Te Inrrrmil T rylrg I'neV
XiscnatbutfUo tiotwffCP,
union?
othor valuable prorcrtr, &
Stai
Hoard of Hcuhli. Ibis commci'
has just publisbtd a volume of fire
hundroed and fiftv raes, which are
as "clack full o'scirnce" as old bol
Oiles U if a verv simple and comprc
Lcnsible science," however illustrating
such matters as "Preventive Medicine
and the Poctor of tb future," "The
Political Economv of Health," Duties
Wards." "The Health of
v,mw " School Hvcienc." "Core
I i "
hr.Spinal Meningitis."
The iiniK-r entitled "TLc
Health
,f FarmcrP," is full of ingestion
.., ii,e .ine rtf hard-workinff men
IUI VHJ' v. . .- ' " ' .
r. T!. averaire ace 01
Massachusetts farmers reaches sixtj
f,ve vears which is fourteen years
bifrher than that of other avocations,
but the wives and children not enlv
die young but arc far too often delicate
and diseased. Physicians all over
the state have furnished the essayist
with careful sHitistics. Almost all
these doctors assert that farmers'
wives are overworked, and many of
thorn declare tlmt the children, as
well, are prematurely exhausted by
labor. Put the fruitful cause of the
dvFpepsia, erysipelas, fevers, and
consumption which drag so many
women into the grave is affirmed to
) improper diet. The " men-folks,"
working out-of-doors day, after day,
Pteened in health-giving sunshine.
breathiDg tonic oxygen, blouebirg off
the impurities ot the blood through
free respiration, find a partial anti
dote to their perpetual poisoning, and
with more or less vigor, carry
their burden of mortality to a late
foend crave. Even they, however
do not reach the threescore years and
ten of allotted time, much less, "by
reason of strength," attain four
score. Tut the women live m-aeors in
sunless rooms, inclosed by walls, sa
turated, perhaps, with the exhala
tions of many years of unclesnli
ess, sleeping on feathers in unventi-1
lated chambejs, working from morn-1
ing till night, lifting w eights too heavy
to them, heateo to fever in the steam
ing kitchen, chilled to freezingin the
jen woodshed, and above all, eating
w hen utterly tired out, rank, rich,
food, at which an ostrich might hesi
tate. Two or three years ago, in a spirit
of helpfulness, we asked-our subscrib
ers to send us tLe genuine bill of fare
forme weekof theirconifortable home
tables. Yc believe that many wo
men, at their wit's end to deviso new
and inexpensive dishes, would find
suggestions in their unknown neigh
bor" wav of managing these con
stant Dcrnlexities. The hundreds of
eourteous and intelligent replies re
ceived, disclosed the appalling fact
that the basic idea of the larder, so to
speak, the unfailing tnana in the wil
derness of uninveutiveness, the expe
dient of haste and the apparent choice
of leisure, was fried salt pork! tight
out of every n house-keepers used
it every wek. Many used it every
day, or every two days. Doughnuts,
fried potatoes, fried steak, fried cakes,
fried ham, were frequent offerings to
the spirits of home comfort. In short.
throughout the lenght and breadth of
the land that instrument of woe
which Doctor Morse calls ' The infer
nal frying-pan," seems to be an ugly
sort of Circe's cup, subjugating w ho
ever tastes of its contents.
Now frying is a method of cookery
which has simply inglorious case to rec
ommended it. It disengages a fatty
acid which the meekest stomach re
liels against, and the humblest blood
refuses to incorporate in healthful
union. It toughens and makes indi-
g"fte')Ie the tenderest fibre subjected
to its ravores. and therefore while
such food satisfies hunger it does not
repair the wastes of the body. ,A
continuance in the 'eattner of fried
viands invites dvsiepsia, nervous irri
t ability, weakness of body, peryeret-
ty of spirit, and domestic intehcitim,
Indeed, it might almost be said that
when the frying-pan comes in at the
ioor love flies out at the window.
In winter, at least, most ruralf
households, and especially those o,
farmers, arc under an unbroken dis
pensation of frying-pan. Towards
Mring the brand of their servitude
appears in pimpled complexions, want
f apitetie, lassitude, and general de-
Mlity. All these symptoms are le-
iieved to be coincident with the
wanner weather. The careful house
mother announces that the family
blood needs purifying and strength-
ning. The -village store in called
upon to yield up its hoard of patent
luedirine, and the sequence of the frying-pan
is somebody's Golden Bitters
r Iron Syrup, or patent pill, or Vital
I.Iixer.
