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tliV A ' WALKER,
I AnOESIT3-AT-ULW.
and SOTAJaT PUBLIC
Somerset, Pa.
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etnaawl w tua care wiin piumpuieiai
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uiumpuy aotua io au Kunneo eatruneo.
.jyt iuuc fclvaucod an coiiocuou. AC Of
2 uifi jauaciuUi ttiwA
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J A11UAK-AT-LA,
omat.net. Pa,
j; uail v U b'uaneai entrumed to hi catb
i suuenei Jid kijuiuUi coumieis with prompt
aaa Laeiiiy. jiliu uu fcain Cn btroei.
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J AIIOitAA'Y-AT-LAW,
bomerael. Pa.
.i..m KaicaoiB BwxA. np nun. Entrance
k aaia Ciuia otren. lii.inMi made, atea
cuca. uwi T-""' ' ud an ief al Duuntxa air
cooea bo w iifi yrumntncM ana nuuubir.
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bumenet, Fa.
tiGaiieat eumud to our car will be
M&iUj aud UiUiluuj aueuded to. Oullcctioui
aic u. butaend, iicujurU aud adnumf ooua
st. butt cyan and ciouvejauuzia' dune ou roa-
ttavj term
IT UBAEJi,
Lit A1TOKMY-AT-LAW,
bomenet. Pa.,
1 practice in bomenet and adjoininc ooua-
a. ah tnmaxm enmnmd u iuia will teueive
ltmg lllriiliull,
r xrfiwra kuppel,
V Anoiuiic)i-Ai-LAW,
bumenet, Pa
u xiuina ruwd to their care will be
aL) aua punctuaiij auended to. Umoe on
u ma Dtieet, uppuaite jlammutn lUouA.
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U ftiialUA AU bLKoK
VAKKsrr. Pa.
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m. au. iu cam at omce.
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Si. P. F. SHAFFER,
boMAKBirr, Pa.,
on proroMi i mifiaa to me ciluen
aumciet ana vicaiuj Omce next dour to
nmrn-iai notei.
H (5. klMMKI.I
lutien na proioaaouai aerTiOea to the eiuaeuk
aicimM aud riunity. LnleM proleauonail;
3tS He caa ue found at hjm o&oe on Main bt.
v: i.'iwnuniL
)i i. M. LOUTUER,
lJ tivrwrty MoyeaVMi.)
milCUli AD BCEGIOS
ucaid psrmanenU7 h Somenet lor the
i" t pruioatwn. Oftoe on Main aueet,
-tA-oilirioion.
D
tB.J.6.M'MILLEX,
' .ijna! atnuon to the pmerTatioo of
-!. iftUi Amfical M-u lnwted. All
JkuiruttaaUitactoTT. Odioe In the
M a.T.-.wea Ca'i Bore, oureer
Oils! Oils!
Reflninir Co., PtUburjh DepArt
'"uri la., niakea a apeciAlty of
"aai-aaiir.m lo. u,r nomc-ic trade
the Lucet braoda of
laminating & Lubricating Oils
Naphtha and Gasoline.
caa be ma frora Petrolenm. We challenge
ooHnaon witn rrorj Anowa
?DUCT Or PETROLEUM
Uyoa wut tit mo uniformly
Satisfactory Oils
W THE
American N.T nVp.t
". Trade in Sc.- net and rldnltj
oppUeo by
or-C'K. EtRITB an
it. raxAai kocsslr.
boaiaaarr. Pa
SrC PRUNING
SPECIALTY.
HARRY M. BENSHOFF,
UXUFACTURIA'Q STATIONER
AXD
ELX BOOK MAKEB.
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HNSTOWN PA.
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VOL. XTJT. NO.
-THE-
HRST NATIONAL BANK
OF-
Somerset, Penn'a.
o
CAPITAL
SURPLUS
S50.000.
$14,000
etOHT RCCCIVCDIN UkROC AMD, MALL
ACiOUNT. aATAwLC ON OCMANO.
ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANT FARMERS,
STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED
-DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS :
LaBcb M. Hicxa. Ceo. R. Sccix.
Jamb, L. Pusk, W. H. STu.l,
JOHH B. SOOTT. R. 8. SCLLL.
Fud W. Bobbckba
Eowaao Bccll, : :
Valbxtinb Hat, : :
Haktkt M. Bsrklet,
: : Peksidixt
Vici Pbuidzxt
: : : Cabhizs.
The fund, and seenritiea of this bank
are securely protected in a celebrated Cor
Urn Burglar-proof Safe. The only Safe
maae aoeoiateiy iiargi&r-prooi. -
Somerset Ccoolj Kalianal Bank
Of Somerset, Pa.
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Established, 1877. 0'pui m i National, 1890.
CAPITAL, $50,000.
Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't.
Wm. H. Koontz, Vice Pres't.
Milton J. Pritts, Cashier.
Directors:
Sarol EnTdcr,
Johiah specht,
John H. bcyder
Jofc-ph B. Iiaria,
Jerome Bturll,
Wm Endaley.
Jouaa M. Cook,
John titufft.
Harruun .-Tlrder,
Noahs, Uiiiej,
Sam. B. Harrison.
Cmtomen of thla Bank will receive the mow
liberal treatment conaiatent with aaf. banking.
Partiea w:k!ud( lo avod monry east or weal can
be aecommdAted bj drail for any amount.
Money and valuable areured by one of
buld a Celebrated Safes, with moat approved time
took.
Uollertlom made In all parti of the United
Stales. Cbarfea moderate.
