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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-09
PARoxYsMAL.

The preacher knew, I've not the slightest
doubt
When calling on my young and pretty wife,
That was not at home, but had gone out;
But returned, and never in my life
Beheld sight that caused me more surprise.
thought they each disliked the other quite,
And really could scarce believe my eyes;
The preacher had AN arm about her tight,
Her head upon the preachers shoulder lay.
One arm about the preachers neck was
wound,
And while they stood there in that loving way,
Their lips met! yes, they kissed | heard tile
sound
Why did not rush in--the preacher kill E?
They threatened to repeat it, Hope they will !;
Oar preacher is a womau-that Is all.
-Chicdgo Times.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-09

An interesting law suit Tor three cents
is now agitating the minds OF the Penn
sylvania Scrantonians. one George
Dobson owed William IL. Gilman ~
cents interest money and gave him 81.
Gilman didn't give back any change.
No notice was taken OF the matter, but
Gilman and Dobson atterward had a law
suit, and DobsUn lost it and had costs to
pay, and Gilman released him from
about So Of this; hut Dollspn was lettled
and sued Gilman for three cents, and
Alderman o'Boylc, Notwithstanding lie
knew all tile circumstances, gave jnlg-
nent for the amount and issued an eXncu-
ton against defendant. fhefeupon tiiIl-
man proceeded against o'Boyle for mali
eious abuse of his office, and the ease is
still on, with other side issues To be
heard from.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-09
MEYER OuNTEN7ED.
FIRST VOICE.

FIRST VOICE.
oh, woe is Inc so gross and fat,
OF flesh u great unwieldly mass
would were as lean as that
Thin fellow over there, alas !
SECOND VOICE.
oh, what a skeleton am |,
With scarcely skin to hide my bones
No wonder that moan and sigh
To he as fat as neighbor Jones
IN UNISON. .-=-
oh, what wretched lot is mine,
And what a hideous thing to view
No wonder at my state pnel
4 lean
Boston Transcript
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-09
Col. ScOtt,s VIII.

The will Of the late Col. Thomas A.
Scott was to have been prohated in Phila-
delphia yesterday. 1t was executed one
year ago. Although quite voluminous in
its character, the testament, it
is said, contains no requests Of
public character, and none in
which any but the family and near rela-
tives of the deceased are concerned, nor
are there in its provisions any indication
from which an estimate may be made,
even approximately, of the extent of Mr..
SCOTS fortune. He gave away $3.50, 900
to public Institutions in the last few
months before his death.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-09
"sHE u.is Il BEAuTr.-

She was beauty in the days a
When Madison was President
And quite cnuuettish in her Ways
On cardiac cOnqueSts much intent.
Grandpapa, on his right knee bent,
VOICED her in stiff, nld-fashiuned phrase
She was a beauty in the days
When Madison WAS President.
And when your roses where hers went
shall go, my liill, who date from Hayes.
hope you'll wear her sweet content
Of whom tradition lightly says
She was beauty in the days
When Madison was President.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-09

A sinEer's Sensational Suicide.

Denver, June A member Of the Sol
dene Opera Troupe, named Hershing, com
mitted suicide, this afternoon, by jumping
from bridge into Clear creek. He leaves
a wife who Is also member Of the
troupe.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-09
AN AGN0STlC.
II


nation. "Geod heavens, Nnnsuch, what
fool you are Upon my honor, | had no
hand in ii. The note is from his Grace
himself. How can you have doubted
Send round at since and get out of the
scrape If you can. say Jon were away
say yuur scout made 4 mistake. Bat
don't poll your chance and tell Inc it's
my fault"
His reiterated protestations induced me
to consider the possibility, | had indeed
too hastily discarded, OF tile document
being genuine, which it prortd To be. /
callsd ON his Grace,inet with gratifying
reception, and was shortly appointed
private tutor to lord Herbert Fantarrun,
a boy of fourtecu, whose delicate healtn
forbade his accompanying his parents Oh
projected Egyptian tour.
pause TO add that, though the upshot
showed the exceptional event to have
actually happened, had forfeited the
engagement through my hesitation 10
believe when tile balance OF probability
was clearly on the forgery side, should
have found ample consolation in the re-
Election that upYuestionins acceptance
would Aare been a more irrational course
than the rash skepticisin that SO nearly
cost me dear.
month later tbt4 Dnka. Duchess. and
snit,. WV. IN roltt. for EJynt and was
ssttg.5 Win nv CHARGE Il Niu4oaks--a
,lorions nlar. ovarl6oking IN. river.
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me M tro,,lie. Unless it we're that of
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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-09

