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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-04-28
TEwKE EsBURY.
Tanning H uman skin.-HorribIs Treatmen,

Tanning umAn Skin Horrible Treatment
BOSTON, April 28.-The Tewksbury
examination was fesumtd. 2 Christia u
Mueller testified to tanning human
-kins received from various doc
tors and students, and pair of apper5
Tor slippers made from wOman's skin,
were shown, Frank G.. HaveTlin testi-
fed to cruelty practiced by nurses. On
one occasion they dress ed an ldiOtic boy
in fantastic garb and frightened one
Gprman so that he died soon after. He
remembered n patient who had received
extreme JUNCTION from priest who was
taken by the back of the neck and fore
I'd along screaming into the bathtub.
He die 81 hours after. The witness said
~ cruelties had taken place since
asst September, aud then described the
fhre given the Inmates, which was pas
-ably good. aud plenty OF ID. However,
ne would not go back 10 fewksbury. If
he could avoid IT, rssL.s,l ls 6 q
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-04-28
SHOT BY HER sUIToR.
John De Long Kills Eliza GrtsvsIA -
LsAvittsburK, Ohio.


LeaVittsburE. Ohio. III.
widest excitement prevails here. AASh
place known as "the Center Of ths
World" mile and half west OF hOTA,
this morning at nine o'clock ,John De
Long q labOrer, shot Mrs. eliza 6riswold
three times, killing her Instantly. Fhan
placing the pistol TO his head be fFed.
the ball entering his forehead directly
between the eyes. He lived three houED
after the shot was fired, brains and
blood oOzing from the wOund- He per-
sisted IN marrying the woman, she hAV-
ing kept house for him until two
months ago. She was, when shot keep
ting house for d. v. Allen, whom She WaS
shortly to wed. On March 9th De Long
attempted TO shoot the woman, bus 81
pacincatiOn she escaped. At this IinaS
he said: "Unless you marry me BY July
4 will shoot you." She then procuKoa
a warrant for his arrest, charging him
with housebreaktng and ATTEMPTED TApa.
DE disappeared, not being seen In Sho
community until yesterday. The OGBeoFS
hearing of his presence, were on his
track, being only half an hour behind
him vt the time OF the tragedy. The
woman bore good reputation. She VISA
a widow, and had married dAuRhteR
named Williams, living In WindhAm.
four sons and two danghters besides,
One ball entered her right cheek, one
her right temple, and the third an inch
back OF the right nipple. There was no
one in the house atthe time OF the shOOE-
ing but the five year old daughter %
Allen. She ran to neighbor's and said:
"A bad man came and shot mamma. abe
screaming and falling on the door,"
The most horrible sight was presented.
both bodies lying In pools Of blood. the
eyes set, and the faces blScken cd. Fl
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-04-28
BRADY WILL HIT BACK.
He Threatens to Dynamite the Republican
Party.


Party. a .....
WARRINGTON, April 27.-General Brady
is quoted as saying that he has In his
possession letters and teleRrams from
more than tifty Republicans who were
in Congress when he was In the POstOf-
flee Department, urging him TO increase
or expedite the star route service, and
that every one of those men was repaid
by large contributions to his campaign
fund by the contractors at the next elec-
ttOn. These contractors, since the in
dietment Of Kellogg for receiving such
brides, have been talking about the rev.
Citations they might make before grand
Jurles. A wellinformed friend Of Brady
could do more in week with the facts in
his possession to damage the Republi-
can party, than could be remedied by
months of hard work. He said that
Brady would ruin his false friends in
the Republican partyyet. %
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-04-28
sTALwARF SPLIT.
Arthur and Logan at n. ogg erhesds- Cause
LIZ -..r.-.-., IL. OF the tow - - ~. .-.l.. a

a.iF r1uNrN . l.HFfI
I CHICAGO, Aprir 25...A There IL great ex.
eitement In Republic circles over { a
Washington dispatch saying the preSfl
dent and cabinet have thrown down The
kAuntlet to Senators logan and CuIIorn
by AuphOlding Collector giSDaul0ing In
discharging Assistant Collector Wright
for supporting the election OF State
Senator ClOugh, contrary to his(Spauld.
tng,Owishes. LOgan's friends declare
Arthnr'si Intandedaoac action a personal
affront to Logan, with a desire to cripple
his presideu tial aspirations by showing
that although hOmInaliy the leader OF
the party in the state, he has no Influence
with the president. Mutterings loud
and deep are heard In the Republican
camp this morning. Logan, Gu lOm,
ClOngh and Wright had conference at
Springfield late last night. lasting until
early this morning They say that the
end is not yet. IF Arthur wants war;
said one of LOgan's henchmen this
morning, "he can get all he Graves. Lo-
gan don't intend Arthur's presidential
second term idea shall be doomed at his
~. -,I
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-04-28
= TALES OF fEwKsBURY.

