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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-02-26
Dry Cows

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IL is a common practice among
some dairymen to give their cows,
while dry, but scaniy living. When
a COW ceases to give milk or is dried
up, any feed is considered good
enough for her. | thiuk this is a
great mistake, and the result is a di.
minished product Of milk both in
quantity and quality when she does
come 10. There is . large draft on
the system to sustain the calf while
the COW is carrying it, and to keep
the COW in good condition good feed
is as important as when she is giving
milk. 1t is mY opinion that a dollars
worth of food when the SOW is dry is
worth one dollar and q hslf's worth
after she comes in. An animal 10
poor condition cannot digest 81 much
fooc as one in good condition. If the
COW is poor when she comes 10 she
will DOT digest enough food co sup
port the system, and at the same
time to make a large quantity Of milk.
The practice of turDiBg cows out CD
poor feed while dry expecting to
make up whep they come 10, By good
feed, is a very uneeonomical Ope and
will not be followed BY good and care
fpl dairymen. The way ] treat my
cows when they get . calf is as fol-
10 the summer time l keep them ip
the stable tor two dsys, feed good
hsy, give one quart Of wheat bran
morning. noon and evening. also
give them . bucketful of lukewarm
water with q pint of rye -four in it,
morning and e-ening. In the winter
| keep them three days 10 the stable,
and with such treatment l never had
3 sick COW. My father kept cows
forty FIVE years and he always gave
them rye -four in the water; be new
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-02-26
In Doubs ON One Point.

10 Court at Canterbury, England,
the other day an action for debt was
brought where the plaintiffs counsel
was SO satisfied with the defendants
lawyers statement Of the case that
be declined to address the jury, and
the judge said that it was so plain
that Re needn't sum up.
The intelligent jurors then retired,
and after q long consultation said
they could not agree. Being sent
out again they returned and found
for the defendant, the courts surprise
being increased when one Of the
twelve said the jury desired to be in
structed which wss the plaintiff and
which the defendant, this being tbe
point on which they could not agree.
INSTRUCTION being given. they retired
and found for the plaintiff. the judge
we'll worthy to preside 10 such q court
kindly remarked that IF there had
been . lit,le want of understanding
among them, they might console them
BY thinking they bed gigcp
very sound judgment"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-02-26


The time was ten O'Clock 10 the
evening. Ten O'Clock Isl first rate hour
for such things, as the police ire on
the alert, and store porters haven't
yet locked up their sleds and wheel
barrows.
His step WAS slow-hi heart was sad,
And he wanted a drink most asful bad
His home in the country was far away,
And he struck the town with intent to stay.
His name was alleged to be Abel
Ford, and sis object in coming to the
city from the pines of isabella was to
secure a Job at house painting. He
selected a saloon, approached it by
degrees, and when confronting the
bartender be said:
I'D like s drink of glib
He meant to cay ginger beer. but
the man behind the bar wbisked
down tie decanter and poured out q
big drink OF gin. and rather than
make a fuss about it the wanderer
swallowed the fluid and went softly
out.
His eyes grew brighter, his step was light,
And he praised the weather with all his might,
He saw tour horses on each street car,
And lamp posts doubled on him afar.
He entered q hardware store and
insisted on buying q pair of socks,
aud to get rid of him they gave him
the Dext thing to what be asked for
boots. This little business brought
the police.
Abel Ford, where do you belong?"
asked the court.
"On EARTH" was the calm reply.
"Well, is that the reason you enter
q strange city, get drunk, raise q row
and pass the night in the police no.
rei?"
II s'pose I'm doomed, and words
are therefore useless" mournfully re-
piled Abel.
do you want a chance to REFORM"
asked the Court, MS be looked down
on the prisoners lonesome face.
"Noap-l'm reformed now"
when did you begin 7"
"At the early age of ten"
"Well, you left off pretty suddenly
last night, according to the testimony.
The idea of your going into a hard
ware store aud demanding q pair of
socks,'
"Well, | amt to blame cause they
happened to be out of them, am ="
answered Abel.
do you want a chance to go
home I" asked the Court.
The SHOWS TOO deep. and If l got
there the old woman would be jawin'
all the time," said Mr.. Ford, as be
chewed at q straw.
He is up in the gransry now, and
perhaps they gave him q cell with a
freseoed ceiling as q reward for his
humble spirit.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-02-26