Aceoonta and JJesoalta sollcted. aaatMrn
raiun title in nisi u
121 & 123 Fourth Ave,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Undivided Profit $250,000.
Acta as Executor, Guardian, Assignee
and Receiver.
Willfl receipted for and held free of
charge.
Easiness of residents and non-residents
carefully attended to.
J0HX B. JACKS0X, - President.
JAMES J. DOSSELL, Vice President
FRASKLIX BROWN, Secretary.
J AS. C. CH A PLIX. Treasurer.
B. & B
EVERY WOMAN
WHO READS
Thia paper ought to know of the
Price Reductions
in t'ese stores for this month of January,
. ' 1 1 I o U U'-l U.'.. 1 - - , ' - - " , I
eUire and down, participates in this great
Clearance Sale,
U ..l. m.a k.v. Konnn .rliAr lh.fl llfllial.
and which will be pushed with so much
energy, and the pri.-e reductions will le
so poeitire, that it will be to your profit
to know about, if you have any purchas
es at all in the Pry'Gooda lin K make,
LOT 4.MERICAU DRESS GOODS,
73 inches wide, 7-8 wool,
15 Cents.
ko PiAoes Columbian Plaids.
All-wofl Cloth Plaids; they are 3S inches
wiue,
30 Cents;
Always sold heretofore at r0 cents.
Lot Fine Cloth Plaids,
Dollar goods for
50 Cents,
And these are 50 inches wide.
Lot Fine AU-Wool Crepona,
in colors, 33 inches wide,
35 Cents,
Down from 75 cents.
Lot 50 inch
Imported Novelty Dress Goods,
f 1.00 and f 1-25 stuffs, they are at
50 Cents.
And all FURS and WINTER WRAPS
At Way Down Prices.
And if too cannot come, itll pay
row well to write our Mail Order JJepari
meat shoot tltt and other values.
Boggs & Buhl,
ALLEGHENY, PA.
32
People's Store,
Dissolution
Sale.
Dissolution
Bargains
Everywhere
BARGAINS
npAtairs in the Carpet and Curtain
rooms.
BARGAINS
downstairs in basement in Domestic?,
Beddings and Shoes.
BARGAINS
onerery floor and in every depart
ment.
BARGAINS
on all Ladies' Wearing Apparel from
Shoes to Millinery.
BARGAINS
in all aorta and kinds of materials
from Muslins to Silks.
BARGAINS
on all Household Necessaries from
Towels to Carpets.
BARGAINS
in the truest and deepest sense of that
much abused word.
All new styles and fashionable goods, but
our approaching change in firm makes us
sell everything without regard to cost or
value. During this sale no samples can be
sent on approval, but money will be refund
ed on all unsatisfactory purchases.
Campbell & Dick,
81, 83, 85, 87 sad 89 Fifth Ave.
PITTSBURG.
$1& $15.
515.
Fifteen Dollars has a power to
draw, if correctly invested, which
leat3 a lottery. For Fifteen Dol
lars you can draw a nice Chamber
Suite no blank tickets. Every
Fifteen Dollars deposited gets one
Suite SURE. It's like getting dol
lar for dollar.
You have seen or heard of our
$ 1 6 Suite. What you saw or heard
of in that Suite you can find in this
and more, you eave a dollar too,
which is an item to most of us.
One thing sure, if you buy one of
these $15 Suites you get a reliable
article from a reliable firm. The
S
uite will "stand by" you and we
stand by " the Suite.
HENDERSON
FURNITURE CO.,
JOHNSTOWN. PA.
Here's the Place to Get Your
Money Back!
Xotice is berehy given to the public that I aa
prepared to cry sales and auctions. Sat
bfacion guaranteed.
DR. E. OAYNE,
SOWER, CT. PA.
Here's the Idea
Of the Non-pull-out Bow
The pre at watch saver. Sa.es the witch
fiotn tiiieves and fails cannot L pulled on
the case costs nothing extra.
The bow has a (reavo
oo each cod. A collar
rues dowa inaid. tb
pcud.ot uttml and
r.ta ieto the groove,
firmly lockiof th.
bow to ln pcadant.
a. that it cannot b.
pulled or twisted OS.
Can only he had with cases
starrped with this trade mark.
J.tA. Bos Riled Watch Cases are
new fitted with this great bow (ring). They
look and wear me sojia goia cases. .osa
only about half as much, and are guaranteed
for
twenty years. oii only inrougn watca
csler. KTrffr.;eT tr-e name
HihM aril
L
Keystone Watch Case Co..
PHILADELPHIA.
ti sv
omer
SOMERSET, PA.,
Hood'ssrCures
"Every Dose Helps Me
When I take Hood's Sarsaparilla, and I think !i
the best medicine for the blood. Sly six-year-old
ho. hsd sore on Ills feet. cauert lv !.
HOX it V. Xheybei-anie so lariat and pain
ful he could not etr Inishoe'. A rerk afttr
1 IM-Rau arir. ne him Hood's Sar.ip-inlU the
sorea be tn to heal up an.) iliapinr. and when
be had taken two bottle lie wits entirely
cured. alas. u. u. Tin a. boutn . m-oti, l a.
HOOD'S PILLS ar. purely Trgablfc and 4.
aot j.i ge, uaia or gnpa. Sot J bj all 4ruaitta 2jk
fit'
"Mi
SAILED THE SEAS 38 YEARS.
One of His Experiences.
