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The National tribune., 1884-06-05
THINNING FRUITS.

SO far as our observation has extended we
notice that peaches have set very thickly. OF
course there is always 81 considerable fall
ing off as they begin to stone; nevertheless, the
presumption is that the fruit will be very
numerous and, unless artificially thinned, will
be of very poor quality. When the peach crop
is Plentiful, the fruit seen in our markets is small
and of inferior quality; on the contrary, when
the crop is said to be light, the fruit is much
superior in size and quality. The thinning of
the fruit Is very tedious process, but the testi
The National tribune., 1884-06-05
Rheumatism Quickly Cured.

.Reprinted at the request of many readers.
The National tribune., 1884-06-05

LII up your eyes. responding freemen,
Fling to the winds your needless fears;
He who unfurled your beauteoua banner
Gays it shall last thousand yearsi
The National tribune., 1884-06-05
RA1s1Ns FROM NATIVE GRAPES.

We are often asked for native grape which
will make good raisins but all cur attempts to
dry the berries have been unsuccessful We
have seen dried Iona grapes that seemed to
come very near being commemorate, but the
raisins from the foreign grape, as grown in
California, leave nothing to be desired in
quality. We have repeatedly seen samples
that were equal to the very best imported va
rieties, which shows that it is possible to pro-
duce them if proper care is exercised in drying
and handling. That there are many poor SAM
pies in the market is to be regretted.
A writer in the Rural Ne,o- Yorker has the
following: Il have some very fair raisins from
the Brighton grape The grapes were well
ripened and placed in drawer in warm room
in October last. l find that none have decayed,
but the fruit has just dried and shriveled nat
uraiiy, retaining much of the true raisin bloom
In favor they are not quite so sweet as Malaga
or sun-dried raisins, but they are raisins never
theless. Next season Will try drying them
in the sun"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-07-23
MARRIED.

ER-GAGHAGEN.-M 2eth
at Shade Furnace by Rev. ]. N Unruh, Mr.
Zschsriah d. Brubaker to Miss Jennie E
Gagbagen both of Shade.
STATLER- -BRUBAKER.-On June 10
at the Lutheran church in Meyersdale, by
Rev J. " Unruh, assisted by Rev. ]. NJ
Snyder. Mr.. Samuel Statler to Miss Aman-
da Brubaker, both of Shade.
MAUREY-LOHR.-J 80, at the Lu.
theran parsonage in Hooyersville, by Rev
]. y. Unruh, Mr. John P. Maurey, of Johns
town. to Miss Susie Lohr, of Hoovers-
vile.
EY-ZEIGLER.- July 18th
At I.ambertsyille, by Rev. J. " Unrub, Mr.
salathiel NJ McGaughey. Of Indiana coun.
ts- to Miss Hester E. Zeigle-. Of Lamberts-
vile.
WECHTENHEISER - GRIFFITH
the Lutheran parsonage in Stoyestown, Pa,
on June %. 1854, by Rev. A. K. FELTON,, Mr..
William Wechtenheiser. Of Jenner Y Roads,
10 Miss Mary Jane Griffith, of Friedline's
Mills
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-07-23

SELECT EXCURSION TO THE SEAsHoRE-The
Pennsylvania Railroad announces Select
Excursion 10 the Seqshore ON Thursday.
July 81. 1854, leaving Piitsburg by special
train at s. 50 A. NJ. Eastern Standard time,
arriving at Philadelphia at rs P. NJ, where
passengers will remain over night and pro-
coed to the Shore the next morning. leaving
Market Street Wharf as follows; For Allan
tic City $50 a. n. Cape May A. NJ. Tickets
wiil be good to either Cape May or Atlantic
oept New York and Chicago Limitel) for
ten days. This special train will be COM
posed OF fine Lake coaches and Pullman's 5
laxurous pzrlor cars. Tickets for this ex-
cursion will be on sale at the following
points and at greatly reduced rates. Pitts
burg, $1,000; Irwins, 1000; Greensburg,
1000: Uniontown, 1900; Connellsville TO-
o.: IAtrobe, l0.o0; Blairsville. 1000; In
diana 1909; Johnstown, 925; Cresson,
so: Altoona. 500; Tyrone, 7.65; Hunting
don. 40: Cumberland, $50; Bedford; $50
Mt. Union, 675; Lewistown junction. 6 90 /;
Mifiin. 5.e5; Newport. 500. The Harvest
will be gathered by July 3lst- And you will
want few days vacation and rest we cheer
fully reeommend all our readers TO take ad-
vantage Of this offer as there is no more de-
lightful place than the Seashore A dip in
the grand old Ocean win reimburse you,
with the sea breeze to your credit For full
information cali on Agents of the Company
or address Thos. E. Watt. Passenger Agent,
Western District. Iio Fifth Avenue. Pitts
burg. Pa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-07-23

