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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-04-21
WELLINGTON O., THURSDAY, APRIL p,

mindes and the stubbourness of their
wills, to set downe exact rules to con-
fine all sorts Of prisons yet we cannot
but accoumpt Il our duty to comend
unto all sortes of p'sons O sober and
moderate use Of those blessings which,
beyond our expectation, the Lord
hath been pleased to afford unto
us in this wilderness, and also
to declare our utter detestation and
dislike that men or women of meane
condition, educatiops, and callinges
should take upon them the garb Of gem
tlemen, by the wearing of gold or silver
lace. or buttons, or poyntes At theire
knees. to walk In great bOotes
ties therefore ordered by this Court
and the anthoritie thereof. that no
person whose visible estates,
reall andpersonall. shall not exceede the
true and indifferent value Of 200
poundes, shah weare any gold or silver
lace, or gold or silver buttons, or any
bone lace aboue two shillings p. yard. or
silke hoodes or soarfes vPpon the poem,
atty of ten shillings. And
that the select men of query towne, or
the major part of them, are hereby ena-
bled and required from time to time to
have regard to take notice of apparrill
in any Of the inhabitantes of theire sew
eral towns respectively, and whosoeuer
they shall Judge to exceed theire ranks
and abilities in the costlynes or fashion
of their apparrill in any respect, es-
pecially in the wearing OF ribbons and
great bootes (beirg commo-
ditie scarce in this country, the
sd select men shall have power to as
sesse such person SO Offending"
In 1859. Jonas Fairbanks and Robert
Edwards. of Essex, were prosecuted and
fined under the law, passed in the Octo-
Der previous but their punishment did
little to hinder others from wearing
the great boots their vanity craved
until Dame Fashion settled the matter
by taking. n ehe usually does, things
into her own hand. and decreeing q
smaller covering for the foot.
Carlyle had portrayed with terrible
cynicism the condition of the world out
OF clothes, and how helpless is o man
without boots what moro pitiable OBJ
ject than this soft-footed. delicately-
organized biped. that cannot walk
unshod without the utmost pain and
the risk as well Of " catching his death
cold" To my thinking one of the
most pathetic figures in literature Is the
immense Californian Of whom Mr..
Dana tells In "Two Years Before the
Mast" who. having arrived in the Lon
don Docks without shoes, was obliged
to walk about London two days in his
stockings before he could obtain . pair
Of boots big enough to fit him. Yes, a
bare foot Is like an over-sensitive and
troubled conscience, and from both :
every one remembers the petition OF
the Litany.-Boston Courier.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-04-21
The Bourbon Democracy Of Louisiana.

During recent political discussion in the
United States Senate. Mr.. Kellogg, of Louis
lana, replying to some animadversions by Mr..
Jonas. his colleague, said that the rights of
four thousand frcemen had been trampled
under foot in the Parish Of Caddo alone. In
timidatiou had beea rife. men had been
whipped and driven into the swamp, and re
suit had been reached that was outrage to
all fairness and in disregard of all law. He
had been crcdibly informed the ways and
methods of the Democratic party in Caddo
Parish had wiped out every vestige OF school
in that Parish. Whom the Packard Govern
meut had been overthrown IL had left $4,000
to the O. edit OF the School Fund. and every
dollar bad been frittered away. Ii Ind left over
twenty schools there; they were gone. At the
close OF the war the traces made by the chariot
Of Mars left no greater or more complete dev-
astatiou than had the Democrats in regard TO
the school system In that Parish. The Louis
lana Lottery Company, Mr.. kelloeg asserted,
was the creature OF the Democratic party, and,
but for the money furnished by that
be standing to-day. Taat Company
years the earnings OF sewing men and Women
would be inv ested in those little bits OF paper
said to contain prizes. which were TO be run
through n machine, the crank Of which was
turned by Dcauregard. and the prizes of which
were distributed by JubaI Early. That Conn
pany, toEctner with Reputation of the state
deof, was standing mouum tent uf infnmy and
. suoiims embodiment of tho moral ideas. en-
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-04-21
TIE GIFT OF TEARS.

