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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30
To Destroy Sorrel. OF Sour Grass

All of the advantages of summer
following upon sandy. or light grav-
ely soil, may be secured not only
without loss of element of fertility,
but with essential gain in this res
pect. Il is now September. The
field may be plowed and sowed to
rye without manure, or with two
hundred pounds of super-phosphate
to the acre. This will soon start
and make fine growth, and in six
weeks or two months, according to
season, may be plowed under, thor
oughly narrowed, and sowed again
to rye. This will make a fair growth
before winter, and start rampantly
in the spring. About the middle of
April, when it stands a foot high
mot higher, turn it under, harrow
well, and SOW oats. When the oats
are a foot high, they must be turned
under, whether the ground is moist
or dry. One should not wait for
rain to make plowing easy. The
ground may be well narrowed every
third day. three or four times, and
sowed with buckwheat, which should
be turned under when it comes into
full blossom, and the narrowing re-
peated. A sufficient quantity of
humus will have been corporated
with the soil, to make it possible TO
plow and harrow after this, once in
three weeks, until the last of Octo-
Der, when rye NAV be sown with
timothy or orchard grass, seeding
with clover in the spring. A top
dressing of one hundred bushels of
gas-house lime, made very fine and
spread evenly upon the snow in
the early winter, would be de-
cided advantage. After this treat
ment, the land may remain in grass
without trouble from the sorrel, but
it should be topped dressed after
moving the first season, and occas-
ionally thereafter, with fine COM
post.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30

On the boat going up the river the
other day was q couple of whom
every body soon took notice. 1t vas
plain enough that they had had 2
row, and that the wife was mad as
wet men, When she had taken a
seat the husband walked up and
down and covered at everybody
and seemed to murmur threats of
! vengeance. On the deck, sitting by
himself was red-shirted, big-hsted
giant of a chap about forty years of
age. Presently the woman gathered
up her parcels and walked over and
shook his hand and sat down beside
him and began 3 cheerful chat. ex-
planning, however:
My husband is very jealous
OF me, and l want to bother him.
All right, marm," replied old
Hercules. Just chatter and chin
to your hearts content, and I'll larf
and slap my leg where the applause
should come in"
The bold action puzzled the hus-
band for few minutes, out present.
ly he walked up to the pair and said
to the man
Are you an old acquaintance of
hers ?"
should remark that | was. your
honor. knowed her for the last thlr
ty oddn
HIN. Who are your
They calls me William the Con-
kerer when they have time; when
they don't they cut it short to Bill
the Conk. And what may your own
handle be?
Humph Mary, come with
me :"
I'm entirely comfortable" she
replied.
Mary, | want your"
=" Which is to remark said Will
ham, as he rose up, that when q
lady puts herself under my protec-
ton, and fly gent comes around
with his chin music, Bill the Conk
Is in duty bound to 'ertect her.
Stranger, you skipw
"SHl7
" Which is to say that you viii!
skip or swim p
William reached out, but the hus-
band retreated and sat down at a
safe distance, and for two long hours
he must have suffered torture. The
wife chatted, William slapped his
leg, and the passengers winked and
as the couple landed at one of the
club houses the man in the red
shirt handed the lady ashore ike a
cavalier, and called out i:
=" I tumbles to the object, me lady
and if William the Conkerer can be
OF assistance again, jist gin me a
blast on your ioghorn, and III be
thar till death. ."-Detroif Free Press.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30
Feet Down.

Charles" said sharp voiced wo-
man to her husband. do you know
that you and | once had a romance
in a railway car ?"
Never heard of it," replied
Charles in a subdued tone.
81 thought you hadn't, but don't
you remember that it was that pair
of slippers | presented to you seven
years ago last Christmas-the
Christmas before we were married
that led to our union You remem-
Der how nicely they fitted, don't you !?
Well, Charles, one day when We
went to a picnic you had your feet
up on a seat, and when you wasn't
looking took your measure But
for that pair of slippers | don't be-
lieve we'd ever been married
A Young, unmarried man sitting
near by Immediately took his feet
down from seat
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30
The Confessions Of n smoker.

