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The Somerset Herald,
Somerset, Pa.
llAfTTORNF.V-T-LAW.
Somerset, P.
rn W. BEISECKER,
" aTTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Somerset. -glH.uir
In Cwafc- A Bwrilt' Bluet.
lid
l- .TTOKNET-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
i V()OSER.
" ATTOKNET-ATLAW,
Somerset, Pa.
lie,
t:,
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T
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R. SCULL,
ATTOKNEY AT-LAW,
tA iro. Pi.
NDSLEV.
ATToRNEY-AT LAW,
Somerset, P
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;ENT. . .
ATTOKtAi-t.A,
Somerset, Pena a.
B.
iTIX.
ATTHl NEY -AT LAW.
Somerset, Pa.
J 1 atto'kney-atlaw
, " Somerset, Pa.
' oi-.talm in Mammoth Block.
::N- n. SCOTT,
' ATTUKNEY-AT LAW,
Somerwt, Pa.
,..,, Court House.
All'butlness entrust-
slth promptness sou
!!. -.11.
W. H. RITPEL.
vvR'vTH RUITEL
' aTTiKNEYS-AT LAW.
..t t their care will ba
i,:,"V"u.llv attended to.
Mam uross lre1' cPl,0,1U tb
L. C. CoLBoRK.
.MiOliv & COLBORN,
aTTOKN E Y S-AT-L A W.
r .......i.ted to our care will be prompt-
k :!'' ',;', foiled l.m.l In Som
i4, ,.t . . tNumles. Surrej.
r-
,'iVn 0 KIM MEL,
11 ' iTTcKNEY-ATLAW,
somerset, rm
. ; ip tlit uflness entrusted U his ears
r i im on wain
TKVKY F. SC'HEIX.
ATTt'KNEY-ATLAW,
an.i I'en'lon Agent, Somerset, Pa.
(i'Ssmiin'iii Black.
'Tlentineitay.
. t In Kenl Eitst.. Somerset, P
n i.u'lne" entrusted to his ear
;;:,f.f SDtl diet j .
will
slth
ATTtKNEY-ATLAW
Somerset, Pa-,
mptlT sttend to all business entrusted
'v. rWs.tvsnced on collections, ie. Ut
iVaimli BullJln.
fi. OGI.E.
ATTt'KNEY-AT LAW,
SomerMt Pa.,
!fi nl Hflness entrafted to mj ear at
k u lili Ti uipuiesf and tldellty.
II.I.IAM H. KOONTZ.
,fr, .r iri.t stietitlon to business entrost
i in Somerset snd adjo.nln eountles.
, it Prim In Hons. Kow.
ves i.. rroii,
ATTCKXEY-ATLAW
Somerset. Pa.
!.iB!iinih Blo-k. m stairs. Entrsue..
. iv. street, tillertlons made, estates
,i u-le eistnlned. and all leiral baslness
St.' u. wlih prompttiess and tldellty.
' L RAER.
., ATTUKNEY-AT LAW,
Somerset, Pa.,
Tilf In Somerset sad ad intnlne; counties.
l. 5-wTOtniftedto him will i promptly
4tt.
a AC nrr;rs,
ATTURNEY-AT-LAW
Somerset, P.nn a.
NNIS MEYERS.
' ATTOKNEY-AT-
c.M,r Penn'a.
' Tvl tmlnes entrusted tn hlsearewillbe
(. .h promptness and fidelity.
'lT. Msmmoth Blork neit door to Boyd
r Tf .
J HOWARD WYNNE, M. D.
J"HSTOWX. rxy. A.
"Ttetof tbs Pre. Par. Nose and Throat-
: tr.J Pirlnslr. prsrtlr. Honrs. . m. w
i La tier. Oreen Block. Main St.
I'. THOMPSON M. D.
SI KUF.HN PENTIST.
Johnstown, Pa.
tsd a im.f-tisloosl eTwrtence ot more than
t mn Fit.Lii Tn SrsriAiTT.
-.its Vn 'til Main street (up s-simi mti
i' ln Hnr.Iwre svtnre. It will be neees-
r iirrnms who want wora ooue i. " -
'- fc:? ttorehand.
octl-8S.
:1 WII.T.TAM COLLINS.
IiENTIST, SOMEKStl. r A.
'"lr. Msmmoth Block, abore Bnyd s lrn
hers he ran at an umn it
H all kinds of work, such as rlllnr Ja
utrsctina fce Artificial teeth of all kinds.
Hie lst material Inserted. Operations
-Mted.
A RUE M. HICKS.
Somerset, Penn'a.
un V1VPVIV M D fpn-
eTi his professional services to tlis eitliens of
et and rlciriiT. He can be found at th
n-e ( his father on Main Street or at the
it lr Henry Brubaker.
. ltaw.
IT. S. KIMVEIX.
1 E. M. KIMMELL & SON
r1er their protesslonal serrtoes t. the rttl
' S. mersef and TtctnttT. Hie of th. mem-
o' tk. tn,. n at aimimes. unless pro(esto.
tiized. n. found at their ottea, on Main
-n. esn ot th. IXamood.
n. J. K. MILLER has trma-
imi i.jw la Merlin for the Dractte ef
:-'Ml. Office opposite Charles Krissln.
Mors. apr. xi, i.
Jl H. BRUBAKER tenders hi
(r lesslonalterrteestotb. dtlseni of Soi
in." tittitt. imim in rMidenca on Main
rtt ol th lilamond.
hU. W M. R A U C II tenders his
I .A tM..! tr K. 4llv.BB of Som-
ad TinnltT.
e one dobrtast or Warns A Berkeblle
": t nura.
JOHN BTLIA
I.ENTIST.
Co aburc Beary HefEey 's stora,;Maln Crass
Someraat, Pa.
rjUyOND HOTEL,
MOYSTONVN. VKSK'A.
-por!sr and well known house has lately
: 'wvuf u and newly refitted with all new
:ei ol lurniture, which has made It a very
it I. !.,,,,,.,, io. tor the trauellnc public.
'Ule sn Mnnd b. snrnaf sed. all be-
'm r)tt. with a Urpw pablle hall ettaehad
" fist. Alee larr. sna iwwit mwibs.
' 'law tar.lln. cms be had at the kuwest !"-
by the weak, day or meal.
B AX V EL CTSTFR. Prop.
a. E. Cor. Plameofl
Stojstow ,fa
CHARLES HOFFMAN.
ILOR.
1CBAHT TA
Loov Hmry BtHlrr's riTore.)
'2T SITLES Ud LCWET mCES.
SMSfCTIM GUARAHTEED.
MKRSET.PA.
