The Somerset herald. (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, October 29, 1879, Image 4

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    JHTEHOALE IBETCBM.
A SUMMER FLIRTATION.
rr mips vA5 c ncKtssos.
Lester Grejson rested lightly on
bis c', and the little boat drifted
Blowlj with the current. A einger'B
Toico came fl tinir on the air from
the open window of bouse fr down
the river bank, bearing on its tones
the old refrain
"It maj be for year?, and it may
be forever."
As the worda reached them Grey-
eoa leaned forward and tried to catch I
a fall look at Edith Arran's face, j
but Bhe was leaning over the boat ;
edge, looking down on the hand ehe
wg trailing in the moonlit water.
She gave no sign of having eo much
as heard the strain, not even when
ber companion caagLt op the air,
bumming the words in soft undertone
Failing in this attempt to win her
glance he spoke.
"That might be sung f jr me. My
pleasant summer is over To-morrow
I must part from my summer haunts
and friends in Tliverdale ; and, like
Kathleen's lover it may be for years,
and it may be forever. I must go off
to Italy and study my art in good
earnest. And if we do meet again I
sappose you will have been Mrs.
Gcrdon Vayland bo long tnat you
will have quite forgotton our summer
flirtation. But it has been so pleas
ait that I hope you will not If se me
whollr out of rour memory, Edith."
"It has been pleasant, as you say
One moat have amusement. Bat of
course I shall not forget you. I shall
eipect to bear of you through Italian
letters in the papers, first as a 'rising
young artist,' and afterwards as a fa
mous one. As for my being Mrs.
Gordon Wayland it is rather early to
decide that, if you please."
"Oh," he laughed, half bitterly;
"Gordon will be very glad to come
back to your feet, as soon as be has
the chance. Toor fellow 1 how he
elowers at me whenever we meet
He wouldn't be quite so disconsolate
if be bad chanced ta overhear yonr
little confidence to me in the early
summer, that you were only St far
rich man's wite, aad must fulfill your
destiny."
"Could I have done more wisely ?"
she retorted. If either you or I had
suffered your fancy for me to go
deeper than fancy you would hvj
been sorrr for it as soon as I. You
need either a wife with money
enough to make your way easy, or
one brave enough to bear hardships,
and be always ready to encourage
you in the struggle for fame and fort
une. e couldn't aflord to Tall in
love with each other. It is best for
us to part friends and fulfill our des-
t rues eeparately."
Lester urevson made no answer,
aad tbey fell into silence, drifting
dowly down the moonlit current.
Each was busy with thoughts of that
parting on the morrow, anJ of what
life for a time after might be to either
alone. Because for three months
back they had been constant compan
ions, and despite their early made
compact that nothing serious was to
be thought of between them, each had
found the summer strangely sweet,
as they wandered together throagb
woodland paths, or floated on the
river, or blended their voices while
Edith's skillful fingers strayed over
the ivory keys, and looking through
the vine-framed window they could
see the sunset transfigure earth and
Bky. Well it had been all a lovely
dream 1 bo each said silently. But
dreams cannot last forever, and when
waking hours come one cannot give
time even to cherish their pleasant
memory. 00 Lester Ureyson pre
pared lor bis voyage, deciding that
bard work would enable him to for
get Riverdale and Edith Arran. And
for Edith wby there was, as Grey
son had said truly, Gordon Way
land's devotion waiting as before.
Wby should it not suffice ber still J It
bad been ber passionate desire to be
freed from the vexations and morti
fications of trying to appear, on their
narrow income, to as great advant
age in Riverdale society as the
wealthiest there. Gordon Wayland
bad inherited the richest estate of
them all, and bis lovely home only
waited ber acceptance to haye all ber
wishes at ber command. She didn
dislike bim either, and ber pride was
pleased at holding bim bo completely
from all the other girls. Bet, despite
all this, a little voice whispering in
ber heart would not be quite silenced.
"How can I make op my mind to
marry him without at least one tiny
park of sentiment for bim f "
So, as at least, a putting off of the
day of decision, when Lester Grevson
came to board with ber mother, and
speedily showed himself charmed by
the daughter, she had chosen to let
his companionship and attention in
terpose between ber and Wayland
Uut, still deciding that wealth was
utterly needful to her happiness, she
had checked Grey son on the verge
of utterance of what wou!dbave been
words diQicuItto recall, and remand
ed their friendship to the vantage
gronnd of a flirtation thoroughly on
derstood by both to be cue that
should lead to nothing more.
Am I going to hold her up to virt
nous reprobation because of this
.Not at all. 1 here are some temper
aments anu dispositions that never
can be happy in what to them seems
poverty, no matter how many other
blessings are crowded upon them. If
a girl is of this kind why should she
marry a man without wealth to make
bim unhappy r If she is not, and
makes a mistake by acting as Edith
Arran did, ber lesson will probably
not neca, 10 aaa to us point, yonr
condemnation or mine,
iSo I have no comment to offer, be
cause, an hour later, Edith's clear so
prano failed to tremble on a sing!
note ol the pathetic ballad as she
sang to Lester "Anld Robin Grey,"
ana men, a moment later, trilled gal
ly forth in the brilliant cadences of
the Ardita waltz. 'or shall I add
any because, next morning, while the
sunrise ray lay level across the
dewy fields, after a laughing good
bye she looked with a calm, clear
glance after Lester Greyson'a re
treating form. She fell into a rev
erie over her sewing that day which
ended in the words, audibly spoken
as she put by the muslin dress she
had bein making ever for an evening
party, "An, wen: 1 might have fal
len in love with bim to an extent
which would have made me forget
everything for a little while, but Par
adise wouldn't have lasted long if I
bad to keep on turning and contriving
as I do now."
What Lester Greyson may have
thought as be looked back is" cot on
record. But in three days he was
hastening "to lands of snmmer across
the tea," resolved that art and fame
abould smile upon bim whether love
did bo or not.
Before those same three days were
over Edith very unexpectedly, and to
her great content, found "fields fresh
and pastures new" awaiting her. A
cousin of Mrs. Arran, whom Edith
bad rarely seen, wrote to the mother
askiog her to spare her diugbter for
a year.
The old cousinly feeling between
Mrs. Arrn and Mrs. WfSibrook bad
never died oat, although tbey rarely
met, and their lives had been passed
m totally diuerent surrounainirs
Mrs. We tbrook wrote that the last 1
r a J t . ? . J !
of ber own daughters were married,
and she would be very glad to give
her young cousin all the advantages
of society, music, kz., to be had in a
winter in the city, and then to take
her for a summer to the seaside.
"And who knows," Mrs. West-
brook wrote, "but that while she is
with us she may meet ber fairy
prince. I hone she has no: already
bound herself by any ties that may
prevent her coming."
1 shall mis you very mucn, b.iiu
Mrs. Arran when she had read the
letter to her dugbter, ' but I think
it right and Lest that you should
have the advantages cousin .Maria
offers. If we had to get yoa up a
costume fitted for the society
which you must constantly meet wiiq
her, of course it would be impossible.
But the delicate way in which she
adverts to that, and sys that if you
come yon must come as her own, is
exactly like her, and takes away the
difficulty. I am quite sure that you
cannot help being tond of her when
you know her, wholly apart trom an
that she offers you."
So it proved. Edith, quite ilhng
from more than one cause to evade
coming to any decision about Gordon
ayland, managed to avoid a&y pri
vate interview with him, and was
well pleased to hasten her departure
in compliance with ber ccuain's re
quest. Aad she could not neip at
leait a faint utile hope tnat tne iairy
prince might come in the city life
wita aa much money as lioraou ay-
land, and with attractions that would
enable ber to care as much for bim as
she might have done for Lester Grey
son. Ii is not needful to write the story
of that year in the ci-y aod by the
ca. Edith was pu .1 and piquent,
aad she bad her full bhare of beile
hood: and two or three eligible of
fers notwithstanding the fact that she
was known to be a penniless young
lady. But when it came to the point
of answer Edith could not make up
her mind that any one of her lovers
answered '.0 the ideal fairy prince,
and when the year was over, and
Mr, and M's. Westerook sailed for
Europe, Edith returned to Iliverdule,
to take up the problem of life where
she bad left it ; and not quite either,
for she had erown wiser the year she
had hpen awav : she knew more ot
life than when she went to the cuy,
,
and more of herself, too.
