JUL
, . of Publication.
fori1
7hs S:as-rsst Herald
- i . I. U.arnlnx atCS
.pi rtbir.!: .miw discontinued !1 '-;
-f r" j a uAe oat their ;
" hcU lUbK (. the safari j
' crin mm of the lormer a
somerset Printing company,
WHLSCVU. I
Xaaia wi'
rlL B. OAITBK.
HER. AttunK- , Law.
, tlTHl-B ' " 4U pn,f,-.)ol business
ItrTH. Marshall drug wre.
-rTTTTtB has permanently lwitcd
1 J- " of prutesMuo.-
,r Benin I ' KnMiiurer'i (tore.
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- rTVVt-i vw.... - -
I 1 ...rmf. IW lVV: .rwl nrnrttntliDff
I J r- - .. ai ; Iran fa. vr
I t. ; the old place, a
n. i riVEB tcr1er bis professional
.S H BM , Saamenetandvicin-
. a 'ru us. 21. TO.
.TTTh koontz. attorney at
.i-UJ1 JLrt. F.. will i promj atten-
'iLTItruMed bis care ta .Vmerset
:r 'W fy.. " -Kintte. OttKe In tue Jail
; -nTu rAln.inIer H. IVffnKh ha
I iT ' ,h.urt-ii" n Somerset ana
I arJ. Oft. in the Kecunier olhee,
-rrT. (X)LBOKS. ATTORNEYS AT
IT1?'. om' ini irf
j1 ""
7... J . -tv-it'x-t-v jti.iw fuiv.
1 -"L PA-t" tJer a.1rnoe4 on e.erti.i j
' Sr h rert.ee, on Main ureet.
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TT-VT HAT. ATTORNEY AT LAW
VALE2 S,rt. Pa will
!jTtri entnuted w fan eare with
w
i in- .m-rt. Pa-. wiU prartiee In S-B-
T'tlKO wiii I IT.lly attended to.
vii u ir-
D
T TTM 1. ILL.l-,-3. A.'a.'' A a.- a . -'"'
lli f mt t ail tin he fxi PPrrd to 4
" i AniDrl trlh of ail Ivii1b. nd of
M a4r.-un. "I -
t"o"kivmeu attorney at law.
! '1 "re in Soften ai-J 'lJ;4riiiif n-
in
ECETF.SCHELL. ATTOBXEY AT LAW,
iiSre Hi liievm Hon. Jan. 11-tf.
vvf MtYLKS. iTIVKAll i
H ffl P- iU PiT Pr",V
' a"iie. Office on tnha atreet. tx
niKiMKoa of Ed. SirniL jy-
TiE.vrr house.
ma. ffii'l-r inf.wn the nah.
.... s,. icr.i tl,i well k.wn butrl iu the
rc' NnereC h i bi mieolii to keep
, . L- - k. wit! viv . , Mlulb. t.k
g I ( I HUH-. BT -
iav tavi him With their ea"m.
ve 17 72 JOHN H"LU
' KVEPPF.R. Phvllan and TVoU- llerlln.
. . ill give i-rompt attenti' to all ea-
irKei tc b care.
DR. A. (J. MILL.LK, alter twelve
rj' active praetioe lu Shankrville. hat
r j mc !Kiif. and ten. 1 erf bi prtrtal er-
tj tiip r;::iii ui Somerset and vieinity.
tv in tue un .hop formerly ucrained by c. A.
,BfL where be oa be euttftUteU at all uwra.
s pr fp"iufialiy engagro.
af Virit ealU fMmpiy aruwered.
x li. TJ-ly-
to
H PiiSTLETH W A IT E. ATTORNEY
u Iw. Kutoemet. Pa Prufeci.al ti-
i wilfully iwiicitej and l onctiu Uy attend-
j. k(sr.R.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Kumenct. Peana.
OMELET PLAN I N'G-M I LL
GOOD & JONES.
i jssartann of bonding materiala.
. HM.tA .11 ktnri. of tdanlnar and
rvoErxo,
T EATH EE-BO A RDIXO,
SASH AXD rXOKS,
WIXDOW A DOOR-FRAMES,
YEXETIAX SHtTTEKS,
BRACKETS, Ac
. i. .... Tly Im WnM baiiltl-
z 4 citad ttf work done t order.
evMiaiptlj liiiea.
GOOD.JOXES.
DIAMOND HOTEL,
Bimuel Custer, rroprietor.
Ei'iar been favored with a large ahare of pat
ct Btbe part. ak for a eaaiiinoance of tbe
J! h J aenMmoiiatiaia are brat eiaa. the
- brmg torni'ived at all time with tbe het
mi aflxrd. Oaeu can be aemmmotlat-
a .utft.l'.U gond boarding and on reawo-
H. hae being roomy to alway
7 to rx:ve pleasure panie; aln gjod and
i-rx aai.;irx fcg tiilrtv head of bor-.
Samuel cister.
Pa-, December tih, 1ST2.
JJEVXOLDS, STEEN & CO.,
(traiit, SL Cliarlei Bote!,)
''." Strtft, Pittsburgh, Pa.,
"frVr f 0wM ware art Maaarar
turm r (;iawware.
JiJlIX WILSON" i SON,
viiuiiu.i: t.itoti us,
PITTSBUBGH.
'WARE.
Jtiao; i prepared U. maxafaetare all
AM' SHEET IRON WARE.
ajfjT Utyj 1 aonulT of rt.prr and bra
Jit t nd aU kuJ of
n-e InraKhlnE
' L' '" Un- Sbnn one door weat of
' Maia treet. scret. Pa.
"'J XOAHCAaEBEEB.
S. GOOD,
WYSICIAX d SURGEON
MlWrimrr a a
r.c oc Xaai Btreat
iTt
' PP I T T t . - .
LmJ wmu Frail Tree, Viae
" aUaa,
p. HI.
UAH.VtDSVILLE,
- - jvmmj, a aa.
'ianj.
" aaaa h leawer raiee uai III
Feb. a-2.
f
NEW FLOUR MILL.
w rioar Jim baiU oa tU rtt of the
OLD "DEXXISON MILL,"
?-Jrf.-.n -
r Taa; a wwvaa wa rafaaerMl IS en
t ha alltb kaieat improve
I - .artwl k. 1 . L . a r1 a.
aa-jj- - - .aaaaa wt wura
c h T r,e Pa"1 " xi of grain.
ALENT1XK HAY.
rItCTofTroth ACo
I H0LESALE BEALXES IX
Fi aim ui iwi
Baltimore St,
B5TIM0RE, MD,
p,n.ut.m Card,
ilie
VOL. XXI.
