davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22

Ihey come, they come in glorious march,
You can hear their steam-steeds neigh,
As they clash through skills triumphant
Or plunge md the dencing spray.
Their fire. balls blaze in the mighty forge,
Their life-pulse throbs in the mill; 70 llI
Their lightnings shiver the gaping gorge
And their thunders shake the hill. ffay
Ho! these are the Titans of toll and trade,
The heroes who WELD no ebre,
But mightier conquests reapeth the blade
/ Z That is borne by. the Lords of Labor. rqI
Brave hearts like jewels light the sod,, nuJ
Through the mists of commerce shine, &
And souls fash cut like stars of God
From the midnight of the mine. -i-r
No palace is theirs, no castle great, 4a 5i
No princely pillar'd hall, ~ I.t
But they well can laugh at the roofs of state,
Meath the heaven which is over US all.
Ho these are the Titans of toll and trade,
The heroes who WELD no sabre, r. r5t
But mightier conquests reapeth the blade
That is borne by the Lords of Labor.
Each bares his arm for the ringing strife
That marshals the sons of the soil,
And the sweat drops shed in their battle Of
lie ...-...Alui 81 -. 900
Are gemmed in the crown of Toll.
And better their we'll won wreaths, l trow,
Than laurels with life-blood wet,
And nobler the arch of a bare bold brow
Than the clasp of coronet.
Then hurrah for each hero, although his deed
BE unknown by the trump or tabor,
For holier, happier far is the need
That crowneth the Lords of Labor
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22
Termls:

Harper's Weekly, one year ar.......s4
An Extra Copy OF either the Weekly OF
Magazine will be supplied gratis for every
Club ofFIvE subscribers at 81 90 each, in one
remittance or SIX copies for $40 90. x
Back numbers can be supplied at any time.
The Annual Volumes of Harper's Weekly,
IN neat cloth binding. will be sent by express
Tree OF expense, for 81 90 each. A complete
set comprising NINE VOLUMES sent on receipt
OF cash at the rate of SIS 25 per vol. freight
at expense of purchaser. Y olume Y. ready
January lst, 1867,
Subscriptions sent from British North
American Provinces must be accompanied
with 20 cents additional, to prepay United
States postage. Address
: HARPER & BROTHERS.
ma FRANKLIN SQUARE. New YORK.
- - : - II 4.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22

The Valley Vnginian says: A col
ored witness was examined in a Wash
ington City Court, to prove the identity
Of a white man the other day. District
Attorney: "Did you see the man %
eyes, sab, seed him. "Was be
black p "Don't know, sab" "Do
you mean to tell me that you say the
man and can't say whether he was white
or black ?" eyes, sab, l seed him, but
dares SO many white fellows calm DEM
selves niggers round here dat / can't
tell one from toder." Witness dismissed
explanation satisfactory. sie
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22
II A p E3'S w .1sE kLY
SPLENDIDLY ILLUSTRATED.
Critical Notices of the Press !:

Critical Notices of the Press:
"The best Family Paper published in the
United States. ."-.Nep London advertiser.
The Model Newspaper of our country
complete in all the departments of an Amer
ican Family Paper-Harper's Weekly has
earned for itself right to its title, A JOUR
NAL OF CIYILIzATION.'E- Y. Epen
ing Post. ..- .at-,,. .t-.-+
This Paper furnishes the best illustrations
Our future historians will enrich themselves
out of Harper's Weekly long after writer's
and painters, and publishers are turned to
dust. ~. Y. Evangelist
"A necessity in every household" ."-Bos-
ton Transcript. -r
1t is at once leading political and his
torical annalist of the nation."-Fhi
phia Press.
The best of its class in America" ."-Bos-
ton Irdueler.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22

A SERIOUS c CHARGE.-A clergyman
in New York, in late religious dis
course, made the following severe charge
against the feminine portion of creation
thereabouts II
In relation to freedom from sin, he
held that the desire, an uncomfortable
desire to commit sin, was often the con-
sequence of the education and habits of
the parents of the child who had it. 1t
was we'll known that at the establish
ment Of A. I. Stewart there were many
bills made out, and went to husbands
and fathers, for goods which had not
been bought at all, bnt stolen from that
store, by their wives and daughters
not stolen because they could not get
money to buy what they wanted, but
because, Of an uncomfortable desire to
steal.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22
Proceedings of the Democratic Conven-
-tion held at -Mokelumne Hill, June
14th, 1867.