.1 kh went about ber borne du
ties, and helped in the planning aad
contriving to secure the greatest com
fort possible from their small means,
if with fewer of the old time bursts
of gaycty, certainly with even tem
pered Bweetnecs scarcely hers oe
lbre. And she bad made up her mind
about Gordon Wayland. .Not at all
as she had intended to do when she
sent away Lester Greyson, denjing
bis parting plea to be permitted oc
casionally to write. Gordon had
written repeatedly while sje was
away, bus she Had sent mm no an
swer. He was almost the first caller
after her return, for the old fascina
tion was strong upon him, and he
bad taken fresh courage from the
fact that she had come back tree.
But within a week be knew that be
could never win her.
1 never should haye let you hope
that I would Borne day be your wite:
only I thought for a time it might be
so. But 1 could never make your
happiness, Gordon, nor find my own
in the quiet, friendly feelings which
is all I have to give you. You de
serve as earnest a loue as any wife
can give to any husband, and you
will yet win it from some woman
worthier than I."
Against all of which he protested,
but went his way, perforce, for her
tone and name bad forbidden abso
lutely any further hope. He thought
life empty enough for a time, but
when the roses of the second June
thereafter blossomed there was proof
enough that that stage of experience
had gone by. t ayland Grange bad
a mistress very fair and young, but
Edith Arran still divided with the
bride the suffrages of Riverdale as to
grace and beauty
Those summer days also slipped
awar, and at last the full moon of
the early September made glorious
the gleaming river, the undulating
valley, the far off silvery hills. Edith
sat alone in the vine shaded parlor of
the little cottage, playing in dreamy
fashion tone alter tune, singing at
limes chance snatches of melody.
Some memory of an evening three
years gone by must have been with
her, for presently across the fra
grant night air her clear voice carried
the exquisite melody of Kathleen
Mavoureen, which she had listened
to with Lester Greyson as it died
across the water.
1'id he ever remember that even
ing, sue wondered, and the summer
that went before? Had be found
some one to make bim quite forget,
or was his whole soul wrapt in dreams
of art; for she bad beard of bim
time and again, as she had said, as a
"rising young artist." She knew
that bis pictures commanded not on
ly admiration, but money. She had
beard ot more than one on exhibition
in Sew York, and read the critics'
praises of the same. "Was she nurs
ing bis memory in any love sick fash
ion?" And always she aoswr-td,
"No!" only ebe could marry no tuan
who was not able to put the memo
ries of that summer wholly a ay,
and to vrin such love from her as she
could have given Lester Greyson.
Was it an echo of ber own mind?
"It has been for years, and I thought
ior a long time it would be forever,"
said an unforgotten voice from the
shadow of the doorway,
Edith rose to greet bim as if they
had parted but yesterday "Wben
did you come home ?" she" question
ed. "I do not know yet wLetberl have
come borne," be answered. "Last
week I reached New York. Yester
day I desired to pass a dsy in the
old familiar places, aod try whether
a sight of yoa in Wayland Grange
would not help me to break the sway
of the old dream, so that I might re
turn to Italy free. You were too
late that summer in telling me I
must not hold yon in my heart Yon
were there already, and you have
never left yonr place vacant"
He paused, but there came no an
iwer from voice or eyes. She could
not spetk with those- sudden waves
of deep feeling surging op in her
heart Lester took courage from the
yery silence.
"To-day I came to find another in
Wayland Grange, and to hear that
yoa were in the old home stilL A
eudden hope came to my heart, and
I determined at least not to go away
without testing it Will yoa tell me
whether I have come tome, Edith ?
J Will yoa be my wife ?"
Edith lifted her face in the moon
light, and straightway two hearts
went out together "in the new world
which ia the old." -
RiverdIe was a little eUctrified,
for "no one knew Edith Arran bad
been eugaged all this time, and waiV
iotr for Letter Greyson." So gossip
ioterprrted the matter, and the par
' . .4 .... n.. a vnl a n a. tijfl
ties interes ed cave no explanation.
Before October came to transfigure
the hills wiih crimson and golden
splendors, there had been a quiet
wedding, and Edith, richer in love
than she had ever dreimed of being
in worldly possessions, bad gone
with ber artist husband to a home
across the sea. The "fairy prince"
had come, aid ai it is with the fairy
princes ever,
Beyond the nitf at, acros the day.
Through all the world siic followed bin-."
WIstsKasr ny a Uarse.
TLe Rev. Dr. Cbamberlaiu, in a
letter to the "American Missionary,"
from Mudnapilly, India, gives the
following singular experience be bad
with a balky horse :
Nineteen years ago, says the ven
erable divine, I bought in Madras a
peculiar kind of a horss. He had to
be wound up to rrake bim go. It
was not a machine, but a veritable
live borsr.
Wbeu breaking bim 10 go in the
carriage he bad been injured. An
accident occurred in starting him the
first time, and he was thrown and
hurt and frightened. It made bim
timid; afraid to start After be had
once started he would never balk.
Taken cut of the carriage, be would
start and stop and go cn as mauy
times as you pleased, but it was very
difficult to start first each time he
was harnessed to the carriage.
He was all rigot under the saddle,
an excellent riding hore, aud would
carry me long du-tances in my dis
trict work, so that I did not wish to
dispose of bim ; but I could not af
ford to keep two; whatever I had
must go in a carnage as well as noe,
ad I determined that I would con-
ilow 1 have woiRea over mat
horse 1 At first it sometimes took me
an hour to get him started from my
door. At last, after tryitg every
thing I bad ever beard of, I hit upon
an expedient that worked.
I took a strong bamboo buck two
feet loDg and over an inch thick.
A 6tout cord loop was passed through
a bele two inches from its end This
loop we would slip over bis left ear
down to the roots, and taro the
stick round and round and twist it
P .. .
It is said that a horse can retain
but one idea at a time in us small
brain. Soon the twisting would be
gin to hurt. His attention would be
abstracted to the pain in bis ear. He
would forget all about a carnage be-
. .. i jj 1 :
ing hitched to mm, oena aown urn
head, and walk off as quiet as a Iamb.
When he had gone a rod the horse
boy would begin to untwist, soon off
would come the cord, and the norse
would be all right for the day. The
remedv never failed.
After having it oa two or three
times he objected to the operation,
and would spring about and rear and
twitch and back, anything but start
ahead, to keep it from being applied.
We would have, two of us, to begin
to pat and rub about bis neck and
bead He would not kaowa which
bad the key. All at once it would
be on his ear and winding up. The
moment it began to tighted he would
be quiet, stand and bear it as long as
be could, and then on he would go.
It never took thirty second to get
bim off with the key. It would take
an hour witoout. After a little he
ceased objecting to have it put on.
He seemed to say to himself, "I have
got to give in, and may as well do it
at once," but he would not start with
out the key. In a few month be got
so that, as soon as we got into tbe
carriaire .be would bend down bis
bead to have tbe key put 00, and
one or two tores would be enough
for him.
Then the key became unnecesary.
He would bend down his bead, tip
ping bis left ear to the horse-boy,
who would take it in bis hand and
twist it, and off he would go.
My natiye neighbors said. "That
horse must be wound up or be can
not run." And it ii1 seem to be
80.
When he got so that tbe "winding
up" was nothing but a form, I tried
to break him of that, but cculd not
succeed. I would pat him and talk
to bim and give bim a little salt or
sugar or bread, and then step quiet
ly into the carraige and tell bim to
go. "Mo." Coax him. "No."
Whip bim. "No." Legs braced,
eyery muscle tense for resistance. A
genuine balk. Stop and keep quiet
for an instant, and be would bold
down bis bead, bend over bis ear,
and look around for tbe horse-boy ap
pealingly, saying very earnestly by
actions, "Do please wind me up. I
can't go without, but I'll eo gladly
if yoa will." Tbe moment bis ear
was touched, and one twist given, off
be would go as happy and contented
as ever a horse could be.
Many hearty laughs have we and
our friends bad over the winding up
of tbe horse. If I were out oa a
touF for a month or two and he was
not hitched to tbe carriage, or if be
stood in tbe stable with no work for
a week or two during tbe monsoon, a
real winding up had to take place the
first time he was put in. We kept
bim six years. Tbe last week I own
ed bim 1 bad to wind bim op. I sold
tbe patent to the man that bought tbe
horse, aud learned from him that be
had to use it as long as tbe horse liv
ed. Sot Badly Damaged.
Some lawyers take very practical
views of cases in which tbey are re
tained. In a certain town in Missou
ri bquire U was detending a
charge of malpractice. A colored
man was suing for damages, bis wife
having died shortly after the opera
tion for the removal of a cancer.
When it came Sqnrie O 'a tarn
to cross-examine the plaintiff, he ask
ed : "Mr. WiUon, bow old was your
wife wben she diedf"
"About forty-five, sir."
"Yoa have married agaia, have
you not?"
"Yes, Sir."
How old is yonr present wife, Mr.
