smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1862

it is highly necessary that horses
should be supplied with pure water,
for impure water, like damaged food,
is more or less opera tive as an indirect
cause, in inducing an unhealthy con-
dition of the digestive organs. We
urge the owners of horses to attend
to this matter, for it is wretched bad
policy to lead a hard working, thirsty
horse to trough containing water
not fit to drown a cat in, and too bad
to make tea for such wretch as Yeh.


Some infectious and contagious
diseases can, without doubt, be COM
municated through the medium of
water. Sometimes a horse, the sub
iect of some affection, either acute or
chronic, of the respiratory passages
has prOfuse discharge from the nose;
this mOrbed secretion finds its way
INTO the water in the act of drinking,
and the next horse that comes to i'm
bibe is very apt to swollow a portion
Of this matter, which is generally
found floating on the surface. Trough
water is further contaminated by
animals washing their mouth and
lips in the same, and the bipeds who
delight to visit a water trough in
warm weather, are not ever careful
what they put into it. We have
often found an old boot, or an "old
soger, or dirty sponge at the bottom
of a trough in this city, from which
over twenty horses drank their daily
supply of water. Attention to this.
matter may possibly prevent moHy
cases of unnecessary diseasc.--Am


Yet. Journal.
Year: 1862

The premises of a good many far.
mers are often infested with rats, and
we are often asked fo, modes of des-
truction, A resident of Brooklin is
vexed with an increasing family of
rats that seem to grow fat on arsenic
and rat-exterminators. He dosen't
like rats, and refers his case to the
Sunday Times. That Journal recon-
mends trap made as follows:


"Take u mackeral barrel, for in
stance, and fill it about one third its
height with water. Then place log
endwlse in TIE 'Sater, so that one end
of it will just remain above the SUR
face. Make the head of the barrel a
little too email to fit, and suspend it by
two pins to the inside of the top of the
barrel, so it will hang as if on pivot
arG easily tip by touching either side.
On this head, thus suspended, secure
a piece of savory meat. The first rat
that sents it will, to get the meat
leap on the barrel head. The head
will tip, or tilt, and precipitate him
into the water, and resume its former
position. The rat in the water will
swim to the log, get on the end of it,
and squeal vociferously. His cries
will bring other rats, all of whom viii
be tilted into the water, and all oi
whom will fight for the only dry spot


in it-viz., the end of the log. Al
only one rat can hold it, the victor
will drown all the rest, and can, in the
morning be drowned himself. We
have seen twenty rats caught in one
night by such a trick"
Year: 1862

Give one pound of sulphur one
fourth of pound at time, four days
in succession, unless the third dose
effects a cure. Give in bran, or meal,
or anything the COW viii eat. AS a
cure for garget and bloody milk, this
is the best thing l ever tried.
Year: 1862

PROPAGATING THE CURRANF.--The
best way is to cut off in the early
Spring before the buds swell, the
growth of the last year, close to tho
old wood; make the cuttings one foot
long; remove all the eyes except some
three or four at the top Of the cutting
to prevent suecers then place it com~
pactly, in good sandy soil, to one
half its depth, OF six inches, and by
good care, in one year it will be suf-
fciently established for transplanting.
1t should always be cultivated in the
form of small brush trees, and by a
skillful hand can be easily made to
assume a handsome pyromidial or es>.
palier form. ALI superhuOus wood
should be carefully pruned out every
winter, and the plant invigorated with
rich manure iD the Spring. The
currant or goOscberry can hardly be
over-fed.
Year: 1862