For thin v-rlzht veamCaDt. Loud followed
the mit of t tint time as master of a ve
nd upon n:tirtna: frtm the wattr was ap-
?)l,m-d by ttie rcn'tary of the I'nin-d r-tates
reasurv to .uiMrint'iid th m'hI rNlu'rirs In
Alaska, wi.l.-it position be held rive years, lie
rvWi' oiw 'TM'iie a follows:
f'..r .-xentl yrar i Imd ! trouliled with
con-m! ti'rvounv and pain in the rvjeion
of it:v heart. Mr irrvate-t arfll'-tion was
!-; le a -.: It was almost inirxwlble at any
time t lutiiahi n-t sik! fci.t p. Having Keen
lr. Miliii- r.Tneile? nil vert lrtl 1 neftan umiir
Nrrvine. After tiiLinii a small quantity th
lient lit rfvied w:iso preat that 1 wapol
tivel al:irinel. thinking the remedy con-Uiin.-d
opiates whi. h ould finally ! Injuri
ous to me: but on helnfr a-ured by the Umir-ei-t
that it a perfe tly barmlext. 1 comin
uel it toje'her with the Heart fure. Tiday
I c.-in coiiM'lef.l loudly say that I'r. slllev K
siorauve .Vn ine and ew Heart tore uia
m-.w forme than anything I had ever taken.
1 b et iMH'n treated hr eminent physi.-iaTia
In New York and Pan ranei-'O w it hout ben-
li'. I owe niv prtxnt r.ain health to the
iud. iousueof ti.ew most valuable remedies.
aiei neanily twotnniend them to allafllirted
as I was." 'apt. A. F. Loud, Hampden, Me.
Dr. Miies lii-storanve .Nervine .iud .New I ure
are sold by miuruirewtson a punitive cuaran-U-o.
r by lr. .Milen Medical I'o.. Elkhart,
liiil.. tn receipt of price, l per liottle. or ki
hoi tie for i.V. expre prepaid. They are
(rev from ail opiates snu uatgerous urufv
FANCY
WORK.
Some Ut eat Uargalns la
IRISHPOINT LUNCH
AND TRAY CLOTHS
Bought below cost of transportation
we are selling at great bargains white
and colored Bedford Cord Table Cov
ers, stamped ready for working. Sing
ed Canton Flannel Table and Cush
ion Covers, Singed 1'lunh Cushion
Covers, Bargarran Art Cloth Table
and Cushion Covers, all stamped
with Newest Designs ; llem-fltitched
Hot Biwnit and Koll Napkins. A
new and large line of hem-stitched
Tray and Carving Cloths from fJOcta
op.
Stamped Hem-Ftitched Scarfs from 35cts
op. table Covers from 50 eta. up. A
full line of Figured
INDIA SILKS,
All New Patterns and Coloring. Also,
Figured Plush,
21 and 33 inches wide, in beautiful Colors
and Designs. Art Satio Squares for the
Central Covers and Cushion Covers.
"Waban ISTetting,
46 inches wide, 50 cents per yard, in Pink,
Elue. Olive and Yellow, THE EW
THING for Draping Mantles and
Doors, and for Draping Over
Draperies. A new line of
Head-reMs. from 2."c.up.
Visit our Table Linen. Towel, Napkins,
Muslin, Sheeting and Linen Departmeut, by
all means.
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41 FIFTH AVENU. Pittsburgh, Pa.
W. S. Sell L Co
ol Wood St., Fittsbara;.
HOTOCRAPHIC
SUPPLIES,
eameras. Detective
junem and the Fa
mous Kodak, la seven
nyles. tsrua for Cata-log-ue
free.
ELY'S CATAHHh
f n l F Siwiev'x
bream Dai m wAV.Trvriu i
Chsanaea the
Nasal Paaaafes,
i -r-s -r . i n
s-OM-iJ
AUAyaPain and
In Bam matlon.
s. . - - "I
Heate Sorea,
Ewtorea the
SecNS of last
and SmeU.
Try th Cur.
HAY-EEVER
A particle Is applied Into each nortrfl and Is
airwable Frire M cent al Urugcut by mail
rearrmred 60 cents.
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ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1894.
THE JESTER.
Called hmr Mary.
Her mother named her "Mary," that (rood, old
fashioned name.
And all throu-h school she were it, contented
with the same.
But when she'd graduated and left the school
behind
She dropped the " r" and Vay" becaa.e 'tr j
so mnch mare refined.
She's married now and off the hands of her cn
daring pa.
Still more ber nam has been reduced ber
youngest calls her "Hi"
Iwiifwpiilit Jnnal.
The Heritage of Young Farmers
An Address delivered before the
Somerset County Farmer's In
stitute January 10, 1894.
BY J. M. BERKEY, COUNTY SU
PERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Farm Em and Fbiekds:
It was with some hesitancy that I ac
cepted the invitation of your Kiecutive
Committee to speak again to the farmers
of Somerset county in their annual con
vention. Not, however, from any lack
of interest in your institutes which have
already proven a veritable Mecca of good
things to the farmers young and old, and
interesting alike to all who gather here;
but rather from a pre-dispoeition to sit
here among you, listen and learn, look
wise, and say nothing.
And old farmer once said of his boys.
that at sixten, they knew more than he
did; at twenty, they knew as much; at
twenty-five, they were willing to hear
what he had to say ; at thirty, tbey
sought hia advice ; and at forty, they were
ready to admit that the old man actually
did know something. Now, my friends,
I have not completed, quite the two
score years of life, but I am quite willing
to admit that the farmers of Somerset
county do know something about farming,
and in this their school, I am bat a pupil
in the lowest grade.
