davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-28

what TO the surprise of the village people
who could not conceive how she had brought
him over.
Some weeks after the ceremony the dea-
con ventrred to inquire about the pot of gold
she had found in the cellar.
spot of gold,'' she exclaimed in surprise;
sI know of none."
sEBut," said the deacon, disconnected, "you
know you asked me about whether the law
could claim h!''
go, lor. deacon, | only asked from curl
osity.''
"And was that the reason you made in
quiries at the bank!"
"Certainly. What else could it be?"
The deacon went out to the barn, and for
about half an hour sat in silent meditation.
At the end of that time, he calculated, as a
closiug consideration, "After all she makes
good mince pies!'
1t gives me pleasure TO state that the uni
on between the deacon and widow proved
very happy one, although to the end of
his life, he never could quite make up his
mind about that spot of Gold.'
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-28
fuek in Farming.

There are few Words oftener upon the lips
of certain class OF farmers than lack
Smith is ''lucky deg" because his corn
never rots, his wheat never winter kills, his
sheep never get into his rye and his cows
never invade his meadows and his orchards.
His crops are better than his neighbours, his
butter brings more in market; and even his
wife and efildreH have a more sontented
look than other people. What lucky man
Smith is
Now, the fact is, luck has nothing to do
with Smiths success in life. If you watch
the man, you will find that every result he
reaches is anticipated and planned for, and
comes of his own WIT and work. II Ia the
legitimate reward Of his labors, and n would
have been bad lack if il had turned otherwise.
His corr always comes up, because he al,
ways sete-ss the seed himself, and hangs it
up by the husks in the garret, where it is
thoroughly dried. He does not plant until
the sun has warmed the soil enough 60 give"
tue germ an imnsedfate start He drains hiss
whert fields with tile, and water thatusedt5'
freeze and thaw Hpon the surface and throw
the roots Of the wheat out, aRd hill them now
passes o down into the drains and runs of.
Spring, when his neighbours are russell brown
and desolate. His fences are In good order
and his animals are not made breachy by the
temptation Of dilapfdated walls. His wife
and children are comfortably etotaed and fed
and are moi kept IN continual frss and wor-
ry by husbaH Hd and father who has no sys-
tenn or energy in his business. ga time and
place for everything" is his motto carefully
carried out. The shoemaker is always call
ed in wker his services are required, and
none of his household get wet feet, catch
cold, have the lung fever, and run up doc
tors bill of $40 for want of q cents worth of
leather at the right time in the right place.
Svaith does not belIve in luck. He knows
that health in the family, and thrift upon tho
farm depends upon a thousand little things
that many of his neighbors are too lazy or
careless to- leok after. He has good corn.
even IN the poorest year, because the soil
has had the extra manure il needed to bring
out good, long, plump, well capped ears
talk with him about luck and he will say to
you;
"1t's all nonsense. Bad luck is simply
man with his hands is IN his breeches pocket.
and pipe in his mouth, looking to see how
II will come out. Good luck is q man OF
pluck to meet difficulties, his sleeves rolled
up, and working to make il come out right.
He rarely fails. At least he never should"
Smith is right. Attend to your business
and you viii have good luck.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-28
NIGHT.

Night Levels all artificial distinctions
The beggar on his pallet of straw, snores as
soandly as the king on his bed of down.
Nght-the paradise of the slave, the sweet
obauion of The care worn soul, the nurse of
poetry. of devotion; how the great painting
heast of society yearus for the return OF
night and rest. Sleep is Gods special gift
to the poor !; bat for the great there is no
fixed time for repose- Quiet they have
none !; instead of calmly awaiting the ap-
proach of events. they fret, and repine, and
starye sleep, and chide the tardy hours ; as if
every tomorrow were big with the fate OF
some great hereafter. The torrent of e.
vents goes roaring past, keeps eager expec-
ton constantly on iptoe, and drives timid
slumber away.
There is something strangely beautiful in
the contemplation of night--when- the smi-
ling stars seem to, do homage to their pale
faced queen, aad the clouds float silently
through the tranquil sky, and the wint
speaks in soft whispers, as if fearful of wa
king the sleepers. Such is the sweet repost
of blameless conscience. But when the
hues of evening slant dimly away, when thu
cheerfess curtains of darkness are drawn
when erial shadows loom up and fit alonl
the yaulted arch, s'like grim ghosts trailing
blackness through the heayens,'-such i
the fearful shadows that hangs over the bro
ken slumbers of soul in which there is nj
rest. .F.,..s-4.sF ..ss.,T
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-28
4 sr..at CiscIk.

