davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Red Cloud chief., 1876-06-15

To ALL, particularly i~nvalids, spring IL . Try
ing season. Indications Of siskDsss should .
once be attended to. Fatal diseases may be
caused By allowing the bowels to become con-
st,psted, and the system to remain IN . dis
ordered condition. until the disorder has time to
develop itself. Al ounce Of prevention 10 worth
. pound Of cure, is An old and truthful Isaying.
Therefore, We advise all who are troubled With
the complaints now very prevslept-hesdsene,
indigestion, disoedered liver, want Of appetite,
nausea, or feveFish skin, to take. without. delay,
Sehenek's Mandrake Pills. We know Of no
remedy 20 harmless and decisive in it, action.
It Ut once strikes 1t tas root Of the disease and
produces . healthy tone to the system. People
never need suffer from any disease arising from
Q d.sordcred condition Of the liver II they would
take this excellent medicine whom they feel the
dret Indications Of the maisdy. Families leav-
ing home for the summer months should take
three or four boxes OF these pills with them
They have IN almost instantaneous effect They
viii relieve the patient Of headache IN one or
two hours, and will rapidly cleanse The liver Of
surrounding bile, and will e0ectua,iy prevent .
bilious attack. Thew are sold bv al druxx,sts.
The Red Cloud chief., 1876-06-15

To Farmsrs.-A Moline windmill for sale,
BY the IOWA PRINTING CO.,
DIS NoINEs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1876-06-15

For Ssle.-A new, NOS Harris eafe-neves
been used. Price, $50. cash.
Iowa PRINTING CO.
nRs Mnrxpa
The Red Cloud chief., 1876-06-15
Industrial.
MAY 9th. 1876.

| THOMAS G. ORwIG. Solicitor Of Patents Of the
Iowa PATENT OFFICE. at Des Moines, reports the
following L. 3. Patents issued to western invent
The Red Cloud chief., 1876-06-15

ssas ese lc.ser sanr " 2ADWAY d Co. Ne. %
Warreo Street, View WORT tsbrnasna verb
csaAanAl I'll ee se,t yrn
The Red Cloud chief., 1876-06-15

well, that will do; tomorrow night
I'm going beneath the shadow of that
tree. If you will go with me. well and
good; if not, l shall go alone"
Nothing of Importance occurring we
will pass over the intervening. time,
until the following night, when we find
our friends nearing the haunted island
in a large Indian canoe.
Finding their leader obstinate and set
in his purpose of unwilling the mystery,
the trappers resolved to accompany him,
though it should lead them into the
very jaws of death. At a little earlier
hour than on the preceding night, in
order to avoid discovery, they cautiously
approached the island. and while a dark
| cloud drifted across the face of the
moon, yelling the river in shadow,
they silently propelled themselves be-
meath the shadows of the o~verhanging
tree. They had evidently come pre-
pared for any emergency, for they had
brought with them, besides their usual
weapons, an Ak and a strong lasso.
Here they lay quietly, scarcely speak
ing a word, until e midnight, the
hour at which the monster was expected.
when one of the trappers grasped a pad
die, the other a rifle, while KnOwland
seated himself in the bow. with the lasso
in his hand. coiled ready for use.
They had not long to wait Soon air
bubbles began to rise slowly to the sur
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-06
Table Habits.

Talking at table is one Of the very best di-
gesters there is no tonic known 10 equal it,
as II is the kind calculated 10 promote
hilarity and good feeling generally. Most
parents are prone 70 prohibit their children
from laughing and talking at table; it is uu-
physiological it is cruelty. Joyousness pro-
NOTES the circulation of the blood, enlivens
il, inyigorates it, sends it tingling 10 the re-
motest part Of the system, carrying with IL
animation, vigor and life. The louder the
little ones laugh the better, for then they
cat less in a given time and consequently
masticate their food more thoroughly. Dis
card controversy from the dinug-table. Dis
courage all subjects which invite political or
religious rancor. Let every topic intro
duced be calculated to instruct, to Interest or
amuse DO not let the mind run on business
OF nishaps, or past disappointments Never
tell bad news at the table, nor for AN hour
before Let everything you have to com
municate be, if possible, Of a gladsome, Joy
Gus, hilarious character, calculated 10 bring
out pleasant remarks or agreeable associa.
tons. On the other hand, never administer
a rcproof at the social board 10 either ser
want or child; find fault with nothing
speak unkindly 10 no one. II remarks are
made Of the absent, let them contain some
words of commendation, which, if repeated
in their hearing afterward, will kindle
kindly feelings; aud thus will thoughts of
the family table come across the memory in
after years, when we have been scattered,
and some laid in their final resting place,
bringing with them a sweetness of emotion
which makes it a pleasure to dwell upon
them
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-06
Bad Habits.


