rsomerset Herald. TAUS""' nf publication, Wtdiidy morulas at tSSa'w'7 ,,,,,viuioe, otherwise i ra K.riiaree4. 'i-t, wiU be dirfouUnned until VaoI, Po.tma.r. - J' r tt.Uierain-oflh.fonn-goaaxT, Pa. f. THL, ' soTABV FUBUO. l l nvi" bonier, IV i.i.care will be at- Camera ll" . ,..1-Li. 'tl-Ai-lW. d. tHUlCl iiiuu-t -- . BoAiicrsct, x a. How oi'iBiU: Court JfcBLUIUKM;V-Ar-LA'. . ...v.vr boxiicrbct, Yim .iiMZ WiLK, 8 -.,...-r L P .jjJSSi HAY. A.. U U. KAY. laSW-LAW !i5H.UHL, tia I J iliyu.i.Y-AT-LA. 73' a lilililtL, j iHWlkM-i-Al-LAw, MilllcrMrl, 1'lU ijSlW- Uii"-' rUUUU.ll U 111 1 awinUi orocrrj Stoic c tjouit-rnt. Pa. x lUaUBuUi bimt, up tUiire. tai im m ' CrvjM .ireci. cvuucUou ; j i in i lii in -1 ki iui prxuipuita :aijLS. L. C. CjLiiOKJ. 1 CS-JiN A tXJUoOiO., I, ATlUlkt.Ys-Al-LAWt I EniiutM-t, Pa. iQB eLin:flea lo uur cure will be axM.kiaau..y a.u-uat-4 lo. Collec-4ui.iutrrM-k xxUior-l aiiU ailjulll. ai AiluKSEY-AT-LAW, boliicn-t. Pa. j(W4f) 4mcL UuU. W. H. KUPPEL. viTi'IH 4 ECri'EL, AnjiOi.is-Al-UAW, &ouicrt-t. Pa. -ataaaiirasirtl lo tbt:r care will be v psiK.'UiV iirtiaol to. office I ; f.CA2Ul'r!JW, M. D., i"tla;a. isL'KiriOX, I tsoaiersct, Pa. i?.F. SHAfFEIL iS-iuienjet, Pa. joapjfcwiooi; er ict to Hie ciU- "-saJt,Lriolirrrt. I11L0LTKER, 'SICCUS ASit sUKOEuS, l "wt. raj of I'rug .lore. fi.iKmiELL, 9 5 . 5 !ar . U1 clu" nl""1 0,11 louud al Ui ol- r KLl.i!........ i ,teiUun to ti; nu.n..,u. 5-tr,rT!" Ai ! lurried. ""akiCiWwl .UeeU. eral Director. Land i surveyor LUtie, Pa. 'LNti. tEK. i?8 i s a ? ? -5- 5 a' : J5 S3 i I " Y. KFffifjTH 5 ? m lie VOL. XLVI. KO. 30 "Just as Good as Scott's and we sell it much cheaper," is a statement sometimes made by the drvvghi when Scotfj Emulsion is called for. This shows ina; me croffists themselves regard Scott's Emulsion of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypophos- pimes oi uw ana oda as the standard, and the purchaser who desires to procure the "standard" because he knows it has been of untoia tsenent, snouli not for on. instant think of taking the risk of using some untned prepa ration. The substitution ot something said to be "just as good" for & stand ard preparation twenty five years on the market, snouia not De permitted by the intelligent purchaser. BUie VUQ IT! L J " 'S t- -r . .1 . I - 1 1 m u us on uio wrapper joe ana ti.oo, au druggist. SCOTT & BOWNE. Chemists, 1,'evr York. .'liiirtiirciitiiif itirnVtfiiriiifaiitiiciirii In Considering i J Life !: I Assurance 1 3 It isn't so much what l others are receiving f; to-day, as what you will receive twenty ; years from now. : A Surplus of over For- ty-three Mil. ion Do!- ; Lirs speaks for the ; future of a X)iicy in the Equitable Life s Assurance Society t Tells of security as I ,well as future, clivi- I dends. Ask lo tee the new Ciisli Guarantee Policy. T; EDWARD A. I'lTTSBl'llCIl. WOODS, Manager, L FCSD1CK, Eenenl Agent, j Somerset :: First MpM Bank Somerset, JPenn'a.. Capital, S50.000. Surplus, S3O.O00. UN PROFITS. S4,000. DEPOSITS KCCIIVC ' IN URttl . M 0 SMALL MOUNTS. PAYABLE OM OCW.no ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, AHHIKS. STOCK OCALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. t'HAS. O. Wt'LL, GKO. R. KCl'l-U JAMr-S U Pl tJU, W. H. MIIJ.KR, JOHii K. SXTT, KOBT. . SCULL KhJj W. ElfcaKtK EDWARD SCriX, : : PRKSirEXT VALKMirE HAY, : VICE PRESIDK.VT HAKVEY M. BERKLEY, CAJSH1ER The runlp and ecuritif of this bacB are e- earelT pnwtvted in a celebrated Cokli Bc- olab i boof bArK. l ue ouiy sale uuue aoeo- luUrly burxlar-prool. QOURT PROCLAMATION. Whfuf.as, The Hon. Jacob H. Iinc kktkkk, Pn-sidi-ut Julo of tlieM'Veml Court of ( omiiion Plva of the .'enil cnuntieocatn-i-ine liie loih Judirial ihstricL, aul JustK of theCourtnof oyvrand Ternunerand tn er.il Jail l-!ivery, fi the tnal of all capital and oihfrotr.Tid.-rs in the Kaid listri-t. aud I. J. HoKNKK and UEOKUB J. BLACK, fjaj a- Judinw of the Court of comuion Pl aiid JuMirrti of the Court of oyrtr and Terminer and n-neral Jail iH-iivery for the trial of all capital and oiher off.Tiaers in the County of Somen;!, huve iul their pr-o pin. and to vie direcu-a, forholdinsa turl oi tomraon Pleas and ieneral yiwrter S.,ionit of the Peace and (ir-nerui Ju.l lehver-. and Court of Over and Terminer al Somerset, oo MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1893. Nones I hereby piven to all the Justice of the P., the IVirouer and Cmstalile wriiinn the KiiJ rtwtnty of Somerset, that tnejr tie then nd there in their proper pcrwua w ith their mils. rtvords-inuui-itionmexaminBtion and other remembrances, to do thoe tlnue which to their otlice and in that beuaii ap pertain to be done, and alM they who will iroerule against the prisoner that are or siiall be in the jail of Somerset County, to be then and there to prosecute against them a Ehali be just. M. IL IIARTZELL. buerifl. A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE, and ererythlnc pertaining Lo ronerahi fa ra ta hed. SOMERSET - - Pa Jacob D. Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Door West of Lutherea Church, Somerset, - Pa. I Am Now prepared to supply the public with Clocks, Watches, ud Jew elry of 1I descriptions, as Cheap aa the Cheapest. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. All work guaranteed. Look at my stock before n taking your purchase. J.LVS fEFAM HALM t m pltiermi. . .1 iannkkiTBt'WrMd. N cert t or br eiijl ; itaipie. !c. trr m;.. i n i , nun mot h . m - - , J ki, Y KUuTliiUS. M W arrca t c Ion.