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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-12-31

earliest recorded celebration. We find
notice Of fsasting and The inteschange Of
presents Tacisus mentions the giving
and receiving Of New Years zifts. Loyal
subjects availed themselves Of this oeea-
sion 70 present their respective sovereigns
with gifts. which varied IN quality and
value With the position and means Of tie
donor Many Of she presents were very
curious. says Hore: "Stern oil Iati-
mer, instead Of pres-ntinz Henry VII.
with purse Of gold, As was custanasry
for View Years gif- put in the kings
hand a Nss Testament, With leaf con
spicuously folded down st Hebrews XII
~
Queen Elizabeth IS thought % have
msinta;ned her immense wardrobe from
the View Years contributions Of her low
ing subjects and. as she Is saii never %
have worn dress twice, it may be i'm
azined what they and Der jewels, etc,
amounted 70. It appears that al the
peers and peeresses Of the realm. al the
bishops. the chief officers Of state, and
several OF the Queens household serv-
ants. down % her apothecaries, master
cook. and sergeant Of pastry, etc-- gave
New Years gifts 10 Her Majesty, consist
ing in general either Of q SUN Of money,
Jewels, trinkets. or wearing apparel From
her household aud sr1despeople she
always received a great varis.y Of pres
ents, and aIwss made gins IN return,
though Of far less value than those she
received. Down 70 james H. the men
arrhs eoninued 70 give aad receive pres
enis. At present, Il is said. the court crs-
tom has dwindIsd down - the placing
Of a aerown-pieces under the dinner-piates
Of the two chaplains IN Eaiiingat court
on New Years Day.
Gloves were more expensive II 0iden
times. and money given in Leu of them
was called glove money. Pins OK
gold and jewelsd skewers were also pop
ular View Years gifts and from the
money given for that purpose arose the
phrzse ~pin money a. applied strictly
for personal enjoyment With rs and Of
late wears, gin making is more generally
confined 70 Christmas, and calling on
New Years Day. Il was customary. bow
ever, not many years ago, IN France -
well Is here, for gentlemen in calling to
carry with them little eornucopias or
packages Of bon-bOns 70 present 70 the
ladies' with a "Haay New Year AMI,
for some especial flvorite, 70 hide among
the sugar -plums little trinket Of value
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SWEARING OFF.


If you're waking call me early, call me early
mother denr,
For I've heap to resoIute upon this glad
New Year
There's lots Of things I'm going to say that
I'm a-going 20 do,
And kind of hope in thousand things IN
manage 10 keep a few
I'm going 10 do the very best that ever fsl-
low can,
And viii make no friendship with a very
angry man
viii not look upon the wine when it is
glowing red,
So may my evening bat sit loose upon my
morning head.
viii not loaf with sinners at the corner of
the street,
Nor viii talk about myself to everyone.I
meet;
I'll be the.good boy Of the school snd study
all the day,
Nor prod my seatmate with pin to see him
laugh aud play.
When Wisdom crieth at the gates III know
that she means me
And when she putteth forth her voice III
answer. Here be -
When sIugger men afront me viii give the
answer soft,
But the littIe man who tries it may venture
once too oft.
I viii not lie about my age, my salary or
weight;
To help indeed the friend in need viii not
hesitate
Twill not scott at feeble things, not even at
the poor,
And fractured toys and broken hearts rlItry
To mend and cure.
III go to see no gray haired sire pose as the
Preacher Boy,
Nor go to hear sucking baby play Little
Fouileroy.-
I will not whistle in the cars the airs DO
not know,
Nor hold high revel in my rom while 9TH
ers sleep below.
l viii not wear my dress coat when the sun
is in the sky
1 viii not wear collar more than seven
inches high
I win be 50 good and sensible that people
in the street
VIII lift their hats 10 me and say All, Ga
briel, when we meet
Goodnight, dear mother, sweet good night !;
nay, do not weep for me
am so good tonight fear that mornsI
ne'er may see,
But If do live through it. when tomorrow
disappeaTs-
You'll likely think your precious boy viii
1--we hundred years.
Bariette ia Brooklyn Efgie.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-12-31