TnE Cow MUsT Go--AT LARGE.-Seyeral
weeks back PETITION signed by a goodiy
number Of our citizens was presented TO the
Town Council praying them to pass bOr-
oush ordinance prohibiting the running at
large Of cows within the borough limits.
After duly considering the matter the city
fathers concluded TO submit the matter TO
the voters of the municipality, and ordered
an election to be held on Saturday. at which
it should BE- decided whether the town COW
should be confined in stable. field or pen. or
should be permitted to roam at large at her
own sweet viii. The polls opened at four
O'Clock in the afternoon and closed at eight
in the evening. Considerable Interest and
feeling were manifested in the contest, and at
times the excitement ran high. Cow or no
COW, milk or no milk" was heard on all
sides A system OF boycotting was organ
lied by the owners OF cows and in some in
stances parties who were dependent upon
them for their daily supply Of milk and
cream, were notified that if they voted
against the COW. they wonld have 10 go
elsewhere for their daily allowance of the
laeieal ilnid. One hundred and seventy-fiye
votes were polled, and the couBt disclosed
the fact that the COW had carried the day by
an overwhelming majority, the vote stand
ing ie9 70 4s.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-07-23

The Shippensburg Netgs is to be endorsed
when it says There are plenty of frauds,
humbugs aud swindlers on their rounds.
They generally choose the farming commu-
nifty, and go at them with patent stump pull
lers that will extract anything from the
tooth of fine comb to the roots of a giant
oak; patent wagon jack that can be used
to grease anything. but more particular the
pockets ofthe venders; lightning rod that
viii draw electricity 449 yards and conduct
It into the bowels of a stone quarry, and
shake the rocks up 10 the surface all dressed
and squared ready for use; patent sulky,
good to attach to plows or haul sawlogs
With draft 50 !: ht that the team viii have
a hard time 70 keep out of the way; insur-
anee companies With fabulous capitals and
extraordinary inducements. These are q
few OF the long list of humbugs that farmers
are solicited to patronize. No money down
is asked, only your note, which in some
cases grows so distressingly fast that you
EaiI to recognize it. Let all Of the travelling
fraHds alone and patronize your home mer-
chants"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-07-23

\ WoMAS RIDING A NELocIPEDE BETWEEN
SKY AND EAErH IN TIE GREAT JOHN ROBIN
soS SHow.-A recent exchange thus describ-
Is the wonder-moying of the female Blon-
din, whois astonishing the public by riding
. yelocipede over an almost invisible wire,
stretched nearly 100 feet in mid-air:
What, however, in our mind created the
most sensation, was Mile Zela's perform
ance on the high wire. After skipping
across this wire, which was about 100 feet
above the audience, with the grace and ele-
gance OF an ordinary danseuse, she leisure
ly walked over it blindfolded, and with a
cowl over her head. Not satisfied with this
proof of her intrepidity and daring, she then
rode velocipede UP and down the airy
road, looking as much at home between
sky and earth as if she had been enjoying
herself with promenade in the park Ire
mendous and well deserved applause well
coined her daring performance" Coming
to Somerset August 7th.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-07-23

Henry Bloom is prisoner at the Jail in
Pittsburgh There is AN information against
him on the books of Squire Berry, of Nc
Keesport, for robbing the BALTIC and Ohio
Express Company of $4,000. He was a
messenger of the company to care for ex-
press matter in transit betwnen Pittsburgh
and Baltimore. On Tuesday he was entrust-
ed with package containing $4,000, to be
delivered to a Cumberland firm. He told
he parties there was no money for them.
Upon arriving at Mckeesport be is said to
have told his bondsmen, Harry Hitzrat and
B. b. C0ursin, all about. it, offering them
5000 OF the money. They induced him
to give them the other 81 600, and then put
ting the whole in the bank for safe keep
ing, sued Bloom. He plead guilty at the
hearing, and was committed to Jail in de-
fault of So, 900 hail Ii is believed he is in
sane, as it was always suspected his mind
was affected by an accident he was in few
years ago.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-07-23