A distinguished preacher has late
ly delivered a lectnre onJ"The Wastes
and Hurdens of Life." Among these
he might well have numliered the
patent-medicine iniquity. The annu
al sum squandered on nostrums would
go far to py the interest on the na
tional debt. The misery they entail
is a perpetual burden to the wretched
flesh which has incurred it No in
telligent person is guiltless w ho uses
patent medicines. The diseases
they pretend to cure ar the result of
ignorant or wilful sins of diet or bod
ily habit. If an Amcican farmer's or
mechanic's wife docs not knew, to-day
that unwholesome food is poison,
and that rich greasy, fried food is un
wholesome, she is inexcusable for
that ignorance. If she does know it,
and continues in her offence, to save
time or labor or expense, she is guil
ty ef slow poisoning. If she have n
meat but pork let that be used spar
ingly or not at alL Well boiled rice,
or oatmeal, or eggs, baked potatoes,
ana iresti bread an butter, tmik or
beans, are better food and cheaper,
lteef and mutton, broiled or baked,
make inusele and fibre and healthy
nerves. I'ried, they wake mischief
only.
The public health is a matter of
grave puolic concern. But the public
health a made up of the private
Leaiiu ol every bouseneia. Ana wo
men will be the most effective citizens
and upholders of the commonwealth
if they determine that only whole
some food shall exist within their de-
main. joctor Adams, who has 6-
raretully studied the subject in Mans
rhusett, evidently believes that the
first step in reform would be the for
mation of ea Attti-Fryiny-pan
League. And we are inclined to
agree with hii JJrarth and Home.
Board I as; Carat Help.
The Bucks County (Penn.) Agri
rnltural Society recently considered
the question whether it is better to
board hired bands or to pay extrajfor
their board. It was generally conce
ded that when a farmer boards sever
al hands, his wife works harder than
any body else, but, at the same time,
it costs about (150 a year more to
have a man boarded out The plan
of having tenant houses was recom
mended, for no time is lost in ibis way
help is aore'tobe depended upon, and
the laborer ran take better care of his
children. One farmer, however said
he had quit the business on account
liiinois
farmer
matter
has bad exwnca'-'- i tma
n-rt lit- nf ' aucm.jn. For
le I several year his wife and raninj baa
c,.pti overtaxed with the cares of
hired men. and a couple of snug ten
ant houses were built, with garden
ground attached, and for a time eve
ry thing seemed to work well. Now
a good deal ot fruit of various kinds
was grown on the place, and it was
accidentally discovered that the fami
lies of the tenant bouses had put up a
large number of cans of raspberries,
noarhes. strawberries, ana otner irs.ii.
They were discharged, but strange
!tn ,ar their successors did the same
thing, so that now tnis large larmer
has come to the conclusion that be
has too much land, that he needs on
ly what he and his boys can work,
for the profit on hirod help no more
than balances the various annoyan-
ces. The great irouoie wuu most
hired help lies in the consideration
that if a man is worth high wages
paid him, he will not work long for
others, for he will seek land for him
self. KepaUya Kit T Baalc
The Church. Mitsionary Intelligent
ccr thus describes the reputed Bite of
the Tower of Bable :
A high mound is surmounted by a
ruined and unfinished tower of brick,
the summit of which is 235 feet above
the plain. An examination of the
mound shows that it is composed of
the same elements as the mounds of
Babylon masses of brick and rub
bish, interposed with broken pottery.
These bricks are inscribed on one
side with cuneiform characters. The
cuneiform is the ancient : Assyrian,
and is supposed to be ' the oldest in
the written language in the world.
One 6ide, where excavations have
been made, you may see walls of
brick ascending tier above tier with
masterly ambition. On another, all
is convulsion and disturbance huge
masses of brickwork, rent and over
turned vet so solid in their ruin that
it is easier to pulverize the brick than
to separate it from the mortar. One
ot these block3 has rolled boaiiy to
the foot of the mound. Others are
fused or vitrified by a process which
can be none other than eloctricity or
fire. Curiously enough, the Arabs
have a tradition that it has been des
troyed by fire from heaven. The
sides of the mound are pierced with
holes aud strewn with bones, which
plainly indicate the lairs of wild
beasts. The view from the summit
at sunrise is distant and varied. The
broad sheet of the Euphrates winds
for many a mile, till lost in the dis
tance in a "sea like" plain.
It is difficult to resist the convic
tion that Birs Nimrod ia the Tower
of Bable, the oldest ruin in the world
There are those who beleive it to
be the tower of Belus. and regard it
as a part of the ruin of Babylon
And surely it is when standing on
ground like this that the language) of
Scripture acquires vividness and re
ality which rewards the toil of pa
tient investigation, and makes the
privations of travel forgotten ; and a
voice seems to breathe from the resting-place
of the prophet beside these
mightv rivers which is daily more
heard and felt, rebukiag the sneer of
the scoffer and the sceptic.
Clover Aad Vrpaam.
A farmer of Fayette county, lllion
ois, makes the following interesting
statements in the St Louis Rural
World.
"The avarage yield of the present
crop of clover seed in my neighbor
hood was only one and a half busbies
to the acre. The season was not ,a
favorable one, owing to the destruc
tion of the clover blossoms by the
grasshoppers, Our average crop in
1S72, in this locality, was three bush
els, per acre. I use abeut a barrel
or three hundred pounds of gypsum
(land-plaster) to the acre. I sow it
early in the season, just when vegeta
tion begins to start It costs me
about 3 a barrel. The costs in Chi
cago is $1.50 to $1.75. The freight
from Chicago to andalia rangers
from (1.25 to (1.50. I am in the
habit of using four barrels annually.
