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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-08-21
Junction City,

ON THURSDAY. SEPT. 9Th. 1879,
for the purpose Of nominssing . county
sishss. Each sownship win b allowed one
dslsssss - lssss, ssd one for every Is
vssss cast sos Asdssw Roy Sos Secretary Of
otsss. and one delegate for fraction Of
over seven.
AL who Oppose the present corrupt rule
Of shs old parties sss cordially linvissd
70 attsad. ]. r. CAMPBELL,
Cha'n. Cen. Com.
J. G. G. MYEns, Sec.
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NEW LEXINGTON, o, Aug. II, 1879.
The Democracy next Saturday will de.
eide whether boilers control the Demo-
cratic party or not. Noah Karr and bis
bolter companions assisted BY the Repub-
cans Of The Tribune are working haid to
secure his nomination. If they succeed il
will prove that bolsers and Republican
tsichstsys can control the Democratic NOM
inations In ltheir own interests. We can
not believe the Democracy will allow this
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Senatorial Convention

The Nssionsi Grssnhach party Of shis
district will hold . mas coovsalion ~
Junction City, on Thussday, Sept. 4sh,
State ssnssos. By osdss Of Com.
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Ksrr's Calculations,

A man from Monroe township goes in
TO pay his taxes. $5.0S, hands Karr 1926,
Karf subtracts 5,25 from sos and hands
IS cents in change back to the tax payer.
IL this not good evidence that he is not
6t for Treasurer?
Amy school boy knows shat he can not
subtract 5,25 from sos. But Mr.. Ksrr
says it can BE- done. M.
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Land Appraiser.

EDIToR PRKss.-Who shall be elected
Land Appraiser Of Reading township and
Somerset the ensuing election? That is an
sxcssdinsly important Office. His work
must stand ten years. Errors, or IL ch of
judgment. or insxpsrisncs in discrimina-
sins in values Of property can not Be rsms-
died. The appraiser should be man Of
sound judgment, lssgs observation and sx-
psrisncs in dealing in real estate, and with
very 6rm and mot easily influenced or
biased. He should be . man who has
. ksowlsdgs Of the comparative values of
farming OF country property OF we'll ~
town proPerty-who has owned and dealt
In both. INDEPENDENT.
HoPEwELL TOWNSHIP, Aug. 16, 1879.
DID. PaEss.-Ailow me through your
columns to make statement in regard 10
my withdrawel from the contest for Rep
rsssntativsso soon after my announcement
in shs Herald. That my friends may not.
feel soursd st or blame Mr.. Gormlsy o,
his friends. OF that Mr.. Trovinser's friends
can not say that traded OF bartsrsd with
Mr.. Gormley or his friends. will make
. full statement of the facts. Some time
during Saturday, Aug. l8. Jerry A. FlsnaI
come 70 my house to zee me. Not finding
mo d homo, M. Flsutt lsh word with my
wife requesting my attendance 81 Somerset
By 6 O'Clock. did not arrive home until
half past o'clock. ! Immediately started
10 town where met Mr.. Fisutt who stated
70 me that several lssding men were IN
town from Saltliek and Coal townships
Who wanted 10 see me. ! met M. T. b.
Tssssss. . gsptlsman from Coal township
and Democrat Of undou btsd integrity
Mr.. Testsrs stated to me that himself
and others from Ssltlisk and Coal town
ships had came 10 Somerset, on Monday
10 see IL was really = candidate. That
he had called on Mr.. Flaum and other
who stated TO them that had abandsnsd
the matter and would not bs . candidate.
Consequently Mr.. Gormlsy a announc emsn
Immediately. Now comes the dilemma
Mr.. 0ormlsy and his frisnds had been de-.
csivsd by one whom they thought ought to
have known, (bsing sbroshsrinlaw), whesh
sf or not was . candidate. In fact sav
at once Mr.. aormlsy and his friends hat
acted In ths strictsst sense of honor, and
knowing Mr.. Gormlsy TO be . genslemsl
and true Democrat and fully conpsssns d
fill the Office withdrew in his favor. Nov
will here say to my friends that are no
acqusintsd with Mr.. Gormisy. You nee,
have no fears 10 casting your vote for him
% his nomination will add both strength
10 siais and county ticket.
l.. p. GUISINGER.
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Notice..

