davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24
Tough BeefsteAk.

The Natick (dass.) Balletis is responsible for
the following:
esquire K, well known barristcr of Belknap
County, N. H., having occasion to transact some
business at the Ossipee court, found few days at
at his disposal, which he determined to spend in
trouting in the mountain brooks. In company
with an artist friend, he wandered several miles
into the country. Night came down, and the
sportsmen concluded to spend the night at farm
house il permission could be obtained, and return
early next morning to the village A CHEEKY faced
old lady granted permission to remain under her
roof that night. Now, as it was necessary that
our legal friend should he at court at eight next
day, the good dame arose early and prepared
breakfast by the light of tallow candle. The
anglers were seated mt the table in dark corner
Of the kitchen, while the old lady was engaged
over a sizzling frying pan on the stove. 'How's
this steak, T., tough, ELI = asked the lawyer, soto
roce. Don't know; whyf BY Joye, can't chew
the stuffv continued he. Wiping the sweat from
his forehead, he made another effort to masticate
the mouthful, then shouted, MY good woman,
will yon be kind enough to see why this steak is
30 very toughr The pleasant faced old lady ap-
Peared with her capdle, wiped the moisture from
her spectacles, and t,oked at the plate, dropped
the tallow candle in the lawyers lap, and shouted
viii horror, Great State of Hampshire! TIE fried
nv kOlderr"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24
Turuips.


From the middle of July to the 10th of August
is the time to SOW turnips. The season is now
pretty well advanced, and every farmer who has
not yet sown his patch of turnips should do 80
without further delay. The value of this crop is
greatly underestimate by most farmers. 1t is
almost the only crop that increases the fertility of
land, instead of impoverhhing it. 1t has been
known that unproiuctive land has been fertilized
by simply sowing it to turnips, until the follow
ing season it produced an excellent crop. They
require very little labor, and the cost Of raising
them amounts to a mere trifle. They are excel
lent for the table, but more especially valuable as
food for stock. They are laxative and healthful
and cattle should by no means be deprived of
them during the fall and winter, as q change from
dry food, such as corn, hay, fodder etc. A far
NOR who feeds turnps to hiscattle, is literally
warded by the saving Of more costly food besides
they will be more easily kept fat, and in better
condition to stand the cold and storms of winter,
to say nothing of the increase in the production
of milk and butter. We think there is no farmer
who will dispute these facts, or fail to see the
necessity of raising patch of tumips
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24
Asefnl aud Curious. !
CANNING AND PlcxLzNe PEACHES.

A correspondent of the Cesssyy Gessle~as, gives
the following:
PEACHEs.-I used to consider the work half
done when the peaches were peeled, but that Is
the simplest part Of the process now. 1 believe
that under proper management busaei OF peacn-
have no doubt that it is done in well regulated
canning factories. A few years since You gave
recipe for skinning peaches with ashes and water.
1t was excellent, but have discovered that 1t Is
not necessary to have the ashes themselves (as
said the recipe) in the kettlea strong I've Is all
that is required. Salsoda and water will do the
business but / do not know the exact proportion,
or if it needs to be exact. Make strOug I've OF
fresh wood ashes pour of the clear I've into ket-
tie and bring to . boil. Put in Is many peaches
as desired, stir them round gently, and when you
see any hare places take them ont and throw them
into q pail of cold water; remove the skins and
pass them into another vessel of cold water, and
from thence to the kettle on the stove. They
should not remain in the boiling I've more than
twelve or fifteen seconds. l think white peaches
are the incest kinds to bottle; they are more del
icate in color and flavor, but of course always
put up large quantity Of yellow varieties.
quarter Of pound of good white sugar is sufficient
to a pound Of fruit; you may use less if you like,
or even more; but the sugar penetrates the fruit
while in the bottle, and very much improves the
flavor. A few of the pits improves the flavor;
where bottle room is not an object the stones may
be left in. 1t will take ten ordinary sized peaches
to fill q quart bottle, if whole The same bottle
would have held fourteen if halved and the stones
removed. You will need to use little water.
The sugar and water should he brought to a strip,
when the peaches may be put in, and as soon as
they boil well they should be bottled and sealed
Immediately.
PEACH PEI think peach pie is much better
made without an under crust, the peaches whole.
Eaten cold, with sugar and cream, it is delicious
Peaches for tea are much nicer and look better
when cnt up just before going to the table.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24
Dog Fen1el saia 70 be Good Preve.aer.