7
VOL. XXXII. NO. 25.
j Frank w. Hay.
ESTABLISHED S4TEARS.
HAY IB JR, OS.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Tin, Copper anil Sheet-In Fare Manury,
No. 2 SO Washington Street, Johnstown, Pa.
ALE PSEPAEED TO CFFE2
RANGES, STOVES and HQUSE-FURKJSH1NG GOODS IN GENERAL
At Prices Less than any ether House in Western Pennsylvania.
Special attention paid ta Jobbing in Tin. Oalranlced Iron and Sheet-Iron, Sugar Pans, Steam
Pipe, ilot-Alr Pipe. Koofina:, SpoutuiK, Stacks of Enalnes. and all work irtalDlnif to Ollar Eur
nacrs. K.timates riven and work done by first-class Mechanics only. Sole Asrent for Noble Cook.
Johnstown Cook. Sizars' Antl ltust t'ofik. Eacelslor Pcnn. In Houte-rumlshina- (looris we Her
Coal Vases, Toilet Sets. Bread Closets, Cake Boies, Chamber Halls, Knives and porks (common
and plated). ierman Silver Si wors. Britannia Spoons. Tea Trays, Lined, Iron and Enameled
n ares rirass and t;optier Kettles, meal M rollers, iijrsier Broilers, t-titl Hesters, sn umereni ainus.
Bread Toasters. Plated Britannia and Wire Castors. Iron Stands. Kire Irons, and eTerytbinicof
Ware see Jed In the Coo kin it liepanment. An ezperienos oi llilrty-tlirea years in bnrlness here ena
bles us to meet the wants ot this community in our line, with a kh artlcls at a low price. A 11 vooits
sold W AKKANTEli AS liKPKr SKM I.il or the money reluDded. Call and see the Wares ; net
prices before purchasing : no truMe to show Broods. Persons commencing House-Keeplna; will save
26 percent, by buyitia; their outfit lrom us. Merchants selling (roodsln our line sborld send for
w noieskie rrice ivisu or can ana vet quotations 01 our w ares, as we nave no apprentices ait our
work la Warranted to b. ol the best quality at lowest pi Ice. To save money call on or Send to
HAY niJOS . Ao.2SO W.iiliiglou Mreet Johnstlown, Penn'a.
FASHIONABLE
CUTTER & TAILOE
Havlns; had many
Years exierleni
In all branches of
he Tailoring tus-
iness 1 guarantee
Satistactlon to all
Ll UU UIB lull 111,
4 on me and favor
- me with their pat-
ronage.
Yours, Ae.,
MM. M. IIOCnSTE n.KR,
Noruersiet, Pa.
marl
SOMERSET COUNTY BANK !
(ESTABLISHED 1877.)
CHAELES. I. EAEE1SCN. M.J PEITTS.
President Cashier.
Collections made In all parts of the t'nlted
State.
CHARGES MODERATE.
Parties wishing to send money Wst can be ac
commodated hy draft on New York In any sura.
Collections ma."le wl'h promptness. C. S. Bonds
bought and sold. Money and valuables secured
by one of IHebold's celebrated sales, with a Sar
gent fc Yale 3. 00 time lock
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
rAU le al holidays observed." decT
DITOK'S NOTICE.
Somerset Couutv, ss.
i i Al an iirMhan's Court held at Somerset
Skal in and lor said Couuty.oo the 15th dayol
( . Mh-iolier. 18-2. before the Honorable
Judges thereul. In tl.e matter of the estate of Mi
chad I'uimrn, .lxeased. on motion ol H. L. Baer.
En')., the (urt appoint J. O. Kimniel, En.. Au
citor to distrlbu'e Hie tund In the hands ol Jcb
L. Miller. Executor, to and among I boss legilly
entitled thereto.
Bv the Court
A. A. STVTZM AN, n.rk.
N
OTICE.
To the heirs of Michsel and Esther Putman deed.
Y"ou are hereby nolified that i will attend to the
duties above directed at my othce in Somerset
Borough, on Wednesday, Novcmlr 21,
where y..u my atteud U you see mer.
J.O. K1MMTU
oct24. Auditor.
E
XECUTOirS NOTICE.
Esute of John Marker, dee'd, lte of Vpper
Turkevl.N twp.. Somerset Co., Pa.
Letter testamentary on the ahoveestate having
lieen granted to the undersigned by the proer
authoritv, notice is hereby given to all jiersons In
delited to sl.1 estate to make Immediate pay
ment, and tbow having claims agslnt the saai.
will present tbem dnv authenticated for settle
ment onorbelre Friday. November 30. 1113, at
the late residence of deceased.
KACHF.L MAUKEK,
Oct. 24. 18&3. Eiecutr I.
E
XECUTOK'S NOTICh.
tj.uie ot John O. Stshl. dee'd, late of Qneruahon
lngtownchip. Somerset ounty. Pa.
Letters testamentary on the above estate
having been granted to the undersigned by the
proper authority, notice ie hereby given to all
persons Indebted to said estate tomake Immediate
pavmenUandtbose having clalmsagsinst ibeaame
will present t hem dulv au'benticated for settle
ment on Saturdav. liecemher 1. 13. at the othc
01 Ir. K. H. Paltersoa. in stoyestown. Pa.
NATH AN" ST A HI..
K. H. PATTERSON,
oc;. Eie utors
AlbkktA. House.
J. Scott Ward
HOME & ffARD,
BcccEasoaa to
EATON & BROS,
SO. 27 FIFTH AVENUE,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
SFHINCt, 1882.
NEW GOODS
EVESY TAT SPECIALTIES
iinbroidtriei, Ucfi, Killiaery, WMM Cocit, Hand
kerchief. Diets Trin-.miegt, Hotitry, Gloval,
Cartels, Watlia sd Keriaa Underwear, l
fjatt' ass Chiid-wn's Clothlsg. Fancy
Geocti, Yirnt, Zephyrs. Kit
rials of All Kinds far
FANCY WORK,
Gents' MMn Mi, k, fc
nrtriTtustst ta Eawrav.TnJti.T eoLic'
MfOKDERSBT MAIL ATTESVFD TO WITH
I SHE ASV DISPATCH. Jiart
ESTABLISHED ISM).
Fisher's Book Store.
Alwavi in stock at the Book Store a well ae
lected assort n-ent of Bibles. Testaments. Oospel
Bvmns, Christians' liymn Books and Hymnals.
Lutheran Hvmn Books Hk-lonarte. A I burnt.
