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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-08-31

Mount Joy, in Lawrence township,
has an active Literary Society, which
meets twice q month. Also Pine Grove,
in Lawrence township, still keeps up
its Literary Society, which was first
organized by Miss Weld more than
seven years ago. 1t would be inter-
esting to know how many persons
have been identified with it during
these seven years. Those who have
in the past taken part in its exercises
have pleasant memories of its associa-
ton, and its influence rgood has been
second only TO that of the school itself.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-08-31
ANOTHER TEACHER PROMOTED.

Miss Libbie Yotbers, Of Karthaus,
was married couple Of weeks ago.
We wish her worlds of happiness in
her new life, and believe we are not
wishing in vain for a school teacher
is one of the few individuals who know
how to appreciate happiness.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-08-31
OLD SCHOOL PUNISHMENT

Old Master Brown brought his ferule down,
And bis faoe looked angry and rod.
go, seat you there, now, Anthony Blair,
Along with the girls" he said.
Then Anthony Blair with mortified air,
With his head down on his breast
Took his penitent seat by the maiden sweet
That he loved, Of all, the best.
And Anthony Blair seemed whimpsrlng there,
But the rogle only made believer
for hepeeped a, the girls with the beautiful curls,
ana ogled them over his sleeve.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-08-31
JAMES KERR. CARROLL L. BiDDLE.
Clearfeld Insurance Agency.
KERR S RIDDLE, .fgenfs,
Insurance Agency
Oh
WILLIAM @. HELMB0LD,
Patton BIoek, C,Urrensriifc, Pa.
Companies Represented F:

OOnphnl6s hepIoeontou
Commercial Union fns. Co., Assets ~, ,06s.702 50
Firemens Fund lns. Co, Assets...... l.l6o,0lI %
Union Insurance Co., Assets .......- l,O2O,OSI Us
Travellers Accident lns. Co. Assets- b,olp W. 2S
Northern Ins. Co. Of New York Asia 346,sgO 90
Insurance placed on oil kinds Of property at
equitable rates. -
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-08-31
AGRICULTURAL,
THE CORN HARVEST.

Contributions to this department should be ad-
essed to j. BLAIR READ, Cleardeld, Pa.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-03-31
Stanlen bat Noenten mad 2ansi:

- Stanley bat Nsenten mad 3ansi=
Bar seldidt, Inn cine Nnsatl @insebprez
ner fir mebrere Sabre be9ufs Nrbeiten am
Gonsp in Dienit 5u nebmen. gr 1T iett
baait beiddftist, 0ampfer gum pberen
Congo gu idaHen uno cine StraBe binter
ben De1ala= =8aiierfd(len anjulesen, unt
ben idifi6aren Ebeil oe8 6luiies far bic
belsiide 9ancelsseisllidaft (Oeren srSB=
ter Aftisnar Der SSnis Der Belsier ilt) gu
errei9en. Dem Yernebmen mad tptrb in
Npanquie, in Der Yropinj Wansena,
cine Citation erSiinet merben, I'M ben
9anoel nit glfenbein, bas bis ieet nad
3an3ibar seididt wurpe, mad Der Weit+
fIlte ab;ulenfen.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-03-31

