davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-05
Fashion in New York.

Despite all the croakiDg about hard
times, says a CORE spondent, New York
is very gorgeous this winter. The
tuInOuts on the avenue and in the park
ara as brilliant as ever, and even more
so. Sales of extravagantly costly furni
ture are as frequent as ever, and the
great jewelers. and expensive dress peo-
pie are doing more than their usual
business. The fact is, the society
woman in New York refuses to recog-
n;ze the existence of hard times. She
considers it the duty of the man who
undertakes the contract of supporting
her to furnish her with what she wants
just as freely one year as another. If
the poor fellow pleads embarrassment
and bad business, she answers, "What
is that to me? 1 know nothing about
your horrid stocks. [ do know that l
want that diamond necklace, and will
have it" And she generally gets it,
for several reasons. A man always
stands in awe of a very handsome and
very fashionable woman, and besides a
great many New Workers have discov-
cred hat it is a very good thing to have
$50 ZOO OF 100000 diamonds an
such things, which belong to his wife,
to fall back upon. This is the secret of
very much of the extravaganza that is
seen'in the public places of the city.
The poor feel the hard times, and those
supposed to be rich may also, but the
latter don't show it if they do. The
theatres are filled nightly; the parties
we're never more brilliant or expensive.
OF course smashes without number will
occur bat they are having a good time
while they can. This is the very center
of Vanity Fair.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-05
A Generafion of Yiners.

"What? No scandal about our good Queen
Elizabeth hoI Ie!- IOld Play.
Every age has it's vices, but ours bas
more than it's share. It. has ali of its
own and nearly all of those ages that
have preceded it. One Of the worst of
these is the fOndness for gos,i and
srandal-a fondness which is being
illustrated, we are sorry to say, 10 our
own city, and at this moment il almost
assuming the form of an epidemic.
Neither court nor cottage can escape the
viper calumny. 1t creeps in the palaces
of the kings, finds access to the hum
BILE home of the peasant aud often
nestie3 it's slimy head in tue bosom of
innocence and love. But few months
ago there was an indecent and cruel
story going the rounds of the American
pap ers. and reproduced In certain dis
reputable sheets of England, seriously
affecting the honor of the Duchess of
Edinburgh. The duchess had only
been married some six months, and one
newspaper said that an event Of some
interest to the royal couple was imme-
diately anticipated, which should have
followed more slowly and decorously,
in the ordinary course of nature and
another quoted with malicious zest the
words of Horatio TO Hamlet
Indeed, my Lord, it followed hard upon"
The story was false, as subsequent
events proved, aud yet, a scandal-lovlng
society had swallowed the entire calum-
ny without the preliminary preparation
of greasing. Tnere have also been
other scandals circulated, the victims
being i'll our own county and selected
from some of the highest and most re-
spectacle walks of life. There are some
of the grossest in our own city.
We sadly need reform in this respect;
for the evil has gone to sn extreme of
persecution and prescription which
rivals the atrocities of any other social
inquisition known to history. The
murder of reputation is worse than
the taking OF life for " hat has young
girl to hope for or live for whan her
character is stabbed at every turn by
subtle and invisible shafts cunningly
fixed in her pathway and glimmt ring
with po son ? 1t is not necessary to say
this or that is so. There is a language
known to the initiated scandal-moDger
which is far moro fatal because less re-
sponsible, and because it affords the
broadest area for the play of the imaRi
nation of the malicious and evll-minded.
Swift salirized the class with deserved
severity, saying, in one OF his bitter
epigrams, that they conld-
read nod, a shrug, n look,
Far better than printed book;
Convey libel in frowD,
And wink a reputation down;
Or, by the tossing Of fan,
Describe the lady and the man
And another poet, who suffered by
the same brood Of revilers, tells how
some hope things might rot turn out as
they fear how some swear they can
not believe the half of what they hear;
how some look perplexed, while Others
look profound, sni others pity with
sincere regret. 1t is this mendacity of
hints that leaves the most ranking and
inourable wounds. - Louisville Courier
,TO7LrNdl
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-05

A GREAT IGE, fSFi4 American Who re-
Sides III Norway, states that, in the
eastern part of the country, large guam
titles of ice are gathered and stored in
the ordinary manner during winter, for
shipment abroad. Last summer a com
pany tried to make the vast glaciers
near Bergen supply the ice; to that eff
feet shoot made of spars was built,
starting at an altitude of 2,200 feet,
running down the ford, the whole
length being 5000 feet; the incline
varies from l in to 1 in feet. At the
lower end, the shoot runs level for a
short distance and terminates in shed,
at which the vessels are loaded. The
blocbs of ice make the run in minutes,
although the speed is checked at several
places. The average velocity of the
ice blocks is "a miles an hour. The ice
is of fine quality. and the supply is,
of course, next to inexhaustible.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-05
A Marnuis,s Marriage.