Wilson ?"
"About thirty-five."
Is she stout and healthy, Mr. Wil
son ?"
"Yes, Sir."
"Then, Mr. Wilson, will yoa please
state to this jury how yoa are dam
aged in thi? case."
Mr. Wilson had evidently never
taken this view of the matter, and
could make no answer. The good
and true men thought he bad made
rather a good thing by his bereave
ment, and brought in a verdict for the
defendant
A Syracuse paper has been calling
the watermellon a green-bide monster.
Where th Atasrola Mr.
A littl girl with tangled locks
peeping from under a calico hood,
clad in a dress of cbiotz, loitered be
hind as a great dusty crowd passed
out of the gates of Mount Adna tbe
other Jay, after they bad scattered
their flowers and doue honor to tbe
dead Dreamily she gazed after them,
ber eyes filled with a far-away look
of tenderness, until tbe last one bad
disappeared and tbe rattle of the
drums had died away. Then she
turned and vaguely scanned tbe
mounds that rose about ber, clutch
ing still tighter the fading bunch of
dandelions and grave grass that ber
ebubby hand held. An old man carta
by and gently patted her curly bead
as be spoke ber name, but she; only
shrank buk still further, aod when
be told a passing strauger that the
little one's father was one who died
on shipboard and wad buried at eea
there was only a tear-drop in tbe
child's eyes to tell that she beard or
knew tbe story. Wben tbey were
gone she moved on further to a ne
glected lot, and kneeling down she
piled up a mound ofeartii, whimper
ing as she patted it down, and
smoothed it with her chubby band,
"This won't ba so awfully big as tbe
olbers, I trues, but maybe it will be
bigenouBaSO that God will see it
and think that papa is buried here "
Carefully she trimmed the sides with
tbe graej and flowers she plucked,
murmnring on: "And maybe it will
crow so that it will be like the rest
in
two r three years ; aud then
maybe papa will sometime come back
and" But she paused as though
it suddenly dawned upon ber young
mind that be res:ed beneath tbe
waves, and the tear-drop that sprung
to ber eyes moistened the little bunch
of dandelions that she planted on the
lit.le mouud the bsd reared. When
tbe eexton passed that way at night
as he went to close tbe gate be found
the little one fast asleep with her
bead pillowed on tbe mound. San
dusly Jleguler.
a maimer' Hnlctde.
York, I'a , Oct. 18. Tbe Rev. A.
Tripcer wist found hanging by the
neck in VI vnchester borough yester
day. IJj was well known ia this
portion of Pennsylvania, and his Bad
end has created great comment. He
was stiving with his brother-io-law,
Henry Eei hart Oa the night pre
vious to L is death there was appar
ently nothing the matter with bim.
He rested well and at five o'clock
yesterday morning arose aad went
down stairs for a dnok of water, re
turning ia a moment or two. About
balfaa hour after that his wife left
the room without tbe least intimation
of anything being wrong. After
breakfast she returned to her cham
ber, aud to her surprise found her
husband missing, and at once began
a search Her little niece came to
ber assis ince, and noticing tbe door
way leading to the attic open, they
ascended the stairs and were horri
fied to find Mr. Tripner hanging by
the neck. After his wife had left tbe
room be cut a rope from tbe bed and
went q-'; :ly up tbe stairs. Here he
looped th; cord around his neck and
fastened he other end to a rafter. By
bending his knees he allowed him
self to bang by the neck until life was
extinct. All was done without noise
enough to arouse the least suspicion
on the p rt of tbe unsuspected wife,
who was calmly eating her breakfast
at tbe time of tbe tragic death of her
husband.
Mr. Tripner was pastor of the Uni.
ted Brethren Church at Duncanaon,
Terry county. He was a native of
Cumberland and entered tbe ministry
while pt 'l young He married Miss
CatharLo Lobaugh, of Carlisle, who
died abjut three years ago, leaving
no children. Less thaa four weeks
ago the miaister was married to Miss
Ella Ererbart at Maacbester. Sever
al days after their marriatre Mr. Trip
ner went to his charge at Duncannon,
but on B'-ejUQt of aa attack ot mala,
rial fever be was confined to his room
and was unable to resume his pastor
al duties. He did not retura to Man
chester uatil Tuesday of this week,
and wbea be arrived he was suffering
considerably. He complained that
his memory was failing bim. His
wife dev i-ed ber entire attention to
him and the day before his death he
appeared much better. He undoubt
edly committed suicide in a fit of mo
mentary insanity, brought on by sick
ness. Mr. Tripner was bnried to
day. "TERFECTL T SO USD."
Allf.ohast Bridge, Pa., Sept 6, 1870.
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Des Moines, Iowa, Oct 15. All
tbe latest returns serve to increase
the Republican majority. The State
xegister now puts tbe majority on
tbe State ticket at 30,000 over tbe
other parties, with an extreme likeli
hood that it will reach 35.000.
Tbe Repoblican majority in the
Legislature on joint ballot wiil be
larger thaa in the last The Repub
lican gain over the vote of two years
ago is put down at 33,000, tbe Re
publican candidate then lackine 3.000
of a majority over all.
Tbe empty whisky. barrel tells
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BLADDER & KIDNEYS.
For Debility, Loss of Memory. Indis
position to Exertion or Business, Shortness
of Breath, Troubled with Thoughts of
JJisease, Jjimnesg ot V tsion. Pain in tbe
Back, Chest and Head, Hush of Blood to
the Head, Pale Countenance, and Dry
Skin.
If these symptoms are allowed to go 00,
very frequently Epileptic Fits and Con
sumption tollow. When the constitution
becomes atlected it requires the aid of an
invigorating median ti mipli tir
ton 1 p ill n t'n v,l jli
lliiMu's MM'
DOES IN EVERY CASE.
Helmbold's Buchu
IS UNEQUALED.
By any remedy known. It is prescribed
by the most eminent pbyscians all over the
world n
Rheumatism.
Spermatorrhoea,
Neuralgia,
Nervousness,
Dyspepsia,
Indigestion,
Constipation,
Aches and Fains,
General Debility,
Kidney Diseases,
Liver Complaint,
Xcrvous Debility,
Epilepsy,
Head Troubles,
Paralysis,
General Ill-Health,
Spinal Diseases,
Sciatica,
Deafness,
Decline,
Lumbago,
Catarrh,
Nervous Compl'is,
Female Compl'ts, &c.
Headache. Pain in the Slmnlilprn f 'nnch
Dizziness. Sour Stomach. Eruptions. Bad
Taste in the Mouth. Palpation of the
Heart. Pain in the recinn nt thn KirWv
and a thousand other painful symptoms,
are the offsprings ot Dyspepsia.
Helmbold's Buchu
Invigorates the Stomach.
And stimulates the torpid Liver. Bowels.
and Kitlneva. tn hpAlthv antinn in ftlpano-
ins the blood of all impurities, and impart
ing new me ana vigor to tne wnoie sys
tem.
A single trial will tw nniln anfltmont tn
convince tne most nesitaiing ot its valua
ble remedial qualities.
Price $1 Per Bottle,
OSix Bottles for $5.
Delivered to any address free Irom oh
fcervation.
"Patient" mav mnanlt hv Wtor rcwiv.
ing the same attention as by calling, by
u.-twenug me iuiiowing questions :
1. Give vmir namn and nnatuffinA ait
dress, county and State, and your nearest
2. Your age and sex T
3. Occupation T
4. Married or single?
5. Might, weight," now and in health ?
ft. How Innff hava vnu hpn aintr
7. Your complexion, color ot hair and
even
8. Have you a stooping or erect gait?
9. Relate without reservation all you
know about your case. Enclose one dol
lar as consultation tree. Your letter will
then receive our attention, and we , wd
eive vou the nature of vour dianuut J
our candid opinion concerning a cure.
Competent Physicians attend to corres
pondents. All letters should be addressed
to Dispensatory. 1217 Filbert Street, Phila,
delphia, Pa.
H. T. HELM BOLD,
Druggist and Chemist,
Philadelphia, Pa
SOLD EVERYWHERE.
CLD TEa mouse.
E A S,
A SPECIALTY.
HEAD CiXJ-A-HTES-S
FOll
FANCY and STAPLE
ttSlOCEMl?,
FIUTE TEAS,
an it
RARE and CHOICE
COFFEES.
J. K. JENKINS,
28 Fifth Avenue,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
OLD TEA HOUSE SPECIALTIES.
THe CeleljratEa Garaen Tea !
Guaranteed absolutely pure.
Tbe Fancr Frencli Flag Floor !
Bert In the World. Took Flrat Modal at Parli
Exposition.