Pens. Inks. Papers. Envelopes. Magatlnea No.
els. Kevlews. Blank Books. Ieeds Bonds. Mort
gages and all kinds ol Legal Blanka,
BOOKS OF POETRY
Rnr.k. of Travel and Adventure, Hletory. Bk-
children. In fact .very tbln(t ""J
well regalated l ttora. Headquarters for
school teacher, and school book, ano acnooi .p-
Chss. M. Fisher,
Look A Beer. is Block.
ianl7
II L AJ I and dar. belor. y. die,
r P I s..hti mighty and sub
I V Jl U L Urn. lesv. behind to coa
ouerilin.. a4aweek la ywtrowa town, f oat-
it rrea. 'orls Everything new. t;apltaiaoi
reqalred. W e will roraish yoa everytning. ..r
.r. maklBfr wnana. asne.
aa a,H and boys and girls make great pay
Header. II vow want baniDMS at which yoa eaa
aaak. graat pay all lb. tlai.. writ, for particulars
u H. h.UJrrr It O0n Portland, Main.
John R.H.T.
OLD liELIAMLK
SADBLEBY & HAEffiSS SHOP,
(OITOITK THE GLADK H-H'Si:,)
avEA-IIT CROSS ST.
SOM EES ET, PA.
I keep constantly on hand a large assortment of
HARNESS, SAPKLES,
UKIDLES, BRtSHES,
COIJ.AKS, WHIPS,
DfSTEKS. KOBES, BLANKETS.
A ad everything usually found In a First-class
HARNESS SHOP.
ITarncKsi from ftlO.OO a Set
I pw artist
-Sr-KF.rAIIUXG A t-FE( 'I A L TY'-
Satisfaction guarantcrd in rrcry inttanct.
J e rein i all Woy,
nuv7-8u..
rROPRlKTOR.
TUTT'S
FILLS
TORPID BOWELS,
DISORDERED LIVER,
and MALARIA.
From tlit-su sources arise tiiree fourth of
th diseases of the human tace. Thetm
fiymplotus indicate tbcirexiatencf: Ioaa o(
Appetite, Howela costive. Sick liead
tclse, fullnesa ftcr eatlnKt .version lo
exertion of body or xnlnd. l.rucUitloii
of food, lrrtuliilltr wf temper. Low
spiriu, A serlina; ot tiarlns; ssefflectedl
i.imediiit, I'lzxlues., i-1 nttc ring at th.
Hr.rt. lsota befor. th. y... hisjhlv- cal
rrd I rln.. 0.TIFATIO., aud tie
manil the use of a remely that au-Unlirectly
ontbol.iver. AsaLiver mcilicinc Tl'TT'J
t'ICI.S have no e.jual. Their action on the
Ki loeys and Skin is also prompt; remoinr;
nil impurities through these three "ocar
estffero of tlie ayalem," producing appe
tilseotind digestion, regular stools, a cloar
akinamlarigoroushodr. TCTT'S PILLsj
cmio no nausea or pripine tior interfere
nil dailv work ami are u perfect
ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA.
nn irri.8 like a m.w ma si.
1 have ha.l Pysnepsia, with Constipa
tion. two vpars.anil nave trieil ten diffurent
km. Is of 'pills. an(l Tl TT'S arc- the first
that have ilone me anv goo.. They have
cleaned me out nieefy. My appetite la
splendid, fivxl digest readily, anil 1 now
have natural pavourca. I feel like, a new
limn." W. 1. EDWARDS, Palmyra, O.
.'-.,i'iervwicrp.av.. Or8"r.44MtimirSt..N.Y.
runs HAIR DYE.
tinar Hair on Wiiirkkb changed In
slnotly to u i.Lnssr Bla K bv a siiigle ap
.!ic:ition of this DTK. Sold dv Dniggiata,
i.r . in liy express on receipt of I.
Office, t Murray Street, New York.
''JTT'S MANUAL OF USEFUL RECEIPTS FREF
Q
JUItT PROCLAMATION.
hkrkas, the Honorable William J. Baca,
Presl lent Judge ol the several Conns of Common
Pleas of the several counties composing the 16th
Judicial district, and Justice ot the Count of Oyer
and Terminer and Oeneral Jail Delivery, for the
trial of all capital and other oliencers In ihe said
District. and Wat Coi.liss and Sahtkl 8k vngR.
requires. Judges ot fhe Courts of Common Pleas
and Justices of ihc Courts of Oyer and Terminer
and Oeneral Jail Delivery for the trial of all capi
tal and other otlenders in the county of Somerset,
have" Issued th'lr recepts and tome directed, for
holding a Court el Common Plea, add Oeneral
tjuarlrr Sessions of the Peace, and Oeneral Jail
Delivery, and Courts ol Oyer acd Terminer, at
Somerset, on
Monday, Ieeetnber 10, 13,
Notice is hereby given to all the Justices of the
Pence, the Coroner and Constables within the
sal'l County ot Somerset, thai they b. then and
there in their proper persons with their rolls, rec
ords. Inquisitions. examinations and other remem
prances, to do those i hints which to their. Hires
and in that hehalt appertain to I done: and also
tliey who will prosecute against the prisoners that
are 'or shall lie in t lie jail ot Somerset county, to
then and there to prosecute against them as shall
I just.
JOHN J. SPANOLF.R.
sepi. Sherlfl.
LIST OFCAUSES
For Trial at December Court, commencing
Monday, the loth day :
first week,
leitrich Trlmpe ts. C C. Miller.
H. H Lhr A N.ah Koontr vs. K. F. Lung.
D. S Lane vs Samuel p. Sny.ler.
Oi.leon Hiteshfwvs. John Berkeblle.
Wm H Drctervs Cnthsrin. Bent.
Howe Setting Eachine Co. vs. B. A. Klc Liner.
Samevs Same.
Same vt. B. A. Fichtner A John S. Ellis,
same vs Same.
Joseph Chrinnervs. John A. Hochstetler.
Cvras Backus vs. Samuel Common.
Francis E Orltlith vs. Weflcy D. Barclay et al.
Kobert Peckworth et al vs B V. Lung.
J . K. Bendrickson a heirs et al vs. C. J. Bar
rlson et al.
John Siatler'i use vs. J. O. Barclay et al.
Hi'olfD t ut.
David A. Lucas vt. Flannlgan A Alcott.
Susan Bi'Vcr's users. Peter Shoemaker.
Sam.ve Samuel Clark.
James Kimmcl ts David Klmmcl
Iia.ilev Itllej et al rs Salisbury K. R. Co. et. aL
EhtalVth Letihart'f use vs. til DieLx etal.
Mary E. Ualbraltb vs Som A Cam. K. K. Co.
Jacob Emerlck vt. J L. Kenuell.
P. S. Has vs. Wan Findlay.
Christian Klein vs. John B. Jackson et al.