In a case Of assault and battery called
in the Police Court, at Detroit, the other
day the officer testified that he found
two men fighting
@But he pitched into me- protested
one Of them
aBut Why did To- asked the other.
Because he owed me g. and had 10
take it out Of his hide 70 get IT,.
What rule did you 90 BY q asked his
Honor
What? In licking him
ayes"
@weH, got what shought was 81
worth
@Would you have your eyes blacksd
your thumb bitten and your nose skin
ned for s4.1
@WeH, hardly
"wiH you let some one knock you
about in that fashion for si0~
@No.r
@For sI5s7
~No.1
4 think your Judgment very bal IN
sueh cases, and ine you So"
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IN crowd OF nail dozen men stanQ-
ing in front Of well-known saloon yes
terday was a man known 70 the fraterni-
ty as ~lucky one" in the sporting class
He had in former years raked in many
a jack pot in this city, and was one Of
the few who became rich BY gambling
Speaking Of the city before gambling was
broken up, the man, recently returned
said
Let me tell you good story Of -
- you all know who ! mean. Well,
for nine years we were partners Every
trick that he turned was in with, and if
l made 4 winning he shared it. I never
could tell what broke our combination.
but one morning after We had counted
5000, after an aIl-night play, he said I
have played my last card and turned ny
last card. Suckers are plenty and money
seems 70 come easy. I have a few dol
lars and with it am going 20 lead new
Hfe.' I was shocked and thought I was
being guyed, but not so he meant Just
what he said and so reformed, bat before
We parted my partner said to me: We
may both live many years and VII
never forget the good times We have lad
together. am going to quit gambling
you are not, but whether you do or not
if you ever play a stack Of blues think Of
me, and you win bury half Of them 10
live on
"That was nearly Eve years ago. Now
then, comes my story. Only short time
ago heard Of my former partner coz
dEcting a religious meeting in the town
where vas, and quit good game Just
to go and see him. He did not know
was in a thousand miles OF him. Before
going TO the church I took blue chip
and marked not only his initials but mine
on il. went to church and was seated
about half way down the aisle. There
was singing and several short speeches
but I began to feel that was IN the
wrong new beeause did not see nv
former partner. The choir sang Hold
tu- Epfts anu itA-J - L Na1 ADIAe ~ tG1fC
m 2 former partner appeared and made a
few remarks. and then asked the congre-
CATION to contribute as the choir sang
Two men whom knew very well, and
have beaten out of many a dollar, passed
the baskets. When one came to me
threw in my blue check, and smiled IN
my sleeve when thought Of what nv
former partner would think when he
saw it. viii never 60 again where he
is. for when the money was poured out
on the table ne stepped TO the edge Of
the pulpit and said
al hold in my hand a blue chip. It's
worth $50 It's as good as gold, for the
man who put it in has endorsed it with
his name. I've held many one with
him, and he has owed me large sums Of
money, and I know that this check viii
be redeemed That was all he said I
took my hat and went to the door and
found an usher. / gave him two tens
and i've for good measure and told
him to give my kind regards to my friend
and former partner l don't play any
more Jokes on reformed gamblers p
LoutsrslIe ComElsTcidl
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His Only Prayer N Congress.

The late samuel J. Randall vas fond.
even in the last days Of his EltaI illness,
Of relating some Of the rec0liectioas Of
his Congressional life. Among these was
one regarding a clergyman who had been
called upon to otiiciate for the reglilr
Chaplain It was while Mc Randall
served his 6rst term a. Speaker Of the
House. The clergyman vas about 70
conclude his prayer and a revsreEr ST.
leuce pervaied the big chamber when
the members were startled % hear the
following sentence drop from the Chap
lain's lips. -Nay corruption and sin OF
every form be as far from every member
Of this body as Thou art, o Lord - It
was some moments before the HoGse fii-
y grasped the meaning 0f the Char lain's
prayer. bat when il did it vas unzni-
m0usIy decided b have a new substitute
in ease the regular Chaplain vas unable
to attend the next mornings session
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Personal Liberty vs. Pr ysicaI
Slavery.

We are all free American citizens, en-
joying our personal liberty but most Of
rs are in physical slavery, sr-fsring from
scrofula, salt rheHm OF som other form
Of impure blood Hooi's Sarsaparilla il
the grest blood purifier which disoives
the bonds Of disease, gives he sltb and
perfect physical liberty.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-12-31

With EIy's Cream Balm a child can be
treated withoos paia or dread and With
perfect safety. Try the remedy. u cures
catarrh. hay fever and colds in the head.
II is easily applied into the Hostrils and
gives relief With the 6Ezs aPPleatisn.
Rrce soe-
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A DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.