JOE HARRIS was the youngest of three broth
ers, the Oldest, Bill and Sam, being tall, raw
boned, fair haired, fair complexion men, noisy,
insolent and quick of quarrel, and constantly
engaged in fights, in which, by the way, from
their great personal strength and activity, they
generally proved victorious. Joe, on the 9th
er hand, was about the middle size, with dark
skin and eyes, and his bullet head covered
with short crisp curls, of the jcttiest black
Quiet and cool in his demeanor, he seldom or
ever got into difficulty, but when hechanc-
ed to be drawn into one, gave ample proof
that he was by no means behind any of his
family IN fstic prowess and accomplishments.
They lived in Crawford county, Arkansas,
some thirty years ago. It happened on one
occasion at a quarter-raee-at place famil
iarly known in those days as Pin Hook, but
is now the thiclly settled town of Van Buren,
that Joe got mixed up in a fight with one
Of the bullies Of the neighborhood, and was
knocking the conceit out of him "hand over
fist" when Bill the eldest brother who was
standing by, and hadn't had a fight for more'n
a week, jumped in between, took the fight off
Joe's hands, and demolished the fellow in the
twinkling of bed-post.


After the affair was over, and before they
had time to liquor on it, Joe took Bill one side
out of ear-shot and very deliberately remark
ed to-him:


"Look here, Bill, III tell you what it Is,
I've no objection in the world, if you see that
fellers Citing the better of me, that you
should cut in aud get US apart, but I've no
notion, when I've got a feller as good as
whipped, that you should run in and take all
the credit Of the fghtl 'Tain't the first time
you've done it and if you ever do it again. I
give you fair warnin, I'll turn right round an
lick you like Il Now mind if don't !"


every well, said Bill who was well aware
that Joe would be apt to be as good as his
wood. "TI try and remember"


They then went back to the crown, and
clinched the understanding with smile of
baldface.


A few weeks after the conversation and
fight aforesaid, Bill and Joe walked down in
to the river bottom, either to hunt up some
cattle or hogs, or to look for timber stocks.
| Bill had his rife, but Joe was Unarmed. AT
ter forcing their way some half mile or such
matter, through the thick underbrush, COM
posed in part of the red buckeye, with It's
brilliant blossoms, they were suddenly start
led by low, savage growl, which sounded
uncomfortably near, and ere they could look
about them, or make any preparation, with a
wild shrek of exulting rage a large female
panther sprang from limb overhead full upon
the shoulders Of Joe.


To twist himself around and seize the ami
NAL by the throat was but the work Of an in
slant on the part of the intrepid borderer, and
then commenced a struggle for life or death.
After being stripped to the skin and receiving
some severe scratches, Joe got his knite in re-
QUESTION and put an end to the panther by
Year: 1862

A Draft at Observation-Disclosures Scenes.


A SAvAyHAH correspondent OF the Charles
ton Courier furnishes an amusing description
of the scene which ensued on the occasion of
draft for four hundred men in Savannah, to
complete requisition for troops, the requisite
number not having volunteered. Fifteen
hundred of the business men and mechanics
Of the city were drawn up in hollow square
on the parade ground, all in high state Of
excitement when the following proceedings
took place:


The colonel now takes his place in the
centre, and, from the back of magnificent
horse, in a few well-timed remarks calls for
volunteers. He said it was a shame that a
Georgian should submit to be drafted, and dis
honorable to a citizen of Savannah to be fore
ed into the service of his country. He ap-
pealed to their patriotism, their pluck, and
their-pelf. He told them of good clothes,
good living, and fifty dollars bounty; and Oh
the strength of these considerations invited
everybody to walk three PAGES in front No
body did it. An ugly pause ensued, worse
than dead silence between the ticking of a
conversation. The colonel thought he might
not have been heard or understood, and re-
Year: 1862

THE London Morning News remarks:


General Mcclellan has given evidence Of
higher strategicaI powers than those which
help the American press to sensation head
ings Of paragraphs; and the tactics which
drove strongly posted enemy to inglOriOus
retreat from behind Notifications that could
could have resisted the attack Of almost any
army that could be brought against them,
viii surely be admired more by real soldiers
than any enormous bOmbardments which
sergeant Of artillery would conduct"
Year: 1862