Daniel Hull vs. John Parker's widow et aL
Same vs tame.
Samuel Poorhaugh s. PebrrC. Meyers.
David J. Plough va Simon Thomas.
Levi Kai Iman vs. Mne.
St'in Hosteller va 1 J Fike.
Matthias Bowman and wile vs. Wm. Iieetcr.
Thos A Caroline Keen use ts J. Phllllf pl. Shfl.
Javld J. Phlliippl et alvs P. AC. K. K.Co.
Cvrus Mevers Admr. ts. W. Meyers.
Same va, B. E. A Ida Meyers.
Same vs. U. E Meyers.
Sam. ts li!a E. Meyers.
S.me vs John M. dinger.
Same vs. J, o. Meyers,
S.U.TRENT.
ProtboDutary.
Somerset Pa., )
Nut 14. lpl. i
JEG1STEKS NOTICE.
Notice is herebv given to all persons concerned
at legatee, creditor, or otherwise, that th. fol
lowing accounts have passed reg trier and lhatth.
same will be presented for cohrmatlon and al
tow a nee at an Orphan' Court le be held al Som
erset De.-enit.erlA, IB'3 :
1. First and final account of Jamrt M. Getty,
Iminlstrator. etc.. ol Mary fc. Oatty. dee'd.
X- Second and final account o( Samuel J. Lick
ty. admiuistrator of Daniel L. Bra. hy. dee'd.
1 Second and final aerottnt d John 8. Biough,
esecutor ol Samuel Biouga. dee d.
4. Acerant ol Herman Younkin. trasle. for th.
sale ol ib. real estate of Elijah Crossen. dee'd.
. First and final account of I- A Kretchman
and N. J. kretchman, administrator of ateaota
Kretchman. dee'd.
i irst and final account of Ansa M Clintoek,
admlnlstraujr.l Jno. M. C. Holllday. dee'd.
5 First and final account ol f 'atharln. Denn
Ad'mtnislratrix ol Oeorg. F. Ienner, dee'd.
First and final account of Wm. Silhaugn.
trustee for the sale of the real estate of Kphralm
Vsnsirkle dee'd. ,
. I nl U..n Tf.arh Fa.
9. r IW mi si1 wni i" " '-
.eutorand Trasiee lor the sale ol the real cstata
, Jn ShaOer, deceased.
Begisb'.omce, UMCTIWJ.
omer
-PRIXCE."
lie came a stranger to our town, and for the
cliilii we bought bim,
And never asked the trading man from whom
or whence he brought liini.
He had a mournful, anxious look, an almost
human sighing,
A low-voiced, wistful, piteous call, that
made one feel like crying.
But he was steady, kind and true, and that
w as ail we needi-d.
So uo one but the little maid his odd be
havior beetled ;
And from his stall to pastures green she daily
called, cr led him,
I'ntil he learned to know and love the little
band that fed bim.
And still she tried to understand his brown
eyes, helpless, pleading,
Until we, too, the mystery sought, but
somehow failed in reading;
Until one day in early fall, w lien every glow
ing ember
From Summer's fires of glory lay beside the
young September.
A circus from a dislant town came Haunting
to he village.
The housewife left her busy toil, the farmer
left his tillage;
And we were standing where the sun thro'
walnut branches slanting,
Through flickering shade, and Prince came
up and stood beside us pantiug.
The sorrow front his mournful eyes like
flying shadows lifted,
As slowly by the pisture bars the gaudy pa
geant drifted.
But as it passed a!own the street, his neigh
ing never heeding,
Great tears came rolling down his cheeks, his
cries grew shrill and pleading.
And hour by hour within a ring which be
himself was making.
He did the tricks he bad been taught, altho'
his heart was breaking.
Until we could not bear the grief we knew
no wny of staying.
And led hira where lie could not bear the
circus minstrels playing.
We placed bim in a roomy stall, with other
horses near bim,
And hour by hour the little maid went out
to pel and cheer him ;
But at the eve his mistress came and
told
me, midst her crying,
That in the stable, on the straw, the poor old
burse lay dying.
The Continent.
THANKSGIVING D1XXEK AXO
HOW IT l-XdWW A WAV.
BY H. BlTTERWOnTII.
'Honk !'
I epun around like a top, looking
nervously in every direction. I was
familiar with that sound ; I had
heard it before, during two summer
vacations, at the old farm house on
the Cape.
It had heen a terror to me. I al
ways put a door, a fence, or a stone
wall between me and that sound as
speedily us possible.
I had just coaie down from the
city to the Cape forniy third sum
mer vacation. I had left the cars
with my armr; full of bundles, and
hurried toward Aunt T.ugoods.
The cottage stood in from the
road. There was a long meadow iu
front of it In the meadow were
two fjreat oaks and some clusters of
lilacs. An old, mossy stone wall
protected the grounds from the road,
and a long walk ran from the old
wooden gate to the door.
It was a sunny day, and my heart
was light The orioles were flaming
in the old orchards ; the bobolinks
were tossing themselves about in the
long meadows of timothy, daisies
and patches of clover. There was a
scent of new mown hay in the air.
In the distance lay the bay, calm
and resplendent, with white sails
and specks of boats. Beyond it rose
Martha's Vineyard, green and cool
and bowery, and at its whart lay a
steamer.
I was, as I 6aid, light hearted. I
was thinking of rides over the sandy
roads at the close of the long, bright
days ; of excursions on the-.bay ; of
clam bakes and picnics.
I was hungry ; and before me rose
visions of Aunt Targood's fish din
ners, roi.st chickens and beny pies.
I was thirsty ; but ahead was the old
well sweep, and behind, the cool lat
tice of the dairy window, were pans
of rnilk in abundance.
I tripped on toward the door with
light feet, lugging my bundles and
beaded with perspiration, but un
niindlul of all discomforts in th
thought of the bright days and good
thing in store for nie.
'Honk ! honk ."
My heart cave a bound.
Where did the sound come from ?
Out of a cool dusRr ot innocent
looking lilac bushes, I saw a dark
object cautiously moving. It seem
ed to have no. head. 1 knew, how
ever, that it had a head. I had seen
it ; it had seined me once on the pre
vious summer, and I had been in
terror of it during all the rest of the
season.
I looked down into the long irreg
ular grass, and saw the head and a
very long neck running along on the
ground, propelled by the dark body
like a snake running from a ball. It
was coming toward me, and faster
and faster as it approached.
I dropped all my bundles.
In a lew flying leaps I returned to
the road again, and armed myself
with a stick from a pile of cord
wood.
Honk 1 honk! honk!'