in Der 8littbe Der Suseno, beifles oas
Blutserilf.
Dem SSnis seseniiber mcdte bas 9e'
miHen bes Trituneu lid niAt reSen, ba
eridien ibm oaS urtbeil bes goltes ala
elm @rttesurtbeil bod tcnnte bic innete
Stimme san3 Yerltummen, ais Die @e
nolTen ieiner Susenb, feline friberen 9afs
fenbriber auf oer Tritiine, piele an @eiit
unb @aSnbeit itm etenbiirtis, gum Tooe
eefibrt murben? gDar ers nidt, Der
suerif bieIen COB in ibre 9feisen ss=
idleucert bate? War er nidt ibr
UfSrbere Mubts i'm Mot 10 eas elm.
fade, menIdlihe @efiibl urabnen, menn
es alien politiiden aufpue peridnldbte {?
Dcd INNER n,ebr perbdttete iit oas
9emiitb bes Taactiters sesen bic wad=
Ienben Sbreden, bic er felblf keraufbe=
ltwSren talf. ueber bic 2eiden Der 0i=
roubiifen bin,pea mar Der Singer nit
Ieinem Meiiter &obespierre 3ur bSdifen
Madt emporseRiesen er iab nit ibm in,
Boblfabrtsausidus. bon benz bic 9eituns
Der @eidide Jrantreid,8 aus9ing uno in
oieiem ausihub ieltif biloete et nit benz
Ibpofaten bon Nrras uno nit benz lab
men @cutbon bas mabsebeuoe 2rium=
rirat.
Sdminbelnee pGse fir einsu Sling
ling pom einisen jwanss Sabren. einen
5hnslins bon eiierner 5tira, Don ifartem
@eift, aber bod nidt cbne ben Eaumel
bes Blutss. Ger in Der Su8eno sdsrt.
Cine Nber Der rSmildsn Gdiarcn mar in
ibHl, benz iusenoliben madttrunsenen
Weltbeasrrider. nur oub ibm bic Na=
madt nidt rusi.en @enub semibrte, bae
or tdmpfsn mufte Gag fiir Gag, um ie
3u bemabren; bod CT. mar erbibt pom
Rauid, Der @rau(amteit, ME elm @u'iau>
Ia cber 9eero unb in sleid,er Wilbbcit
resten fd in ibm bic uermsnpten Eriebe;
bate er bod iest bic Wfadt, bic wa(ten
Ybantaiieen zines S,sant iss 2eben au
iberleben.
(ffprtietnna fplat.l
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-03-31

Grola's Sater bate in bic Seiratb eins
sewiaist, na4pem bic 6rau ibm seidlries
ben, le famine aus anseiebener SamIlie
unb trinse cine Mitsift pon $4,000 in
bic @be. @rOla bat BON ieiner grbidaft
unsefabr 70 piel abris bebalten, baB er
nit benz @elbe ben ProceB fabren fam.
albert &emter 1T Nsent far Elm &cmmll=
iiunseeiddft.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-03-31
Hie abenteuerliden .QebensIdidlole