Hard tea re.
HARDWARE.
Jolm F. Blymyer
II re-"!w.i hif More a
Few Doors Above the Old Stand,
i
And offer to bin ecr men and frfendt a full line
of Kod at the rerr t ,wct prkci.
Hardware of Every Description,
in ox.
NAILS
AND GLASS,
iVoodeu Ware of All Kind,
COAL OIL LAMPS,
COAL OIL,
CHIMNEYS,
And evcrytiUnfi; N-l-tiding to tb.4 Lamp tnuie.
white lead,
lixsei:duil,
VAKXISHES,
BBVSHES,
PAIXTS IX OIL AND DRY. AXD
PAINTERS' GOODS IN GENERAL
A force ftoi t ot
Table Knifes and Forlav,
POCKET KNIVES.
SPXS.
-SHEAKS
AXD SCISSORS
PORcIXArN LINED KETTLES, kf., kr..
t
i
Tucether with many artielcf tjnnmon to mea
tian in an advertitviaaenu He u determined to
cell at the verr tawrt priera. Give hiaa a rail,
june 12-Ti
JAMES ri'GII,
MA IX STREET, SOMERSET, FA.
In cow prrpsred to mannfaetare all kind of
WAGONS, SLEIGHS, c.
He will abx iieomptly attend to
r
None bat Uie BEST MATERIAL will be ed.
ALL "WORK WARRANTED
Ai ('one la the lateft and nvrt approved
tyKk toe
LOWEST POSSIBLE PKICES.
Somenet. Marrh Cth.
IlfSTJBE TOUR LIFE LW THE
Old rtbiifhel ao4 Reliable
AUEUCiK LITE DCUMCE CXPAST
OF PHILADELPHIA.
The attention of tbe caHif-a. "f Somenet and
adjoining einlie fa reflect felly invited to tba
eiaiau whi-h tbe Amertoui Lite lararaaec Oaaa
pany of Philadelphia nreaent fr their eonfidenre
and patronage. It i peealiarly a I'ennylvania
Companv a home Cumpany and baalwayea
jaiyed the eonndeoo ot the paM-ple of the entire
Slate. It rank tmrnnftt the aaiact Oampaaie ia
tbe United tstale, and ha maintained an onward
pragre through nearly a quarter of a erntury.
I'rudeace ad eaancrDV. (rear invectment. and
irajmiat navmeiit of all 'it ! I ration have ehar-
aeienaeai this ecKaay frim It brt omnizatkan.
With a large paid In cash capital, nearly far mil
lioo of dollar of armmnlated ae(a, ander the
management uf genilemea of wndvabted integri
tv. and well known thrvaghaaat Penneylvania. tbe
Atneriean Lite ImtnrenceCo. tand aeeaaad tonoae
ia tbe United State.
orncKaa. .
Gerg W.HI1L Pr Hent,Oeorre Nogent. Vice
Prertdrot, JolmS. Wila. Secreury and Treaa
nrer, Alex W hillden, C'hairmaa CXam. un Finance.
oaKnrar rgriTgia.
Hon. Jame Phllork. Ex. Gov. of Pa., now di
rector of I . 8. Mint. J. Ealgar Tlavmaun. Preri
dent Penwlvania K. R. Caimpany. Albert V.
Kaaoerta, Grocer, Eleventh and ine Sia Phil,
Philip U. Mmgie, Merehaot. No. l a .Market 8L,
PhUa H'. Alex. U. t.'hattell. X'. K. IScnataar.
merebant. Water Sl, Phiia., laaae Haxlebnrst,
Aturov at Law, No. aU Walnnt street. Phil-,
John Wanamakrr, No. HI and "S 'hestnnt St.
and corner of aih and Market Pbila, Henry
K. Uennett. Merchant. Phila.. Jame L. Clag
hurn. Prevf aent Caaameri-ial Nat- Bank- Phila
L. M. Wbilldea, Merchant, Noa.'Jvand 22 S-th
Front SU Phila.
paalirir inmed ail the nvaltt aiiruved plana.
For further iniormatiua apply 10
0AII CASEBEER,
Agewt for th ramyaaaaiy aat Kwaaeraet.
deoi
JCONOMY IS WEALTH.
To the Iaadic.
TRY ONE OF
Ulc?ss Sz TJmco'w
Impxaaed Patent Self-Heating
Smoothing Irons,
Which 1 fatbemirigaurtvrral favorite through
out the country.
TU Iron eonf ribote IU full har toward eeoo
omy la domrstie life, aad 1 well worth the attea
Uaa of arm hoosekeeper. It I hrated sun pi v by
a Are lnrtiie, like aa ordinary toT. They are ot
diBervat (taea. weighing frum fiva to eight pound.
It av De-thrd tha time aa Ironing i duo with
aaach laaa taiiaraa no aiaaxer wf amottlng the
etotbea, aaai wtwa Iraodw they bar a much better
an 1 ui.
It leml to the Imwer a great degra of comfort,
(en. by the oa of rt. bnt noma are avoided, aad
the persoa u not ahjaeted to tbe almost insuffera
ble beat of a stove ar famae In warm weather.
A (alSrieat proof of ike aatMlaetion which It
rivea. and the favor with which tt I received. t th
already mrge and (till toereaairig demaod fur it,
ad which fall haw fast it I aomin! lata general
e througfaoat the eoaniry.
Kat naijT are th virtue of the Iron apnreriateai
at home, bat lb trae worth of tt I benaming ap-
parsot everybere. that tboaamd of them ar auw
being uld to varioo foreign eoanirie.
Karh I th oabdeao " the SBairafartarer In
tba eieeiieary af thi Iron, that they ay it oolj
Bead a tnat to prove lueii ruwaoie mrj Dnosav
ktwnrr. aad w warrant lwm to givw taltafixtkaa if
tbe direction ar fullv obaervad.
akaf-A raaae Iran if ree'rt." ONE bring
all that I aim aaiary for a family, as it ca a be kept
Uy hot while u use, aad only rcpamug
On Can writfllMferalnEiix.
I woaW not be without this iron fuv3tt. if I could
aot get aaothrr." I tha exriajuall'-a uf IboM who
m the lilaie argnaiex.
TRY IT! TRT IT!
atarTail 4 Irtettnt neUtti iu emrk irtn.
Tot sale by
riAXK . StrFALL.
fSowwrset, Pa.
H. DEXXISOX.
HarnadcvUle, 8crat my. Pa.