A III. persons know ing themselves indebted to
"A the estate Of Benjamin Beckvith, deceased,
his wife and settle.
March %, 1879.
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O COnsuMDtiVS.

The advertiser having Dcen permanently cured
of that dread disease, Consumption, by simple
remedy, is anxious to make know to his fellow
sufferers the means of cure. To Ill who desire It,
we will send copy of the prescription used Gree
using the same. which they will find q Sure Cure
for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis &c.
Parties wishing the perscrip tiOns will please ad-
drees. +. A. WILSON, 1874 Penn ST.,
Williamsburgh, n. Y.
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r. b. WOODW ARD, NJ. u

Tenders further his professional services to the
public. Having graduated at tho oldest and one
OF the leading Medical colleges of the try. the
largest and selected medical brary In Perry
County, consisting Of both American and European
publications, and the best and pursst medicines
together with nearly
IL YEARS EXPERIENCE
In the practice of Medicine and the study OF Dis
eases, he feels confident that by now devoting his
whole time, thoughts and care In the treatment of
his PATIENTS he can give the best skin and success
In all cases Of both
ACUTE AND CHRONIC DISEASES.
Advice given by mail Charges reasonable aud
terms casa.
Atssfc Hall, SOMERSET, OHIO.
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PIMPLES.

will mail (free) the recipe for a simple Veget-
able Balm that will remove Tan, Freckles Pimples
and Blotches leaving the skin soft clear and beau
tfuli also instructions for producing u luxurient
growth of hair on d bald head or smooth face Ad.
crcss,: inclosing stamp, Ben Vsndelf Co.. 20 Ann
Street, N, Y.
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ERRORS OF YOUTH

4 Gentleman who suffered years from Nervous
n Debility, Premature Decay, and all the effects
of youthful indiscretlon, will for the sake of suffer
ing humanity, send free to all who need it, the
ceipe and direction for making the simple remedy
by which he was cured. Sufferers wishing to pref
by the advertisers experience can do 50 by ad-
dressing in perfect confidence. JOHN B. OGDEN
AZ Cedar Street, New York.
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nTT VNG OF all finds, Tnmors, dis charges
HIIFi\ Of Blood or mueus, and all di ea-
ses OF he Ksctum quickly and
erfectly cured by u sim Die d soothieg Remedy.
For infor:n itioI sidress
/. DAB FABER & CO. q Ann st N Y
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-28
BEING BEAUTIFUL.
Something About Young Women Whom
Nature Made Graceful.
The London Queen.l

The London Queen.
Young women, whom nature made
graceful, tender, delicate, affect to
despise both the duties and the limi-
tations of their sex and study mainly
how to make themselves the most like
men, pretending to be what they are
not, and to pose for what they can
never be. Or they adopt the airs and
graces Of another school altogether,
and are ultra-feminine, artistic and
aesthetic to their nger-tips-women
to whom the homely life of work and
duty is a degradation, common sense
the denial Of the higher spirit and af-
lection the altar to which the domes-
tic altar is raised and the daily tribute
brought. Who does not know these
artistic daughters Of the common
place? The impossible expounders of
esthetics? Homely to feature and
clumsy in form, they drape themselves
in the flowing, tight-Gtting garments
of the ideal lady of medi@val times !;
she whose lines should be all long and
slender and instinct with natural
grace; long yisages and melancholy:
they friz out their hair, put on CO.
quettish hats, much beribboned and
b%eHOwered, and go as near to a group
of the shepherdesses after Vatican as
the time will allow; with small, twink
ling black eyes, snub noses and rougish
faces, they pile up their heads in a
Pompadour or ape the sweet majesty
Of Marie Antoinettes four feet moth
ing in hight, and round, not to say
poddy, about the waist and hips. they
attempt that swimming, gliding walk
which goes only with a lengthy kind of
willow wand, but it is impossible to
all else; but If they are tall and lean
they probably skip and prance Ike
youthful fairies, thinking that art can
conquer nature, and that a sufficient
amount Of affectation can make them
seem to be what they are not. This
is one exhibition Of airs and graces
patent in London society, where every
thing is set forth save naturalness.
That independence which ia part Of
the English character, happily for us,
every now and then blossoms out into
bold eccentrieities, which prove moth
ing but individual hardihood, and the
aesthetic style of dress is one of them.
BQr, unless there is the most absolute
harmony between the style and Che
J person, nothing is more ludiOrOus than
these alterations Of costume. But,
oddly enough, for the most part that
harmony is wanting, and the woman
who has spent precious time in study
ing patterns, tints and ornaments,
knows nothing Of the exigepcics 81
her own style, On how 70 utilize what
she has, supply what she has not, and
conceal what she ought not TO have.
Large feet wear glazing stockings and
yoyant slippers scraggy shoulders,
low dresses ~ an inch below their
neighborls short, thick throats wear
puffy frills and broad black velvet
bands, while straight, smooth hair, the
merit Of which is in its silkinoss, Is
tortured into the staring spectros of
ourls and crimps, and hair that no in
genuity can make 10 lie straight is
plasterod and braided dowD-worn a
Ia Chinoise when nature imperatiyely
demands d lringy and fuzz and refuses
q compromise.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-28
ALittIe Human Nature.