Tu2 Celetoted Snow Bird Flotr !
For extreme White Bread and Patry une.
JenMBrsal Flour!
In 3 and 6 lb. package, ready lor baking.
Tie Celeorateu Deloalco Ccffee !
Tbif Delicious Coffee Is Cnrlraled for Its Delight'
ful Aroma.
Tl3 Fancy Freacl CgEe!
A rake mixture or baee Coffee.
ijuyji iwi 11114 uumm
Erery Variety Fancy Cheeae.
Toe OKila CommiDity Fruits
Tic Pore Vsnmt Haole Synitf
TH2 Largest Variety of Met Taole Gools
TEA.!
THE OEY HOUSE IN THE CITY THAT KEEPS A
A FULL LINE OF THE
CELEBRATED
0 Griwn
PRICE OF TEA.
THE NEW CHOP.
YOUNG HYSOM1
CUN POWDER. (Per pound. 40. M. 60. 80,
IMPERIAL, I cents, ai.oo, La, 1.40.
JAPAN T'r pound 40, 5u.ao 0eent, and vLOO.
ENGLISH BREAKFAST, pound, 40,
io, Ou, Do cents, ,i.uO, aud
-A redaction of FIVE CENTS per pound will
be allowed on all orders of Fivi PorniM
or Tea.
49-In sending; a written order far Tea, don't fail
to mention the quality yoa desire, and price.
"A11 the Teas quoted abore at fU.OO per pound
and upwads are the Oabdeh Snows Teas,
If to dttirrd, will pack anwtf the abore fa 6 or
1U lo.ooxet wuneut txira cuarge.
Hate jrsT Received as Ibtoiceop tkrt Faxct
CrSD 1879. FORMOSA OOLONG TEA! $1.00 DCT 11).
GOOD TEAS AT LOW PRICES !
GUNPOWDER IMPERIAtV-YOCNQ HY
SON-JAPAN-OOLONQ-EN'ULISH
BREAKFAST,
25 CE.VTS PER POl'XD.
NO REDUCTION BY ANY QUANTITY,
COFFEE !
RARE AND CHOICE.
THE
CELEBRATED DELM0NIC0
COFFEE !
This delicious Coffee Is unrivaled for its delight
ful Aroma. If all other Donees hare tailed to
please you, Eive this a trial.
THE FANCY
FRENCH COFFEE!
PRICE PER POUSD - 28 CENTS.
Genuine Mocha Coffee, rianta-
tion Ceulon Vottee. Maracaibo Cof
fee. Ota Dutch Java Coffee, 1m-
gnayra Coffee, African vojjee
Costa Rica Coffee, l'ea Berry Cof
fee, Goltlen Rio Coffee.
A PARTIAL LIST OF GOODS
Constantly Arriving.
F. Schumacher' Oat Meal, Oat QnoU, Cracked
Wheat and liraham I- lour.
Mac kereL Extra No. 1 Shore Men. No. 1 Shore
No. 1 Bay, No. 'A No. 3 Lirge, No. 3 Medium In
xu ID- Kits.
WI1TTES WHEAT FLOUR.
Cincinnati Hams, Breakfast Bacon and Dried
Beef.
Refined Lard In Palls, 20 lb. 10 lb. 6 lb. and 3 lb.
Fresh Lobsters, Salmon, Shrimps ami Cove
Oysters.
Cooked Corned Beef and Presied Tonirue.
PICKELS and TABLE SAUCE.
Sugars the best quality of each grade.
SYRUPS AND MOLASSES.
NEW YORK GOSHEN
OHIO CREAM CHEESE.
THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF
LAUNDRY AND TOILET SOAPS.
PURE SPICES.
COLMAN'S ENGLISH MUSTARD.
8esd ron Catalogue as d Price List.
JR.
No. 28 Filth Ave.,
PITTSBURGH, PA
JENKINS
MOBGAFS WOOLEN HILL,
ESTABLISH F.D 1813.
Hiring nir! thft nrrfoef of Mr. Wm. II
Humbert t our A it on t In Sofurrftt manly. fvrth
; jumlnK wo.l eua, t wish to thank my numemiu
t Mnt.Mii.n lb. a.... f.v..M - K..h..lt 1. .P Mr
Barnhart th literal jumage rnj'ijoti by my
hirmrr axtnta.
1 bay a rery Urg Mock of
WOHf1?X GOODS!
of my own muraractare, eanatatloff of
BLANKETS.
CASSIMERES, SATINETS,
JEANS, REP ELLA NTS, FLANNELS,
COVERLETS, CARPET5,
YARNS. C
which I wiih 10
TRADE FOR WOOL.
OurOowla are MADE FOR SERVICE, on.ler
my own snperviaton, anf we airlrv now, a In the
part, to plva aatlaiartlon and lull raise to alL W
will, aa uial, vlall all oar customers during the
Summer.
WM. S. MOHGAX.
. . Sttwit jn'n Mill.
Aprt
ASSIGNEE'S SALE
OK VALUABLE REAL ESTATE,
lu purnuanceofan order of sale granted by the
Court of Somerset county. Pa., the unlerlirned
Amixnee of Valentine Hoon, will sell at public
sale, on
Thursday, November C, 1879,
on the premises in Brothenralley Tp- Somerset
Co., Pa.
A certain tract of land with the appurtenances,
situate in aid township, adjoinU; lands or
Anannlaa Miller, Cyrus Walker, Henry (iieKtner
anu tuners, eouuiiniuir 101 acres, acres cioared
and in a htKh state ol cultivation, IS acres there-
el numheroue meadow.the balance well timbered
tins lann lies on the south aide and borders on the
public road leading; from Berlin toMechanlcsbunc.
and Is.wltbin'one halt mile of either place :t he land
ays ictbi, anu nan oeen recently well mned ; mere
Is anabundanceofeoal and lime stone lathe vicini
ty ol thislarm :ll haainfactalltheeonveinrnances
a farmer may desire to have. The improvements
are a lance two storydwelllnv nousewith basement
slory, alM a large bank barn, spring house, sutcar
camp and other uutbuildlr.a;s erected on the pri-in-
iaea ; mere are aiso a large nu tuner of sugar trees,
and orchard ol a large vatriety of fruit trees.
there is a spring of never failing water eonveinent
to the house, and the entire fxrui Is well supplied
with running water.
There will also be sold at the same time and
place a large variety ol personal linnierty general
ly used on a well cultivated farm, consisting of
work horses, colts, cows, vonnir cattle, wuiruns.
sleds, plows, harrows, grain by the bushel, sugar
aecieni. mus, aotiiesunii nousenoiii gooun.SLC.
TEKMS. One-third of the curchase uvmer on
the reul estate to be paid on confirmation of sale
and deliver-of deed, one-third in six months and
one-mini in one year alter continuation of sale,
witn interest on deterred payments to be secured
by ju igment bonds and inoriKuire: ten tier ccn;.
ol the purchase money on the real estate to be
paii on tne oay ol sale, which will lie uedurted
Irom the hamirinonev. On tbe uersonal urouertr
a credit of ninety days will lie given on ail sums
of tivsdoilars and upwards ; all sums under hve
dollar to bo cash. Sale to commence at 10
o'clock a. x.
GEORGE O. WALKER.
Qjt. 1 Assignee.
JEGAL NOTICE.
1 fi C CI I,.I1U. W LALiU Or rt. A
SOMKRMET COCJITY, SO :
To Simon i horpemnq. guardian of II n. II ct-
fcy Chorpenning, greeting:
---. i l ou are nreov cued to he and appear
seal belore Win. B. Freaw, Register tr the
probate of wills ami xrantiug letters of
administration in and lor said county, on or before
tne loin uayoi noveinoer. 18IU, tn-n and mere to
Hie your account as guardian of William Wesley
ChorpenninK. herein fail nt.
witness tne Honoraoie w m. M. Hall. rreitcnt
Judire of our Orphans' Court at Somerset, till 2d
day of September, A. I. 179.
Mlerin somee, Oct. IS, 1 W. ft. IKtANE.
187i. tlHlAK KYLE, Clerk.
Shcritt. S
o 15
c
10MX1SS10XEKS 'NOTICE
Catherine Palmer and "1 In the Orart of Com-
her next lrlend. William mon Pleas of Somer
Miller. J- set county. No. 73,
r. ) Aug. Term. 1S79.
J. W. Palmer. I AL sub. in Divorce.
And now. October Htb, 1S7W. petition ol plaintiff
and "n motion of Valentine Hay, Ettj , her attor
ney, the Court appoint Herman L. Baer. Esq..
commissioner, to take the testimony, find tbe facts
and report an opinion.