AagasttrJuUrz.
$12
O.vaaa. aa nil.n r A r I. r. kJ raaiaaa
walnut f. kf. our. in. wiiaraa'
MB a vavan avv- arav vn
Mopt, perfectly new. Factory prka, fiTS. Ala
amber af Second-hand Meludaoaa aad organ
ranging la prk rraasa ui aad upward. r fur reat
at (aaderal priea. Call ami examla at tha ma
(li numi of
CHaKLOTTF. BLCME.
tL U Sixth Area. Pltubarg Pa.
Sola Agent for Prince a Ce.' Organ.
JIuceHaneoiu.
JOBS DlfiXKT.
JOHN 1)1 BERT
JOai P BOSKCT.
CO.,
XO. 240 MAIN STREET,
JOHNSTOWN, PENXA.
! We ell rrfU nepttble in mil part or the I'nl
' ted State and Canada, ami in Foreign eonntriea.
! Hot Uuld, Cuuami as-i Uoremment land nt
I liixnevt market price. Ln money on anpruret)
' t'curltv. ltrafl atvl Ctierk on other banu tub.
j ed. Jl'ey received m dejweit payable on demand
Iutere-d at the mU of Six per cent, per
J Annum paid on Time Depotitt.
Everything n the Banking Lin reeeire oar
pnmt ii-ntii.
Tnanklal to oar friend and eoAnnier for their
paM patmnare. are auUHt eonlinoanc of the
aaiae. and invite other who hare honinea In oar
line to rive a a trial, amrinr all. that e ball at
all time do all we can to give entire ntiriaetHm.
Feb 21 Te JOJiX KllitKT k CU.
TR. U. M. BEACIILY'S,
CELEBRATED
BLOOD IUIiGE!
Thl Krmeiw ha been In ne over firmly yrtri,
and baa eared thoawwi uf eaae ennrtdered iaeo-
rable t,r the profemtan. It ba not failed In a Ma
rie eaae to give relief if not entirely ears.
It I particularly reeurnmended la the following
domplaintit:
SICK I1EADACJIE. PA LPJTA TlOy
OF TIIE HE A BT, LI YEP.
C0MPLA1XT, HUE U MA TISM,
SKIX DISEA SES, LAXG CID
CIBCULATIOX. f-e..
m any derangement of the Bloo4. Ia all diear
peculiar to female it it a nut and &orrrri;a airo
ee. In r-hort, tt being a HVavcf acting throngs the
CirenUtion ae IMoeat on all the Important or
gans and emnnetnrie of the body. It will core al
maH any cwrable dUeaae.
For sal by MEYERS fc. AX A WALT. Berlin,
Pa., and ly dealer in Family Medkict every
ahere. JUST
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FLOUE &c.
Be rare to call and are, and be roc vine-
C3 ad, a there are too many artkki ke(it for
eniuDeraiioa.
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OPPOSITE
(SOMERSET IIOl'SE,
SanxxssET, ra.
Jolj IT A. W. KXEPPEE.
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OL UIIL,
wrru
A. H. Franciscus & Co.,
ixroETxsa in muueca 1
COTTON YARNS, BATTS, WICK,
Twine and Ropes,
LOOKISO GLAE, CXOCKS, FANCY BASKETS
Wooden and Willow Ware, &c,
Axrrac-ixaxa ai aMuxa aw
CAKPETIXG,
OIL CLOTHS, f ATTLXG, RUGS, Sx.,
tU Market Street and (19 Ooauseree eUrect,
IHiladclpliia.
Joiaelo-tl
WE BOOSE & Co.,
FOUNDERS & HACHDJISTS,
SALISBURY, : : PEXX'A.,
Manufacturer of aU kind ef
CASTINGS & 3IACIHXEBY
Orders by mail promptly attended to.
Addrcas WM. BOOSE a CO,
SalUbury, FJklkk P. O. Somerset co. Pa.
wmm & wEmERHOLD,
MnubctortT of and Dealers In
AND
CUETAIN GOODS,
Furniture I)f alert Sujiplird at Low
est WhoUtale Hale.
No. 100 Third Ave.,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Orposita J.
rooxu.
W. Woual well's Faro it are Ware
aov. M.
gARRETT
Lumber Company,
O ARKETT, SOM EKSET CO, PA.
Earnest, Delp A Camp,
.PROPRIETORS,
white prxr,
YELLOW PIXE,
OAK,
BEM LOCK,
AXD CHESTNUT LTTfBER,
SAWED AND SHAVED SHINGLES,
AXD PLASTERING LATH.
Building Lumber
"Cut to a Mil" at hort actica.
Onler frem ranker dealers promptly BTled at
wWeaalepn. au. t, Tl-tt
glMMONS a CO,
wraotaaaLB Muxsaanr
Tobacco and fiegars,
4W Hartet Street, Akare FawTtk,
PHILADELPHIA.
aWE. H. XataaaB, ageaa, Soaaanet, Pa.
deoTra
Somerset
SOMERSET, PA.,
TUE BITEB PATH.
T atOBX O. VHITT1ES.
No bird aong Boated down the hill.
Tbe tangled bank below wa Mill
"To rwstle fina the birchen (teta.
No ripple from the water' bem.
Tbe dost of twilight round Of grew,
W felt the falling of the dew:
From na, era the day ni done.
The wooded hill (hat oat the ran.
But aa the river" Urthereat ri le.
We iat the hill top glorified
A tender glow, exceedingly fair,
. A dream of day without lu glare.
With an the damp, the chill, the gloom.
With them the innfct'l roy bloom ;
While dark through willowy mit a d-en.
Tbe river ruHed In (bade between.
From out the darknrx wbert we trod,
We gated upon the bill of Oud.
W bone light seemed not of moon or un :
We pake aot, though oar thought wa one.
We paoiwd, ai If from that bright rimre 1
Beckoned oar dear one gone before 5
Aad Kayed oar beating heart to hear .
Tbe vuiccl kt to mortal ear !
Sakien oar pathway turned from night. -The
hills wang open to the light ;
Thro' their green gate the muhine nawcd.
A bang, alaut (lender downward Bowed.
Down glade and glen and bank It rollei,
Ii bri.'.jfeJ the baded atxeam with gold :
And born; on piers of mUta allied.
The siiadowy with the (unlit (1 le !
"So," (aid we. "when oar feet drew near
Tbe river dark, with mortal fear.
And the night eumetb chill with dew.
O Father! let thy light shine through !
So let the hlll( of doubt divide.
So bridge with faith the ranieM tile !