/ BOSTON, April s5.-fn the Tewksbury
inVestig' tiOn, Margaret Ferry of Boston
testified that the nurses at Tewksbury
were rough In their treatm, mt OF pa
tients, sIrlkinR them, and holding piI !
lows over the mouth>0f INSANE patients,
to prevent them asking for necessarips.
The witness detailed the Ontrages in
hieted upon various inmates from time
to time
Mrs. Abbie q. Whpeler-saw the nurse
named Dunning. jun p upon the stOm.
aeh OF patient with her kuees six times
because she would not take her medIc
cine, Thomas March IT., was very ia
I Mrs. Bridget DOlau had a daughter
and grandchild at Tew ksbuTy last Feb,
rnary, anti b ID uIadA 81 We rail a attempts 10
get them out, as hendaughter begged t.
be taken way; but isHe did not hHceeed.
Her daughter died In -TeW k4huTy. The
child had been treated so badly il lost
speech and could not walk While the
daughter was dying OF fcOnsnmpti0nshe
was fed upon IA piece of black sour ash,
twOTwarer soaked pOtatOe~ and a. bow
of SKINNED milk This was But futir
weeks ago. VOID was not sent. to her
until after the daughters death. Wit
ness was not drunk at TeWk5buFy, nut
pnly exclted, Some OF lier answers were
very 5c0ntrHdtctTy.a 45SFGGL.S 81
Two tanners testified that certain hn-
man skins were brought To them to be
Tanned by students, hut couldn't say they
wers from from TeYksburyg Adjpprned.
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
storing Potatoes.

There sre three methods of stor-
ing in general use, each of which
has its champions. Three general
principles underlie these several
methods, viz: Protection against
frosts and temperature, freedom from
moisture and avoidance of heating
caused by storing too deep. The
advantages claimed for storing in
barrels are that the roots are easily
handled, do not suffe from abrasio
can be easily examined, and if dis
ease appears it can be readily
checked and removed. The chief
objection to this method is the time
and expenseinvolved when the crop
is a large one. BINS are largely
coming into use, especially in loca-
lities near large cities, for the pota-
toes can at any time be readily
reached and prepared for market.
a cold, dry. well ventilated cellar,
with the light excluded, is an admi-
rable place in which to store pota-
toes.
The argument in favor of storing
potatoes under ground is that there
is little if any loss by evaporation.
Objections to the plan are the labor
in opening the banks when
the roots are required and the risk
from the extremes Of too
close or insufficient covering. When
pits are employed it is important
that arrangements be made for ven-
tilatiOn.
When stored in cellars, barns or
roothouse it is a safe plan not 20 fill
thebins with roots to a depth exceed
ing three OF four feet 1t has been
claimed that lime sprinkled in bar.
rels or bins at the rate, say one
pound to each barrel tends to pre-
vent decay by acting as an absorbent
and neutralizing the earthly odors.
The importance of excluding light
from potatoes and keeping them as
cool as possible without freezing,
cannot be over estimated.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14

