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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-01-29
COUNTRY sLEIGHING.
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In January, when in the dairy
The cream and clabber freeze,
When the snow drlns cover the fences over,
We farmers take our ease.
At night we rig the team,
And bring the cutter out;
Then fill it. oil it, hllit, MI it,
And help the furs about.
The windows glistencd. the old folks listened,
To hear the sieigh-bel's pass;
The fielss grow whlser the stars are brighter,
The road as smooth glass,
Our muifed faces burn.
The clear north wind blows cold.
The girls all nestle. nestle, nestle,
Mach In her lovers hold.
Through bridge and gateway, we're shootinl
straiEhtway,
The tpllman was leo slow
He'll listen after our song and laughter,
As over the hill We 60.
The girls cry, ''iie for shame"
Their cheeks and lips are red,
Aud so with kisses, kisses, kisses,
They take The toll instead.
still follow, fellow across the hollow
The tavern fronts the road
wnes. now all steady the host Is Tesdy-z
He knows the country pcde
The irons are in the fire,
The kissing ip is got;
So pour and sip It, sip it, sipit,
And sip 1t while It's hot.
The bells are ringing, the hostlers bringing
the caters np aars
The beasts are neighing, tog long we're staying
The night is hallway through
Wrap close he buffalo robes,
We're all aboard once more
Nos jingle, jingle jingle, Jingle,
Away from the tavern door.
so fellow, fpiios, by hili and hollow,
And swiftly hOme~ard glide,
What midnight splendor how warm and tender
The maiden by your side:
The sleigh drops tar apart,
Her words are soft and low;
Nov, ryou love her, love her, love her,
'Tis safe to tell her SO.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-01-29
A ssushora Sssonsr,s Jury

CofoBer's juries are, ike all otLer
jnries, hard 10 understand. You can
sound an individual, reach bis mo-
lives, reason with and generally con
vince him of his error, DO. 1hen you
put twelve Of these ordinary beings
together you cat new creature. an
unknowa quantity, which cannot be
aaeasured by any familiar rules, g
legal comet, in snors jury II was
one Of these erretic combinations
that held an inques, on a man at
Southead, Esglsnd, the other day.
Witnesses testified as to the manner
Of the mans death, and the jury Of
inquest gszed down upoa &c anmis-
taxable corpse, yet scme Of them
were not satisfied They thought be
might not be dead after all Tbe
foreman wss very skeptieal, as be
had seen the dead mans brother in a
trance. So the jury refused 10 return
q verdict until post-mortem exami-
nation was made, which revealed the
fscs that the man was really dead.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-01-29
Tie Little Country Paper.

1t is the hest read psper "a the
world. No other contains news Of
the marriages and deaths, TO say no.
thing CT The divorces and births no
other relates the accidents happening
before the doors of the villagers no
other gives the tine for the next bail
picnic, or political meeting; DO other
discusses the affairs Of the tewn and
county, the arrival Of the new goods
on the merchants counters, or . news
hat on the editors desk--Oeeasion-
ally defects sad errors are overlooked
By those who have become attached
80 il through It's peFasal for yesgs
They sometimes become dissatisfied
with j. on account Of something " bicb
has slipped into It's columns, and nav
stop taking it +; bat the absence Of she
famiGsr sheet az their homes AID of
aes, for few weeks, becomes an in
supportable privation. and they hast
en- to take it again. and possibly apoL-
cgize for hssing it stopped Nc
friendship on earth is more constant
than that contracted By the resder Of
Journal which makes an honest and
earnest EFFORT 70 merit its continued
sappors Hence q eonscientiously
conducted paper becomes q fayOrits
in the family.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-01-29
Talk at Home.

Endeavor always 70 talk your best
before your children. They hunger
perpetually for new ideas. Thew
will learn with pleasure from the
lips of parents what they will deem
1t drudgery TO study in books and
even if they have the misfortune TO
De deprived of many educational ad-
vantsges they will grow I'D inteIli-
gent If they eniey in childhood the
privilege OF listening daily to the con-
Versation Of intelligent people. We
sometimes see parents, who are the
life OF every company which thew
enter, 3all, silent and uninterestin1
at nome among their children. If
they have 10 mental ACTIVITY and
mental stress sufficient for both. let
them arst use what they have for
their own households. A silent home
is dull place for young people,
place from which they will escape If
they can How much useful isfor-
nation, on the other hand, is often
given in pleasant family eonversa-
tion, and swbst .uneonscious men
tsl training in lively social argument.
Cuitivate TO the utmost the grace of
conversation.
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A sslGxGE's NOTICE

