked as
if he,had seen,better DAYS.
81 KEN up to thank ye, Mr.. Went
worth, for favor We done me the
first time you was Mayor. I've had
it on my mind for some time, and
thought I'd come down and tell you.
But maybe YOU don't remember
me ?"
"No / don't, - said Mr.. Wentworth.
"You see | have been Mayor sew
eral times, and as | gave my time
to the business and have been very
busy ever since, | cannot remember
every one | met What did do for
your"
1t was just like this: The first
time YOU was Mayor | started down
to your office one day to ask favor.
| met you on the street and said |
was going to the Mayors Office and
says yeu, this is the Mayors Office;
] take it right around with me.
What do you wait says you. Says
|, Il want pardon for my boy, who
is in the Bridewell,' an then / told
you how he KUN there.
you just took piece Of paper
an reached down an wrote on my
shoulder an gev it to me-"
81 went TO the Bridewell an give
it to the man an sat down. When
| saw the boy wasn't coming | asked
why they delayed, and said I'd
brought pardon from Long John.
They asked me if I'd read the pa
per. and | said no. They gev it to
me, and it read:
Give this man his sou when his
time is cut
j. WENTWORTH,
Mayor.
$50 | went home, aud the boy
came when bis term was out He
hadn't been ong home till | made
up my mind that you was right in
not letting him go sooner, and since
then I've came to the conclusion that
it would have been better if you or
dered him kept there ever since So
| thought I'd just drop in and thank
you for not letting him out when /
asked you Chicago Times
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-06

Pipe lines are growing in favor as
a medium of transportation. Down
in Louisiana some syrup dealers pro-
Pose to lay pipes through which syr-
up can be pumped any distance from
the sugar house to the great factory
on the Teche.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-06
Fashionable Women.

Fashion kills more women thar
toll and sorrow. Obedience to fash
ion is greater transgression Of the
laws Of woman's nature-a greater
injury to her physical and mental
situation-than poverty and neglect
The slave woman at her task will
live and grow old, and will see two
or three generations of her mistresses
fade and pass away The washer.
woman, with scarce a ray of hope to
cheer her In her toll, will live to see
her fashionable sisters die all around
her. The kitchen maiden is hearty
and strong, while her lady has to be
nursed like a sick baby.
1t is a sad truth that the fashion
tampered women are almost worth
less for oil the ends of human life.
They have hut little force OF charac-
ter. They have still less power of
moral will, and quite as little of ply
sical energy. They live for no great
purpose in life; they accomplish no
worthy ends. They are only doll
forms in the hands of milliners and
servants, to be dressed and fed to
order. They dress nobody and they
5 ave nobody. They write no books;
they set no rich example OF virtue
and of womanly life. If they rear
children, servants and nurses do all,
save to conceive and give them birth.
Aud when reared what are they
What do they ever amount to but
weak scions of the old stockl Who
ever heard of a fashionable woman's
child exhibiting any virtue or power
Of mind for which it became eminent?
Read the biographies of our great
and good men and women. Not one
Of them had a fashionable mother.
They nearly all sprung from strong
minded women, who had about as
little to do with fashion as with the
changing clouds.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-06

Josie Fowler, of New Haven, snuffs
candles and cores apples with a re-
volver. The young men are exceed
ingly respectful in their attentions to
her.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-06

An old lady being asked if she ey-
er bad her ears pierced by the wall
of distress, said she couldn't very
well remember, but she believed il
was done with fork.
The Morning herald., 1878-11-13
THE PENINSULA.

The Bank at Georgetown is being re,
painted.
Dover is not ons-haf 90 aristocratic %
it used to be.
Berlin Nd, will have grand tourpa>
nent on the goth of this month.
Metbodism was just one hundred year,
old on Sunday Nov. 10th in salisbury.
The surveyors of the route for the pro-
posed ship canal across the Peninsula have
surveyed Two of the six routes proposed.
There is certain Minister of the Gospel
down near Crisfeld, has been 80 indiscreet
that indignation has risen against him to
s1eh an extent to csuse him to leave town
At Newton, Nd, the ether day, Miss
Lille Duer was exsming pistol when il
was discharged accidentally. The bullet
struck Miss Ella Hearn iuficting ssrious
injuries.
The oyster trade at Cambridge, Nd, i.
too brisk for the town., ability to supply.
Good schuckers and prime oysters are
scarce and now the inrer harbor il found
0 he too small to accommodate the shin.
ping engaged in the trade.
The Morning herald., 1878-11-13
BY NAIL AND TELEGRAPH.