1t is hard TO believe that such an ugly, bad
smelling weed as dog fennel could be made pala-
table for the horse but here is what writer says
on the subject:
that grows uhalmost everyboly's land and on all
ground TUNED ont to rest and regain its strength
from having been long in constant cultivation.
There is enough Of this weed growing in the su-
burbs of Memphis, if cut, cured and baled to make
hundreds Of bales Nothing will touch it in green
state, and consequently it is looked upon by peo-
pie generally a useless growth and nuisance.
This weed, when cut, cured and sailed, is an ele-
giant feed for horses, and they very fond of it.
1t contains great substance, and is not only food
but good tonic. 1t is known to the medical
fraternity as the wild camomile, and it is said
that tea made from it is one of the best remedies
for fux. Let every farmer cut his dog fennel,
it, sprinkle it with SALT feed his horses on it,
and thereby save and keep hundreds of dollars at
home heretofore paid for feed brought from other
States"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24
0nr Scrip Yook.
THR SWALLOW.

following beautiful txanslatiaa Of little Italian
TonMAso GRossI, entitled The swallow. has BE-
q for the Euinns Reries, by WILLIAM CuII.
, Of the class Of lsl3:l
Swallow from beyond the sea-
That with every dawning day,
Siefing an the balcony
Interest that plaintive lay,
What 10 that thgu tellest me-
Swallow frUm beyond the seal
HAPPY thou, for him who went
From thee and forgot his mate,
Duxt lament 10 my lament
Widowed, lonely, desolate-
Even thou. lament with me,
Swallow from beyond the sea!
Happier yet art thou than L;
Thee thy trusty wings may bear,
Over lake and cliff to dy,
Filling with thy cries the air,
Calling him continually,
Swallow from beyond the sea!
Could l. too. but must pine,
In this dungeon close and low;
Where the sun can never shine,
Where the breeze can never blow.
Whence my voice scarce reaches thee,
Swallow from beyond the sea!
Now September dsys are near
Thou TO distant lands viii fy;
In another hemisphere.
Other streams shall hear thy cry
Other hills shall answer thee,
Swallow from beyond the sea:
Then shall l. when daylight slowa
Waking to the sense Of pain,
Midst the wintry frosts and SHOWS,
Think hear thy notes again
Notes that seem 70 grieve for me,
Swallow from beyond the sea!
Planted here upon the ground,
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24

In the new book called "The Domestic Life of
Thomas jefferson, the granddaughter of Jeffer-
son relates q Yankee trick that is not well known
in history. When Mr.. Jefferson died July 4, 1s26)
an enthusiastic democrat and neighbor of Abe
marie, Virginia, observed that Jefferson, by dying
on the Fourth of July, had raised himself and his
party one step higher in the temple of fame
When the rumor reached this partisan, q few DAYS
later, that Adams also had died on that day, he
refused to believe it but when in due course, the
fact was ascertained, he exclaimed in q passion,
that Fit was q Yankee trick
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24
THE LONG AGO.
BY .. ?. TAYLOR

