smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

Nor ExEAPr.-Short legs will not save a
conseript. 1t has been notified to the Board of
Enrolment In Boston that no limits Of stature
are established for drafted men, and PERSONS
height will only be considered In the general
examination as to his physical fitness for mill
tary service,
Year: 1863

! With a sharp knife cut of, sloping from the
| under side. any bruised or broken roots then
reduce the tops to correspond with the loss Of
roots, cutting off surplus branches, and redu-
cling those forming the head to three or four
buds on each of last years shoots. This will
cause more healthy and vigorous growth the
first scason-its omission is common cause
of the failure or sckly growth of newly plan
ted trees.


In setting, let one person hold the tree in its
pressing it firmly among the roots with the
hand taking care to leave no cavities UNDER
neath-and when the roots are all covered,
pressing the whole down firmly with the
foot


1ooa deep pldnting-whcn all is finished the
tree should be no deeper than when in the
nursery.


Grapevincs should be cut back to two or
three eyes, and only one of these be permitted
to grow the first year.


Raspbcrrics and blackberries should be cut
back to within one foot of the ground.


Goosbcrries and currants should be cut back
TO one or two eyes oflast seasons growth!


The time for planting, in the autumn, is af-
ter the first hard frost until the ground is
closed from the goth of October to the last of
November, i'll Ohio, or any time in the spring
before the opening of the buds. Trees pro-
cured in the spring by burying them half their
length in mellow earth, lin slipping position)
where no water is liable to stand; a slight cov-
efing of brush or forest leaves over the tops
will be of service in case the winter should
prove severe. Small bushes, like raspbcrries
grapes, &C., may be buried entirely in earth


Trees planted an the taH should have earth
hillcd up around the stems six inches or more
in height, TO hold them firmly in position du-
from frost and excess of wet. This is also
protection against injury by mice. In spring
the earth should be lcvelcd, and two or three
inches ofcoarse manure or little spread on the
surface over the roots for aspacc of four or five
feet in diameter: this will keep the surface
moist, prevent baking, and check the growth
of weeds.


Ifplanting is done rather late in spring,
and in dry weather, it is well to give water
freely, after setting the trees and covering the
roots with earth, letting it settle before finish
ing up; then if the surface is mulchcd as rec
ommcnded, no further watering is necessary.


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among fruit trees at least until they have ar
rived at bearing size. Ncgiectmg this pFecau-
tion is the most common cause Of the failure
of young orchards. No farmer expects hill
of corn TO flourish among grass or other crops.
and without cultivation; it is just as unreason-
able to expect young fruit trees to grow well
in such circumstances; yet how seldom do we
see anything like common sense exhibited in
this thingt
Year: 1863

DEATH TO CoCKRoACnEs.--Cock
love saccharinc matter above all things, and
they cannot swim, OF at least they cannot get
out Of a vessel containing water swcctcncd
with molasscs or sugar. Therefore, take a
common wash-bowl or tin washpan, fill it
about half full Of water, and s'Tceten it with a
gill of molasscs or half pound of sugar (mo-
lasscs prciorrcd) Set the bowl or pan against
the wall of the room or cellar infested by the
imps, and they will flock to the beverage like
topers to whiskey. Every one that drinks is
sure to drown. know not why, but it is so,
as have seen quart of them caught thus in
ono summers night II is better to place the
vessel III a corner of the room as lheimps can
then descend by two walls TO their sweet
graves.
Year: 1863

What spectacle more pleasing
does the world afford than happy
woman contented in her sphere,
ready at all times to benefit her lit
tie world by her exertions, and
Transforming the briars and thorns
of life into roses of Paradise by the
magic Of her touch There are
those who are thus happy because
they cannot help it-no misfortunes
dampen their sweet smiles, and
they diffuse cheerful glow around
them as they pursue the even tenor
of their way. They have the Sc
cret of contentment, whose value
is above the philosophers stone;
for without seeking the baser ex-
change of gold, which may buy
some sort of pleasure, they convert
every thing they touch into Joy.
What their condition is makes no
difference. They may be rich or
poor, high or low, admired or for
saken by the tickle world; but the
sparkling fountain of happiness
bubbles up in their hearts and
makes them radiantly beautiful
Though they live in log cabin,
Year: 1863