Habit is the scapegoat for many sins
sins of neglect, of unkindness, of thought
lessness, as well as worse offences. In the
busy season of outdoor work, some farmers
have the habit of leaving many hard Jobs to
the housewives, which they ought to be
ashamed OF themselves to put upon them in
the winter season. If there are no rural
homes where bringing in wood, building
fires, "lugging" water, churning, messing,
and perhaps milking the cows, and doing
many other hard and dsagreeable things,
are not left TO the women, while the farmer
gossips at the grocery or smokes and reads
his paper by the fireside, then there is more
OF the millennium diifused abroad than we
ever before had reason to suppose. That
the imposition of such tasks, or any needless
work upon women, comes through habit, is
hardly an extenuation--ce certainly not an ex-
cuse. 1t is mans duty TO correct his bad
habits. And one strikingly bad habit is
that OF acting as though "woman's rights -
included the right TO all the worry and one
half the work of home life. Ii this para
graph means you, good friend, stop and
think II you cannot make the way pleasanter
and easier to her who is walking the long
path with you.-MurTdH
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-06
Forgive as We Forgive"

John the Almsgiver, Bishop Of Alcxan-
dria, was once visited by nobeman. In
the course Of conversation, the nobleman de
clared, with warmth, that he would never,
TO his dying day, forgive a certain man who
had cruelty wronged him. just then the
bell in the bishops private chapel rang pray
ers. Entering the chapel, the two men knelt
before the altar. Presently the bishop be-
gan 10 repeat, in loud voice, the Lords
Prayer and the nobleman repeated each pc
tition after him. "Thy will be done on
earth as it is in heaven. Give US this day
our daily bread" The bishop stopped alb
ruptly. The nobleman went on alone and
forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them
that trespass against us Then, finding
that he alone was praying he also stopped.
The bishop remained kneeling, but was 81
lent Suddenly the sense of the words Of
the petition he had uttered rushed on the
nobleman's mind. Silently he rose from
his knees, went forth, and finding the man
who had injured him, frankly forgaye him.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-06
Some Curious Contrasts.

Niator," in the New York Erening Post
makes notes of some curious contrasts !: 81
" One hundred years ago it took two DAYS 10
60 from Concord to Boston now it takes
three hours. Then the price Of supper, lodg
ing and breakfast on the road was pista.
reen and a half (thirty cents); now it is three
dollars. Then all work was honestly done
(as witness two pork barrels in the cellar
under the house in which | write, which
have been in use since 1871 y now honest
work, as the term was then understood, is un.
known. Then girls were educated TO be
thrifty wives and healthy mothers now it
is considered more important TO make good
match. In l772 the average number OF
children in each family in New Hampshire
was seven now it Is two; there was at that
time one physician for every four hundred
souls; there is now one to every seventy
five; suits at law for all purposes not Grim
inal then averaged one annually for every
hundred inhabitants they now average one
for every twenty-four The expenses which
a well-to-do family incurred every year for
its support We're at that time four hundred
dollars they are now nearly thrice that
sum. When the war of the Revolution
began there was but one man in the state
who was worth more than thirty thousand
dollars, now there are forty-five worth more
than million. There were but thirtv.fve
wheel carriages, and they were all chaises
save twoi there are now forty-seyen thou
sand. Oxen then did all the agricultural
work, and there were twelve hundred aud
foTty-one yokes Of them in the state; oxen
and horses now equally divide such work
and they number hundreds of thousands"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-06
Mental Food.