Oh. wonderful stream il the river Of Time
AZ giides through the realm Of tcars
With faultless rhythm and Q musical rhyme
And . broader sweep and surge sublime
And blends with the ocean Of yesrp
How the Winters are drifting Hike dakes Of snow
And the Summers, like buds between.
And the In the sheaf-so they como and thew 90
On the rivers breast with it, ebb and noy
A it giides through the shadow and sheen.
There's magical isle up the river Of Time,
Where the softest airs playing;
There's cloudleas sky and tropical cline
And song - sweet ~ . vesper chime,
And the Junes with the roses are staying.
And the name Oh this isle IL Long An.
And we bury our treasures there;
There are hrows Of beauty, and bosoma II snow
There are heaps Of dust. bot we loved them %!
There are trinkets, and tresses Of hair.
There are fragments Of song that nobody sfnea
And part Of an infant prayer;
There's lutte unswept and q hsrp without strinsa.
There are broken vows and pieces Of rinza
And the garments aAs used to wear
There are hands that are waved when the fairy shore
By the mirage h lifted in ar;
And We sometimes hear. through the turbulent roar
Sweet voices We heard In the days gone before
When the wind down the river IL fair.
OH remembered for aye be that blessed iale,
All the days Of our life. till the night
When the evening comes. with its beaufffcl anfla
And our eyes are closing to slumber awhilc.
May that "Greenwood" Of soul be in sight.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24

HERE is an Iowa Postofiice story: "Dan Lacy
was Postmaster, and person asked the price Of
postage stamps. Three cents says DAN. bland
ly But could You not let me have them cheaper
If took four or five of them queries the custom.
or. I'VE can not now replied the accommodate
ing Dan.; I'VE could have done SO until lately,
but now the Government punches holes around
each stamp for the convenience of the people,
which SO increases the cost that can not afford
to make any discount The satisfied customer
cheerfuIly paid three centsr
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24

THE demand of booksellers boys in making up
their orders and completing exchanges from one
initiated, especially when the style of binding is
coupled with the title of the volume. As for in
stance, an urchin darted into Lee & Shepherds
the other day with
II want four Ginx's Babies in CLOTH"
All right"
"Got Horace Greeley, half calff-
"No, sir"
"Worlswortl's Greece, half Turkeyp
"No. Got full Turkey"
Don't want full Turkey till next Christmas
81 me six Little Men, four Little Women-rll take
one Pink and White"
This startling amalgamation completed, the
young ogre moves off to look up some Terrible
Temptation" in paper, which made MS fear for
some of our contemporaries, for there are temp
tations in commercial paper nowadays at the
present rate of interest.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24
Beyoud Per Cent.

General Craft, one of our prominent lawyers,
was hailed while passing Freemans jewelry store,
by the proprietor, with, General, come i'm here q
moment; we have something for you to solve. If
man brings his watch to be fixed and it cost me
ten cents to do it, and keep it week and charge
him six dollars, what per cent. do makef We
have been figuring and make it nine hundred per
GEN., and have only got up to one dollar. How
much do you say it will be at six dollarsf"
swell, replied the General, l do not wonder
at your perpfexity, for it is well known, and the
celebrated Rabbit calculating machine has demon
strated that at certain points i'm progressive num-
bers the law governing them changes. In this
case the law would change, and long before it
would reach the six dollars it would run out of
per cent. into what is known a. larceMyw
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24
RAIN ON TAE ROOF.
NJ COATES KINNEY.

When the humid shadows hover
Over al the starry spheres.
And the melancholy darkness
Gently woeps I'm rainy team,
It's Q Joy n press the pillow
OF cottage-chamber bed,
And to listen to the patter
OF the soft rain overhead.
Every tinkIe on the shingles
Has an echo In the heart;
And Thousand dreamy fancies
Into busy being start
And thousand recollections
Weave their bright hines Into wool,
As listen to the pafter
OF the rain upon the roof
A she used n. years agnne.
To survey her darling dreamers.
Ere she left them for the dawn;
o! see her bending DER me,
As list to this refrain
Which is played upon the shingles
By the patter Of the rain.
Then my little seraph sister,
With her wings and waving hair,
And her bright-eyed cherub brother
A serene, angelic pair
Glide around my wakefnl pillow,
With their praise or mild reproof,
As listed to the murmur
OF the soft rain on the roof.
And another comes to thrill me
With her eyes delicious blue;
And forget l, gazing on her,
That her heart was all untrue:
I remember hut tn love her
With q rapture kin to pain,
And my hearts quick pulses vibrate
To the patter Of the rain.
There Is naught in Arts bravuras,
That can work with such spell
In the spirits pure. deep fountains
Whence the holy passions well,
As that melody Of Nature,
That subdued. subduing strain
Which Is played upon the shingles
By the patter of the rain.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24

