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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-18

no use talking, won { live here. Take
me away and sell the land for what YOU
can get"
The major drove back to town and re-
lated his experience. Then he asked if
anybody wanted the land. Nobody
wanted it. he would sell out at great
sacifice. Nobody made him an offer.
Finally he went to Col. Horner. ..You
astonish me" said the colonel. cit is
news to me that the neighborhood is so
bad. This morning l regretted having
sold the place, but the information you
give me makes me glad that no longer
own the land"
If you will take it back you NAV
have it at half what / paid for'it."
Well, Ill do it as an accommodation.
but not as an investment
The trade was closed and the Canadian
fastened away. That evening the colo.
nel drove out. took down the ''dummies, !"
came back, and again advertised the
land for sale.
did not think that yon would leave
me IN such alurch, said Nath.
My dear boy" replied the colonel.
you have acted honestly by me, and
honesty non always receives its reward. z
Cur office was . small frame house,
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Catching the Seal.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
The chorus of fear set up by the
"whitcoats" or Atlantic seals at the
first signs of the approach of a foe,
is often the first Indication hunters
have of the presence of their game.
Soon, however, the black spots on
the ice appear in the distance, and
the ship is thrown at once into the
widest confusion. Craftily, like a
cat charming a bird, she moves
through the the icefeld, creeping
along until it is plain that the men
can safely reach their prey. Then
she lays to, and at once a swarm of
hunters, 200 or 800 of them, spring
upon the ice, and with gaff and knife,
they rush at the "White Coats
The shouts of the men, the low but
never ceasing grinding Of the ice, like
distant thunder rumbling in the sky,
the infuriated roars of the mother
seals, and the terrified, pitiful cries
OF their cubs, for all the world like
the sobbing OF child in distress.
produce a confusion of sounds that
is dreadful to hear.
1t is the young seal, the cub, that
was born only from three to six
weeks before, that the hunters are
after The skin is then in it's finest
condition, The coat is white and
almost fur-like, and the heavy lining
of fait directly under the skin by
which the carcass is protected against
the cold contains it's greatest per
centage of oil. A single blow with
the gaf on the white coats" head
is enough to stun and often to kill
him. That delivered, the hunter
whips out his knife and in another
second the skin and fat are stripped
away and the poor little creature 8
carcass is left streaming, bleeding
and quivering on the ice.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-18

New York to Texas Sit1ings writes ar
follows:
Mister editur: | rit 700 letter las,
Januwary and publish it in texas sift-
ings about our trip from texts to Moo
York, so I thot wood rite you summore
about how we faired.
Wen we got to Moo York we went to
hotel it was bigger than all outdoors
and so was the bill for the too daze we
kampt there. par sed we Was robbed.
Then we all went to a boording hows on
madison Avenoo where it was clipper.
The landlady was vishus lookin ole
woman who cud brag of a big noze and
too old made darters but we wouldn't
have CARED about that if we had got
enuf to eat.
Far was madden than wet hen he
always is when he don't get cnuff To
eat When he taisted his corfey he
showed back the kup and split sum OF
the corey on the table kloth. mar
whispered henery, henery, try and look
pleasant, but par only folded his arms
and sulkt. henery says mar you must
talk sum or people will think It strange
you ar not in texts now par sed dammit.
Then par talkt to mar but he talkt SO
lowd the landlady Good heer all what he
sed what made her eye fash fire. Pal
talkt about the vittles, then mar wanted
him to keep his mouth shut but he
wouldn't. That sugar bole SAYS par
oughter to be patented fur fly trap
hush Says mar. When mar offered par
the salt he sed that was the only one
thing on the table that was as good as
they had in texts. However he didn't
want no salt for he said the eggs wasn't
fresh to mead any salt henery for nv
saik keep quiet said mar but par KEEP,
right on as if he was deafern post.
Sumbody scd that kanned froot was
i, as old as Pompeii and par laft and SAID
he had good reason to bleeve they date
back even further than that so ma,
kicked pars foot under the table. Their
par tole mar that the cold slaw was
| made of fine shavings bekos cabbicl
was SO hi in moo York, and the landladv
ratified the spoons and lukt daggurs a.
par who askt if enybody present knowed
where dr. Tanner boarded when he was
starvin hisself in moo York henery says
mar will leave the tabul that's abou
! awl there is to leave said par pullin {
kock roach outer the bisket it was 9
! dead one. Mar got redder in the face
and par said that the landladys strong
: pint was her butter and her week pint
!. was the corfey, and that he was Going
to take as long to settle his bill as the
corfey did then mar got up and left the
/, table par had been Drinking.
Inotised the landlady didn't Ask pal
to maik no after dinner speach bekos he
isn't chansee depu spose.
par has maid the erquaintans of MISC
man at the boarding hows, but he never
has any chaing when his washwom
kums. have mi spishuns moo York is
| full of sutch.
Will write again sumo
TOMMY PETERBY
postkript awl the walters have to bee
tipt in moo York except the dumb wait
ers. Wen we were at the hotel waiter
pored kup of Hot corfrey down pars
back and par tipt him upside down with
us butte he Didn't ask for summore.
T PETERBY
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-18