It was a call of triumph. The head
was high in the air now. My ene
my moved grandly forward, as be
came the monarch of the great
meadow farmyard.
I stood with beating heart, after
my retreat
"it was Aunt Tareood's gander.
How he enjoyed his triumph, and
how small and cowardly he made me
feel.
'Honk ! honk 1 honk !'
The geese came out of the lilac
bushes, bowing their heads to him
in admiration. Then came the gos
lings a long procession ol awkward,
half feathered things; they appear
ed equally delighted.
The gander seemed to be telling
his admiring audience all about it;
how a etrangd girl with many bun
dles had attempted to cross the
yard : how he had driven her back,
and had captured her bundles, and
now was monarch of the field. He
clapped bis wings when he had fin
ished his heroic story, and sent forth i
set
ESTABLISHED, 1827.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY.
such a 'honk,' as might have startled
a major general.
Then he, with an air of great dig
nity and coolness, began to examine
my baggage.
Among my effects were several
pounds of chocolate caramels, done
up in brown paper. Aunt Targeed
liked chololate caramels and I had
brought her a good supply.
He tore off the wrappers quickly.
Bit one. It was good. , He began
to distribute the bon-bons among
the geese, and they, with much lib
erality and good will, among the
goslings.
This was too much. I ventured
through the gate swinging my cord
wood stick.
'Shoo !'
He dropped his head on the
ground, and drove it down the walk
in a lively waddle toward me.
'Shoo !'
It was Aunt Targood's voice at the
door.
He stopped immediately.
His head was in the air again.
'Shoo !' :
Out came Aunt Targood with her
broom.
She always corrected the gander
with the booam. If I were to be
whipped I should choose a broom
not the stick.
As soon as he beheld the broom
he retired, although with much of
fended pride and dignity, to the lilac
bushes, and the geese and goslings
followed him.
'Hester, you dear child, come
here. I was expecting you, and had
been looking out for you, but missed
sight of you. I had forgotten all
about the gander.'
We gathered up the bundles and
the caramels. I wa3 light hearted
again.
How cool was the sitting room,
with the woodbine falling about the
ODen windows. Aunt brought me
a Ditcher of milk and some straw
herries, some bread and honey, and
a fan.
While I was resting and taking
mv lunch, I could hear the gander
discussing the affairs of the farm
vard with the geese. I did not great
lv eniov the discussion. His tone of
voice was very proud, and he did
not seem to be speaking well of me.
I wa& suspicious that he did not
think me a very brave girl. A young
person likes to be spoken well of,
even by the gander.
Aunt Targood's gander had been
the terror of many well meaning
people, and of some evil doers, for
many yeais. I have seen tramps
and pack peddlers enter the gate and
start on toward the door, when there
would sound that ringing warning
like a war blast, 'honk ! honk !' and
in a few minutes these unwelcome
people would be gone. - Farmhouse
boarders from the city would eenne-
times enter the yard, thinking to
draw water bv the old well sweep;
in a few minutes it was customary
to heur shrieks, and to see women
and children flying over the walls,
followed by air rending honks, and
jubilant cackles from the victorious
gander and his admiring family.
Aunt Targood sometimes took
summer hoarders. Among those
that I remember was Rev. Mr. Bon
ney, a fervent souled Methodist
preacher. He put the gander to
flight with the cart whip, on the
second day after his arrival, and
seemingly to Aunt's great grief; but
he never was troubled ly the leath
ered tyrant again.
Young couples semetime9 came to
Father lionney to be married, and,
one summer afternoon, there rode up
to the gate a very young couple,
whom we afterwards learned "had
run away," or rather, had attempted
to get married without their parents'
approval. The young bridegroom
hitched the horse" and helped from
the carriage the gayly dressed miss
he expected to make his wife. They
started up the walk upon the run, as
though they expected to be followed
and haste was necessary to prevent
the failure of their plans.
'Honk !'
Tlievf topped. It was a voice of
authority.
'Just look sit him !' said the bride.
'Oh ! oh !'
The bridegroom cried 'Shoo,' but
he might as well have said 'shoo' to
a steam engine.
On came the gander, with his
head and neck upon the ground. He
seized the lad by the calf of his leg,
and made an immediate application
of lis wings. The latter seemed to
thick he had been attacked by
dragoons. As soon as he could
shake him off he ran. So did the
brids?, but in another direction ; and
while the two were thus perplexed
and discomfittd, the bride's father
appeared in a carriage, and gave her
a most forcible invitation to ride
home with him. She accepted it
without discussion. What became
of the bridegroom, or how the matter
ended, we never knew.
'Aunt, what makes you keep that
gander, vear after year?' said I, one
evening, as we were sitting on the
lawn before the door. "Is it because
be is a kind of watch dog, and keeps
troublesome people away ?'
'No, child, no ; I do not wish to
keep most people away, not well be
haved people, nor to distress or an
noy anyone. The fact is, there is a
story about that gander that I do not
like to speak of to everyone some
thing that makes me feel tender to
ward him ; so that if he needs a
whipping, I would rather do it He
knows something that no one else
knows. I could uot have him killed
or sent away. You have heard me
speak of Na'thaniel, my oldest boy ?'
'Yes.'
That is his picture in my room,
you know. He was a good boy to
me. He loved his mother. I loved
Nathaniel you cannot think how
much I loved Nathaniel. It was on
my account that he went away.'
'The farm did not produce enough
for us all ; Nathaniel, John and I.
We worked hard and had a hard
time. One year, that was ten years
ago, we were sued for our taxes.
'Nathaniel,' said I, I will go to
taking boarders.'
'Then he looked up at me and
said (on, how noble and handsome
he appeared to me!) :
'Mother, I will go to sea.'
'Where?' asked I, in surprise.
'In a coaster.'
DECEMBER 5, IS83.
I turned white. How I felt
'You and John can manage the
place,' he continued. 'One of the
vessels sails next week Uncle
Aaron's ; he offers to take me.'
It seemed best, and he made prep
arations to go.
'The spring before, Skipper Ben
yeu have met Skipper lien had
given me some goose eggs ; he had
brought them Irom Canada, and
said they were wild goose eggs.
'I set them under hens. In four
weeks had three goslings. I took
them into the house at first, but af
terward made a pen for them out in
the yard. I brought them up my
self, and one of those goslings is that
gander.'
'Skipper Ben came over to see
me the day before Nathaniel was to
sail. Aaron came with him.
I said to Aaron :
'What can I give to Nathaniel to
carry to sea with him to make him
think of home ? Cake, preserves, or
apples? I haven't got mt.ch; I
have done all I can for him, poor
boy.'