- Gie abenteuerliden .2ebensIdidlale
elmer &Slner Baufierstrdter. Otto Grula
bat im grcOtlpner Stabtseri9t s,pei
Yro;eGe seaen feline @attin erboben, ben
einen auf Ghel4eibung unb ben ancern
auf 9erausSabe BON gisentbum i'm Wer>
the BON $21 ,250. Sm Sabre 1872 brann.
te bic Verflaste, wslde bic Ic9ter eines
reiden 8autiers in &Sln unb erIt 26 SAB
re aft mar, nit ibrem Dtulitlebrer, Otto
Meper, bur4. Sie fanlen mad Amerifa,
mo- lie li4 anseblid t,auen lieBen uno lib
bann in Scbofen nieoerlieBen. N(s ibre
Wittel gu @nce sesansen maren. lieEen
iie lid i'm Weber'lden @ermania Tbeater
su 9cbOten ensasiren unD ipielten balelbi1
mdbrenb bes Wint,rS 1872 tiS 1873 So
mSbie. Grola mar bainals Repprter bei
Der in Seriep Gitp erideineneen uWadt
am Supion" unb bate als folder aud
uber bic 2eiitunsen Der Sanitler i'm Scboz
fener 3heater IN referirer. Sc bluerte
nidt lunse, bic er u6rau Meber" ibrem
ansebli4en @atten abipenitis scnladt
bate, uno Trau Wieper balo barauf Srau
@rcla biel. 5err Weper bate id balb
iber ben Yerlult SetrSltet. gr mar llnse=
re 3eit Witslieo Der @ermania=T Tbeaterz
@eieaidaft pes Serrn Neuenoprii unb
mint" ieet I'M Ibalia= Tbeater an ber
SDmerp. Su Sabre 1894 ertte Grola
BON leinem Vater, einem 9titterqutsz zgez
iieer in Der YrOpin, Sadien elm aiemlid,
bebeutenbeS SermSsen, rpie es oamals
bieB, 10000 Mart. Die 9ieporterei
wurbe an ben Rasel sebinst, unb bas
grcla'ide y r@bepaur" ridtete lid in einem
9aufe in 5. au., yiew YOrf, elm. @rola
faufte tbeure, nit Ntlus IberSogene NSs
bel, @emaloe, Diamanten, i,ibene 8leiber
fur bic liebe 6ruu uub lebte nit ibr berr=
lid unb in Sreuben. @rcla rid,tete lid
elm Tabafssefdift Elm uab sing oft ldnae.
re 3eit auf 9feiien. Sm Sabre 1879 lam
elm Befannter Grola's Namens Nltert
9ieuter mad gfew Dort ano mar tei Sc.
mem elm sernseiehener 9ausireuno. Gro>
Ia madte int porisen SABRE eine @eidaits.
reiie mad Deutidlanb, blieb 9 Monate
fort, unb fanb bei ieiner Riidtebr AMI II.
Sanuar, feline Wcbnuns in 5. Np.nue Ser=
mietbet. Seine WiSbel, feline @emdlce,
feline 0rau uno Der usfreunb waren
peridmunben. @r snsasirte Detectives,
tpslde ibm balb beriateten, ber game
Sausbalt iei naa SO. 200, Rapmonb
StraBe, BrOoflpn, uber5efebe(t unb SRA.
bame GrOla beige jeet Srau 8euter. GrOs
Ia lieB oarauftirLpie erwdbnten Yrpce6e
anitrenSen. Sn ibrer grlpioeruns auf
bic 4laseidriften iast Srau 8euter, fe
babe fd niemals ais 9rola'S @attin an
seleben, unb bas @elo, weldes er ibr se
9eben, iomis bic WSbel, Yilosr &c. bat.
Ie reblia baburd peroient, bab lie Jpn
:pibreno 7 SABRE ssepflsst~ uno ieiu
Sauswslen rin Stanb sebalten babe;
uuBersem babe iie ibm sinmal baare $15(
seliebsn, tpOuon er ibr nidt einen Sen
surhdeeseben. GrOla iast, bic Ierflaot'
babe iid in Dsatidlanc icmobl wie ii
Seem Ocrf ltets ale feline redrmdbise Sat
tin porltellen la0en unb in ibren Briefer
an ieinen perltcrbenen Batter bate He 1d
| ftets beiien rSdwiesertphter" senannt
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-03-31
9 etb oernu n nftia!

Seib perninftis Sbr 8raafe unb ges
trcseae! unb ldBt gu4 nidt ldnser bon
6abrifanten icsenannter electriiher Sell
mlttel ~, Nuadialbern unb v8sperenbs
NIT 'osenannten Wliiiionars6reirecepten,
bic feln Npctbefer MAIDEN tanu, Guren
leeten Gent rauten. Seib perniinitia
unb ihidt 25 Sents an bas alte bewdbrte
Deutide 5eil. Snfiitut, II Clinton Blacs,
afem Oorf, far ben yWettunssanter"
welder gud ben ridtisen Bes 3ur vubs
rem Salfe 3eist. rDem Dsilen senaat
Elm Wot."
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-03-31
(Gprtfetnns folst.l


Bspsr ibr euer 5rabHnesartsiisn be.
sinnt, na6 sinem traBsn Dintsr. tetarf
susr Spasm per Nsinieuns unb Stdrfuns
um sinsn anfuI Don faltsm, tiatSism upsr
GribiatrS Jieber 3u psrbuten, ucer sinissr
aneern Jrutiatrs &rantbeit, bic suh un=
fabis MAIDEN wurce fur cine Satres. Nrbsit.
Sbr ptrost 3ett, oisl Rranibstt une erobs
Mussaber eriparen tptnn ibr cine Jla(de
6ppfen. 8ttters etsien Wuuat In
turer Ganilte sebraudt, Dartst nidt.
Siebe cine anbere Spalte
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-03-31

gine wunberbarsre unp lhnsasrs
Wirtursals Die, welde q eu tae b
ter's ,Deutl8es Siuber.
meb II paebotropbine) auf bas @e-
tsiteu nno bic @elunbbeit Der 6tnssr te.
wirtt, sistt es ntdt. Mud bic idwadlid.
fen &inoer eeneien unb reresn lart unb
ssluno, uumtteltar mad Dem @sbrauh
bisIcs bsrrliAsn, ttllieen unb teilfamsn
8:noer Nabrunssmittels. Mls Gr1ab far
Ruttsrm,ld it es uniibertrsfflih; % ent,
talt ale bic wobltbatisen uab tsins Don
Zen fhaolihsn Sn3reoisn,tn, wslde mand-
NAL Der MuttsrmilA eissn Gno. Sn aQen
rencmmirten Mpotbeteu gu batsn.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-03-31