"Out of debt, out of danger" re-
marks one of our exchanges, is a good
rule for individuals and churches.
A modern writer says that the
Apostle was careful to owe no man
anything, and then asks: Had he
been in debt to Felix. does any one
suppose that he could have made Fe-
lix tremble?"


There is great power in that in
dependence of man which one may
feel who is out of debt. "The bor-
rover is servant to the lender. .
And no church or individual can be
free from the trammels of slavery,
unless free from the burden of such
an evil as debt. This is the sea-
son that many of our churches have
to deliver themselves
from these burdens, and the more
rapidly and successfully they push
on their work, the better it will be
for them and their cause.
Year: 1863

The LATE MR. VALLANDIGHAM.-Th in


vidual who has for some time been waiting
and watching over the border" pledged if
elected Governor Of Ohio, TO array the
State against the National Govern
ment, and assist the Secessiouists in their
schemes for the dismemberment of the Union,
and whose election has been so eagerly onged
for by the enemies of the Republic, both in
Europe and America, as an event presaging
its fall may be regarded extinct, He has
been the instrument Of the most humiiating
defeat the Democratic party in Ohio ever re-
ceived, and he will be as odious among those
who were recently his supporters, as with any
other class of our citizens. Tens of thou
sands who voted for him, did so under protest
aud With shame. They believe the Democrat
ic party would have carried the State If il had
not been for him, and detest him accordingly.
His name has become synonym not only of
the meanest sort of treason, but OF pragmatic-
al selfsbness and hopeless defeat He is no
longer selfish person. His condition is that
of toothless copperhead. He may coil him
self to strike and go through the motions of
the poisonous serpent, but he cant bite.
Year: 1863

they make it shine with a lustre
which Kings and Queens may covet,
and they make wealth fountain of
blessings to the children of poverty.
Happy women are the highest types
of humanity, and we cannot say
how much we owe to them for the
progress of the race. Would there
were enough to round !
Year: 1863

II you have little garden spot, mothers
teach your children 10 cultivate it. After a


little instruction and direction, they will find


in it one of the most delightful pursuits, and
it will afford them a pleasure that is emo
bling and refining. Those families who live
on year after year with door yard filled
with rubbish and weeds, adorned with no
graceful shrub or flower. are very likely to
grow up without any greater mental culture,
and in the end become only "hewers of wood
and drawers of a water" 1t is our duty to COW
ct earnestly the gifts" not only for ourselves,
but also for our children; and everything
that tends to elevate the tone of the mind
and heart, helps 10 fit them for future posi-
tions Of honor and usefulness. The value Of
the products of the children's garden, though
they be made of much use and convenience on
the family table, are small compared with
the benefits which the children themselves de-
rive from the culture of the soil.


And not among the lesst advantages is the
rosy health which such exercise in the open
air induces. There is no medicine like plenty
Of sunshine Let the light straw hat take
the place of the close, unhealthful Shaker bon
net, and there is little danger of sunstroke if
that too is thrown off sometimes Along
with health comes the bright beautiful COM
pIexion, the cheerful temper, and vigor of
mind. which is joy to every mothers mind
to witness Let the children be rewarded by
a due appreciation of their labors by fathers
and mothers, and it will prove the greatest
to perseverance Let the lit
lie flower border not be neglected. and have
plenty shrubs and rose bushes growing in the
waste corners. An old gardener used to
plant his flowers by the roadside, rather than
throw them away, SO highly did be vaIuO the
fair "aughtographs of God"
Year: 1863