-. ! J. D. SWANK THE OLD HORSE. Ay. tho nU hor. If you wilt, Kr he I broken down And w eak ltu yoara-why care for tht Thorc' jileoty in the town To Utke hi plac and do hi work. To iro lh poe he w ent Ry day or niKat, or rain or hins Vfitil hi stireneth was sm?oU He never stopped lo roanon why, To ask that this be done. Or lhat ; be knew hi duty ; Me did it ou the run. He nerved hi master a he best Knew how to serve and now sell him ; he U loyal and Will uot ask why, or how. A hore i not a feniiment ; He can not think or (.peak Or vole; then why protect hi:it when He's worthies, old and weak? -For hiin no starry banner float lu every breeze that blow; for hiin no pension oumfortu ojine When years his labors close. Ay, sell the old horse, if you w ill ; He w ill not ask yju why, Nor make complaint when he h turne! Adrift lo Mtarve and die; But faithful in hi labors M.ill, As w hen tbey were begun. He will not care ; he it content. With duty bravely done. Kansas Farmer. OX A TIGHT ROPE WITH A MADMAK No one who saw the tawdry finery of his tiusel trapping and tbe cheap viatoria as single handed and alone he prepared the paraphernalia for his appointmeuts of the famous SIguor Sol tightrrope performance which had brought him his glory would have ever imagined that there was time or space in his busy life for a romance. The siguorwasa peripatetic perambulator of the rope; and his field of perform aoce lay in country towns, where it was his wont to stretch hU narrow pathway across a street from roof to roof of houses whose owners wro williug to extend that privilege to iiim in ex change for tickets to "the Great and Only Megatherian Concert," which followed the outdoor exhibition. Yet he had a romance, and there were hi it those elements which one greater than the Signor Salviatoria might easily have crystallized into a melodrama that would have stirred theapplause of a thousand galleries. "The greatest act I ever done," he said with a natural and easy disregard of accent and syntax, "I done in an Ohio town about ten years ago. I was doing my turn there for a week, as it was the county fair season, and I was following their trail like a sleuth, for they brought people to town and help e 1 my business, never none too good. The third night of my performance, which was a half hour exhibition in midair before the convert had begun, I had gone up on the roof to get things ready, and while I was pottering around snuggin' up the rope and see ing that there wasn't any loose cogs to be dropping I heard a screech up through the scuttle hole leading to the roof, and the next second out popped a wjman like one of these here jumping jacks. It give me a hard pull on my nerves, but I flew over to see what the matter was. It was my landlady aud hera I want to s iy thaf when I ?top for any time in a town I go to a boarding house where I can get a rate that won't break me. Got to do it in this line. Can't give it all to railroads aud hotels. "In this case I not only stopped at this boardiug house, but the landlady let me stretch my rope from her roof to the roof of the house across the way, and as it was the main street of the town it was convenient all the way round for me. The only drawback was that the lady had a half-crazy husband that never had done anything for her when be had his senses, and now she had to support him and take his abuse of her every time he got a jealous fit, which was every time she had a new boarder that was anything for looks and style," Biguor Salviatoria stopped a moment at this remark, stroked his little chin whiskers and smiled retrospectively. "She had only been polite to me be cause I had beeu polite to her as any gent should be when there is a pretty woman around, and the landlady was the prettiest little woman, about as b:g as a piece of soap, I had met, "As I was saying, when I got to her she had slung the cover to the tvuttle hole over it and was kitting on it with herjiw set and trying to stick her toes into the roof to help hold it down. In a mighty few words she told me her husband was on the chase after her with a hatchet to kill her and he would be up from below in a minute. She wasn't as bad scared as I was, for I didn't have much experience iu that kind of business and didn't know what to do. I didn't have anything to de fend myself or her with either, and the morel thought of the situation the more I begun to think how many things there were that were more dangerous than walking a tight rope fifty feet above the earth, and me as innocent as a babe. The lit lie woman tola me to bring a barreiful of sand there was over iu one corner ot the roof and we'd et It over the cover of the scuttle to bold it down. I dooe it as fast as I could and when we had the barrel I Here and about fixed the crazy husband came slashing up with his hatchet As luck would have it, tbe sand fell la on him and kuocked him off the ladder lajlow aud the barrel got stuck iu tbe hole, so tbe little woman and me had a minute or two to think, and she done the thinking. " 'Are you afraid?' says she. 'Some,' says I, nodding toward the scuttle hole. " 'I mean of me?" says she smiling. " 'Not much,' says I. Are you strong?" says she, 'Tuat's prt of my act,' ay I, 'but not asainst a crar v man Ith a hatchet,' gays, I, wondering what she would do next aud about how long it would ha till the crazy man was on deck with liU tomahawk gleaming iu the air. " 'Then,' says f he, 'grab bold of me ribt nuhk and carry me aero toe iv-.f, h,.u-K aa'a m V rw , ' Bom SOMR"R.KTi!T- PA WTsTTVNTTCSri A v mmirAPV in ianu husUnd won't get at me with that axe.' "She had more nerve in a minute tliao I had Iu a week, but when she said that, my professional pride come to me, and without any more talk I reached for my balancing pole, and, stooping down so she could get on my back, which she didn't like very much, I nude a Quick run for the end of the rope Just as the crazy husband am out of the scuttle through the barrel and tumbled down on the roof half smoth ered with sand. I told her to hold tight and do tbe prayiu' for both of u aud I thought I could get her through safe. I d u't kuojy how I ever gt out u mat rope wnn uer on my