A Curious MAcHTNE.-Among the curious
instruments in the Philosophical Instrument
Department in the London Great Exhibition,
is machine exhibited by Mr. Peters for
microscopic writing. With this machine OF
Mr.. Peters, it is stated that words Matthew
Marshall Bank of England, can be written
in the two and a half millionth of an inch in
length; and it is actually said that calculations
made on this data show that the whole Bible
con be written twenty-five times in the space
of a square inch. The words to be written
microscopieally are written in pencil, in or
binary characters, on a sheet OF paper at the
bottom of the instrument. But the pencil
with which this is done communicates, by a
series of levers and gymbats, with another
minute pencil and table at the top, by which
tie ordinary writing Of the pencil and the mi
croscopie writing both move in unison, though
the motion Of the latter is so graduated that
a stroke Of a quarter of an inch at the bottom
is only stroke of millionth Of an inch at
the top, the shape and charactar Of both marks
being nevertheless precisely alike in outline.
As matter Of course, the microscopic writ
ing at the top Is only visible under powerful
magnifers, and the only object of the machine
is to mark bank-uotes with certain minute
signatures for the prevention Of fo1geries.
Year: 1862

WnEy a-horse's age is in question, he is gen
orally Judged out of his own mouth.


NIEx seem to get very tall in prosperity, but
in hard times they generally find themselves
short


TIE smallest woman may FIJI the largest
heart


AN active life, like rapid current may
purify itself By motion.
Year: 1862

r@A Yankee and Freedman own.
ed q pig in co-psrtnership. When the
killing time came they wished to divide
the meat. The Yankee was very anxious
TO divide SO that be could get both hind
quarters, and persuaded the FreucbuaD
tb,t the way to divide was to cot it across
the back. The Frencbman agreed to do
it OF condition that the Yankee would
turn his back and take the choice of pie
ees after it vas cut in two. The Yankee
turned bis back accordingly. French
n.n-Vieh piece will you bare-ze piece
wid ze tail on him or ze piece vat haint
got 20 tall Ysnkee-tbe piece With the
tail on. Frenchmau-Zen By gar you
can take him, | take re ozer. Upon
tursiug around, the Yankee found that
the Freedman had cut of the tail and
stuck it into the pigs mouth
Year: 1862

s@A good for nothing fellow left bis
wife in great rage, telling her that he
would never come back till he was rich
enough to come in carriage. For once
be kept bis word-beiDg trundled hone
drunk ia q wheel barrow.
Year: 1862

The LOrain News says of the produce
market at Wellington.


with butter at eighteen cents, and
cheese at ten cents per pound, Lorain far
mers may laugh at hard times. Though
the prices Of all kinds of goods have gone
up with rapidity, the balance is still in
favor of this section of country, where
these products Of the dairy are so exten-
sively manufactured.


"Immense quantities of cheese have
been shipped from this place during the
season, probably more than at any former
season. There are three firms here whose
sole business is buying and selling cheese.
They have increased their amount of pur-
ehases from year to year until they ship
immense quantities to all parts of the west
and southwest Al the same time there
are several cheese-dealers, farmers in this
vicinity, who are largely though not ex-
clusively engaged in the business of buy
ing and shipping. This necessarily makes
competition in buying, so many buyers at
one point, and therefore we believe dairy
men realize better prices at this point than
any other in this or adjoining counties
Year: 1862




A convention of Southern manufaetu.
rers was held on the 18th ult at Augusta
Ga, at which, in view of the fact that every
thing connected with cotton manufacture
had advanced over one thousand, and in
some cases to the fabulous amount of ten
thousand per cent, it was resolved that
the convention consider, from actual esti-
mate prescribed, the present cost of cotton
goods to be equal to fifty cents per pound,
and deem it unsafe to bargain with Gov
ernment at any fixed price, to extend be-
yOnd one month, without the establishment
Of sliding scale, by which the price may
be varied from month to month as the cost
Of production may advance.
Year: 1862

Anti War Sentiment an tie Noythaoest.