I have noted, however, in this and in
former institatea, the absorbing interest
taken in the discussions concerning the
food and products of the soil, the relative
value of fertilizers, the rotation of crops,
the culture of fruits, the care and keep
ing of live-stock, the enemieslof husband
ry and how how to destroy them, the
economy of time and labor-saving ma
chinery, what pays, or does not pay ; all
bearing directly or indirectly upon the
question of investment and profit, labor
and compensation all seeking to bring
to the farmers and the farmers' homes.
the necessities, the comforts and the lux
uries of life as the reward of honest toil.
Bat why, may I ask, is this reaching
out for new and better thing in agricul
ture? Is it simply to satisfy a desire to
knowT I atsuoie not, for knowledge,
however attractive and desirable, is
scarcely worth having aaleas it bear fruit
in higher purposes and better living. Is
it a matter of ai.tUil necessity ? No, for
although the rich, as the world knows
them, are seldom if ever found among
the tillers of the soil, yet the poor, as the
cities know them, are never found among
farmers. Is it the simple question of dol
lars and cents? Surely not: for the strug
gle to merely accumulate wealth is in
itself unwe-rthy of true manhood.
Is not the motive for all this interest,
labor and progress here on the farm, the
peon-iae of a brighter to morrow for the
farmers' household. Knowledge and
thought and work will bring wealth and
culture and mutual happiness.
The farmer's hope, and the object of
his toil, U a better cultivated farm, more
abundant crop.', better live-stock, finer
fruits, a more comfortable home; but
above all else, and reaching fur into the
future is the development of young life in
the farmer's home. What fortune shall
coming years bring to the boys and the
girls? What legacy shall be left them ?
What is the rightful aud natural heritage
of young farmers? Is not this, my
friends, the great vital question in the
background of all your thought and labor
as true patrons of husbandry? While,
therefore, I will not assume to discuss
any of the practical means and method
of successful agriculture, let me enlist
your interest in the future of your boys
and girls.
I presume I am speaking for, rather
than to, young farmers. Yet if they be
hereto-day, let me say fi-st of all that
their birth was not under a star of ill
omen. It is a fortune, rich as the treas
ures of all nature and lasting as life itself,
to be born in a good farm home. "Whit
is put into the first of life is put into the
whole of life." Eirly associations and
environments make or mar the man or
the woman. It is not a matter of indif
ference, therefore, whether we passed our
yojth in the quiet retirement of village
or farm, or in a dark, damp dwelling in
the turmoil of the city. - It is not the
sime whether we played before the farm
house door, in the warm sunshine and
in the pure air, where mountain giants
looked down upon ai early and late, or
whether we played in the crowded streets
of the metropolis with its many sided
stimulus and its ceaseless activities. Man,
as a part of nature, reaches his high test
estate only when in touch with nature's
teachings, with her beauties and her
grandeur. The simple lesson of trees
flowers, field and forest, brooks and
mountains leave a lasting impress upon
youthful heads and hearts, and give color
and tone to all subsequent life.
Aside from all considerations of health
and vigor, industry and economy, inde
pendence of thought and action, moral
strength and purpose, it is a grand priv
ilege to be a pupil in the school of Moth
er Nature, and more than we can meas
ure do her lessons, simple yet effective,
direct the mental energies, fill the heart
with poetry and music, inspire pure and
lofty purposes, and point the way to live
and right living. No wonder the old
man, who bad been to the city, exclaim
ed.
S'maf gnde ganuck lm achtedtel sei ;
Gep mir das greenA land ;
Do is net alias boue nn daeh.
Net al'.es Khtroae un wand.
Vas hat mir la der schlid: fir fra la,
nix es larta na tat tit ;
M'rbat ka ruhe di gaaatdac
Ka acblofc di gaaae AAChl."
If Lr I. n wenicB greenes do,
Ka rmiai-a a behas:
Yoa iah na watnod in sebiaJaal hi a.
Poo TUl kh vlUer beoai." j
Here then is the first item In the young
farmer's heritage. The privilege of early
life upon the farm, and the helpful in
fiuences of thess early environments upon
the successes of real life.
A second item, both rightful and natu
ral is health and vbzor of body. Statis
tics show that farmers, as a class, are the
longest-lived people among all the toil
ers. No other occupation afTirts such
opportunity for healthful exercise in the
open air, such a variety cf employment.
euch freedom from routine drudgery,
such relief from the worry and the hurry
that wear out and shorten life; an I if
farmers were as careful to observe all the
laws of right living as some other people
are, methinks David might have written
1 he years of man are four score vears
and ten, and by reason of strength may
be a full hundred." Merely living upon
the farm, however, is not necessarily a
guaranty of vigorou health and long
life. Many are the victims of exposure,
overwork, imprudence, and intemper
ance in its fullest sense. Many a splen
did form with ragged health has been
crippled or laid low by the most reckless
prodigality upon the farm. It is written
"The sluggard will not plow by reason of
the cold, therefore shall he beg in harvest
and have nothing." But I question
whether the wise man would himself
have permitted one of bis servants to
plow all day in a cold drizl'.icg rain,
much less have sent the boys and girls
otf to sleep in a cheerless, tireless room
in the coldest winter night. A strong
sound body is a natural heritage of the
young farmer, but if robbed of his birth
right or if squandered by himself, he is
poor indeed.
I presume the German poet bad in
mind, not the people of a country town
like Somerset or Berlin, but the city
folk, when he wrote
" Dt whladt lelt aia ra liroVrlirh ;
Sie rege achairnlx a.
Me branchenetihrewissa bend,
ie forcha'a kumt eppes dr .
Die buva guka not ein b'.ache ;
Die made sin weiss un din ;
Eic hen wol aehene klader a',
'sis ar nix rechts drin."