Mr.. watkins is a Sacramento artist.
mn most ambitious painting, landscape
with cows, was sold by auction for $3.50
and he was elated at the price. The
purchaser was the proprietor of Il dairy
farm, and he placed the picture in his
window, with a sign painted on each of
the picturesque cows 'sMorgan's pure
milk producer. The artist sought TO stop
this use of his work, but was advised that
with it. ~ .Er'- - r $50
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-09

telling him To sit still. BuStoH Past.
The first religious body to formally
adopt the revised New Testament was the
Congregational Association of Marlboro.
Mass, but the vote was afterward recon
;ldered.
A wealthy citizen of New York, in cele-
brating the ittieth anniversary OF his
wedding, toasted his wife as ''the healthy
old lady who combines beauty and
durability.
mo kiss - lac said pleadingly, mo
KISS from my darling Tonight Z" No,
She said emphatlcally ; mo kiss. henr
that there is numps III your family. =
III, SdattariaR.
A clergyman OF San Francisco calcu-
iates that one-third of that uitys
population are habitual churchgoers, oilt-
ttird are skepticai as to religion, and
one-third indifferent.
''oh give ME anything made of beans,
exclaimed a Boston man taken sick in
.ue West, when asked what he would
nave to eat. They gave him castor oil.
ihiadelIAn Chroatele.
As regards this matter. Of pensions to
Government clerks, it seems to us that
alter man has beeu writing for 30 years
or IL years it, natural that lac should be
penshqnner.- Ioroao GLOBE.
In view OF the danger OF being seized
and EXPOSED by unbelirvers, Boston
pirit medium anuuuuCes that lie will
hereafter keep a cooked pistol iii his
tatindt, with which to shoot meddlers.
Class in history Teacher-"Who was
the haro of Cowpens ~ An awful silence
| follows, which is at last broken 10y the
| little snub-nused 10y IN the hack row who
cries in Z piping voice: Sitting Bull.
A down East genius has 4 plan for
horse racing by which the racers would
remain directly in front OF the grand
tand during the entire race. This is To
he accomplished by means Of a movable
track.
| Basnt1laifi, Of which we often hear
nuw,was until 1870 entirely unilthabited
| 1t was then culuni1ed by tribes from the
Irausyaal, whom Moshesh,a chief, united
into one p-opl.; under the name Of
| iiasutts.
Il would save a great deal ofelubarrass-
iaent 70 clergymen and add to their
ievelitles it they were TO charge a fixed
At for narriagrs-say s. for the first
fence, $lo for the second, and so for
lp- Third, and so on.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has
passed u bill to prevent the selling Of
explosives 10 minors and Old Mrs
Ni-sirton think it is i very good law,
i'r non there will be- fewer miners get
blown ny IN mines and quarries.
uil City beuist, As showing the
1
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-09
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TIfE EkRY GLBT.

How Rains Made saturday the
great bay of the big Week and
Rad weather prevented shipments
skufsi,HN.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-09
ApLFAsASr stT1Arrox

PLEASANT SITUATION.
They came INTO dangerous Mace,
Where she might come To harm
he feared she'd fall, and so lie said,
won't you accept my arm -
oh. no. she quite demurely said,
Iness, sir, you command;
But then think 1t better tar
That you accept my hand.''
Their glances met, the heart Of each
was III the mouth. Oh, bliss!
Those hearts were quickly joined in one,
And welded with q kiss. -
..= .-.-. Boston Transcript,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-09

Senator John Sherman is worth about
$500, Geo. 5' r -7F'4 ~ail
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-12-28

Now stands confcsedy the lee. Philadelphia journalism
oil that makes thoroughly complete, general family
pape II B complete III its its special
% in tl varied contributors all subjects popular interest
md in all the qualities newspaper for tho family circle and
for tho business n contemporaries, its
feilis and eq~2 Of frstcass
natic 81 iol-aai.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-12-28