Speaking of duels, recalls q famous
one.
There was formerly ia the French
service 10 Algeria q general of Arab
origin. Yusuf by name. One day all
Algeria was moved to laughter by q
satirical sketch of Gen. Yusuf 10 the
local paper, under the title of "Mon-
sieus J%oujou."
The writer was, it is said, NJ. Ar
thur de Fronvielle, the editor of
the paper took the responsibility.
Moreover one fine morning, the jour-
nalist heard a terrible knocking at his
door.
"Come in p
1t was Gen Yusuf who showed his
Arao visage at the threshold. He
was followed by a very ordinary Off
Ger.
NJ. de F~ronvielIe was still ia his
bed.
"Are you Monsieur de Fronvielle?n
asked the General. WAS il you that
called me Monsieur Joujour We
must fight"
AT your command, General. l will
have a couple of my friends"
mo-! no. mol none of that nom
sense !" Numbered Yusuf. 1--WE will
6gb< Immediately. Understand? l
/ want to kill you ~
"Ab! in that case permit me to
rise. And where shall we hight, if you
please, General Z"
Right here"
In my bedroom 2"
"In your bedroom
Albright. And tnis gentleman will
serve as . witness 2"
Yes
Every we'll. I'm ready for you
now.n
Yusuf drew bis saber, and at a sign
his ordnance officer did the same.
The bedroom was very small. No
thing cheerful about this strange
duel.
take your choice, monsieur"
said the General, holding out both
swords.
Fronvielle took the officers saber.
Yusuf threw off his tunic, roll up his
sleeves, aud held his ssber 10 bis bare
arm, which was corded with the mus
cles Of an athlete.
His white teeth shoDe from his
swartby face. Possibly fronvielle
recalled at that moment q little affair
in which Yusuf had been formerly
the hero.
The general was ia love with the
Princess Kssoubah, the daughter Of
the Bey Of Tanis.
One day he stabbed in the chamber
Of bic mistress, a Tunisian slave who
threatened to expose them, and cut
ting out the slaves tongue, be threw
it at Kasoubsh's feet, with the re-
mark:
"He won't talk any more!"
The reminiscence, if il occurred to
Fronvielle, was sufficiently tragic TO
cause him to reflect, especially 81 at
that moment Iusuf, his eyes protrud-
ing from bis head, uttering yells like
q jackal, and bounding like q tiger,
savage, frightful, was making ready
to transfx bis adversary, with bis
very FIRST stroke. This stroke the
newspaper man Tended, but it cut him
terribly in the right arm.
Yosuf stuck the point Of his saher
in the floor. and said
"You can't use your arm to con.
tinue the combat would be murder
We will finish his affair when you
are cured"
Nj. de Fronvlelle saluted.
The second day after the fight The
general presented himself at the
wounded mans lodging.
And regular every morning there
after.
II hope you will forgive me for get
ting well SO slo WY general" said
Fronvielle; "a little patience and an
with you"
Il am very patieat," answered fu
suf.
When the wounded man was able
to go out at last, Gen. Yusuf was tht
first to meet him.
Bot it was 10 offer him his arm
and ask him to lean on it. All BIZ
anger bad slowly changed to es
TEEN.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-02-26

OF all the paugs of which humanity
is susceptible. jealousy is th. worst;
for most frequently it is an effect
without Q cause q monster engen-
dered in tie Imagination of fits victim;
and feeding alike upon it's heart and
brain. it withers the rose upon the
cheek of beauty, dethrones reason
from its Judgment seat. and gives the
reins to passion; it is the punishment
of Tsntalus, without bis crime. To
the jealous mind madness would be 8
relief, aud death q blessing it takes
q martyrs pleasure in its torments,
and adds to their intensity by the
ingenious skill with which it adduces
proofs from air-dragn nothings, add
ing fuel to the fame by which il suf-
fers. Jealousy is a passion against
which persuasion and argument are
equally vain; the proofs which con-
vince but tend to coufrm its fatal err
ror
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-02-26

smaller and sssaller. THE psrt-l'ke
an is,bmus-was called Heaven
Floating Bridge"
Ii was on this bridge that lzanag'
and Izansmi were standing waen
thew saw q pair of wagtalls cooIng
and billing sweetly together: The
heavenly couple were so dehgn.eo
with the sight that they began to im-
i,ate the birds. Thus they began the
art Of love which mortals have Prsc-
tised to this day.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-02-26
AMounaain o
sEGfvEs BATTLE TO A MONTANA Hun
TER AND Is SLAIN.