The LATEST MoDE.-Good, fashionable au-
thority in New York vouches for the fact that
no lady of ton will dare to appear on Fifth
avenue or Broadway with trailing dress or
long petticoat. Short dresses are now in style.
They are scolloped around the edge, and are
worn over balmoral jupons, of length to dis
play the kid boot or Else the skirt is lOoped up
at every seam, nearly to the knee, showing the
colored petticoat, of mohair. cashmere or silk,
lrimed either to match the dress or in tasteful
contrast to it, and in correspondence with the
shade of the hat or mantle worn. The leath-


er boots have very high heels, colored, perhaps,
and strings and tassels of leather also. The
petticoat is short enough to dis close the instep
at least. To every dress, suitable for walking,
French modisieS now attach little rings,
through which cords, running to the waist, to
Join another cord, which is drawn at will
around the waist when a lady prepares to
promenade, and loOsened within doors, thus
allowing the dress to resume its original length
in the saloon. Hoops and skirts are quite ex-
ploded in Paris, founced mohair skirts being
used instead, to enable the dress to fall grace
fully. .a4s.-
Year: 1863

A dispatch to the Chicago Tribune says
that the great iron Federal battery on the
levee opposite the city of vicksburg is in
full operation and working splendidly.-
For several days the guns have been train
ed upon the depot and other public build
ings. A few days ago huge shell entered
the large depot building and exploded, lev
cling the greater portion q it TO The
ground. The enemy have fired several
shots in return, mOst Of which struck the
iron casemates, but glanced of without do
ing any injury.


They deem their prsitiOn impregnable
and for the last few days have maintained
becoming reticencs. Guns are now being
placed to command the Court House
There are reports that division has beer
sent to Davis plantation, opposite Car
thage, to oppose the landing Of our troops
Year: 1863

RUNAwAY.-A runaway on Lake. street
this morning created some excitement. A
man left his horse standing near the corner
of Water street without hitehing, a little girl
being on the seat. The horse took fright at
something and ran, but was fortunately
stopped by a man who chancsd to be crossing
the road, before running very far. The pro-
prietOr of the horse, who we are told is the
child's father, was greatly frightened by the
occurrence, which might have ended tragic
ally. It ought to be warning to him, and
TO all others, not to leave horse unhitched
in the street.
Year: 1863

A dispatch from New York states that the
Tribune of this morning alleges that our cav
airy, after brief engagement with the rebel
troops thereabout, took Culpeper Court House
day or two since.


Though we believe that no such informati
has been received here, (or in New York, we
shall not be surprised il this be true; insomuch
as, with the change in the weather occurring a
week ago, it is very likely that Generals Stone
man, Averill and PleaSanton would be likely
to extend the scope of their reconnoissances in
that direction, where it has for some time been
apparent that the rebels proposed to make no
stand, from the fact that they have been for
weeks fortifying the line Of the Rapidan, twelve
miles in its rear.
Year: 1863

The Chronicle thinks the humor of the remarks
by the Intelligencer on the rhetoric of Gen. Hal
leck's recent letter to the loyal leagues of New
York would have been more effective had its
malignIty been better concealed, and advises
military men to say nothing against sneaking
traitors or copperhead politicians if they wish
to escape the venom of q Gel ain class of Jour-
mails.


The Intelligencer argues that if there be any
wisdom in the military direction which pre-
sides over the war, the Union arms will soon
achieve decisive victories, and exhorts the Ad-
ministration by wisdom in devising its military
plans and selecting its agents to produce such
results as shall remove occasion for humiiia-
ting harangues to the people to support it.
Year: 1863

Decidedly Dayton's Boston Crackers, Wine
and Lemon Biscuit are the most exquisitely
Favored crackers art ever offered to appetite
They are the most delicious articles for
luncheon or tea that was ever turned out of
an oven. The banquet that lacks these crack
ers is incomplete. Let every family send
Immediately to their grocer for supply of
Dayton's Boston and Soda Crackers, Wine and
Lemon Biscuit, and Snaps. Let not your
grocer give you other goods for our Crackers,
which has been done in many instances, there
by injuring our reputation. Insist upon hav-
ing Dayton's Crackers, manufactured out of
the best family flour, sweet butter, and pure
milk
Year: 1863

