The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-04-02
YonrLD'~ QUESTION.

Papa; what made YOU 60 TO war;
said Jennie, climbing from a chair
Upon my lap what did you iorE'
And then she Rugged NE like a bear.
Cause if you hadn't gone you see
You'd have two legs TO canter me.
"Why, child. | went because-and then
l stopped to think. OF course | kEeeY
I'd often told her brother Ben
When The recital thrilled me through.
And still she urged. What did you forr
Papa, what made you go to war;
/ looked abroad. The blacks were free,
But ~voiceless, vo,eless. filed with woe
Slaves OF their masters seemed to be
As much as twenty years ago.
She said And what did Uncle Door
Get Killed in front of Richmond forf'
4 riie-clu5 went wheeling by
Isaw the murdered Chisholm's ghost;
l heard the Hamburg martyrs cry
The rebel yell-ihe Wanting boast
| saw the wounds OF patriot dead
What made you goT' my Jennie said
MY dear" | said-5ut nothing more,
For. gAaeing through the Senale
walls,
The rebel generals had the floor.
And ruled the nations council halls (.
Papa" shs urged. WIN did you gog'
My child. l said, Il do not know
DUNKARDs ExIGsATTNe-The Demo
rrasic Cal, OF Altoona, of Wednesday
iays
This morning eightcsrs, loaded with
household gpois. farming implements. &c.
Marietta Tor Abilene, Dickinson u
~. Kansas. The owners OF this movable
property number $50. all lived in East
Daaegal township. Lancaster county. and,
with one exception. are DunksraS, or more
properly, River Brethren. They have
sold their farms there and bought others
n Inc west. The land lately held by them
s some Of the best IN Pennsylvania, and
proprietor realized about $50 600 BY
he sale Of his farm The inieaIion Of the
migrants is 10 settle where they can leave
OF lass financial value TO their child
rem. and this the cheapness OF Kansas lands
will enable them 10 60.
The colony take with them & bishop.
ministers AMI a full church organization.
Is is q s~ineulsr TACT that nearly the whole
party are related to each other by blood or
marriage 1t Harrisburg they were join
81 BIZ others u their iai;h from the Gum
Valley. and by the time Kansas Is
il is believed their number will be
swelied 10 above one thousand.
IL ar0ther column will be found 81 adj
vegiisemeui Of the real estate OF Daniel
lYe1 and, decd. among which there are a
OF exceedingly valuable Tracts
His l4fe residence in this borough is Q
HE mos, pleasant and attractive dwell
Irgs 10 the county is large. heated by
steam, conveniently arranged, well loca-
ed aud altogether q most desirable home.
Then there IS the old Shade furnace
properly, probably one OF, il not the rich
81 tract OF land IN the county in its min
eral wealth, and which will, when the
Somerset & Cambria Riiiroad is extended
10 Johusiown. as there now seems every
TO believe It viii be, become q OF
he most valuable properties in the county.
It's convenience 10 Johnsiown where there
IS a market for all lis iron. its coal, and
Diher products ali attest its value. There
are many other valuable tracts which we
have moi the space 10 give = description OF,
even to call attention TO their chiei mer-
rs. For any further particulars call on,
Or adde's John +. Blymyor. az Somerset,
Pa