So let the eye that toll oa earth
On thy eternal hill look forth ;
And hi thy beckoning angel koow
The dear one! whom we love below."
Hit ETCH Eft FBOH IIISTOBT.
Ws4erlr latrl r the Day a r
C'blviUrjr.
TLere is a class of characters that
flourished in the olden days of chiv
alry and disapeared with the kriip;bt3
and ladies and the other notable char
acters of that period. As popularly
Uuderctcod, there are no representa
tives of this type of people left in the
world. Down through the long ages
through which the rtries of their
wanderings and achicveiuents come
to us, there has gathered around them
a fictitious glamour which in vests them
with a dignity and respectability
which they would scarcely possess
were they permitted to step bodily
into this nineteenth century. After
all, when their true character comes
to be considered, one can't feel quite
so sure but what there is pretty near
the same sort of people roaming
atou the world in these days, spong
ing on other people and living by their
wits, vulgarly termed now dead beats.
All things considered, it was but
natural that the profession of the
troubadour should become, as it did,
the last resource of those who failed
in other pursuits. For instance, Ell
as Carel was a jeweler and heraldic
engraver ; Eli as of Bariols a bank
rupt merchant ; Peter of St Remi a
ruined spendthrift; Arnand de Mar
veil a notary without practice ; Wil
liam Adhemar an unsuccessful sol
dier; and numbers, as Hubert of Puc
bot and Peter Rogiers, runaway
monk" Still the troubadours craft was
not to be assumed off haad. Facility
in rnyming, an ear lor music, a vein
of low humor, a fiddle, a good stock
of impudence, and even a capacity
for "jumping through four hoops ;"
were not the only essentials. Some
thing further was requisite, which was
only to be learnt by associating with
recognized members of the brother
hood. For example, the poetic stock
of imagery was limited, and so were
the uses of each particular figure.
There was one kind of metre appro
priated to the canzon, another to the
tonzou, and a third to the servente.
Rhyme and cadence, too, had their
laws, which could only be infringed
by a genius of the highest order.
There were also what may be called
stage rules. A good song had to be
given in attractive form in order to
render it popular ; and, as all great
poets are not blessed with pleasing
voices, the troubadour who was mere
ly a poet found it indispensable as
in the case of Giraud de Borneil to
consort with those who could ting. It
was also found that monotony "did
not pay," and therefore declamation,
farce ana tumbling were added, one
after another, to the. entertainment
Thus the performance of the trouba
dour assumed a dramatic furm at an
early period, and necessitated corres
ponding s-kill on tbe part of the per
former. Besides, there were certain
usages with respect to copyright,
which, as the following anecdote will
show, it was of some importance to
understand. Albert of aSistoron, a
poet of tbe cavalier servente order,
on his death-bed intrusted his compo
sitions to his comrade, Peter of A a
lieras, directing tbe latter to present
them, in the composer's name, to his
lady love, the Marchioness of Males-
pma. reter proved unluittilul to tbe
trust reposed in him, and sold tbe
songs to a wandering minstrel, Fabro
of Uzcs, who sang them as his own.
The deceit was soon detected ; but so
long as Fabro confined his peregrina
tions to Lombardy and Piedmont, it
remained unpunished. In Provence,
however, a different fate awaited him
There the courts of love took aogni
zance of such offences, and before one
of these courts Fabro was speedily
cited. He had no choice but to ap
pear, for every inhabitant of the coun
try was an unpaidbut zealous servant
of the tribunal, and such a thing as
contempt of court was quite impossi
ble. By some means left untold, tbe
attendance of an important witness
Peter of Valieras was secured at
the trial Therein Fabro was found
guilty, and sentenced to be whipped
a sentence that was rigorously ex
ecuted. We may remark that similar
jurisdiction was exercised in Rhine
land by the piper-kings Rappolaleln
potentates whose connection with tbe
troubadours and the courts of love of
fers a subject for interesting discussion
in the proper place.
It was customary for intending
trouvera to place themselves under
the instruction of properly qualified
teachers. In tbe earlier times tee dis
ciple followed and waited or the mas
ter dretty rooch as Elisha devoted
himself to Elijah nor did the one
think of setting up for himself until
the other had abandoned the road.
Thus the trouver, Oliver, was attend-1
ed by Elias of Bariols. , And thus a 1
poet, whose real name is forgotten
under the soubriquet Cercamons
ESTABLISHED, 183
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1873.
(Cherchemonde), which he derived
from his irresistible liking for vaga
bondage, and to the extent to which
he gratified it, was followed by the
somewhat better known Marcbebrus.
This Cercamons is pictured in old
manuscripts in the habit of a traveler
that is on foot, with his tunic
tucked np to his belt, and over the
shoulder a staff, tJ tbe end of which
a bundle is hung.' The scholar of this
worthy was, in his way a representa
tive man. lie was a foundlimr.whom
I Aldric de Villars, a Gascon baron,
picked up in one of bis fields, and edu
cated with a view to tbe church. The
protege, however, frustrated the views
or the patron, by railing in love witn
the life of a troubadour, and abscond
ing with Cercamons in his fifteenth
year. While playing the part of fag,
he bore the name of Pan Perdit, pro
bably in allusion to the comfortable
livelihood which he had sacrificed.
Eventually his name was altered to
Marcbebrus, or March tbe severe, be
cause his strength lay in satire. Not
less a wanderer than his master, he
traversed many lands, extending his
rambles as far as Portugal. Every
where he sang against current vices,
to which, unfortunately, his censure
was not confined. He dealt just as
harshly with individuals, ' and thus
made many enemies. , . Finally, sever
al barons of Guienne, whom he had
exasperated by bis servant's (satires),
waylaid and put him to death. Nor
was Marcbebrus, who must not be
contounded with another of the name
who flourished two hundred years la
ter the only troubadour who suffer
ed thus and for the like cau.-e.
Another method of acquiring the
trouver's fckill was in attending those
baronial and princely courts which
tbe fraternity were accustomed to
haunt. In this way, men of noble
birth became adepts in the gay sci
ence. At a later day, professors of
poetry located themselves in the chief
Provencal cities, where they seem to
have found abundant occupation. A
celebrated trouver, Pete Cardinale,
! settled thus at Taracon toward the
close of the thirteenth century. He
gave such general satisfaction that
the commune took him into its service
and assigned him a large stipend out
of the public revenues. Robert,
Duke of Calibria, visiting the place
shortly afterwards, was so much
! pleast d with the conduct of the men
' of Turacon and their professor, that
I in nmn tt Ki j f-atTtAi ta' Vi r va" a j
a a. .a aaii. uaiuv vi uto jutu a ( u j w
Coui.t of Provence, as well as King
of Naples, ho confirmed all the privi
leges of the city, and exempted it, be
sides, from imposts of every kind for
ten yearson the sole condition that
tbe professorship should be maintain
ed. A nother of these professsors was
Bertrand of Peiers, who, as Nostrad
amus writes, "For a long time kept
a public school of Provencal poetry."