'Brother looked at me curiously,
and said :
'Give him one of those wild geese,
and we will fatten it on shipboard
and have it for our Thanksgiving
dinner.'
'What brother Aaron said pleased
me. The young gander was a no
ble bird, the handsomest of the lot,
and 1 resolved to keep the geese to
kill for my own use, and to give him
to Nathaniel.
'The next morning it was late iu
September I took leave of Nathan
iel I tried to be calm and cheerful
and hopeful. I watched him as he
went down the walk with the gander
struggling under his arm. A stran
ger would have laughed, but I did
not feel like laughing; it was true
that the boys who went coasting
were usually gone but a few months
and came home hardy and happy ;
but when poverty compels a mother
and son to part, after they have been
true to each other, and shared their
feelings in common, it seems hard,
it seems hard though I do not like
to murmur or complain at anything
allotted to ine.
'I saw him go over the hill. On
the lop he stopped and held up the
gander. He disappeared ; yes, my
own Nathaniel disappeared. I
think of him now as one who dis
appeared. 'November came, it was a terrible
month on the coast that year. Storm
followed storm ; the sea-faring people
talkud constantly of wrecks and
losses. I could not sleep on the
nights of those high winds. I used
to lie awake thinking over all the
happy hours I had lived with Na
thaniel. 'Thanksgiving week came.
'It was full of an Indian summer
brightness after the long storms.
The nights were frosty, bright and
calm.
'I could sleep en those calm
nights.
'One morning I thought I heard
a strange sound in tne woomanu
pasture. It was like a wild goose.
1 I istened ; it was repeated. 1 was
lying in bed. I started up I sup-
nosed I had been dreaming.
'On the night before thanksgiving
I went to bed early, being very tired.
The moon was full; the air was
calm and still. I was thinking of
Nathaniel, and I wondered if he
would indeed have the gander for
his Thanksgiving dinner ; if it would
be cooked as well as I would have
cooked it, and if he would think of
me that day.
'I was just going to sleep, when
suddenly I heard a sound that made
me start up and hold my breath.
'Honk !'
'I thought it was a dream followed
bv a nervous shock.
"'Honk ! honk !'
'There it was again in the yard. I
was surely awake and in my senses.
'Honk! Honk! Honk!'
'I heard the geese cackle.
'I got out of bed and lifted the
curtain. It was almost as light as
day. Instead of two geese there
were three. Had one of the neigh
bor's geese stolen away ?
'I should have thought so, and
should not have felt disturbed, but
for the reason that none of the
neighbor's geese had that peculiar
call that horn like tone that I had
noticed in mine.
'I went out of the door.
'The third goose looked like the
very gander 1 had given Nathaniel.
Could it be?
'I did not sleep. I rose early and
went to the crib for some corn.
'It was a gander a wild gander
that had come in the night He
eetmedto know me.
'1 trembled all over as though I
had seen a ghost. I was so faint
that I sat down on the meal chest.
'As I was in that place a bill peck
ed sgainst the door. The door open
ed. The strange gander came hob
bling over the crib stone and went
to the corn bin. He stopped there,
looked at me, and gave a sort of glad
honk, as though he knew me and
was glad to see me.
'I was certain that he was the
gander that I had raised, and that
Nathaniel had lifted into the air
when he gave me his last recogni
tion from the top of the hill.
It overcame me. It was Thanks
giving. The church bell would
soon be ringing as on Sunday. And
here was Nathaniel's Thanksgiving
dinner; and brother Aaron's had it
flown away ? Where was the ves
sel? 'Years have passed ten. You
know 1 waited and waited lor my
boy to come back. December grew
dark with its rainy Eeas ; the snows
fell ; May lighted up the hills, but
the vessel never came back. Nathan
iel, my Nathaniel, never returned.
'That gander knows something he
could tell me if he could talk. Birds
have memories. He remembered
the corn crib he remembered some
thing else. I wish he could talk,
poor bird ! I wish be could talk. I
will never sell him, nor kill him,
nor have him abused. He knows.
St. Nicholas.
It is well known among observant
poultry-raisers that those breeds of
lowls which are large layers and
ion-sitters possess an almost insati
ate appetite for animal food.
eralcl
Making Manure.
Too much cannot be said regard
ing the makins of manure at this sea
son, for now is the time when no
other work is pressing and when prof
itable employment in not ready for
all. While a great amount of mate
rial may be advantageously plactd
in the compost heap, and there saved,
the quality of the manure should
also be considered. As something
cannot be derived from nothing, it is
apparent that the manure, heat of
body, growth and milk must come
from the food. Every ounce of food
must be provided, md every limit to
the allowance is a limit to produc
tion. The quantity of the lood is no
index to what may be expected, for
quantity indicates nothing but bulk,
asis the case with straw ; but quality
can only be imparted to the manure
by feeding the animals with rich.con
centrated food, adding coarser mate
rials lor dietary purposes only.
Manure is always rich in carbon,
and often in potash, but there is a
great difference in the proportions of
nitrogen and phosphoric acid. Many
substances that are fed contain only
traces of those materials, whileother
matter may excel in either nitrogen
or phosphoric acid alone, or both.
Clover hay is richer in nitrogen than
corn meal is, but corn meal contains
the more carbon. The corn, when
fed to adult animals which have
ceased growth, but which rsadily
take on fat, will be appropriated by
the animal, through the agency of
the digestive organs, only for the
purposes intended. As the matured
animal does not need a very large
quantity of phospnoric acid and
lime for the flesh, it converts the
carbon of the corn into fat, storing it
in the body upon every available lo
cation that may serve as a place for
deposit until a large excess is creat
ed ; but the growing or young animal
requires material from which to sup
ply not only fat but bone, muscl
and other essentials, the clover hay
being more suitable than corn in cer
tain respects.
Manure from the matured ami
mal, therefore is more valuable than
that from one that has not completed
grewth, and it is also evident that,
as food is given for the purpose of
satisfying the demands of the animal,
the material voided is valuable ac
cording to the assimilating power of
the digestive organs, as every parti
cle of nutritious matter will be ex
tracted if it is needed and can be di
gested, and manure from concentrat
ed food may be useless if the quanti
ty allowed is insufficient We de
rive manure only from the food
which we feed, but its quality is reg
ulated by the animal to which leed
is given and by the character of the
feed itself. - .. .