You can get 100 acres Of land in
samoa for $l.S7, and the taxes will be
anly IS cents y year.
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AN EDITOR OUT WEST.
MEN WHO MOLD PUBLIC OPINION ON
THE FRONTIER.
Roco,lectlons OF Time When the "oai
Leaf" Was knocked Into ri BY Mis-
cradle Isazor-Bacl.

Nath Billbeck was professional
country editor. BY professional NEAR
that he was SO devoted to his calling
that he wore a linen buster and straw
hat even in the winter time. shrewdly
declaring that no one knew the day mol
the hour when an excursion might take
place. Nath did not expect a large
volume of business, and therefore was 8
philosopher. He and / once ran the
weekly Oak Leaf in a prospective town
OF the west. Our business consisted
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-18

it plan whereby she might save her
inheritance from the consequences OF
her husbands folly. She would run
the farm herself and pay of the
mortgage with the proceeds.
1t may have been the tears in.
Mollie's bright eyes-I have heard
that men do not like to see a woman
cry-or it may have been something
in her earnest womanliness that
commanded attention to her plead.
ing, but at the end of an hour that
hard old lawyer had certainly prom.
ised that her plan should have a
trial.
'I'll give you a year, anyway" he
said. If find by that time that it
pays me we can see about letting it
stand. My client has been abroad
for some time, and leaves all such
matters in my hands, sol will prom
Use you q year, anyway.
The very next day Mollie went to
work on the south lot. She hired
two sturdy neighbor boys for asmall
sum, for in that part of the country
boys work was not worth much.
But these two soon found that if
they earned their wages and their
good board they must work for
them. 1t soon became a subject OF
much wonder and a good deal of ad-
miration among the men that a
woman could SO manage u farm.
Never did the farm raise such crops
as it did that fall, and in spite of the
improvements she thought neces-
sary, Mollie paid her interest and a
good round sum down on the mort
gage.
In the late fall, just before the
Thanksgiving SHOWS covered the
ground, Mollie had received a morn
ing call from two strangers whose
every moment was full of business.
Their GRAND was soon told. They
had discovered coal on land adjoin-
ing her farm and theywanted to buy
that part OF the farm through which
they imagined the vein ran.
The price they offered fairly start
led her. But Mollie had developed
into fair woman of-business in
these months and her first thought
was, eff they'll pay that, they'll pay
more, and it's only the south lot,
that never would give a decent
crop of anything anyway" If they
were some time agreeing on terms,
they did agree at last, and Mollie felt
with pride that they were not to her
disadvantage -...
The SHOWS fell and Thanksgiving
came and went, and then one day
the door opened and a thin, stoop-
ing figure, wet with the storm that
ragged without, came feebly in and
sank into his old place before the
fire. -, s.':.'
Neither spoke. The anger that
swelled to bursting in Mollie's heart
softly changed to pity as she watch
ed him. Whatever had been the ex-
periences of the last months-and
Hiram never told them-they had
sadly changed him for the time. At
last he raised his shrinking eyes.
GIVE come back, Mollie,'' he said,
and didn't find the pot of gold. Pm
ready to go to work now like a man
and prove that I can be worthy Of
your respect if never have been be-
FORE
Mollie disappeared for moment
in another room. "There, Hiram, y
she said, as she laid her handbook
in his hand, there's the pot of gold
you've been hunting for, and it was
right in the south lot all the time,
just where you did not want to go
to work that morning. she finished
with a fearful smile as she pressed a
kiss of forgiveness upon his lips
Mrs. F. W. Bradley in Detroit Tri-
bune.
s"sl.. .'-e-. .. -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-18

