smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

Cant you come home pretty soon, Susan ?
was the reply. 81 have something to say to you
At first Mrs. Easy felt alarmed and then she
thought it could not be any thing serious, or hi
would not be there. But Mr.. Easy seemed 50 diff
ferent from what he generally was, she was puz
zled as well as pleased. He wasso polite and gen
tlemanly, and he had so many new ideas to ad
vance, she thought he hadn't read so many news
papers for nothing, and she really felt proud O.
him, and wondered if the fault hadn't always beer
hers and she resolved not to scold so much in fu
ture nor try to convince him Of her superiority
but on the other hand make him believe he wa:
somebody and she was his wife.


As soon as etiquette would allow, MIR. and Mrs
Easy took their way home.


"Come to your chamber, Susan" said the hus
band, as he saw her place her hand on the knob o.
the parlor door and he remembered the scenes o.
the afternoon. II wish to tell you something,
and he led the way to their room, while the wife
marveled more than ever what it could all mean.


"Susan," he began, II want to talk with you
if you will listen. y


She bowed assent, and then placed the lamp she
had lighted on the table. Mr.. Easy had the next
twenty minutes conversation without interruption
from her; at the end of that time Susan did not
know whether to shed tears of joy or sorrow,
whether to speak no word of reproach or to so fal
unsex herself as to curse him for the loss Of her
carpets, and for the ruin and chaos that met her
vision when she looked on her suite of rooms. A
few moments of silence, and she obeyed the bette,
voice within, and only put her arms around her
husbands neck, laid her head upon his shoulder,
and said weeping:


81 believe you, and trust this evenings expe'
rience will prove no loss If you will but become
industrious and energetic it is all [ ask [ shall
then be able to have leisure time to teach the chill
dren in such q manner they will remember the les
sons when am not here to enforce them.


Mr.. Easy was up with the sun the next morn
ing, and away to his business; and when some
neighbors entered after dinner they were surprised
not to find him on the lounge as usual, but frowr
from his wife put stop to all inquiries, and so the
matter dropped.


In few years MIR. Easy became landlord in
stead of tenant; but to this day the neighbors
have not discovered the secret of his reform, and
she wouldn't tell even me but overheard them
talking about it the other evening" and discussing
the expedency of getting their now meaningless:
surname changed. How ridiculous in her not tc
tell all she knows and now have found it out
I'll put it in the paper out of spite which, sup
pose, is the most efec,ual way of informing al
my friends of the cause of the rise and progress Of
the Easy Family.
Year: 1869

l. If man faints, place him fiat on his back
and let him alone.


2. If any poison is swallowed, drink instantly
half glass Of cool water with heaping tea
spoonful each of common salt and ground mus
tard stirred into it, this vomits as soon as it reaches
the stomach butfor fear some Of the poison might
remain, swallow the whites Of one or two raw eggs
or drink cup of strong coffee, these two being an
tidotes for greater number of poisons than any
dozen other articles known, with the advantage Of
their being always at hand if not, pint Of sweet
OIL or lamp oil, or "drippings, " or melted butter
or lard, are good substitutes, especially if they
vomit quickly.


8. The best thing to stop the bleeding Of mod
crate cut instantly, is to cover it profusely with
cobweb, -four and SALT half and half


4. IF the blood comes from wound by jets or
spurts, be spry, or the man viii die in q few min
utes, because an artery is severed tie handker-
chief loosely around, near the part between the
wound and the heart; put stick between the
handkerchief and the skin, and twist it around IN.
til the blood ceases to Aow keep it there until the
doctor comes; if in position where the handker-
chief cannot be used, press the thumb on spot
near the wound, between the wound and the heart
increase the pressure until the bleeding ceases but
do not lessen the pressure for an instant before the
physician arrives, so as to glue up the wound by
coagulation or cooling of the hardening blood.


S. IF your clothing takes fire slide the hands
down the dress, keeping them as close to the body
as possible, at the same time sinking to the floor
by bending the kncss; thishas smothering effect
upon the flames; if not extinguished or great head
way gotten lie down on the floor and roll over and
over or better. envelop yourself in carpet, rug,
bedcloth, or any garment you can get hold Of, q
ways preferipg woolen.


g. If the body is tired rest; if the brain is tired
sleep.