Different kinds of stock, also, pro
duce different kinds of manure, even
when fed upon the same food. The
manure from a horse is of a different
quality from that obtained in the
cattle yards. The horse thit works
daily produces manure unlike that
of the idle horse in the stable ; and
the manure from the barren cow is
much richer in nitrogen and phos
phoric acid than that collected from
a cow in full flow of milk or from
one that is expected to calve. It is
apparent, then, that certain condi
tions change the character of the
manure, and the computation of the
value of manure according to the
amount in the heap may mislead
many to suppose they possessed
mnch valuable material when the
fact may be that it is inferior. A
wagon load of manure, hauled sever
al miles to the farm, may not be
worth the labor of hauling, and
farmers should study these matters
well, as they are very important.
PRESENT POWER.
Comfort is never in a hurry. Pain
and distress are in hot haste.
It. is to the "friend in need" the
friend who does something now
that the old adage pays the compli
ment of being "a friend indeed."
That they do not keep the sufferer
in suspense is the salient excellence
of Benson's Capcine Porous Plasters.
The plasters of other days whether
porous or otherwise said "Wait
until to-morrow: We can promise
nothing on thespurof the moment"
But pain unrelieved, like hojie de
ferred, roaketh the heart sick. Bn-
son s plasters act on application.
They permeate, soothe, warm and
heal, containing, as they do, chemi
cal and medicinal agents ol the
highest efficiency. Their motto is
oml flic (Tumi! rio Via of. t l.i worrl ! .
.1.., uni .,,. ,,1...-. ..v. ...... ... " i
j 'v. I lie lilt 111 luv iiii'iiiii. 't t....o
plaster. Price 25 cents. Seabury &
Johnson, Chemists, New York.
Nov. 21.
Oysters in Ancient Times.
From the oldest times the oyster
has been in demand, and in the
shell-heaps of our country and in
the kitchen middens of Europe are
found the remains of shells. Vite
lius was supposed to eat 1000 oys
ters a day. Calisthenes and Caligu
la were both fond of the Bavory
mollusk, and Seneca and Cicero
were also lovers of them. Lucullus
so appreciated them that he had sea
water brought to his villa from
Campania and bred them for his
friends, and to the Roman, Sergius
Orata, is due the origin of the oyster
park. Louis IX. feasted the famous
doctors of Sorbonne once a year on
an oyster supper, and invested his
cook with an order of nobility for
his skill in preparing them. Cer
vantes, though he satirized oyster
men, was fond of their wares, while
Marshal Turgot, Rousseau, Helviti
us, Diderot, the Abbe Raynal and
Voltaire, were all noted for the num
ber of oysters they ate at a sitting,
the first named considering 100 as a
fair appetizer, while Dr. Gastaldi,
the famous epicure, was equal to
forty dozen at a sitting. Philadel
phia Times.
How often do we hear of the sud
den fatal termination of a case of
croup, when a young life might have
been saved by the prompt use of
Ayr's Cherry Pectoral ! Be wise in
time and kee a bottle of it on hand
ready for instant use.
WHOLE NO. 1690.
"Wealthy Farmer.
It is a question as to what ultimate
effect will result from the increasing
wealth of the farming class. The
pinch of finances that has this fall
been more intense than during the
months previous, has been largely
caused by the decline in prices, and
the refusal of the farmers to sell
their crops. The tendency of farmers
to hold their stuff when prices do
not suit is on the increase, and that
because they are, as a class, becom
ing able to do it through increasing
wealth. The day of granger oppres
sion is passing away. The rival
trunk lines have reduced rates to
that degree that a bushel of wheat
or corn is now worth more in Kan
sas and Nebraska than it was ten
years ago in Illinois, and as much
in Illinois as it was once in Ohio or
western New York. At the same
time merchandise and farming im
plements, through a prodigious com
petition, have certainly not increased j
in value, and generally can bei
bought at a bargain for cash. The
fu rrri j -k a noa! v K i"irti A lYiflciAf ff
" '
tne situation, xi ne cry oui against
monopoly any more it must be from
sheer habit, or because politicians
are befooling him. The increasing
independence of the agricultural
class, and the growing competition
among manufacturers and traders,
are bound to work a change in the
... .
condition ot business, but what it
will be it is impossible to say. One
thing is certain, the farmers of the
Northwest have the power in any
season, to precipitate a commercial
revulsion in this country. When
they refuse to give up their grip on
the crop, they stop the wheels of
trade. They are doing this to a
considerable extent now. But there
is no law to compel them to sell,
unless it is in the shape of an execu
tion when they owe debts that they
will not pay. And this suggests a
partial remedy against the obduracy
of farmers. Country dealers could,
and should shorten up their credits
to tne larmer class, mere is no
reason why a farmer should be ex
empt from paying his debts with
reasonable promptness any more
than any other debtor. A lar.e
lumber concern has adopted a wise
policy in it Kansas and Nebraska
trade. It
aemanus casn or us
equivalent,
or sells no lumber at
leart pursues mat metuou as iar as
possible. If all kinds of merchants
would do the same, the credit of the
. .i .1 .1 . r
ntn rt . I . rk ttiiir.ri l t npn vtin
tUUHU Jf TV 1U1VI AV- UJUkl l.ll'l ilfVVJ,
the crops have to move more lively
than now, and commercial stringen
cies be less apt to occur. A'orti
w tster n Lumberman.
Wisdom
which Conies Only wl'h
Years).
It is a singular analogy which
offered with the life of human flow
ers by the growth of those of a frail
er aud more perishable sort. Fair
and sweet and delicate are youth
acd maidenhood, as the strawbell
and anemone and twin linnsvas ; rich
and beautiful are the early years of
life, as roses and carnations are : but
in the riper, maturerlife is strength
for vital work that needs must
exhaust the earth, so Boon is it to be
followed by mild decay. Our states
men do their great work in this
season ; our poets try their wings
in May and Jcne, but their larger
flight is now ; our novelists write
front intuition only till the ripeness
of experience comes ; our young
lawyers may have talent and acu
men, but they have not the power
that istheira later with rounded in
tellect and completer knowledge of
life; our young physicians maybe
fresh from walking famous hospit
als abroad, but they have not the
habits and mamories of twenty
years by night and day at the side
of sick beds to make their wisdom
seem like genius ; our young preach- i
ers may tickle the fancy with their;
airy eloquence and gitt of words,
but they will not touch the heart as
thev do when they have tasted all
the springs of sorrow and sympathy,
the draught that added years, and
they alone, shall proffer them.
It
has needed what is equivalent to the
fervent and accumulated heats which
belong to the middle of life as of the
year, to call out the full force of
what is in them, and the flame
burns then with all its might, for
presently it must fall in ashes,
presently the beats will all be gone ;
no more will the vital efflux of the
receding sun send its impulse
through the roots oflife.no more
will soul or flower expand to the
rich light of day. but the autumn
(jarnpg
and the chill of the grave
will rise round them. Harper'
Bnzrr.