,,,da Az editqr in Chicago last week,
uta .h red = new pair Of trowsers from,
.',o sassnH On trying them on they
r syed Ia be several inches too long.
:. . being eate on Saturday night the
's'aor's hop was closed. and the
Ie,dit.f took the trowsers TO his wife
s.id ask ed her to cut them off. The
scvd lady, whose cucumbers OF
melon had perhaps disagreed with
her. brusquely refused. The same
tesult followed on application to the
wifes sister and the eldest daugh-
ter. But before bedtime the wife
repenting, took the pants and, cut
ting of six inches from the legs,
hemmed them nicely and restored
them to the closet. Half an hour
later the daughter, taken with COM
Function for her unfilial conduct.
tovk the trowsers, and cutting off
six inches, hoImed and replaced
them. Finally tho sister-in-law felt
the pangs of conscience, and she too.
performed an addition surgical oper-
alton On thegarment. When the edit
or appeared at breakfast on Sunday
the family thought a Highland
chieftain had arrived, for the trow-
sers reached only to the middle of
his thighs.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-12-28
Terrible Explosion.

BRADFORD, Pa, Dec, 6.-The lar
gest and most mysterious explosion
of nitroglycerine ever recorded
in the oil regions occurred neal
Kinzua Junction yesterday. The
Roberts magazine, at that point
contained 1850 pounds of the ex.
plosive. This morning two shooters
went TO it for two cans OF glycerine
They noticed that the cans on tor
were smoking and departed in
haste, fearing an explosion. They
made three visits to the place with
in a half an hour and telegraphed
to the company that their magazine
was about to explode. About noon
the magaz inc was blown up. This
is the first case vt combustion in q
glycerine magazine on record. The
men at distance of nearly a mile
saw the explosion and the shock wai
terrible. 4 forest covering nearly
three acres was splintered. The
earth trembled as if shaken by an
earthquake, the shock being felt in
Bradford. At Kinzua houses were
shaken, windows broken and Other
damage done.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-12-28

RrAp1sc. Dec. Warren Wood
ward attorney -at-law, aged % years. |
the only son ofthc late Warren >.
Woodward. Justice Of the suprems
conrt of Pennsylvania, was found
IN his room yesterday morning
sho, through the head. 1he pony;
when found was in an advanced
state of decom position and had eV T.
IDENTIFY lain there for some f1me
The last seen of Woodward v.sas ON
saturday evening, when he told hi.
friends he was going to leave the
c;ty on a visit. This MAS thought
70 be the case until party of friends
concluded to visit his rooms, which
are in the law building Of George F.
Baer. The rooms occupied are
three in number and are elegantly
furnished. the front one being Ii
brary. in which is said to be the
fines, selection Of law books in the
State. left to the deceased by his
father One of the rooms is occu-
pied as a bed chamber, and in this
after the door was broken open, was
found the lifeless body Of the young
LAWYER stretched at full length on
the bed, with the revolver still
clasped ia his hand. which was ly.
ing across his breast. Deceased
has but one sister married to F. b
Howe, of Danville, son Of Bishop
Howe. The body was taken In
charge by friends, and relatives liv.
ing in Wilkesbarre were notified
The funeral will take place at that
point. Mr.. Woodward gradusted
from Princeton College in 1875 and
studied law in this city, where he
was admitted 10 the bar.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-12-28
A Jersey Child.Beater Sentenced "a
Ten Years.

Judge Scudder, of New Bruins,
wick, N. j., has given resident OF
South Brunswick a taste ofcontempi
in which child-beaters are held in
his Court. The mans name is Geo
w. Hinchman, ard on the 9th OF
November lest he cruelty beat his
two girls, aged Is and II years.
The elder child received the worst
treatment, her head and face being
cut. two ribs broken and the body
terribly bruised. They escaped by
fleeing to neighbor's for protection.
A sentence of ten years at hard Ia
Dor in the State Prison was imposed
for beating the eldest child, while a
sentence of two years, to run
concur -rently with the other,
was imposed for beating the youn-
ger. Hinchman alleged that his
children aggravated him by refusing
to work.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-12-28

Farm Work in Winter.