HAVE TO COME TO 1.-THE chivalry have
always. affected the greatest aversion to the
Yankee dish OF baked beans, but in the present
food dearth they have to bring their unwilling
noses to the grindstone, and we find the Lynch
burg Firginton demonstrating elaborately that
pork and beans is the cheapest and most nu-
tritious food to be had. We shall next expect
to see the Confeds coming over to cod fish!
Year: 1863

a +44A4444Lls3 story.


The following was communicated by
Mr.. F. Merriam to the Portsmouth Jour
nal -


As early as 998, Errick Bande, an Ice
Iandic chief, fitted out an expedition of
twenty-five galleys at sentell, having
manned them with sufficient crews of colo
nists, set forth from Iceland to what ap-
peared a more congenial climate. They
sailed upon the ocean fifteen days, and they
saw no land. The next day brought with
it storm, and many gallant vessel sunk
in the deep. Mountains of ice covered the
water as far as the eye could reach, and
but few galleys escaped destruction.-
The morning of the seventeenth day was
clear and cloudless; the sea was calm, and
far away to the northward could be seen
the glare of the -iee-feds reAeessI = ~ =
sky. The remains of the shattered fleet
gathered together to pursue their voyage,
but the galley of Errick Rande was not
there.


The crew of the galley which was driven
further down than the rest, reported that
as the morning broke the large fields of
ice that had covered the ocean we're driven
by the current past them, and that they
beheld the galley of Errick Rande borne
by resistless force and speed of the wind
before a tremendous field Of ice her crew
had lost all control over her and they
we're tossing their arms in wild agony
Scarcely moment had elapsed before it
was walled in by hundred ice hills, and
the whole mass moved forward and was
soon beyond the horizon. That the galley
of the narrator escaped was wonderful, it
remained, however, uncontradicted, and
the vessel of Errick Rande was never more
seen. r


Half a century after that Danish colo
ny was established on the western coast of
Greenland The crew of the vessel which
carried the colonists thither, in their ex-
cursions INTO the interior, crossed range
of hills that stretched to The northward;
they had approached nearer to the pole
than any preceding adventures. Upon
looking down from the summit of the hills
they beheld a vast and and interminable
field of ice, uudulatng in various places,
and formed intoSa thousand grotesque
shapes.


They saw, not far from the shore, fig
ure of an iced vessel, with glittering icicles
instead of masts arising from it. Curios-
ity prompted them to approach, and they
beheld a dismal sight. Figures of men in
every attitude Of woe were upon the deck,
but they were icy things then; one fgure
alone stood erect, and with folded arms,
bearing against the mast. A hatchet was
procured, and the ice split away, and the
features of a chiefain disclosed, palid and
deathly and free from decay.


This was the vessel and that the figure
and form of Errick Rande Benumbed
with cold, and in the agony of despair, his
crew had fallen around him. The spray of
the ocean and the fogs had frozen, as it
lighted upon them, and covered each fig
ure with an icy robe, which the short lived
glance of Greenland sun had not time to
remove. The Danes gazsd upon the spec
tacle with trembling eyes. They know not
but the scene might be their fate They
knelt down upon the deck and muttered
prayer in their native tongue for the souls
of the frozen crew, then hurredly left the
place, for night was approaching
Year: 1863

The Louisville Journal very clearly sets
forth the position of the two parties in
Kentucky in the following paragraph