Among his pupils was a young lady
of rank, who was surpassingly beau
tiful, and who sruigmarvelously. Ber
trand taught her to niake'verses. Nor
as this the limit of bis instructions.
The professor, as well as the pupil,
was young and handsome, and there
soon occurred precisely such an event
as is commemorated in the old Scotch
ballad of ibe "Gaberlunzie Man.''
Thenceforward the professor's oc
cupation was at an end. Partly to
avoid fhe indignatiod of the lady's
relative, and partly to procure a sub
sistence, the pair, became wandering
trouvers, a career in which more than
average success attended them. Their
story was soon widely known, excit
ing much sympathy, and more curios
ity. Thus, wherever they went, they
were secure of a favorable reception,
an advantage of which they took
care to make the most, Hfevious to
entering a chateau, they were accus
tomed to make minute inquiries re
specting the inhabitants. "Then,"
writes our authority, "and with won
derful quickness, they would compose
a song ornamented with tbe memora
ble deeds in love, and tbe chase
of the chartelan and his progenitors."
It need hardly be added that they
were always richly rewarded. On
one occasion, however, they were
guilty of a small error of judgment
It happened when Giovanna 1, of Na
ples, and her newly wedded . second
spouf e, Louis of Taranto, were com
pelled to take refuse at Avignon,from
the wrath of the Hungarian monarch.
Being tbe late representative of their
ancient coants, Giovanna was exceed
ingly dear to tbe Provencals, and her
court was speedily thronged with all j
that was noble among them. Nor
with such only. The brilliant scene,
was the resort of all who lived by
their wits, and thither, with the rest
of their tribe, hied Bertrand and his
wife, l toe latter soon secured a roy
al hearing, but to the astonishment of
queen, consort and courtiers, the en
tertainment opened with an elogy, in
which Andrea of Hungary, the mur
dered first husband of Giovanna, was
credited with every possible virtue.
A curious jumble of Christian saints
and heathen deities was employed to
tear him from the arms of the fond
Giovanna just to prove her patience.
And then the same choice band was
made to present her with a better hus
band, in the person or Louis of Tar
anto, as the meet reward of her an
gelic resignation. The piece closed
with a "joyous epithalamium" on the
recent wedding. Then came the re
ward of the singers. Among other
rich gifts, the poetess received "a
gown of velvet cramosie" from the
queen, and the poet a silken mantle
from the king. This wa3 for the epi
tbalamrum. The singers were then
led to the kitchen, where they were
heartily fustigated by tbe master cook,
as a small return far their elegy.
It is not annsual for pairs resemb
Iiug Bertrand of Pezers and his wife
in all respects except occasionally
the trifle, marriage to wander as
troubadours. So rambled those "com
ers," as they delighted to term them
selves, the noble Raymond Ferraad
and tbe equally noble Alete de Man
leon, lady of Courboa. Ferraud, the
admirable Chrichton of his day, was
a warrior, mathematician, engineer,
musician, and architect as well as
poet After dazzling the court of
good King Robert for half a genera
tion, he turned vagabond along with
Dame Alete, who wa3 one of tbe
presidents of the court of love which
was held in the castle of RomanL
For several years the lovers led a joy
ous life and met with boundless suc
cess. At length came the period of
cooling blood and evaporating passion
Ji. .IL V-'.H
7.
that period to which sensual indul
gence contributes nothing but repul-
sive memories and which is called re-
pentancc. Both repented bitterly,
and took a course not difficult to an-
ticipate. It was not without a touch
of Doetrv. Burnincr ever? copy of
their amorous songs and retiring to
tbe Gulf of Cannes, tbe one became
a nun in tbe Convent of St Marguer
ite, which stood on the more northern
of the twin islets of Lorins, and the
other became a monk in tbe Monas
tery of aSt Honoret, which stood
south of the narrow strait on the oth
er islet Thus effectually sundered,
though almost within earshot, they
spent the remainder of their lives.
In the case of Guillems de la Tor,
who flourished during the wars of the
Sicilian Vespers, such companionship
had another termination. Travers
ing Lombardy, he visited Milan,
where he fell in love with with the
wife of a barlxT. The lowly dame
proved as frail as the high-born lady
of Bourbon, and abandoning husband
and home, she marched away with
the troubadour. All went well for a
few months. At Como, however, the
barber's wife fell a victim to one of
those visitations of pestilence so fre
quent during the Middle Ages. Her
lover, as infatuated as Raphael with
his Fornarine, could not believe in
her death. "She is merely feigning,
the better to obtain an opportunity
for abandoning me," he remarked to
those around him. The people of
Como having buried the body in spite
of his resistance.
Guillems took post upon the grave.
There he remained continually for
ten days and as many nights. "Ev
ery night," writes an unknown, "be
opened the grave and took out the
body of his mistress. Keeping it in
view, he would spend the hours of
darkness beseeching her to speak to;
him to say whether she was alive or:
dead to return to him if living,
and if she were indeed dead, to signi
fv what pain she suffered that he'
might know how many masses there
were to be said, and bow much alms
there was to be distributed in order
to procure her relief. Then, at break
of day, he would replace the body in
the grave and cover it up." When
the singular story was known
throughout the place, the people as
sembled, and, tearing Guillems from
the scene of his waich, expelled him
from their city. Thenceforth he wan
dered incessantly over tbe face of the
earth, seeking through many coun
tries tbe means of restoring his beau
tiful mistress to life. At length a
mocker pretended to supply him with
"If!
:
what he desired so earnest! v.
you recite the psalms, fifty paternos
ters.and as many aves, and feed seven
medicants every morning for a whole
year, without breaking your fast,
quenching your thirst, or speaking a
word, the woman you love will be re
stored to you," said the mocker.
Guillmes followed his advice in every
particular, keeping an exact account
the while of the progress of time.
But when tbe year was out md he
had been cheated, he died of the dis
appointment Aavsc tm the Clrla.