I am further satisfied that it pays,
and that it is a profitable investment
am further satisfied that its use is
one of the best aids in restoring old
worn out land to fertility, that we
have. There are land of this kind in
my neighborhood that have been in
eultivation thirty years or more. I
have one field of this kind. My first
crop on H yielded only about twenty-
five busbies of corn to the acre. My
second crop was one of oats. I sowed
two and one-hai f bushels to t-e acre.
and one gallon of clover seed.
As soon as the oats came up I gave
the field its first annual top dressing
of gypsum, sown broadcast, cither
early in the morning, or during damp,
cloudy weather. . I plowed the land
deeper annually until the depth of
soil has been increased ) tc oyer eight
nches. I usually let my land lie in
clover three years. IJcut the first crop
of the second season's growth for hay
when in blossom, and the second crop
ater in the season, for clover seed.
The third season of its growth I pas
ture the field and brake it up after
harvest and 6ow in wheat Of
course each season the field receives
its regular amount of gypsum in the
Spring. The land I speak of will
produce over sixty.) busbies to the
aere." '-:-
it is certainly a great improvment
to bring land up to an averaire of six
ty bushels of corn per acre that was
down to twenty-live, and by neglect,
with bad husbandry, might run down
to five bushels. It is not all soil from
which crops of grain, cotten or tobac
co can be sold indefinitely and be ful
ly recuperated by a single salt of lime
like land plaster. The time comes
when phosphates, potash and magne
sia must be supplied as piaat food.
- ry, Tksmk Yob."
It was a jolly fJeigbing party that
congregated the other eveningon the
V est hide, ready to make a . flying
trip to uas urecS, enjoy a fear
hours in dancing and general frolic
and return by the light of the beauti-
ous moon. . , . .
To eonvty the party to aud fro,
AldricL's " lie fanglcd" sleigh, the
'AllcoT.t,' had been "engaged. -'.No-v
we haven't a word to hay again this
ideigb but the jolly party from the
West side don't ay much in its favor;
that is, tor ordinary purposes. Those
wha composed the company say that
if one wants sits a bath, or something of
mat Kind, why of course, you know
the slei gh'a all right, but lor real
old fashioned dry sleighing they
prefer a close carriage in the bummer
time, now.
This "new tangled" sleigh contains
a heating apparatus: a eteam boiler
under the drivers seat, and, eteam
pipes running around the aides of the
conveyance. Originally this was in
tended to make the sleigh comforta
ble; it is capable of different uses, bow-
aver, as may be seen by the follow
Promptly at the designated hour
! of the difficulties" A lrp;c
the gay party composed of an Joqual j
(andlarge) number or young genw una
ladies seated themselves propperly
(that in he sat next to her) and were
rapidly driven over the well packed
snow toward their destination.
All went merry as a sleigh bell for
two-b:.-Js of the distance, and the
mci.i' ei s of the party were chat
tering, laughing gaily, when, with an
eiir-sjilitting report, the tank, holding
t!ic water with which the boiler was
supplied, burst. This tank is located in
the front part of the sleigh, and the
precision with which it fired at each
individual member ot tbo party, soak
ing him (and her) through and through
was something wonderful. The mem
bers have all remarked this.
The floor of the sleigh was flooded
and the party was thoroughly wet. :
It s aitonishing how wet water is
on a cola night: it was indeed a
dampner, and the sleigh riders looked
something like a parcel oi chickens
on a roost, as they sat with their feet
on the seats to keep them out of the
water on the floor, bilence reigned
for a time bat the ludicrous side of
the affair soon became apparent, and
as none were hurt laughter took the
place of singing.
Oak Creek was reached. 1 he par
ty made a demand on their friends and
the friends for dry socks, dry
gowns dry dry well for dry cloth
ing generally.
It is said that the ball room afforded
a rich scene. The sprightly looking
old lady, in a torn calico dress proved
upon close scrutiny, to be the beauti
ful Miss The lively old chap
in a pair Noah's pantaloons (and his
every day ones at that) was found to
be theexquisit beauty and so
on through the list. But the young
people were determined to have a
good time, and they had it aud de
layed their departure until an early
late hour in the morning. Of course
strict secrecy was enjoined upon eve
ry member, Miss telliugMr
that if ever he told how she looked
in the cap, she'd "be awful mad at
him." Naturally, he won't men
tion it. But the more closely such
things are kept, the more we know
about them for our reporter writes
short band vou know.
Thing- Nat Ta Do.
Dou't leave in the fields the stones
piled up in spring after harrowing in
the grain, but pick them up and haul
them off cither at once, or in the fall.
The longer thev stand the more of
en eyesore, bother, and loss they are
to you.
Don't let the vegetables in your
cellar remain so late into the spring
as to become rotten and offensive,
not to say destructive to health.