The Nofth AiRerioaa Rerieic for August con-
tains an article by Justice James V. Eamp-
bell on The Encfoachments of Capital"
which viii command the serious attention
of all readers Richard 4. Proctor treats of
The Origin of Comets and succeeds in
presenting that difficult subject in light so
clear thar persons who have little or no ac-
quaintance with astronomy can follow his
argument. Are we Nation of Rascals 2"
Is the startling title of an article by John F.
Hume, who shows that states, counties and
municipalities IN the United States have al
ready formally repudiated. or defaulted in
the payment of interest on, an amount of
bonds and other obligations equal to the
sum Of the national debt. Judge Edward c.
Loring finds q Drift Toward Centraliza-
ton in the recent judgment Of the United
States Supreme Court on the power of the
Federal Government 10 issue paper money,
and in the opinion OF the minority of the
same court rendered in the suit for the Ar
Hngton property Julian Hawthorne writes
of the American Elemen; in Fiction, and
there is a symposium on " Prohibition and
Persuasion by Neal Dow and DIR. Dio
Lewis
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-07-23

The August Harp~'s will be especially
noteworthy for its papers on American
places Gateway of Boston, y in which
w. II. Rideing describes and Messrs- Hal
sail and Garrett picture Boston Harbor
Salt Lake City, described by. Ernest Inger-
fsoll, with fifteen illustrations; and Richiield
Springs, paper with special reference to
their medicinal waters, by r. J. Mott, NJ. j..
Mr.. Boughton will continue his chatty
! Artist Stroll in Holland in company with
Mr.. Abbey. Art viii be represented by a
paper on the work of the Associated
Artists by Mrs. Harrison, with charming
illustrations of the needle designs Of Mrs.
Wheeler, Miss Dora Wheeler, and Others, as
well as by the frontispiece reproduction of
Mr.. Dewing's rose-painting, "a Prelude y
sport. by Antelope. Hunting in Montana :"
with illustrations by Beard and Frost; his
tory, by the first of series of brilliantly
written and illustrated papers on 'The Great
Hall of William Rufus by Treadwell Wal
den. William Blacks and E. 2. Roe's
novels will have their usual superb illustra-
ton by Abbey, Gibson, and Dielman, and
more ofthe charming landscape illustrations
by Alfred Parsons will accompany further
instalmert of Mr.. Sharps poem pictures,
Transcripts from Nature" There will also
be stories and poems by Mrs Macquoid, Mr..
Bynner, Lucy Larcom, Mrs. Fields, and
Others. A paper ON "The Building of the
Muscle" will be contributed by Julian Haw-
thorne. Amoug Mr.. Curtis's topics in the
Easy Chair are National Conventions and
College Commencements.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-07-23

CATARAcTs, AND How THEY ARE REMov-
ED.--Comparatiyely few people understand
what cataract is, where it is located, and
hew it is removed. 1t is not scum on
the eye, neither is it substance or growth
in the eye, but the natural lens become
opaque-from mother of pearl to white or
yellow in color. 1t is located inside the eye
ball, Immediately behind the pupil, about
one-sixth of an inch from the front of the
eye back to the front OF the cataract. 1t is
about the size and shape of a rHarrowfat
pea, with the fiat side a little rounded.
When q cataract begins the sight becomes
foggy, the same as if looking through
smoke, the patient sees better at twilight, or
with the back to the light. As it ripens, all
objects fade until only light can be seen
Some of these symptoms are also present in
affections of the optic nerve, which, ifalIow-
ed to progress. produce total blindness
wholly incurable. To avoid the fatal mis-
take oftaking nerre affection for cataracts,
all cases noticing such failure ofsight should
be examined at once.
The method of removal of cataract de-
pends upon the age of the patient, and the
character of the cataract In infancy and
childhood, and even the young adult in GER
tain cases, the solution by needle operation
IS successful when skillfully performed.
Oculists and physicians of little skill often
adopt this method, and couehing in aged
people, but in at least haifthe cases it fails.
and in many not only destroys the eye OPP
Grated upon, but through sympathy destroys
the other also.
Extraction is the method TO be used in old
people. II consists in opening the eve ball
and removing the lens entire. 1t is the
most delicate and critical operation in sur
gerry to perform in such a way as to restore
the greatest amount of sight possible 1t is
apparent 10 any thinking person that skill,
developed from long experience, is the only
guarantee of success in so critical an under
taking. No man in the state has had more
experience or success than pr. Sadler, s0i
Penn avenue, Pittsburgh. and he has the
only private Eye Infirmary in this section,
where his patients are given all the com
forts of home, which makes success doubly
sure. where failure might. and often does re-
snlt from exposure or improper care after
the operation.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-07-23