n hers as Courat Feitcn and wife Of Allegheny
township, ua tho - day OF December, ISIS. made
voluntary assignment q Geo. g. Walker. for the
heuefit u Gre iifers Of all the real and persnnrl
estate % said Coafsd feltca; Det.ce l. heTeay
s.en % All ..sTseas Indebted % said Assiznor 10
rsske .snmssiate faymsDt aUi th0se having
claims against him 70 present them dgiy suihenti-
ficsfed Tor settlement 10 the u1iersigned At his
residence in Allegheny township. On SATURDAY.
January IS. 1879.
GEORGE q. WALKER.
nee. = ssigcee.
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ORPHANS COURT SALE
INJECTION NOTICE.

l-atler .s hsreby given inst an elsclioa viii hs
he'll "a 3i0nday jsnaary i. IFS. at the store
Lgrse Of George johnson, IN Ber.ta, for the puT
nose o. eiectiaz . resloelf spd di-eeseFs u Fls
RHH4lo valley Er.i zlsa
~ A. BGUBAE
Dee Il Seeretay-
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EXECUTORS NOTICE

L.T-.e .. Andse0 saith late q oaeuaa honing
tewukisip. Jcceascd.
ress--s efarseufsrF 90 tie above sstRte heF-
rs arca s.-au,al 70 the Undersigned by ne i,ri
er authoriay. notice - hereby given 20 itnse =
aehed - n a. make y 20 ,as~ - "a t;e,s
fq.Ing clal.rs aeziEs. Il e4ii srtscli 1eia oais
irztea Tor seesieEeeni Saturday -Afen
= - JOIN SMITH,
Jaa@ Sxses'os
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FEMALE COLLEGE
rn.xtt E.ED

Collegiate year opens September l2th,
Location miles from Court House,
overlooking Eas, Liberty valley. Easy OF
access snl free from smoke. Terms for
boarding pupils reduced. Fer particulars
and catalogue apply TO
MISS HELEN E. PELETREAU,
Acting President.
GEO. A. BERRY. Treasurer.
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GIVE THEM A CALL.
CHERIFF'S SALE.

GHERlFF'S SALE.
81 virtue or ayrt of Test. VI. IA. issgsd ou, OF
the Ccuu % mmca Pleas Of Bedford Co., Pa,
aud 20 ne directed viii expose 10 sale by public
outcry. az tie Court House IN Somerset, on
Thursday, February l3. 1879,
az ! O'Clock P. X, tie following described real
estate sig:
All tie right ut'e, interest and claim or Isaae
;. horneT. ui IA. -ad " the following described
real estate, vlz
No. J. A certain tract ofiaut situate In Paint
Twp Somerset Co, Pa. containing y acTess
ulare'oT less. and abUt acres clear and acres In
meadow, with oue and n half story plank dwell
La huuse aud name stable thereon erected. ad-
idlnluW lands Ol Catherine Allison, John hi;shew,
Amos whitaker and The Park tract.
No. . Containing la aCses mere or less, Of
which there are about sercs clear ana acfes J.
meadow. baiaaco we'll iimhereS, adjoining iancs
OF widow Gruhly, Joseph Bareidoi, William Al
iison aud tract No /.
No. 3. Containing q aeres more or less, Of which
there are about 5 acres clear and acre In mead
og, with tao one and a half story plank dwelling
hOi.sl AID frame stable thereon erected, aluning
lands ~ joan Hi.sheE, Jacob Ripple. and J l..
BognpsTtner. with TIE spparic salGas.
Tazen ia execution a. tn property vi Isaac 81.
Homer ~ the suit OF Aul }. ktgg nse o. Dan
81 cessia.
TER RS- -C-iSH.
EDdARKXLE.
N
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-01-29

Here is tbs title OF q book taken
from the catalogue of the fair at LeiP-
sic: ~Goring uber die Porabromm-
esssalpheny lpropiousauere und die
Metasalpheny lpropioussuere.
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usrnls OF Publication
The Somerset Herald

,.,.s every wednesday Morning at g %
HP''n'1 na,a in advance otherwise sz 50
=, invariably be charged
'iu -, ...-,r,,oa win be Discontinued an'ii all
~ are paid up. POstmasters negiec'ins
% h''' w,libe hela able for the subscription
tA'I =. -. removing from one Pos'ofhco to an
aid give US the name OF the former As
'''.,' :. the present ofics- Asddres
~ Tbe Somerset Herald,
Somerset, Pa.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-01-29

Japanese make waterproof boots
out of paper.
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A SslGYEEs 5 NOTICE..