Have an eye to them in season, be
fore the danger is upon you.
Pon't plant year after year the
same kind of seed that has been han
ded down to you from your grand
father. There is a pleasure as well
as profit iu sometimes getting out of
the beaten track and trying a new
one. ' '
Don't neglect to repair a damage
to any of your buildings, fences, or
tools at the earliest moment practica
ble after its happening. No time like
the present for doing such things.
The old saying that "a stitch in time
saves nine" is and excellent one on
the farm.
Don't turn cattle out uren grass
lands, or even pastures, before they
have become dry and settled after the
spring rains. They poach the ground
by their hoofs to its great injury, and
all the feed they get is of very little
value to them.
Don't keep in a constant fret about
things that may ho annoying, or
worry about tbimrs that can't be
helped. Troubles are not lightened
by fretting. The true remedy is to
keep cool and try to master dimcuL
ties, and not let them master vou
VmU TrMern.
mt. u uiarence purtbasea a new
pair of pants Saturday. When he
a
got home bis wife was making bread.
she wipped her hands on her apron
and made a careful examination of
the pants. First she pinched one leg
or tbcm, ana then asked him wnat he
paid for them and then pincuod the
other and asked him if he didn't think
it was too much. After that he stood
off a ways so she could get a look at
the fit, so as to form a right opinion
of it Then she asked him if he
couldnt draw them up higher, and
they touched the Soar. Lie said he
could'n without splitting himself in
two, which there appeared no orgent
necessity lor bis doing, bhc pinch
ed them again, taking op his leg and
eyeing it thoughtfully while he
clutched the tabic with his hand and
hopped around on the other leg to
rest himself. She was not quite con
fident they were not all cotton (those
clothing people do he so) but she
was not quite sure. Howerer she
could tell better at the window, and
v a .a ...
arew mm over there to the imminent
danger of tripping him over and
breaking his spine. She rubbed them
again, and turned up the leg so as to
see the other side, and all the while
her mind gathered doubts aud fore
boding. If he had only said he was
going to buy a pair of pants she
would have gone with him herself
and picked them out. But tailors
know a man can t tell one kind of
cloth from another, and will pnt off
anything on him. " Then she abrupt
ly dropped Die leg, and went to the
back door and called Mrs. Mugent.
Mrs. Mugent came in, and being
maae acquainted with the particu
lars, pinched Mr. O'Clarence's legs
herself and asked him why he didn't
ouy tne elotb and have bis pants
made at home. Mr. O'Clarence
explawed that be didnt like the
bother, and -Mrs. O'Clarence said
he" always would have his own way,
and that an uncle of Mrs. Mugent's who
uvea m lindgpport, got n pair of
all woolJants la.t April for $5 arid vou
(Mr. and Mrs.. O Clarenee) would
have thought they cost $10 if a cent
the cloth was just as fine and firm
as anything could be. Mr. Mugent
would sometimes get the impression
that he mnst have his pants ready
made but he always got cheated
She was positive there was not a bit
of wool in these pants, and if they
were Mr. Mugent's she would have
them taken back. That is exactly
what Mrs. O'Clarence th ougt, and
in spite of Mr. O'Clarence's protesta
tions he took them back and got
another pair. Tha other pair was a
little short in one leg, and ' pinched
his stomach, but there was wool in
them Mrs. Mugent said. Dunburv
Newt.
A if enraged traveler writing home
from the far. west says , "Descending
to the bar-room, I took my tunj at a
tin wash-basin with a cake of yellow
soap, and dried myself on a "musty
towel hung on a broom. ' A boot-jack
and a lean dog laid in the middle of
the floor, the chairs long ago ceased
to be qnadrnpeds, discomfort is king,
and dirt is prime minister." I
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self adjusting cigarette
aad cigar holder, t IbrM
ta. la. 1L. Huberts A Uo.
17 Broadway, M. V.
janU
ftvfJ Knives and Forks, v5fA
ffi POOHB. BOIBSOHS, .
PfRAXt' HOVIUI. LOCKS.Vrt
7f Hinges, Nails, nies, etc. lUnl
p ICAperter!, Blsxksrntnd)l I
V AGRICULTURAlTOOU,py
VA rimmis., m
SnOKERS
MitceUaneous-
J'W. PATTON. CO. HURST.
NEW FIRM.'
NEW GOODS.