The following is given as a French
romance of the present year: " Near
the town of Oastres dwells a noble fam
ily called Gayraud d'Auiilhon. The
eldest son of the heuse lately fell in
love with a young lady Of Castres,
whose birth was far from the caste OF
! We're de We're. Nine. de Gayraud d'Au-
rilhon forbade the marriage, and the
marquis, being but twenty-three years
| old, could not legally contract it. After
vainly trying to shake his mothers res
| olution, he betook himself to Castres,
| from whence he sent a letter, calling
| the maTchioness thither on business.
| Without suspicion she set ont. Her
son meanwhile lay hiding near his afii-
| anced, who defed ander under the
| guardianship Of a grocer's lady. As
soon as the ancestral carriage hgd dis
appeared, quite early in the morning,
the marquis and four friends, with the
| ladies, made their appearance in the
villa chapel, where the curate was just
beginning mass. Safely entered lT6wed
moiselle threw 0f68s flowers, veil, and
3r'dfhe marquis also displayed ira
ditional tail.coa and white cravat.
Very considerably astonished, the priest
went through the service, at the end OF
which the pair knelt suddenly before
him, and NJ. Heufi d'AuTilhon ex-
claimed very loudly, Il declare Miss
Blanche Bouscaut my wife 7 And /,
replied the lady, take nj. Renri for my
lawful husband = The priest there
upon turned and ran away. FollowinR
iato the vestry the eccentric young peo-
pie summoned him to give a certificate,
which he of course refused. The we'd
ding party then proceeded to the cha
teau, whore M. dAurilhon assembled
his mothers servants and presented his
wife to them. great feast was or
dered, to provide which they had to
break open all the drawers, cupboards,
and plate chests, since the marchioness
had carried off her keys. That lady,
warned by an old servanf, hastily me
back, taking up on her way the village
policemen. At sight OF hum the we'd
ding guests dispersed suddenly; bride
and bridegroom also made themselves
scarce. But they persisted in the valid
ity of their marriage, and few days
after NJ Henri expressed his intention
of coming home. Thereupon the
mother appealed to the magistrate OF
Toulouse After one decision against
her, they decided that the young mar.
quis d'AurIlaon had no right TO bring
a bride against his mothers will into
a house where his sisters lived and
they further pronounced indirectly that
Mile. Blanche Bouscaut was not mar
ried at all.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-05

saw himself the victim of his ambition
to possess a fine horse. which ultimately
cost him his life upon the scaffold, may
be easily conceived. "
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-05

SIBERIAN ExILBs. May and
October, 1874, there were bapished 10
Siberia, Is, ,889 persons. OF these un-
fortunates, 1920, being criminals of the
worst description, were sentenced to
hard labor, and 1 ,624 had been expelled
from their communities as obnoxious,
drunken, or burdepsome. These exiles
were voluntarily accompanied by 1,O8O
women and children over Is years of
age, with ], 1863 younger children. Ten
years ago the number of criminals ex-
lied to Siberia in a twelve month was
ten times greater than the above total,
which shows either a diminution of
crime or a nerciful mitigation Of pun
ishment.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-05

JoLLIBoY--" L say. waiter, which did
you put in first, the water or the spir-
its ?" Waiter" Whisky. sir and you
told me to fill it up" Jolliboy-'@Ob,
that's all right haven't CONS to the
whisky yet"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-05
In a GOndOla.

Susan Coolridge writes: Would
you know how gondcIas are ordered
IN Venice? You step out on the balco-
ny and call GiecomOp z Instantly fro m
below comes the response, At your
service, Signora 7 and the gondola,
Your little private carriage, shoots to
the door. We are fond of our Giacomo,
who was stout, handsome fellow, with
beautiful umber brown. He affected
bright colors, and his orange and red
awning, his yellow shirt and scarlet
sash, made, when taken in connection
with his brown face, vivid bit of
moving color which was joy to see.
This evening, my evening, we were
without awning, and l was glad of my
parasol as We shot into the Grand
Canal, which was all dazzle of gold
and red from the sun, as yet a good
way above the horizon. Where will you
go, Signora?' TO the sunset, Giocomo.
Go to the other side OF the Giudecca,
and I'll choose a place Another
second and we were gliding towards
the Giudecca, which is the widest of all
the Venetian canals. The motion of q
eondola is unlike any other motion in
the world. Smooth, swift, -effortless,
without jar or quiver, without apparent
motive power (for the oarsman is be-
hind ar out of vie VI, it is a very bliss
of movement like birds flight, like a
darting fish, or, better still likfng to
gress by yolition! n!,lg tg'iPSocw power of thought.
rrlIfgihtE5n50 has poetry in bis nature. He
rowed softly, and did rot speak to break
the smell Of silence as we moved on
Leaning over the eide OF the gondola I
could see the swsying figure reflected
in the blue canal, distinct red and
yellow shadow. On the other hand was
the SUP, a ball of fiery gold floating in
an intense pink sky. The light was too
vivid 1 could not look, and closed my
eyes, but still the color pursued me and
danced in almost painful brilliancy upon
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-05