Henry C. Wright, in letter to the Lber-
ator, thus describes the great clock in the
Cathedral Of Strasburg:
rThe priests and military have retired,
and am row sitting in a chaiE facing the
gigantic clock-from the bottom to the top
not less than 100 feet and about thirty feet
wide and fifteen feet deep. around me are
mary strangers, waiting to see the working
of the clock as il strikes the hour of noon.
Every eye is upon the clock. 1t now warts
FIVE minutes of tvelvs. The cloch has strack
eEd the people are gone except few whom
the sexton. or tTead man with the wand and
sword, is conducting round the building.
The clork has struck in this way5 the dial
is some twenty feet from the floor, on each
side of which il a eherub, or little boy with
a maIlets ard over tlie diGI io a small bell
The cherub OFT the left strikes she first quar-
ter, that on the right the second quarter.
Some fifty feet over the dial, in large niche,
10 huge figure of Time, with bell in his
left ard the in his right hand. In front
stands figure of young man with a mall
bet, who strhes the third quarter, on the
bell in the hand of Time, and then turns
and glides, with Glow step round behind
Time, then comes out an old man, with
mallet, and places himself in front of him.
AS the hour of twelve comes. the old man
raises his mallet, and deliberately strikes
twelve times on the bell, that echoes thro'
this building, and is heard oil round the region
of the church. The old man glides slowly
behind Father Time, and the young man
comes ON readily to perform his part, as the
time comes round agein. Soon as the old
man has struck twelve and disappeared, an-
other set of machinery is put IN motion a
bout twenty feet higher still. It is thus:
there is a high cross with the image of
Christ on it. The instant twelve has
struck one, of the apostles walks out from
behind, comes in front, turns, facing the
cross, bows, and walks on around to his
! place. As he does SO, aRoeher comes cut
in front, turns, bows, and passes in. So
twelve apostles, figures large as life, walk
round, bow, and pass on. As the last ap-
pears, an enormous cock, perched on the
pinnacle of the clock, slowly flaps its wings,
stretches forth its mech, and crows three
times, so loud as to be heard out side of the
church to some distance, and so naturally as
to be mistaken for real cock. Then oil is
silent as death. No wonder this clock is the
admiration of Europe. II was made in
1871, and has performed these mechanica
wonders ever since, except about fisty years
when it stood ont OF repairs
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-28
~CLEANING HOUSE"

The local of the Cleveland Herald thus
bewails the season tor house cleaning:-
The fat has gone forth. Every warm day
has caused a shudder of apprehension, but
though there were forbodng remarks drop
ped at intervals, the stern decree-ipexora-
bic as fate-Ilad not yet been pronounced.
There is to be revolution in household
matters. Stoves must come down and car
eels conae up. Curtains are to be taken off
and windows taken out. There is to be
scrubbing ef floors and scrubbing of doors.
The man with the stick for carpet beating.
and the man with the white-wash pail ard
brush are spoken for. There is much meas
uring ard consultations as to- what windows
want new curtains, what room must have
new carpet, and where tables shall be plac-
cd. Adjurations not to forget the tobacco
to 90 under the carpets and the tacks to nail
them down, are frequent. There is an an-
pleasant sensation in the stomach at the
thoughts of cold ''scrap'' dinners to be eaten;
sinking at heart at the prospect of the
cheerless house in which every thing is
turnsd "topsy-turvy;" an aching of the back
in anticipation of the tour around the room
on all fours, beating the 'devirs taboo
with hammer.
Spring and Fall--two very beautiful and
poetic seasons in the country, no doubt, bu'
suggesting anything but comfort or poetry
in the city. Whenever the uRh Apply city
Paterfamilias hears the approach of Spring
commented on, he shudders with the appre
hension at the ordeal he ha $ to go through
Poetic rhapsodists in the rural districts ma.
kneel on the lowered sod and pluck thu
Spring blossoms from their native earth; tbt
only flowers pressed by the knees of the cit,
householder nre those on the carpet from
which he is plucking the tacks, raising
bladders oe his hands as well as nails frou
the floor. Spring the fresh and fragran
season OF fruitsi Faugh! They are bot
dirty, dusty, cheerless, aud misanthropics
. season Of House Cleaning. Their approac
! is marked by gloomy anticipations; shei
/ immediate arrival brings unwonted and cril
pling labor, entailing fatigue and disgust Q
! their few remaining days. Spring and Al
tumn are nuisances in the city. SUNNI
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-28