THE NEW FIRM OF
No. 4, Baer's Block,
are now in reeelnt of a stork of good adapted to
ine present wants of the people. Purchased with
in the last ten days and sine the decline In the
prices of Staples an Domestics, they enabled
to offer special indaeements to all In want of goods
of every description In saeh variety as eaanot le
foond anywhere else in town, comprising a gen
eral assortment. They call special attention to
their large assortment of
CALICOES,
Bleached aud Unbleached Muslins,
OIXOHAMS,
SHIRTING,
TICKING,
BOYS AND MENS'
HEAVY PANT STUFFS,
in Cot t made, Double and
Irish Jeans, Satinets,
Cassi meres, &c,
DRESS GOODS,
in Plain and Corded Alpaccas, Pop
lins, Cashmeres, French
Merrinoes, &c,
STAPLE & FANCY NOTIONS,
HATS Sc CAPS,
BOOTS Sc SHOES,
TOBACCO AND CIGARS,
HVUDWRIC
The bestassortnicnt of
Carpetings and Oil Cloths
ever brought to town. A large sun k of Qaeens-
ware. vciennincii o;oe up lo me times in amort
mrni. siyies ana rU:eJ, we resjic-ttuliy solicit
call Iroin those in want of good:!. tel. IS
.Joseph
Home & Co.,
a, it, ana
79 MARKET SHEET,
PITTSBURGH, IA ,
Importers anl Jolibrrs ol
Foreign at- IonitUe Dry i ittod
NOTIONS,
noSIEKV,
GLOVES
GentM' and LmlitV I'urn taking
Cioodtt,
EMUROILEIUES,
LACES,
WHITE GOODS,
Millinery & Straw Goods,
The Lowest wires and the LAi-pest I.lnn nf th.
carefully tilled, and acknowledged the day they
boots vtumis lu western fenntvlranta iir.l.r.
CLOSE CASH TRADE
will And It U their advantage to eall and look
lurvuKii our awra
TfcTUlS,
Thirty days,
Hatch.
and Pricf to
martt
BOOTS & SHOES
and
atslOa,ps
Leather and Shoe Findings.
. J". C O "V IE
Takes pleasure In ealilns; the attention of the elu
(sens of Somerset and vicinity to the fact'thxt ha
has opened a store on the North-East corner ot the
uiumhl wnere tlier will a 1 k- v i, .-,,
uanu a complete assortment of
Boots and Shoes.
Of Eastern and home m&n fact are, Urge nd
" uusivcwi sw.SC a VI
HATS -A.N"r
And a great variety of
Leathar and Shoe FlndiHg
Of an kinds.
There Is also attached to the store a
CUSTOM-MADE BOOT & SHOE
DEPARTMENT,
With ANDREW ZttOKascuttoraixl Alter whuh
alone is a enmctent guarantee that all work made
an In the snou will notonlr Ht thfwtnrnnt.m.
ere but that ouly the best material will be used
bu ine
Best Workmen
Will be empl.
Invited to cull i
lored. The nubile are resueetfnllT
ep.S, ':i.
uu nuiuiuc nig stuca.
NEW ENGLAND
. . ... i -.
Mutual Life Insurance Co,,
Chartered 1335.
Statement, Jan. 1st, 1874,
Premiums received la 1871.....
Interest received In W7S
-jO.fc4o.ao; it
. 77.1X2 1
ioui receipts S3.-M.0MU U
toiai Assets. Jn.l, lh7 I2,670.11 81
Reserre.or Ke-insuraacc
Kund as reqnlrel hy lnw flo.S09.4vi e
All etber liabilities 5.180 19
Total llaliilltlra '. 10,53f,e73 74
Surplus as regards policy bidders (2.123,447 07
This would enaUe the Companr if such a
course were deriralile to dU lde during tills year
FJs;li(j.rour per rent.
Ratio of f'xiwnnosj tu II eff li if ltnr trnr
Fur every 1W nl liabiUtiet tke Cniriany has
Of HKffOtf. ......
Apsis fasM & IMs Vicinity.
Marston & Mel.
General Agents,
133 South 4th St.. Phil.
taarU
$72 00 Each Week.
Areata wanted ererywaere. Buslnessstrictly I
Kitlmatet Particulars free. Address I. WOrtT-
W; st Louie, Mo.
tnayUH
PATTON
HDBST
Miecellancoui.
New Firm.
SHOE STOEE.
SNYDER; & UHL,
aTtirlng purchased the Shoe
Store lately owned by
II.C.Beeritfl,
We take pleasure in calling the attention of the
public to the ftict that we have now aad expect to
keen constantly on hand as complete an assort
ment of
Boots, Shoes
and Gaiters,
BOTH OF
Eastern and Home Manufacture,
r
as can be found anywhere. We also will have on
band constantly a lull supply of
SOLE LEATHER.
MOROCCO,
CALF SKINS,
KIPS,
AND LINING SKINS
Of all kinds, with a full line or
Shoe Findings.
The HOME MANUFACTURE DKPAHT.
MEN Twill be in charge of
!N. 13. Snyder, Esq.,
Whose reputation for making
Good Work and Good Fits
Is senmd to none In the State. The public is re
spectfully Invited to call and examine onr stork,
as we are determiniM to keep whnIm as irood as the
best and sell at prices as low as the lowest.
SNYDER & UHL
dertt
JACK, PAINTER & CO
Dealer In
MELODE ONS
Decker Bros, and
Bradburry Fiances
Mason & Hamlin. Taylor fc
Farley, anJ State's
Ma Graiii Oips,
Esty 6c Smith's
American Organs
Instrument j sold os moderate Monthly Instalments
SOMIMtSET, I A.
deel
GRAND
SPRINGOPENING.