IN cradle at the close Of day
A little child was sleepin7,
Three angels robed In white array
A peayerful watch were keeping.
Two said: 20 happy should she bc-
Lffe's best gifta we have meted."
= Nay" said the eldest OF the three,
" Our task 10 not completed"
Then up the sleeping town she past,
BY alley dark and dreary.
The winds were cold, the rain fell fast
On many Q wand'rer weary
There. on the pavement I'm the rain,
A babe and mother lying
The child IL deedi o vain, In vain
Are all her tears and cryingi
One tear-drop took that angel mild,
And gave release from sorrow-
The mother and her little child
Shall meet In Hesv'n tomorrow.
One tear-drop took. and pass'd away
To that bright homo Of gladness,
Wherein the newborn baby lay,
UnknowfnG sin and sadness.
Upon its breast the tear she laid,
Then Heavn' wards they ascended:
~ Tho last gift 10 the best" she said,
"Our mission now 10 ended?'
Theu sang they. through the starry shins
Hcav'n shallits blessing send her,
Ne hath the gift Of tears divine,
OF pity. pure and tenderi
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-04-21
Samuel.
By the way there is Sammy!

by the way there IS sammy!
In the busy whirl of the political
wheel we had almost forgotten him.
Sammy, il will be remembered, has
been the President de jure for the last
four years. Mr.. Hayes acted, to be
sure, but Sammy was, nevertheless, tho
lawful man, or permitted it to be SO re-
ported. There is q tradition that
Sammy took the oath of office in New
support the Constitution and discharge
the duties devolving upon him with
fidelity. So far as we know, Samuel
has kept this pledge. To be sure, he
hasn't had q great deal to do, but what
he has had has been done with energy
and zeal When anybody has made in
quiries of him about the country, he has
answered that 1.-THE people of the
United States would never condone
fraud d-never-never." 1t is some
what difficult to understand what he
meant by this. but if he intended
to convey the impression that they
would never indorse the action of
four years ago by electing an
other Republican President, he prob
ably meant '.hardly ever" However,
all that is past now, and both the Pres
ident de tdcto and the President de jNre
are private citizens. As MIR. Tilden
lays down the burdens of his great Of
flee, and flies to that retirement which
his soul Graves, let him carry with him
the thanks of the country for the able
manner in which he has discharged his
part of the tremendous responsibilities
which devolve upon the Chief Execu-
tive of this great country. To be sure,
he hasn't had much of it to do, but he
has borne up under the burdens that
did come to him with great fortitude,
considering his size and the state of
his mind. 1t must be a great relief TO
him to know that from this time on he
need not worry over the business OF the
Presidency, and can turn his attention
to buying railroads and settling the
hash Of rival stockholders. Here he is
at home, while the cares and dignities
of Office weighed upon him, and plowed
burrows in his cheeks.
Exactly the place Samuel will oc-
cupy in the history of Presidents is un-
that the Couritr-Jossr.sai is right in say
ing that he will be regarded as another
Dandolo, whoever he was, and that he
won't be classed with the
Crew of Democratic hucksters who
Bartercd or their country's veal
For paltry mese of pottaRe.
Tilden didn't do that. II we under
stand the matter. he only made an ef-
fort, through his nephew, to persuade
O few States to vota for him which had
elected the other kind of men, and, of
course, there was no ''pottage" about
this, it being understood that the con-
sideration was to be greenbacks. and
no credit That, however, is also past,
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-04-21

The evangelist Moody win not go
to Europe this summer. as 1t has been
announced he would. Instead of that
it is understood he will spend the sum-
mar at his home in Northfield. Mass.
holding . continuous meeting for ad-
vanced Bible scholars. Mr.. Moodys
schemes for education, which are in
progress at Northfield. require more OF
his personal attention than. they have
been receiving during his protracted
absence. He will be able to do great
deal for these during the summer. He
will probably 60 abroad in the fall.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-04-21

The room in which Lincoln died In
Washington is visited by nearly as many
people - seek the grave of the Father
Of his Country ct Mount Vernon.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-04-21

I'm California there were II. .41&, 900
grain bags sold to farmers In 1880.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-09-22
The Time.
A BlOO1iess Duel.