Proceedings of the Democratic Conven-
-tion held at -Mokelumne Hill, June
l4th, 1867.
In the absence of the Chairman oil
the Central Committee, the Conven-
tion was called to orderat twelve o clock
M.Tby Mr.. A. H. Coulter. William
Coddington of Angels, was elected tenn
porary Chairman, and T G. Battail, Of
El Dorado Secretary pro tenn. On mo-
ton, the Chair was authorized toappoint
one delegate from each township as a
Committee on Credentials. On further
motion, the Chair was also authorized
to appoint Committee on Permanent
Organization 1t was moved and car
ried that the Chair appoint Committee
of three on Resolutions and Order of
Business. ---.--..... .. ..,...
The following named gentlemen were
appointed by the Chair as members of
the different Committees. On Creden-
tials /: J.. F. Treat, j. H. Kelly, w. p.
Griffith, ]. Story, j. G. Pollard, j. S.
Swank, M. Cosgrore. On. Organiza-
ton: Major Weir, M. Carly, II.
Smilow, R. Eproson, NJ. D. Hare, R. A.
.Overton, R. Cooper. On Order of
Business and Resolutions W j. Gate
wood, L NJ Schrack, Il. b. Robertson
Convention took a recess oftwo hours
to afford the Committees an opportunity y
OF making their reports. las -irs.s
AT half past two the Convention was
again called to order. Committee on
Organization reported as follows: -, I,
President, W. B. Coddington /; Vice
Presidents, j. l.. Green, j. G. Pollard;
Secretaries, L NJ Schrack, +. Treat.
1t was moved that the report be accept
ed and committee discharged. Car
ried. aaa 80. 90 e4am bnai &. -.s3s
The Committee on Credentials re-
ported a full delegation present from
each precinct 1t was moved and
carried that the report be adopted and
Committee discharged. - lo~-a
The Committee on Resolutions and
Order of Business made the; following
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22
SU BSCRIPTIONS.

he Publishers have perfected a system Of
mailing by which, they can supply the Maga-
zine.and Weekly promptfyto those who pre-
fer to receive their periodicals directly from
the office of Publication, Postmasters and
others desirous of getting up Clubs will be
supplied with Show-Bill on application.
The postage on Harper's Weekly is 20
cents.a yeafyIwhich mnst be paid at the SUB
scriber.s post-pffice.- - ~ Il - -
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22

The RAINING TREE.-The. Island Of
Fierro iis one of the largest in the Canary
Group, and it has received its name on
account Of its iron bound soil, through
which no river or stream flows. It has
also but very few wells, aud these not
very good. But the great Preserver
and Sustainer Of all, remedies this in
convenience in way SO extraordinary
that man will be forced to acknowledge
that He gives in this an qndeniable de-
monstration of His wonderful goodness.
In the midst Of the Island there grows
a tree, the leaves of which are long and
narrow, and continue in constant YER
dure winter and summer, and the
branches are covered With cloud which
is never dispelled, bqt resolving itself
into moisture, causes to fall from its
leaves very clear water, in such
abundance that cisterns placed at its
foot to receive it are never empty.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22
The Last Wager of Battle in England.