The Butler faction of the Democracy in
Boston, have nominated Frederick o. Prince
Tor Mayor Of that city.
Full returns of the vote OF New Hamp.
shire show . majority for Head, the Repub-
licsn candidate for Governor, of 4Ss.
John Dryswell, of Conshsbccken. Pa,
aged twenty sev&'. years, was so badly In
jursd in 6ght at West Manayuuk on cleo
ton night, that he died last evening.
Mr.. E. Moody Boynton, of West Newbury,
Mass, notified the city and town clubs IN
the Sixth Congressional District, that be
will CONTEXT the election of George B. Lor.
ing to Congress.
Congress Hall, which was destroyed by
the late Ore at Cape May, will not be re-
built. The ground will be cut up into
building lots. Many owners Of cottages
decline to rebuild.
George Fessler, the smbezzing treasurer
OF starke county, Ohio, has been sentenced
at Canton to 10 years. imprisonment at
hard labor In the Penitentiary, and to pay
hhe VI PUV,OuV ana cOsLs,
James G. Kngore, of Bremond, Texas
committed suicide on Monday by cutting
bis throat with q pen-knife. He was suf
fering from consumption, which Ia sup
posed 70 bs the cause Of the rash act.
Eight Of the employees of the Cleveland,
Columbus, Cincinnati and indianapolis
Railroad have been discharged for system.
atically robbing freight cars, and two OF
them have been held for herring.
The election for members of the Great
Council of the Canton of Geneva, switzer.
land, have resulted In favor of the Demo
cratic Conservative party. This insures
the return of the dispossessed Catholic
priests, the cessation of the religious war
and the eventual separation of Church and
Stste, but does not insure the return OF
Bishop Mermillod as he was expelled by
the Swiss Federal Government.
An investigation by the authorities of the
Central Lanatlc Asylum, at Columbus,
Ohio, has shown that for some months Ger
tain attendants have been in the habit of
duckinE patients for violation of rules. and
and, - this is in violation OF the course of
treatment, ten female attendants, residents
OF Columbus, have been discharged, and
the investig alton still continues. The su.
perintendent declares that he has only
known Of this practice Of duckinp for =
few days, and intends to discharge ali ats
tendants who have engaged in the cruel
procedure.
The Morning herald., 1878-11-13
A SCHOOL SCANDAL.
CLASpEsTINE coURTsHIP IN TIE oBER'
LIN; OHIO, COLLEGE.

CLAEDEsTINE CoURTsHIP IN THE oBER>
LIN; OHIO, COLLEGE.
New YORK, Nov. IA letter from
Oberlin, Ohio, published in the "Sun" to-
day, tells OF the scspda!ous olandestins
courtship in the college there for the CO.
education of the sexes. One Of the strict>
sst rules of the colleges is that which re-
quires the ladies to b their rooms by
7.30 o'clock and gentlemen By 10 o'clock,
and to remain in their rooms for the re-
mainder of The night.
A Widespread violation of this rule has
lately been discovered For number OF
weeks some eight or ten students OF both
sexes have been holding claEdestine neeT-
ingS. On starry night they made their
escape from their rooms, some by the back
stairs, others by convenient roofs Of sum-
mer kitchens, and others still BY knstting
t. gether several sheets The rope thus
made being securely fastened TO the .nrui
ture Afforded a risky means of reaching the
ground.
Among those who thus violated he rnles
were two pretty girls, one trnm Michigan,
aged %, the other from Mars6sid. 10, et
ont Of her teens. Each of these girls had
two devoted admirers, aid carried on >
double courtship. The morning alter ore
of these meetinga, one Of the younr wemsn
began to reflect upon the possible eonse-
quence, and confessed.
The result was TIE immediate meeting OF
the faculty and the prompt expulsion of the
offending students Six were expelled at
once, aud Investigations are progressing
that will probably result in the expulsion
of others. One professor says he would
! rather have all the buildings burn to the
ground than have such thing happen. II
was blot upon Ooerlin and an injury ia
the college and blow at the co-educ stion
Of the sexes.
The Morning herald., 1878-11-13
LOCAL NOTES.