ALMOST A MIRAcLE.-A BABY BORN BLISI
RESTORED TO SIGHT.-Its eyes rolled listlessly
around in every direction, never remaining
fixed in one position. In the pupil was a
dull, gray look. Physicisns had pronoun-
ced il an affection of the brain. DR.. Sadler,
SOL Penn avenue was consulted in Februa-
ry last, who pronounced it a case of congen-
ital cataract. The necessary operations were
performed, and now the eyes are as bright
looking as if nothing had eyer been wrong,
and the rotary, unsteady motion is lessenIng
rapidly. The child belongs to Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Wilt, of Greenville, Mercer county,
Pa, and was but six months old when treat
ment was begun. This is one of 16 cases of
the kind that DIR. Sadler has restored to
sight.
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y TX III NJ 4 II Ie7-IV1tL1
W. A. REISISeER, Sect'y.

EYE NEARLY BURNED OgT WITH LINE
Mr. w. ID. Meyer, 1900 Carson street, was
bur ned in the eye BY lime in January last
10 such an extent as to entirely disable
him, causing an opacity, of over three
f6urt'ls of the corDea, and deep ulcer on
its edge, which threatened to perforate il
aud destroy the ball. The upper lid was SC
burned and contracted on the inside as to
draw .be lashes down on 10 the ulcer thus
greatly aggravating the suffering. Though
he had been under treatment five months
when he went to DR.. Sadler. S0i Penn Ave,
he had been growing worse, and could bare
ly see light. After three weeks under DIR.
Sadler the eye is entirely healed, the Iashes
are restored 10 their natural position, and
the sight SO much restored that he could see
to go about nicely. He has since been able
TO read with the injured eye.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-07-23

CAMP MEETISG.-Somerset Evangelical
Camp Meeting will commence on Thursday
August y, 1854. and continue over the two
following Sundays. A number of the min
isters of the district will be present during
the meeting Rev. p. A. Rohland, of the
Fulton street Evangelical Church. IN Pitts
burgh, will be present over the first Sunday.
Bishop Thomas Bowman, of Allentown,
will be present over the second Sunday,
Angus: 81, 1854.
There will be a first-class boarding tent
within the enclosure, to furnish boarding
and horse feed at reasonable rates.
The grounds having been enclosed at a
considerable expense, an admission fee of
ten cents will be charged for each admis-
sion. Season tickets can be had for 80 cents
each.
All children binder II years old admitted
free
A cordial invitation is extended to the
public TO meet with us in the leafy Grove
d. X. LAvAS, P. F. President,
W. 4. REISISeER, Sect'y.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-07-23

PoLITIcAL CALUMSIEs.-We are apt TO i'm.
agine because we cannot escape the vile cal
umnies of every recognized political leade r
that We are living in the last times all me u
are liars or rascals. We sigh for the states
men of the past, whose love of country
brilliant genius and mighty achievements
won for them The love and approval of their
fellow-citizens. A glance backward teach
es US that the calumny received by the lead
ers of 81 is but feeble yarioloid COM
pared to the plague endured by the
fathers.
One name is reyered above every name
in American history Washington, the IL
lustrious general and patriotic statesman
He must have hushed the reptiles hiss, and
escaped its fangs. BY no means no man
living or dead, was ever more cruelty ma
ligned or more outrageously DETAINED than
he. 1t is not hard te believe that he was
driven into private life by the INSCRIPTIONS
abuse of hostile press. All his immedi-
ate successors Jared the same. Jefferson,
especially, was denounced for his personal
vices as well as his public corruption. An
drew Jackson, the hero of New Orleans, to
many an ideal statesman even to-day, was
accused of nearly every vice or crime in the
catalogue of wickedness General Harrison
was scurrilously assailed as " Grandma Har-
rison," gossiping old lady and imbecile.
One name has power TO hush to silence or
fire with enthusiasm any American assem-
blage; and yet Abraham Lincoln was, in
the eyes of his detractors, an unscrupalous
demagogue and iienGish tyrant When Hor-
ace Greeley, man of pure life and glorious
record, plaintively asked friend, Am
running for the White House or the peni-
tentiary?' it was the throb of broken
heart. He died at the hands of the assas-
sin, as did his friend Lincoln. With the
announcement of Gariield's nomination
went out charges of villainy which, if
proved, showed him to be one whom no
honest man could support Had it not
been for the scandal-monger, we should
not have had the assassin. The charges Of
dishonor and corruption uttered by gentle
men made possible the crime of Guiteau
Sumner and Phillips, two of New England's
most brilliant and worthy sons, drank to
the dregs the cup of contumely and indie
cent assault. When the form of each lay
cold in death, the nation sought to wash
out with tears the marks of the vile slam
derers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-07-23