buualo Express loth,I
In one way and another the great
snowstorms for which this winter will
be memorable have brought to the
surface a good deal of human nature.
They have found but the lazy people
and brought the energetic and ambi-
tious to the front rank of the snow
shoveling brigade. They have shown
alike the selfish people and the public
spirited, and in short a multitude Of
lessons might be drawn from the past
few weeks experience. These rehec-
tons are suggested by an incident /;
out in the neighborhood of Limestone
Hill is a lOng-drawn elevation known
as the ridge and along the ridge
numerous families reside, including
some excellent people. The storm
about there was extremely severe, and
the snow became piled up in such
enormous drifts that to pass them was
next to, if not quite, an im~possibility.
while the storm continued. The far
mers who started to come into the city
during these two or three terrible
tempestuous days were Obliged TO
either toll backward 10 their homes,
or rest at some friendly place of shell
ter until the storm exhausted its yio-
lence. To one particular house on
the ridge a sleigh arrived. and it could
get no further, 1t was a farmers
sleigh, from somewhere up the coun-
try, and with it was the farmer and
his wife and sisters and mother-i law.
perhaps-leastBise there were four in
the party, and they were on their way
to Buffalo with a load Of holiday tur-
keys and geese. The Wearied horses
could contend no longer with the over
whelming drifts. But the occupants
ofthat house were good Samarftans.
They opened their doors TO the snow
bound wayfaFers, and opened their
barns to the team, sleigh and load.
Two days and nights were the stran.
gers entertained. They were made Ia
feel as much at home as possible.
and doubtless were as comfort.
able, and joined IN the family
prayers az properly and feryently. az
if housed in their own domicilo. The
most friendly relations were estab.
lished The probable effect of The
storm and blockade on the turkey and
goose market was perhaps duly talked
over, and it may be that q mutual ok.
change Of patchwork patterns was
made, and a common agreement made
to attend the county fair next fall
providing the transforms chronically
incidental TO that excellent annual
show held off. Well, at last the morn,
ing Of liberation came. The mar o.
the house and the hired help resur.
rected the barn, and cut labyrinthiar
passages and tunnels about the premi
SEES and TO the road, and the visitor
at the ridge made ready to pursu,
their pilgrimage to Buffalo. Mrs
-" said the head Of the TURKEY
and geese establishment, we hav,
been most Hospitality taken in and en-.
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NOTICE.

pound in the last two years. But
there is another kind of competition
which troubles the English people
more than in the case of foods.
American locks, tools of all kinds,
small bracelets, hooks and hat pegs.
domestic apparatus, roller-blind fit
tings, substantial toys, and scores of
other articles, which the English call
Yankee notions" are also flooding
the country. There is a tremendous
demand for Thorn, and their quality is
greatly esteemed. English goods of
like kind bear no comparison with
them either in looks or quality. That
is why they sell so well. W6rce still,
ordinary grades of American cotton
goods are finding extensive sale even
in Manchester, and receive the same
high praise Of their quality, and are
considered cheap.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-28
The Hermit Heiress
Milwaukee, Sentinel.l