bacic, ior that wasn't the way my profession done business, but I got there, and as I shot out with the woman clinging to nie the jieople iu tbe street below set up such a yell as I never beard before, aud I come near losing my balance, for 1 knew, aud they didu't, why this feat ure that wasu't on the bills was being showed. "The crowed yelled about twic, and theu all of a sudden got so still I could hear the little woman's bear beat Anyway, I thought I could, but maybe it was my own. I knew when they done that the crowd had seen the man on the roof with tbe hatchet and recognis ed him, for all the people in the town knew the kind of a lellow he wa. At the same time the crowd got still some thing came to me telling me to nerve myself, for the crazy man would cut the rope and drop me and my load in the street to be crushed into a shape less mass, and I came near letting go and dropping before I was dropped. I couldn't see what was going on behiud tne, and all the little woman knew she was whispering to me to go ahead, be cause we were safe if I onlv kent mv path. I didn't know whether she thought about the man with the hatch et or not Likely she did. It wasu't her to mention it, though, under them circumstances. "While I was thinking about him cutting the rope I was getting along it toward the safe end as fast as I could, the little woman hanging on till she nearly choked me, but it didu't hurt, and I was standing it beautiful. It's funuy how man will find pleasure in life when there's so much in sight that ain't, and I nearly forgot the man with the hatchet thinking about the little woman's arms holding onto my neck as the one hope for her life. But it was only for a second; then I felt a jar on the rope and I choked and braced myself, for I was sure that the crazy man was beginning to cut, aud 1 knew that three or four licks would be enough. I waited for the second iar. but it didn't come, ' aud in its place come a spring to tbe rope, as If a weight had been taken oa" it, followed by a swisaing sound and a dull thud on the sidewalk fifty foet below us. At the same time tbe croird sent up a groan as if every person in it was hurt I didn't kujw for sjr what bad hap pened, but I gJesseJ that the crazy man, like most any crazy person or a mad dog, only had room in his mind for one thing at a time, and when that was there there wasu't space for any more, lie wanted to kill his wife, and the only way he knew how to do it was with the hatchet by cutting her to pieces. It did not strike him that he could kill her by vuttiug the rope and letting her drop to the ground. That was too much for him. He knew an easier way, and as she was out there on the rope not forty feet from him he would go cut there and kill her. Crazy p3ople have such a crazy way of doing things, don't they? He did, and when he took his second step out ou the rope he went over aud down to his death. fhat's what had made the rope spring back. I guess the little woman miH have felt that something awful had happened, though she never said a word, because when I at last stepped safe on to the roof and the crowd yell ed a hundred times louder than they did before they knew what they were about, the little woman let go her hold around my ueck and dropped at my feet in a dead faint, and I didu't blame her, either; it was time for somebody to faint, and if she hadn't a done it I would, sure pop. Her doiug it gave me something else to think about, and I got her downstairs as quick as I could, where the women took charge of her and soon brought her out all right i guess that's all there is to it," smiled the signor picking up his bal ancing pole and pointing it to a date line aud some iuitials on it "This is the one that steadied us over, and the little woman had them put on there when she become the blushing bride of Signor Salviatoria," and tbe signor bowed with a sweep that would have entranced an audience of millions. New York Sao. To Oar Customers. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best cough syrup we have ever used ourselves or in our families. YV. H. King, Isaac P. King and many other in this vicinity, have also pronounced, it the best All we want is for people to try it and they will be convinced. Upon honor, there is no better that we have ever tried, and we have used many kinds. R. A. Blake & Son, General Merchants, Big Tunnel, Va. Sold by all druggists. Glass Eyes by the BusheL One French house turns out annually SOO.UOO glass eyes, and 2,000,000 more are made in Germany and Switzerland. The average duration of the glass eye is five years, after which time it be comes clouded and lobes its natural ap pearance. After usingalOcent trial elz?of Ely" Cream Balm you will be sure to buy the 50 cent size. Cream Balm bas no equal in curing catarrh and cold iu head. Ask your druggist for it or send 10 cents to us. ELY BROS., 5G Warren St, N. Y. City. I suffered from Catarrh three years; it got so bad I could not work; I used two bottles of Ely's Cieam italru and am entirely well; I would not be with out it A, C. Clarke, 341 Ave., Boston. bawmut t I er BO ESTABLISHED THE TRUE STORY OF V IODER A Somenet Chanty Celebrity Whoie Ueniui Wai in Advance of Hii Generation. I1Y W. II. WELKI.EY. V The readers pf the IIkrai.d will doubtless remotubcr an amusing art! vie which appeared lu Its columns in lsOo entitled "4xie and the other Ar- gouauU," the mitral figure or hero of which was the late Joseph J. Joder. Now, It is tru that the legends con cerning him ashey are related in that article, do substantially exist among tbe older famiies of Elk Lick and Summit townebips, where tbey have leeh handed dwn for several genera tions, and the talented author, when ne conueusca Uiem into a newspaper article, was not ,1 raw ing very much, If auy, upon bis imagination These legends had their