Black Silks,
Stripe Silks,
TLi-sc Gooils arc Purr Silk. Will
not cut nor fade.
DRESS GOODS.
in all the New Shades and latest Styles of
me season, a lull line of
SUA V LS, SACQ UES,
Custom Made Suits,
in all Colors and Qualities.
An immense line of LINENS. M05lins. t'allroea
Oingliam, tllntha, Flannels, Tiek.s Hosiery
(Moves, Kelt Skirts, Corsets, Kuc-Mugs. liildwns.
Ladies' and Uents Vnderware. of all kimla tm.
rclhrr with a jull line of NOTIONS and SMALL
WAKU. all at our nsual low prices, at
Tie People's Store.
55 & 57 Fiflh Aveiine,
PITTSBURGH.
aprll .
ArtiJ'
L. H. DABBS.
and Photoraoher,
46 AH KIXTII STREET,
PITTSBURGU, PA
nulHfarliun guaraantcel in evcrr instanre. Par.
tlmliir atteutiou Kiid to ropying old pictures, and
uiu!oing me suinv in nulla ma, t niyuu or Colors
si'rti .
ADAMS'
Pound Butter Case
Sudrl hy C. k O. lloldcrbanm, Knahle. Pat
Jfi" !t V," A- J t'1""" Somerset Pa. J.
31. Ilolderbautn lor otnnty.
. O. A. M1LLEK, IIPPY II CO..
j Philadelphia.
LL KINDS OF
JUSTICE'S BLANKS,
NOTES,
DEEDS, &c.
Fm Kale At The UeralSJ OOflre
J
YT
Mincellaneona.
J)r. J. Walker" California Vin
egar Hitters a io a purely Vcgctallo
preparation, nudo cliiclly from tuo Da
tive licrba found on tho loner ranges of
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor
nia, tl.o medicinal properties of which
nro extracted therefrom without tbo nso
of Alcohol. 'II io fjiicAtion is almost
daily asked. 'What U tho canse cf tho
unparalleled success of YiXEGAIt BiT
TEiist" Our answer is, that they remove
tho cause of disease, and tho patient re
covers his health. They are tho preat
Hood purifier and a life-ivins principle,
a perfect Innovator and Invigorator
of tho fvstcm. Never Lcforo ia tho
hiitorj- of the vorld h.xi a medians been
cointiouudcil possessing ths rcni.irkablo
qunhlie of Vi.nkoau DiTTEtts in hcaliog tha
tick of every discaso man i heir to. They
are a gcutia Purgative a well as a Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation of
t!ie Liver aud Visceral Organs ia Bilious
Disposes
The properties of Dt Walkih
Vixkqau HiTTKits ore Aperient, Diaphoretic,
Carmiuative, Nutrition, Lsxative, Dinretic,
f-edativa. Connter-Irritant Sndonfic, Alterv
tive, and Anti-Dilion.
R. II. jajaDOM XD V CO..
DrortrUts and Gen. Arts., 8aa FraneuMo, California,
and cor. of Waahiagtoa and Chariton Sts.. N. Y
Sold kw avll Druggist aa4 Dealers.
jy J. HORNER,
Buggy, Carriage
AND
LIGHT WAGON
MANUFACTURER,
SOtERSET TJA.,
Is now prepared to manufacture to order every de
scription of
CAKKIAOKS.
m'ooir.s.
SILK IKS.
SPKINO WAGONS,
HACKS.
SLLH1IIK,
Ac, ke..
In the latest and most approved styles, and at the
Loweftt Possible Price.
all ta ut or a
First ("Iiimm C'xirringc,
Or any other vehicle, are rcpetfully Inviteil u
eall and eimlne bis work. None but the very best
material will be us. d in the manufacture of his
work, and none tu: the
BUST WOKKMEN
Are employed In bis establishment, some of whnsa
have had an ezperlenee of over twenty years in the
business. He is, therefor enabled te turn out a
Crst-rlasa vehicle, both In point of material and
workmanship. All work warranted to be as repre
sented when leafing the shop, and satisfaction
guaranteed. AU(Uisot
REPAIRING AND PAINTING
Done in a neat and substantial manner, and at the
shortest notice. He Is determined to da all his
work In such a manner, and at saeh prices as to
B,ako It so the Interest of everybody to patronise
hkn. Call and examine his work before pnrchas-
idk eisewnere.
jana D. J. HORNEH.
JOSEPH SHEETS i SON,
Undertakers, Berlin. Pa., constantly keep on
nani ami maae in onier ;.mni or all styles and
Prices, on the shortest notice possible. Havine-
bearseof the ta test style In readiness, we are a
ways prepared to take coffins to and brine corpses
tout various eemetertes. aprt
w
lo Aart
LE TO ACCEPT or REFUSE
Aaron Oriseey, Thomas Crissey, Samuel Crls-
sey, t-lira t:rissey, Mary Crissey, Harman Wal
ler ana jacon w alter.