Eads eight million dollars for construct
ing the works and obtaining the depth
of thirty feet in said. channel, and the
annual Srfm Ozone hundred and thirty
Thousand dollars for each and every
year that said depth of thirty feet shall
be maintained by the ietties snd auxil-
iary works aforesaid in southwest pass
during twenty years after securing the
said depth. An amendment was added
to insure the perm anency and darabil-
ity of the work. 1T directs Che ssecre-
tary of war, if Eads is not permanently
constructing the jetties, to report the
facts to congress for action.
Undie Heb.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-05

The Shakers are not making much
headway in Paris. It is said that So, 900
babies are born there every year,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-05-06

mitted 10 the Honorable Secretary of the
Interior, with the recommendation that the
same be approved.
Commissioner Department of Interior.
APRIL Is. ls7S.-The within contract is
hereby approved. b: X. SowEE,
Acting Secretary.
Il FIT AGENT.
To finisk this business, the consent OF
indians was still wsnting, and fit
agent was selected in the person of
one Z. E. Henderson. The band was
called together, and he made them pres
ents. which, as appears, were charged
to their account. When the contrsct was
explained by sn-interpreter, the In6isns de-
MED its correctness, and produced copy
fcrnished TO them, interlined with the con-
dstion that the money was to fSe paid to them
in hand on the raser ervation and not 70 their
agent, as stipulated In the contract on no
Tustead of deuouncing and exposing this
shameful frayd ON the spot, Henderson pro
pesed to send petition to Delsao and SVait o,
wko, of course, would give then redress. 10
tblc wsv the indians were in0aced TO sign
away their rights ior a mess of pottage.
and Henderson returned from his mission
triumphant. But-while his lauSels were yet
green. he recsiTed a certificGte,Cf charaebeI
OF this kind:
AMzsICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION,
ADVANCE BUILDING l0T FIYTH'AVENUE,
CHICAGO, May IL, 1873
Major 5. n. Clark 70 IS. indian Agene, Bayfield,
Wis.
DEAR MAJOR. A report has reached Us thai
Ebsnazer r. Henderson was indicted foi
forgery in Musiinguui county, O.. Nov. 80
1861, and there Is little room to doubt thai
this ia the same Henderson who is now
with ysl. OF oeurse this muss AFFECT his
appointments, and perhaps ought TO occasion
his imnedis5e discharge. Is seems ne for
feited hss bail. write Co Pot you On Youl
guard. Fery truly yoafS.
&C. Fl. HOWARD.
Henderson united in his person two agen
cies. one for the Indian Bareau aud tbs
other for tbs American Missionary Associ'
alton. He was qualified to deal with IN
dians, as this mission for the interior
proves, and his exemplary pistg com
msn6e1 hsm TO the other Institution With
equal iorce. From Delsno TO Henderson
IEhere.s only one step. Hypocrisy, knavery
and corruption have rsfleS tbs interior &c
partment frOm the frss yesr Of GrantisU
There 10 not 3 sound spot abozt it, and 6aE
| illustration OF the single cass now shown uE
in ali itE nazed rascality IS bUt sample @
! the Indian service, of the land service, O
the patent service, and OF the pension
service, (which have been directed by tint
I same mind, and tor the ssma o5. sct.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-05-06

little, II sny, of the perllOus stuff has sctu-
ally uttered iutc coDsamp ption. Can't Nc
Fsrlsne is coufidont that not more than a
re ~ dozen bags OF salt were Under the siit-
ing of the arsenic. lie was using for shin
<scnsum ption out OF bag THAT was rather
isoTe Thoroughly sprinkled than a1y of its
neighborz- As be had been using Il several
aeys before he discovered its condition. and
had experienced TO i'll effects- he detsrmi ed
10 continue TO use il, and Glth0ugh two
weeks have now elapsed he has seen moth
ii z TO alter his view
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-05-06