not a been as. forehanded man as
he was if it hadn't been for his
wife's helpin' hand
Miss Brewster" said John, grave.
ly, to my eyes there never was such
a woman as my mother, and like
wise there never was such woman
as my wife. If l had known the
neighbors were so concerned over
the rather unusual way in which her
helping hand is as strong for me as
my mothers was for my father, he
kissed the small, white hand which
had so excited Miss Maria James
contempt as being unfit for any use,
L should have asked her to be more
open about 1t. simply because | don't
want her misjudged among my old
friends. Now, Janet, will you please
tell Miss Brewster how much you
earn in year by your drawings? p
oh, nonsense, John. Go and at
tend to your steam plow'
1 don't want my wife to be a
money maker, as she knows and you
know, but if she is happy to turn
her talent to account, and others are
happy in doing the work she would
do if she didn't make thousand
dollars year more or less by her
drawing
What, exclaimed Miss Brewster
in such. astonishment that John
laughed.
Yes, ma'am. She furnishes illus
trations for different publications
and designs for China and Chintzes.
Every improvement on the place has
been made by her; she earns more in
a week than pays her servant hire
for a month, and is piling up a little
account which will make that little
fellow out there he pointed to
baby in the carriage outside the
window-'good for better farm
than his fathers, long before he
needs it.
All by them little scrawls ?
John was watching his wife as she
laid among a few blades of grass one
or two of the violet tinted anemones
which shed through the room the
daintiest, faintest odor of spring.
Miss Brewster quietly took her leave
with very subdued feeling that she
had made total failure in her ef-
fort at convincing these two that one
OF them was "A right up ana down
shiftless no account sort of wo-
man.
But she was comforted by the re-
Election that the wonderful thing
she had learned would create a pro-
found sensation when fully reported
by her at the next meeting of the
sewing society.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14

In the month of July, 1924, the
body of Lord Byron was brought
from Missolonghi to England, and on
being landed from the Florida was
removed to the house ofSir Edward
Knatchbull, who then resided in
Great George street, Westminster.
Were | to live a thousand years,
says Il well known writer who went
to see the deceased lying in his cof-
fin, | should never forget my feel
ings as l gazed upon the face of the
illustrious dead. The body was at
tired in that most awful of habili-
ments-a shroud. 1t was wrapped
In blue cloth cloak, and the throat
and head were uncovered. The for
mer was beautifully moulded. The
head OF the poet was covered with
short, crisp, curling locks, slightly
streaked with gray hairs, especially
over the temples, which were ample
and free from hair, as we see in the
portraits. The face had nothing of
the appearance Of death about it.
1t was neither sunken nor discolored
in the least bat of a dead, marble
whiteneso-tte express Oh was that
of stern quietude. How classically
beautiful was the curved upper lip
and the chin. | fancied the nose
appeared as if it was not in harmony
with the other features, but it might
possibly have been a little disfigured
by the process of embalmlng. The
forehead was high and broad-in-
deed. the whole body was extremely
large-it must have been 80 to have
contained a brain of such capacity.
But what struck me most, was the
exceeding beauty of the profile, as |
observed it when the head was lifted
for the purpose of adjusting the fur
niture. 1t was perfect in its way,
and seemed like a production of
Phidias. Indeed it far more resem-
bled an exquisite piece of sculpture
than the face of the dead-so still,
so shapely defined and so marble
like in its repose. | caught the view
of it but for moment, yet 1t was
long enough to have it stamped upon
NV memory as q thing OF beauty,
which poor Keats tells Us is a JOY
forever
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
Second Battle ofShiloh.

For two days and nights a party
of three of us from the North were
quartered with log cabin farmer
while We explored the battle field
OF Shiloh. He was a good man,
though rather shy at first, and his
wife was an awful good woman,
though she had her faults. Two
of US sleptin room divided from
the family bedroom only by thin
board partition, and on the second
night, after we ought to have been
sound asleep, the old woman sud-
denly began
"Now, Jacob Smith, you'n III
have settlement p
why, mother what is it ?" he
asked.
What is it? Why, ever since
them strangers showed up you've
been carrying powerful high head !
You claimed you were ir this
fight"
Yes
Take it back Take it back, Ja-
bez Smith, or I'll make baldhead
of you y
She evidently gave twist in his
hair, and be yelled out that he was
liar and was sorry for it.
And you've been taking pains to
speak of your farm, and your team,
and your this and that. Jabez. who
owns this farm? Who bought them
mules Out with it, or III get the
gouge on your eye :"
IL reckon you dow he stam-
mered.
You bet do! l heard you tell
ing how you lost eighty niggers by
the war Jabez, that was an infer
nal lie Own it up, or I'll shet your
breath OFF,
II swn it, mother"
And you was telling as how
your father was a Judge in North
Carolina. Jabez Smith, take it
back
We'll, wasn't he ?"
Never He was nothing but n
Tennessee coon-hunter, and you
know it Oh ! you need pound
ing
He hadn't any opinion to express
on that point, and after an interval
of silence she raised upon her elbow
and resumed:
Now, then, you hear me | own
this squat, and that mule team, and
the COW and all else. l run the
business. | run you. If | ever find
you prancing around again like you
nave for the last tho days I'll make
dogs meat of you Do you listen ?"
He didn't say.
"Oh you don't. Then take that!
and that and"
At this juncture the bed broke
down with q fearful crash, followed
by the howls of the dogs sleeping
under it and the groans and jaw
words of man and wife, and we
turned over and went to sleep with
the conflict still raging.-M Quad.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
WHOLE NO. 1857.
The Growth of n. Y.