A French lawyer, having had d dis
'pute with neighbor, went to fencing
master to learn his art in order to tight
IA duel. Never having touched sword
i'm his life, he asked what he had better
do. The master tod him to hold his
Sword steadily on level with his ad-
sversary s eve. remain immovable, wait
until the other man rushed forward and
found him self spitted like woodcock.
Ii his antagonist came nearer he him.
self was to retreat; if the other re-
treated he should stand still. An hour
later, the neighbor arrived in the same
ignorant plight in regard to the art of
dueling. TO him the fencing master
gave the same directions. When the
two duelists met each assumed the same
attitude as they had been directed. and
for several minutes stood perfectly mo-
!. tionless, each thinking that the other
. would advance. The bystanders looked
on in amazement, the seconds were as
: tonished, and at length brought the
I farce to an end by declaring honor sat
isfied. The lawyer lowered his aching
arms saying: II had no idea that duel
was such hard work; would u thousand
times rather plead for dozen hours
than fight as we have been doing for as
many minutes
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-09-22
Practical Information.

"What is rack rent, dad?' inquired
Ia young Comstocker who had been
|reading the news from Ireland.
The patient parent laid down the
stock list and replied: ''Do you know
how much L charge Mr.. Boggarty for
his room up stairsP'
Yes sir twelve dollars a month";
"Well now, suppose Mr.. Borg arty
should take it into his head to have, at
ibis own expense, new paper put on the
wall, the ceiling whitened, and all the
furniture meDded. the room would look
Ia heap sight prettier, wouldn't itP''
LORI murmured the intelligent
boy.
"Well, # the minute Eoggarty had
got all these improvements made 1
should go up and look around and smile
and jingle my money in my pocket and
remark, This is pretty good sort of
| a layout for single man, Boggarty,
and you have altogether too soft a thing.
Your rent will be twenty dollars a
month Hereafter what would you think
| of it?''
The innocent child giggled and said,
That would be cheek. wouldn't it,
dadP"
"Bet yolr money on it, my boy"
replied the father. beaming kindly upon
his offspring. THAT would be rack
renting Mr.. Boggarty, and if he kicked
and claimed that all the improvements
had been made by him without costing .
me cent, and l should fire him out,
that would be eviction. 1 will now,''
continued the parent, warming up,
"briefy review the history of Ireland
for the past 700 years. When Brian
Borhu
But his son had fled.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-09-22
IEe Greencastie Grain Drills.

] These drills, cut Of which is given
&herewith, have been in general use for the
slast % years, and are built at Greencastle
4 Penn by J. B. Crowell & Co, who are
,sievotir = i nts' - T;'a;t.s e., Ef.t. it.e
Dry for seeding purposes. While building
splain drills for sowing grain and grass
sseed only. they also make specially of a
scom bined drill that sows phosphates, guano.
s@or any of the properly prepared CONNER
acial fertilizers that are found in the market.
5The latest improvement connec ted with
Sthis implement is an automatic Cutoff,
(which at once shuts off the flow of the fer
&tilizer, when the hoist lever handle is rails
&equal to Is ro % per cent. of the cost of
&tbe drill alone each year.
q By using fertilizers the wheat can be
Hsown somewhat later so as better to avoid
7the attacks of the fly, and yet enable the
Nplant to form good root and thus with
slsiand the freezing ont that Fall wheat is
aoften subject to.
4 The simplicity and durability Of he
gdrill built by J. B. CrowelI & Co, at once
Recommend it to the farmer There is no
3change of gear wheels to regulate the qnsn-
Aity sown, and the spring hoes which are
Sattached 10 all their No. ! drills, enable
sslhe farmer to prss over ordinary ohstruc-
gtions without breaking pins, and then
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-09-22
Decorating COmmitte


TIL following DECORATING Committee ap-
pointed b Fair Board for the purpose of
a ranging and trining Halls at Fair
/, urds, are requested 10 meet and make
arrangements so as to be on the grounos
1t one t clock Tuesday. i Is hoped that
! The Committee will promptly turn out and
J siake live interest in cur Fair.
Mrs T. johnson, Miss Mary Scalion,
{ Miss Susie Gallin, Miss Annie Galiag her,
Miss Emma Bugh, M;ss Mary Scott, Mrs
Emma Brown, Mrs. A. r. Iost, Mrs. R
wv. Levitt, Mrs, r. M. Barr, Mrs. Double
saay Mrs. B. Whitmer, Misses Mag Yeor-
ger, Emma jackson, Lou Van Law, Nerva
Huston, Kate McQuaid, Mary McQuaid
Lizzie Friel, Cora Blakeney, Lou Blakeney
Mrs A. Helser, Miss c. Finch, Ella Finck
Matte Huston, Mary Doubleday, Mr.
sWal Cain, Charles Mechling, Martin Gal
4 agh her, Noah Karr, jr, Vim. Doubleday:
4 ,am. WestaEl Geo LeY.':c l.afa. tfaIae
Joseph Bowman, Geo. Brown.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-09-22
FACTS AND FIGURES,