first origin among the more ignorant of bis neigh borspeople wlid'did not really know nor understand a man who, not with standing his plain garb and the fact that he had bien brought up among them, was, so faf as education and gen eral information were concerned, far in advance of many of his fellows and they place hi at in a somewhat false light in tbe eyesjof the present genera tion, among whom his name still lin gers, ills lines were cast In what may be called the primitive times of the set tlement, days in which any man of an investigating turn of mind could ex pect to be accused of dealing in the "black art" A different story of this man's life can be told from that which would be look ed for after hearing these legends as tbey are still related, aud it is the pres ent writer's purpose to try and tell something of this story. Jacob Joder (the name in our time is usually spelled and pronounced Yoder) was one of the early pioneer settlers of Komerset county. He is said to have beeu born in Switzerland, or possibly in one of tbe German protestant prov inces, aud came to America when quite young man. It is known that his father also emigrated to America, but his name is forgotten, nor is it known that he ever lived iu Somerset county. Jacob Joder (or Yoder) took up a farm on the east bank of tbe Cassel jnan river, about two and a half miles vest of what is now Meyersdale, about ' he year 1730, possibly a year or two -arlier, or perhaps a little later; the previse date cyn.sot now lie detenuin- fd. What is now known as Yoder sta tion is ou this farm. His wife was a laughter of John Hochstetler, who was the pioneer ancestor of the Hochstetler family of our day. The family of Jacob Yoder consisted of four sons and three daughters, as fol lows: John, Elizabeth, Joseph J., An na, Sarah. laniei and Solomon. Uf these, John Yoder was married to a sis ter of the late Michael Sie, and moved to Holmes county, Ohio; Elizabeth Yo ler became the wife of Jost Schrock ; Anna Yoder was married to Frederick Helmuth, and they also moved to .Holmes county, Ohio, in 1335. Jacob Yoder died in ISiSi, and his re auaius rst in a graveyard near the Cas aelman River. Daniel and Solomon Yoder became the owners of the home farm after their father's death, and lived and died in isomerset county. Joseph J. Joder was born on the Yo ler farm on the 11th day of December, J7SS, and on this farm bis early days -were passed. In his time there were no common schools. His family were mish. Now, the writer does not wish to convey the idea that the early Am Jsh people were against the educating if their children. To thi9 they gave wome attention, but it had to be in the vierman language; it was educating their children in the English language lhat they resisted. But, notwithstanding the attitude of Jac3b Voder's co- religionists on the natter of the education of tbeir chil dren, bis sou Joseph received what for hat day was a fair English education. Ide wrote quite a legible English band, ts specimens of bis writing as far back sis 1S20, which have been preserved, will show. Jost Miller, who lived near tbe mouth C Blue Lick run, about a mile aud a half down the river from Meyersdale, nu a blacksmith. In 1S10 Joseph Jo Ser went to his shop and became an ap jneutice to Ibis Jott Miller, remaiuing vwtzLlt him for two years. He then seems wltave worked at the trade two years Swager with one Jacob Dictz. In 1814 ate tayed with bis father for a short rameoa the farm, and later entered Into at fiartoersbip with John Bittner, who -was abo a blacksmith. This continued until late in ISIS. About this time be determined to go 1o Ptiiladelphia, where he apprenticed himself to Elliot 4 Co, for the purpose of learning the art of watchmaking aud repairing. This was in January, ISIS. He remained in the city some thing over a year employed in this busi ness. Deciding to quit the city, be laid in a considerable stock of the more fancy goods of that day, supplied him self with a et of watchmaker's tools and returned to Somerset county, when he engaged in the occupation of ped dling, as well as repairing, watches and clocks. Aa old account-book shows that be sold goods on credit to one hundred and thirty-two persons in Somerset township, all of which accounts were settled and paid save two; these two persons living somewhat out of tbe way were never asked to pay. Would a peddler or any other business man fare so well in giving credit to tbe de scendants of these people in the pres ent day? In ISi) he established himself in Sal isbury and opened a shop for the re pairing of watches and clocks; but that section was then still sparsely settled and be soon left the town and returned to his father's farm. In December, he married Ger trude Schrock. He settled himself in a shop near the mouth of Blue Lick run aud liiiiuiss. resumed the blacksmitbiug This was in a general way, IT ID 1827. doing all sorts of such work in this line as la requlrwd in a community of farmers. He wa not long in finding out that there was a need and a ca'l in the community for axes and edg tool, such as drawing knives, etc., and that none of the blacksmiths were able to make them ; for hardly one in a hun dred among them could weld CAxUiteel upon Iron. Ho therefore began to ex periment In the way of welding fat- steel and In tempering it w ben it was welded, and In time mastered It thor oughly. But to do this, it was ncvesMa- ry to devote some time to the study of chemistry and metallurgy. He bought the needed looks, supp'ied himself with an outfit of chemical apparatus, etc., needed for bis experiments and investigation, and in time he became a rather expert chemist, at leawt so far as the working of iron and steel was concerned. Now a man can not do a work of this sort in just tbe same manner that be would go about iu the making of