Yon are hereby notified to appear at an Orob.
ans' Court to be held at Somerset, on Monday, the
4th day of May next, to aeceut or refuse tha rel
estate oi j acw crissey. deceased, a the appraised
price, or snow cause why the same should not be
sow. ULIVEK K.XEPPER.
marSS Sheriff.
T)ROFESSIOXAL.
Dr. O corse B. Fundenberir. of Cnmherlan.1
Md.. informs his friends that he has this dav uan.
elated with himself In the practice of medicine
aad surjrery, his son. Dr. Walter F. Fundenderr,
late the resident surgeon of the New York Eye
Special attention will be mid tn th. tfaaa r
V. .. L 1 I'
i v ,uu xr. mare
URLIHG. F0LLANS6EE & CO
Merchant Tailors,
Ami anutUoCurerei ol
Gent's, Youth's and Boys,
Faioilil8 Clotii and
151 Wood Mreet, eonior Fifth 1 venno.
PITTSBURGH.
prL
OST.
J
in or about the 2nd dav of AnHi i..i i
Sllevlllc and Somerset a Pocket book containing-
I ijipe bbu rour or nve dol-
of no ralue to any person but myself. All itcrn.
uiuuer. toireiner with mm .i.
t nuuum not io ouy said nous, aa the iriver
??i ZLm ??Vflei "i lhefr loM- A llbcrl "ward
"" ' f"" " unuer ii ae returns the same to
, MfcNKX KIKE,
!'" Jiuiner X lioads, Pa.
rpilE
Somerset House.
llavlns: leased thU mmnilfiM.nt k
siirned takes pleasure In Inrormlnir his friends and
the public irenerallv that Le will i.h..
UIUU70 iroui jura. a nii.tr K. .. . ...
pains nor expense to nuki this h..a .n ,k-.
wuiu u umim. Aecommouaiins; clerks and
obliKing waiters will attend to the wants of eus-
iaio win ai an times be laden
with the best the market affords. Mr.i) H T..
man Tl a all ftlmu 1. C... I 1.1 ... '
"J ' lr wMBiiu m uieomce.
1. LA VAX.
PJOUKT PROCLAMATION.
Pres dent of the several Courts of Comniia Pleas
of IheCountics n.niMinr the sixteenth Judicial
witKUKA.-. llie HonoraMu Wn r.. ar u...
aui ju.-.irooi me txmns or tlverand Ter
miner and Ueneral Jail Delivery, for the trial ol
......,,..., .,nI ,.,, , uiicuurrs in me sal,l DiMrici
and Lewis. A. TritKr.K and Jintna m....,- i.
aulres. Judges of the Owrtsof Common Pleas' and"
Justices of tlie Courts of Oyer and Terminer, ami
General Jail Delivery, for the trial of all capital
r .L , lu5" "ooiy oi nomrrsct. have
. uirpnnpiiiM lo me directed, ft hold.
Ins; a Court of Common Pleas, and Ociu-nil Quar
ter Sessions of the Peace, and Iki..,,! i..i iL.u-
DrVthfl 1'imMti.r f....l v . ...
J lui xcruiiner.ai rotuersel
JieSMlaijr, Hay 4Ua, 1HTS
Norirr i. k.r,b. ..... .ii .v.. t...
- " . . . oi ine
County of Somerset, that th.. h .i
.iib . VIWW.T mi i mtnaniM mit kin at. . i
their proper persons, with their rolls, records. iuoul
sitions, examlnatt.s, and other remembrances, to
--j T- v incix nuiees ana in that
behalf appertain to be done; and also, they who
will prosecute aa-ulust the urisoiuir. that . .......
be la the jail of Somerset County, to be then and
there, to prosecute against them as shall be lust
SHnirVa Orrii-B.) tiLivtcu icvrutisii
Sometuet, AprU S. Sheritf.'
pOPAKTNERSHIP NOTICE.
0 have thia ilav asenelated with as I- th.
mercantile business, at Mineral P.rfnt, Penn'a.
Samuel A Hatnea. The style of tbo Una to bo Ull!
ler Bros, fc Haines. . u
Thankful to our customers for the llri
aKoeivenua lathe past, wo respect rally ask a
continuance of the same for the new Inn
JAS. D. 3d ILL EH.
Mar.01S74. E. D. MIIJLEic'
All Person il knowlaw lKau.iHU
the Ann of Miller fc Bro. wUl pleas, cill and a
uo ineir accounts at once,
aprll 1st. MILLEB fc Bro,
Qroceritt and Confeetionerir
This spaca la reserved lor C. F. Rnnadt fc llro..
who have moved Into the moot majmifVrent (rrecery
room In this place. They can be found in liner s
new balldlng, second door from the corner.
DAVIS & BRO S
Broeery and Confectionery,
SOMERSET, PA.