: Truu SObanna @dSnffein, bel BET
grrfeiOr 8iGrutb AM 2s. Tebruar feline
} 3weite Maseareieftion aussefiibrt Fat, 1T
am 9. Mars an @ntfraftuns eefUrben.
Die gang aubersepSbnlide beceutenbe
Grweiteruns uno Sentuns oes Wasens
mad untea lief feline Durdfubr oer Nabs
runasmittel mad benz Darn bin gu unb
10 fteiserte ii& wesen Wansels an yenii=
senper @rndbruns ber araf fteperfal bon
Gag gu Gage, Bis enolid ber Gpb ein<
trat.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-03-31

Wir Offeriren Ssrrene unb Ianabsn=
an3ase. g Dram & G.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-03-31

Wenn i'd in einen1 ilberfullten
pferbezgiienbabntpage liee unb cine
Dame einiteigt, 10 oenfe i9 es 1T bic
pfi6t zines Mannes, auf5uiteben unb
ibr ieinen plab gu iiberlalen. Sd blide
umber, UNI su ieben, oh Semano
Wtiene ma6t aufSulteben, uno tpenn i6
febe, oaB NQe iiben bleiben, oaun per=
berge i6 mein @eli6t binter meiner 3ei=
tung uno err0tbe iiber mein @ei6le9t.
so er3dblt uns Elm @eiberre9tler.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-03-31

- 9as New Oorfer poitamt bef0r=
oerte am Samitag berfloHener Wo6e
nod bem Quslanoe 81 ,288 8riefe. Sir
pOltmarfen, Yoitfarten &c. tpuroen ipdbz
reno Der pergangenen Wo6e $73, III
Dereinna1mt.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-03-31

- 9luf cine @ette bin aB Elm iunger
Wlann feds bart gefo6te gier. Sn Orei
Stunoen mar er tobt.-Sm Safe bic
gier fommenbe Oitern nod theuer iino,
10 1T bieie Noti3 ben Gamiliensliebern
borsulelen.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-03-31

= Cine 9ame, bic einen siemlib gro
Ben Wtuno bate, tlagte iiber Sbren=
i6mer5en. uSie tperben ii6 in's 81,
gebilien baben," fagte cine anoere 9ame,
uals Sic ii6 geitern auf bem &rdns6en
iiber meinen neuen Nnsug fait gu SOoe
laden mo(ten."
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-03-31

= 9ie Wtao6en unb Grauen bon
Baltimore, als nS60nbeiten" beriibmt,
ioQen bem oortigen v9lmeriean" sufolge
oieien 8or5ug Dem groBen @Onlun Don
Nuitern gu perbanfen baben.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-03-31

- Commodore Sdufelbt BON benz
amerifaniiden &riesSidiffe TiconDerosa,
melder fiir3lid BON ieiner Reii ie um bic
Welt 3uriidsefebrt 1T, 1T bieisr Gage nit
grlaubnib ber 8unoesresieruns in dime
liide Dienlte setreten, I'M bic Slotte rer
@bineien gu reprsaniliren. NlS Der Cont
mebore letten CONNER in @bina mar,
nladte ibm Yrins Sung bic i4meidelz
bafteiten Nnerbietuns. St leste bic
@ads Bel ieiner Nadfebr bem Prdlibenz
ten ppr une bas 8abinet erfldrte fd nit
8ergnisea bereit, ibn gu beurlauben uno
ibn ctenbrein ned ber ameritanii iden
@ei ianbtidaft gu attadiren, iaben man
barin einsn sro6en SOrt9eil far Nmerifa
erblidt uno Iofft, ben Sin fluff ber eng
ldnber in @biua enolid breden ;u fSnnen
Commodore 9dufelot erbalt idbrlid
$4,000. St mirp am 16. Wtai ab=
fabren.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
Substitutes Ger kissing.

