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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05
The law About Fires in the Wood.

The Law About Fires In the woods
If careless hunter fires your woods
and, much to his CONSERVATION, the
flames spread to your fields, and run
along the fences to your barn, he is
responsible for the whole loss, although,
he did his best to stay its progress. A
man who wrongfully sets in operation
dangerous instrument must take all the
consequences directly caused thereby
III Pick. 37S; 43 Cal. 437; Harr. 343);
and this would be so, whether the fire
ran along the ground continuously, or
whether the sparks were blown through
the air a considerable distance, and then
set fire to some persons property (07
Mass. 494). But as any farmer has
legalright to burn the brush, old stumps,
ETC., on his own land, if he does SO at
proper times and in a proper manner,
he is not responsible if, by sudden
rise of wind or other cause, without
negligence on his part, the fire is acci-
dentally communicated to neighbor's
premises, and causes him serious injury.
The gist of his liability in such cases is
some carelessness, either in the time of
setting the fire, or the manner of doing
30. or in watching it afterward: and the
man who suffers is bound to make it
clear that the other was to blame
Judge Bennett.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05
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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

A VALUABLE hint comes from England
as to how young ladies may cast their
bread upon the waters. A bachelor
died there recently, and left his property
to the thirty women who had refused
his matrimonial offers. He said in his
will that to their refusal he owed the
peace he had enjoyed during life.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

Buffalo Butter.-And now comes
Colonel Miller, of New Jersey, and
alleges that buffaloes can be tanned that
it does not cost half as much to keep one
as it does an ordinary COW; that they can
be fattened on half the feed needed for
average-grade cattle, and their meat is
Just as good, that as mixers they equal
the native COW, and that buffalo milk is
very sweet and rich, and more golden
hued than that of the Alderney, yields
a higher per cent. of cream, and they
are as good mixers and butter makers
as the Alderney cows. He confesses,
however, that the udder of the buffalo
cow is very small, and would not indi-
cate such wonderful milking qualities;
but here we have beautiful example
of natures progress of compensation.
The buffalo COW has for generations been
a noted traveller, and an udder attach
ment equal to that which graces the
highly-bred, slow-going Holstein, would
interfere with her locomotion. So cute
dame Nature just laid set of tubes
along the body of the buffalo COW, up out
of the way, called on common COWS, milk
veins.
As far as this enterprising gentleman
has gone, ne concludes that it will pay
to breed both pure and grade buffaloes.
He proposes to cross his best mixers
with big Dutch cattle to increase the
size of udder. Now if this cross should
have the deep, broad, well developed
udder of the Holstein, ap4 the buffalon-
ian milk tubes or canals above, what
floods of milk they would produce! !!
The gentleman who is contemplating
to purchase of the fawn-like Alderney
for the improvement of his dairy stock,
would do we'll to wait until the coming
Dutch-buffalo COW is heard from.
Little Jersey is great nation, and
we have confidence in her people,
climate and soil. Her blackberries,
sweet potatoes and clam bakes have
made the Nations mouth water. And
the jersey red swine, with his tawny
skin and bison-like shoulders, proves
Chat the soil there contains the neces-
say coloring and bone making material
for building UP the forequarters and
bony structure Of animals. This may
be the cause of such promising results in
| the management Of buffalo on the New
Jersey farm.
We hope the hybrid Dutch Buffalo.
| Jersey COW Will Hot pe cOniounueu Win
| the name of the fawn-hke Jerseys 80
handsome and useful about our homes
and dairies. -
The hide of the domesticated buffalo
is said to be worth twenty-five dollars
or, in other words, the hide is worth
more than the animal.
The Colonel confesses to one weakness
which his protege possesses. The ami
NAL has not the physical force which
the ponderous neck and shoulder,
indicate. The gentleman had seen 9
yearling Alderney bull push three
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

How wonderful is the force of habit.
When drunken compositor pies a
stick of matter he murmurs, "Hic! Set
'em up ag'in-hic-Neao York Tribune.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

SOUTH AFRICAN proof-readers die
young. The last one succumbed to the
description of fight between the Una
belinijiji and Amaswaziezizi tribes.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

THE agricultural editor of the Des
Moines, Iowa., State Register, says he
will "pay no attention to anonymous
requests unless accompanied by writer's
real name"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

A DUBUQUER has been knocked down
and hurt by a hearse. Dubuque people
must have peculiar ideas in regard to
conducting funerals, or else that man
was dreadful slow-motioned.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

AN appeal is being made by the local
clergymen in behalf of a parish in
Donegal, Ireland, called Tullaghobegly,
the original name of which was "Ter-
monmacquigganrhy hytullaghobegly."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