A NEW George Washington story was told at a
q colored speaker, named Seaton, who said, in a
rather personal debate: "That man Beekley has
made personal attack upon me, hut won't lit
tie myself to answer him. He minds me of a tale
what my grandmother told me bout old GinT
Washington Gin'l Washington was coming from
church one day, and he saw pretty little white
thing in the road, and shot at it. The thing shot
back in its own peculiar way, and GinI Washing
ton had to bury his Clothes A man makes moth
ing fighting with skunks.r
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24

PERHAPS that single step from the sublime was
taken Mt the Inauguration of the President of
Washington and Lee College, when the orator ex-
claimed: "Shades of Washington and Lee! They
have both rested from their labon and their works
do follow them. Twin heirs of immortal fame!
VI the first, 1t was happily said that Providence
denied nun children that he might lie the father
Of his Country! OF Lee, more fortunate, it might
be said that Providence had vouchsafed to him
children that his eldest born. emulatng his viz
tues might succeed to the office of President of
this Cniyersityir
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24
AUGUST.

The pavements ~ hiding hot the skv .hc~. 4; -
And every heas good dead the sun csn ~ n.
The lean lank boxing skectons 20 stalking pale nd
me; 'nfou8n
wake from dreams of Polar ice on which I've b.., .
h'he' afesmne Of the sea- and waking in the spider
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24

AT Heidelberg, in Germany, there is not LAM
guage, ancient or modern, without its competent
professor to teach it to all Corners. A Japanese
student, unable to speak a word of German, found
there on his arrival teacher able to converse
with and give him lessons through the medium of
his own language.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24
TINE RAIN UPON the ROOF,
By MRS. FRANCES D. GAGE.


Long ago, q poet, dreaming,
Weaving fancy's warp and woof.
Penn'd tender. soothing poem.
On the Rain upon the roof"
Once read II, aud its beauty
Filled my heart with memtries sweet:
Days Of childhood fitted round me.
Siolets sprang beneath my feet;
Spoke again in accents mild,
Curbing every hayward passion
Of her happy, th0ughtlexs child.
Then heard the swallows twitt'rin
Underneath the cabin caves,
And the laughing shout Of Willie
Up among the maple leaves.
Then blessed the poets dreaming.
Blessed his fancy's warp and woof;
And wept DER memorys treasures,
As the rain fell on the roof.
Years ago lost the poem,
But its sweetness lingers STILL
As the freshness in the valley
Marks where How the Spring time riIl
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24

Mr. LOUIS MILLER, of Tuscarawas county, Ohio
while destroying some weeds in his potato patch
was bitten in the foot by large copperhead snake
Every remedy that has ever been heard of WA.
tried, and finally the snake (which was killed on
the spot) was laid open, and its flesh applied tG
the wound. Mr.. Miller insists that he conld feel
the flesh draw the poison ont.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24

TEA AND HEADACHE.-A writer in the Homeo-
pathc Quarterly states that tea is prolific cause
OF headache and that persons in the habit of using
It who are afflicted with that disagreeable ill will
find it speedily remeded by ceasng the use of tea
The writer of this item has tried the experiment
of giving up the use of tea, and the result is a
complete relief so far, from the terrible complaint
which, while 1t lasts units the victim for business
or Observation-Disclosures Register
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24

THE following paragraph shows some of the new
words that have been coined by the modern school
of journalists: ale excurted a day or two on beer
lind getting sn0i -. n M..,e Sun ne was
ly wired to his amiablc wife, who rallied to him at
once"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24


rv.v.,a.,,a n n. v1l., T rye at beneath The tzss
No., ~. ..Lci 49,. ,Ssv~r,,1 vhich aheitered yol
op'n . ma men Dsn''''0'' "''-
Fut uc,s Is,. th.,. "a ~.< - o. ana fsv verc lefk
That ,J.xJ |,,.h ,. r,~n. vs.r, aro
With mov. -
<,r.s<S n. . sIyA,-~ 49,. su.x <v.,<v xs~v- am
A"''''1 y. -
tn. oad .ca hou.. 4. .Irrrd $780, Il. h.,che. sre re
A"' nj nl.ced
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24

