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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16
Ciyc En- Away.

A fashionable lady in San Fran
cisco, whose lovely daughters are
regarded as the most elegant bellies
of the city, having become disgusted
with the arrogance, lies, and neglect
of the "colored gemman" who deign-
ed to wait upon them, suddenly
discharged that parsonage and en-
ployed Celestial, who had been
strongly recommended to her for
his strict attention to his duties and
perfect truthfulness. Soon after his
installation his mistress determined
to give a formal shop and on the
afternoon of the day on which the
party was to take place shet old Lung
90 say Not at home" to any one who
called. As chance would have 1T,
one of the young ladies most fasti-
dious bcaus, and one on whom they
all wanted to make a favorable i'm
preston, came to ask permission to
bring friend with him in the even
ing, and on inquiring for the ladies
was told by the truthful Lung (:
"They tell me to say all going out
but old woman she in kitchen washee
dishee, the young misses they up
stairs paintee faces" 1t Is needless
to say the young man did not put
in his appearance that evening, and
the truthful Lung is seeking another
situation.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16
The Jingling Bells.

How many girls and boys know
how the jingling bells are made ?
How do you think the little iron
ball gets inside the bell? 1t is too
big to be put through the holes in
the bell, and it is inside. How did it
get there?
The little iron ball is called ''the
iinglet." When you shake the sleigh
bell it jingles. When the horse
trots the bells jingle, jingle. In max
ing the bell this jinglet is put inside
little ball of mud, Just the shape
inside of the bell. This mud ball
with the jinglet inside is placed in
the mold of the outside, and the
melted mettle is poured in, which
fills up the mold.
When the mold is taken off you
see a sleigh bell, but it would not
ring, as it is full of dirt. The hot
mettle dries the dirt that the ball is
made of, so it can all be shaken out.
After the dirt is all shaken out of
the holes in the bell, the little iron
iinglet will still be in the bell, and
it will ring.
. 1t took a good many years to
think ont how to make sleigh
bell.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16
Booth and the Lords Prayer.

When the elder Booth was resid-
ing in Baltimore a pious, urbane old
gentlemen of that city, hearing of
his wonderful power of elocution
one day invited him to dinner, al
though always deprecating the stage
and theatrical performances. A large
company sat down at the table, and
on returning to the drawlEg-room
one of them.asked Booth, as especial
favor to them all, to repeat the
Lords prayer. He signified his
willingness to crafty them, and all
eyes were fixed upon him. He
slowly and reverently rose from his
chair, trembling with the burden of
two great conceptions. He had to
realize the character, attributes and
presence of the Almighty Being and
he was to transform himself into
poor, SHINING, stumbling benighted,
needy supplicant, offering homage,
asking bread, pardon, light and
guidance. Says one of the company
who was present: 1t was wonderful
to watch the play of emotions that
convulsed his countenance. He be-
came deadly pale, and his eyes,
turned trembling upward, were wet
with tears. As yet he had not spok
en-. The silence could be felt, it
became painful, until at last the
spell was broken, as if by an electric
shock, as his rich-toned voice syla-
bled forth, Our Father which art in
heaven" ETC., with a pathos and
fervid solemnity which thrilled all
hearts. He finished; the silence
continued; not a voice was heard,
nor muscle moved in this wrapt
audience, until from a remote part
of the room, subdued sob was
heard, and the old gentleman (the|
host stepped forward with stream
ing eyes and tottering frame, and
seized Booth by lthe hand. Sir"
said he, you have afforded me a
pleasure for which my whole future
life will feel grateful. am an old
man, and every day, from my boy
hood up, l have repeated the Lords
PRAYER but l never heard it before
never" "You are right" replied
Booth, ''to read that prayer as it
should be read caused me the Sc
yerest study and labor for thirty
years. and / am far from satisfied
with my rendering of that wonder
full production. That prayer itself
sufficiently illustrates the truth of
the Bible, and stamps upon the seal
of divinity"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16
Pennsylvania Lands.