Some farmers deny that deep fall plowine
increases the yield of spring crops. Nov
we propose method by which the truth or
fasehood of the theory can be established
beyond doubt. Let those of our readers
VINO are skePtical on this point, each mark
out an acre of ground, and divide it into sev-
en- parts. Let them pIow these parts six,
seven, eight. nine, ten, eleven, and twelve
inches deep; let them treat each piece Of
ground aAse nexi spring in putting il in corn,
oats, barley, spring wheat, or whatever the
crop may be, and keep the product Of each
peace sePerate from the other. The busheI
meassre will soon decide the mater. II in
by just such methods as this that agricultural
knowledge is increased. The experiment
wilL cost but little, and may be of much
benefit to thOussDds. Il would be well i'm
furnishing statement to PaTtis1larly note
'he character OF she soil, end the s,ate Of
The weather at the time Of plowing .-Pra-
lrte Farmer.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-28
From the Prairie Farmer
Hea Culture In Ohio.

We ore glad that the subject OF bee Fais- =.
ing is attracting. in the Northweat, at lessi,
a portion of the attention which its impor-
tance deserves. This is attributable, in IA
great measure, to the late important dscov-
cries made by Mr.. Langstroth and others
AS soon as those discoveries are thoroughly
known, bee raising will become as general
as any other branch Of production. When
men learn that it is just about rs cheap to-
raise honey as not 10 raise il, and far cheap
er than to buy It. they will no longer avoid.
the business Us something involving great
outlay OF time, labor and patience, and. ~
meager return Of profit.
Mr.. L. r. Sturtesant, Of East Cleveland
Cuyahoga County, Ohio. has nesrly two hum
dred thrifty stocks, afId his opinions and ex-
peflence are entitled to the highest respect.
From letter recently written by him, we
make the following extra cts:
"I have long grieved at the neglect and
cruelty suffered by the honey bee throughs
the ignorance Of raukind; and at one time
had almost concluded that there was no
possible remedy. Pushed on all sides by it's
enemies-hard winters, bad times, ignorant
rnen, patent hsmbags--those useful iIiseess
have decreased in this State more than onR.
half during the last twenty years. The raw
ages oG he moth have eontihaally increased
our winters have been very severe, and these
evils, added 10 the practice oftaking honey
boxes, destroyed thousands Of stocks every
year.
The culture of bees, I am conRiaced.
could never increase beyond its preseAe En-
it's, or become remuneFatise under the old
system. have no hesitation in stating, 40
my belief, that considerably more shan enc
hundred tons of honey lost for want Of bees
are each year generated in each county tn
Ohio. On the Old barharous plan, u wnnld
be utterly impossible 10 raise beas enough
to gather this honey, From this view OF
the subject, you will be able fully TO aPpse>
ciate the merits OF the Langstroth hiEe--
BY the ues OF il, there is no doaht thar the
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-28
THE PRlNTER.

The Printer is the Adjutant of Thought,
and this explains the mystery of the wonder
full word that can kindle ahope as no song
can--that can warm a heart as no hope can
that word sswe'' with hand-in-hand
warmth in it, for the Author and the Prin-
ter are engineers together. Engineers iu-
deed! When the little Corsican bombar-
ded Cadiz at the distance of FIVE miles, it
was deemed the very triumph Of engineering.
Bu, what is that paltry range to this, where
by they lombard ages to be?
There at the "case'' he stands and mar
shalls into line the forces armed for truth,
clothed in Immortality and English. And
what can be nobler than that equipment of
thought in sterling Saxon-Saxon with the
ring Of spear or shield therein. and that
commissioning it when we are dead, to move
grandiy on to "the latest syllable of recorded
time.p This is to win victory from death
for this has no dying in it.
The Printer is called laborer, and the Of
flee he performs is toll. Oh, 1t is not work
but a sublime rite he is performing, when he
thus ''sites" the engineer that is to fling a
worded truth in grander curve than missile
e'er before described--fing it into the bos-
som of an age unborn. He throws off his
coat indeed; we but wonder the rather, that
he does not put his shoes from off his feet
for the place whereupon he stands is holy
ground.
A lh,le song was uttered somewhere Ions
ago; II wandered through the twilight feeb
Ter than star; it died upon the ear. But
the Printer takes it up from where it was
lying there in silence like a wounded bird
and he equips it anew with wings. and h'
sends it forth from the Ark that had preserv
ed it, and it flies on into the future with th,
olive branch of peace, and around the worlt
with melody, like the dawning of Spring
morning. .-B. +. Taylor.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-28
Tho Burning Heuniafr.