1 ne commissioner in pursuance oi t ne a novo ap
pointment, hereby gives notice that he will attend
to the duties of the aixive appointment, at hisof-
nce, in Komersei ooronxn. on w eo.nes.iay, tne sua
day of November, 17. when m l where all per
sons interested can atteno.
H. L. BAER.
ot 15 Commissioner.
A Search Warrant.
allows an officer to go through yonr house from
cellar to garret, and Lindsev's Blood
Searcher is warranted logo through your sys
in Irom lop to toe and drive out all blood diseases.
Its cures are wonderful and certified to by doctors.
preachers and people. Scrolula, Mxrcurial Dis
eases, Erysipelas. Tetter. Ulcers In the Lunirs or
on the Skin, Boils. Pimples, A.C , we warrant it to
cure. It ia a purely Vegetable Compound and
Powerf ul Tonic. For sale by ell Drnirirlsta. See
that ourname fs on the bottom of the wrapper.
rt. t k uu frop rs, rittsDurgo, ra
C- N- BOYD, Agent. Somerset.'Pa.
166!
A WEEK In vour own town, and no cap
ital risked. 1'ou can give the business a
trial without expense. The best oppor
tunity ever offered for those willing V
work. You should try nothinir else nntl.
jou'see for yourself what you can do at the busi
ness we offer. No room to explain here. You can
devote all your time or only your spare time to the
business, and make great pay for every hour that
you work. V'omeo make as much as men. Send
for special private terms ant I particulars, whlchwe
mail free. 4 Outfit free. Don't complain of hard
times while you have such a chance.
Address H. HALLETT, Portland, Maine.
Jane 11.
The Track Is JflKkly
and will prevail. Thousands who have used and
been cured are living witnesses to the truth of onr
statement, that SELLER'S LIVER PILLS
w III Cure the worst cases of raver Complaint.
Biliousness, Headache arising therefrom, Costive
ness. Constipation, Dizsiness and all disorders re
sulting from a diseased liver. For sale by ail
Druggists. Price V cents.
R. E. SELLERS k. CH., Prop'rs, Pittsburgh, Pa
C N- BOYD, Agent Somerset, Pa.
Save Your Children.
For expelling iron from the system, Ncllera
Tvrmtlasre has no equal In this or any other
country. 4One teasNxmfu! given to a child of Mr.
Bradbury's, expelled 234 worms in four hours after
taking the medicine. Ben). Lytle, Union Town
ship. Pa. Also "expelled 400 vorsM from my child
wo years old." Wm. Sarver, St. Lonls, Mo.
Sold by drusgists. Price 26 ets. R. E. SELLERS
It CO., Prop'rs, Pittsburgh, Pa. Send forelrculars.
Julya
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Estute of John Kepler, lata of Jenner Twp.,
Somerset Co., Pa., deceased.
Letters of adm'nlstratlon on tbe abore estate
having been Kranted to the undersigned, residing
at Jenner X Roads ; notice is hereby given to
those Indebted to it to make Immediate payment,
and those havins claims or demands will please
present them duly authenticated for allowance
without delay.
B. S. FLECK.
Sept. 17 Administrator.
GENERAL ELECTION PROC
LAMATION. OOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH.
WHEREAS. In andhy an act of General As
sembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
entitled "An act to regnlate the general elections
within this Commonwealth," It is enjoined upon
me to give public notice of said elections and to
neumerate in said notice what officers are to be
elected, I, EDUAR KYLE, Hlvb Sheriff of the
county of Somerset, do hereby make known and
give this public notice to the electors of the coun
ty of Somerset, that a Oeneral Election will be
held in said county on Tuesday the
Fourth day of November, 1879,
the same being the Tuesday next following the
first Monday of November.
The electors of the borough of Confluence to
meet at the Council Chamber. In said borough.
The electors of the borough and election o 1s
trict No. 1 of Somerset township to meet at the
Court House, in said borough.
The electors of election district No. 2 of Somer
set township to meet at the house and shop of
Ferry I moerger in sipesvine.
The electors of the township of Mllford to meet
at the house lately occupied by Thomas King, In
said township.
The electors of New Centrevlllc to meet at the
school house In said borough.
The electors of the township of Tpper Turkey,
foot to meet at the bouse ot John A. Sbuiu, in
said township.
The electors of the township of Lower Turkey
foot to meet at the school house in Ursina bor
ough. .
'1 he electors of the borough of Ursina to meet
at the school house In said borongh.
The electors of the township of Addison to meet
at the school house In Petersburg.
The electors of tbe township of Middlecreek to
meet at the bouse occupied by Aaron liec filer, tn
said township.
The alectors of the township of Elklick to meet
at the house of O. W. Buyer In the borough of
saiisoury.
The electors of the Nirough of Salisbury to
meet at tbe House of o. w. itojcr, in said tmr
ugh. 1 ue electors of the borouzh of Meyersdale to
meet at the council chamber in said borough.
The electors of the township of Summit to meet
at the council chamber tn Meyersdale borough.
The electors of the borough of Wellersburg to
meet at tbe school house la said borough.
The electors of the township of Greenville to
meet at the school house, in Pocahontas, in said
township.
The electors of the township of Southampton
to meet at the house of J. il Kennel, In said
township.
Tbe electors of the township of Northampton
to meet at lhhouse of John Poorbaugh, ia said
township.
Tbe electors of the township of Larimer to meet
at the house formerly occupied by Win. May, In
said township.
The electors of the borough of Berlin to meet
at tbe bouse of Archibald Compton, In said bor
ough. The electors of the township of Brothemvalley
to meet at tbe house of Samuel HetBey, in Berlin
borough.
Tbe electors of the township of Stonyereek to
meet at tbe school house at Shanksville, la said
township.
The electors of the horoush of Stoystown to
meet at the house formerly occupied by Henry J.
Miller, In said borough.
Tbe electors of tbe township of Quemahonlng
to meet at the bouse ot Jacob Custer, in Stoys
town. Tbe electors of tbe township of Allegheny tn
meet at the bowse of Albert Hillcgas, la said
township. - -
The electors of the' borough of New Baltimore
to meet at the bowse of , la said bor
ough. The electors of the township of Conemaugh to
meet at the house of Peter Levy, In said town
ship. The mMnr nt tha townthln of Shada tn mMt
at the house of Jacob Helman, tn said township.
Tbe electors of the tiwnsliipof Paint to meet at
the school bouse erected on th Lands of Henry i
Berkey, in said township.
The electors of the township of Jenner to meet
at the bouse of T bos. GaUgher,.at Jenner X
Roads, in said township.
The electors of the township of Jeflorsno to
meet at tin bouse of Solomon Baker, la said town-
,hiIhe electors of the borouEh of Jrnnerville to
meet at the school house In said bnrfwirh.
At which Umelantl places the qinuinod voters
will elect by ballot:
ON E PC RSI N for the office of State Treasurer
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
ONEPrKSON for the office of Poor House
IHrector of Somerset County.
TWO PERSONS forth office of Jury Com
missioner of Somerset county.
SPECIAL ATTENTION Is hereby directed to
the sth Article of the New Constitution.
Secth 1. Every male cltisen twentvne
years of age. possessing the lollowiug qualifica
tions, shall be entitled to rote at all elections:
Urtl. He shall have been a citizen of the
United Slates at least one month.
.Verona1. He shall nave resided in the.St.ite one
year, for II, having previously been a qualified
elector or native bom cillxen of the Slate, he shall
have remove.! therefrom and returned, then six
months) Immediately preceding the election.
'fairs'. lie shall have resided In the election
district where he shall offer to vote at least two
months humedlafdy preceding tne election.
trf If twentv-two vcarKof agcor upward
he shall have paid within two years a Maleor
county tax, which shall have been assessed ai
least two months and paid at least one month oc-
r . I. .ImiI.ji
Sit. 4. All the elections by the cltlsens shall
be by ballot. Every ballot vote.1 snail ut nun.
Iw....lti.lh. nnler in which ft shall be recrlted.
and the number recorded by the election officers
on the list of voters, opposite the name of the elec
tor who presents the ballot. Any elector may
wro to. ,.,.. itnon hla tirketor cause tbe same
to be wrllten thereon ami attested by a cltisen of
the district. The election omcers sou ne ""
or aitirnied n. to disclose how any elector shall
have voted unless required to do so as witnesses
in a judicial proceeding,
sr, A Kieetors shall In all cases except trea
son, lelonv and breach.Tor surety of the peace, be
irivileire.'l from arrest durins their attendance
one elections and in gotng'toand turning
1 n .in
there-
shall be privileged from arrest upon days of elec
tion, ami while eniraued in tnukitiK up and trans
mitting returns, except ujsm warrant of a court of
record or judge tliereot, lor an eieeiion irauo, e-i
felony, or lor wanton breach of the peace. In
cities they may claim exemption from jury duty
flnrinis their term of service.