In st. Petersburg, electric motors
we're lately tested as substitute for
horses in street railroad cars. The ex-
pertinent proved successful. but the mo-
tors were found to be far more expen-
'sive than horses.
M Rollet, of Creuzet, has secured
Ia patent for the desulphurization of
Iron, the success of which is OF import
;ance to the whole iron interest By its
means all ores, even those of the worst
description. can hereafter be used.
After careful and protracted in
suuiry, the authorities of the Pennsyl-
lvania Railroad have come to the con-
.clusion that soft steel rails wear away
less thar hard. because the little parti-
.Qles which rise on the surface Of steel
;Tail break Of under the wheels when
1.-THE rail is hard and hammer down when
! it is soft.
"A new method for preserving iron
from rust has been invented by a me-
,chanic of London, which is proving
Highly satisfactory. The process is
scalled "inoxydizing," and consists in
locating the articles with silicate COM
sposition and subsequently subjecting
! them to high heat in furnace, there
sby fusing the composition into the
metal.
M. Alfred Dumesnil, a son-in-la law OF
Jules NIcne.et, claims 10 have ie an
Interesting AMI useful discovery how
ito preserve plants in perfectly vigor-
z fous state without any earth. With The
sshelter of glass, hellebores taken ur
/ at the end of November and the middle
zof December have remained from two
fand half to three months in blossom.
sOther plants-primroses. daisies, VIC.
Elets, auricula5, etc.--have not only been
i'm bloom for three months, but have
Ethrown out new buds. BulbodS roots
Fsmall shrubs, exotic plants-such a;
tazaleas and cyclamens-take equally
Swell to the process. NJ. Dumesnn ex
shibited some specimens of plants bloom
Ting without earth, i'll Rouen, last De
gcember; and a. his h me. about four
. teen miles from thit citv, any one ma,
7see the results he has obtained.
! A valuable plastic mate ial ha'
abeen introduced in Germany for orna
/ Smental and other purposes. Five part!
sof sifted whiting are mixed with solu
I ton of one part of glue, and, on these
1.-TWO being well worked up Eo q aste
ga proportionate quantity o. Venetian
/ sturpentine is added, in o der to pre-
svent brittleness; a small amount of lin
seed oil is also put with the mixture, t.
3obviate its clinging to the hands, anC
/. The mass may be colored by kneadin.
in any color that may be des red. Tht
. substance thus formed ma be pressed
. into shapes, and use for1he product 0;
xof bas-reiiefs and other figures, and ma,
/. be likewise worked by hand into model
J. the hands to be rubned with linsee,
oil, and the mass to be kept warm dur
Sing the process. On becoming cool ant
I dry, which takes place in a lew hours
it is as hard as stone.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-09-22
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The Methodists propose building a.
college in Foo Chow, China
The American Hebrew Congrega-
tional Convention will meet in Chicago
in June.
There are 5000 Jews in Cincinnati,
and their church property is valued at
half million.
Bishop Green, the Episcopal Bishop
|of Mississippi. has Just celebrated his
eighty-third birthday.
The London Religious Tract Soci-
| ETY. has circulated 80, 0UO, 900 books and
tracts in lS0 different languages.
AT the dedication of Unitarian
Church il Hartford, Christian clergy
men preached and a Jewish rabbi pro-
bounced the penediction. The church
;s one Of the most 1ourishing in that
! scity
"A New York Sunday-school mas set
an example which might we'll be fol-
1lowed BY others. Flower seeds were
recently Distributed among the schol-
! ars and prize offered for the best re-
suit Of the gift in cut or potted flowers.
Ancient Nazareth is now the site of
an orphanage under the supervision
of the Educational Society of England.
II mas been open four years, and there
are in it now thirty-six girls of ages va
rying from four to five.
Last year Ex-Governor z. d. Nor
gan, of New York, gave 100000 for
the erection of a fire-proof library for
Union Theological Seminary. He has
now given 100000 to provide a site
for such building. Work will be CON-
menced at once.
1t is stated that twice as many
Episcopal churches have been conse-
Grated in Virginia in the last three
years as in any other diocese. Virginia
ranks next to the diocese of New York
in the number of its candidates for holy
orders.
When the Rev. Mr. Adams, OF
Dunkirk, n. Y. left Presbyterianism
and became a Universalist he took a
humber of his church members with
him, and, in consideration OF that fact,
tried to take the church property.
After long struggle in the civil courts
Il Judge Barker has now decided that the
8property must remain in Presbyterian
hands, and the pulpit must be occupied
only by minister who is recognized
by Presbyterians as such.
The chief characteristic of the
Welsh Congregational Conferences and
& association is the great amount OF
3preaching done in them. The confer
Fence is held on Saturday and preaching
Hservices three times on Sunday, with
1.-TWO sermons in each meeting. Often
Nthese meetings are productive of ex-
atensive revivals by storing up an in
tense religious interest in the churcf
where the meetings are held and ir
ethe delegates attending from Other
&churches.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-09-22