\ few weeks ago III a business
transaction between two citizens one
of them decided the other 800 acres
of land in Penna.. and the other day
the buyer entered the sellers Office
II have Just returned from a trip
to Penna., to see the land | got from
You.
.'Ahl As | never saw it myself |
have some curiosity about ii.
''It is a swindle, sir-a barefaced
swindle," exclaimed the other.
rs that possiblel Didn't you find
the land?1
"Yes sir; bat it is nothing but a
hill ?n
~ hill? is it real solid hill?T
at is as solid o hill as can be
made of rock and dirt"
ANY chance for any part of it 10
slide over on other mans land 2
"No."
"Seems tobe solid on its pins, does
it9"
Yes, SIR.
Then lie: me congratulate you
on your bargain. I've bought and
sold any amount of Pennsylvania
land, and the great draw back has
been to buy and sell big hill
which would stay in one spot for q
week. The last one / sold slid
mile and half while the buyer
was going from here to Pittsburgh.
You have made great investment,
sir, and I sincerely and honestly
cnngratulate YOU"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16
A Stranger m the School.

A large school of boys and girls
were coming over their lessons. The
teacher tried hard to keep order, tc
make all take to their studies, tc
help those who needed aid, and to
make all happy. He opened the
doors and windows to give them
fresh air but all would not do.
Some felt discouraged with Their
lessons, some felt sleepy, some felt
cross, and everything seemed to
drag and linger. BY and by the
heavy tread of q foot on the door
step was heard, and, without knock
ing, in walked a hard-faced man,
somewhat old, but with a firm step,
The children at first felt afraid OF
him, but they soon found that be-
meath his hard looks there was a
bright eye, a pleasant smile, and a
kind heart. But, instead of sitting
down and staring at the school, he
sat down by the side of one of the
little girls who was trying to get her
spelling lesson.
There were tears ofdiscouragement
in her eyes.
swell, what's the matter with our
little one?"
''Oh, sir, / can't get my lesson. It's
so long, and so hard. / can never
learn themr
LET us see. How many words
are there in one column ~
Fifteen, sir"
"And how many columns in your
lesson ?"
"Three, SIR"
"Very well. That makes forty
five words to be learned. How MANY
are easy, so that you can spell them
at once? Count them"
''Twenty-fv
''Then you have twenty which
you call hard. Now, take the first
one, look at it sharp, see every letter
in it, count the letters, see Just how
the word looks. Now shut your
eyes; and see If you can still see
just show the word looks. Spell it
over softly to yourself. There, now,
you spelled it right. Now do so
with the noxt word. and the next,
till you have them ALL
'Oh, sir, that is very easy. | can
get my lesson now"
Thus he went from seat to seat,
and helped all. The scholars forgot
the heat. They all had their lessons
the teacher smiled and praised them.
and all were happy. Just ashe was
leaving, the teacher thanked the
stranger, and hoped he would soon
call again.
Oh said he, lust send for me
at any time, and / will come and
give anyone lift"
Pray, sir, by what name shall we
ask for you ?"
"Mr. Hardstudy, sir, at your SER
vice.-John Todd, Il, the Household
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16

of gratitude. He was almost uni
versally hated during his last years,
and was really an object of pity. i
remember being on an Albany
steamboat oIfe night, and seeing a
crouched form out on deck, went
out and there was Burr in the cold.
| asked him why he did not go in.
He said he was not very cold, but
we went in together. There was
Governor Morgan Lewis whom | sa-
luted. / noticed that they did not
speak, SO seated myself between
them. Finally Burr rose and NOV
ed off. Don't you know Colonel
Burr ?'' l asked him. "Yes," said
he, 81 know the ID reptile r'-
Wurlo,0 Weed to a Ncr York CorTss-
pondent.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16
The Omen of Garfield's nomination.