Mr. B. Whenever any ol the qualified electors
of this Commonwealth hall lie in actual military
service, nnder a requisition Irom the JTesi-iem i
I he United States orbv the authority of this I om
monwealth. such electors mav exercise the rinht
ol sultrage In all elections by the citiiens. under
such regulations as areorshall be precrlll by
law. as fully in it' tbey were present at tiieir usual
places of election.
Sec. 7. All laws regulatine the holding of elec
tions bv the citiiens or lor the registralion of vo
ters shall be unllorm throughout the State, but no
elector shall be deprived of the privilege ol voting
by reason of his name not belnv registered.
Sw. ft. Any jierson who stall icive, or promise
or olfer to give, to an elector, any money, reward
or other valuable consideration for his vote at an
election, or lor witboldiug the same, or who shall
irive or liroroiso to irive such consideration to any
other persi or party for such elector's vote or for
lue n iiiioiuuia; wercoi, alio. 117 wh,..'oi
receive or agree to receive. lor himsellor foran-
ot her, any money, reward or other valuable con-
Mocraiion lor nia vote at an election, or mr wim
holding the ?aine shall thereby forfeit the right to
vote at such election, and any elector whose right
to vote shall tie challenged for such cause belore
the election officers, sha.l be required to swear or
affirm that the matter of the challenge is untrue
belore his vote shall be received.
Ski'. 9. Any person who shall, while acandl
datelbr office, he guilty of briliery. fraud, or wil
lui violation of any election law, shall be forever
disqualified from holding an office oi trust or profit
in this Commonwealth, any person convicted id
willul violation of the election laws shall, tn addi
tion to any penalties provided by law. lie deprived
of the right of suffrage absolutely tor a term ot
four years.
Sec. 1:1. For the purpose of voting no person
shall be deemed to have gained a residence by
reason of his presence, or lost It by reason of his
absence, while emploved In the service, either
civil or military, of this State, ol the United
States, nor while engaged Inthe navigation ol the
waters of the Siate or tne I ntied States, or on the
high sens, nor while a student of any Institution
of learning, nor while kept in any poor house or
other asylum at public expense, nor while confin
ed in public prison.
Sec. 14. District election boards shall consist
of a )udge and two lnsectors, who shall bechosen
annually by tbe citiiens. Each elector shall have
the right to vote for the judge and one InsjieiMor.
and each Inspector shall appoint one clerk. The
first election board for any new d'strlct shall be
selected, and vacancies in election boards tilled,
as shall be provided by law. Election officers
Sec. 15. No person shall be qualified to serve
as an election officer who shall hold, or shall with
in two months have held anv office, or appoint
ment or employment in or under the government
of the United States or ot this State, or of any
citv. orcounly, or of any municipal braird, com
mission or trust in any city save only justices of
the peace and aldermen, notaries public and per
sons in the military service of the State: nor shall
anv election officer be eligible to any civil office to
be "filled at any election at which he shall serve,
save only to such subordinate municipal or local
offices, tfelow the grade ol city or county officers,
as shall be designated by general law.
And al.'o to the following acts ot Assembly now
In force In this State, Tlx:
Act of June 30th. 1S74. Sec. 5. At all elections
hereafter held under the laws of this Common
wealth, the polls shall be opened at 7 o'clock a. m.
and closed at 7 o'clock p. m.
Sec. 7. Whenever there shall ne a vacancy In
an election board on the morning of an election,
said vacancy shall be tilled tn conlormity with ex
isting laws.
The said act of Assembly entitled "an act re
lating to the elections of this Commonwealth,"
passed July 2. 118. provides as follows, vti:
"That the inspectors and judges shall meet at
the respective places appointed for holding the
election in the district at which they respectively
belong, before 7 o'clock in the morning ol Tues
day, November 3d, and each said insiieetor shall
appoint one clerk, who shall be a qualified voter
of such district.
"In case the person who shall have received the
second highest numtier of votes for tnspector shall
not attend on the day of any election, then lh
person who shall have received the second highest
numlierof voles for judge at the next preeeedlng
election shall act as Inspector In his place. And
in ease the person who shall have received the
highest numoer of rotes for inspector shall nnt at
tend, the person elected judge shall appoint an
Inspector in his place; and in case the person elec
ted udge shall not attend, then the Inspector who
received the highest numlier of votes shall ap
point a judge tn his place; and If any vacancy
shall continue In the btmrd for the Sfiace of one
hour alter the time fixed by law tor the opening
of the election, the oualified voters of the town
ship, want or district tor which such officer shall
have been elected, present at the place f election,
shall elect one of their number t fill such va
cancy. The act .r 30th of July, 1874, further provides,
Tlx:
Sec. 8. At the Opening of the polls at all elec
tions It shall be the duty of the judges of election
foritheir respective districts to designate one of
the inspectors, whose duty it shall be to have in
custody the registry of voters, anl to make the
enries therein required by law; and It shall be
the duty of the other of said Inspectors to receive
and number tbe ballots presented at suid elec
tion. Sec. . AH elections by the citiiens shall be by
ballot: every ballot voted shall be numbered In
the order in which it shall be received, and the
numlier recorded by the clerks on the list of vo
ters opposite tbe name of theelectorfrom whom re
reived And any voter Toting two or more tickets,
the several tickets so voted shall each be number
ed with the numlier corresponding with tbe num
ber to the name of the voter. Any elector may
write his name upon his ticket, or cause the same
to be written thereon, and attested by a citizen of
the district. In addition to the oath now prescrib
ed by law to be taken and subscribed by election
officers, they shall severally be sworn or affirmed
not to disclose bow any elector shall have voted,
unless required to do so as witnesses in a judicial
proceeding. All judges. Inspectors, clerks, and
overseers of any election held under this act. shall,
before entering upon their duties, be duly sworn
or affirmed fn tbe presence of each other. The
judges shall be sworn by the minority tnspector if
there shall be such minority Inspector, and' in
case there be no minority inspector, then by a jus
tice of the peace or alderman, and the inspectors,
overseers and clerks shall be sworn by the judge.
Certificates of such swearing or affirming shall
be duly made out and signed by tbe officers so
sworn, anil attested by the officer who administer
ed the oath. If any judge or minority Inspector
reluses or talis to swear the officers of election in
the manner required by this act, or if any officer
of election shall act withont being first duly
sworn, or if any officer of election shall sign the
form of oath without being duly sworn, or If any
judge or minority Inspector shall eertlty that any
officer was sworn when be was not, it shall be
deemed a misdemeanor, and npon convicti. the
umeer or omcers so onenoing snail do nneu noi ex
ceeding one thousand dollars, or Imprisoned not
exceeding one year, or both. In thediscretisnof the
court.
Skc. 10. On the day of election, any person
whose name shall not appear on the registry of
voters, and who claims the right to vote at said
election, Shalt produce at least one qualified voter
ol the district as a witness to the residence of the
claimant in the district la which he claims to be
a voter, for the period of at least two months Im
mediately preceding said election, which witness
shall be swum or affirmed and subscribe a written
or partly written and partly printed affidavit to
the tacts stated by nim, whicn affidavit snail de
fine clearly where the residence is ol the person so
claiming tn be a voter, and the person so claiming
the right to vote shall also take and subscribe a
written or partly written and partly printed am.