Few farmers are aware how much
farm work can be accomplished in
the winter season. Many farmers
confine their operations in the win.
fer TO hauling wood, filling the ict
house. etc. A smaller class, more
enterprising, draw cut manure as il
is made. The very best farmers
keep all their available force busy
all winter. There are many kinds
of farm work that can be performed
very adrantageously in winter. II
1t has become necessary to lay a
stone wall on any part OF the farm,
and the stones are in piles so that
they can be got at, they can be
drawn much cheaper now than next
summer. Those who have never
tried il would be surprised to see
how much easiera loaded stone boat
draws when there is a little snow on
the ground. When the snow is
deeper. a sleigh can be substituted
for a stone boat. Farmers who have
stones to haul from meadows or 9TH
er fields would do well to prepare
for drawing the stones in the winter.
small stones can he piled ia heaps,
and large ones can be raised from
the ground, merely TO keep them
from freezing down. Large stones
can be handled in winter by simply
hitching a chain around them, and
with the important advantage of
not blowing up the field. l think
that such stones are much more cas-
lily handled with about a foot of
snow on the ground, as such depth
of snow tends to prevent any pitch
ing or rolling, which always causes
annoyance. Stones for building pur-
poses can be hauled to better advan-
tage in winter than an summer.
Winter is a good time to prepare
for changing or repairing the fences
on the farm. In drawing manure
in winter, it is not advisable to pile
it, unless for the purpose of decom-
posing straw or killing foul seeds.
| have followed the practice of haul
ing manure every winter. and / think
the most beneficial results follow the
practice ofspreading it directly from
the sleigh. / have to go over the
fields in the spring TO break up and
spread the large Jumps, but this is
beneficial. The manure is very
much more valuable when applied
in a green state, and when it is min
gled 10 a great extent with frozen
LIQUID manure, than if it has been
allowed to leach and dry for months
iefore being used. A verv good
sleigh for this purpose is made with
wooden runners, and it is best to
provide tight box for the liquid
manure. When the manure is all
out, il Is disposed of, there can be
no further waste. and itfertilizes the
first crop on that field. The true
principle of farming is always TO
keep ahead of the work.-Correspon-
dence Country Gentleman.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-12-28
Fire af the Tennessee Penitentiary

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 6.-The
entire manufacturing department
of Cherry O'Conor & Co, lesses oi
the State Penitentiary. burned yes
terday, together with large amount
of manufactured goods. The firm
owing nothing, and being exception.
ably strong financially, having saw
ed large amount of raw material
will at once reorganize their manu-
factory of wagons and other goods
Loss over insurance, about $3.50, 900
Notwithstanding the confusion and
excitement only six convicts escap-
ed, though at one time hundreds
could have gained liberty by a
rush through the crowds ofspeet itors
Many of h convicts exerted them
selves to save the property of the
lesses.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-12-28
Charged with Lynching u Man.

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. l4-Thomas
Valentine, white,a barber, was ar
rested here to-day by Constable
Harris, of Elizabeth county, on
a warrant charging him with having
been one ola party Of men who last
week took William Allen, co,ored,
fronl the Warwick County Jail and
lynched him. Allen was awaitng
trial for the murder ofWilliam Sci.
ter, whom he stabbed to death in al
ARRAY at Newpor: News. Valen-
tine kept a barber shop in Hampton
at the time of the killing of Scatter
He viii 6e taken to the Elizabeth
CITY County Jail.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-12-28
Severe Storm Near Memphis.

CINCINNATI Dec. 14.-A severe
wind storm passed over Memphis,
Tenn, last night from the west, and
about two miles northeast of the
city developed into a tornado. with
a track $50 yards wide. Reports
say that the house of Mr.. Brown
was blown down and himself and
five children buried in the ruins.
Mr.. Brown was sick, and was taken
out nearly dead. The children es-
capped without serious injury. Sew
eral other houses were either partly
destroyed or totally wrecked.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-12-28

The world is learning very rapid.
ly that the English nation is fiaun-
ting lie. 1t is determined to break
its word with the Irish people, and
the great reduction in rents uow be-
ing made, in order to break up the
League, will not be continued, and
those landlords who have reduced
rents will be granted an indemnity by
the government, and the Irish taxed
to pay the losses sustained by the
landlords. A fine spectacle truly
for a great and intelligent nation
whose Shiny folds almost encircle
the globe.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-12-28
Anxious 60 Rise.