WHAT TORTUREs ARE INFLICTED by a
disordered liver. Pains in the right side
and under the right shoulder blade, head
ache, nausea, Indigestion, costiveness.
unpleasant taste in the mouth and low
spirits, are among its indicia. Besides, the
saffron tinge it imparts to the skin is the
reverse of becoming. But Dr. Morris VEG.
ETABLE LIVER PILLS speedily dispel the
symptoms by remedying the disorder which
produces them. Sold by all Druggists.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

For throat diseases and affections of the
chest, Br0scn's Bronchial Troches" are of
value. For Coughs, Irritation of the Throat
caused by cold, or Unusual Exertion of the
vocal organs, in speaking in public, or sing
ing, they produce beneficial results.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

WE refer our readers to the offer of
valuable treatise free, by DR.. N. B. WOLFE,
of Cincinnati, which appears in another
column, this week.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

THE Mason & Hamlin Organ Co. have
taken the highest honors at all WORLDS ex-
hi5itions for more than twelve years-viz.,
at Paris, 1867; Vienna, 1873 Santiago, 1875 !;
Philadelphia, 1876, and Paris, 1873; and
they are the only American makers who
have taken such at any.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

THE Mendelssohn Piano Co., No. 81, East
18th Street, N. Y, sell Pianos at Factory
Prices. Write for a catalogue.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

ABUSE is the penalty levied on the
bond of praise, and can be rendered
effective only when noticed.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

WE have long wanted a safe and reliable
remedy for the cure OF Chil!s and Fever.
Quinine will cure it, but it disturbs the
head and the fever returns. Now, we see
that Messrs. Wheelock, Finlay & Co. pub.
hoft's Anti Periodic or Fever and Ague
Tonic, which is guaranteed a specific for
the cure of Chills and Fever, Dumb Chills,
and all other diseases produced by malaria.
Try it. 1t can be found in every Drugstore.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

CHEW Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.
YOUNG men are mapping out short
routes around ice-cream saloons.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05
CHEW
The Celebrated
Z" "MATCHLFSS "
Wood Tag Plug
TOBACCO,

The PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY
New York, Boston, and Chicago.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05

DENNIS KEARNEY has not yet de-
cided whether he will wear his ears
clipped or folded like buggy top dur
ing the approaching summer.-Phita.
Sunday Item.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05
JoHNSoN'S
NEW METHOD OF HARMONY.
BrA.N N. JOHNSON. tsl.oo). Just Published.
THE GOSPEL OFJOY s.,.sss;; e;

with the greatest favor by all who have examined it.
and is ITSELF already great success. Send for it.
Use it in Conventions. Sabbath-school Gatherings
and Congresses" Camp, Praise and Prayer-meet-
ings. (35c).
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-05
The Forre,rulne.. Of People.

The Oxford Professor who, to avoid the
wind when taking snuff, turned around, but
forgot to turn back, and walked six miles
into the country, was no more forgetful
than those who still use the huge, drastic,
cathartic pills, forgetting that DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgative Pellets, which are sugar
coated, and little larger than mustard seeds,
are positive and reliable cathartic, readily
correcting all Irregularities of the stomach,
liver, and bowels. Sold by druggists.
Richland beacon., 1879-12-20
RAYVIILE, LOUISIANA. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 90 1879

along it cheerful as a cricket, looking at
everything and full of interest until to-
wards nightfall and then-well! shut
my eyes and drove ahead. What else
could do? But my fireman was drag
ging at the rope like mad and rousing
me, and the engine WAS jarring and
jolting, and presently stopped.
"NVhat did you do that for? said I.
"'My God, man. cried he. run over
human creature and mash the breath
out of him, and then ask what l stopped
the train for-are you drunk or crazyT
and he plunged off and after him.
81 didn't expect to see anything, but
at the right, you see, as the train ran
there was bit of a hill, and sham
bling old red tavern, with some lights
shining on top of it, and lot of people
with the conductor and passengers gath
cred about something on the road. and
as came up-there was man with his
hat of, and open shirt, and the whisky
bottle in his hand, across the track
dead"
Richland beacon., 1879-12-20
TME COLLEGE WIDOW.