We desire to Inlorm the neonle at this nm
alty that we have iiurriiaaed Hie Grocery and Con
fectlonery ol H. F. Knepper. Esu.. 0MKite the
Barnet Housa. and have made valuable
to the already Cac stock of (roods. WcseUailtli
nest brands o
FLtlVR,
AUD MEAL,
COFFEE,
TEAS,
SV'OARS,
AUCE, SYEVPS,
MOLASSES,
FISH, SALT,
SPICES.
APPLES,
FLATOEIXa EXTRACTS,
DRIED AM) CANNED FRflTS.
ALSO,
COALOU, TOBACCO, ClOARS.
SNl'FF, BKOOMS,
BUCKETS, TI BS, fcc.
All klada French and common
CANDIES, MITS, CRACKERS,
FANCY CAKES, PEKFUMERT,
AND TOILET ARTICLES,
COMBS, BRUSHES, SOAP, fcc.
Also an assortment nfTovs f.. i.. n.,i.
- J . .... . - ii.uv
If yoa Want "anvthlnir In s
fectlonery line call at
Grocery and Con-
Davis' Cheap Irrocery,
OPPOSITE THE bARNET HOUSE,
nov. -ly.
FURNITURE.
LEMON & WEISE.
The old and well known Arm of Lrmoa fc Wetsc
oi ruwourgin. fa., manufacturers of
t Wto anJ Cliairs.
HAS REMOVED TO
No. Ill Fourth Avenue.
(ujmsite tlu ir old stand,)
Where thev mnflnuj.
h ranches.
the business
In all Its
ninri
JOHfi P. DEAN,
AM) (
CBrpmtra' mm4 Blackanltha Toala
kwwela, ft pad, ScythiM, ftnhea.
rrkaamd Bliwa,f4a:ctlsrwllh
Urc aoMl varies! atwek of Hardware)
Catlwry, aaltaklc far tho'trade. at
fjvaaUx re4ae4 rate.
alyS
AAA Per day.
Acentswanted ever
IU T,Q JWhere
ywhere. Partlcn lars free. A.
H. DluirfcCo.. St. Louis. Mo
9k. C.
ae-r4.-1 W
mayM
t
1 -v
C. & & Hoi
t
Urn
A lrtc
and C'ntnr,t..4n .
WHtHH r,,r
!.
Fall and Winter We
-. a
ar
VI .Skirls
Hustles,
loves,
Shoes,
Ciiim Sih1,,s
And Felt Over Sh0es.
IKX AND Ijov.s-
Clothing,
Boots and Shoes,
HATS AND CAPS
OLOVe
wr a ...
Liiaerciotlim fur ;
'-it an.-J W. ,
A lnr;rc as.rta;P,
iiAinnvAin;
-A-isrr
QUEENSWARE,
A law ; k of Baean.i ...
SAL rj;
mly the JSarrei
'Ml;
Prices as Lew as Pcssih'
C. & (I. IlOLDKI.im 3i
Somerset, Pa,
Oc t. Sij.
Men's, Youths' and Boys'
CLOTHI G
F.S
FaU and Winter Wear
tlwe1--;:--:
spe.Ultv.,1 4 'I
FINEEEAHmiCUIIIJS
an.lnnl.-h. to the be-t "r!,r.-.l -.J. ', 1
eJ'".!."," iMMrttL.
wire force f m.t Artistic Cn
CLOTHING
Of Our Own Man nf;it lire
Which wo Lnar.inl-e to i e ..f t.,-rtcr,;in'i-v -n
eheaM. rm Price than any other h-Ve i t!.;'J
TT-1
i?or Joys of All Ages.
'oott antl Tory tht-apl
ONE PlilCE!
NO DEVIATION!!
AH GgcIs MarkcJ at ti; ?:ry Iti: m
URLING-,
FOLLANSBEE
& CO,
121 Wood St., Cor. Fifth Ave..
iTTH:sri:t;i: i.t.
Oct a.
Cook & Beerits'
FAMILY GEOCERY
Flour and Feed
STOEB.
We wonl i most rc;cft4ultv amnun e to i-cr
Mend and the .u! I ic m-tienliv. In the town st"
vicinity ot Somerset, that wo have t'lKned iu:.a
I i . i S;re on
. MA IX CROSS STREET.
And iu adilitim to o full line of the WA
ConrvctioiicricH, Xolionst
Tubao?OMT C'isars, !'
We will endeavor, at all times, to supply onr .''
towers with the
T. E S T il U A L I T Y OF
FAIvIILY PLOUE,
COUXMEAL, -
OATS' SHELLED CORS,
OA TS CORN CHOP,
MUX, MWDLISG'
And cvcrytMiiH pvrUininlng to the Feed Lepart
incut, at the
LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICfS.
roii
CASH ONLY-
Also, a well selected stock of
Olasiiware; Stoneware. Wowlenware, Brash"
ul kinds, and
STVTIOIsTKKY
Whth w will aT1 henn m the eheapt
. - -. r af
Please eall. examine our mods of all kl" i
rli
he satined from yoar own janienl.
Don't forget where wo stay
tn M A IVCROS3 Slreet, Si mert, Ps.
Oct, 2, UTi "