We have, charity for fast girls. We
have often found them generous and
warm-hearted, and are fully ready to
believe that their disregard of conven
tionalities is often the boldness of in
nocence. For example, in some fam
iles tbe chamber of the sister is the
resort of tbe brother in tbe first place,
then of the cousin, who is almost a
brother, and then of the brother's in
timate friend, who is treated as one of
the family. When this style of living
is transferred from tbe shadow of the
family to tbe apartments of a crowd
ed hotel or boarding-house, it gives
occasion for much speaking and free
thinking for a style of judgment
that often does the girl great injustice.
We have said that our Americans
have their faults. Tbe want of con
ventional limits or propriety between
tbe sexes is one of them. Theyoung
French girl is kept secluded, and nev
er suffered to see a gentleman, un
watched. In America, from early
childhood, boys and girls grow up to
gether, and on tbe whole it is best
they should. In order that this liber
ty should produce good effects, the
parents and guardians should inces
santly teach certain limits of proprie
ty. There are certain other places,
times and modes of intercourse that
are improper, and it ought to be a
part of the early training of every
girl to teach her this. Every approach
on the part of a young girl to any
personal familiarity with a young man
such as she might most innocently
take with another girl, exposes her to
misconstruction, which it is the duty
of her mother to prevent by timely
warning. A favorite author has said
that such personal advances on the
part of women were "immoralities of
manner," even where the intention
was innocent Do, girls, take care
respect yourselves respect your sex,
and do not give tbe enemy canse to
speak reproachfully. Listen, all of
you, to what a man says. It is out
of some old-fashioned "Father's Le
gacy," or some such antiquated book,
lie says: A fine woman has power
over us of which she very little
dreams, but a little too near acquaint
ance often disolves the illusion, and
converts the angel into a very ordi
nary girL" Let a mother tell you,
girls, that mothers, when they send
their beys into the great world, with
its temptations, hope much for them
from tbe influence of good women.
Did yon ever tbink of this when you
tell young men . that you dote on
smoking when yon urge wine upon
them at parties ? Some mother .some
sister, may wish that you would lead
her son or brother to nobler, purer
conceptions of life. - Ought not some
higher metive to govern .your inter
course with the young men of your
acquaintance than merely the desire
to fasten their admiration upon your
selfto please them at any and every
hazard ? Be sure that a yonng man
who is pleased through his lower na
ture, because you encourage his indo
lent and indulgent habits, and take
part with bis least elevated impulses,
will think of joa after while only as
a part of something unworthy, which
bis better self will seek to outgrow.
Mri. H. B. Stove.
Tread carefully OTer the sidewalks
if you dont want to fall.
0L
Ancient Vowaaaerjat Ephrt, Prww
ajrlvawfe. E h . n , d
80nitw.ntv.six mn fromanPaster.
T)ff ,c(tIemt.nt of Ephrata W3S can?0(1
. . . .
by a circnnirtsnrc of verv romantic
interest.
A religious societv was formed
in
Germany, in the year 1708, by
eight
persons, who entered into a covenant
to unite in the examination of tbe
rules and doctrines gathered from the
New Testament, and to form a mode
of worship and life in conformity with
the result of their investigations.
Persecution soon drove them f:om
their homes, and Alexander Mack, a
leader amongst them, devoted his
property to the common use of the
societv, and emigrated to Mill Creek,
Pa., in 1729. Conrad Bissel, one of
the members of this church, issued a
religions tract in 1725, and owing to
the excitement caused by it at Mill
Creek, he retired secretly to a cell on
the banks of the Cocalico, where he
remained for sometime undiscovered
by his brethren. When his retreat
wa.? found, they gathered about it
and built cottages ; so that the her
mit's cell was the nucleus around
which the future town of Ephrata
gathered.
In the year 1732, the solitary cot
tage life wa changed into a convent
icle one. a monastic society was es
tablislcd, and the erection of build
ings commenced.
The dress adopted was, for the
brethren, along white gown and cowl,
of texture suited to tbe season; and
for the sisters the same, with a slight
change in the hape of the cowl.
The first buildings of the society of
anv consequence were "Kedar" and
"Zion," a meeting-house and convent,
which were erected on the hill called
"Mount Zion." Larger accommoda
tions were afterward boilt in the mea
dow below, comprising a Sisters'
house called "Saron," to which is at
l ached a large chapel and "Saal," for
the purpose of holding "Agapas" or
Love Feasts; and a Brothers, bouse,
called "Bethania," with which is con
nected the large meeting-room with
galleries in which the whole society
assembled for public worship, in the
days of their prosperity.
The buildings are singular, and of
very ancient architecture, all the out
er wall being covered with shingles.
The two houses for the brethren and
sisters are very large, being three or
four stories high. - Each has a chapel
for their night-mettings.
The chapels and "Saals" are hung
and nearlv covered with large sheets
of elegant penmanship, or ink-paint-
. " 1 - , " . . a
ings, many oi wnicn are texts iroru
the Scriptures, executed in a very
handsome manner, in ornamented
Gothic letters,"callel German Fractur
Schrifter. A few davs after the battle of
Brandywine had been fought (Sep
tember 11th, 1777), from four to five
hundred of the wounded soldiers were
taken to Ephrata, and placed in the
hospital. Drs. Yerkel, Scott (father
of Colonel Joseph W. Scott, of New
Jersey), and Harrison were the at
tending surgeons. The wounds and
camp-fever baffled their skill, and one
hundred and fifty of the soldiers died
here. They were principally from
the eastern States and Pennsylvania,
with a few British, who had deserted
and joined the American Army.
The place where they rest is in
closed, and for many years a board,
with an inscription setting forth the
fact, was placed over the gate of the
inclosure. This has given place to
the foundation of a monument, the
corner-stone of which was laid, Sep
tember 11th, 1845.
At the time Congress left Phila
delnbia and met at Lancaster for
safety, money was minted at Ephrata.
The difficulties and disadvantages
which the hardy pioneers had to con
tend with inputtingup their buildings
may be imagined, when it is known
that thev bad to prepare all tbe tim
ber, etc., unaided by machinery or
power, save their own strong arms.
Trees were cut down in the forest
and dragged bv hand to their requir
ed positions. The locks and hinges
of the doors, all house-hold utensils
and such primitive agricultural im
plements as they used, were made
from wood, and window-sashes cast
from lead. The leather was tanned
upon which to make the card, the
card was made, tbe sheep raised and
sheared, the wool carded, spun and
woven, all by their own hands, ujon
their own premises. They wrote and
printed valuable books, when print
ing was in it3 infancy here, and spec
imens of their typographical art are
still in existence, which reflect credit
upon their labors.