= the matter Of tie Esrafs of George Gardner.
decd isre OF cuefaahoning Twp. Somerset Co.
letters ef administration On the above estate
havirg heer granted 70 ne undersigned y The
r5--,rsr AUTHORITY notice is hereby gwen 70 all
rnrs1-is indebted 70 said estate make irlraedi
AZ navracuE and those having claims or de-
rasnls against the same viii present. them dsy
snrhenfscafei fsr settlement On Friday Ian,y
Bifh. 1891. a. helafe residence OF said dec I.
JOSIAH ! EL0CGH-
Adnis1rItcr.
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CHILDREN

Are always liable to sEdden and severe
colds. 10 Group, sare throat. lung fever. etc
Remedies. 10 be elective, must be admin
isiered wifhOut delay, Nothing Is better
adapted for such emergencies than Ayers
cherry Peetoral. II s0othes the inaamed
membrane, promotes expec1orafion. relieves
coughing. and induces sleep. The prompt use
OF TINS medicine has saved innumerable lives,
both Of yuung and old.
-Oae OF my children had Group. The ease
was attended by our physician. and was sup
posed 10 be well under control One night
I was startled by the child's hard breathing,
and on going to it found il
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Cling.

Il had nearly ceased 70 breathe. Realizing
that the child's alarming condition had be-
come possible in spite of the medicine it had
taken, reasoned that such remedies would
be Of no avail. Having part OF a bottle OF
Ayers Cherry Peetofal in the house. gave
the child three doses. At short intervals, and
anxi0usly waited results. From the moment
the PectOral WAS given, the ehild's breathing
grew easier, and in a short time it was sleep
ing quietly and breathing naturally. The
child Is alive and Wen to-day, and do not
hesitate to say that Ayers Cherry Peetoral
saved its life. &C. J. Woodbridge, Wortham,
Texas.
r. For colds. coughs. bronchitis. asthms,
-,,.I ti. early sf...as nf enrlsIIrnnfinn faka
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A DMINIsTRAToR,s NOTICE
A DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.

~
FsSate Of Lloyd .. stuff. late Of Jsnner Twp.
Somerset Co, Pa, decd
Letters of IfHSJration on the above estate
having been granted 70 the undersigned by the
proper authority, notice is hereby given 70 all
PERSONS indebted 20 said estate to make immedI-
are payment, and those having claims against
the same VIII present them daly authenticated
for payment 70 the undersigned,
LUCY NJ sTCFFT
Cecs AdmiuissFarFx
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l. ALI I'm ? NOA1NLs-
In the matter Of the estate of Mary FireStgne late
OF Upper Turkeyfoot Nwp.. Somerset Co.. Pa
Letters iestamentarv on the boye estate having
been granted o. the uBders gned by the proper
authority. notice i hereby given 70 ali persons
indcb ed % said estate 70 make irnmediaie pay
r,ent and those having claims against the same
wiz present them daiy authenticated for settle
ment Saturday the 5ist day OF January, 1891. az
the ia1e residence Of said deceased
JOHN FIRESTONE.
Executor.
Fred W. Biesecker. Attorney.
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HENRY. f. SCHELL,
III ArTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Pa
rnty and Pension Agent Once N Mammoth
D.
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A DMINIsTRAToR's NOTICE.
|. pMINIsrRAroR,s NOTICE.

II the Estate Of Email Miller, hate OF Csuema1gh
township. Somerset County, Pa
Letters OF al on the above estate aaT-
ing been granted 70 the undersigned 5g ne pnlpes
authority notice is hereby given 70 al persons
indebted 10 said estate 70 make INN eulate pay-
ment and those having claims aeAifiSr me same
vii present them duly authenticated 19r stttie-
menf on CT before FRIDAY Jan ~, ls5t- * tne
aze residence Of the deceased. -
JUHN K MILLER.
Fred. ". BIesecksr, Attorney
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rOHN 4. Ill.
~ s. KIABTELL,

laisz hts professional services 70 the citizens
.llaret aud vicinity. Unless professionally
1lgss be aan be found at his once on Main 81.
A. q diamond.
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CrocKHoEpERs MEETING.
vUANTED-

WANTED
w For the UNITED STATES
AMY Able Bodief En1arrsed MEN. between
fhe ages Of Zf and 81 yaars Good Pay Applf-
enfs must he prepared 70 furnish satisfactory ev-
fsssrlee es 10 age character and habits. Ratlans,
Ci1rkinn and Medical Attendance Apply AZ
CORNER MAIN AND CLINTON STREETS,
Iohnstswn, Pa
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EXECUrORs NOTICE
ExEcUToR's NOTICE.