I. If the bowels are loose, lie down in warm
bed, remain there, and eat nothing until you are
we'll


8. If the action of the bowels does not occur at
the usual hour, eat not an atom until they do act,
at least for thirty-sx hours; meanwhile drink large
ly of cold water or hot teas, and exercise in the
open air to the extent Of gentle perspiration, and
keep this up until things are nghted this sug-
gestion, if practiced, would save mynads Of lives
every year, both in the city and country.


9. The three best medicines in the world are
warmth, abstinence and repose.-HaEs Journal
of Health.
Year: 1869

1t is better to go to sleep on the right side, for
then the stomach is very much in the position Of
bottle turned upside down, and the contents Of it
are aided in passing out by gravitation. If one
goes to sleep on the left side, the operation Of
emptying the stomach of its contents is more like
drawing water from well. After going to sleep,
let the body take it's own position.


Ifyou sleep on your back, especially soon after
a hearty meal, the weight Of the digestive organs
and that of the food resting on the great vein Of
the body, near the backbone, congresses it, and
arrests the flow Of the blood more or less II the
arrest is partial, the sleep is disturbed, and there
are unpleasant dreams. If the meal has been re-
cent and hearty, the arrest is decided; and the
various sensations, such as falling over precipiee,
or the pursuit Of wild beast, or other impending
dangers and the desperate efforts to get rid Of it,
arouse us, and send on the stagnating blood; and
we wake in fright, or trembling or in perspira-
tion or feeling exhausted, according to the degree
of stagnation and the length and strength Of the
efforts made to escape the danger.


But when we are unable to escape the danger
when we do fall over the precipice, when the trem-
bling building crushes us-what then2 That is
death That is the death Of those Of whom it is
said, when found lifeless in the morning, that
''they were as well as ever they were the day be-
FORE" and often it is added 'and ate heartier than
commonl |" This last, as frequent cause Of death
to those who have gone to bed to wake no more,
we give merely as private opinion. The posi-.
biity of its truth is enough to deter any rational
man from late and hearty meal This we do know
with certainly, that waking up in the night with
painful diarrhea, or cholera or bilious colo ending
in death in very short time, is probably traceable
to late large meal. The truly wise will take the
safe side For persons to eat three times day,
it is amply sufficient to make the last meal Of cold
bread and butter and cup Of some warm drink.
No one can starve on it; while perseverance in
the habit soon begets vigorous appetite for break
fast, so promising of a day of comfort.


Halls Journal of Health.
Year: 1869

The DUTY OF A MoTHER.-She should be firm,
gentle, kind, always ready to attend to her child.
She should never laugh at him, at what he does
that is cunning; never allow him to think Of his
looks, except to be neat and clean in all his habits.
She should teach him to obey look; to respect
those older than HIMSELF she should never make
command without seeing it is performed in the
right manner. Never speak of child's faults or
foibles, or repeat his remarks before him. It is
sure way to spoil child. Never reprove child
when excited, nor let your tone Of voice be raised
when correcting. Stiveto inspirelove not dread;
respect, not fear. Remember you are training and
educating soul for eternity.
Year: 1869

SIGNS OF THE WEATHER-Ift the dew lies plen-
tifully on the grass after fair day, it is sign Of
another. If not and there is no wind, rain must
follow A red evening portends fine weather bat
if it spread too far upwards from the horizon in
the evening, and especially morning, it foretells
wind or rain, or both. When the sky, in rainy
weather. is tinged with sea green, the rain will in
crease; if with deep blue it will be showery.
Against much rain, the clouds grow bigger and in
crease very fast, especially before thunder. When
the clouds are formed like feeces but dense in the
middle and bright towards the edges, with the sky
bright, they are signs Of frost, With hail snow or
rain. If clouds form high in air, in thin, white
trains, like locks of WOOL they portend wind, and
probably rain. When general cloudiness covers
the sky, and small black fragments Of clouds fly
underneath, they are sure sign Of rain, and prob
ably it will be lasting Two currents Of clouds al
ways portend rain; and, in summer thunder.
Year: 1869