Good bread is the staff of life, and if we
lean on that we grow strong and healthy.
If we bring up our children on plain, whole
some diet, they grow tall, erect, strong, and
healthy But if we feed them on rich cake
and fancy pastry, and fill their stomachs
with all sorts of trash, spiced up TO tempt
the appetite beyond what nature requires,
their appetites become depraved, and they
loathe the food best calculated TO make them
grow healthy and strong and, in consequence
they grow pale, poor, puny and weak just
so with the mind. Our minds ought TO be-
come clear and strong, enlightened and ele-
waited. There is food that is healthy and
nutricious for the mind. But the literary
cooks have served the public with so much
highly seasoned food that the tastes of their
readers, especially of the young, have be-
come vitiated, and they turn with disgust
from good, solid, instructive reading, which
would improve their mental powers, and
make them intellectually strong, and help
them TO become useful members of society.
But they eagerly devour literary pastry if
highly spiced. They crave sensational read
ing romance and fiction; pathetic, comic,
and tragic. And this exciting reading, so
stimulating TO the brain, is tempting, and
they read too much. The consequence is,
their minds become dwarfed and sickly.
They gain no real knowledge, but the brain
is weakened, the memory ruined, and intel
lectual yigor destroyed; and these mental
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-06
The Flowing Fountain.

The divine life is such thing of force
that surrounding circumstances do not oper-
ate upon it as you might have supposed.
In frosty weather, when we have seen the
rivers frozen across, we have been told by
peasants that the old spring-head on the side
Of the hill was flowing on the same as ever
Decorated with icicles up to the edge OF the
old spout, still the stream gushes out. SO a
Christian may be placed in the worst imag
Unable circumstances he may live in fam-
lily so ungodly that the name of Christ is
only used to blaspheme with he may scarcely
ever meet with Christian associate; he
may even be denied the means Of grace the
Bible itself may be taken from him but if
the inner life be there, such is its native
heat that You cannot freeze it, such is its
constant force and power that il will CON
tinue flowing still. 1t might have been
more happy with the man, it certainly would
have been more for his comfort and useful
ness, if he had been under other conditions,
but there is joy for our heart to recollect that
under the worst possible conditions, such is
the energy Of the grace which God implants,
that it viii continue to spring upward into
everlasting life.-Spwgeon.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-06
Home COurtesles.

"Nill you 2" asked a pleasant voice and
the husband answered Yes, my dear.
with pleasure" It was quietly but heartily
said the tone, the manner, the look, were
perfectly natural and very aifectionate. We
thought how pleasant the courteous reply
How gratifying must it be TO the wife
Many husbands of ten years experience are
ready enough with the courtesies of polteness
to the young ladies of their acquaintance
while they speak with abruptness to the
wife, and do many rude little things with.
out considering them worth an apology
Though words seem little things, and slight
attentions almost valueless, yet, depend upon
it, they keep the flame bright, especially il
they are natural The children grow up in
better moral atmosphere, and learn TO re-
spect their parents as they see them respect
ing each other. Many boy takes adyan-
tage OF the mother he loves because he sees
often the rudeness of his father. lnsensibly
he gathers to his bosom the same habits and
the thoughts and feelings they engender,
and in his turn becomes the petty tyrant.
Only his mother Why should he thank
her Father never does. Thus the home
becomes a seat OF disorder and unhappiness.
Only for strangers are kind words expressed;
and hypocrites 90 ont from the hearthstone
fully prepared to render Justice, beneyo-
lence and politeness to any one and every
one but those who have the justest claims,
All give us the kind glance, the happy
homestead, the smiling wife and courteous
children OF the friend who said SO pleasantly,
Yes, my dear, with pleasure" = Er1miner
and Chronicle.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-06
Christian diving.