There has died in Birmingham a
Door old man, one event of whose his
tory forms an important mark in the
progress cf civilization in England, es-
pecially as relating to the old barbarous
mode of settling disputes and trying
causes by the "wager of battel" The
deceased, William Ashford, was the
last person who was challenged in an
English Court to meet, in single COM
bat, man whom he had accused as
being the murderer OF his sister. On
the 26th of May, 1917, a beautiful
young woman, named Mary Ashford
in her twentieth year, went to dance
at Erdington, without proper protection.
She left the festive scene at late hour,
accompanied by young man named
Abraham Thornton, a farmers son in
the neighborhood, They were last seen
talking together at a stile near the
place, but next morning she was found
dead in pit of water, and there were
fearful evidences that she had been
abused, violated and murdered Cen
eral suspicion pointing to Thornton, he
was arrested and tried for murder at
Warwick Assizes in August; but,
though strong circumstantial evidence
was against him, the defense, which
was an alibi, obtained verdict of "Dot
guilty" The feeling of surprise and
indignation at his acquittal was SO in
tense that a new trial was called for,
and an appeal was entered against the
verdict by William Ashford, the brother
and next of kin to the murdered girl.
Thornton was again apprehended, and
sent to London in November, to be
tried before Lord Ellenborough and the
full Court of Queens Bench. Instead
of regular defense by arguments, evil
dences and witnesses, Thornton boldly
defed all present modes of jurisdiction,
and claimed his right, according to an
cient custom, to challenge his accuser
to fight him, and decide his innocence
or guilt by the "wager of battel." His
answer to the Court was : "Not guilty,
and am ready to defend the same by
my body" He accompanied these
words by the old act of taking off bis
glove and throwing it down upon the
floor of the Court. At this stage of the
proceedings William Ashford, who was
in Court, actually came forward, and
was about to accept the challenge by
picking up the glove, when he was
kept back by those about him. With
what wonder did the assembly, and in-
deed the nation, ask, "Can a prisoner
insist on SO obsolete mode of trial in
such time of light as the nineteenth
century 7" But with greater wonder
and regret was the Judgment of the
Court received for, after. several ad-
journments, it was decided, in April,
1918, that the law Of England was in
favor Of the "wager of battel;" that
the old laws sanctioning it had never
been repealed; and that, though this
mode of trial had become obsolete, it
must be allowed. Thornton was there.
fore discharged, and, being set at liber-
ty, left the country for America, where
he died in obscurity
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22

AN OLD MAIDS DEFINITIoNs.-An
elderly maiden, who has suffered some
disappointments, thus defines the human
race: -- --,.r yl's ..a
Mana conglomerate mass of hair,
tobacco smoke, confusion, conceit and
boots. Woman-the waiter, per force,
on the aforesaid animal Hpsband-an
instrument constructed to groyl over
shirt buttons that "aren't there" Wife
"a machine for darning socks, sewing
on shirt buttons, and making puddings
and other things. Father being
who thrashes the boys, and won't "fork
over'' as his fair olive branches desire.
Mother-a pleasant soDg-a sweet Wis
ion Of childhood Child-a compound
of delightful and distressing elements
Baby-an invention for keeping people
awake at night, and for the aggrandize-
ment of washerwomen.
ASoUARE MEAL.-The Salt Lake
Vedette is responsible for the following:
IA wayfarer dropped into the Occident.
al Hotel in this place recently to get a
square meal. Having planted himself
in chair at one of the tables, he was
confronted with, What will you have?'
The hungry one fastened his eyes on the
attache te soup, and said, what have
you got that's good? p 'Oh, we have
roast beef, eorned beef, roast mutton,
fried lam and broiled curlew' What
in hi is curley?' said the stranger.
'Curlew2 Why curlew is bird, some
thing like a snipe.' Does fifty" yes
Did it have wings?' yes Then |
don't want any curlew in mine; any
thing that had wings and could fly and
didn't leave this ID country, don't
want for dinner"
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22

A WESTERN paper, in describing the
debut of . young orator, says that, che
broke the ice felicioqsly with bis open.
ing sentence, and was, almost immedi-
ateIy droEpsd With applause: !. !. 3ss.I.'s {,
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22

All kinds of JOB WORK executed with
ueatness and dispatch. and on moderate term
ns- From and after this date all Sheriff s
Constables' and other legal sales. advertised,
in the CHRONICLE, must be paid for on the
day Of sale, punctually. We hold none but
the officers responsible for their payment.
ns- Transient advertisements must be paid
IN advance. Job-work paid on delivery, IN
UGriably.
ns-A All regular advertisers will be requi-
red to settle on the first of every month. Our
city advertisers will be required to pay up
every three months. -...... 7--r -,
re- Advertisements will becontinued until
ordered out and collection enforced. All ad-
vertisements should have marked upon then
the number of insertions required.
va There will be no deviation from tht
above established terms and rules OF business
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22

A GENTLEMAN was walked in the
night and told that his wife was dead.
He turned over, drew the coverlet
closer, drew down his nightcap, and
muttered as he went to sleep again, 'Ah
how grieved I shall be in the morn
;y,c Z, i,tSIsi'A Aifr7d q. tess5i 's' sa-i
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22

SOME scamp gets off the following !;
I:.sNever strike children on the head,
since Providence has supplied them with
SO much more suitable place for pun
tishment" zaic.t
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22