As a religious community, they
never lost sight of their duty to God
in their efforts to have home comforts
around them ; and to their credit be
it said that the first Sabbath-school
in the world was established at
Ephrata.
fttyl la M1 TUmes.
In 1782 Governor Hancock receiv
ed his guests in s red velvet cap,
within which was one of fine linen
turned up over tbe edge of velvet one
or two inches. He wore a blue dam
ask gown, lined with silk, white satin
small clothes, white silk stockings
and red morocco slippers.
The judges of tbe Supreme
of Massachusetts, as late as
wore robes of scarlet, laced
black velvet, and in summer
silk gowns. Gentlemen wore
Court
1772,
with
black
coats
of every variety f color generally ,the
cape mid collar of velvet.of a different
color from the coat
In 1780 General Washington ar
rived in New York from Mount Ver
non, to assume tbe duties of the Pres
idency. He was dressed in a full
suit of Virginia homespun. On Lis
visit to New England he wore the old
Continental uniform, except on tbe
Sabbath, when he appeared in black.
John Adams when Vice President,
wore a sword, and walked about the
streets with his hat under his arm.
At levees in Philadelphia, Presi
dent Washington was clad in black
velvet, his hair powdered and gath
ered behind in a sOk bag; yellow
gloves, knee and shoe buckles. He
held in his band a cocked bat orna
mented with cockade, fringed about
an inch deep with black feathers. A
long sword in a white scabbard, with
a polished steel kilt, hung at his bip.
LL O
NO. 34.
rclrkrmteal Talkers.
Addison has been compared to "a
silent parson in a tie-wig;'" but it was
lonlv in the presence of stranger in
fact even a single stranger, that this
was the case. Lady Mary Wortley
declared that he was tbe best compa
ny in the world ; and Pope, who was
not friendly to him, confessed that his
conversation had something in it
more charming than he had found in
anv other man. It was one of Addi
son's own remarks that there was no
such thing as real conversation ex
cept between two persons.
Pope, Dry den. Gray ,and Gold
smith were none of them good talkers.
Somebody said of the last named that
"he wrote like an angel, but talked
like poor Poll." The great Corneille
was so dull in conversation, that he
never failed wearying. Moliere and
Descartes were invariably silent.
Montesquieu was deficient in conver
sation, and Rousseau, sa Acred from
the same defect Too many ideas
presented themselves at once to him,
and in combining them lie lost the
moment of repartee.
Buffon is said to have been both
eoarso and careless in conversation,
but Montbelliard, an eminent natar
alifft, who assisted Buffon ia writing
his great work, was a most brilliant
conversationalist It is said that be
threw every charm of animation over
his delightful talk, but as a writer he
lacked tbe genial, philosophical beau
ty of his illustrious contemporary.
Regarding him. an eminent writer
has drawn the following figure : "He
whose tongue drtJpped the honey and
the music of tbe bee, handled a pen of
iron.
Johnson's talk was of venr hiirh
order. It had a style of its own.
Tbe bold, bright flashes, such as are
to be found in Boswell, are inimita
ble ; at once and potent, yet stern and
logical. But it lacked the winning,
easv charm of Sir Walter Scott
Sheridan and Curran where among
the very greatest conversationalists
the world has ever seen. Horne
Tooke, in the following elaborate par
allel, has described their wit: "Sher
idan's wit was like steel highly
polished for display and use. Cur
ran s was a mine of virgin gold, in
cessantly crumbling away from its
own richness." Of Sheridan. Byron,
in his journal, says : "I shall never
forget the day he and Rogers and
Moore and I passed together; when
he talked, and we listened, without
one yawn, from 5 till 1 in the morn
ing. " " The riches of his Irish im
agination were exhaustless. I have
heard that man speak more poetry
than I have ever seen written."
Byron himself was no mean talker,
ne wa3 shrewd, witty and lively.
"His more serious conversation," said
Shelley, is a sort of intoxication;"
and Medwin exptesses himself in the
following burst of enthusiasm : "The
brilliancy of his wit, the flow of his
eloquence, who could do justice to ?"
Goethe was a fine talker ; ibe riches
of his mind flowed as freely from his
tongue as from his pen. Rickman
says of Paine, that his conversation
was often witty and cheerful ; always
acute and improving, but never frivo
lous. Willis has left ns notices of
Bulwer's and Disraeli's conversation
al powers. The former's talk be calls
a "brilliant rattle ;" of the latter he
says ; "He is very silent in the gen
eral melee or conversation, but we
have never yet seen him leave a room
before he had made an impression by
some burst of monolojrue." Grsi-
wold says of Poe, that ' he was supra
mortal in his eloquence ; his imagery
was from the worlds which no mor
tal can see but with tbe vision of ge
nius ;" yet he never presumed on the
good-nature of his listeners by monop
olizing their whole attention, fbr we
learn from Mrs. Whitman that be
was frequently "an admiring listener
and an unobtrusive observer." All
ston, the painter-poet, was remarka
ble for his conversational powere ; his
tongue wrought on his associates and
acquaintances like an enchanter's
spell.
We had well-nigh forgotten Tom
Hood, the prince of wits. He was
the magician of words, performing
with language the most wonderful
transformations. Conscious of his
great power and what man of geni
us is not conscious of bis ability ?
he was yet artless and natural as a
child. "His nature," says a cotem
porary writer, "was so steeped in tbe
choicest spirit of humor, that it con
tinually bubbled over in a quip and
jest, like a cool spring welling up in a
desert plain.
Fine conversation is a thing sel
dom heard of in society. Little pains
are taken to furnish other than com
monplaces. Hours are passed even
in intellectual company in idle dis
cussion and silly chit chat, -?uch as
provoked Fuseli, who, one day, after
listening some time to tbe "bald, dis
jointed chat" of. some idle callers-in,
suddenly interrupted them with the
remark :
" We had pork for dinner to day !'
" Dear Mr. Fuseli," exclaimed
they, "what an odd remark !" I
" Yes," said the critic ; "but it is as
good as anything you have been say-!
ing for the last hour." Home Jour
nal. S podge Gkiher1Mr Is Twasi.