a horse-shoe or a cow-chain. He had to prepare for himself a sort of a labora tory where be could carry on hisexjier- iraeots and keep bis apparatus, eta, free from tbe bands of outside med dlers. Naturally be would keep it under lock and key ; and just this is what gave rise to those legends that be came current among the more ignorant of tbe community that he dealt in the black art, and bad entered into a league with the evil one; some even went so far as to say that be made counterfeit money in this secret chamber. Among other things used iu the suc cessful weldiug of steel was borax. He had a method of pulverizing and preparing this article for use, the se cret of which was xealously guarded; and when so prepared it was worth, perhaps, three or four times as much as was the raw article. We have said that he thoroughly mastered the art of welding and tempering steel. He now quit common blacksmitbiug entirely, aud devoted his time to the making of axes, chisels, drawing kuives and all sorts of edge tools that were needed iu the community, as well as animal traps, forks and other imple ments of steeL The fame of bis axes and edge tools for excellence speedily spread all through the surrounding country, and tbey were eagerly sought for aa much as fifty and sixty miles away. The axes had a steel poll, as well as a steel edge. Tbe weight, number, piece and maker's name were all carefully stamped on each axe, and they were not ground down to a sharp edge, as are the axes we buy in tbe stores in our own day ; on tbe contrary, the edge was lef at a thickness of perhaps a six teenth of an inch, and was ground to an edge by the purchaser. Such as were not sold from the shop were tak en out and left at the stores through the surrounding country, to be sold on commission. In his work he always used a four- pound band-hammer. Ia time tbe pat- eut axe of the present day, which was sold at a much lower price, came into competition with the Joder axe in the stores; but in the community in which they were made, the Joder axe always held its own as long as Mr. Jo-it r was able to make them. Of course, it was not possible for any one man to make all tbe axes and other tools that w ere called for, and he soon began to take apprentices, who were carefully in structed in tbe art, and who, as they became free, were given employment as journeymen. 1 he late Aaron Schrock, of Middlecreek, who was his brother-iu-law, was the first of the- apprentices. The article of indenture bearing the date of September 22, 1S21, and written by Joseph J. Joder hinn-elf in a fair clerkly hand, is still in pos session of Capt Win. M. Schrock, a son of Aaron Schrock, and, as it is something of a curiosity, is here given: THIS IXDEXTUJIE Wltnesseth, that Aa ron Sou rack, of tbe township of Brothcrsval ley, la Oit) county of Hoineraet, by and w ith hi own consent baft pat himself, and by these present doth voluntarily and of hi own free will and accord, put himself appren tice to Joseph J. Joder, of the nine place. blacksmith, to Irani his art, trade and my tery, and, after the manner of an apprentice, to serve him from the day and date hereof, for and daring the full end and term of three years next ensuing; during all of which term the apprentice his said master faithfully shall serve, his secret keep, bi lawful command everywhere readily obey. He shall do no dam age to bi said niasU-r, nor see It done by oth ers, without IctUng or giving notice thereof to hi said master. He shall not wate bis said master's goods, nor lend them unlawfully to ny. He shall neither buy nor sell. He shall not absent himself day nor night from his Hah! master's service without hi leave, nor hannt ale-houses, taverns or play-houws, but iu all things beluive himsell a faithful appren tice ought to do daring tbe said term. And Uie said master shall nse Uie utmost of bis endeavors to teach or cause to be taught or In structed the said apprentice In the trade or mystery of a blacksmith, and procure for him sufficient meat drit.k, apparel, lodging and wrash'og, fitting for an apprentice, during the said term of three years, and give him within tbe said term one month's schooling, and give him aUo yearly twelve day free In hay-making and harvest-time; and when be 1 free give him two suit of clothing, one good witch, and one good rifle. And for tbe performance of all and slnzulnr tbe covenant and agreement aforesaid, Uie aid parties bind themselves each unto the other firmly by these present. In Witnra H'arret the said parties have act their hand and seal hereunto. Haled the first day of September, In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one. Sealed and delivered In the presence of AABOXScriBaCK.Keal. Abraham Miller, Peter Ml'ler, Jr. Jqsei-h J. Joder, 8eaL Certainly a man capable of drawing up an Instrument of writing such- as this is, was no ignorant mountebank, given to consulting "Hex doctors," Erd Spiegels" and the like. Mr. Joder has left it as a matter of record that Aaron Schrock was the most obedient and faithful apprentice he ever had; and he also became tbe best workman. The late Michael Koontz, who lived several miles south of Somerset, was his next apprentice. Other apprentices stem to have been : David Frankhauser, John Swart reu- d ruber, Samuel Judy, G ibriel Schrock, Leouard Bcrkey, Jihn Yowler, Joseph Welmer, George Lichty, Benjamin J. J-Mler, (his sou) Tuouias Moore aud George Colem.au, As soon as aa ap prentice or journeyman could reaJly make and shape an axe he was allowed a stamp of his own, aud was permitted to stamp his name under that of J. J. Joder. Ater Michael Koontz became free, he located a bhop about three miles JL JL 73 south of Somerset on the Centreville road. Joder sent the iron, steel, borax, j etc , to blm, bis son Benjamin usual'y j doing the hauling. K1jIz