T. VI. Miller is delivering the first volume
Of Blaine's d" Twenty Years Of Congress p
to subscribers here, and also taking orders
for the second volume. He is authorized to
fiji ali orders here or at Meyersdalc. Whcth-
agents or not, he alone can deliver the work
at the above named places.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-07-23

The BALTIC. and Ohio Railroad viii have
one of their grand excursions to the famous
Luray Cayerns, on Friday, August Sth The
price Of a round-trip ticket will be five dol
lars. For further detailed information ap-
ply to L. L. Patton, passenger Agent, SOM
ayeaf pa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-07-23
CONFLUENCE ITEMS

CONFLUENCE IrEMs.
l.. W. Weakland, of this place. lost 9
4 vatch in LaurelhilI Creek little over 8
gear ago, and it,was found by William Dal
IL few days since at the old fording, but
the thing had run down, and did not indi
cate the right time. On the same day an
other watch was found in the Casselman
river by lad named Scott, which was losI
a long time ago by Mr.. Weakland Both
watches need little repairing, but we have
:. man here who can do it with neatness
and dispatch.
Mansfield A. Ross. of Petersburg, this
county, who recently sold his fine new resi-.
deroe in that place, as well as his interest
In the large general store owned by himself
and x. Z. Ross, to the latter, is spending q
portion of his time with his brother, A. NJ
Ross, of this place, with whom he was for
merly associated in business. His stay here
means business. as usual. Mansfield has
not vet fully decided where he will locate
for business.
Andrew ]. Bowlin, the man who built the
first house in this town, met with q serious
and dangerous accident few days ago
While performing mission of mercy the
horse took fright, and he was violently
hurled against a stone wall, fracturing his
shoulder and bruising his face in a manner
that may cause him to be disabled for life.
Mr.. b. has had a hard streak of luck for a
number of years, and there is much sympa-
thy expressed in his behalf y.
July 10, 1881.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-07-23

What shall we do with our boys and
girls" is the question with great many
parents who think ten weeks vacation alto
gether too mueh.-Daiiy Rerier. The Brad
ford Republican, answers in this sensible
fashion: Give them all Of Gods sunshine
that can be crowded into the two months.
iset their tasks be light and their hours OF
recreation many. Forty-two weeks of con-
tinement ia the school room entities them
to all the outdoor amusement they can pos
sibly get in ten weeks. Better the red
cheeks and boisterous laugh than the big
doctor bill. Let the boys and girls romp
and play.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-07-23
July 10, 1881.
| BRorHERsvALLEY ITEMS.

'
This time the Democrats have two gener
.als on their ticket-Generai Unknown anC
General Defeat.
Mining along the Buffalo Valley is ex
tsremely dull at present, and exactly so ar
the Democrats over this way.
The wheat is all cut and in shock, and be
fore this item appears in the HERALD mos
of it will be housed, in splendid c6ndi
ton.
The weather is not as warm and sultry
as | have already seen il in July still, we
observe that it's poor minister who can't
preach half his congregation to sleep in less
than an hour.
The nights are too cool, and the soil too
.iry, for the corn to make much headway
but much depends on the weather through
August and September for this crop but il
may turn out better than present appear
-ances indicate.
1t seems that Mrs. Theodore Tilton has
much more common sense than Henry
Ward Beecher. Why? Because she didn't
kick when she had ample reasons for kick
ing, and now Henry Ward is kicking when
he hasn't q particle of reason to kick.
Haying in this section is about finished,
and better quality than the present crop
has not been harvested since Noah built the
ark. One ton of this seasons hay contains
as much nufriment as two tons of the coarse,
woody. fibrous stuff of last years make.
Some twenty years ago the Government
needed the asst stance of Grover Cleveland
to suppress the rebellion, but he had to be
drafted. and then furnished a substitute.
This time it seems the Governor would be
willing to serve in person, but the loyal
north says: Hold on. Grover. we will
send Blaine as substitute
The Republicans of Berlin. Brothersval-
LEY and adjoining districts, will meet in
Berlin on Saturday evening, August I'd, for
the purpose of organizing Blaine and Lo-
gan club. We invite every Blaine and Lo-
gan man of this section, whether Republi-
can or Democrat, to be present. Able
speakers will address the meeting, and ar
rangements will be made 10 carry on an
aggressive campaign.
Now AND THEN.