On last Wednesday Mr.. Wesley
Curnutt took bis gun and started to
bunt the horses. About three or tour
miles from the White Sulphur Springs
he discovered a band of mountain
sheen. and as soon as be gained a
proper location be fred upon the
game.
AT the crack of the gun one OF the
largest mountain lions we have ever
seen (yvu can imagine how large be
appeared to 8 bold huater) sprans
from q cliff of rocks and landed not
over thirty feet from Curnutt, in al
attitude looking anything but friend
ly, and ready to contest titles to the
game 10 question.
Mr.. C. being an old mouDtaineer
and an experienced hunter, took 10
the situation at a glance, and sa"
there was no time to lose, as bis an
taeouist meant business, 50 be 'mme
diately drew bead on the gentleman
and let him have q bullet before be
CONCLUDED to give way, and as be RAT
received a number Of shots, which he
carried but a short distance Nj. O.
after dressing bis sheep, which was
very large one, the bead and horns
weighing 37a pounds, returned to The
battle-ground and found his antago
mist dead.
Mr.. c., having procured the assist
ance of Colonel Kent, brought the
lion TO camp, where they weighed
and measured him, finding him u
weigh two hundred and fifty pounds
and measure nine feet eight inches
from the tip Of the nose to the tip o
the tail, which the Colonel (though 9
bear bunter in the Rockies for many
a YEAR, acknowledges TO be the boss
OF the mountains.
Mr.. c. intends shipping the lion by
next MONDAYS coach TO Dr.. Parbery
at Heleus, who will have o skin
stuffed and preserved 10 a proper
manner.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-02-26

Seg FRANCISCO, Feb. ia dis
patch from Jan Jose says that . Ere
damp explosion In Q tunnel of tie
Southern Coast railroad, neal Alma,
injured fourteen men. Nine China
men will probably die.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-02-26

4 boy on West Hill started to
school the opening day Of the term,
and before be was Eve blocks from
home be famed . dog, lost bis geog-
rsphy, scared q horse, broke bis slate
snd had three fights. Times are look
ing up.-Haukeye.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-02-26

him, and be was obliged to take it
bone with him. The dog has now
been installed as Waterman Of the
house, and has already shown CREST
attachment to the gentleman and his
family.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-02-26

A man who bought . box of cigars,
when asked what they were. replied.
Tickets for q course Of lectures from
my wife,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-02-26

Get your spring job work done at
the Office of the HERALD. We are
prepared to do all kinds Of work. and
cor terms are lower than prevail
elsewhere.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-02-26

4 snow plow is no plow when
there is no snow.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-02-26

er lost . single COW, and be owned as
high Is thirty different cows in
year.-D. N. Kern, in Practice
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-02-26

A good motto for d young mau
just starting mustac6e -DowG 10
IF9nt-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-02-26

Attending a bswl-Minding the
baby's cry.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-02-26

A Friend 10 need-A Quaker in
want of money.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-02-26

BARRIERS always predict short crops.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-22
Disease as a Mental Stimulant.