Be that as it may, it surely was never
written of farmers young or old.
Let the boys and girl.", then, be taught
to prize as a rich legacy, a well develop
ed and healthy body. Lit all the sanita
ry conditions of the home contribute to
cleanliness, health aud comfort. Let
them know and do the things which
their physical well being requires until
habits, strong and permanent, are form
ed. Let them eschew exposure and avoid
excesses. Then will they be prepared,
in a measure at least, to stand upon the
threshold of individual life, ready to
flight its battles, to surmount obstacles,
to overcome difficulties, to defy opposi
tion and to achieve success.
Another element in the heritage of
young farmers is the spirit and the pow
er of self-help independence in thought
and action. This is both a rightful and
xtittural legacy because of the very con
ditions of life upon the farm. The man
who holds an indisputed claim to any
portion of the earth's surfaces has the
absolute control of his time, his labor,
and his domain. As a matter of necessi
ty, he must himself manage and direct
the forces about him, if he would pros
per. It is a constant school for original
thought and investigation ; and from the
natural law of development, he learns to
stand alone in the strength of his man
hood. I do not now advocate the kind
of independence souio people have,
which is better named as arrogant self
fishness, or individual greed. That is
not the natural fruit of farm manage
ment, No class of people under the eau
are more hospitable and fraternal than
farmers ; and the neighbor on the next
farm, a hall' a mile away, is worth more,
in mutual sympathy and helpfulness, j
than the one on the other side of the
house in the city. No, it is a pure, un
selfish independence in the plans and
purposes of business life, that right liv
ing on the farm develops, a conscious
ness of personal responsibility and indi
vidual power.
Henry Clay once aked an old firmer
on the hills of MassachuK'tU, " W bat do
you raise here V The answer came
promptly, "Men." The history ofthe
old Bay State," shovs that the old mm
was right. The crop has bsjn abundant
and good. What the world needs to-day
is men and women, strong in mind and
purpose, te think and know and dolor
themselves. These, and only these, shall
lead the way in science, in literature, the
arts, the industries, in business, in the
professions in every department of
American labor and life. Nay, these are
already leading the way in all the ave
nues of thought aud work, and many of
them may I not say most of them have
come from the farms, where the seeds of
self-help and independence were planted
and nourished, while the fruit of this
vigorous plant was gathered elsewhere ;
and the fruit, not the plant, is recognized
by the world.
While this is a natural legicy ofthe
farm, it is not always bequeathed to the
boys and girls. There are young farm
ers who are si as p'y as hired servants to
their fathers and mothers, ithout the
Lire. They toil year in and year cut ;
have no personal interest in any part of
the farm, are never con.'iited to its man
agement, and never expect to be; and
when suddenly they are pushed out of
the home nest, tbey have neither strength
of wing nor purpose to help themselves.
Is it any wonder? We learn to do by
doing," la an established principle in
modern education, and it applies to farm
life as welL Distinctly do I remember
how for the first time a brother and I
were given a potato ground of our own.
With what interest we planted and plow
ed and' hoed those potatoes, and all in
the spare hou-s from the regular farm
labor. We got an abundant crop and tae
benefit of a good inaikeL With what pride
I took from my share the first subscript
ion price to the Y'juth'i Cjmpanion, and
bought the first books I coud call my
own.
Yes, let the boys have a corner of the
farm to cultivate for themselves, or a
hare in the live-stock. Let the girls
have a personal interest in the garden,
the flowers, the dairy, or the poultry, not
as a gift, but as the product of their own
management and labor. If convenient,
let the ole'er ones have a bank accoucL
In short, let the farm be a partnership in
which every member of the family shall
have a personal interest and a mutual
aoncern. As senior partners, yoa will
realise better and mere willing Berries, J
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feel the stimulus of warm companion
ship, and above all, lay by a rich legacy
for those of your own household.
Still another element in the heritae
of young farmers, both natural and right
ful, is the thorough training to habits of
industry. Human nature is so constitut
ed that there can be no excellence with
out effort, no progress without labor, no
success without toil. He who expects to
win life's laurels without industry is
either a knave or a fool, and will find his
right place in the poor house or the
rogue's gallery. Honest toil of hand or
brain is the common lot of humanity,
the essential condition of right living,
and the secret of true happiness. Despair
not, then O toiler! for (.rod wills that
six days shalt thou labor, and he who
obeys not, is simply a blank in the world's
work, and worse than a blank in the pur
poses of his own being.
The farm develops workers. Oradual
ly as the boys and girls grow larger, the
muscles grow stronger, and work adapted
to their strength comes to their hands.
The habit of daily doing something use
ful is woven into the very tissues of their
being, until it forms the real essence
of life and of all life's purposes. K.irTy
do they learn that there can be no suc
cess, no progress without labor and daily
do they see the fruits of their toil. When
once this habit of industry is planted
deep down in the sub-soil of conscious
ness, it goes with them as the motive
power of their success everywhere. I see
it almost daily in the schoolroom. And
do you wonder why manyiof our brightest
and best scholars come right out ofthe
country schools, with all their disadvant
ages and short terms. Simply beei'ne
work-honest brain work-is the condition
of scholarship any where. Do you won
dar why awkward country boys forge to
the front in law, in theology, in teachioe,
in medicine, in business, dimply be
cause they are workers trained to indus
try on the 'arm. A farmer once said to
me in the treseneeof his only son a
bright but spoiled boy ; I want him to
get a good e Jucation, so that he will not
need to work like I do to make a living.
That sort of teaching is all wrong. L?t
the boy have a good education, but let
its first principles be established that if
he would make life worth living he must
work, if not with his bauds, then with
heart and brain.