The House of Representatives has again
passed Mr.. Schenck's resolution, reported
from the Ways and Means Committee, which,
by the way, Mr.. Blaine, has made up pretty
largely of protectionists, in relation TO recip-
rocity with Canada. 1t is unnecessary TO say
to those who have examined the resolution
that there is no T. scprocity about it, 1t sets
forth that the treaty making power, the Exec
ut;va and the Senate, cannot interfere with
the reoulation of trade between the United
States and foreign powers without infringing
unon the constitutional authority of the
House of Representatives over the revenues
This means that a reciprocity treaty is an i'm
possibility under our constitution The next
that we should naturally look for in resolu-
tions protesting to have to do with the subject
of reciprocity would be a recommendation
that concurrent legislation be resorted to as
an alternative expedient for bringing about
the desired object. But instead of such rec
omendation it is suggested that negotiations
be opened by the treaty making power with a
view to securing to our fishermen certain
rights in Canadian waters which they greatly
desire. and to our merchants and ship-owners
the right to navigate the st, Lawrence and
other lines of transportation now under Brit
tish control If we cannot have free trade
with Canada, as we ought, it certainly would
be good thing to have the privileges men
toned in the resolution, which were granted
among other things in the former treaty and
are now either taken away altogether or en-
joyed simply by the sufferance Great Britain.
They would readily be restored to the United
States in return for grant of free access to
our markets, but it does not clearly appear
how they are to be obtained without some
compensatory advantage granted in return to
Canada. Is it thought best to pay the British
bounty for the rights we ask, instead Of Civ
ing them what will rebound to the advantage
of both countries? 1t has not been the Gus
tom Of England or her dependencies 70 look at
matters of this kind in spirit of disinterested
benevolence, but perhaps the Chairman of the
Ways and Means committee has information
in regard to a recent revolution in the moral
tone of British craftsmanship that is unknown
to the public. If so his resolutions ale justif-
ed. But we want free trade with Canada
nevertheless.
Year: 1869

The Argus has a Washington correspondent
who can crowd all the current slang into less
than half columns space. One thing in his
last is too good to be lost He is exasperated
beyond measure to see loyal Southerners
(either originally or by conversion) looking af-
ter offices in Washington and occasionally
getting them. He represents that these same
gentlemen in former times turned relentlessly
from the fawning, fattering, insinuating and
knee bending Northern Copperheads. They
were too high-toned to take any notice of the
Conservatives who crouched at their feet. The
correspondent says that he had the exquisite
pleasure of refusing the hand of one of these
Dons the other day who had refused his own
some years ago. How the humiliated South
ron must have howled with rage! We do not
give the language of the correspondents epis-
tie, but only the tenor of his statements which
sutfices to show how much more thoroughly
the Rebel element is reconstructed and
humanized at the South than it is at the
North.
Year: 1869

TEE MISSION Of THE FAIRIES. Such is the
title of fairy spectacle composed by lady of
this city and to be performed by the First Uni
versalist Sunday School on Thursday and Fri.
day, April 22d and 23d, at City Hall.


The plot of the play is that dispute arises
between Pipkin, the Prince of the Brownies,
and Lily the Queen of the Fairies, as to
which are most useful to mortals. They agree
to send out their separate forces for a year,
each to act in their own sphere, with their sep
arate agencies; at the end of that time to meet
and recount what has been accomplished. and
decide the question. In the play, however,
only the agents of the fairy queen are seen at
work. They are five in number and each Wis
is mortal suffering either from loss of low
ed child, or remorse or tickle lover, or faith
lessness. or neglect, or sordidness and makes
them all happy and thus aids and benefits hu-
manity. In the concluding scene the Prince
of the Brownies argues that his subjects have
laid bare the secrets of the earth and of art
to mortals and claims on that account a yicto-
ry, but after hearing the work accom- mplished
by the fairies admits that they have done more
than himself and his subjects


The language of the play is very appropriate
and in several places displays great deal of
poetic talent The spectacle will prove a very
strong attraction we feel confident and will
draw large houses. We shall refer to this
again.
Year: 1869

In lumbago they act like charm. In few hours
violent cough is relieved by Plaster applied to
the chest. Many persons believe a cold cannot be
taken while Plaster is worn there; this we DO
know, they greatly assist in the cure of neglected
cold, so often the introducer OF consumption.