N
Notice Is hereby given. that Di-frick kreger
has Assigned VI hss properly real and personal 70
Aiox1ndcr Moore for the benefit OF lis creditors,
AL T. rsns therefore indebted 70 the said DieirirE
Kreger VII make iuIae,liate paymert 10 said A s
igncc sul those har!rg claims againss the ssiae
y IN present thcH tp the Assignee fr se.tiemep,
az the resiieHce u SIZE atose AsE;gn0r iE Alto l.
creek township. gl saturday, January IS io59
ALEXANDER MOORE.
Dee is Assignee,
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There are ten printers in the Uni-
ted States Senate.
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A osIGAKB 5 NOTICE.

samUci 3 Fsa
% Assignment
jacob Kite & Jos -ph kiee. partners. datci2s, n
s..lnz faslress a. i. klee x Brs- Nov ISIS.
& Ssg1aci : Fsii, of SUmerset .iorgugh.t having
made an asslsniacnt 70 J. hise IirotheT u Pitts
burh, neise j. hereby given g. al persens iIsies.
@. ~ tie salt Assigrur O. make iumef.zls pay
ment 20 the slii AssEhces. a.i iheEe Eayng
cisims 20 pre- seEr ihe % sans iJr ssttieinnt al
The uliee n " Ii. knoatz.
AbEE BRO,
Dec % issignces.
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Tetsers q. afiuiinistrzfion un the snose eSfsss
hs.fus heea xrna4ct 20 the ErdrrSie ened nyi'ee =
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Administrator can lesfeafzs0 cnzse<3-
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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-04-10
rom the Austin New Reveille.

'c r. ~. 80 =, a. D.. A..
-. nne,e ISSUES ~ 'ne ! iu'e camp on 'he
hillside south OF Pony Canyon, tall and
comely Indian, who dresses well and
whose department is out of the ordinary
Jn5;an RIM He i nonhow oe Can,,;n
,.un .un' e : " Nep''e" " D"p'"in
breckenriege, commander OF the Eastern
DIVISION OF inc fiutes. ne Is a regular
ana aitentiye attendant at the EPlscopai
Shurcn' ana never fails 10 go TO sunday
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-04-10
How to Advertise.

How to advertise is thus appropriately
answered by two or three business firms:
The Wheeler e. Wilson Sewing Machine
Company says:
twenty-five years experience has clear
" demonstrated tie superior advantages
and economy Of newspaper advertising
over all other mediums offered for that
purpose.
One Of New York's leading dry goods
firms says:
Have what the public want. Sell it
with moderate profit. Advertise largely
in .frstclass newspapers, and you are
bound TO do a good trade. lie. the news
papers be the best you can obtain. no mat
ter what it costs Il is but natural that an
advertiser must. in degree. share in and
thereby gain from the respect which a
reader entertains for an ably conducted
journal"
The most extensive umbrella house not
only IN New Yors, but America, makes
this statement:
.'lf what you have to say be strictly
true, say If in a good paper. it, readers
are intelligent. will appreciate a bargain.
and of every such customer YOU make an
advertiser For forty-seven Year, nine
tenths Of our advertising has been done
on this plan. and Of the whole eIpendi-
ture, all that we regret il the comparative
waste Of the other tenth.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-04-10
The Human Ear.

In the following playful manner the
New York Mercury gossips about the fe-
male ears:
The human ear, more than any other
protuberance, links US with the animal
kingdom. People pay little attention to
the shape and dimensions of this queer
organ Of sound, yet it is full of character.
Our female friends should look closely 10
the ear before giving themselves away,
and males should study well its structure
when the feminine arrangements Of the
hair permits them to do so. The jackass
and the hound have the largest, longest
ears, in proportion to their size and
weight, of all other animals of their king
dom. One is highly sensual. noisy and
combative, and the latter quality he has
transmitted to the mule, which has a
natural antipathy to mankind in Its heel,
while the other is a sneak and a coward.
In human being these qualities are all
in persons of long, large flap
ping ears. There are ears which stand
out from the head like those of a pointer
dog. and this arises from large or very
large destructiveness, an organ which lies
Just back of and around them. The own
er of such appendages is always on the
alert for a row, and will make things live
ly in the domestic circle. The Sing Sing
convict style of young men who have
hair cut close to their craniums enable
sensible girls to investigate that kind Of
ear. In the female the ear tells story of
future bliss or misery in married life.
Sharp eyes denote sharp tempers and a
disposition to slaughter character. They
belong to the gossips of every neighbor-
hood Small ears evince sel6shness and
egoism Oval ears indicate disposition
which is neither even or uneven, and
round ears a corresponding roundness,
and consequent insipidity Temperament.
The handsomest and most feminine Of
ears is that which is slightly and delicate
iy curved-pear-shaped and of medium
size. As the curved line Is the line of
beauty. that sort Of beauty indicates re-
fined and lovely organization. Perhaps
in the aftertime We may evolute out OF all
connection with the lower animals, Just as
the little feathered songsters in a lady's
boudoir seems TO have done, whose or
gans Of hearing are hidden As things
now are. it is not probable that the jack
ass entertains private and silent disdain
to our ears. because they are close TO the
head. Just as We despise him for his long
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-04-10
Reform I'm Life Insurance.