I pity the boy who has no regular
employment, whether on the farm, in
the village or in the city. From his class
come the dulcss, shiftless, worthless
people, that later fill up the ranks of
criminals and paupers.
But while farm labor bring) this rich
heritage let it not be overdone. Let not
the boys and girls be made the slaves of
toil. It is the constant, never-ending
drudgery of farm life that yoan people
seek to ecape, and that often drives
them into other avenues of life. Let
recreation and labor, toil and rest be
mutual helps in the economy of life. Let
the young people have an occasional
holiday with all the innocent fun and
amusement, natural to youth. Let them
have frequent home gatherings without
the barn raising, the corn husking, or the
wake. It will develop social culture and
bring sunshine and life into the family
circle.
F.conomy.the twin brother of industry,
is likewise a natural lesson of life nuon
the farm. This is especially true of the
fanners here represented. Your farms
have many lines of work and many
sources of small profits. It is absolutely
necessary, therefore, to take care of the
little thiogs, to avoid extravagance and
waste, in order that the year's work shall
show some increase. This lesson of econ
omy once learned ia youth, will bring
comfort and competence and honest liv
ing in mature life.
Another item in this lejvy, an 1 prob
ably the best the farm can bring toyoung
people is the natural advantage in the
formation of Stirling character. Th e farm
er's family, isolated for the most part, is
a kingdom in iiself, and its members
simply absorb and retlict the virtues aud
vices of the home circle. Outside influ
ence and associations cannot materially
atk"ct the home training on the farm as
they may in the village or the city. The
biy who never hears God's name in the
home but in reverence will seldom, if ever
learn profanity. I! he ia acciutouie-d to
see fair dealing aud to despise falsehood
and treachery, be will himself become
an honest and trustworthy man. If he
is taught to shun a birroom a9 a place
unfit for boys or men, he will never be a
drunkard. A) a matter, of course, all
god homes are fountains of tniral puri
ty and right living, but the farmers'
home affords exceptional opprtuuitiei
for the building of trua character. Yet
here as elsewhere, the atmosphere must
be pure and invigorating if tue young
life there shall gro up into true aud
noble manhood and womanhood.
But now, I hear someoas say, "These
things are all right and good, but how
about the great question of intellec'ual
culture?" Shall the young farmer have
a well-cultivated and a well stored mind
as his natural heritage. I answer, "X
good coaiaion school education is his
rightful legacy." This means more than
a few months schooling every year font
six to fifteen . It means the fullest and
best training the country school can give
under its most favorable con litioas.
It was my privilege toaliress this in
stitute two years ago npon the mutual
interest of ;tii school anl tha farm, and I
shall therefore touch but briefly upon j
the matter now. Our ideal of the coun
try sch ools, as you know, is high, and
with all the progress of recent years, we
have yet scarcely touched its pissioilit es
and its benefits. L.-t toe farmer help,
not hinder its improvc:n?nt ; for ia it is
rich legacy for his boys and girls, aul
from it will be realized the largest returns
for all he may be able to do for it. To
deprive the young farmers ofthe privilege
ofthe best school the country can aff r I
is to rob them of their birth right and to
leave them poor indeed ai future citizens
of a free commonwealth.
Along with school privileges, young
fanners have the right to the knowledge
and the culture that come fro-n the read
ing of good books and papers. G ood
reading brings useful knowledge, awak
ens new thought, and inspires lofty pur
poses in lif. H)w many of us would
give ten times the pric9 of good books
and papers, if wo could have had theiu
back there in our youthful days. Let the
farmers' aitting-room be a constant source
of attraction in the books, the papers, the
fuses, the maeia, the literary sad social
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atmosphere to be found there, and you
will solve the question of how to keep
the young people interested in the home
and how to lead them away from the
constant tendency to a frivolous, a
thoughtless, and and aimles life.
Yoo say yoa can't afford it. Oh yes,
you caa better afford that than to buy
the next farm, enlarge your barn, or by a
falsa economy to save the few dollars
such things would cuei.
And now, shall we add to all this rich
legacy, a farm, cr the price cf cue, for
the young farmer? If you bequeath to
him all the other items I have enumera
ted, the farm will be a substantial help ;
but if it is to be given at the sacrifice of
any or all of his rightful and natural leg
acies, then it will be but a heritage of
disappointment and failure. If we lay
up for our boy and girls only money or
lands, whi'e we withhold the training
and the priviligeaof culture which they
must have if they would make life truly
stu'cessfjl, then wa are simply bartering
their birth right for a mess of pottage,
and a bad mess it will be. Health and
knowledge and tact are worth infinitely
more than doll rs and centi in any and
every sphere of living.
Do not worry, then, young farmers,
about getting the farm so much as the
ability to manage one. You may not al
ways want the farm, but you will always
need your intelligence, your manhood
and your indep?ndeni-e. Don't ask your
father for a dollar until yoa have earned
one f t yourself, nor to give you a thous
and until you have proven your ability to
earn another thousand with it. The shores
of time are fullof the wrecks of young peo
ple who started on life's voyage with too
much sail and too little ballast. They
wanted to twgia where their parents laft
off, but they usually even up by stopping
where their parents began. Take the
record of businesH failures, and nine out
of every tea were by persons who were
first set up and aiterwardi upset in btni-
I wcu'd not hi misunderstood. It is
rig'it an 1 good lo lay by for the future
and to provide for one's own household ;
but as we build our bright Lopes in the
future of our boys and girls, let us lay up
fr them their rightful and natural her
itage, vigorous health, self conSJence
an l poer, staying habits of industry
an 1 economy, a cultured and cultivated
mia.i, a runscientious regard for right
and truth an 1 duty, a love for hotr.e aud
country and God, and then let the farm
or its equivalent brin what it may.