Cure of Lesion of the Liver.


gentleman. after severe sickness, had lesion of
the liver Every quick movement or sudden jar
gave him severe pain, often laying him up for days.
Hence he was unableto follow any occupation with
regularity.


In this condition, he applied over the part affected
an Allcock's Porous Plaster. At first, it seemed to
irritate, so it was taken off. But the marked i'm
provement he experienced afterward gave him cour-
age to try again, and therefore applied another plas-
ter. In few days something gave way-"slipped,' %
to use the gentleman's own words. There was some
soreness for few days after, then his health was
perfectly restored Upon being sounded by his ply
sician the adhesion lesion was found to be gone


Principal Office, Brandreth House, New York.


W-Sold by all Druggists,


mar eod6S Seow1msN
Year: 1869

MR.. LYNcH's RESOLUTION CONCERNING
AMERICAN ToNNAeE-Mr Lynch did well on
Monday in introducing the following resolu-
tion in the House:


Resotued, That select committee of nine
be appointed to inquire into and report at the
next session OF Congress the cause OF the great
reduction of American tonnage engaged in
the foreign carrying trade, and the great de-
preston of the navigation interests of the
country, and also to report what measures are
necessary to increase our ocean tonnage, re-
vive our navigation interests, and regain for
our country the relative position she once held
among nations as great maritime power


The resolution was adopted.
Year: 1869

AN Ex-PREsIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
on his way Westward to "his bright home in
the setting sun" i. e., Greenville, Tennessee,
informed the people who assembled to greet
him, his fellow Greenvillans among the rest,
that he is now free man, whereas he was
once a slave. There ought certainly to be
more community of feeling than there seems
to be between him and his fellow freedmen of
the South, and there ought also to be special
act of Congress extending the scope of the
Freedmen's Bureau act SO as to embrace this
white male freeman, and to extend to him its
protection while he is in the state of mental
and moral weakness attendant upon his tran
sition state from bondage to the freedom and
responsibilities of American citizenship. The
only consideration that forbids, is the expense.
An army OF schoolmistresses, and squad
of cavalry, with artillery within supporting
distance, would be no more than proper pro-
vision for educating Andrew johnson
Year: 1869

A MODIFIED TENURE OF OFFICE AcT.-The
result of the two Senatorial caucuses Monday
In relation to the tenure-of-office act is belev-
ed to be an agreement that the subject shall
be referred to the Judiciary Committee with
instructions to so modify the act that it shall
not apply in any way to members of the cabi-
net, and that the President shall not be requir-
ed to make out case against persons remov-
ed; in other words, that he may, during the
session of the Senate, propose removals and
appointments at pleasure, and leave the Sen
ate to make such examination as it pleases;
while during vacation he may suspend and
appoint at pleasure, and submit his action to
the Senate within twenty days after re-as-
sembhng. This will leave him free to act
without assigning any reasons whatever for
action.
Year: 1869

The WEArHER.-A heavy snow storm set in
from the East yesterday morning, and turned
into rain about o'clock in the afternoon.
Snow storms at this time of the year usually
amount to but little, as the snow quickly van
ishes under the influence of the warm rays of
tho eI1n
Year: 1869

MUsIcAL-This evening the singers and in
strumentalists meet for the rehearsal of the
"Creation" in the hall over the reception room
City Building. The prospect now is that
there will be full attendance. Let there be
promptness in time. Half past seven O clock
is the hour
Year: 1869

LARCENY OF KEYS. A bunch of store keys
was recently stolen from the shop of Messrs.
q. & G. Mark, on Pearl street As those keys
were not kept in an exposed situation it is
supposed that some one stole them who knew
the situation of things in the shop, and that
they were taken for the nefarious purpose OF
trying to unlock the doors of stores We have
been requested to call the attention of mer-
chants to this fact in order that they may be
upon their guard and provide secure fasten-
ings to the doors of their stores.
Year: 1869