The following is an extract from a let
Ter received from town III Iowa, by
gentleman in Memphis, which the Mem
phis Appeal is allowed to publish. The
writer says:


Thee is a very large party throughout
The North that would be glad to have
peace as soon as.po<sble in any way and
upon any terms. good many are be-
g:nlng to come to their senses, now that
II is to- late. only to find that this war
is going to ruin lis all through the North,
while its tendency appears to be only to
put the North and South farther apart ga
ever before. Busine IS here is 1T perfect
stard till-everything has stopped, there
is no money. the produce OF the country
cannot be sold at any price, and all here
have about arrived at the conclusion that
we are all going to ruin as fast as posi-
bic. The policy of every bodd is to contract
and try o wind u affairs generally as
soon as they can Where the end is TO
be no Que can fo1see. The blockade Of the
river was intended to ruin the South, but
we now discover that it is raining the
North and rendering the South indepen
dent of Us for their supplies, which they
find can be raised On their own soil.
Year: 1862

Mr.. Appleton Oaksmith, recently tried and
convicted in Boston of completely in the slave
trade, has been sentenced to five years in the
Massachusetts, penitentiary, and to pay fine
of $1,000, or another years Imprisonment for
each 81 900 unpaid


We take no satisfaction iu recording such
fact for the reason that it must carry thrill of
anguish to the heart of many respectable
relative, and yet all must rejoice that the law
against an infamous and piratical trade is be-
ing vindicated and enforced. Mr. Oaksmith
was connected with some of the excellent of
the earth; no pains had been spared either
upon his moral or intellectual training; he was
a writer of no mean distinction, and has be-
trayed spirit of enterprise in business wor-
thy OF all praise. But alas, like too many
young men, his moral perceptions seem to
have been obscured, and under that obscurity
he has fallen into grievious sin against his
country and against humanity, and now he
finds how truly spake the royal poet when he
said, "The way of the transgressor is hard."-
But few months since young man in New
York expiated a kindred offence upon the scaf-
fold; now the sun of another young life has
gone under terribly dark cloud, from which
it can never emerge with unstained honor A
life of thought and contrition may bring in
ward light, but it must be long, long life
which can remove the "outer darkness" in
which he will continue to dwell. 1t is a sad
picture to contemplate, and, as we have before
said, we find no pleasure in viewing it.
Year: 1862

Major Winthrop's advice to volunteers
on the subject of proper care of the feet,
ought to be pondered and remembered by
new recruits. 1t will be found in his arti-
cle'on the New York Seventh Regiment
published in the Atlantic Monthly for June,
1861, which we publish below for the in
formation of those concerned:


And let me say a word to my fellow-vol-
unteers, actual and prospective, in all the
armies of all the states.


A soldier needs, besides his soldierly
drill,


!, Good feet.


2, A good stomach.


8, And after these, comes the good head
and the good heart.


But good feet are distinctly the first
thing; without them you cannot get 10
your duty. If comrade, or a horse or a
locomotive takes you on its back, to the
field, you are useless there. And when the
field is lost, you cannot retire, run away,
and save your bacon.


Good shoes and plenty of walking make
good feet A man who pretends to belong
to an infantry company ought always to
keep himself in training, so that any mo-
ment he can march twenty or thirty miles
without feeling q pang or raising blister.
Was this the case with even a decimation
Of the army who rushed to defend Wash
ington? We're you so trained, my COM
rades Of the Seventh


A captain Of a company who will let his
/. men march with such shoes as I have seen
on the feet of some poor fellows in this war,
ought to be gaTroted with shOe-strings, OF
at least be compelled to play Pope, and
wash the feet Of the army Of the Apostles
of Liberty.


If you find foot-soldier lying beat Out
by the roadside, desperate as sick man
five to one his heels are too high, or hi:
soles too narrow or too thin, or his shoe is
not made straight on the inside, so that the
great toe can spread into its place as he
treads.