We may begin by citing a case which
seems exceedingly significant. Miss H.
Martineau relates that a congenital
idiot, who had lost his mother when he
was less than 2 years old, when dying,
" suddenly turned his head, looked
bright and sensible, and exclaimed, in a
tone never heard from him before, %
my mother! how beautiful and sank
down again-dead!" DR.. Carpenter
cites this as a case of abnormal mem
DRY, illustrating his thesis that the
basis Of recollection "may be laid
at a very early period of life"
But the story seems to contain
a deeper meaning. The poor idiot not
only recalled a long-past time, face
that he had not seen for years except in
dreams, but he gained for moment a
degree of intelligence which he had not
possessed when in health. The quality
of his brain was such, it appears, that
with the ordinary activity OF the circu-
lation, the ordinary vitality of the Or
gan, mental action was uncertain and
feeble; that when the circulation had all
but ceased, when the nervous powers
were all-but PROSTATE, the feeble brain,
though it may have become no stronger
actually, became relatively stronger, in
such sort that for the time being,
mere moment before dissolution, the
idiot became an intelligent being.
A somewhat similar case is on record
in which an insane person, during that
stage of typhus fever in which sane per-
sons are apt to become delirious, be-
came perfectly sane and reasonable, his
insanity returning with returning
health. Persons Of strongest mind in
health are often delirious for short
time before death. Since, then, the
idiot in the same stage of approaching
dissolution may become intelligent,
while the insane may become sane I'M
der the same conditions which make the
sane become deirious, we recognize a
relationship between the mental and
bodily states which might be of con-
siderable use in the treatment of mental
diseases. It may be well that condi-
tons of the nervous system which are
to be avoided by persons of normal
mental qualities may be advantageously
superinduced in the case of those of
abnormally weak or abnormally violent
mind. It is noteworthy that different
conditions would seem to be necessary
for the idiotic and for the insane, if the
cases cited sufficed to afford basis for
generalization. For the idiot of Miss
Martineau's story became intelligent
during the intense depression of the
bodily powers Immediately preceding
whereas the insane person
became sane during that height of fever
when delirium commonly makes its ap
pearance.-Popatlar Science Monthly.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-22
Prophets Without Honor.

A recent American traveller states
that, although all of the ruder part oil
the population of Stratford are familiar
with Shakspease's name, very few knew
why he was famous.
eyes, that's the house where VIII
Shakespeare was born" said one country
| lout.
what did he do?"
"Well, I'm not certain. Tn thinkin
he held place under Government"
Many an ugly duck, even when
proved to be swan, has failed to gain
recognition in it's own barn-yard We
remember once to have had as fellow
passengers in stage-coach two stock
raisers from Kentucky, neighbors OF
Henry Clay.
Whats that fellow Clay doing now?'
said one.
ooh, gabble, as usual gabble!" the
other replied. Harry had as good stuff
for farmer in him as any man in Kahn
tuck, and as good Judgment for mule
He might have had plantation an been
rich man to-day eff he'd not taken to
foolin' with politics. But the gift of the
CAB was the ruin Of Harry"
Daniel Webster used to tell, with
keen relish, of his return to his old
home in Salisbury, N. H., after his
fame had become national. He found
his way alone to a farm next to that
where he had been born, and met a
grumpy old neighbor, whom he we'll re-
membered, driving his COWS afeld.
Finding himself unrecognized, Mr..
Webster had the fancy to see how
much his old friends had enjoyed his
success.
"a man named Webster used to live
hereabouts?" he said, interrogatively.
eyes; Ebenezer Webster. He's dead"
II believe the old gentleman had
some sons?"
ooh, yes; he had sons"
Mr.. Webster waited a moment, but
there was no mention of the god-ike
Daniel"
"Ah-what became of the sons?" he
asked.
well, Ezekiel, he's dead. He was as
good-lookin' a man as ever [ saw, was
Zeke."
"And the younger boys?"
well, Samwell, he's rich. He was
wide-awake fellow, Samwell."
"There was Daniel?" at last sug-
gested Webster.
Daniel? do mind an ill-favored
cub of that name. [ don't know what
come of Daniel But no good, I'll
wager-no good"
If boy or a man feels that he has
the right work in hand, and well in
hand, he must not wait for encourage
ment from friends or neighbors to
cheer him on to success.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-22
Moderation.