I The editor of the Cincinnati Her
aid PresJfe' called upon General
Garfield at Mentor lately, and the
subject of the omens alledged to have
attended the next Presidents nomi-
nation was discussed:
The flight of the eagle in Wash
ington on the day of the nonina-
ton was referred TO, and we asked
him if he knew the report to be
true.
"Yes, said he. Il investigated it
carefully. 1t was strange, indeed.
Eagles are not often seen away from
forests and mountains, but that day
large one was seen in Washington,
swooping about over the city, and
at last lighting down on my house
slt Tire very fir.o of the nor.sir.e.tiS,11,
as near as we could Judge of the
difference in the time between Chi
cago and Washington. There is an
other thing | have not mentioned.
but will tell it to you, gentlemen,
for / know you viii like 10 hear it.
The night before the nomination
we sat up long after midnight, try
ing to agree on something and get
.out of the deadlock, but all in vain.
and we took a little rest, expecting
to go into the struggle again the
next day without any light or pros
pect. As went into the eonven-
ton hall the next day / passed q
man, one of the Moody and Sanky
men, who was actively handing out
leaves to everyone passing him. |
took one, thinking it probably an
advertisement of patent medicine
or something else, but, glancing at it,
| saw it was leaf of the Bible, and
l thought / would lot throw it
away, and put it in my coat pocket
and thought no more about it. Very
soon the nomination was made, and
dispatches came thick and fast. |
read them and put them in the
same pocket. After the adjourn
ment i went to my hotel and the
dispatches came in great numbers,
too many to be answered, and
told my secretary to put them all in
my trunk, and when we got home
we would attend to them. Here"
said |, "dre some in my pocket.
and handing them to him, he said,
"What is this? 1t proved to be the
leaf of Scripture, and it was so fold
ed that only verse could be read,
viz: "The stone which the builders
rejected, the same has become the
head of the corner. This is the
Lords doing, and it is marvellous in
our eyes 1t was noticed with sur
prise, but | cannot consent to APP
ply such passage to mysclf.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16

The reliable man is always there
when he Is wanted. You do not
have to send to twenty different
places after him; if he is not at
home, his wife can tell you where
he is. The reliable man always
tells his mission to his wife. He is
not fool enough to marry woman
he can't trust. He is not much of
talker, but he thinks 4 great deal.
He looks at subject in all its bear
ings. His judgments are unbiased.
If he should be elected governor, he
will carry State affairs with a just
and firm hand. In private life he
will always have plenty of kndllng
wood ready in the morning. No
running round IN the cold for him
before he h-s made his toilet. He
won't be i.1ely to whip the children
when they don't deserve it. He can
bear illusions to a religious or poiit-
ical belief which does not accord
with his own without going into
tantrums. He can give advice, and
keep his temper if it is not taken
and followed. lie knows there are
people in the world besides himself.
He believes that this plannet viii
continue to be run with moderate
degree of success after he shall sleep
with his fathers. He never tells
what he would have done IF he had
only been there" Ii hSmakes you
a promise, you know he will keep it
unless he dies before the time for
its redemption. If he states a fact
for a fact, you know that YOU can
credit the statement. If he sells
you a horse and warrants him sound
you need not look for SPAWN or a
ringbone after the first DAYS hard
driving. His word is as good as
his bond. He is honest; you can
trust him to do as he agrees. You
need not watch him; he viii do
Just as well without it. He has re-
spect unto himself, and would be
ashamed to have his own soul con
vict him of dishonesty. If you are
in trouble, you know you can ex-
pect help from him. If you are
down in the world, he will stand by
you. If other friends have forsaken
you, he viii support and uphold
you. In society the reliable man is
worth his weight in gold. In the
church he is invaluable, he will pass
the contribution box when the war
dens are laid up with bad colds; he
will take care Of the ministers house
when he goes away for a days pleas
uring; he will help the ladies put
down the new vestry carpet, and
he is ready to stir the oyster stew,
or tend the elevator from the kitchen,
when the society have an 'old folks
supper" All the girls like him and
all the boys respect him, and his
wife is proud of him, and lays great
emphasis on what INV husband"
says-for she knows he is reliable.
And we deyoutly wish there were
moro Ike him
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16
TEE TALE OF A TRAMP
Let me sit down a minnie,

Let me sit down a minnie,
A stones got into my shoe.
Don't you commence your cussin-
amt done nothing 70 you
lies, I'm a tramp-what Of ii?
Folks say we amt no good
Tramps have got to live, / reckon,
Though people don't think we should.
Once was young and handsome,
Had plenty OF cash and clothes
That was before got to tiplin,
And gin got in my nose
Wgy down in the Lehigh Valley
Me and my people grew
was blacksmith, captain.
Yes, and good one, too.
Me and nay wife ana Nellie
Nellie was just sixteen
And she was the Pootiest cretuF
The valley had ever seen.
Beany why she had dozen
I Had 'em from near and fur:
But they was mostly farmers
None OF them suited her
But there was a city chap,
Handsome, Young and tall
Ah, earsc him | wish l had him
To stranger against ycnder wall.
He was the man for Nellie
She Didn't know no i'll;
Mother he tried to stop it,
But yoa know a young girls viii.
Wei, its tlle ame old story
Common enoash, you say:
Bat he was a sofl tongued dc;il.
Aud got her to run away
More than month or later,
We heard from the poor young thing
He had run away and left her
Without any wedding ring
Back to her home we brought her
Back TO her mothers side
Filled with raging fever,
She fell at my feet and died
Frantic with shame and sorrow,
Her mother began to sink,
And died in less than fortnight
That's when l took to drink.
Come, give me 4 glass, now, Colonel,
And I'll be on my way,
And I'll tramp till catch that scoundrel,
Fit takes ill judgment day
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16