Milwaukee Sentinel
How the shuttle of circumstances
plies the whoof and warp of life to
confgure a checkered existence is
illustrated in the case of Sarah Over
ton. Once comfortably situated as
the daughter Of well-to-do farmer in
Minnesota, her prospects of a happy
settlement in the neighborhoOd of her
home seemed beyond doubt. Wooed
and won by one who promised to love,
support and protect her, but who
proved recreant to his trust, she wan
dered forth to earl a living by her own
%endeavors. Unaecustomed to the
ways of the world, and tired by her
w%anderings, she became misanthropic
and resolved to live apart from society.
Here, in the valley of the Kinnickin-
mic, Astounding with beautiful situa-
tons, she assumed possession of an old
roOkery a short distance beyond the
Lincoln avenue crossing. Part of the
flooring had been broken out. and be-
tween the stringers she formed a bed
that served her well. The neighbors
took a friendly interest in her and
rendered her many a kind service
when necessity Obliged her to 20
forth in search of bread. She
was known as the Hermit of the
kinnickinnic,' and was deemed
an innocent eccentric. When, in time.
petty robberies became frequent In
the southern extreme Of the city. she
was not dreamed Of in that conAec-
ton, but the sharp-sighted Tehan Of
the South Side police force had his
suspicious and these suspicious grew
so strong that the hermit was trans.
planted from the old rookery TO the
station. Then it appeared that Sarah
Oyerton had committed many of the
robberies on the border. Certain ar.
ticles Of jewelry taken from the resi-.
dence of Ike Woodruff, the hagman at
the railway crossing Of the Kinnickin.
mic, were found slowed away in the
Ilckety building she had occupied.
This discovery led TO her arraignment
for burglary, her conviction, and her
imprisonment in the house Of correc-
ton for a term Of six months.
Now, that her term is about TO ex-
pire, q strange revelation awaits her.
Last evening her mother arrived from
Monkato to inform her that BY the
death Of her husband she had fallen
heir toa valuable farm of 250 acres.
and about $1,000 in money. Thus she
Is enabled TO return to the scenes OF
her youth with a fair prospect of a
cheerful, happy future. Surely, her
experiences as tramp, hermit, and
housebroaker, and the singular do
nopement will yield the dime romance
writer scope for a broad sweep Of hi,
faoilo pen.
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tertained. In what amount am | in.
debted to you?" The kindly Mrs.
- all unmindful of the extra
trouble and care to which she had
been subjected, was quick 10 reply
that it had been a pleasure to assist
them in their hour of trouble. and she
could not place her hospitality at a
money value. But" she added,
merrily, you have a sleighful of
turkeys and geese, and if you have a
mind to leave a turkey and a goose,
we will call accounts square," Then
that farmer turned and went to the
barn, and harnessed his horses and
got his womenfolk INFO the sleigh in
readiness to start. And then he
slowly returned to the house, bur
dened with one ancient. blue and
skeletonic gander, which would scarce
" have turned the scale at halfIa
dozen pounds. He had forgotten the
turkey. But, it may be urged. the
folks of the house on the ridge had
only boarded and lodged four adult
people and two horses for two DAYS
and two nights.
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VIII :. Oofty Goon,, ia.