There is plenty of room up stairs,
as Daniel Webster said to the young
lawyer anxious TO rise, but despond.
ent Of bis chance 10 do SO; but nc
one need injure himself either in
climbing the stairs of fame or those
of his own house or business place
The following is to the point: Mr.
John A. Hutchinson, Supt. Down
er's Kerosene Oil Works, Boston,
Mass. writes Mr.. Patton. one OF
our foremen, in walking up stairs
last week sprained his leg badly. !
gave him a bottle of ST. Jacobs Oil
to try. He used it and an almos;
instantaneous cure was effected
La Fdyeae Dosly Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-12-28
A Passenger Train in Texas Robbed
by Highwaymcn.

| GALVESTON, Tex, Dec. ia
Ne'os Fl Paso special says passen
ger train on the Southern Pacific
railroad, going west from here, was
this morning boarded by highway
men. Wells Fargo & Co.'S messen.
ger was knocked down, gagged
and compelled to surrender the
keys of the safe, from which they
abstracted 81 500. About 5000 was
taken from the passengers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-12-28


The appointment OF NJ: Paul Ber'
a. The Ministry of Public Instruction
and Al the attaching to that depar',lr,en' Men
ar - ad,n,ui,,ration of Public Wor
shin did not fail to excite 10 tne
clerical press perfect storm oi III
J;nnat;on The new Minister was
sccnsed Of Matching the most neiari.
ous schemes for the destruction OF
the church. and in Catholic circles
his appointment was nailed s,;,;,r a; az
,nd;sg,,ised declaration OF hostih'y
ON the mart of the Gambetta Caplne'.
NJ. Paul Bert has taken an cary
annortunitv On of making known tne
sp,r;t in which he intends to inini
ne auties of his delicate ana iH-
nortant post. On Friday afternoon d
The nersonncl of the Pubic worship
Denartment was presented to the
NV Minister bv NJ. Flourens, the
ex.Chief of the Administration, VINO
resigned his post on the accession OF
NJ 1;ambetta to the premiership;
On receiving the officials M. raul
BERT delivered highly important
speech. calculated to allay the sus-
picions of the clerical party, if not
exactly to impress them with any
high opinion of the friendliness oi
the Government towards the
Church. -.
He said the Minister OF Public
Worship must be neither religious
nor anti-religious; his ministry is
not a matter of doctrine. In giving
70 the word 'poiice" Its highest sig,
nificance. it is simply as Minister OF
the General Police Of Public Wor-
ship, and not of doctrine that shall
take up my position. We do not
propose to constitute a national
clergy. or TO use the Church as an
instrument for governing with the
priests as sort of gendarmerie. In
practice we shall avoid the two ex-
'cesses of violence and petty annoy
nnce. All statements with which
nv name has been associated IN
this respect will vanish. 1t will be
seen that ] am not a blundering
revolutionist, but man educated
in respect for science and the law
do not ask for your secret appro-
baton of all | do, but ] expect you
to do your duty as public officials.
The nation in whose name, however
humble ! may be, have the honor
of speaking has given me the neces
sarv powers to make its will obeyed.
| hope / shall not have TO use them.
The straightforward, if somewhat
curt, expressions of the new Minis
ter have the great advantage OF a
clearness seldom found in similar
utterances. The Church is told that,
pending the time when it will be
severed from State control and sup
port. it must expect no favor and
demand no privileges not granted
by the instrument which since the
commencement of the century has
been so frequently distorted by an
all-powerfnl priesthood. Hence
forth the Government will remain
neutral so long as the Church di-
yides only within itself, but will
stay with firm hand any further
encroachment on the civil rights OF
the people. M. Paul Bert may be
tainted with severity in his remarks
but no one can reproaeh him with
equivocation.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-12-28

WASHINGTON, December. ia
special to the Post from Warrington
Va, says young man named Leo
midas Tripletts was murdered here
in fight this morning by q man
named Arthur Davis. Davis got
Triplett's head under his left arm
and drawing a revolver deliberately
blew his brains out. Davis was ar
rested, but subsequently made his
escape, and is still at large.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-12-28

"What would you do if you were
me and | were you?" tenderly in.
quired young swell of his lady
friend, as he escorted her home from
church. swell" said she, "If were
you, | would throw away that vie
cigarette, cut up my cane for fire.
wood, wear my watch chain under
meath my coat, and stay at home
nights and pray for brains" !"