The night school organized last night.
Pieurest for holiday presents at Suffer-
ley's.
sutterly's is the cheapest and best place
to get photographs.
Smoke Chapman's three cent aromatic
Havsnss and be happy.
Every boy goes to Sutterley's for photo
araphs. No. 302 Market street.
Now that one of the celebrated gangs of
burglars is broken up, let rs hope that the
number OF robberies will be reduced.
Mr.. B. B. johnson entertained an audi.
ence At St. Andrew church last evening,
quite sgreeably with his "eight weeks in
1urope.". r. .
Several Councils of the Jr. o. U. A. N.
will attend divine service at Hanover Pres,
byterian Church on Sunday morning next.
Rev. Mr.. Marks will preach.
The Morning herald., 1878-11-13
TUESDAY, the 18th day of November, A
D. 1878, at2 o'clock p. m,

The following described real estate viz
All that certsinlot or piece Ct Land sit.
uate in the town of ST.. Georges on The
south side Of the road leading from st.
Georges TO Delaware City, bounded and de.
scribed as follows TO wit: Begipning at q
stake and corner for lot Of
Garmon, aad 43D feet from the Junction OF
The 81. Georges ard De aware City road
with the Odessa Road running thence
with the said line south AZ 3 40 eas' $50 feet
TO stake In land fortuerly o. Henry l..
Packard and thence north ~ 3-i2 east s.,
f st 10 a stake thence norh ~ Ss41 west l50
ie 10 II stlke in south side Uf the afore-
said road thence with tae said 10 south
AZ $40 west 90 feet TO the place OF begiur ing
square feet more or less, vil frame
house aud frame stabllDg tLe,e0n erectej
Seized and taken in execu ion as lhe
property of Phillip Redden d ceased, and
ISABELLA heddsn turviving mortgagor OF
PHILIP Redden deceased, and /.
Thomas II. Gould Atmr. OF hillip Red
den decesed, &C., and to be sold by
ISAAC GRUBB Sheriff.
SherlfHs Office New Castle, Got. II, 1873.
The Morning herald., 1878-11-13
SHERIFFs SALES,
GHERIFF SALE,

SHERIFF SALE,
BY virtue OF a writ Of Plus evari Fac,as IN
at o ~ bliectso, VIII pe exposed TO Public s ale
ePt by John ]. Dougherty, in the city ~
MiImm1ngton' WI New Castle County, Del m
SATURDAY, The 10Th cay of Noyem ha,, oh 4
m, u. is7o, st 2 O'Clock D: m,
Inc io'lowlpg described lea estate Win
Al Ihat certain lot piece or parcel of land
situate In the city of WilmtnSfon - af"ra f"nu
SAID bounded and described as follows 70
VIII 6eglnnlng at point in the easteriv
sioe OF spruce street between Eiphth ana
iaSior sure u at The dist nee of 81 feet
stran, .cnes ~ II. m inc northerly side of Eighth
amuel McCaulley, de- eased, numbereS on W
~ ne plot OF 90 lots sold February 4tb iSns az as
%, Ss aao W, thence with line of SAID 10 nd 90
easterly parallel with Eighth street n feet
70 ,.i M IN OF II d sold and cnnveyed to SAW.
in fsasy fss@ue ". lne9se ae an,th mo- therly along
trao. ptnoIpn Laffer'y ,psrallel with ~prnce
Styeet ,, Ieet TO AXE In O line of land
solo 10 Jacob Weiuin, thence with the
sane ,s westerly parallel with Sth 80 feet IN
he thenea sotssa tbas slde nf Spruce. street. and
pisce OF beginning, be the contanfs ,heran9 .nS
what they may. 'nereoi
Also al, THAI certain lot of land s,tr.tod
III me sad city of Wilmington. bonnSeS
anu aina described as follows to wit; Begin.
street stree M bet one wssn eaasteriy site of gKirkwood
al tne distance of Ill teet from The s'nth'
Ply sloe OF Eighth street, thence eastsriv
ana parallel to Eighth st eeL85 feet ainchsys
10 70 corner thence northerly and parai,ei
tn t6en htrs ss wo9d street 81 feet to corner.
line and Eignth street * fest
, - inches to the aforesaid easterlv sids
OF .Kirkwood street, and thence tTara,,t' s,ue
SOU y lherly3l to the place OF beginning he Ky
contents n,aa1 thereof what they may, ~ 'n'
nronsr,n arg az taken IN execution as the
leonard, George H. J hnson. ete'
.oHlns and u. Leper, t. t g, and to be soiS
s. ISAAC GRUBB. Sheriff
saorip o3sf GsY Castle oct, Is, Isis.