Nothing is so conducive to mans
remaining a bachelor asstopping for
one night at the house of a married
friend andIbeing kept wake for five
or six hours by the crying of a cross
baby. All cross and crying babies
need only Hop Bitters to make them
well and smiling. Young man re-
member this.-Ttareler.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16

Don't kiss any person who has
taken poison, and don't kiss a corpse
under any circumstances, unless you
want to contract blood poisoning.
A Grand Rapids woman took some
strychnine, and her convulsive
movements alarmed her pet poodle
dog, who jumped up into her lap
and licked her face. He licked
enough poison from her lips to kill
him, and she recovered.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16

Once while DR.. Samuel Johnson,
the literary bear, was talking very
learnedly one of the company laugh
ed. Thoroughly indignant john
son turned on him and said "What
provokes your visibility, sir? Have
/ said anything that you can under
stand ? If / have / ask pardon
from the rest of the company.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16
NEW BANK
Somerset County Bank.
CHARLES j. HARRISON.

Cashier and Manager.
Collections made q all parts ofths United States
Charges moderate. Butter ard other checks col.
iected and cashei. Eastern and Western exchange
always on hand. Remitianoes made with prompt
ness Accounts solicited.
Parties desiring to purchase g. y. PER
CENT. FUNDED LOAN, can he 4ccoinno-
dated at This Bank. The coupons are prepaid In
denominations Of 90, 100, 500 and loo.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-16

ISAAC KAUFMAN. I'm ErrpN,r
Jos. II. ZIfMERMAN. IN KYLE an
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deliberately leaving all those letters
to his own daughter as legacy !.
Burr was quite small man very
graceful in movement and courte-
Gus in lemeanor small hand and
foot; not spirited or dashing at all,
but his manner was full of repose
and his voice was soft and musical.
He would strike one at first as being
slightly efleminate, but he was not
so; he was. a bold, strong, capable
man. In conversation, till the last
ten years of his life, he was brilliant.
But, to return to the subject of his
wickedness toward women. When
he was in England he was greatly
assisted and befriended by a learn
ed professor of Oxford University,
whose name | must not mention.
In return for this friendship Burr
ruined his wife. Six years
afterward Burr obtained a po-
sition for this professor in New
York college, for obvious reasons
and when they came over to this
city Burr also seduced their daugh-
ter, a lovely girl of seventeen, whose
confidence he had won when she
was little girl during his visit in
England. In due time the profes-
sor died, and Burr became penni-
less outcast. Then this mother and
daughter, instead of hating and
spurning him, took him and sup
ported him during his last years by
keeping boarding house down
town. This was on the well known
Keene place on Broadway, just be-
low Wall street. Here his food and
very medicine were paid for by the
two women on whom he had in
flicted moral injury fifteen years be-
fore. He had no sense of shame or
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-18
JOHN BROWNS RAID.
An Interesting Account Given by
Kentucky Gunsmith Who Was
Master ArmOrer at Har-
per's Ferry.