Hone,t John Seiz should receive the
vote Of the lsboring men OF Perry county.
We sre pleased to state that the canvass
for material for history, and for orders for
our County History, will be resumed in q
short hme. Mr.. Graham, the publisher
has taken charge OF the work himself, and
has, he io6rms W, sold his interest to the
veil kne~n firm ofw. ". Eses d Co., Of
Chicago, experienced publishers, Mr.. Gra-
ham will, however, still retain the manage.
ment, gsnd being relieved by this arrange
ment OF much labor connected with the
printing Office, can give his entire time Il
shis hsld OF work.
No changes in the general plap Of tbs
work will he made. Both Fairfield apc
Perry countirs will be embraced in one
volume, properly condensed, and, thus af
fording larger scope Of territory TO can
VASE, the publishers are enabled to presen
. much better work and for a less price
than il esch county was iissued in singl,
volume.
We hope our citizens will give their EN-
ooursRement substantially to tins work, Al
the present generation will hardly hnv,
the opportunity to presere the deeds Of tn,
pioneers, who are now passing rspidl,
away. Their stories should be preseryeo
ere Il 10 too late.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-09-22

II the banker draws the interest on the
bond no difference to the depositor who
gets interest on his deposits. Both are
safe, and banks of issue are needless.
The national bankers zee the day coming
when there will oe no bonds left TO bank
on, and they are getting ready to jump
from the national banking frying pan into
= Wild cat state banking FIRE, or any other
ire, H'hc- 'h7r Gee 'he sfeenback paper
dollar assume The sole functions Of paper
money.
The day when sll the bonds are redeem
ed will end the National Banks, and on
the same day the Greenback party will
riuBp in victory, or the wild cat banking
system will again eurse the land.
The tax assessor is coming. Banker A
sells" his stock TO Banker b, and Banke,
y 'se!ls" his stock to banker A, and both
swsare they owe the full value of theil
stock, both escape taxation and saddle the
burden ON hon's, people. Are not bank,
Il great blessing?
II is becoming we'll Known io every body
81 sny intelligence that bani. Of depozit
nnd noI banks Of issue supply the fund,
Tor business. These banks of deposit gath
81 up the money stored away by the own
srs aud rslsnd il 10 business men. Bat i
the depositor is not safe and secure if h'
looses confidence in the bank where hi
money is on deposit, he draws put hi
money and hides IL from circulation. 4,
keep money in circulation therefore re-
quires not = bank of deposit in which tn,
dsposisor is securely guarded against lose
The conductors Of depssit banks shoulc
be men OF means and be able to exchang
with every dePositor value for value at th'
tine OF deposit.
IL the bank is not able TO do this there
no better security for the depositor in
bank Of deposi, than is now enjoyed in
bank Of issue which 10 none at all. Whel
the depositor gets bond from the bankc
equal in value 10 the money deposited boil
are safe