Yes, it is terrible bondage It is
slavery. Yes, | inhale the smoke,
and then blow it out again. 1t is
very sillv, is it not? | do the same
thing with my breath. Away with
this useless breath. Some breaths
are much pleasanter far, far away.
Why do / smoke cigars? Because
| am the biggest, and therefore the
cigar cannot help itself 1t is an
economical habit; the smoke of the
cigar keeps the moths out OF my
hair. Then / use tobacco to pre-
serve human life. Science tells me
that three drops of the oil oftobaeco
placed upon the tongue OF rattle
snake or dog will kill either or
both OF them in a minute. | trem-
bic to think how many times | walk
ed in the very shadow of death be-
fore | began to carry plug of to-
baccO around with me. Now when
| meet mad dog, | am secure. He
may bite me, but | will kill him.
The cannibal who eats me will
dream that night that he got hold of
the wrong prescription.-Bo5 Bur
defte,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30

Twas the last rose of summer
Left blooming alone"
trilled Susie Ford. as she secured
away on the pantry shelves intent
on getting her task done betimes, fol-
hadn't Cousin John" promised to
drive her to c. THAI afternoon,
and Susie dearly loved to 60 to
c., especially when pleasant,
kindly Cousin John handled the
reins.
Susie was bright little body, not
particularly noted for beauty, unless
clear, blue eyes. a goodly quantity
of reddish-brown hair and a happy
disposition constitute that desirable
quality. She was an orphan and
! had lived here on the farm with
Aunt Esther Holmes ever since her
mother Aunt Esther's only sister,
had died, leaving her helpless lit
tie infant dependent on the kindness
of relatives.
Aunt Esther never regretted hav-
ing taken the little Susie to her
heart and home. Her bright face
and sweet voice were a cheerful in
novation on the quietness that gen.
orally prevailed at the farmhouse.
And Susie, naturally affectionate,
loved her home and every animate
thing upon it, from Aunt Esther and
her stepson John down to the little
chicks and guinea fowls which she
fed every morning.
Late in the afternoon Susie was
safely ensconced on the front seat of
the dearborn, with cousin John be-
side her, a basket of eggs on her lap
to be exchanged at the store for tea
and spices, and basket slowed un-
der the seat to hold the results of
their shopping. Now, don't forget
to call for the mail, John, aad don't
upset SUSIE" was Aunt Esther's
parting injunction. For Cousin
John, dear reader, was astudent and
dreamer, lust home from college y
Susie would have proudly informed
you, and was apt to 60 about with
his head in the clouds, to the risk of
his own and other peoples safety.
The air was sweet with the scent
of orchard and field, the dust was
nicely laid by the recent rain, and
Susie enjoyed her ride to and from
the little country town to the full.
She transacted Aunt Esther's numer-
Gus commissions at the corner store
carefully, while Cousin John called
at the postoffice and bargained with
the proprietor of the general book
and news stand for some second
hand volumes.
At the tea table that evening,
while Aunt Esther and Susie were
discussing the afternoons purchase,
John looked up from the letter he
was reading and asked: Il say.
mother, do Boldt's take boarders ?"
"Why, yes. l believe so. What
makes you ask ?" Nothing partIc-
ular, only Ed. Thorne tells me here
that his mother, his sister Nettie and
Miss Longstreet have secured board
there for a month or so-in fact have
taken up their quarters
there" Which MEANS" said Aunt
Esther, smiling, that John and his
beloved books will have to say good
bye to each other, as anything like
quietness within mile of Ed and
Nettie Thorne is something not to be
thought Of"
Susie wondered, girl like, if Net
tie Thorne was pretty. whether Cous-
in John admired her, and hoped she
would see them all soon. Her wish
was gratified the next day.
She was busy mixing biscuit for
tea when she heard the sound of
wheels, and looking from the win
dow saw a fine team, driven by Mr..
Thorne, rattle up to the gate In great
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30
THE WOOD GIANT.
By IoHS eREESLEAF WHITTIER