I am an old walker, over Alps across the
water and over Cordillerras, Sierras, Des
erts, and Prairies at home; Ihave done my
near sixty miles day without discomfort
and speaking from long experience, Will
painful recollections of the suffering and
death have known for want of good feet
on the march, say to every volunteer:


Trustin God Trust in God, but Keep gen
shoes easy.
Year: 1862

E An important change has been made in
the uniform of our troops. Sky blue cloth is
to be substituted for dark blue for the pants
Of officers and privates Of the cavalry artl-
lcry and iufnntry a11ns Of service. The saving
In the cost Of indigo will be very great
Year: 1862

WAsmscros. May 22--Howcrer the
fate of Richmond is decided whether By
battle or evacuation, every transaction and
experience Of the past few months, has
shown that it is utterly impossible to crush
the rebellion by half way measures. The
conservative policy which has been &C.
cepted By some of the Republicans. and
which has shown itself in successful re-
stance to oil legislation that seemed to be
severe and thorough, is now proved 10 bo
the unsafe policy. The rebels themselves
mistake our moderation for cowardice, and
answer every new concession by new blows
Having conscientiously believed that the
best way to treat the rebellion was to ex.
hibit to them the magnanimity of the Gov
ernment. simultaneous with its power.
am now convinced that the only way TO
check the leaders is to prove that Repub-
lie which has been so ready to bear and
forbear, can also strike with terrible force
and effect. Every recent item from the
rebel army exposes the fact that there is .
deep hatred among the ruling classes of
the South against the Government and its
loyal supporters. which cannot be concilia.
ted Insults TO our soldiers from their
women are followed by violations Of flags
Of truce. outrages upon our dead. and 9TH
er nameless and shameless atrocities. The
following produced by these unnatural
and savage proceedings, is no less bitter
among the loyal men South than it is
among the people Of the free States. In
deed, the former are, possible, more anx-
ious for strong and searching con6sca-
ton bill than the latter The Union mas
ses of the free States cannot understand
why they should be called upon to such
great losses of blood and treasure, while
their enemies are permitted to 60 on in
their career of crime; their property IN
touched and, as yet, safe from the effect OF
stringent legislation.


The Union men Of the South, who have
been hunted and slaughtered, all their per-
sonal goods taken from them, and their
homes made desolate, are also unable to
understand why their enemies are not
promptly punished. This is a qestion
that transcends the issue OF Slavery. and
is felt by thousands who have differed on
that issue. When those who are forced TO
fight in the rebel army realize that the
Federal Congress is in earnest, and that
their oppressors and chiefs are to be pun
ished with inexorable certainty, they will
save themselves by refusing to follow such
leaders. 1t is to be hoped that our friends
in both Houses of the National Legisla-
ture will no longer be divided. but will
come together at once, and crafty the peo-
pie who are expecting decided and COM
! prehensive action at their hands. Patriots.
like Holt, of Kentucky, Polk, johnson
and Brownlow of Tennessee urgently de-
mand thau the most decisive meas
ures against the rebels should be a
dopted. The servants of the people should


lake heed of these emphatic and significant


warnings.
Year: 1862

" G~ We admire some Postm ss,ers in
this country. When there has not been
a mail for week. and at length q large
sack full comes along. they will dump it
ont. and being too lazy to look over it,
will give the carrier the empty sack, tell.
ing him there is nothing to 60 above.
and Tins keep all the Offices above ont Of
their mail matter, until it suits them to
look over the mail. There is yet some
mail Of ours behind. from the above cause.
IL Postmaster is too lazy to attend to
his duty. he had better resign. and let
somebody have it who will attend to il.
Year: 1862

We do not often copy from the New York
Herald, but the following article is sensible,
and worth thinking of as matters have turned
out


"The events now taking place in The vicin-
ity of Washington, and the critical position
that affairs are placed n,does not tell any too
well for the stratagetical movements that
withdrew McClellan's army at this juncture
from the Peninsula. While Mcclellan occu-
pied his impregnable position on the James,
the rebels dared not weaken their forces at
Richmond by sending sufficient force upon
Washington to overwhelm Pope. In occu-
pying the important position at Harrson's S
Landing he held the rebel army at bay and
prevented any active operations with any
large force and, if allowed to remain, could
have thus kept the rebel army from active op-
erations until our new levies could have been
prepared for battle and placed in the feld.-
In Withdrawing the army from the James riv-
er the whole force of the rebels was let loose
and free to operate in any direction, and
strike at any point they might choose. That
they threw their entire force upon Pope, with
the determination to crush him and strike at
Washington before our new levies were ready
for battle, is natural result. The country
is now trembling over the fruits of this change
of position"