Gold was the first offering laid az the feet
of Jesus. Its use is the divine test of char
acter. Affections sorrows losses, test ms,
but they are involuntary. Pride, conceits,
professions, forms, felowships, and even
ecstasies all these are on the skirmish line
The purse is the citadel. Armies that do
their fighting on the skirTnish line are raid
ers, not conquerors. Baptisms that do not
reach the pocket are like creatures born
without souls They may be fine animals
but they are not men Works, not words
are the measure OF devotion. When God
would build a tabernacle or temple His peo-
pie arc asked for the materials. "Iithes in
the treasury touch the springs that open
the windows of heaven " Now. concerning
the collection Of the saints, as hare giuen
ORDER to the churches of Galatia, 81 DO YE."
Surely this is straightforward, divine com
mand, and addressed 10 You. In the moral
government God gives character for the right
use Of gold-not reputation for barter, but
character for the use of treasure. The tests
of a mans fibre are the ways in which he
lifts at the worlds burdens. When his
money goes into the scale for the cause, then
he becomes spectacle TO men and angels
/ showing forth the power OF grace. For this
actual devotement God bestows character
not salvation, but character. Gathering up
the remnants of wasted life that have faith
enough intermxed to make them adhere,
/ He takes Ills oRe only process to fashion them,
or rather, to help them to fashion themselves
into form, and beauty and dignity, and
| greatness.
| God sends MS into the world TO acquire
| character. Character is the shortest axis Of
| the moral universe. on which it turns around
/ forever. Men clothed like lilies, fed like
young eagles, and housed like plants in the
tropics taught like prophets, and translated
! like Enochs, would have been free from all
begging causes. But they would also have
been free from all character. They might
have been the puppets of eternity, kept for
| the amusement of the angels, but never the
white-robed ones, coming out of great tribu-
lation, singing nearest the throne.
1t is one universal eternal law Charac-
ter costs treasure. Blessed is the man that
maketh his purchases before the Bridegroom
cometh
"Eyery man, as he puIposeh IN his heart,
so let him give, not grudgingly, or of neces-
sity; for God iooeh a cheerful giger." If
| YOU qrudge, beware, Overcome, no matter
what it costs You must conquer that sell
fish spirit. That is what you are here Tor.
DO good and communicate, for with such
sacrifice GOD is ceH pleased" "Freely give.
" Give aims Of such things as ye have"
BE not deceived, In this universe things
are worth only what they cost often in
fnitey less than we give, but nothing
more. Good character costs money.-Chris-
Gdu AduOcdie.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-06
What VIII Mother Say ?"

To-day stepped into Justices court
Just as young man, who had been arrested
for theft, was being examined. Not NOR,
than eighteen years Of age, he looked inca
pable of such a crime. Yet the evidence
| fixed the guilt unquestionably upon him
Surrounded by crowd of jeering men and
boys, he maintained stolid silence until
questioned by the Justice. He had pleaded
with the owner Of the stolen article pleaded
with the sheriff, until he saw he could not
avert the consequences-tha Of going 10
prison. When questioned as 10 his age and
residence, he answered indifferently; but
when asked his name, he hesitated, then
turning to the Justice he said, Must !
answer that question z" "Yes," was the
answer. With a look Of the keenest anguish
in his face he asked again, "lf | give my
name can it be kept from my mother 2" Oh
there was the thought that troubled him
most. Here was the one 10 whom his
thoughts turned in his hour Of trouble, and
for whose feelings he was solicitous, even
when he was the one TO be wept over one
thought awoke in him desire TO avoid pub
licity. "What will mother think 2" How
viii her heart be wrung when She hears that
her boy, whom in his infancy she nursed
with tenderest care, is guilty of theft-has
forgotten the prayer ot MS childhood, and
broken Gods commandment Had he
thought Of this when tempted to commit
the crime, had be then asked himself, What
will mother think z" how different might
have been the result. But it was too late
the crime had been committed. The law
had laid its hand upon him, and he must
suffer punishment, aud that mothers heart
be made heavy with grief. Oh, boys when
tempted to wrong, when your feet have al.
most led you astray, stop and ask yourselves
( the question, "What will mother think when
she knows this 2" Make up your mind
what that mother would say, and act as she
would have you. Oh, mothers weary not
of well doing fail not to lead your boys in
such paths that when, in after years, they
are thrown into the midst Of the worlds
strife for gain, they may be kept from evil,
may be guided in VISIONS ways, by acting
according TO what they know another
would say" and by doing as mother would
have them. Boys how many crimes would
never have been committed, how many heart
aches never felt, if, when we were about to
do anything about which We were in doubt,
We had asked ourselves the question, and
acted upon its answer What will mother
say t'-Erdmmer and Chronicle.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-06
Suffering for Ones Country.