"The misdeeds of the administration the
Union party and the secession party both
condemn. The Union party condemns
those misdeeds with a resolution far deeper
and more earnest than that with which the
secession party condemns them. Every
member of the Union ticket is pledged stren-
uously to oppose them within the sphere of
his lawful power; and the pledge will be
faithfully redeemed While, however, the
Union party and the secession party agree
in cOndemning the misdeeds OF the admin
istratiOn, the two parties do not agree in
the manner of correcting those misdeeds
or rather, in the manner of dealing with
them, for the secession party cannot be
Justly said to intend their correction at all
The Union party holds that the first and
most imperative step is to maintain the
government and that the next step is to
elect conservative men to Congress, TO elect
a conservative President, to direct public
opinion with the utmost energy toward the
same general end, and, in a word, to do ev-
cry thing that can be done under the forms
of the government TO correct the admins
tration's misdeeds at the very earliest pos
sible hour In short, the Union party
would correct the administration by main
tanning the government, and by aiding in
all legitimate ways to put ii in the hands
of the conservatives of the country. Such
is the position of the Union party. The
secession party on the contrary, holds that
the first and most imperative step is to
withhold supplies from the government,
thereby placing it at the mercy of the re-
bellion and, as this step would insure the
triumph of the rebellion, there would be no
room for any further step. The first step in
the secession programme would be the last.
In Short the secession party would correct
the administration by destroying the gov
ernment. There is no form in which the
secession platform eau be fully stated which
does not logically come to this result Such
is the position of the secession party"
Year: 1863

THE INSANE IDEA OF A NEW UNION.
The proposition to change the Consti-
tuition and form new Union, after the pat
tern cut out by Wendell Phillips, Greeley
& Co., is gradually taking definite and
tangible shape 1t is substantially the po-
sition of John Brough and his supporters
in Ohio Brough declares in his public
speeches, that the Union must never be re-
stored With slavery in it as heretofore
What, then, remains but to remodel the
old or form a new Constitution, and dis
solve the old Union and go to work the
best way we can to manufacture a pew Re
public out of the ruins and fragments of
the old


Are politicians and members Of the Cab
met crazy, that they dare harbor such a
proposition? ? Have John Brough and his
political associates gone stark mad, that
they dare think of persuading the people
that the war must be prosecuted for such
an end as this 1t is not what our soldiers
went into the field to fight for, and they
never will fight for such purpose. 1t is
idle to dream Of it. The dead have fallen
and the living are fighting, or are ready
to fight, for the maintenance of the old
Constitution, and the restoration and pres
ervation Of the old Union, but never, new
er for new one formed to suit the Aboli-
tion fanatics, who helped the secessionsts
to involve the country in this desolating
and bloody war. The crazy demagogues
may as we'll be made to understand this
first as ast.-Ohio Statesman
Year: 1863

Ex-PREsIDENT fillmore ON THE MIG
GER IN THE WAR.-The New York World
publishes the following extract from a let
ter recently written by Ex-Presidsnt Fill
more: Enough of treason ard blood have
already been shed upon the negro question.
| am fully pursuaded that the unwise and
untimely agitation Of this subject gives
strength to the rebellion, and will cost mil
lions of dollars and thousands of lives
and that there is no hope for anything else
but to restore the Union as it was and the
Constitution as it is. That all efforts for
anything else, must end in abortion, anarchy
and dissolution"
Year: 1863

II is estimated by reliable authority
that before the next Congress assemblies,
from one hundred and fifty to two hundred
National Banks will have been organized
in the Northern States.
Year: 1863

A lady has displayed a new method
of shoplif'ing. She went into one of the
great silk MERGERS in New York, and
going up to sheepish looking man behind
a deserted counter, told him she had the
misfortune to drop her garter, and that:


in consequence, her stocking was falling
over her foot she requested him to ac-
commodate her with peico of red tape
and to allow her to put it on behind the
counter. The young man. blushing
crimson, instantly gave her the tape,
and in the most respectful manner vaca-
ted the dark side of the counter, and left
the lady, who at once helped herselfto
silk dress, which she tied under her
crinoine with the tape. She then came
forward and thanked the civil shopman
and vanished. When tho man retured
to his quarters he found the dress gone,
and instantly knew he had been rot bed +,
but too latc-the garter lady was out of
light.