She Wouldn't Be Comforted.
A racy story is told of an old lady
who refused to be comtorted by her
pastors assurance that when he left
her she would have a better pastor
as his successor.
Ma, nal" she said 81 have seen
fourteen changes in the ministers
since | attended the kirk, and every
ane has been waur that anither."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-18
Comparative Length ofLife.

According to recent figures the peo-
pie OF this country are longer lived
than those Of Europe. In this country
u persons out of every 1000 die each
year. In England the average lis &c,
and in Germany 26.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-18

As the cat grew the artificial paw ad.
hercd to the flesh, and the cat could use
it as well as a natural one. He runs,
walks, and jumps with case and grace.
But the most curious factis that he does
not kill rats and mice in the ordinary
way. Thomas Jumps on his victim. but
instead of killing it 9th his claws he
stuns it with his wooden paw. which he
uses like club. Mr.. McGrath ia
naturally proud of his cat.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-18
A QUEER CAT IN: KENTUCKY.
He Clubs Rats and Mice to Death will
His Wooden Paw, r s

His Wooden Paw. #c
A very interesting and credible story
comes from Woodford, Ky. A resident
of that village, Mr.. Patrick McGrath bv
name, has cat which is the pride and
Joy of his life.
This cat, who rejoices in the very
ordinary name of Thomas, was born
with three paws-that is to say, one leg
had no pedestal. Many persons would
have drowned the unfortunate kitten.
The humane Mr.. McGrath. however.
reared it with care, and when it was old
enough to be weaned he made a wooden
paw, which he fitted on to the leg where
it was needed,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-18
Valuable Silver Shares.

An Australian widow with the in
come of 1926, 900 a year is the fashion,
able sensation in London. Her story
illustrates what can be got out of sill
yer mine in New. South Wales. The
lady's husband paid fl20 for certain
shares in this mine. When he died not
long ago the shares were comparatiye-
ly valueless. and he thought he was
leaving his young wife in destitution.
Shortly after his death the shares rose
suddenly to q price so marvellous that
the widow sold one-half of her shares
for 100000, aud is now receiving
f25. 600 annually for the other half.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-11-12
matr,mony Measured.

In lsss IS per cent of all the men married
in Pennsylvania married women older than
themselves Eeighiy per cent nsrried 'hem
younger than themselves. and the remaining
: per cent took wives their own ages The
average age Of the Den was twenty -sessn
yesrs, and Of the women ;renty-three yssrs-
Mon men are married At twenty yfhrse, and
more women al trenty-one. This seems to
be the farori.e time. & woman o. tiffy -nine
married a man OF thirfy-onc, and girl Of
txenfv-three took an old man Of seventy.
The youngest couple who ssntured into mat
rinony was boy OF seventeea and girl Of
fifteen. Where the men are older. the DIFF.
ference IN age varies. bu: where the women
are older. Is rarely exceeds FIVE years OF
i4,796 women married. whose ages were
given, s.065. or 27.5 per cent. were less than
twenty years old
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-11-12