The sponge fishery, as it is called,
is most active in the months of De
cember, January and February, as
during the other seasons the spot
where the sponges are
found is cov
ered with seaweed. The tempests of
November and December clear awav
tbe latter and allow tbe sponges to be
seen. The fishery has, however, two
seasons: one commencing in March
and ending in November, the other
occuovinfr the rest of the vear. In
the summer season the production is
small, because diving apparatus is then
necessary, and can only be employed
when there is a rocky or other firm
bottom; but the Arabs searching
along tne coast, reeling ror the spon-
ges with their feet beneath the mass -
es oi tangiea weeds, l he sponges
a a . atasa
which thev find are generally of an
Inferior kind, as they cannot go into
any depth of water. Tbe success of
tbe work of sponge-getting depends
upon tbe sea being calm. There are
not more than forty or fifty days dur
ing the winter season which are fa
vorable. The Arabs who inhabit
the coasts, the Greeks, and principal
ly those of Kxanidi, sear aapjis,and
tbe Sicilians, all engage in the sponge
fishery ; bnt the Greeks are consider
ed the most adroit and the Arabs the
i least so. The gathering is performed
by means of trident, or "artb," akind
of dredge, similar to tbat used in tak
ing oysters. Tbe Araw employ
; boat. called "andah," with crews of
foor or e-.en persons, one of whom
i only uses th harpoon. As xn as
the man sees a sponge, the boat ia
j brought to a stand tbe work is car
I ried on to tin; depth of fifteen or tbir-jty-fivc
feet The Greeks, although
very expert divers, also use the har
fpoon, but they emptor small and
very tight boat, carrying only the
harpooncr and tbe sculler. The for
mer explores the bottom of the sea by
means of a telescope a tin tube
about fourteen inches in diameter and
twenty inches long, with a thick gla.ss
at the lower end ; the object of the
tube is to get rid of tbe surface oscil
lation and allow the fisherman to see
the bottom. The Greeks exhibit .
sometimes extraordinary dexterity ia
getting sponges from a depth of sixty
feet with short harpoons ; they hold
in their bands three or four harpoons,
which they throw with such extraor
dinary rapidity and precision that
scarcely has one harpoon disappeared
beneath the water when the second
strikes its upper end and adds to the
force of the propulsion ; the third is in
the same way stuck into the second,
and so on. Neither the Arabs nor
the Sicilians avail themselves of eith
er of the above methods of using the
harpoon or the water tube. The
sponge fishery is considered to be
capable of great development, and the
danger of exhaustingthe supply is not
great, as a new sponge takes the
place of one removed within twelve
months. Journal of Society of Art.
fttwnuaa; (Setaaae.
The followingcontribution on social
cookery, is evidently drawn from ex
perience rather than from observa
tion :
A young, innocent, confiding, just
married goose, is the eaeiest to be
stuffed. Tbe following, is a common
process:
fche has been married a month to a
husband who has gone a little fas?,
bat he promises reformation, and
starts off matrimonially by setting
down and resolving to become a
model family man. The first few
weeks go off well ; he spends every
evening at home with the goose, who
imagined there would be no end to
the honey-moon. But one day the
husband meets a friend, and that
friend badgers him about the con
straint of married iilV, etc Tbe hus
band, afraid of being thought hen
pecked, resolved to spend that even
ing at his old resort, with his former
cronies, l nen commences tne opera
tion of stuffing the goose:
'I've got to go down to the office to
night mvdear.'savs he, to see a man
on very important business.'
"And leave me alone pouted
she.
"So sorrv, mv dear, but it can't be
helped."
'Can't I go, too!'
'Oh, it would be hardly worth
while I'll not be latfj good-bye,"
and away be goes, chuckling over the
success of the operation.
After this, the goose is stuffed reg
ularly, and with growing frequency.
One night the husband comes home
with his breath smelling strongly of
Bourbon. .
"Medicine for the cholera, my
dear."
Next he stumbles in drunk.
"Sun-struck, my dear."
Finally, in most cases, the goose
gets stuffed to its utmost capacity
very soon, and refuse to absorb any
more, and then the fires of conjugal
contention are lighted, and the
Tbe.Talae of the Boiler.
The Commissioner of Agriculture
in an article on agricultural machin
ery, makes the following very just re
marks on the use of the roller. He
says :
Of all the implements for use upon
the farm, there is no one which tells
of greater benefits than the roller. It
pulverizes the clods, smooths the sur
face for the scythe or the reaper, and
compacts the earth about the seed
and roots of plants, bet above all. and
of more importance than all it de
stroys vermin. That the earth should
be made fine is the object of plough
ing and harrowing. A roller greatly
conduces to this. That small stones
and rough places should be driven
out of tbe way of the scythe or mower,
is a desideratum which every fanner
will appreciate, and when his seed is
first sown or when the frosty winter
or tfiawing of the spring have loosen
ed its growth upon the surface, it
may be imagined bow it would be
benefited by giving it a bed in the
earth again.
But its most useful purpose is less
satisfactorily explained, for its only
proof is found in the experience of its
use. All know that most of the ver
min which afflicts the farmers' crop
has its resting and often its breeding
place in the earth ; there, and npon
the yonng and tender plant, where it
deposits its eggs. The" cut-worm de
stroys corn at the surface ; the Hes
sian fly deposits hs eggs upon the
young wheat-blade, which often falls
to the ground. The earth, in fine, is
fully charged with- the eggs and the
embryo of vermin of aU sorts, in all
periods of their existence, and it may
readily be imagined what an amount
of destruction would follow the pas
sage of a heavy roller over the sur
face. A Mmj aiaaggeal Throw, v the Bolls t
aToisater'a Uto-Craaskod to m Jelly.
A most shocking accident occurred
in the rolling mill of J. Painter & Son,
located in the Thirty-fourth ward.
West Pittsburg, yesterday afternoon
about three o'clock. A boy -named
J ames Welsh was employed as a help
er on the heavy rolls used for press
ing the iron into flat bars. His turn
was up at three o'clock, and he was
preparing to go home. It was his
duty, however, before he left to un
couple his roll, and being in a hurry,
he attempted to do so before the
engine was stopped. His pants were
caught in the machinery, and in
an
instant he was drawn throuirh the
rolls feet foremost and flung out on
the opposite side a lifeless mass of
flesh and bones, crushed almost Iat
The space through which bis body
' passed was onlv five inches, and it
can be easily imagined how fearfully
crushed and mangled it must have
been. The skull was broken like an
egg shell, and tbe brains scattered
about the floor. Word was immedi
ately sent to Coroner West, who pro-
' ceeded to the mil' and held an in-
! nnpot na th reiiains. at which a ver
dict of accidental death was rendered.
Deceased was eleven years of age, a
good boy, and the only son of his
parents. His father worked in tbe
same mill and it might almost be said
the lad was killed before his eyes.N
The blow was a terrible one to him
and the manifestations cf his distress
were of the moat aectiflg character.
Pittsburg Dirpctch 2idt.