What, been in the city all summer,
And grinding away on your Greek7
Well, welll You'll excuse me- old fellow
But really, you are getting weak
Conditioned-a regular stack;
But work them of somehow or other
And keep myself straight with the fac.
Why, Of course, Tom, you ought TO have cut IL,
And gone Of with me and 81. Clair;
No end Of nice girls and salt water,
And lots of our fellows down there.
Any mab7 Well, you'd think 50 to sec theml
Every girl was a regular belle;
All the tone Of New Haven and Boston,
And other ones equally swell
But one Of them, Tom was a sumner;
She brought down her game on the wing,
For in less than six hour., by Jingo,
She had every man on a string!
Pretty? Rather! Her teeth werc ike pearls, sir
Popping out between coraline bars;
And her ewes, when she smiled Oh = fellow,
Jus. twinklel Ike midnight cigars.
Such s life; here, I'll show you the lockct
She gave me at parting; and VIII
Has n bangle Of hers in his pocket,
We keep them for memorable.
As for me, though, / wasn't enrap;ured,
In spite of the rose tint and pearl,
For somehow I'm never cOntenIed
With only tenth Of girl.
And she's not very young, let me tell you--
Ten years since they shipped her from school,
And don't think she'll ever get married,
She can't find biz enough fool.
Her name? Miss Van Arsde Of Brooklyn,
You met her, you say, in July,
You're engaged 10 her, Tom? oh, the dickens!
Beg par, well, hang it-gocd-bye!
-Ac.a Constitution.
Richland beacon., 1879-12-20
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

The Texas state treasury has a balance
of 100000.
Four hundred MormOns have left
Georgia and Alabama this year.
The total Indebtedness of the state of
South Carolina is 81 ,l75,4 81.
Rome, Ga, manufactured over 5,OO0,-
600 brick this year.
Norfolk, Va, did an export business
Of $4,000, 600 last year.
Jacksonville, Fla, uses four thousand
barrels of Kerosene per year.
Texas is larger than either the Ger
man Empire or the Austrian Empire.
Four thousand people rode on the
street cars at Little Rock, Ark, on cir
Gus day.
A ten-thousand-dollar greenback was
paid into the Alabama state treasury
Monday.
There is revival among the Wine
breenatians,s or fcet-washers," at Bel
laire W. Va.
Montgomery and Mobile, Ala, two
hundred miles apart, are connected by
telephone.
Fast mail trains are now run over tho
Atlantic Coast line and the South Caro-
lima railroad.
An industrious young lady in Ander
son, S. c., has made handkerchie
valued at s25.
They say that all that keeps the Aul
sta, Ga, canal from being success i
xs huch water.
~ first store in Grenada, Miss, wa
Jim lS3a Nv Col. " Howard, wh'
5 still resides there's
The colored people own $4,000 acre
of land in Halifay county, n. c., an,
5000 in Warren.
A contract for building railroa'
which will connect Pensacola, Fla, ant
Selma, Ala, has been kt.
Constitution The number of board
ing-houscs in Atlanta has never been a.
certained. Living is cheaper here tha
In any city of Georgia.
Patrick Mcdonald, not three veal
old, sends the Charleston News Sl.3
collected by him at Lyncbburc, :. e
for the Hood orphans.
Richland beacon., 1879-12-20
A New Alpine Danger.


On the 18th of September three ladies
and two young gentlemen obtained at
the Hotel PiiatuS, at Aipnacht, horse
and guide, and reached the summit of
the mountain after six hours hard walk
ing. They rested and refreshed them
selves at the hotel on the mountain, and
started on the downward journey. Be-
fore leaving the top the guide asked ono
of the gentleman for some cognac, which
was refused. 1t soon appeared that the
guide was intoxicated and worse - n
of the young ladies was riding, and so
alarmed her by dragging the animal to
the edge of the path that she got off and
continued to descend on foot.
Once the man would, in the sight Of
the party, have sent one horse down a
precipice, but the poor beast realized the
danger, and set his feet stcadfaStly
against going further in that direction.
1t was now getting dark, and to be left
to the mercy of drunken guide half
way down steep and rugged mountain
path was trying enough; but, to make
the matter worse, the man appeared de-
termined to go into danger. The ladies
and gentlemen therefore. FASTENED on
and left TIE guide and horse to follow.
After much trouble in finding and keep
ing to the path in the darkness, they
ultimately got safe to Alpnacht, and
told their story. The guide did not
come in. The next morning search was
made for the guide and horse, and both
were found dead on the mountain side.
having evidently fallen from the path
about fifty feet above The hotel pco-
pie tried to keep the affair from becon-
ing public, and the guide was buried
next day without an inquest ofanv kind:
but, having still an eye To business. the
worthy host cody demanded an in
demnity for the loss of the horse from
the persons who had So nearly become
the victims of the guide he had supplied
to them. As yet the claim has not been
paid. could not ascertain the guides
name
Richland beacon., 1879-12-20