davit, stating, to the lest ot his knowledge and
belief, when and where he was bom ; that he has
been a cltlten ot the United States for one month,
and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, that
he has resided in the Commonwealth one year, or,
if formerly a qualified elector or a native born cit
ixen thereof, and has removed theretrom and re
turned, that ha has resided therein six months
next preceding said election ; that he has resided
in the district in which be claims to be a voter lor
the period of at least two months immediately pre
ceding the election ; that he baa not moved into
the district for the purpose ot Toting therein: that
he has, if twenty-one years of age or upwards,
paid a State or county tax within two years, which
was assessed at least two months and paid at least
one month before tbe election. The said affidavit
shall also state when and where the tax claimed
to ne paid by the affiant was assessed, and wben
and where and to whom paid ; and the tax receipt
therefor shall be produced for examination, unless
the affiant shall state In his affidavit that it has
been lost or destroyed, or that he never received
any, ami If a naturalized eltlsen, shall also state
when, where and by what Court he was catural
Ited, and'shall also produce his certificate of natu
ralisation for examination. But if tbe person so
claiming the right to vote shall take ami subscribe
an affidavit that he Is a native bora cltisen of the
United States, or. If born elsewhere, shall state
the tact In his affidavit and shall produce evidence
that he has been naturalised or that he Is entitled
to citizenship by reason of his father's naturaliza
tion, and shall further state ia his affidavit that
he Is, at the time of making the affidavit, or tbe
age of twenty-one and nnder twenty-two years :
that be has been a eltlzea of the United States
one month, ami has resided in the State one year;
or, If a natfve born citizen of the State and remov
ed therefrom and rerumed, that he has resided
therein six months aext preceding said election,
and in the election district immediately two
months preceding such election, be shall be enti
tled to vote, although he shall aot have paid taxes,
Tbe said affidavits of all persons mating such
claims, and the affidavits of the witnesses to their
residence shall be preserved by the election board,
and at the clone or the election they shall be en
closed with the list of voters, tally list and other
papers required by law to be nled by the return
juoge with the Protbonotary, and shall remain oa
file therewith la the Protbonotary s office, subject
to examination as other election papers are. II
tbe election officers shall find that the applicant
possesses all the legal qualifications of a voter he
shall be permitted to rote, and bis name shall be
added to tbe list or taxable, by tbe election offi
cers, the word "tax," being added where the
claimants claim to vote on tax, anil the word -age'
where he claims to vote on age, the same words
being added by the clerks In each ease, respect
ively, oa the lists of persons Toting at such elec
tion. Sec. 11- It shall be lawful tor any qualified cit
izen of the district, notwithstanding the name of
the proposed voter is contained on lh. list of resi
dent taxables to ohailenge lb. vol. ol such person.
whereupon the same proof 01 tne rigm oi
as is tow required by law shall be publicly nuvle
I as is cow required by law shall be publicly
! and acted on by the eicUkiu board, and tb
admitted or retected. accoctin-
Every pers.o claiming t leanatnr,M tn'-f
shall N, required o'pr.. f," ,!,,
certificate at the election bef, 2"lr,'-ti,,
where he has been for fivTA-'
votrrin the district where ii-.oj,?""5-1 a
on the vote ol such prrsn, 1. .' J , '" "": im
election officers are to write S "y"'-tf.
voicq on his certificate with Hie ,t v "N
year, and if anv election ...n.. .' ""itfcM
eelve a second vote on the same 1
zue samecertitieateeiceptwriere, ' '""".f
to Tote, because of the nt o. '"cttitiM
father, they and the person wh., "h",?
seer. 1 vote, shall be" gui ir .., ,, ,"' "r "!!
an.. 1 conviction thereof, sh.ii "!,1'"'i!.t
owed, or both, at the dtsrreii M ,u ' ?' "r"i.n..
the fine shall not exceed flv. hiin.lrMrfT:
each ease, nor the lmprisonmnt o,,e wr 5
u"l i snail ne inf icte.1 "
on the officers of election who (,',".
fuse to make, or cause to he bm.i. ,f,trx 'la
ment required as aforesaid on sai l n!.1!''' r
certlncr.to. ' """a.uau 4
Sac . W. Ifanyefectlono'n.tr shj'l
neglect to require such proof .,( tl- ,7''" f
Irage as is prescribed by this law or Vi7. "' '1:
which this is a supplement. Ir.nT TiLUw
tog to vote whose right to vote Is KJ'T
any qualified voter present, and shall aT r : -v
person to vote withont requiring u. h :'
, . . ... uioneifllT:ct1,.n 1
tyolstmsdemean..r. and .hall he enoTni'
every sn.-h ..Hence, to par . Bn, , r
hundred dollars, or to undergo an im,
n..t more than one year, or Iwih at it,,,t
ofthecourt. !. 'l.-n-t! n
Sac. f'J. Anv imm.. : ...
.7.....i . .. 1 ' " T.-er ,.
"Trsn
rnT . wno shad n. .'
Iue to perioral any dutverii,,in,..( ,...,"'
"r
out rea.-.mal.t or legal" cause, -tn-a.il t-. " ' h'
penalty ot one hundred dollars and 11 a J w!
shall knowmgly rn 1 1I ,
ia notqualified. or shall williullv retiil. ,
any one who Is qualified, he snail !, Jn i-.""
uiisoruieniior lu omee anu on Convirti.
ed by a hne not exceeding one thn
H t-ei.ur..i
'-"'".'lo.rs
.uI'l'umi.. u"i.--ee.iug two Tt,r ,: r
thediscretion ofth.eonrt. and also tm , "
an action for damages hy the parts aggn 7. . !u
II any pers. shall Irau-fulentalter ,,, T 1
ed by this act. or tear down or remove
from the place where it ha., been cm w- i, 3
lent or mls-liievott-int.-nt.nri.irai'v 'i,u,r, '1:j
pose, the person sootlending shan't,, ' t???
misdemeanor, and on conviction diaii t - "' 1
by a tine not exceeding five hundred.!, iUr 1
prisonment r.ot exceeding tw.. rears. rn.,.h'lT i"
discretion of the curt .- and 11 anv wr, , , ' ';
violence or IntiinUlaiion. drive, or" altera, ., ,.,r '
from the polls, any person or p-i' "
by the court to act as overseers,. 1 ao ,: ',
In any way willfully prevent said wceie'V
performing the duties enioine-.l ui,n ihe-nV. , a
act, such person shall be guiitv t a ui;:,m;
and upon conviction thereoi shall f Wm.jL,
a fine not exceed ing one thousand U,,fur ,
Imprisonment not exceeding two vears r l,h '
the discretion of the curt. Anv trsi,n
shall, on the day or anv election. v"iit .
place In any election district at wh!, n t, J""'
entitled to vote, and shall use anv intimMv,
violence for the purpose of preventing Mv '. ' .Z
of elections fp,m performing the duties nv ,
of him by law. or for the .unw f urev.'m-n
any qualified voter or such district ext-lvicr, '
right to vote, or Irom exercising his r-',',. ,
challenge any person oileriDs to v.,r. ,, h ' '"
shall be deemed guilty of a iiiis,ie,..,, .
njwn conviction thereof shall I .unisti bv'
fine not ex.-eeding one thousand dollars r
prisonmcnt n:t exceeding two years r tat',
the discrettoi of .he curt. Anv cierit. ,t,'J:
or election officer, who shall ,lis.- . h ... 77'
eloctor shall have voted, nniess requir-1 1 ,j ,
as a witness in ajudicial proceeding sji til '.!.':
ol a mislemeanor. and upon conviction ti",.'.
shall be punished by a hue not exeei-Ung',.,
thousand dollars, or by imprisonment n,,t rS''
ing two years, or both, at the ilis.nti..o ot 1 .
court.
It any person shall prevent orattemot t!,mrt
any officer ol an electl.n un lcr this a, i ir,,;u ,,.; j
Ing such election, or use or threaten any 11. ! ri ,
to any such officer, and shall intcmij.i ,r imu-'.-,
ly imerlere with him in the exe, utio ..t hi. 'atr
shall Mock up or attempt to bl.vk u( the im j
or avenue to any window where the same m.ir
hnlden. or shall riotously disturb the a.,'i'u n
election, or shall use or practice intimi.u
hreats, force or violence, with the ilesian t
ence unduly or overawe. any elect, r.,irprveic t..;n
from voting, or to restrain the free-!. .in f ,0,,,,
such person onconviction shall hehnnl inativ Mtni
not exceeding five hundred dollars, to I n.,,r!, '
ed for any time not less than one n..r tn, rv rt.; ,.
twelve months, and 11 it shall la sli,,wn t,, il,
where the triul of su-h onYnce shall I- tu.i.
the person so offending was n-t a r,--i'Iu: ,1 o
city, ward or district where the sai! ,.tirn.
committed, and not entitlcl tovote then-in. .,n .,.
viction. ne snail 1 senien,-e,l to ,av a nn, n--t I,-.,
than one hundred or more than ,nV th-.usin t
lars. and be Imprisoned not less than ix m.-rih.
nor more than two vears.
"If any persai or jarsons sjnll m.ikc in N: .r
wager uis,n the result of an etciion wii'l.mo,.
Commonwealth, or shall off.-r toni;ik- anv u,-ii hr
or wager, either by vcrlml prt.-l.itnati,,n tti,-r.',.! ,r
bv any written or printed a.lvertis, ti!.-iit.rii'.
any person or persons to niake SHrh M .,r w,,ir.-r.
Us,n ciivicinm tnere.,1 ne or tner sruil t rvn j:.,i
pav three times the amount so lt ,.r . tf. r.-1 t 1,
bet.