Oaite a sensation vas created On our
streets al an ear,y hour wednesday evensns,
wien Il was discovered that The iarge barn
on she Jcsiah Brs,t farm, south Of town,
vas in flames. and that Mr. Brznt, his
wies and Istengier Kimmei. q farm hand.
had been brutzlly beaten BY trsmps- Mr.
Rant aad Mr.. Kimmel had gone 70 the
b.-p about half past seven O'Clock 10 see
tha, ihestosk Vas secure for the night They
had hardly entered the barn, when they
wers attacked by three or four tranps. one
~ whom dealt old man Kimm@l blow on
the head that FILLED him so the barn floor
and unset the lantern he held on his hand.
Nj, B-ant was p5uneed upon by the other
,r.n,os and beaten frightfaisy In the strug-
gle thss eas.isd. the hay on the barn floor
took FIRE from the lantern. which bad berp
broken and in verg few minutes The aslnes
spreaa throughout the entire building Mrs
Rrsn. who hurried from the house 10 the
ha,n. was met on the way BY one Of the
sramps. who biz her hsIfA dozen bi0ws on
"a. f.re aad body befJre be joined his com
uenions. who were fiseing over the fields
toward the railroad track Hundreds Of
men aad boys fron town ran 70 the scene
Of the s-e. b1i nothing coaid be done 70
save the barn from The flames The stock
was ALI saved. The building. 3 tons Of hay,
aoa a large quantity az firm proiaee we're
eaureiv destroyed. The lsrm i OEned by
Jo.ish Woy, Of Ssnsrses township, who
estimates his loss Al sl.o0o. No Insurance..
10 clue Of tie trsnps has been d'7coverrd-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-11-12

LAWYERS CofIn0th and kOontE left for Har-
risburg Monday morning. A few minutes
before the noon train uas due Tuesday F J.
Rouser, Esq. cognsli flr The heconmonwezlth
received telegram f-om Harrisburg telling
him 10 take the Grsi train for that city as
the case Of the Nicely boys bad been set for
Re hearing befJre the Bosrd q Psrions that
day. This was the fri notice Mr.. Kooser
had ihst the case was 10 be called up. but
be left for the State capitol Immediately
where be viii be heard in behalf Of the
people Somerset county people are com
mencisg 70 believe that the sentence Ofthese
convicted mur.ierers viii be comInuted and
the neglect TO inform M KOOser OF the re-
hearing Of the case viii strengthen that be-
lief
A telegram from Harrisburg dated Non
day 10 inst. says There arrived at The State
Dsparsnnen: to-day Al express box, four by
two feef, containing suit Of clothes. dOub-
ie barrelled shot gun and revolver. These
articles we're sent BY the attorneys Of the
Nicely brothers. who have been convicted Of
the murder Of Farmer Umberger, Of SoEner-
set county.
The e. idence in connection with the cloth
ing and weapons Is entirely new. and it is
claimed that il will fAsfen the murder Of
Un.berEer upon man named John Beach.
The case Of the Nicely brothers will come
before the Board Of Pzrions tomorrow
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-11-12

When a J C5l5Orn. Jr. made his speech
in Vicksblrgh. Union county, last Thursday
evening week. be evidently took the town
by storm The Le~isburg Saturday Nighf
saws Of his ef3r1 " The real star OF the
evening was the eloquent C0lborn, who
made on this OCCASION an hOar's speech,
which contained more sound logic, common
sense. hurnor and eloq1ence than could
have been extracted from any half dozen
addresses ever made in l nion county. He
Is an intellectual EhiriWind, possessing the
rarest mental power. and few orators in the
country to-day can 30 magnetic an audience
as be. As dialeciiciAn and story-teller he
knocks the shine of any jester who has ever
entertained the people Of this section. The
people who listened 70 him Thursday night
have the satisfaction OF knowing that they
heard from abe eloqaenfii lips ofcoIborn facts,
figures. pathos and fun which veil entities
The loeiciAn 70 the sobriq ues Of the . orAto-
real Nightingale
IL is q new ornOthoiogicsl creation
that nightingale s5ouId come oat
Of the nest Of bald eagle," bat per-
haps the younger Ajax has beea taught
10 s,ng the Republican doctrines his sire so
eloqnenslr shrieks.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-11-12
Cheap School Books.