Their heritage will be secure, and our
hopes w iil bear rich fruitage.
One more thought in conclusion. We
have already heard two excellent essays
cpon how to keep the boys and the girls
on the farm. The question, however,
which'has come to me is, to be a pro
gressive and successful farmer is a worthy
ambition, and the farm affords ample
room for the intelligent and the culturt d.
To be a true knight of husbandry is to
stand with the noblest of earth's toilers
and in the front rank of honorable citi
zenship. While the boys and girls ac
quire the knowledge and the skill and
the power to manage a farm, and with it
learn all ihe privileg-s of farm Ufa, yet
with ail that, do you want them to stay
there ? Surely not all of them, fir there
are not enough farms to go round, and
besides the places are all tilled now, and
wheat is ou!y sixty rents a bushel. I
sincerely believe in keeping the boys
and girls on the farm until they have
reached the stature and the discretion of
manhood and womanhood, but not nec
essarily to make of them farmers. It is
the peculiar province of farm life to
make all its environments and its lesson
a potent factor in the success of a' mo it
any department of labor. Let the young
people get the best of if. then let them
choose for themselves. No paront lias
the miral rlit to step within tin sutdJ
circle of in livi-lu il ch !(, anl fay to
the ciild this or that shall be your niiM
ion in life. The attempt to do just that
thing has made many a life a miserable
failure. You have heard doubtless of
the Butler county oil man, who as a poor
farmer found himself suddenly very rich,
and decided to have at once all the lux
uries that wealth oul 1 buy. Hi got the
best house in town, the finest piano the
city could atTjrd, and w ith it a special
to-., l.prin mn.i- r.,e I,-j .1 .i jl. er n ,,.
cultured country g-.rl
After a year's pa-
tient effort at a good salary, the teacher
came to the father, saying, I've doce
the best I could, but the fact is, your
daughter has absolutely no capacity for
music." " Capacity," faid the old mau,
is it a capacity she needs why send off
to the city and get one, and if it costs ten
thousand dollars, I'll pay it." But yon
can't bay capacity. So there are young
men pushed into the professions who
might make capital mechanics, bu-incs
men or farmers; but where they are,
they ate miserable failures. Many a
young mau tryiog to practice la
would have more power tosplit rails than i
to sway a jury, or more tact in building a !
house than iu in inaring a cas t. There
are ministers of the G iel, and I ay it
reverently, who would nerve ths Master
better by plo;ng com, or iu buiiJing
nia. liineiy. Oa the other hand, nucy a
bright intellect with ni'ib aspirations
and f.tr reacbiag ta'.euts, has been tramp
ed ou th; ftrai or chained Lo the work
shop, whosi tt vi'ii aai skill at 1 po v
er might have moved the world and
blest mankind. Every tnn and woman
is called of Heaven to fill a place Kiine-
where, and success will couie only to
those who hear and obey the rail.
Falheis and mothers, yoa may not
know what talents, what aspirations,
what posiibiiities now lie sleeping ia the
little heads and hearts of yo lr own
household. Coming years alone shall
unfold the growing buds into the perfect
fi wers au l the ripe fruit. But this we
do kao v : it is oir prii!e, nay or duty,
as parents -nd as teachers, to bring cut
the noblest, the truest, the best in those
boys and girls, to train an 1 guide and en
courage uutil in the ftil possession of
their rightful heritage, they shall
themselves find Gjd'a choeen place for
them in tho world's work, and honor
themselves, as well as the name they
bear, la the true mission of life.
And I say to you youaj farmers, re
jjice ia the prospect of your rich lesacy,
an i mak9 the most of your natural and
righ'ful heritage. Don't be in s hurry to
leave the farm, for it is the bent place un
der the sun to get ready for life's battles,
and a good place to stay always. Guard
with aeaioas care all its interests, its
rrifLlese, and iu benifits, sail then if in
the coming years it shall be ycur lot t?
sow and gather again the golden craia
apon the hills, or to sow God's preciooa
trath in fcaman tearts, to bay &ni rell
goods ia the maiktt placa or to daka
them in tha wfk shop, bo srtve as thev
chosen leader in State or nation or to
reign as the queens of happy hearts ami
homes, yoa will be worthy of your sphere
independent always and a blessing to the
world.
A Colonial Thanksgiving.
Among tl papers ofthe late ex Stale
5eautsr Gay C. Siodurd of the to ft of
Led yard was found an old newspaper
clipi b containing quaint acrourit of
an old colonial Thanksgiving church ser
vice and dinner. It was written in the
year 1711 bv the U-v. Lvwernce C-onant
ofthe old South Parish ia Danrers, Mass.,
and runs thus:
"Ye Govenor wa in ye house and
Her Majesty's commissioners of ye cus
toms, and they sat tagether in a high
seat of ye pulpit stairs. Ye Govenor ap
pears very devout and attentive, although
he favors Episcopacy and tolerates ye
Quakers and Baptists.
"H was dressed in a black velvet coat,
bordered with gold lace, and buff breech
es with gold buckles at ye knees, anil
white silk stocking'.
There is a disturbance in ye galler
ise, where it was f.litd with divers ne
groes, muiattoes and Indians, and a ne
gro called Pomp Shorter, belonging to
Mr. Gardiner, was called forth and put
in ye broad isle, where Le was reproved
with great carefulness and solemnity.