A Boston lady while in Paris, two years
ago, sent letter to her sweetheart, q ship
captain, addressing 1t to st. Helena. 1t
missed the wandeser and followed him about
the world, finally returning to Paris, where
the captains banker forwarded il to Bos-
ton. 1t reached him one evening as be was
bouncing ssIx-weeks-old baby on his knee
he having married the writer of the letter a
" ear ago. That letter couldn't have fol-
lowed him more persistently IL it had been q
dun,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-05-06

At last Judge Pierrepont is attorney gen
eral, and we are very glad of it. As law
yer and public man he is, without a lst-
terry, infinitely the superior of his pre5eces-
sor. 1t is great pity he has to wait so long.
aod that he only comes in to assist in tno
final overthrow of the party which 80 was
very slow to embrace. But it is greet shiog
to be attorney general any way.--New York
Sun.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-05-06
SAMPLE STEALING.
pAIcIva THIRD TERM WIND.

E ADMINISTRATIONS PLAN
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-05-06
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
OFFIcE or INDIAN AFFAIRS,
WAsHINGrON. ID. c.. March 6. IS1a

DEAR MAJOR: Gen. Cowen Is writing an
swer to- letter to you at Metropolitan before
he closes the pine contract. he wants you
TO sts5e She facts as TO the Indians and 0sir
property and prospects, that will appear on
record as reason for Chs additional con-
tract. Yours, T.. Z. S.
It was e happy thought on the part of Mr..
Dslsno's asS istsut secretary to have "a rea-
SON for ths q, iditional contract to appear on
the record. nd justifies
THK WISDOM OF THE SECRETARY
in bringing him from Ohio to serve during
his absence half the year. No doubt the
reasons" were abundant, for everything
was soon after made lovely in this way:
DEPARTMENT o.T THR INTERIOR.
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, April H. 1873.
The within contract is respectfully sub
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-01
Vermont Merlno Calendar.

The first pure-blood Merinos were brought
into Vermont by Hon, William Jarvis, OF
Weathersfeld, in 1910 and 1871.
Paular Merinos were brought into the
state, in 1928, 10y Charles Rich aud Leonard
Bedell, Of Addison county.
In 1880, William r. sanford, Of Orwell,
bought twenty pure-blood ewes, of the Jarvis
stock, and commenced a flock.
Between 1880 and 1910, hocks Of Jarvis
sheep were started 10y Myron w. c. Wright
and Loyal c. Remilee, of Shoreham; Prosper
Eithorp. of Bridport; Jesse Hines, of Bran
don; Alfred Hall, Of Wallingford, and others,
In 1911 and 1913, Edwin Hammond, OF
Middlebury in connection with r. +. Hall
of Cornwall, bought Merinos from the flock
Of stephen Atwood of Woodbury., Connect
cut, and began his efforts for improvement
in that strain. Mr. Atwood's sheep were
purc-blood descendants of the Merno flock
imported from Spain, in 1902, by Colonel
David Humphreys the American minister to
that country. They are believed to have
been Of the Infantado family, aud they were
preserved from any admixture with other
families by Colonel Humphreys and Mr.. At
wood.
In 1919 Mr.. Sanford, who up 10 that time
had bred the Jarvis strain pure, purchased
of Stephen and George Atwood the ram
Old Black, and thirteen ewes, at fifty dol
lars per head. In 1851 he added to these
thirty-siX ewes of Atwood stock, bought of
W. r. Remlee pure descendants of the At
wood stock bought by Hammond and Hall,
in 1911 and 1913. Two or three years after
this, Mr. Sanford sold his stock of Jarvis
Merinos, and subsequently bred his In
fantados pure, finding them to be superior
to the Jarvis strain,
The "improyed Paulars were produced
about 1871, by crossing with the Jarvis and
subsequently with another family of Merinos
This was effected by the NIessrs Rich, of
Richyille, grandsons Of the Charles Rich
named above They were bred back towards
the paulars after every cross
French Merinos appeared in Vermont be-
tween 1910 and 1850, In 1851 Edwin Ham
mond, w. Il, Remilee II. Z. Hall aud Viii
liam II. Sanford, formed an association for
importing fine-wool sheep, and Mr., Sanford
visited Europe TO purchase. lie bought
twenty-three ewes and two rams from the
best ilocks of France and in Silesia bought
twenty-five ewes and six rams of mixed In.
fantado and Nigrette stock, bred pure after
the first crosses in 1871, He visited Spain,
but found nothing there to equal the stock
then in Vermont. Neither were the French
and Silesian Merinos of the aboye-named
importation used TO cross upon the American
stock by any member Of the association, ex-
cept in two cases, not perpetuated. In a
few years they all disappeared. The In
fantado and Paular families were closely in
bred from the start, and have so continued
to be up to the present time, in the hands OF
all leading breeders.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-01
The State Agricultural Society.