Foot! for Brain Workers.
The notion that those who work
only with their brains need less food
than those who labor with their
hands has long been proved to be
fallacious. Mental labor causes
greater waste to tissue than muscu
lar. According to careful estimates,
three hours of hard study wear out
the body more than a whole day of
hard physical exertion. "Without
phosphorus, no thought," is a Ger
man saying; and the consumption
of that essential ingredient of the
brain increases in proportion to the
amount of labor which this organ is
required to perform. The wear and
tear of the brain are easily measured
by careful examination of the salts
in the liquid excretions. The impor
tance of the brain as a working or
gan is shown by the amount of blood
it receives, proportionately greater
than that of any other portion of the
body One-fifth of the blood goes
to the brain, though its average
weight is one-fortieth of that of the
body. This fact alone would be suf
ficient to prove that brain-werkere
require more food, and even better
food than mechanics or farm-hands.
Forty years' experience, in every
clime on earth, has proved Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral to be the most re
liable remedy for colds, coughs, and
all lung diseases. Neglected colds
! often become incurable ailments.
Deal with them in time and prevent
their becoming deep-seated in the
system.
Christmas is the next holiday
In country districts school lite
'has many more exposures to un
i healthy influences than are suffered
1 in towns and cities. For example,
! it is no uncommon experience for
, some of the children to walk two or
j three miles sometimes double that
! distance every day they attend
school; and, when the weather is
wt and the roads muddy, they are
frequently compelled to enter their
classes with cold feet and damp
clothing and remain in that chilly,
uncomfortable condition until the
period of recess arrives, or, may be,
until their return home in the even
ing' In winter time, when the roads
are icy and slippery, or when the
ground i9 covered with snow, and
travel on foot most disagreeable and
fatiguing, those who have long dis
tances to walk must hurry their foot
steps to escape being tardy in their
appearance at roll-call, and, when
they enter classes, are all aglow and
perspiring. In that condition they
take their seats, Boon feel chilly and
are too sleepy and stupid to take
interest in the lessons. At noon,
when the hour of dinner arrives,
they eat hurriedly the cold food
contained in their little baskets and
buckets, but cot usually with as
sharp appetite and good digestion as
when they are at home. Immedi
ately after dinner they engage too
vigorously in all sorts of play
running, jumping, "chasing the fox,"
base ball and various other fatiguing
and relaxing exercises so that by
the time of the call ''to books !" they
are as tired and indisposed to study
as when they reached school in the
morning. Then, after dismissal in
the evening, they are more or less
exposed to unhealthy influence
evejry day during the school term.
1 lie management of country
. i
j schools
snouid provide special ac
1 It 1 a
commodations for the relief and
comtort of children who come with
damp clothing and wet feet Thi9
can be easily accomplished in a well
appointed reception room for each
sex, where should be kept always on
hand and ready for use a sufficient
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number of pairs of shoes and stock-
warm wraps with which to clothe
and warm the tenderest of the expos
ed pupils until their own shoes and
stockings and other garments are
dry enough to put on and they are
ready to enter their classes.
Parents who are able to do so
should be encouraged to supply the
school store room with an extra suit
of clothing for each child they send,
and no doubt in every community
there could be gathered enough sub
scriptions of that kind from humane
well to-do persons and families to
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already too scantily
supplied to afford them comfort and
proper protection in cold weather.
Nowaday?', however, rubber shoes,
gossamer circulars and gum coats
have become so cheap and common
it would seem that even the poorest
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; understand you were at a social
hop nt Mr. Brown's last night,'
said
one young man to another.
'Yes, I was there,' was the hesitat
ing reply.
'Did you have a lively time?'
'Well, I should smile.'
'Who all were present on the oc
casion ?'
"Oh. there was the old man. and
wjthe old woman, the daughter Mary,
she a my girl you know, the three
brothers, and a neighbor or two.'
'No more than that for a hop?'
'If you'd seen us, you would have
thought it was enough.'
Why, what did you do?'
'I didn't do much of anything. I
only went to see my girl, and the
old man, you know, didn't like it,
and he walked in, and before I knew
anything he hopped on to me. Then
Mary hopped on to him, and the old
lady hopped on to Mary, and the
boys hopped on to the others, and
the neighbors came in and I hopped
on to my opportunity and got out'
'It wasn't so awful dang slow after
all, was it ?'
'Was it? Well, look at my eyes,
and this arm in a sling, and this cut
on my head, and these pewed up
places in my clothes, and then go
up and take a squint at Mary and
the old man, and the old woman
and the boys, and the lurniture.
Slow ? Slow ? Well, don't bill me for
any more special hops till the spring
of 1908.'
The Wide, Wide World. Lima,
Republic of fern : Senor A. de La E.
Delgado, L. L. D., and Counsellor,
Tribunal of Justice. Lima, Republic
of Peru, says: "One simple appli
cation of St. Jacobs Oil cured me
; completely of rheumatic pains in my
left arm. I recommended it to two
of my friends, the Mrs. Dona Juana
Garcia, widow, and Mr. D. Herman
Decker, a German gentleman. Mad
am Garcia wa9 relieved entirely by
the pain-cure from terrible neuralgic
pains of ten months standing. Mr.
Decker wa9 cured of inexplicable
pains by a single application of the
cure. My brother used the great
remedy for a species of paralysis of
the arm. He was entirely relieved
from his ailment by one or two ap
plications, after having tried num
berless other remedies without
effect
Winter tnarler) for Swine.
Those who keep a stock of hog9
through the winter should not try to
do so in quarters that are not per
ftly comfortable, for two reasons ;
First because the health of the hogs
is endangered, and second, because
it costs more to produce a pounds of
pork when the hog is not kept in a
comfortable condition in cold weath
er. Whenever we find that theie is
a chance for a current of air to pass
through upon the hogs or other ani
mals it should be stopped, and there
should also be provisiom made for
keeping out the snow or rain. One
of the mistakes which is to often
made in providing winter quarters
for hogs is in permitting , too much
water to accumulate where the hogs
stay most of the time. While hogs
may not be injured in warm weath
er by wallowing in the water, there
is danger in cold weather, even
though in quarters where the water
does not freeze. Hogs should have a
good dry bed to resort to, even in
warm weather, but in winter it is
more important, because of the dan
ger of the hogs taking cold. Anoth
er mistake is very often made by
keeping hogs in a dark cellar, where
the ammonia that comes from the
manure often seriously interferes
with the health of animals. Light
and pure air are very important for
the health of not only the human
race but also for all of the domestic
animals.
Spirits of ammonia dropped into a
greasy pan or sink will cleanse it
easily.
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