A writer In the Portland, (Me.) Press
proposes new plan of life insurance
company in which only invalids and weak
lings shall be insured. He says: 1.-The
robust man shall be shunned-for he is a
deception and a snare. You cannot count
on him. He is always sure to die when
death is least expected. He has been the
utter ruin of many strong companies, and
the cause of embarrassment and impover-
ishment to many others. Just as you are
counting on his premium for dividend he
drops of, and you have a policy to pay
The invalid, on the other hand, is pretty
certain to live to a good old age. The
sickly youth, who promises to die before
he is 30 often lives to be 80, and sometimes
reaches par-and then is redeemed, let US
hope. OF course, there are exceptions.
Once in while a vigorous young man
lives to be old. Occasionally an invalid
who is very. very good, dies young. But
in general the weakling outlives the 9TH
er. The trouble with our life insurance
system, as now conducted, is that its
MANAGERS obstinately work on the assump-
tion that healthy man ought to live
longer than weakly one. Perhaps he
ought, but he doesn't. The facts are
against them. Still they go on in the old
way, obstinately clinging to their unfortu-
nate theory. They are unable to see what
enterprising men in other branches of
business have long seen, that the invalid,
if well worked, is mine Of wealth. Look
at the army of doctors he supports. Look
at the great drug shops he has built. See
the fortunes he has made for the owners
Of patent medicines. What help he is
to the fruit trade, and to the people who
put up jellies and other 'delicacies for the
sick. The only man he does not assist is
the undertaken. That worthy loses great
sums in interest while waiting for him, and
sometimes goes into bankruptcy with a
large stock, shopworn and GU. of style, on
hand. In face of all these facts the actu-
aries go on in their laundering way, insur-
ing the strong and refusing the weakly.
They do not perceive that the robust man
had his head turned by the possession Of a
great capital of health and goes and squan-
ders it. He does not appreciate its worth.
1t came to HIM without effort on his part;
perhaps he inherited it, and he regards
it lightly-lightly come, lightly gone.
The invalid guards his little store. hus-
bands what strength he has, lives frugally
on his narrow income of health, and takes
good care not to touch the principal.
Sometimes he does not use all the income,
cut puts by little year by year, accumu-
latlng surplus stock of vitality, and when
old has substantial capital of health to
live upon. Here's to the invalid! May
he live long and prosper!
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-04-10
The Young Merchants.
From the Little Christian.

From the Little Christian.
Two country lads came at an early hour
to market town, and arranging their lit
tie stands, sat down to wait for custom
ers. One was furnished with fruits and
vegetables Of the boys own cultivation.
and the other supplied with Holsters and
fish. The market hours passed along,
and each little merchant saw with pleas
ure his stores steadily decreasing. and an
equivalent in silver shining in his little
money cup. The last melon lay on Har-
rvs stand, when a gentleman came by,
and placing his hand upon it, said:
What fine melon! What DO ask for
it, my boy?"
THE melon is the last have, sir; and
though it looks very fair, there is an I'M
sound spot in it," said the boy, turning it
over.
80 there is" said the man; IL think
| will not take it. But" he added, look
ing into the boys fine open countenance,
sis it very unbusiness like to point out the
defects of your fruit to the customers?"
1T is better than being dishonest"
said the boy, modestly.
You are all right, little fellow; always
remember that principle, and you will find
favor with God and man also. ] shall re-
member your little stand in the future"
Are those Holsters fresh?" he contin-
ued. turning to Ben Williams.
"Yes, sir; fresh this morning; caught
them myself" WAS the reply, and pur-
chase being made. the gentleman went
away.
Harry, what fool you were to show
the gentleman that spot in the melon.
Now you can take it home for your pains,
or throw it away. How much wiser is he
about those Holsters ] caught yesterday?
Sold them for the Same price did the
fresh ones. He would never have looked
at the melon until he had gone away"
'Ben. would not tell lie, or act one
either. for twice what have earned this
morning. Besides | shall be better off IN
the end; for have gained customer, and
you have lost one"
A man who, by lying and cheating,
drives away one customer a day, will in a
little while have very few left, and they
will soon find him out and leave him.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-04-10
The Bushman After the Lon.