From Alton Bay to Sandwich D.Drne.
From Mad to Saco River,
For patriarchs of the primal wood
We sought with vain endeavor.
And then we said: THE giants old
Are lost beyond retrieyal,
This pigmy growth the axe has spared
Is not the wood primeyal.
Look where We will Ger vale and hill
How idle are our searches
For 5road-girthed NAPLES, wide-limbed oaks,
Centennial pines and birehes
Their tortured limbs the axe and saw
Have changed to beams and trestles;
They rest IN walls, they float on seas.
They root in sunken vessels.
This shorn and wasted mountain land
OF underbrEsh and bowlder-
Who thinks to see its full-grown tree
Must live century Older
At last to US a woodland path,
To open sunset leading,
Revealed the Anakim of pines
Our widest wish exceeding.
Alone, the level sun before,
Below, the lakes green islands,
Beyond, in misty distance dim,
The rugged Northern Highlands.
Dark Titan on his Sunset Hill
OF time and change defiant!
How dwarfedth common woodland seemed
Before the oldtime giant.
What marvel that in simpler days
OF the worlds early childhood
Men crowned with garlands, gifts and praise
Such monarchs of the wildwood?
That Tyrian maids with flower and song
Danced through the hill groves spaces.
And hoarv bearded Druids found
In woods their holy places?
With somewhat of that Pagan awe
With Christian reverence blending,
We saw our pine trees mighty arms
Above our heads extending.
We heard this needles mystic rune,
Now rising and now dying.
As erst Dodonas priestess heard
The oak leaves prophesying.
Was it the half unconscious moan
OF one apart and mateless.
The weariness of unshared power,
The Loneliness of greatness?
o dawns of sunsets, lend to him
Your beauty and your wonder,
Blithe sparrow, sing tho summer song
His solemn shadow under,
PLAY lightly on his slender keys,
o wind of summer, waking
For hills like these the sound OF seas
On far off beaches breaking
And let the eagle and the crow
Rest on his still green branches,
When winds shake down his winter snow
In silver avalanches.
The brave are braver for their cheer,
The strongest need assurance,
The sigh of longing makes not less
Tn : lesson of endurance.
Mere York Independent.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30

If your hair is turning gray, don'i
use the poisonous dyes which burn
out its life and produce manv dis
eases of the scalp. Ayers Hair Wig
or is positively harmless, and will
restore the natural color OF the hair,
stimulate its growth, and bring back
its youthful gloss and beauty.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30
Some Solid Sense.

A half educated man is as danger
Gus as half broken horse.
Success, ike other good things, Is
put up in small packages.
Thanks are cheap. yet We can pay
half our debts with them.
Great wealth is like a great pile
of manure; it only enriches one
spot
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30

An exchange says some go to
church to weep, while others go to
sleep. Somego their wives to please.
their conscience others go to ease.
Some go to hear the preacher. 9TH
ers like the solo screecher. Boys go
to reconnoiter, girls go because they
oughter. Many 90 for sage reflec-
tions, precious few to help collec-
tions.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30
DMINIsTRAToR's NOTICE.

Esfate Of Polly Alwine, decd, late Of Conemaugh
Twp. Somerset County, Pa
Letters Of administration On the above estate
having been granted to the undersigned BY the
proper authority, notice IL hereby given 20 all
persons indebted TO said estate to make immedi-
are paymenf and those hayiag claims against the
same 70 present them duly authenticated for SET
tement % Thursday, the sth day Of Ocfehef, lsss,
at her late residence
ISAAC l. YODER.
se2 Administrator.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30

Everybody smokes in Holland ;
that is, every male body. Walk the
streets of Amsterdam early in the
morning and observe the most di-
minutive office boy sweeping the
sidewalk, polishing the doorplate,
or cleaning the windows, with six
inch cigar in his mouth. 1t is no
uncommon thing for boy ten or
twelve years old to address you seri-
ously A beetye yuur min heer as
u peleeft." And sober gray-haired
men give them the desired light and
on. l have seen a boy not fourteen
years of age dining with his parents
at the table d'hote at the Amstel
Hotel, light cigar when the waxed
tapers were passed, as they always
are in Holland Immediately after
desert, and calmly puff away, much
to the astonishment of the British
matrons and British papas present.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30