Notice is hereby given thai at Fishers
Book Sore there Is for sale large stock OF
Colton's. HarPer's and Barnes large Geogra-
phies, Buffers and Hsrper's small Geogrs-
phie., Appleions. and Rsub's Readers,
Brooks and Shields Arithmeiics, Bnck.
walters and Paiierson's Spoilers, Reed
and KelloSg's, Rau5's and ssinton's Gram
mars COTS Arilhmetics, 0lney's Complete
A lgebras. and wesilake's Literatures. and
small supply Of other secondhand school
Books. Fhese secondhand books mn<t be
sold before January !, 1891. and viii be sold
cheap. After that date they viii be shipped
AWAY ~ CaAs. H FIzHER.
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ALSO

All The right title Interest and claim Of James
Parson OF IN and 70 the following describeS- real
estate. viz.
No L Knoxn ss the homestead farm. cantAin-
ing los acres fnore OF les abort o acres clear.
gcod sugar camp and orcnard. Having thereon
erected new ss0ry frame dwelling. large bank
h4ra AMI other oatbuiidihgS. adjoining lands Of
Christian Miller. John Hoiderbaurn- George Tay-
man frank Co1ntrynan, W ". Davis and Others.
with the appuTteaaaces.
No. 2. Alfhe right title interest and claim OF
james P2rzon. being such interest as the said
james Parson acquired under srticlc Of agreement
With wm sIagief sam'l SIsfler, e. al. OF, in, and
10 the following described real estste
A certain tract Of land situate in Shade town
shin. Somerset eounty, Pa. adjoining lands of
Geo D. Manages. c. W. Lambert Charles enocer.
Gabriel Spangler and Others, containing iJ9 acres
more or les. with frsme dwelling house, n1i.
Fame and other buildings thereon Part OF S1fd
land. enough for good farm. 100 acres more OF
less improved and in good stnte OF culIirale1,
the balance timber with the apP0rsenanes
Taken IN execution a. the property 81 Jsrnes
Pnrson ~ the suit Of Josiah Woy, et al
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: ALSO

All tie right. title, interesG sud claim of James
" Marshall. Of n aud 70 the sailowi ing described
real estsse, VIZ;
No. / A certsln tract q land situate in Sinner.
set Twp, Somerset Co. FA-. a1joining lands OF
s T. shober. Jacob o. Kimnel, Ches- Lohrasn
and others, containing Is7 scres. more or les.
having thereon erected q two story frn1e dwell
ing h0uss. bank harm. crcxmery building and
sugar camp Oh the premises. win The sppurte-
names
No . A. certain traef of land situate a. tsore-
ssiG- sdioining Ne l. and lands q H1Hn-et Aey-
and Io-n Sna@cr aid otherx coutsining IL
zEr rarnpen he premises, with the sYgurfe1an-
cet
Tskeu in execution s< the properly of James
n Mkr.hall, a. the suit Of A III Conrotn $ use-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-11-12

The court appointed Vim. n lands, Of
Brothersvalley township return judge to car
~ the returns Of the congressional election
in this county to Hollidsysburg al which
place the Official vote Of the district vas CON-
putei al noon Tuesday. At the same time
A. ". Miller Of Niddlecreek township was
appointed return judge to carry the returns
ofthe senatorial election in this county to
Bedford where the returns were computed
a. the same hour.
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Also