I RABELAIs, the facetious divine, laid
a wager that he would make declara-
tion of love in pulpit; accordingly he
took these words for his text from the
Gantieles: at is for you, woman, that
I die" -n~:.3 r.-.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22

A QUEER CoURTsHIP.-In a small
country town in Hartford County Con-
necticut, widower, who had acted the
part of brute and tyrant to his wife,
went shortly after the demise of his
spouse to pay his respects to a buxom
widow, who like her suitor bad not the
best reputation for suavity of manners
and meekness of temper. The following
colloquy ensued: '''--- -
"Well, madam, 1 am come to see
you"
"Well, you may just clear out again,
for III have nothing to DO with you
needn't think to get me. You whipped
your first wife, and 1 know what kind
Of G fslloy ~ yOa are You can bet bet high ighh
eyes, did; and if I had you I'd
make you toe the mark. I'd give you
a good thrashing every time you de-
served it, and l wouldn't let you vote
if every woman in town ran to the polls
with ballot in her hand" ''-''' I '''
Strange as it may appear, this very
loving and romantic couple were united
in the "holy bonds Of paddock" three
days afterward. -'.H
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22
HER BRIGHT SMILE HAUNTS ME
STILL.

aER 6R1GaT SMILE HA UNITS MI
STILL.
'Tis years since last we met,
And we may not meet again,
have struggled to forget,
But the struggle was in vain.
For her voice lies on the breeze,
And her spirit comes at will,
In the midnight. on the seas.
Her bright smile haunts me still.
At the first faint dawn of light,
When l gaze upon the deep, ->
Her sweet form greets my sight, -
~ While the stars their vigils keep.
When l close my aching eyes
Sweet dreams my senses fill;
And when from sleep arise,
Her bright smile haunts me still.
have sailed meath azure skies,
1 have. traced the deserts path; 81
have seen the storm arise %
Like a giant in its wrath;
Every danger have known
That reckless life can fill
Yet her presence has not flown .
Her bright smile haunts me still.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22

r. EuRIPIDEs was one of very few men
lwho have been choked to death by the
|seed of grape, but great many die
|every day from swallowing the juice.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22

|
the Committee made the following
report: e -..s- d93 aaa.s - issI
l. Nomination of Stale Senator
2. Members of Assembly.
s. Sheriff. ..,,,,el,,7 s.,.z,.e-sr
4. County Clerk. hrr4 'a : d no
5. Treasurer. 5Eri az O i''ssa.ass'Ii.
6. County Judge,
7. Attorney. .,,,s5,....,,t /
8. Public Administering. j l.,s:3 sss s.
9. Superintendent Public Schools.
TO. Coroner.
IL. Surveyor. .I,,,.,......-,5
IL. Supervisor Sd district IS III
13. Delegates to State Convention.
IA. County Central COMMITTEES.
The first business in. order aas ths
nomination Of Senator. D. L, Nor.
rell of Campo Seco being the only can.
didate for the position, was nominated
by acclamation, sea'@
For Assemblymen, A: r. Young ol
the 1st District, Otto MentzeT Of The ID
and J. c. Major of the Sd, were nom
mated without opposition. siaszs
Next in order were nominations foi
Sheriff. B. K. Thorn of San Andreas,
was nominated. by. reclamation Ql
motion of Mr.. Thorn, .CoBsentioa "a:
journed ten minutes to ssliquidate. !,
Under the reviving influences q ~
'ardent," the Convention proceeded 10
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22
PHENIX HOTEL

EApe Seco, Calaveras County.
JOHN C. SYNIES. Proprietor.
"HIS OLD AND WELL KNOWN ES-
lishment is now open for the reception
of guests. The best of Wines and Cigars
constantly on hand.
A IIVERT STABLE
Is connected with the House, where the best
of horses and carriages can always be found
Campo Seco, November 18th, 1852. no Isl
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22

THERE is man out West whose
memory is 50 short that it only reaches
|to his knees, consequently he pays moth
ing for his boots. sisz ) sssni.'s
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22

JOSH BILLINGS said the other night,
that a good way for a man to bring up
la child in the way he should go, was
TO travel that way occasionally himself.
8 A WOMAN named Waters has COM
mitted suicide by swallowing para6ne
oil. A simple remedy this of pouring
|oil on the troubled waters.'' b. -
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22
KEAN's SALOON