We had heard an intelligent but not
wise politician call the grog-shop the
poor mans club, and the question is
often asked why the poor man should
not take his whisky if the rich man
takes his champagne But any reason
able orator will see the fallacy of such
reasoning. If the whisky be no more
noxlous than the wine, and the wine be
innocent, and if the man can afford it,
and If he drink it without excess
other words, if conditions exist which
do not exist-there can be no harm. If
the postulate of the temperance orator
be that every form of wine as we'll as of
ardent spirit is unwholesome, and can
not be taken without injury, that it is
In fact a seductive poison, the use of
which every moral and sanitary and So
cial reason condemns, then, of course,
there is no degree in the wrong of the
use, as there is none in the freshness of
an egg. But, if the cause is to wait
until this point is settled, it will not adj
vance. Indeed, the merit of Dr. Cros-
by's position is that he proposes to
punish the disorder which drunkenness
produces, while he restricts in the most
sensible way the sale of drains. and
meanwhile encourages every appeal to
the moral character and resolution of
those whom the tempter tempts. Of
course his plan does not discourage the
efforts of those who are persuaded that
the use OF wine or of any beverage but
water is morally wrong and physically
pern1clous. But he says only that if
we would prevent the Immediate con-
sequences to society of drunkenness,
we must agree that the sale shall be
sensibly regulated, and that drunkards
shall be made to pay for the offenses
which drunkenness produces. The
questions of the essential poisonousness
of all forms of the juice of the grape, of
the iniquity of the least sip, and of mu-
tual responsibility he leaves to be fully
considered. But moderation" wisely
insists that meanwhile the work of regu-
lating the sale and of relieving society
shall go On, and it holds it to be pity
to repel the active and earnest co-opera-
ton in this good work of those who
are very powerful and always sober. It
is pleasant to remark the cordial well
come which Mr.. W. E. Dodge, a patri-
arch of abstinence, gives to the move
ment as a forward STEP" Editors
Easy CHAIR" IN H0rpe1's Magazine
for June.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-22
HeadlesS Chickens.

Headless chickens are not unfrequent-
~ manufactured" by those accustomed
to handle game cocks. The trick is
done by cutting slit in the skin of the
neck near the head. The skin is then
drawn forward over the comb and beak,
and the result is what ninety-nine out
of hundred people would promptly
pronounce a headless chicken. With
proper care the fowl will live many days
after having been thus foully treated,
and the deception can be further car
ried out by feeding with quill. The
trick became SO common in New York
sporting circles some years ago, that ar
rests were made and fines imposed
under the law Furnishing cruelty to
animals.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-22
The Russian Situation.

Two Nihiist sportsmen discovered
near the Winter Palace. They speak
cautiously and in whispers.
First Nihilist-Killed anything this
morning?
Second Nihilist- Nothing but a
Duke. They're keeping close under
cover now. What luck?
First Nihilist-Two Generals.
Second Nihiist-Fat, aren't they ?
I'm waiting here to get a crack at the
Emperor.
First Nihi1ist-No use. They say he
lodges now like duck at the flash.
Look out! Here comes an imperial
gamekeeper.-Neao York Graphic.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-22
The Marvellous Feat a Woman Can
Perform.

A woman will go on a shopping tour
in quest of score of dissimilar arti-
cles. The ribbon must be ten and a
half fingers long and half a finger wide /;
the carpet must be like Mrs. Spriggins',
only that she wants hers brown where
Mrs SIS is green; the first knot in the
string she carries in her pocket is the
width of the window curtain: the sec
ond knot the width of Susy's skirt; the
third knot, of the picture cord, and the
whole string the distance around the
comfortable. Besides these she has
buttons to buy, cotton to select, silk to
match, and Heaven knows what not:
and she will come home at night with
out having made single blunder, and
with full sachel and an empty pocket
book, and express packages will be ar
irving for a week to come. But the
strangest part of this strange, eventful
story is, that she can also tell you off
hand the costume of every lady she saw
during the tour, either on the street or
in any of the numerous shops visited
Can a man do this ?-Boston Tran
script.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-22
AT THE GATE.

And where were you just now. Msbels
Where have you been so long:
Ehe moon is up. and all the birds
Have sung their evening song;
saw you lettering down the path,
SO lonely and so late.
Beyond the well and lilac bush,
And hanging by the gate.
love to hear the birds, mother,
And see the rising moon:
And, oh the summer air is sweet
beneath the sky of June.
My cow is milked, my hens are cooped,
ana washed are cup and plate,
And so wondered out while.
10 hang upon the gate.
The gate is by the road. Mabel.
And idle folks go by,
Nor should maiden brook the glance
Of every stranger eve.
Besides, thought saw a cap
m sure yon had amate;
SO tell me who was with you, child.
Just hanging at the gate.
Now you know just as we'll, mother.
Twas only Harry Gray.
he spoke such words to ME to- night
L knew not what to say;
And, mother, oh for your dear sake.
only babe him wait:
And mayn't run and tell him now!
Hes hanging at the gate.
pe7'S magazine for jane.