Capt. Awkward tells droll story of a
rencontre between bushman and lion.
The narrator was acquainted with the
man, and had no doubt of the truth of the
story. The bushman, while a long way
from his home, was met by lion. The
animal, assured that he had his victim
completely in his power, began to sport
and daily with him with feline jOcosity
which the poor little bushman failed to ap-
preciate. The lion would appear at a
point in the road and leap back into the
jungle, to reappear a little further on.
But the bushman did not lose his presence
OF mind, and presently hit upon a device
by which he might possibly outwit his foe.
The plan was suggested by the lions own
conduct. Aware that the brute was ahead
ofhim, he lodged to the right, and feel
ing pretty sure of the lions whereabouts,
resorted to the course Of quietly watching
his movements. When the lion discover
ed that the man had suddenly disappear
ed from the path, he was agood deal per
picked. He roared with modification,
when he espied the bushman peeping at
him over the grass. The bushman at once
changed his position, while the lion stood
,rresolute in the path following with his
eye the shifting black man. In another
moment the little man rustled the reeds,
vanished, and showed at another point.
The great brute was at first confused. and
then alarmed. 1t evidently began to dawn
upon him that he had mistaken the posi-
tion of matters, and that he was the hunt
ed party. The bushman, who clearly re-
cognized what was passing in his enemy's
mind. did not pause to let the lion recover
his startled wits. He began to steal grad
ually toward the foe, who, now in COM
plete state of doubt and fear, fairly turned
tail and decamped, leaving the plucky
and ingenious little bushman master Of
the situation.
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His attire would have excited the cupid
ity of scrap-fat man, and Just as he stood
he would certainly have offered 6rst-class
raw material for working up in bang-up
soap factory. He was also the greatest
looking man ever seen in Austin since the
man fell into barrel of lard oil up at
the Manhattan mill. Likewise, he was
oily tongued; but there was tired, far
away look in his eye, and an unsteady
motion to his legs, that denoted him an
out-and out old hummer.
He walked into the saloon, and employ
ed himself in examining the mineral cab
met. After close scrutiny Of the con-
tents of the cabinet. he turned to the bar
keeper and remarked:
you've got some powerful rich-rieh
rock in thar"
"Yes," CURLY replied the barkeeper. in
tone which plainly indicated that In
that little word was wrapped up and con-
cealed the sentence:
"You don't get no drink out of me, you
dog-goned old stiff"
YES" continued the greasy man,
powerful rich rock. But to my cabin We
got the all-iredest richest and most pecu-
hardest piece of rock you ever seed in all
your life! brung it from Arizony-dig-
ged it myself, and | wouldn't take most
nothing for it.
The barkeeper was enthusiastic collector
Of specimens, and he prieked up his ears
and was all attention while the man was
speaking of his marvellous piece of ore.
He bad lived in this country long enough
to know that a mans attire is not always
a sure indication of his financial condition
and that it frequently happens that men
presenting a ragged and dirty appearance
have considerable amount of coin slowed
away in their clothes, or buried away in
their clothes, or buried under their cabins
or deposited in bank; and he thought it
would not cost great deal to be polite to
this stranger, and perhaps he could vince
die him out Of that wonderful specimen.
Setting a bottle out on the bar, and smil-
ing his sweetest smile, he said:
Come up, stranger, and take smile.
The stranger grasped the bottle. up
turned it, and took smile about two inch
es deep.
When he had swallowed the smile, and
wiped his mouth on his coat sleeve, the
barkeeper asked him what he called his
specimen, and would he not bring it down
some time and let him see it.
ats very rare stuff said the stranger.
1.-THE experts down in Arizony call it chic
ride Of sodium, and | gave small piece
of it to Teller what keeps this resteraunt
below here; but III bring my piece down
and give it to you Tomorrow
Tomorrow has not yet come; but since
the barkeeper has learned that chloride Of
sodium is only common salt. he has bought
a new pick-handle, and built signal ser
vice station in which to lay for the man
who was going to give him that specimen.