A New York special to Saturday
Cincinnati Enquirer says Of "Oofty
Gooft," whose tragical affair with his
mistress was mentioned in the dis
patches in Fridays LEDGER:
August G. Phillips, better known
as Gus Phillips, and as a writer and
actor under the nom de plume of
OOfty Gooft," was born in the
Seventeenth ward of this city about
torty-two years ago. As a school boy
he developed considerable genius as a
mimic, and was looked upon by his
comrades as a joker Of no mean abil-
lty. Being raised in a district almost
exclusively inhabited by Germans. he
naturally developed great faculty in
acquiring the dialect of their broken
English, and in its pursuance in after
life made him well known as a Dutch
d%elineator. He was seized with an
ardent longing for the stage, which he
subsequently satisfied by adopting the
profession. AT the breaking out of
She war he joined the Fifth regiment
New York volunteers, better known
as the Duryea Zouaves, in which he
rose to the dignity of an officer, AZ
ter the war he went as correspondent
Of the Star to Albany, and owing to
his intimate relations with the then
powerful regime under the Tweed
dynasty, became a power of the lobby.
This no doubt was attributable to his
connection with the American Club.
OF which he was a leading member
He appeared at the Grand Opera.
house, IN a play called Oofy Gooft.
about 1874, in which he assumed the
leading role, His h%istrionic career
was not a success by any means.
subsequently he went into the LIQUOR
business in Twenty-eighth street near
Broadway, under Bliss 4 Kellys' pool
rooms, but when the law against pool
selling was enacted he retired from
this occupation, and has made a living
sinoe by writing plays and songs. and
corresponding with out-of-town news
papers.
At O'Clock this Saturday. morn
ing ' Oofty Gooft was believed 10 be
out Of danger,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-28

Manchester Letter in Gin. Commercial.
Wherever one goes the shops are
this winter all stocked with articles
Of food from the United States
American fresh beaf, hams. bacon
lard, cheese, apples and canned goods
are becoming nearly universal. The
last year or two has seen a tremendous
Development ofthis trade, For every
bushel Of English apples YOU will SEQ
half a dozen bushels Of American
They sell at about four cents a pound
rs a minimum price, say 81 so a
bushel. This deluge Of American
products has forced prices down VERY
greatly, and the English farmers com.
plain most grievously Of the oompeti-
ton. They say prices have become
unremunerative, and there must he
much truth in it. In these northern
towns American fresh beef is also
much more generally used than in
London. 1t has reduced the prices
Of fresh meat by about five cents a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-28

A Milwaukee newspaper published
a story about a dark haired girl and .
light,haired girl, room-mates in :
Doarding.school, who dressed one
morning in the dark, and each braided
the others switch in her own hair, 50
that their heads at the breakfast table
looked like confused checker-boards
The improbability of the narrative
has been noted by several journals,
one, Of which thus expressed its in,
credulity This is the very first time
any mere newspaper writer has dared
TO suggest that a couple of young
women ever dressed themselves in the
dark and without the services of =
mirror, and it is to be hoped this ri
giculous kind of literature will be
dlsoountenanced at the outset"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-28
A e Advantage.

Philadelphia Rec0rd.l
There were a score or more of wo.
men gathered together at Mr.. John
sons house. Mr.. johnson is a good
hearted man and a respected citizen.
though he is rather skeptical in some
things. The women had Just organ
lied 1.-THE Foreign Benevolent So
ciety" when Mr.. johnson entered the
room. He was at once appealed tc
to donate a few dollars as a foundation
to work on, and then Mrs. Graham
added
1t would be so pleasant in after
years for you to remember that you
gave this society its first dollar and its
first kind word"
He slowly opened his wallet, drew
out a $40 bill, and, as the ladies
smacked their lips and clapped their
hands, he asked:
rs this society organized to aid the
poor Of foreign countries?"
"Yes-yes-yesl" they chorused.
And it wants money!"
"Yes-yes."
"Well, now" said johnson, as he
folded the bill in a tempting shape,
there are twenty married women
here. If there are fifteen of you who
can make oath that you have combed
the children's hair this morning
washed the dishes, blackened the cook
stove, and made the beds, I'll donate
ten dollars"
Il have answered two of the
crowd, and the rest said:
Why, now, Mr.. Johnsonl"
If fifteen of you can make oath
that your husbands are not wearing
socks with holes in the heels. the
money is yours" continued the wretch
just hear HIM p they exclaimed
each one, looking at the other.
If ten Of you have boys without
holes in the knees of their pants. tb;.
X goes to the society" said Jobnsoa
Such a man they whigpered
If there are FIVE peirs of stocI;r0s
in this room that 10 not need 'c S&arninsg
an name over the money" he went
Mr.. Johnson" said Mrs. Graham,
with great dignity, "the rules of this
society declare that no money shall be
contributed except by members, and,
as you are not a member, | beg that
you will withdraw and let us proceed
with the routine business"