then work j Oil ndshaK-d the matt rial into axe?; I then they were hauled back to Median j Icsburg to Mr. Joder's shop, where he j tempered them himself. Others of the journeymen may have done the frame. Wegivebereaslateii.ntof the num ber of axes made by Joseph J. Joder himself, as well as those made by the apprentices and journeymen, but whii.h received the final tempering and hard ening at bis bnrids : No. made by Joseph J. Joder, -1,.V0 Michael Koontz, 2,2X) " David Frankhauser, " John Swarteiidrubcr, U;0 Samuel Judy, Gabriel Schrock, Leonard Berkey, John Youler, JoHepb Weirner, George Lichty, B. J. Joder, Thomas Moore, George Coleman, 7') !K)0 2!J 1,112 21 4 y; 4!S 2! Total i;z Besides these there were hundreds of chisels, drawing knives, etc., made here also. These figures are from his books as be kept them, and came down to ISoT, when he quit work. We believe the last of his apprenti ces were Jerome Bowman and Jere. J. Livengood; the latter now res-ides at Salisbury. Bowman went to the war and lost his good right arm Iu tbe m r vive, aud could no longer work at the trade. Mr. Livengood lieeaire a worthy successor to the great axe-nibk-er, and we venture to s:iy that, as a maker of steel and edge tools, he does not have his equal iu Somerset county. About the year 1S24 he bought a small tract of land from William Mil ler, w hich theu was In Elk Lick town ship. Here he built himself a house, shop and small barn. Later he laid this laud otl into town lots, filing the plot in the Recorder's ofllee at Somerset. He gave bis new town the name of Mechnicsburg, though when a itoi!ice was estab lished it could not keep this name, but took the name of Summit Mills. It was for a long time also called " Yotter Stheddle" by the German-ppeakiag portion of the people. In addition to bis axe-making he al so paid wme attention to repairing clocks and watches. Indeed there were few things iu the metal line he could not make. Doctors in that communi ty iu those days were but few, and for a long time be kept fur gale a block of simple family medicines. No one who ever knew him well will deny that he was not of an inquiring turn of mind and given to investigation, and he ab?o bad some taleut for invention. The much talked of nail-making machine was not an invention of his. His in vention was a device for feeding a nail making machine, Tbe maehiuts tht n iu use did not permit the making of a cheap nail. His invention, attache! to a nail-making machine, as a self feeder, enabled one man or boy to do the work of a dozen men or boys ia 1 Miking after a machine or in feeding if. It goes w ithout saying that it was a usetul invention, u is also certain mat he was unjustly robbed cf bis inven tion. This is said to have come about in this way : While he was a man cf in telligence he was of a colluding nature. He judged other men somewhat by himself, aud he thought other men were as honest as he himself certainly was. It would seem that be lacked tie means at that time of patenting tbe machine aud getting it into use. The writer does not know how expen sive the obtaining of a patent was in those days nor whether it was at that time possible as now to protect an in- rention for a reasonable time by filing a caveat at a trilling expense. At any rate li did exhibit his machine first among his neighbors in the hope that some one would join him ia securing the patent and getting the Invention into use, but none of these would make tbe venture. After some eorret-pond- etiee with a firm of patent lawyers be took bis model to Pitti-burg, where he showed it to several men who were in the nail-making business, but failed to enlist their aid. Yet there can be but little doubt lut that these men saw the merit of the in vention, and that some one of their number took the good points of his model and forestalled him in the pro curing of the patent The old mau and his oldest son lxth have always claimed tiiat there was rascality practiced somewhere In the matter. It is not true lhat he ever made a search for any bidden treasure, squan dering a fortune therein, as many peo ple believe. It is true that be did make a search for minerals and metals that he and others supposed might exist in that part of Somerset county. With regard to the search made in this direction along Pine run, in Green ville township, tbe following we be lieve is a true account because it is de rived from one yet living, who took some part iu the work, which was done in ISM. Something in the nature of a compa ny had been formed. Altogether $220.00 had been raised in this way. Three of the Bluebaughs, each had a share; a Mr. Hare, of Hopwood, Fayette coun ty, bad two shares; Frederick Beal man and John McDonald had each a share; Joder himaelf bad three shares; several other persons had each a share. The primary object of the search along the mountain was for iron ore, which was found, but not in such quantity as would justify working it There were a number of excavations made along tbe run and mountain. There was one made in the locality described in this new legend of tbe argonaut, but it was not made for the purpose of finding any bidden treasure-chest "Die Erd Spiegel" of Moll Dell cut no figure. This particular ex cavation was made to a depth of per bajH eight or ten feet, and was ou low ground and but a short distance from the run, the seepage of whose waters through the intervening earth and r ek strata could not be kept out of the p ', an 1 it had to be abandoned. It U ,0 aid o WHOLE NO. 2429. true that watch was tent for an v other metal or mineral that tbe rocks might I carry, other than iron, and that Mr. Joder did carefully tet tbe several ' rocks encountered, and did find some ' truces of silver, but not of a paying character. The search was then abandoned. It was found that the sum of Sltf.00 had