Hi, therel' exclaimed a country
passenger to the train boy, "come
here"
"What do you want ?"
Bring me one O. them ere Pa and
Ma Gazettes we read so much
about"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30

For a mild cathartic and Efficient
tonic. use Baxter's Mandrake BiIters.
Every bottle warranted. For Sale
by c. n. Boyd.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30
MITCHELL WAGON,

Which I selling will certify my statement that
they the VERY BEST Farm Wagon made They in
general in nearly every country the face of the
globe and adapted every variety of climate 1t
knowedgd by all to be the best proporoned best roned
best finished and lghtet running made present
few facts that should be read by every farmer about the Mitch
ell Wagons
ls Great taken in selecting only the best timber
that grows which cnt at the proper Of the year and
piled under sheds until thoroughly seasoned The thmbe-
kens much heavier than any other skens and
therefore, less liable break The hubs are odge-morts
ed which makes the strongest and most durable wheel that
be constructed The patent boxcoupng used only
this Company prevents the wearing and weakening of the
axle s. The MITCHELL WAGON stands to-day at the
head and front of all competitors and known far and wide
the strongest and durable unequaed in quality and
finish and monarch of the road wherever known and used
Don't fail give call, and the wagon for yourself
Remember, for the next NINETY DAYS am selling these
wagons greatly reduced prices will pay you buy of
and to buy now Prices furnished application.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30

The reason why the world grows
no better is because each one is try
ing to convert his neighbor and neg
lects himself.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30

Scrofula, and all forms of scrofu-
lous diseases. are rapidly purged out
by the use of Ayers Sarsaparilia-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30

Waiter" said a gentleman in the
dining car ''have you any gooseber-
~ pie?"
mo, sab, hain't carryin' any this
yeah, sah"
"Why is that?"
We'll, you see. sab, they's seas
this seasum. Last winter was so
cole an stormy that it was mighty
tough on de geese"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30

1t takes half lifetime to do any,
thing better than any one else can
do it, if it is only pitching pennies
az a hub.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30

Fast trains are getting to be all
the rage" observed the conductor
to an acquaintance, 'but l guess
our limited is still the fastest one
in the business"
''Oh, no." said the passenger,
"nearly every day l take train that
runs so fast your limited couldn't I
keep up with in five seconds"
"What train is that?"
"A train of thought"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30

When man gets tight on whis-
Ky he has to take the consequence.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30

"Yes," said red faced man 10
the smoking car. I'm a temperance
lecturer. If | do say it myself I've
made a good reputation down in
Kentucky where live. By the way,
| heard the breakman say the next
stop was for dinner. Will you take
a drink with me?n
Certainly. But l thought you
said you were temperance man ?"
so am. | always take drink
before meals and one before going
to bed; but if man don't do worse
than that he is a good temperance
man down where | live. Here's
looking at you p
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30

You can easily tell a dogwood
tree by its bark.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30

"Yes, sab, said a colored passen-
ger in the smoking car, Il argue dat
a black man can get long JUS as
well as er white man if he'll only
work and tend to business. Now,
dare's me and ny wife. We live in
Inyunnapolis, an make money an
save it, too, ebry yeah. Fo' yeahs
ago we started up in business, an
by close 'tention we've built it up
SOS We now run it day an night,
sab, an we's doin' right we'll"
What is your business, uncle p
Laundry business, sab. My wife
she takes in washin' in de daytime,
an'-an'-"
"Well ?"
"An'I-I takes in washin' durin'
de night"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30

A painting is called rare work
sometimes, because it isn't well
done.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30
Train Talk.

well, Jonny, my little man, "
said the Sunday-school teacher, as
he took a small boy on his lap in a
crowded car, did you have a nice
time at the picnic?"
Nav" replied Johnny, with a
look OF disgust mingling with the
pie-stains upon his innocent face.
Did some one act rudely to you?"
inquired the teacher, ''or 'Eere you
sad because your poor little sick
sister had to stay at home ?"
"Naw," Johnny replied again !;
"didn't have no fun at all. Me an
Tommy Jones climbed inter a tree
an cut the rope of a swing so Bill
Wilson an his girl would kerfiop
inter the mud, but Bill he got onto
US in time 10 save hisseIf. That
spilled de hull proceedin's fer me.
Never had no kind o. luck at all at
them picnics."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30