Some rude races have strange SUBJ
stitutes for kissing. OF a Mongol
father, a traveller writes, The smelled
from time to time the head of his
youngest son, mark of parental
tenderness usual among the Mongols
instead of embracing" In the Phil
ippine islands we are told ''the senss
of smell is developed to so great a
degree that they are able. by smell
ing at the pocket handkerchiefs, to
tell to which person they belong
and lovers, at parting, exchange
pieces of linen they may be wearing
and during their separation inhale
the odor of the beloved being"
Among the Citagong-hill people,
again, it is said, ''the manner Of kiss
ing is peculiar. Instead of pressing
lip to lip, they place the nose and
mouth upon the cheek, and inhale
the breath strongly" Their form OF
speech is not 'Give me a kiss" but
''Smell me-" In the same way, ac-
cording to another traveller, 1.-The
Burmese do not kiss each other in
the Western fashion, but apply the
lips and nose to the cheek and make
a strong inhalation" Moreover,
''the Samoans salute by juxtaposi-
ton of noses accompanied not by a
rub but a hearty smell. There is
scriptural precedent for such Gus
toms. When blind Isaac was in
doubt whether the son who came to
him was Jacob or not, ''he smelled
the smell of his raiment, and blessed
him."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
Dry Earth Bedding.

If any one will observe when the
cows choose to lie down in the yard
or pasture, it will be seen that they
choose the bare ground, rather than
the sod or bedding of straw. The
same is true of sheep. We have
taken this hint and furnished the
cow-stables with dry earth bedding.
Leaves and straw are poor absorb
ents in comparison. In the pigpens
dry earth has no equal. In very
cold weather we add straw or leaves
but until the weather is very cold.
the animals will be more comforta-
BILE with a bed of fresh soil, or of soil
changed once fortnight or week.
In the chicken-house we have learn
ed its great value as a deodorizer.
Our roosts are over 4 sleping floor,
on which We occasionally scatter dry
earth. The droppings roll down
into pile of dry earth. This is
turned over with a shovel each week
or oftener, and we can say the
chicken-house is free from any often
sive odor, and the bright combs and
glossy feathers tell of the health of
the fowls. Dry earth is a good pre-
ventive, too, of vermin on cattle, pigs
and poultry. 1t must be procured
at dry time, and stored under a
shed or IN the stables. 1t not only
promotes neatness and health, but
saves the very elements of the man.
ures which make them most valua-
bic, and most of which would evap-
crate if not absorbed by the dry
earth. We do not like it as bed
ding in the horse stables. but it
should be found in every stable, to
sprinkle the floor with as soon as
the bedding is removed in the morn
ing. When removed from the sta
bles, styes and coops, it should be
kept under cover for spring use, or
for drilling with the wheat in the
fall.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
Measured by the Eye.

A correspondent of a Boston pa.
per suggests that the children should
be exercised in measuring by the
eye. He says that years ago, wher
he went to school in little weather
beaten schoolhouse, the scholars had
most exciting contests over the
teachers favorite exercise of having
them estimate with the eye the size
and weight of different objects in the
room.
He would hold up his cane and
have each scholar tell how long he
thought it was, and it was a lucky
child that could come within a hall
foot of the right length.
He would measure an urchin and
then have the scholars try to repro
duce the measure on the wall. He
would mark off an inch, or foot, or
a yard, in some conspicuous place,
and then see how near anybody
could come to chalking the same
length upon the blackboard.
And it was astonishing how wide
astray one would go. The fact is,
our eyes deceive us ridiculously.
even upon the commonest things.
At first thought which would you
say were the taller, three-year-old
child or barrel of flour? And
could anything but actual measure
ment convince you that the same
child is half as high as six-footer ?
There is an old saying that a child
two years old is half as tall as he
ever will be, and after 4 few expert
ments in measuring one can easily
believe it, but not before.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
4 Fine Park.