Fred. ". Biesecker Attorney.
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BY vIRTUEof an order of sale issued ont Of the
Orphans Court Of Somerset County Pa I viii
expose n public sale On the premises tn Elkliek
Township, en-
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DWELLING HOUSE
Terms of No. I

oue-tb I'd in hand April I, 'si balance in four
equal rIuGal instalineuts.
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Material Development.

Wytheville, whose great elevation at 1850 feet
above sea level, the highest of any southern re-
sort east of the Mississippi, has rapidly grown
a sanitarium, health resort, andpleasure retreat,
until her six hotels and dozen boarding houses
can no longer accommodate her many visitors.
To meet this pressing want and aid industrial
movements, auspciously inaugurated by the
land companies of Wythevile, designs have
been perfected for the immediate erection of
$4,000 hotel IN the west end ana $4,000 hotel
on Boyd's Hill, while third one is being seri-
ously considered for the northern side of the
city. A $4,000 cotton mill to employ seventy
five operators Ito be increased to 100000 capi-
tal is preparing to build at once. The Wythe-
vile Foundry and Machine Company, to en-
ploy fifty operators, capital stock $4,000, and
Sash, Door, Blind. and Planning Factory, capi-
tai stock $20,OOO to employ thirty operators.
have been organized for work, while the build
ing for an Ice and Dairy Factory, capital S20,-
600, is nearing completion. The N. & w. r. II.
Company has secured grounds, donated for the
purpose for the immediate erection of new
$4,000 passenger depot, the designs of which is
SAID by the officials of the road to be the most
beautiful on the whole line. Among the many
recent improvements of the town is a complete
telephone system, two electric lighting plants,
incandescent and arc, costing $4,000; new pub
lie school building, $4,000 Fair grounds of fifty
acres and finest race track South, costing
Sl5 600; roller Touring mills, $4,000. Besides
the foregoing Boot and Shoe Factory, to en-
ploy 800 operators, will, it is positively promised
be removed here at the close of the present sea-
son from New England while the money is
mostly in sight for the erection of a hundred
ton furnace. with capital of S20O,0OO and sew
eral minor enterprises.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-06-29
The Diploma County.

Wythe County, of which Wytheville is the
county seat, was awarded the diploma, with $500
premium, at the Virginia Exposition, at Rich
mond in 1888, for best exhibit in minerals and
woods" In her borders are Is charcoal ands1
blast iron furnaces, several zinc furnaces and
lead furnaces. The iron leads traverse from east
to west every portion of the county between the
southern and northern boundaries The ores are
of the purest and most useful smeted. The lead
mines furnished balls for our Revolutionary
fathers. and have been continually mined since.
The zinc deposits are the largest in the United
States, and their spelter is the standard of the
Government. Bituminous Goals are found and
being developed along the entire northwest side
of the county. The county is connected by rail
with the great coal and coke fields of the Poca-
hontas and Flat Top area by the Norfolk and
Western Railroad on the east, the Cumberland
coal fields by the South Atlantic and Ohio Rail-
road on the west, and will have through the pro-
posed Virginia and Kentucky a central connec-
ton with the Flat Top.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-06-29
Location.

The properties, with two exceptions, (the
Caldwell and Holman tractsO are contiguous
and located in the west end of Wytheville, and
having formerly belonged to parties who refused
to alien them, the town has almost grown around
them. Upon them are several fine springs of
pure water, and several magnificent groves Of
native forest, affording lovely sites for shades
and parks. The drainage is perfect the lands
elevated, and the entire grounds have been uni
versally admired for their Incompatible beauty
of location, and their admirable building and
manufacturing sites. The Trinkle tract of 306
acres reaches within 2,200 feet of the Court
house. the centre of the town, and is cut in two
by the Main street extension for distance of
1920 feet, and 1850 feet on Grove Avenue, en-
tirely macadamized through the land. 1t has
a frontage of 2,4OO feet on the N. and W. r. r.,
all of which is reserved for manufacturing.
The Caldwell lOl-acre tract begins three blocks
east of tho new $4,000 passenger depot, TO be i'm
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-06-29
WY HEvILLES
Water Supply.
Her Water Power.