And the election laws ot the C,,mtn,.r,w,-alth :nr.
ther provide that "The Inp.',-t,,r .lu.ig.-- anl
clerks shall, before entering ,,u the duti.-s ., ti;, !r
offices, severally take and suts-rile tlie .ath r.u.
firumtion hcrcinalter direct.-,!, w!il,-h stiailt 1.1.
ministered to them by any Jp,'i:e. A,,'rm.ir r
Justice of the'Peace: but if no stu-ii uuni-tnite t
persenl. one of the inseeiors of the ek,-:i-.n h.,!l
administer the oath or affirmation t., the ,,t;.r
judge, and insieetor. and then r tie in-j t. r ,
qualified shall administer the 'Kith -t :irau:i -i,
to bim.
The Insticctors. mdge and elrrks re, nfre I in
law to hold the township and g- nertl ei--...rK
shall take and subscntie the several oa! Il ,T s .hrtn.
ations, required by the 19th. -Jith nmi -ji,, cti,.n
of the act ol the 'id day of July, l.i. entiilnl .a
act relating to the elections" of this Cn:m ,i
wealth.' which oaths or affirmations shall ;e,rs
pared and administered In the manner nrescr.:-,
in the ltith and M sections nt the said ,-r. ail ir.
addition to the power conterrcl by the Wh s,t.i.
,f said act, the judge or either .i the invs..r-.
shall have power to administer the oaths w.vr-'-ed
by said act toany clerk 01 a general or -i-iai
or township election.
The following shall be the form nfthe.aitVral
ttnuation to be taaen by each inq.e.-t,,r. vu: ! 1 V
li.) do that 1 will duly attrr.,1 to the ensui a
election during the continuance thereof, a an tn
spector and that I will not receive any ts-,-t r
vote from any person, other than such us I -hail rtrni
ly believe to tie, according to the pnvi-i,fls -l ttn
constitntion and the laws of this t'oir.ui'Siwraltri.
entitlcl tovote at such election, without rciuinnK.
such evidence of the right to v,.te as is ,tirtvt,-.t s
law, nor will I vexatiously delay or niu-etnv
ceive any vote from any persiai who 1 -hall Mitt
to be entitled to vote as aforesaid, hut that 1
in all things, truly. Impartially and faithtully iier
form my duly therein, to the best of my iivlKinent
end abilities, and that I am not directly nvii
rectly interested in any bet or wager ,aj the rr'uli
of this election."
The following shall be the oath or affirmati. s
each judge, viz: "I. (A. B.I do that I ,1 is
judgeduly attend the en-uing election -lunriri
continuance thereof, ami faithfully assl-f the in
spectors fn carrying on the same: that I n l
give my consent that any vote . ticket -hail h, r
eeived "from any person other than such as 1 nrrciy
believe to be according to the provision- ,1 tlie.
stitution and laws of this Commonwealth, entitled
to vote at such election, without requiring -och t
tdenee of the right to vote as is directed hy law
and that I wiil use my best endeavors toprev.nt
any fraud, deceit or abuse in earn ing on the -am'
by citizens qualified to vote, or others, and thvt 1
will make a true at I peneel return ot the -ai,l ra
tion, and will in ail things truly, impartially ar. i
faithfully perform my duty respecting the w
the best of mv judgment and abilities, and that I
am not directly or indirectly intervsti-d in anj !t
or wager on the result of this election."
The following shall be the lorm ol the .nth nr v
Urination to tie taken bv each cierit. viz: -I '. V H 1
,,i that I will impartially and truly write ,lsi.
the name of each elector who shall vote at the iu
suing election, which shall he given me :n ,-!
and al-othenameof the township, ward or'lptfi'i
wherein such elector routes, and riretuiiy
truly write down the number of vote- that -.ol '
given Ut each candidate at the eleetl. a '-nen 1
his name shall be read tome bv ts mjw,-t',r
thereor and in all things truly and fsu:uo- -r
form my dutv respecting the same to tlie tstl my
judgment and abilitynd that 1 ass aot directly ,r
indirectly interested in any bet or wager uit re
sult of this election."
The qualified electors will take notice !li" !
lowing act of Assembly, appp.ved KM""'
March. lfl. an act Regulating tbe zw.le ui v-ucg
at all elect ions in the several counties "I U"
monwealth. ,
1: ......... 1 11. u iiusn.1 hv the N-nrlte an l
nioillH
Commonwealth at all general township. boroi
and siws-lul elections arc heret.y. r.ereauer. -ijed
and required to Vote, by tickets, p'iate.1
written, or partly printed aud partly wrtftea. "v.
erally classined as follows: Due tirkct -IwU .
brace the names of all judges ..1 courts wHstlfcr.
and to be labelled, outside "jn.lt, i:iry: "ae ts
shall embrace the names of all State ..ffr-ers t,.ira
or. and tw labelled "State:" one ticket shall "li
brae the names of all cunty orti.-ers voted in
cluding the office of Senator, nietntier and mem i.rs
of Asseml.lv, if voted for. and menils-r 01 1
gress, if voted for, and.be labelled unty: -
ticket shall embrace tho names ot all towiiliip "i
ticers voted for. and be labelled town-tii.:
ticket shall embrace the names ot all hup aaa
tiers voted for. and lie labelled "ban": ,-
each class shall be deposited in separate na.M-
b"s"'. X That It shall be the duty of the Sheriff'
In the several cunties of thist ',.muionea Its w
insert in their election pp.-lauiationj twrea.i"."'
sued the first section of this act.
JAMES R. KF.1J.E
Speaker of the House of Represcnta'ive.
' DAVID rLr.M.M'.
Speaker ot theM-natc.
Approved the Bth day of MaP'h. Anno I.auni
one thousand eight hundred aauixyr-six.
FIFTEENTH A-HENDMtM"-Asd
whereas. The Congre-s of the tj
Slates on the 31st day of March, 1 . "- I";?'
act entitlcl -An act to enforce the r.cJ !'
zen, of the I nited State, to rote i the r
State, of the L nion and for other pHrP. tne
first and second sections of which are as
"Sm.Tii.sJl. He t enacted '""''";
Houof Keyreeentative. of the I n, led -
America i.. ( onareee auembUd. Tha ji i cm
ot the I nit. J States who are or shall be
qualified to vote at any election hy the r
anv State, 1 -rritory. district eonnty. nt.. m .
township, set. s,l ,l..tri.-t.municipaliiy. "'' ,..
ritorial sul-liv .-ion shall I entitled and alk
vote at all soch elect!." wlti-ot .IWmf1"" J
,ace.e..lor.or revl.iscn.llti. of -".'r,;,";,
constitution, law, custom, usage or P' '
any State or Territory or by or under us au.h-,ri.
to the contrary notwithstanding. ,,,,,,,,
Sac. 4. And be it farmer enacted. That if V
under the authority ol tbe eoatitutl. .
any State, or the laws ol any Territory any n is
or shall I re.iuire.1 to be done as a pn-re. u, , . r
qnalineation tor voting, and by tnchc. '" ,B
laws persons or officers are t shall he barged 1
the performance of duties in fum.-h.ng to
.n'opp-rmn- ? P"'u T'JlOT the u
become qualified to vote, it shall bs
every such ,-rs.s ami officers to givea rit k w '
the t" tilted States the same and equal "I'l""
to perform such prerequisites an.1 to""" ,',
ed to vote without iitaiineiawA, h
ed to vote wnnoui ......... '- ---, : M tl oer
Tlusc.nditi.of servitude: and t any
.on or officer shall reiuse .or know '
.11 - . ,,. 1,,. an-tion he shall, forwery e
"forfeit ami pay tti.
tars to the per. rirvesl tht.T..
m.1 hv an action in the case, with rull"""',?r,m
j,r judging .ht
if their reiuenc. y- - - (()
opoo tne line ui . ..,--. the
seat, shall, betore " -r - - - . ,hllX
?Z R.e't. -Sr? U. af tn.
lie tore ini, " m , -- ,K- tarns, bgu""
of Common Plew of irlW
sheet shall be filed, and the dayj snd w u
marked theroon. and "' -th.tttaryn
public ins'tlon. Somerset.
Ulvea under my hawt. at my , j,.P,
this Sth day of October. "'J Vventv-eight
on, thous-iad ','0'3 Jf tbetodcl--a
h1 In the one hundredin year
Uxfljof th.VidiedStau-s. stnijt
Sheriffs Office. Somerset,
Oct. 8th, 17.
u..... ..r n.nM,iiv of tha 1 omiD"nwa
Pennsylvania In Oeneral Assembly met. and it
hereby enacted by the authoritv of the same. V A
fhr.ii,illHM.i votetol thn several cotintie- )! 'sis