Two hundred and seventy years
ago the good ship Tiger, command
ed by Captain Adraien Black, was
burned to the waters edge as she
lay at anchor, just off the southern
end of Manhattan Island. Her
crew, thus forced into winter quar-
tiers, were the first white men who
built and occupied a house on the
land where New York now stands ;
"then," to quote the graphic Ian
guage of Mrs. Lamb, in her history
OF the city, ''in primeval solitude,
waiting till commerce should come
and claim its own. Nature wore a
hardy countenance, as wild and as
untamed as the savage landholders.
Monhattan's twenty-five thousands
acres ofrock, lake and rolling table
land, rising at places to a height of
one hundred and thirty-eight feet,
were covered with somber ferests,
and old, decayed and withered limbs
contrasted with the younger growth
OF branches; and wild flowers
wasted their sweetness among the
dead leaves and uncut herbage at
their roots. The wanton grapevine
swung carelessly from the topmost
boughs of the oak and the sycamore;
and blackberry and raspberry bush
es, like a picket-guard, presented a
bold front in all possible avenues of
approach. The entire surface ofthe
island was bold and granite, and in
profile resembled the cartilagious
back of the sturgeon. This prime
val scene was the product of natural
forces working through uncounted
periods of time, the continent slow
Iy rising and falling in the sea like
the heaving beast of world asleep;
glaciers carving patiently through
ages the deep estuaries, seasons in
numelable clothing the hills with
alternate bloom and decay.
The same sun shines to-day upon
the same earth yet how transform
ed Could there be a more astound
ing exhibition of the power of man
to change the face of nature than the
panoramic view which presents It
self to the spectator standing upon
the crowning arch of the bridge
whose complexion we are here to-
day to celebrate in the honOred pres
ence of the President of the United
States, with their fifty millions OF
the Governor Of the State of New
York, with its five millions and of
the Mayors of two cities, aggregating
over two millions of inhabitants ?
In the place Of stiffness and solitude,
the footsteps of these millions Of
human beings; instead of the smooth
waters, "unvexed by any keel, " high
ways of commerce ablaze with the
flags af all nations and where once
was the green monotony of forested
hills. the piled and towering splen-
dors of vast metropolis, the coun-
tless homes of industry, the echoing
marts of trade, the gorgeous palaces
of luxury, the silent and steadiast
spires of worship!
To crown all, the work of separa-
ton wrought so surely, yet so slow
", by the hand of time, is now re-
versed in our own day, and MAN
haitian" and "Seawanhaka" are join
ed again as once they were before
the dawn of life in the far azoic
ages,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
THE CHILDREN WE KEEP.

The children kept coming, one by one,
Till the boys were five and the girls were
three,
And the big brown house was live with fun
From the basement floor to the old roof-tree;
Like garden flowers the little ones grew,
Nurtured and trained with the tenderest care
Warmed by loves sunshine bathed in its dew
They blossomed into beauty, like roses fair.
But one ofthe boys grew weary one day,
And leaning his head on his mothers breast
He said, I'm tired and cannot play;
Let me sit awhile on you knee and rest"
She cradled him close to her fond embrace.
She husheed him to sleep with her sweetest
And rapturous love stiiI lighted his face
When his spirit had Joined the heavenly
throng.
Then the eldest girl, with her thoughtful
eyes,
Who stood where "the brook and the river
meet,
Stole softly away into Paradise
Ere the river" had reached her feet.
While the fathers eyes on the grave are bent
The mother looked upward beyond the
skies,
Our darlings were angels in earth's disguise" "
The years flew by and the children began
With longings to think ofthe world outside,
And as each, in his turn, became man,
The boys proudly went from the fathers
The girls were women, so gentle and fair
That lovers were speedy to WOO and win;
And with orange blossoms in braided hair.
The old home was left, new home to begin
So, one by one, the children have gone
The boys were five and the girls were three !;
And the big brown house is gloomy and lone
With but two old folks for its company.
They talk to each other about the past,
As they sit together in eventide,
And say, All the children We keep at last
Are the boy and girl who in childhood died
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
Reading Aloud.