Wytheville's three systems
of water is perhaps without a
parallel, costing together over
one hundred thousand dollars;
one of soft limestone, a most
excellent water, conveyed from
large spring outside the city;
one, the new water works just
opened, will, when extended
according to surveys made to
Lick Mountain, furnish an in
exhaustible supply Of purest
freestone water, so essential in
manufacturing. A third of
highly medicinal mineral water
flowing free to all on Main
street. This water is visited
and used each year by thou
sands of people, who willingly
attest it's unusual medicinal
virtues. In the vicinity is the
celebrated Cove Lithia, Gibbo-
ney Alum, Stony Fork Sulphur,
and other highly valuable min
eral springs. The fresh water
springs in and around the town
are bold and innumerable in
number.
Reed Creek, one of the bold
est tributaries of New River,
and really river itself, encir-
cles with fine powers the city
for five miles. 1t affords unsur-
passed sites of beauty and
utility for manufacturing in half
mile Of the railroad.
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Her Railroads.

AS manufacturing will look carefully to COM
petition for protection, Wytheville promises
fruitful field for locating. The Norfolk and
Western will soon have two lines passing the
entire length of the county, with third line
connecting south from Iyanhoe with the Cape
Fear and Yadkn Valley. The Virginia and
Kentucky extension, extension of the Atlantic
and Danville and Danyille and New River, now
being surveyed, will now occupy the only pass
through the Allegheny range between New
River and Saltvlle and will pass Immediately
by this city. Fifteen miles will complete the
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley to a western ter
minus on the N. and w. trunk line at Wythe-
vile, while the Parkersburg, Little Kanawha
and Virginia Railway has decided to make its
southern terminus at Wytheville by connecting
with the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley road
here. The Virginia and Kentucky will connect
with the Virginia aud Western eighteen miles
west of Wytheville, and with the "Three C" at
the Breaks of Gun berland. securing outlets
through the Louisville and Nashville, northern
and southern systems of roads, giving our city
three competing lines to Norfolk and one to
Wilmington. In anticipation of the early con-
struction of the Virginia and Kentucky, caDi-
talists connected with it have recently invested
seventy thousand dollars in town property near
this city, and quarter of million dollars in
iron and coal lands along its line west of Wythe-
vile.
Thus it will be observed that Wytheville, which
is the centre of Southwestern Virginia, and the
largest commercial town in the Southwest, will
possess combination of advantages as respects
climate, location, minerals, transportation, water
supply, and water power unequaled by any city
in Virginia, or perhaps in the whole South.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-06-29
Her Hotels.

The Wytheville Hotel, four-story brick build
ing on Main street. the Fourth-Avenue Hotel,
four-story building on corner of Fourth avenue
and Main street, the Hancock House, three story
frame building southwest corner Fourth avenue
aRd Main street.
The Virginia House, three-story frame build
ing west of the Hancock House.
Boyd Hotel at Railway Station, fivestory brick
building.
The Mountain View Hotel, three-story frame
building in front of railway station. Jackson
park Hotel, being built at a cost of $4,000. Boyd
Hill Hotel to be built at cost of $4,000, and
numerous boarding houses.
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GRAND OPENING SALE OF
LOTS BY THIS COM.
PANY, BEGINNING
j Z L Y 8, 1 8 9 o,
AT O'CLOCK A. M.

The Trinkle tract of 500
acres of land, the most beauti-
full in Wytheville, has been
splendidly plotted by Wingate
& Hanckle, Of Roanoke. The
Norfolk and Western r. r.,
Main street, Grove avenue,
(Metaled Road, all extend en-
tirely through the property.
The streets are so and 90 feet
wide, except Main street, which
is 81 feet in width. The bust
ness lots on Main street are
28B by $50 feet, and the resi-
dence lots 4219 by $50 feet,
with alleys IS feet, All lots
west of Twenty-fourth street
are SO by $50, except sections
65 and IS, which are SO by
124H feet. Terms: One-third
cash and one-third in one year
and one-third in two years, with
interest.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-06-29
In Negotiation.

Negotiations are favorably progressing for the
establishment of car, rubber goods, nail, brick,
wool, furniture, tannery, and other factories.
while efforts and liberal aid will be extended
toward securing car wheel machine. agricultu-
raj implement, steel, rolling mill, stove, baryta,
paper, tobacco, and other factories. Sites will
be donated freely for manufacturing purposes
or valuable industrial movements. The city by
ordinance exempts manufacturing from muni-
cipal taxation for ten years.