TIE LATEST on HORACE GRERLEY-Tt is re
ported that Hornce Greeley got into a muss with
Texas e,iitOr. 1t appears that in an agricultural
essay on the culture of tobacco Mr. Greeley assert
ed that fine cut would not ripen well unless the
tinfoi was stripped from the growing buds early
in the spring, and that plug tobacco ought to be
knocked off the trees with clubs instead of being
picked by hand. This the Texas editor said was
nonsense, and Mr.. Greeley challenged him.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24

A POLITICAL reminiscencer recalls that Marcus
Morton tried to be Governor of Massachusetts,
fifteen times without success, and on the ak
teenth trial was elected, but by one vote only
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24

SCOOP morning, Smith; You look sleepy
yes replied Smith, ~ was up all night up!
wheaes,-"U Up stairs in bedr
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24

1T Is said that the leaves Of the common walnut
Tree placed over doors, windows and MANTLE
shelves, or in wreaths or punches everywhere in
the house, will drive flies away
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24

To PREVENT GLUE FROM SMELLING BADLY.-A
teasPoonfnl Of saltpeter added to large pot fnll
OF glue viii effectually prevent it from smelling
had; besides il causes it to ry faster and harder
than it would without it.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24

MUcE Of the .juiube paste" sold in the shops is
made OF CINE and molasses, or the same compo-
sifion as is used for printers rollers.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24

THE latest attempt to hurt editorial feelings is
in this way:
"Are you connected with paper herein asked
q countryman of one inmate of the Indiana Insane
Asylum. He replied: "Oh, no, I have been to the
asylum and got cured; man never runs paper
after he's cured.o
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24

GIRL in Wisconsin swallowed forty percussion
caps. Her mother refrained from spanking her
for fear of an explosion
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24

THE first thing Young man learns when he he
gins to "clerk it in a store is to inquire, "any-
thing else !. and it IS generally the last thing he
forgets There is story of a defunct dry goods
clerk who, after the funeral services were over,
and the undertaken had put the final screw in the
lid OF his coffin, preparatory to interment, was
heard to say, in faint and mufled tones: Any
thing elses" A most remarkable illustration Of
the ruling passion strong in death.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24

CHoILc IN HoRsEs.-I here hand youa prescrip-
ton for collie of any kindly in the horse or mule
that has stood the test of seventeen years actual
experience, without case of failure. l will here
obligate myself to pay $50 for every horse that
dies from this treatment, if the owner agrees to
pay $40 for curing the horse:
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24

IHE strawberry is as easily produced rs the
potato and with scarcely more labor
The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-02-08

ramparts. The dissectiug ampitheatres are filed
with q multitude Of tailors. cutters and dress
makers, preparing winter clothes for our brave
Mobiles The actors and singers Of the theatres
are also en- duty at the heramparts, while the women.
are making lint for the wounded.
MIscELrAsEoUs.-fn two or three days the
Government win discontinue the daily sale of
beef and horse flesh, and the people win use salt
meat for three days; on the fourth day fresh
meat viii be sold. This arrangement will be
continued, its object being to accustom the citi-
zens Of Paris to the use of salt provisions. The
number Of cows in the city has been ascertained,
the owners voluntarily giving the number they
possessed. This unexpected supply, Preaching
1000 head may last for two weeks
7"For the last two days there might be seen
in the shop-windOw Of a restaurant on Roche
chouard Street, specimens Of the stangest viands:
cats, dogs, and rats. Half a cat Is worth four
francs, and sparrOws are bought at ten sous
apiece.
"The builders have recommended work, and it
is curious sight to see houses building in city
threatened with bombardment, and in state Of
siege.
@The schools are attended, as usual, by numer-
Gus pupils, and were it not for the martial appear
ance of every man, dressed in military uniform,
one would hardly believe that the enemy is only
few miles of, and that he has been there for
the last three months"