Captain Bob Shaftoe concluded to run for
Congress. lie had been in the wars-he
had fought and bled-and his record as a
soldier was of the very best. of course,
having consented to run he had TO take the
stump. Bob could be eloquent upon occa-
sions, especially when picturing battle
scenes and he INDUCED rather freely in
this style, for he knew more about war than
he did about politics. His opponent was a
politician, and not soldier. One day Bob
addressed an assembled multitude in front
of a crossroads grocery. He told the story
Of his hardships in the field eloquently and
touchingly. He told how he had led for
lorn hope how he had been stricken down
under the very muzzles of the enemy's bat
terry; and how be had lain two nights and
one day suffering where he fell before sue
cor came. And other things he told equally
thrilling. When he had concluded, one Of
the unwashed and unterrifed-one of the
soyereig igns-approache him with sympathy
in every look Cap'n Bob, was all that true
you told us 2" True as gospel my friend"
"And you rally fit right up to the mouths
of the enemy's cannon ?" "Yes." "And got
knocked over 2" ayes" "And come nigh
dyin'?-two whole nights in misery 2" ayes,
my friend, it is all true as | have told you
| was wounded four times after that"
"Well, said the interrogator, with visible
emotion, Z" I'm blamed if you han't suffered
enough for the country. | don't see why
we should send You out among them Con
gress fellows. They are a hard lot. T'other
man Is younger'n you, and amt of much ac-
count anyway | say, let him suffer awhile /;
so guess III vote for him "-Ledger
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-06


Mr.. Moody writes to his church in Chi
cago about their new ediiice as follows
Anxious as | feel for the building to be
ready for use | could not give my consent
to its dedication till paid for. am
thoroughly convinced that it is a great mis-
take in dedicating any building for religious
service with a heavy debt hanging over it,.
My experience has been that it has always
been a drag and hindrance to successful
work. know that the custom has been al
most invariably 10 commence with a debt
but / believe the whole thing is wrong, and
plainly proven by many of our churches now
| would be glad to come to Chicago to assist
in the dedication services when the building
is completed and the money raised to pay
for it, but not till the building is owned by
US can We dedicate it 10 Gods service.
would further advise that the work should
60 on slowly as the funds on hand warrant
and if a sufficient amount to finish cannot
be got, then shut up the building until the
sufficient amounts raised for It's completion" ."
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-06
The Fear of God.

Learn to quench all slavish creature-fears
in the roverential fear Of God. This is a
cure by diversion. 1t is a rare piece Of
Christian wisdom to turn those passions of
the soul which most predominant into spir-
itual channels 10 turn natural anger into
spiritual zeal natural mirth into holy cheer
fulness, and natural fear into holy dread and
awe of God; this method Of cure Christ pre-
scribes, Fear not their fear" But how
shall we help it ? Why, sanctify the Lord Of
Hosts Himself, and let Him be your fear and
your dread. Natural fear may be allayed
for the present by natural reason, or the re
moyal OF the occasion, but then it is but like
a candle blown out with puff OF breath,
which is easily blown in again but il the
fear of God extinguish it, then it is like a
candle quanched in water which cannot be
Harei
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-06
Hold On.

Hold onl It is dark and you are weak :
but life depends on holding fast to your re-
ligious profession, your character and your
Christ. Many man has waited for the
Lord little, when long waiting was re,
quired. lie despaired early, when he should
not have despaired at all. The trials you
bear cut into your flesh. You say you could
stand that but they also eat into your reso-
linton. Hold on Nothing else will answer,
1t is time of trial. Men lose money, and
there is danger of losing reputation with H.
Men defame them, curse them, laugh at their
Christianity. Hold on Pay all you can
now, and pay the rest hereafter BE sweet
patient, forgiving. You want men to Tor
give your mistakes forgive also their re,
proaches. Get all the helps you can, And
where can you get most The closet, the
prayer-meeting the Sunday-school, the ser
mon-all these will help you TO hold on
Increase your diligence your watchfulness'
YOUR zeal for God, and through His service
find His helping hand 1t is there SO near
you, though you may not see 1t so strong