NEVADA feels the shortened production
of silver, and the consequent absence of
speculative tramps makes the capital
city dull beyond conception. The two
bonanzas are about played out. Their
three millions a month is reduced to
about tenth. Nevada produced alto
together fiftysix millions in 1877, and
thirty-five millions in in 1873. In 1879,
we estimate twenty-five millions. A
vast amount of money is being cx expended
in exploring since the Sutro tunnel gives
the mines easy drainage, and from ap-
pcarances, some rich ore bodies lately dis
covered may develop into veritable bo-
nanzas and restore Nevada to its former
standing. Ninc-tcnths of all mining
charters in California and Nevada value
their property at millions, in shares of
800, and new ones are being issued even
now. Nine-tenths are wildcats" of no
actual value, and q clean sweep will be
made of them.
Richland beacon., 1879-12-20

Trs s-.itt1 -~I A.. -------~-~----L:,,
line is to be started which cannot fail to
be of great advantage to the south and
probably to the northwest. 1t is the
Mississippi Valley and Brazil Steamship
Line. The st. Paul Press is enthusas-
tic about the project, and it interviewed
Ex-Governor Washburn on the matter.
The governor thinks that an immense
trade can be worked up between Brazil
and the southern and western states.
He considers the obstacles at the mouth
Of the Mississippi as practically overcome,
and he looks on the new line as splen-
did scheme. AT present" continues
the governor, "our communication with
Brazil is by British steamers and via
Liverpool. The result is that we have
little trade with that. country, while il
we had direct communication it would
furnish splendid market for flour ant
other products, and give us in return
coffee" etc.
Richland beacon., 1879-12-20
The Blue Haze OF Indian Summer.

ailir.. Joel Benton has recently published
notioSQrate essay, combating the popular
support, itch also has a quasi-scientifc
summer is the'be blue haze of Indian
from fires. He arg.of ordinary smoke
well-known behavior of srirst that the
sistent with the various phenonNt con.
the blue haze. After describing this, 4, |
says, "If it [smoke] ever seems 70 wilt
or attenuate in some secluded valley, 1t
is never still; it does not even approxi-
mate quietutle sufficiently to cheat the
eye; it is MOI part of the air, but rather
. passenger { ,on it, and subject to every
breeze that blows or summer zephyr that
dallies by. have watchedthe attitude
of good many heavy volumes of smoke,
and / have never yet seen one that
stimulates in any of its wrigglings and
active transformations, or in its complete
repose, that unique enchantment which
is wrought by the Indian-summer haze"
If this haze is the product OF smoke
from fire, "there should be-" he says
"an alarming number of them in the
fall of the year" But neither the an
nual fire statistics nor the newspaper
reports show this. Mr. Benton says the
heaviest autumn fires occur at the end
of the hazy season, which would make
the haze precede the fires, and cease
after the usual mountain fires have be-
gun, which consecutive facts he has
noticed. Besides, all the woods of the
Hudson River counties, if they should
be on fire at once, would-if smoke could
cause the haze-make no appreciable
part of it; and the simultaneous appear
ance of it over a whole continent make!
it impossible to be caused by smoke
from any fires that were ever known
It reaches from the Arctic Circle to thu
Torrid Zone. Its occurrence IN th'
northernmost region, if it is caused by
smoke, could not happen there excep
through ga cOnfagratiOn of icebergs.
Richland beacon., 1879-12-20
Daughters Of the Rich.

No class of women are more to be
pitied than the daughters of rich men,
who, having real force and energy OF
character, have no vent for it, because
fashion requires them to sit still an foid
their hands. 1t does not require I us 81
their brothers. They are apph udod
when they grow restive under it and,
breaking their bonds, interest them Gives
in a manly way in something tes'de'
mere pleasure. But let daughter ny
il, and Immediately the awtul Mira
Grundy starts up and points 70 hfr wor-
sted dogs and cats and her cro9 aet
grounds, and her French dress, maker,
and bids the daughter Of the mill onalrc
still her puIses and close her eye' and
ear. % tho poasibl'.-s and think of
nothing but hurl al uniting. We
never can kno~ .1W re = real teroires
are behiri w. OF re,triction till
. what :. adverse fate se's them
fro ?, nd upon their own feet, and
; TO use their own hands, and know w.
own powers, which had been dwari~ =
most TO extinction by inaction,>
Richland beacon., 1879-12-20

~, tOoD is booming. About two
ago it was in ashes; now it is
~ than ever That is, of course,
,fepetition of the experience of every
ht-out American city, and is another
ample of the innate energy Of western
lie. The town j. rebuilt with large
prick and frame structures vastly supe-
riOr to the origina! ones. All the mer-
chants are in business again, many firms
having over $1,000 worth of goods in
stock. Mechanics wages, which were
S. day, have now dropped to half that
figure, and last but not least Deadwood
has 7l3 gamblers busily plying their vo-
cation. Who says Deadwood is not the
future great?