"He was then put in ye deacons' seat
between two deacons, in view cf ye
whole congregation ; but ye sexton was
ordered by Mr. Trescott to take Lim out,
because of his levity and strange con
tortion of countenance (giving grave
scandal to ye grave deacons , and put hirra
in ye lobby under ye stairs ; some chil
dren and a mulatto woman were repri
manded for laughing at Pomp Shorter.
"When ye services at ye meeting hot'.se
were ended ye council and other dig
nitaries were entertained at ye house of
Mr. F.pes, on ye hill nearby, and we bad
a bountiful Thanksgiving dinner with
bear's meat and venison, the last of which
was a fine buck, shot in ye woods near
by. Ye bear was killed iu Lyua woods
near Reading.
"After ye bles-iing was craved by Mr.
Garrich of Wrenthani, word came that
ye buck was shot on ye Lord's day by
Tequot, an Indian who came to Mr. Epes
with a lye in his mouth like Ananias of
old.
Ye council therefore refused to eat ye
venison, but it was afterward decided
that IVquot should receive tt stripes save
one. for lyinutand profaning ye Lord's
day, restore Mr. Kpes ye cost of ye deer,
and considering this a just and righteous
seutttnceou e sinful heaMten, aai that
a blessing had been craved on ye meat,
ye council all partook of it but Mr.
Sheperu, whose censcietice was tender
on ye point of ye venison." New Haven
Cor. y.-- York Ti.hn,,.:
I have not used all of cue boltle yet. I
suffered from cata.th for twelve yeais,
experiencing the nauseating dropping ia
the throat px-uiiir to th it disease, anl
nose bleed almost daily. I tried various
remedies without benefit until last April,
when I saw E'y's Cream Balm advertised
in the Blon B'-fj'l, I procured a bottle,
and siice the first days' use have had no
more bleeding the soreness is entirely
gine. D. G. Davidson, with the Boston
Bu'l'j'i, formerly with Bjton Journal.
Yhreateningilestures.
I would observe that the shaking of
the clenched baud as a demonstration
of hostility has apparently no relation
in its origin with the custom of using the
fists after the manner of the pugilist.
The gesture is in use all the world over,
but the custom of flgl.ting with the naked
lists is rtrictiy lovil, and does not appear
to have any very great antiquity. A
Frenchman or Italian will shake his (1st
much more readily than an Englishman,
yst neither of tht-s? iieople have attained
to that of civiiizttion uiarke 1 by tho
custom of arriving at ait agreement by
the disputants pounding one another's
features.
In every case, except where the dem
onstrator has some fauiilliarity with the
art of boxing, and bas not lost all self
control, the fist is not displayed in a
manner which suggests its use as a
punching om. tut is held as biirh as
! the head w'th the lioeof the knuckles
I vertical : iu exactly the position, ia fact,
as though the unlets grasped a wea;on.
To shake a ("pear or a club at a fe is a
coniiuou way of cinvejuig a thtett
a-aiong all primitive savages, and if no
weapon is within rem b, an expressive
pantomime cf the action is performed
i h the hand only. It is noteworthy
that women or girls (who are let.
apecialiied that men as regards such
matters, and w hose instinctive actions
are therefore much more valuable to the
naturalist j not only shake the fit in that
way, but gnera'!y persist in holding the
1 iua:us uascienii.i,-position w:-?n
they endeavor to emulate toe pugnacious
sex.
If the gtstureof shakingths fitt should
prove to be iustiactiva and this point
must at present be held to be somewhat
doubtful it will le of peculiar interest
to anthropologists, since it appears to be
derived from the habit of using some
sort of wespou in striking at an enemy,
and the great maj wity of instinctive acts
j undoubtedly date back to a stage of
! existence when no mrh artificial aids
I were invented. 77. .YoiWo-mA '.". 7.
! i'r. 'rvQi-nu-? J iistrir:..
A Sjti'.h Dikota cuioy, named De
France, ut of work, rode iuto Chad run.
j eb., aud in order to get f jod held np
j an.l rob!ed a mail carrier. He got jiu-t
j 1 eeut. J j B 111 Jy, at 0 naha, sen-
tenced ii.e f ucr feilow, cn his plea of
guilty, to imprisonment for life. The
same Judge, sime time ao, sentenced
Mosher, the Capital National Bank rob
ber of Linc-jlu, wh ha 1 st!ea nearly
!. .) , to the pcuiteDtiary fcr five
years. Iftheolil a-laire lie true: "Jt
is a siu to steal a pin, il is a greater to
steal a 'Later," M.her shoul 1 live to be
as old as Methuselah and serve that life's
seutem-e. If the sentence of both thesj
men is strictly aivording to law, and a
j'Jdge has no discretion in extraordinary
cases, either of premeditated and delib
erate crime or of offenses uf impulse .-.a
the result of ddbtitu! ion, t-ien the law
should be speedily change.). Abuae
like these destroy ail respect f r law, and
go far to ex plain, if not to excuse, the
claim that -ralled legal justice among
men is a frau 1. '. Siyi If'.-tUt.
Positive economy, peculiar merit an l
wonderful uiediciual power are all com
bined in Hood' Sanmparilla. Try it.
Hood's cures.
Mrs, Pinkerly Trie boy has just come
with that lovely Christmas present I got
for yoa to day, dear. He is waiting ia
the hail now.
Pinkerly how kind ' kiss) and thought
ful of you, dear. (Ki.s ,kida) I am just
dying to see what it is. (Impatiently)
Why don't yoa Lave the boy bring it up?
Mrs. Pinkerly (embarrassed) The fact
U--r--dAr!ia,j, it has coos C. 0. D.-