1t is remarkable that among real
ly educated people the art of reading
aloud thoroughly well is so rare. The
poet Cowper refused a good appoint
ment in the House of Lords because
it entailed the obligation of reading
aloud the titles of bills. He was
more shy than most men at the
same time, a great many people
would have felt equally embarrassed
in the performance ofthat particular
duty. 1t is asserted that a celebra-
ted English judge once gave a lucra-
tive appointment to gentleman
who had been clerk in a metropOli-
tan police court. The appointment
caused considerable surprise, and
with some embarrassment the chief
justice confessed that he bad heard
the nominee administer the oath TO
a witness in a way that brought
tears to his eyes. / had never.
said he, heard the oath read as he
read it, although | had heard it read
often enough" Everybody in court
was impressed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
An Editors Droam.

He fell asleep after a time, and 10
he dreamed again. And it seemed
to him in vision, that, having arm
ed himself with certain papers and
books, he turned his steps once
more towards the palace, and knock
ed at the gate.
Hello, is that you, again ?" said
Peter. What do you wish? p
LET those persons again come
forth, replied the editor; and Peter
this time made them all come
through the gate and stand out
side.
They came as before and uttered
the same cries as before.
Why didn't you notice that big
egg l sent you p yelled the first
II was rotten.
Why didn't you write up my
soda fountain?' cried the druggist.
You had your tickets printed at
the other office calmly replied the
local editor.
Why did you write up about old
Tomlinson's hens, and never speak
of my new gate?'
odd Tomlinson paid for his ad-
vertisement, and you didn't. Here's 5
the bill, said the editor.
Why did you spell my name
wrong in the programme" groaned
the local talent.
Take look at this manuscript
for yourself said the editor with a
grim smile.
The rest of the company yelled
their complaints in unison, and the
editor calmly sorted out series OF
bills for unpaid subscriptions, and
presented each with one, and it was
so that when they received them
they tore their hair and rushed vio-
lently down steep place into the
sea, and Peter, taking the editor
calmly by the hand, led him within
the gate.-N. Y. World.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14

SAVE THE Corn FODDER. There
will be as good crop of cornfodder
this year as in most years, hence it
behooves every farmer to look to its
careful preservation, which is not
ALWAYS done as it should be. 1t lie
true the fodder is a heavy article to
handle, uples the husking is deferred
to a period when the fodder becomes
somewhat dry, sometimes little
mouldy, and then it is frequently
left in the field until the latter part
of November or beginning of Decem-
Der, greatly to its injury. The corn
itself, when the husking is deferred,
frequently becomes mouldy, and its
value deteriorated. 1t is better to
husk it as soon after the stalks are
cut, and the grains have become
hardened, and crib at once. This
allows the air to pass through the
mass freely and dries it gradually
and safely.
All farmers, who have any expe-
rience in feeding good cornfodder,
must admit that cattle prefer it to
the best clover hay, and it is fully as
milk producing, and more so when
the stalks are slightly salted. They
will then eat UP all that is thus pre-
pared for them and thrive upon it.
We know this as well from our own
experience as the experience of 9th
ers. Cornfodder is not, therefore,
merely worth being cured in the
best manner, but it should be an
object of real concern with all who
keep cattle, equally as much as with
clover hay. 1t is not pleasant, then,
to see SO many fields of Fielder every
where over the country moulding
and spelling late in November, or
even the fore part of December,
merely for the sake of a little addi-
tional labor to preserve it as it
should be, by storing it away to
help out the winter stock of cattle
food.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-11-14
A Voice From the Press.

| tack this opportunity to bear
testimony TO the efficacy of your
Hop Bitters" Expecting to find
them nauseous and composed of
bad whiskey, we were agreeably sur
prised at their mild taste, Just like
a cup of tea. A Mrs. Cresswell
a Mrs. Connor, friends. havelikewise
tried. and pronounce them the best
medicine they have ever taken for
building up strength and toning nd
the system. was troubled with con-
stiveness, headache and want of ap-
petite. Ny ailments are now all
gone. / have a yearly contract with
the doctor to look after the helth of
myself and family, but | need
him no. now. s. GILLILAND.
July %, 1878. Peoples, Adrocate,
Pittsburg. Pa.