len exjiended, leaving a balance cf 1 2V00, w hich was returned to the share holders. The books and papers relating to the transaction are still in exL-tence, and can be shown. This is the founda tion for a legend that has b-en floating through Elk Lick township for fifty or more years, aud in which what was a fortune for those days should have been wasted ; aud it bas obtained even more than local circulation. How so intelligent a man as Profes sor Leslie, who was associated with Professor Rogers in the first geological survey of Pennsylvania, and was at the bead of the second geological survey, could have been imposed upou as be certainly was, and made to believe in the truth of these absurd stories, in which there is not a word of truth, passes our comprehension. Yet such is the fact ! In one of his lectures on "Man's Ori gin and Destiny" he says: "I have seen shafts sunk in tbe glades of Somerset county, Pennsylvania, under the dicta tion of an old scamp who would lay in bis bunting-cap a small looking-glass which bad calsaiistic characters ou the back of it and was called an "erd Spie gel ;" and then, holding bis own face over it, be would describe the depth to an inch of all tbe mineral wonders that he saw beneath the surface. So strongly d:d tbe imagination of this fetish act upon his workmen simple old German immigrants from the motherland of su perstition as they were that they af firmed with all their faith that when at work at the bottom of tiie shaft they could distinctly bear invisible agents laughing, talking, pounding, picking beneath their feet removing the treas ure downward out of reach; for, of course, tbey never found it" Without doubt Professor Leslie saw the shafts; but the circumstances un der which they were suuk are just as we have related them, and just as scores f others have been sunk in Elk Lick township, some iu search of coal, oth thers for limestone, aud here and there others for iron ore; some rewarding the labor bestowed on them, and others making no return whatever. And It is only by these toilsome and expensive searches that any of the treasures of tbe earth, whether tbey are gold, silver, cepper, lead or iron, coal or limestone, were ever laid lare, except perhaps, in a few isolated cases, when the discov ery was the result of an accident ; and it it is the height of injustice to band down the names of those who have faihd, and their name is legion, as k raves or fools. I n ijO Mr. Joder removed to Holmes county, Ohio, where, we believe, he bad s me relatives, and where his eo reUgionUts are quite numerous. He rttnaiued there o'lly a couple of years and returned to Somerset county, be coming a resident of Conemaugh town ship, where be died in the month of April, lsna, at the advanced age of seventy-four years and four mouths. His remains -were interred In tbe Kauffman grave-yard. By bis first marriage there were several daughters and one son, Benjamin J. Joder, Eq., new residing at Waterloo, Iowa, but who, for many years before going west, was a leading and well-known citizen of Greenville township. Levi J. Joder, of Meyersdale, and R-.-uben J. Joder, at one time a well known school teacher of Somerset county, are sons of the second wife. Tii9 Costing Woman- Who goes to the club while her hus band tends tbe baby, as well as the gocd old-fashioned woman who looks after her home, will both at times get run down in health. They will be troubled with loss of appetite, headaches, sleep lessness, fa' n ting or dizzy spells. Tbe most wonderful remedy for these wo men is Electric Bitters. Thousands of sufferers from Lame Back and Weak Kidneys rise up and call it blessed. It is the mediciue for women. Female otn plaints and Nervous troubles of all kinds are soon relieved by the use of Electric Bitters. Delicate women should keep this remedy on band to build up the system. Only 50c. per bottle. For sale at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset Pa., and G. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin Pa. "A curious innovation," says the Boston Transcript, "at the coming Omaha Exposition will be a Bureau of Courtesy. Not only is the idea novel, but it is surprising to learn that nearly all the people in O.naha will be enroll ed in the committee. Every member will wear a badge, and visitors will be at liberty to address any one who wears the badge and ask for information just as much as he likes. The member, on the other band, will be pledged to treat the visitor courteously and answer bis questions, or put him in tbe way of get ting them answered." Sicklen's Arnica Salve. The Beat Salve in the world for Cub?, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 21 cents per box. For sale at J N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., or O. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Ber in. Pa. Hens that are being "coached" for egg production should not be "stuffed." Tbeir fisxl being of the proper charac ter their crops should never be more than moderately full. It is a delusion to suppose that bens will not eat more than is good for them. As in tbe case of human beings, when tempted by appetizing viands, they will 'gorge themselves, and thus bring on indiges tion, and waste energy in the effort to get rid of the surplus. Seekers after gold are often disap pointed. Seekers after health take Hood's Sarsapariila and find it meet iviry expectation. It L not often that a physician rec ommends a patent medicine; when he does, you inty know that it is a good one. Dr. J. P. Cleveland, Glasgow, Va., writes. "I have used Chamber lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea R filed y ia my practice and It has proven to be an excellent remedy, where a thorough course of medicine had failed with me. I recommend It to my patients every time, for colic and diar rho?i." Many other progressive phy sicians recommend anil use this rem edy, because It always cares and cures quickly. Get a bottle and you will have an excellent doctor In the house, for all bowel complaints, both for chil dren and adults. For sale by all drug gies. Why He Didn't Swear. General Horace Porter, in his "Cam paigning with Grant" says: "While sitting with him at the campflre late one night after every one else bad gone to bed, 1 said to him, 'General, it seems singu!ar that you have gone through all th- rough and tumble of army ser vice sn i frontier life and never been provoked into swearing. I have never heard you utter an oath or use an im precation. 