We have received private and conf.
Dental communication from an old mem
Der of this society, complaining that it has
fallen entirely under the control of the trot-
ting horse interest, aud expressing a fear
that the 200 in the treasury will soon fol
low in the wake Of the capital stock Of the
"Vermont Horse Stock Company deceased
This writer says that when, some years
ago, we protested in the columns Of the Ter
mont Farmer, against the trick by which the
society was kept as a close corporation and
mutual admiration society for old fogies, lac
was in entire sympathy with the views we
expressed, aud was in hopes we should have
been successful in getting matters reformed
We have to tell him that the reason we were
not successful was because he aud many
Others like him kept silent, when they ought
TO have come forward and strengthened our
hands by their open aid and cooperation
As il was, we had 10 suffer for their coward
ice and we got good many enemies by
our course, without any compensating good
TO the society, or the farming interest.
And that is the trouble with the farmers
to-day, and the chief reason why the agents
OF this and other abuses lift their heads SO
boldly, and venture to speak Of us and our
efforts for reform 50 contemptuously. We
have had the courage Tor the folly) to speak
openly against many wrong doings affecting
the farming interest in this state, and there
have not been wanting men all over the state
TO write rs "priyate and confidential" let
tiers, endorsing our course, and bidding us
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-01

&c God speed @, but declining to take any
active part in the natter because Of their
peculiar situation" which peculiar situation,
so far as we can see, is simply disinclna-
ton to take the natural consequences Of an
attack upon any established wrong, in the
form Of the open and private hostility of
those who are interested in perpetuating It,
Now. it isn't very good fun for us TO take
all The kicks that ought to be divided around
among the whole of us, dear "privato and
confidential friends. II these kicks were
divided, each might very well bear his share
but ash is, il sometimes comes rather tough ;
and discretion that better part OF NaIor' olt
times whispers in our ear Why hight Tor
men too umid to hsht lor themselves
As for the state Society," IL 1t has fallen
upon such evil times as our friend ntlmate''
is 1t anything more than was To toe expected
or thing more than we pointed ont to be
the natural result. three years ago, OF the
way in which the society was being run
Then, perhaps there was nothing worse than
desire among the elder members who had
founded and always controlled the society,"
to maintain the connection with 1t. and their
influence ina its councils One OF these rs
good a MAN as there Is IN the state told us
in private conversation that the real object
OF the peculiar way in which the elections ol
/ society officials was managed was To Keep
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-12-01

,,. t.......-- r,.,,,. f.i,,
ilonl, ,'.,',' ~, l9''''', .,...t.na
A",',' 'i'S i,''.,''.'s NV ,i' e'',',
n"' ,,
~. 49,, ~ '''l Zen, /, -, y,
, w, 81. r., ,.,,n ,..,, ,,,,,,,
.p''l' Wv ",. sr
-, ~ q, 49,, T.. 60, him.
The horses prick ur thaif ears 90 meet h'm
We'll we'll old Bay
ia. lm, Ola Gral
noyou get good feed when ain away
..v,,,t,,.,,.,.. ,i.,o SAW. Farmer joint
..... .,,,,,,t ari si,,.
60, i..,r,,p
.,.t..,,.,'.' h..,, n. hi. ,s,,nf
49,, - ,,,,, ,eot %
-, 49,, ,.,'a .. ,,.,., IT,. i.,,,.e
-, M, ,.....i.
"s''. .,3-.4.l.,
lsa greater comfort than you can ihuh
And De pats old Bay.
And De- .ians o,d Gray.
"Ah this is the comfort OF going away
,........r .,.,
'..,,,..,,..,..
-. l.l,,- b.. .....,.i t.,..
,,,.ti,.
w ,''''' ''',, ..., ,'',..s
o., ,, ..,..,'a.t.t.
+,l"",.,. 49, ..,,...
' l- ~, - -. I'M 80.
Ih1i deaion your ears ami batter i'hi h"nr-
Would you, old Bay
Would you, old Gmyf
lhti's what one gen by going away"
"'t' '''
Nv" l''''' ''
Nm
~ 'aN'ilH "'" ''''p'ns ''' D' ''"
iN' WV si'"'' '',,s '."
"'"-N' y" "'e'' ''''''N, '.'
10 h'ef "''i" 'h iNN".l n' 'ii'' "'''