All the right title. Interest and claim OF Henry
c s.aub, defendant, aud Lon. A. smith, tsrre
tenant 10 xif That certain Tnessusge. pieee Oh
pe-eel Of land situate in the Borough Of Meyers
dale COunfv Of Sonerset state Of fe,1s5 lrania,
h,eing part OF 10; nov occupied By JOHN q ctaeb
aud granted 20 Henry c. sIsnb by deed dated Oe-
tooer iS. s. fronting on North sideOf North street
= feet font. running back by division line my
l5o fee being the EEstern parf ofsaid lot. as ref
ereace 70 the County Atlas more fully SboSs. 10
gefher with the gppursenAnees-
Taken in execution ss the property OF He1ry
c sab defendant and L01- A Smith. terrs
tenant, al the snif OF Harvey u. bsrkley. Adnr
OF Emanuel Licsy. decd.
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Terms.

caethird 10 remain a Len a., he farm sf,e-t the
exl,e-s Rre dedacted, The interesr q & r<Sf an
risiafly TO fhs widow q TIE sseasei .s1rirlr hss
nafura lie. snn a. her death the frsressusl 4, Be
pad 70 the heirs cflse decezsed Tess pr cent
of tae psreh4se sso1sy 10 be paid down an sixy
q sale one IEiT1 n one ye4r and he remaining
third ~ IN years tereSfteg with sn,errSs on the
SeferTel payments froIz the Confirmation q the
sale. paymeats and coEe- 10 ~ seca:E-d ~ liens
o. the nr-Ea1ss For further iEfo-zasffor, al q
or 4ddres he Ir1siee a Ruek9ood, Pa
4. J. SEERSE2
dcfaa Trustee.
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WHEREss. Comrzde John II. fSaEkin, Of
Post S5i- G. A. z Of PenHs- and lAie mem
Der Of the 2ssh Penna infantry. was on Nov.
Ist Iseo, removed from our midst by that
grim destroyer death, leaving widow and
family OF children TO mourn his removal
fruna the family circle. ThereEsre,
ResoiseI, A comrade OF this Post, we here
By express our hesrtieit sympathy to The be-
resved family Of our deceasei comrade by
recording this humble tribute OF respect to
one who was faithful comrzde, kind hus-
band and father and = respected ci.izen.
Rs~lsef. These resolutions oe recorded in
the minutes of this Psi. copy sent the
family OF Comrasle Younkiu and be publish
ed in the county papers
CoWrrTTrF
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Mrs EDeline Amelia Kooser. widow OF
the late Curtis Kooser and mother Of Frxncis
J. Kooser. Esq. died Thnrsday last, amer .
short sickness, at her home in this borough.
Ms Kooser was the youngest daughter Of
the late Francis kier1zn and was born on
the 9th day Of February. 1ss7. she was mar
RED on the 9Th dsy Of September. lsi5 Hsr
death occurred on the 9Th day of Sovember.
1880. She was consistent member Of the
Lutheran church from childhood
Owing to the ezscting cares Of her large
family Ms. Kooser was rarely ssen in public
but her society was continually sought alter
by large csrc.e Of friends who found pleas
Ere in her quiet, genial wit and proited from
her wise and motherly counsel. Ars- koos-
er wse one Of those wonderfully gifted moth
ers who continued 20 remain the idol Of her
children after they had reached maturity
and whose affection was lavished upon her
np1o The hour Of her death with the same
spoufaDsiiy that characterizes infancy She
was = woman Of most grnesous impulses and
was ever willing 10 share the family loaf With
the stranger who chsnosd within her gates
OF no one can The description of the virtuous
woman in Proverbs Be more spuy applied !:
She iooketh well to the ways OF her house
hold. and eafeEh notthe bread Of idleness,
yea. she reacheth forth her hand to the
needy" and her children rise upand call Der
blessei-'-
Mrs. Eooser's dezfh resulted from n.aia-
rial fever sad was contracted While nursing
her sons, PARK and Edmund. both OF whom
are SUI suffering from that malady-