+ Learning that Mr., Ben Mills, the col,
cbrated gun-maker Of this city, was pre-.
sent at the raid of John Brown upon
Harper's Ferry, in 1859, your correspon-
dent called upon him and asked him to
give his recollections of that noted event
for the benefit of the Courier-Journal's
readers. Mr. Mills is u New Yorker by
birth, and came to Kentucky in 1898.
He was born in 1910, and, though sew
enty-one years ofage, is still hale and
hearty and works daily at his trade of
gunmaking. He learned his trade in
Canada, coming thence to Kentucky and
settling at Mays Lick. Az that place
he worked for two years and then went
to Stanford. He staid at Stanford four
years and then moved to Harrodsburg.
After being at Harrodsburg fourteen
years he was, in 1886, rendered, by John
B. Floyd, then Secretary of War, the po-
stion of Master Armorcr at Harper's
Ferry Armory. He accepted the posi-
ton and proceeded to that place, taking
charge in the month of November. Here
he remained IN charge until the raid of
John Brown on Sunday night, October
II, 1859.
Mr.. Mills story, in his own words, is
as follows:
Before John Browns raid, on sew
eral occasions he had visited the armorv.
/ did not see him, but the foreman of the
barrel department did He did not, how
ever, suspect anything, and thought
Brown, like many others, merely came
there through curiosity to see the works
and process ofgunmaking by machinery.
Brown made his raid about twelve
o'clock at night, but my quarters being
distant about seven hundred yards, |
knew nothlng OF the affair until next
morning. The total number of his men
was twentyoue. More than half of them
were white. They made the attack in
two divisions. That led by Brown, the
largest squad, crossed from the Mary
land side on the bridge over the Poto-
mac At the bridge was stationed a
Waterman of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, negro named Haywood, a
very trusty man. He was taken pris-
oner by Browns squad, but, being great
ly alarmed, broke away and start
ed to run. He was fired upon by the
squad and fell dead. After shooting
Haywood they approached the arfnory
gate and demanded that the Waterman
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-18

The GAINESVILLE Recorder has got IT On
a Milwaukee travelling man. The man
was telling abont going into the grand
stand of q church at Fond du Lac, and
seeing q time board hung ont over the
judges stand whfehread, "Christ came
into the world TO save sinners Tin.
49," and said he didn't believe any
such time as ills had eyer been made.
When the good editor told the bad
Milwaukee nan that Whist he took for
"Iime l;l5," was Timothy, Ist chapter,
fifteenth verse, the bold man seemed
crushed, and asked the crowd to 20
down to Todd's and take something. 0,
we have wicked men, even here in
Milwaukee, peck's Snn.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-18

=
The newest thing in imitation dla-.
monds is the diamond shirt stud. 1t
consists Of q miniature carbon burner,
and copper wire runs from the back OF
the burner, under the shirt, around tho
body to the pistol pocket where small
canister Of stored electricity is kept.
The diamond is as large as hickory
nut, and shines so it can be seen two
blocks off. These are worn by lessees Of
summer resort hotels, gamblers and
editors. The only danger is that the
canister OF stored electricity may ex..
plode and blow the hind sights off Of
llow.-Pecks Sun.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-18

II. CAPDEvIELLE dealer in groceries and
- liquors and ear corn, lime hoop.pole and
Hatboat agent, Front street.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-18

( HARbES Week, proprietorSumter House
" dealer in the finest wines, liquors and cigars
corner Third and Laurel streets.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-18

w 7. CLUVERIUS, Druggist, Bogels old
w stand. dealer in drugs, medicines, cutlery
soap, garden seed and fancy articles.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-18

NICHOLAS WAX, wholesale and retail gro.
~ Ger dealer in plantation supplies, fancy and
staple groceries, wines, liquors, cr5ckefy, cut.
lery, cigars and tobacco st. Louis street
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-18

NJ j, NJ. PARKER dealerin Millinery and
NI Dry Goods and fancy articles Of ali des.
-oriptious, Main street.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-18

- MELDELS0IN, dealer In staple and fancy
-. groceries, liquors tobacco, etc, corner OF
Main aud Lafayette streets.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-18

y A. DAY, proprietor Red Stick Drug Store,
ID kee, constantly on banda full assortment
Of drugs and medicines corner Africa and
SumerulOs streets.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-18

EDW. WHITING, dealer IN fancy and staple
h groceries, fruits aud confectioneries, ci-
gars, smoking tobacco, Third street.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-18

/ PHILIP BOTT, proprietor Of Bismarck Sa.
~ loon and Lager Beer House, corner st. Louis
and North Boulevard streets.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-18

u FEIBELMAN, dealer In Dry Goods and
10 the most fashionable styles of ready made
clothing hats boots and shoes. Main street.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-18

TOHN J. WAX, dealer in fancy and staple
- groceries, liquors, cigars, tobacco and Con.
feeticneres, st. Ferdinand street
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-18

T OUISIANA CAPITOLIAN Book and job
~ Printing establishment, on Third street is
one Of the most complete in the State.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-18

EOSENFIELD, dealer in dry goods, ready
~ made clothing, boots aud SHOES hats and
caps, all OF the latest styles.