'Well, somehow or other I never learned to swear,' he replied. 'When a boy I seemed to have an av ersion to it and when I became a man I saw the folly of it I have always no ticed, tco, that swearing helps to rouse a man's anger; and when a man flies int a passion his adversary who keeps cool gets the better of him. In fact, I could never see the use of swearing. I think it Is the case with many people who swear excessively that It is a mere habit and that they do not mean to be profane; but to say the least It is a great waste of time.' His example in this respect was once quoted in my hearing by a member of the Christian Commission to a teamster in the Army of the Potomac, in the hope of lessen ing the rare oaths with which he was italicizing his language, and on which he seemed to be placing his rutin reli ance in moving his mule team out of the niu-1 hole, Tbe only reply evoked from him was. 'Then thar's one thing sartin; the old man never druv mules."' Free of Charge to Sufferers. Cut this out and take it to your drug gist and get a sample bottle free of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump tion, Coughs and Colds. They d not ask you to buy before trying. This will show you the great merits of this truly wonderful remedy, and show you wuat can be accomplished by tbe regu lar size bottle. This Is no experiment and would be disastrous to tbe proprie tors, did they not know it would inva riably cure. Many of tbe best physi cians are now using it in tbeir practice with great results, and are relying on it in most severe cases. It is guaranteed. Trial bottles free at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store, Somerset Pa., and G. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin Pa. Getting: Even With him. Revenge is sweet. "Papa," said the little girl, "who do you love best in all the world?" Of course she thought she knew what he would reply, and be knew that she thought she knew it Consequently he decided to tease ber. "Daisy," he replied. Daisy was her sister. She thought it all over and then she climbed op in his lap. "Papa," she said, "I wish you would ask me if I love you or mamma the best" "Very well," he returned; "dj you love mamma or me the best?" Revenge is sweet, but even so, a tender-hearted bit of humanity does not like to be too harsh. "You won't feel very, very badly if I tell you, will you?" she whispered. He promised that he wouldn't "Well, she said, "then I guess I love mamma best." Yes, revenge is sweet Chicago Post Deafness Can Sot be Cured by local applications as they can no l reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only cue way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed con dition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it U en tirely closed, Deafness is the result and unless tbe iuflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, bearing will be destroyed for ever; nine cases out of tec. are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in flamed condition of the mucous sur faces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars; free. F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O. te3Sold by Druggists, 7-1c - Why George Was Sot First Scene? American schoolroom. Teach er "Who was the first man?" Little boy at tbe rear of the class George Washington, ma'am." "Why do you think George Wash ington was the first man?" "Because be was first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrytuen." Another boy raises his hand. MVell, Johnny, who do you think was the first man?" "Don't know what his name was, but I know George Washington wasn't tbe first" "What makes you so positive?" Well, my history says he married a widow, so there must have been a man ahead of him." : Mr. F. C Helbig, a prominent drug gist of Lynchburg, Va., says: "One of our citizens was cured of rheuma tism of two years standing, by one bot tle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. This liniment ia famous for its cures of rheumatism; thousands have been de lighted with the prompt relief which it affords. For sale by all druggist 'Wife Saw Una Sardsrsd. - Lancaster, X. Y, Feb. 4. Michael Sorg, a farmer living: near this village, was brutally murdered in his bed this morning. Mi wife, who lay beside him. saw tbe assassin strike the blow. About 4 o'clock this morning Mrs. Sorg was awakened by strange sounds. Opening; ber eyes she saw a man standing over tbe boo, with aa ax grasped to bis uplifted bapds. Tbe blade descended and crush 1 ber husbaud's skull before she could utter a word of alarm. Mrs. Sorg screamed aad attempted lo Jump ove." the body of ber busbaad to tbe floor. Again tbe aswassin swung bis ax. Involuntarily he raised her arm to shield herself from harm. Tbe handle of the ax struck ber right wrtet. Injuring it slightly. Toe mur derer tbm ran from Use house. Ills sop potted that the murderer visited the bouse for tbe purpose of robbery. Sorg was a large dealer in milk, soiling to Buffalo retailers. There wa some money in tbe family treasury, but it was (bond un touch!. There is oo ela to tbe murderer. I t 3
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