.kA6zAxN - Sx36O0&v
West Point, Calaveras County.
HAVING OPENED A NEW SALOON IN
Ill Mead's Hotel, / would announce to my
friends and the Public that keep on hand
none but the best
LIQUORS, CIG.4RS, WINES.
ENGLISH and AMERICAN
HES and PORTER, etc. etc,
And endeavorto deserve their patronage. No
pains will be spared to make
&C MY SALOON -
An attractive place of resort to all who may
favor NE Eith call.
P. II. KEAN.
West Point, November Sth, 1866. nol0-tf
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22

A MICHIGAN sqqaw was. asked if her
Rpapoose was not a half breed, whereupon
Sc replied. %.
".Not drop of white blood in it
half Indian and half missionary
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22

b II is said of an ecceotric lady of Pc
nurious habits that she was SO affected
BY a charity sermon on certain occa-
sion as to borrow dollar of her neigh
bor and put it into-her cwn pocket.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22
IF complete Pictorial History of the Times.

81 The best, cheapest, and most successful
Family Paper in the Union"
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22

In sn obituary notice Of an old citizen
|s11 0hiosp paper szys, He was honestand
|ihdastfioua Until enfeebledo by disease
~. - isf ~ f3.<T tsgz3 "a .sd.,1.F
's i'i7sE sa.sI eci,5e1s arissss ID.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22
CHRONICLE PUBL LISHING ASSOCIATION
TERMS.

Office on Main street, nearly Opposite Court House.
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22
ADVERTISING.
JOB PRINTING.

All kinds of JOB WORK executed with
ueatness and dispatch and on moderate term
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22
THE LORDS OF LABOR.

They come, they come in glorious march,
You can hear their steam-steeds neigh,
As they clash Though skills triumphant
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22

--l.l- . 4-IIiAI EthioT0J sIs Is
Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22

SUBSCRIPTION INVARIABLY IN ADVANCED:
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-10
Esgcsess lid. S0sssgSsgge,

A ttorney at Law. Address Shrsyer mt
N La. Win practice IN ne Courts o.
Caddo, Claibcrne and Bossitr, and in The
United States and Supreme Courts Of ths
State. All claims FOR collection in Northern
Texas Arkansas, Louisiana OF Mississippi
promptly attended TO. f9 ..4ss.sf >
REFERENCES --Wyche g. Richardson, Spy
ker & Se1didge, Hays &c Adams, Hon. Fl. III
SpoffOrd, New Orleans DIR. Wn. Bart
Humphreys& Dashiell, Harrison y CrnAoe
Columbus, Miss; Sam Mosley, Texas
Leading members Of the Bar, ir Shrevepor
and Bellevue, Louisiana, .y6n1I
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-10

WORTH KNoYING.--One pound
of green copperas dissolved IN q
quart of water and poured down q
sink drain viii effectually destroy
the foulest smells. For wsteF.
closets on board ships and aaaSs
boats, about hotels and ether nnh-
Lie places, there is nothing 50 nice
to cleanse as simple green copper
as. Dissolved under the bed ;ih
anything that viii hold water fit
will render a hospital or other
place for sick free from unpieAs-
ant smells. For butchers nsta1lB,
fish markets, slaughter-houses,
sinks, and wherever there are of
fensive putrid gases, dissolve cop
peras and sprinkle it about, ana
in a few days the smell viii paas
away. IF a cat, rat, or mouse dies
about the house, and send forth
an offensive gas, place some 1is-
solved copperas in an open vessel
near the place where the nuisance
is, and it viii soon purify the ct
mosphere.i II Z + s'o' -
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-10

u A lady who had read of the
extensive manufacture of odome.
ters to tell how far a carriage had
been rum, said she wished some
Connecticut genius would invent
an instrument to tell how far hus'
bands had been in the evening
when they just step down to the
post Office. 1850 is'' ss833 l}i3#
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-10

,~ The Radicals say Mrs
SuTratt was recommended to the
Presidents mercy. If she was
he never saw the recommends
tion.--f Boston Post. ~ sd,
Be that as it may, Mrs. Surrat
never saw the mercy. AA'i . 2 ?
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-10

T Always regard what is said
to you by those who are your ssl-
periors in age or Learning, and'oan-
deayor to profit by their instfae-
tiOns. 1dt bsisltImo9oa