As is generally known, there Is n vein OF
coal located above the water level in the
Broad Mountain, about seven miles from this
Borough and near H'ckscilerville which for
twenty-one years has been OH fire. The
vein, which contains excellent white ash
coal. is sou1e forty feet in thickness. The
origin of the FIRE is attributed to couple of
miners who having some work to perform in
the drift in the depth of winter, built fire
they being cold-in the gangway. The
flames destroying the prop timbers, were car
ried, by n strong current, rapidly along the
passage, and the FIRE communicating to the
coal, all subsequent efforts to extinguish II
were Intellectual. The men were cut of
from escape, and were, undoubtedly, suffoca-
ted to death. Their remains were never
found. a few days since we ascended the
the mountain at the fire, and were much in
terested in examining the effect of the FIRE
upon the surface. The course is from west
to cast, and where the vein is nearest the
surface, the ground is for the space of several
hundred feet sunken into deep pits, and
the stones exhibit evidence of having been
exposed to the action of intense heat, every
vestige of vegeration has been blasted
1t is desert track in the midst Of smiling
fertility. The ground in some places was
almost too warns for the hand to rest upon
it, while steam from water heated by inter.
nal fire rose from every pore. The fire has
evidently extended for several hundred yards
from the place where it originated, and tind'
vent and air to cohiinue it's progress, at the
pits 20 which we have alluded. A score o
years has passed, and sth il burns. and vii
burn until further fuel is denied the devourint
i element. Thousands of tons of coal has'
undoubtedly been consumed. and thousand
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-28

am suspicious of that church whose
members are one in their beliefs an opinions.
When tree ID dead, IL will lie any way; a.
liye,,apd twill have its own growth. When
mems deadness is in the church, and their
life elsewhere, all viii be alike. They can
be cut and polished any way. When they
are alive, they are like tropical forest--some
shooting up, like the mahogany tree; some
spreading, like the vine some lying. herblike,
on the ground; but all obeying their own laws
of growth-a common law Of growth various
ly expressed in each-and SO contributing tc
the richness and beauty of the wood Beech
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-28

stars DO not more surely form themselves out
of the Nebuls in the recesses of space and
come out to adorn the blue expanse above US,
'eaH new States shape themselves out of the
eVer developing elements OF our benign civili-
za'ion' and rise to take their places in this
great political constellation. Reason and
hope rejoice in this majestic and magnifc ent
PROCESS let, then, nature and reason and
nope have their heaven appo frted way Re-
siSi them no longer.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-28

WHEAT FOR LivERrooL.--A cargo Of a.
600 bushels of wheat was purchased in De-
troit, on Thursday, by Col. N. NJ. STANDARD
OF this city, to be taken to Liverpool by his
schooner Correspondent. All the other ves-
sells sailed or chartered TOR the direct trade as
yet this season take out lumber and slaves,
but Col Standsr: Is incliHed to try the grain
trade once mosc.--[Cleveland Herald. 18th.
--~.~ ~->-p s~aa @s-1e.T- cd,s,ssisSf isssA.--
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-28

and Winter for our money. There is no
such thing as Cleaning House iu those sea-
sons.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-28
NUMBER 8.

OF tons may yet feed the fire, before it is
ehecked.---f Miners Journal, CPeessVilie,
Pa.) April "a.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-28