A Frenchman has leased large
tract of waste country in the south
of Algeria, and proposes turning it
into a lion and panther preserve.
Old horses, mules and asses that
have seen the end of their useful
moss, will be purchased and sent
thither, and these will act as the bait
to lure into the preserve any wild
animals of the surrounding country.
Those who wish to indulge in lion
and panther shooting, not to speak
of such small game as lynxes, jack
ais and tiger cats, will be supplied
with the necessary outfit. Those
who are bold can shoot at their game
from the open, but for the nervous,
ambuscades will be provided, from
which shooting can be done without
the least danger of a counter attack.
There will be on the estate COM
Portable hotel, with a Partisan cock.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
The Grants and Their New Home

Not a single article has been
bought or ordered for the first floor,
the eighty cases ofmagnifcent pres
ents presented 10 the General on his
foreign tour furnishing them
throughout, as well as supplying
the rest of the house with objects Of
every conceivable sort.
No two pieces of furniture in tie
parlors and reception rooms will bc
alike. Curiously caned chairs, vel
vet and gold embroidered divans
and ebony and ebony and ivory
fauteuil, upholstered with Gobelir
tapestry and handwrought brocades
viii take the place of the modern
set.
The Oriental hangings and Per
sian carpets were made for the ex.
President as gifts. and Mrs. Grant
will incur the everlasting envy O.
women by using the finest and mos,
exquisitely woven India cashmere:
for the drapery of her own boudoir.
In General Grants private dress
ing-room stands a miniature house
of fiye-stories, and nearly three feel
in height. 1t is of solid silver, Curl
ously beaten and raised in queer
flowers ard odd birds. On opening
the various doors and windows thai
lead out on comical balconies, car
be discovered cases of fretted silver,
containing bottles and TASKS of cary.
ed ivory filed with different and
delicious perfumes. This was pre-
sented TO the owner in China.
York cor. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
Reports of tho Potato Crop.

Reports to the Department OF
Agricultural show that the general
average of the condition of the pota-
to crop since September first was 20.
a decline of % per cent. since Au-
gust first. The condition last Sep
tember was 80. Severe and protract-
ed drought is the chief cause of the
unfavorable outlook, though there
are serious complaints in some local.
tiles of insect injuries. The New
England States in the east and Wis
consin, Minnesota, and most of the
Territories in the west, have been in
a great degree exempt from the dis
astrous effects of the drought, and
their average of the earlier part of
the season has been more nearly
maintained, butin the interior States
the general condition has been one
of extreme dryness, which has in.
jured both potatoes and corn most
seriously. The general average of
seven States, New York, Pennsylva-
MIA, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wis.
consin and Iowa, which together
produce three-fifths of the crop of
the country, is 6S, or within 2 per
cent. OF the average of the whole
country.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
Butter Easily Spoiled.

OF all the products of the farm,
butter is the most li..hle to be taint-
ed by noxious odors i.oating in the
atmosphere. Our people laid some
veal in the cellar, from which a lit
tie blood flowed out, and was ne
elected until it commenced to smell.
The result was that jar of butter
we were packing smelled and tasted
like spoiled beef. We know of an
instance where there was a pond OF
filthy stagnant water few hundred
feet from the house, from which an
offensive efiiuyium would be borne
on the breeze directly to the milk
room when the wind was in GER
tain direction, the result of which
was that the cream and butter
would taste like the disagreeable
odor coming from the pond. As
soon as the pond was drained there
was no more damaged butter. 1t is
remarkable how easily butter is
spoiied.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
Bells for Sheep.

The cheapest and best insurance
against dogs killing sheep are bells
plenty of bells. The sheep dog is
great coward when in pursuit OF
mischief, and he wants to do it qui-
etly-wants no noise, no alarm.
Bells bought at wholesale do not
cost much. Buy a side Of bride
leather at the carriers for collars,
and put bell on every sheep in
your flock if small. The price of
one sheep will buy a gross of bells
and leather enough and buckles to
strap them. Put this gross of bells
on flock of sheep and they will
frighten every dog out of the field.
Flock masters are slow to adopt a
simple and cheap remedy like this,
but will go to the legislature, hire
lobby influence, and spend large
sums of money to little purpose.
Members af the legislature are fond
of dogs themselves, and do not want
them taxed. They own no sheep,
nor care but little about their pro-
lection. .-Southern Farmer.