ARREST OF A THEA man went into
Fletcher & Co.'s on Commercial street yester-
day morning, and while Mr.. Fletcher was
gone for moment from the counting-roo
stole box of tobacco of some twenty pounds
weight and walked off with it. He threw it
into shed near Fickett's joiner shop while he
went into saloon near by to refresh himself
Some men saw him throw the box into the
shed and had seen him leave Fletcher's. They
suspected twas stolen and told Mr.. Fletcher
who recognized the tobacco as belonging to
him. He told officer Sterling who arrested
the man
Year: 1869

PORTLAND LIGHT HT'INFANTRY.-From all we
can gather in regard to the entertainment to-
night we have no doubt that the Infantry will
outdo themselves. We thonght the drill was
pretty near perfection last time, but constant
practice since then only makes perfection
more obvious, and all who fail to attend to-
night will miss one Of the finest things of its
kind ever seen in Portland. The skirmish
drill is a new feature of the exhibition and we
understand that it is one of the best The ex-
hibition of velocipedes will be very interest
ing one since there is hardly young man in
Portland who is not an aspirant for fame on
the bicycle, and the promenade concert, with
such music as ChaLdlers Band furnishes, will
be fitting close to splendid svenin g's en-
tertainment.
Year: 1869

JANIToR OF THE CRY BUILDNG.-William
Fl. Kaler has been appointed Janitor of the
City building in place of William H. Burn
ham, and will enter upon his new Office next
Monday morning. We shall be sorry to miss
Mr.. Burnham's pleasant face, for he was al
ways courteous and faithful in the perform
snce of his duties. During the late political
contest in September he had the misfortune to
fall from one of the windows of the City build
ing, which famed him severely, but his many
friends made up purse which was of great
assistance in defraying the expenses of his
confinement until his recovery. His removal
was on account of no dissatisfaction, but SIM
ply political one.


DEDICATION OF FLUENT's HALL.-There is
good deal of anxious expectancy, an under
current of curiosity, among our citizens in re-
gard to the dedication of the new hall by the
Blues on Friday night. 1t will be a grand oc-
casion and already the demand for tickets is
very great Apart from the popularity of the
Blues dances there is always great desire to
be present at the first entertainment in new
place of amusement. 81
Year: 1869

LovISo AND HATING--If you love,
love more. If you hate, hate less
Why war against mortal who is going
the same road with us 7 Why not ex-
pand the flower of life aud happiness
by learning to,love, by teaching those
who are near aud dear that beautiful
lesson? Your hands may be hard, but
your heart need not be. Your form
may be bent ugly, but do you not know
that the most beautiful flowers grow in
the most rugged, unsheltered places
The palace for care, the cottage for love.
Not that there is no love in the man.
sion; but somehow, if we arc not very
careful, business will crowd oil there Is
Of beauty out Of the heart. This is
why God has given US the Sabbaths
and Saturday nights, that We may leave
business in the Office and have a heart.
cleansing.
Year: 1869

A correspondent of the TRANSCRIPT ad :
dresses note to us, in which he says =
"Your paper is well printed, on good thick,
white stock, and should be taken by every
resident in your section" 1t affords us
pleasure to say to our correspondent, that
the TRANscRIPr is taken, by nearly every
person OF consequence in this section
We haye added fifty to our circulation
within the last three weeks, and these ad-
ditions have been voluntarily made, with
out any solicitation ca our part, fact
which is all the more gratifying to us.
Year: 1869

The Republican flagstaff, in this town,
displayed the flag at half-mast and drapcd
in mourning, in token of respect to the
deceased Ex-President Pierce, on Mon
day last. We mention the fact to the
credit of the gentlemen who have it in
charge. To differ politically is the priv
ilege of American citizens. Indeed, it
were not desirable that there should be
perfect accord between us, for then poll
tical stagnation would ensue and there
would be none to keep watch and ward
over the common veal But, when the
bright guardians of the country die, we
mingle our sympathies, and sorrow to-
gether over the nations loss.