For the Delaware Gazette.
sfss ,afs a MAY MORN.
~ ssss ssFsf Bx LENA LIzwoeD. 80 ags-
- Old Winter IS gone,
Z 2 e7tt=@s And this bright Nay morn,
~ His reisn,s far away II the ice bound North.
. : 70 Y Each ley chain, 7ssAassz4 -
= s-.x* Is severed again,
? By ths balmy breath Of the gentle South
3fdHGta 1he brookiets now free,
With dlnples Of gaee,
- Laugh tkr1ugh the meadows In widest delght;
Or murmuring low,
80 ssksiS They whispering dow,
Through shadowy woodland sDong spring noWers
-E&sskf : bright. Ss
-eAs Ihe yiaaet's hl1s eye.
~ And half I'd inmosses and brsEh.tuAs OF green.
By every brook,
,aons bright satter-caps.l In beauty is seen.
~s<s 35 From green grassy beds.
The dandelion heads,
s. On hillside and meadow are shining lize gold,
80. By riPling stream,
As4-ss z454 E The bf1e bells are seen.
= Z. With tiny heads bowed their forms to behold
The pale starry face
Hfssf3a with pink brightly traced
of the Spring, beauty meet as wherever
-ss1ssfs The phlox fragrance breatnes,
On the dallying breeze,
S That stoops for kiss with voice soft and low
agf5rs All nature is gay.
This morning May,
9 The Sunlight dancing 'moug gsrIsnds Of greenr
The robins sweet song
q s4Es3f S.. Is floating along.
And leaflets and flowers IN Aorn's JesFelry giea1n~
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-05-07

PLAIN TALK.--The Westchester (Pa.)
Republican, the Oldest Democratic organ
in the district represented in Congress
BY Mr.. Hickman, says:
The Kansas policy Of the kdministra-
ton has put sword In the hand Of Re-
publicans that will stab as to the heart
A single false step has placed as utterly
at the mercy Of an opposition from whom
we have no right TO ask for quarter. We
wash our hands of all participation in this
unfortunate or guilty act The Admins
traitor has renewed the slavery agitation,
and it must take the responsibility The
pledges of the party at Cincinnati are
broken. Those who favor the Lecompton
fraud have violated our most solemn faith,
and it is their duty to wipe away the stain
of dishonor which they have affixed to the
pure robes Of our political household
Our protest against the wrong is matter
of record, and we shall continue to enunci-
ate it till the wrong is righted, and the
Democracy placed in its original position
Of purity and truth. We are not party
of gamblers, but Of honest and upright
citizens, who cannot be sold out for any
price, by any man or set of men.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-05-07
CIIANcERY SALE OF VALUABLE LAND
E. II. Dean va. Thomas Hobart. At all


In pursuance of a order made 10 this cause, at
April term. 1858, Of ctancery court at GAINESVILLE
will SELL to the highest bidder, at the court house
in Ciarksviiie. on ldoaday, the 7ih day OF June,
1858, the beautiful residence Of Thomas tolbest.
about mile from the court house In ClarksviHe,
on the Nashville Turnpike, which contains about
8 acres, well improved.
will. at the same time and place, sell about 40
acres Of land. (and perhaps another portion Of a
few scres) being the same bought by r. Hclbers
Of VIM. Dicks estate. This land lies about 3
miles from Ciarksville and is good coil and has
valuable timber on most Of II.
Terms for the house aud lot--one.third cash,
balance in ] and 2 years, with interest from day
Of sale notes with good security and lien re-
tanned Biddings opened at S4.000--fedempiion
waived--title good. Terms for tho land--one-
fourth cash, balance ], 2, 8 and years. With in.
terest from date, notes with good security and a
lien retained Biddiugs opened at 81, 200, and the
right Of redemption waived.
r. J. MUNFoRD, C. g. NJ.
May 6, '5e-5w-pr fee 81 80.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-05-07

Meadow Grove for Sale.
May ], ,ss-lm

offer this besutifnl, healthy farm for sale, which
contains 500 acres Of land little more than half is
in fine state Of cultivation in meadow, clover
fields, &c the balance Of the land Is finely tim
bered. The whole farm 10 finely wsiered with
Springs, Csterns, splendid well, aud water ia
nearly every fele; fine orchard Of every variety
Of fruit; large, thrifty
Young Nursery Of Trees;
the outbuidngs Of every kind Of the be 81 mate
rias and very convenient. The family reside nee
sufficiently elegant for most families, and extens i've
enough for any family, II lies on both sides Of
the road leading from Caiksyillet to Lafayette, and
Is 6miles west from GAINESVILLE and from New
Providence or Trice's Landing / don't want to
say much, presuming any person wishing to pur-
chase will examine Il. My Involvement TO sell 1,
my age, now near so years: aud have been "a
bad health for the last six months, which disable.
me from atten ding TO the cares o, a farm. II moi
soil privately before the Isl day Of July, will
then offer II at public sale; If sold will soil al
my perishable property In the fall; IL not sold I
will be pleased to procure a manager or owner foI
the next year, or longer III live.
PETER c. BUCK.
May 7, '5s