II see." observed traveller from
Minnesota, that farmers down East
are beginning to put up lots Of bar
bed-wIre fences. | can't see what
they want of wire fences in coun-
try where there is so much TIMBER
well, you just go down to New
York and try farming and you'll
find out, spoke up a farmer from
the East. 81 spent s430 last year
putting barbed wire fences on my
farm, and calculate that I've saved
the whole amount this season.
Saved it-how p
why, in time of hired men. A
hired man will sit down on a rail
fence to rest every time he comes to
the end of a furrow, but barbed
wire fence-well | guess not"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30

Susie went to the city and enjoy
ed her visit extremely. Before shs
returned home Nettie Thorne wai
married, and strange to relate, Su'
sic acted as bridesmaid on the aus
picious occasion. There is some
talk of a double wedding to be mex,
winter. the interested couples being
Ed Thorne and Miss Longstreet, and
our hero and heroine, that is, il
Aunt Esther's consent can be gained
by the latter.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30
AN IMAGINARY RIVAL

Twas the last rose of summer
I,e hfoor,;n, alopa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-09-30
GEO. w. SNYDER,
lot, NEAR MAIN CROSS STREET.

NEW BUILDING NO patriot,
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15


We often bear the homely but trits remark:
'Tfs horse nsw his OWE strength what destruc-
ton he might work. Tie same remark might,
with a. much truth, be made Of nations or lesser
bodies Of human beings. Nan il often quite 40
destitute u . correct appreciation Of his men,
al powers 80 the horse il Of bis physical power.
Ihe hnnan faculty a organizing certain classes
whose ~intsres's are identical, shd sproper esti-
mate Of the advantages 70 be derived therefrom,
seems to be 9 greatly restricted one. At least.
organizations which have hsG for thsir subject
the financial acknowledgement of their members,
bbgge Pesn confined TO . vsry ANAL msserity Of
all the people,
Every one knows that the strength and eff
cheney Of az army; the performance and power
of . nation; the success Of 9 factory; the highest
obtainable rssuls from q farm; the potency Of !
religious or moral movement, in short every
sffort in any diFsctloa 10 made efficient and sue
eeastul through ghe medium u ssgspizstioa.
How powerful this element is, nseds no elnci-
daton ct oar hands, fer . large n~s3crity Of our
esadsrs have tho best rsasons for knowing vhst
mere handful u msn ongsniged wield Il shts
northwest. ~ . fsw men working under rho
magic spell u organization csn, "A they do, con-
tsol ths natetisi interests pf thousspds Of their
feilow e-.sizess, ard svsn shsps the destiniss Of
gtates, Whist might not the paanv do 10 wards
cvunteract<ng The balefuI effects Of the few, IL
fhs fermer would call 70 their aid the potent
peHsr % effectively nsed by the latter"
Manufscturing, mining, milling and trans.
;ssrsx s~44sests sre al powerful organizations,
iotnsly spd s~eyerally shaping this m ghty conti-
sssn) 10 thsir own interests and deairss. By
iianix or9snization, and the concentration Of their
sealth, they mould legislstion to ihsir liking
by psyipg pripcly fees 70 eloquent advocates, o.
hase bribes 10 ooFrnptable Law. makers. Failing
in ibe<e they syade or break enacted laws, and
il The pspsliy would be ezacted, they Will tire
out Litigation itself by taking advantage Of 'sths
laws delay added by quibbIing, Indifferent ii
net dishonest courts,
We want 10 Soc the farmers Of this country or.
ganizing, rot that they may be able to use such
nnwholy Influences in their own behalf, but thai
they may render such abuses impossible by any
other class. We do not want them to organic,
for tho purpose Of depriving any mar OF any
enterprise Of any rights or any priyile ges the3
may hare ia law or justice. bat We want to zee
them aba TO prevent any clsss taking from
than the rights they are 50 willing 90 conceds
70 I'll farmers. begin to realize that they mus
meet organizAgon with Organisation, il they
would n~nintsin thsir position - squsl partner.
A. tne ownership Of this msgnifcient country
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