smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

The following crop items We gather


from our exchanges throughout the State:


B. Burnett, Esq, living near Rienzi, gives


us the result OF an experiment made by him
this season, in wheat raising. A piece of


land was selected ofthe most barren quality,


upon this land thirty bushels of cotton seed
were soWn per acre, then the wheat in the
ordinary way, and turned under with a


turning plow. His crop is now ready for


harvesting, and it is reckoned twenty BUSH


els of good wheat per acre will be gathered.
l-Corinth News.


The crops in our section are very promis-
ing, from what we learn from the farmers.
The corn crop looks fine and bids fair to
excel any made since the war, and the cot
ton too, is in very prosperous condition.
1t has been slightly injured by the late


spring, but not enough to produce any ma
terial harm. The negroes as a general thing,
have quit trusting ia the tales that have been
| so industriously piled to them, and have
gone to work in a manner that is truly wor-
| thy.-Meadville Journal.


The fine weather for the past ten DAYS has
! put on the faces of our farming population


more cheerful appearance. The cotton


nevertheless looks sickly and the stands as q
general thing is very Indifferent. Corn
| looks very promising. but good rain would
be of an incalculable benefit to both crops
| Wheat is now being cut in many localities,
4 "


rust.-Fayette Chronicle.


Experienced planters tell us that there
never was a better prospect for crops than
| the present season. While it is true that the
crops are very small, yet the stand is good


AID the ground in the most perfect order.
| If the remainder is favorable, heavy crop
will be made.-WinstOn Bulletin.
The weather for the past few days has


been rainy, and has somewhat revived the
cotton crop, and the chances are favorable
| for good yield. Other crops are looking


well.-Panola Star.


Rain has been falling very near all the
| past week, and it is feared considerable
damage has been done to what little of the
cotton crop survived the previous bad


weather.-Hernando Press.


The showers OflatR have revived the crops


to great extent; cotton is looking remark


aoly well, but the worms have injured the
| corn.-Crystal Springs Herald.


From nearly every section of Marshall
county, We hear good reports of the corn
and cotton crops. Corn is growing rapidly,


and the stand is good. The stand of cotton


is not as good as that of last year, yet plan


ters are hopeful of good yield. Wheat


will soon begin being harvested. We are
glad to learn that there is more wheat in the
ground than at any period since the war,
and that the yield will be much larger
Holly Springs Reporter.
Year: 1869

Work for fhe Wonah of Jume.


Crops of all kinds are growing rapidly
now, and the surface of the ground should
be stirred as often as possible, to make
the growth continuous and uniform. No
weed. or spear of grass should be allowed
a foothold In the field, where it may con-
tend successfully with the corn, cotton,
DC, for the nutritious elements of the
soil. The crab-grass that comes up IN
May being the most troublesome, especial
care should be taken to get rid of any
which NAV have escaped up to this time.
The constant pulverizing of the surface,
acts very much like mulching, preventing
the evaporation of moisture, and keeping
the suns heat from penetrating to the
roots of the plants. Where anything
like full crop is planted, frequent stir
ring of the surface can only be accom-
plished by using plows like Dickson's
sweep, or a harrow, or cultivator, which
cut so wide furrow, that a plowman
may pass over ground very rapidly.


Where a mixed crop of cotton and
small grain is cultivated, (Which is the
prevailing custom at the South very
nice judgment and management are re-
quired to keep the hoed crops from suf-
fering, from the interruption of regular
work attendant upon the harvest. The
use of reaping machines will lesson much
the difficulty alluded to; and we trust the
time is not far distant when these time
and labor-saving implement will be uni
versally used at the South.


Field peas should be planted now as
soon as practicable. If this is delayed
till next month, they may not ripen well
before frost. Where the object is 10 make
hay, or to enrich the land by turning the
vines under, peas may be sown as late as
the middle Of next month, but as dry
weather may interfere with their coming
up, or with their growth, it is not advisa-
bic to defer planting too late.
Year: 1869

The London Star of May 18th publish
es a letter from w. j. Lindsay, who IN
the House of Commons moved the recog-
milton of the Southern Confederacy. His
object is to show that the Ministry and
Ministerial party had no sympathy with
his motion. He says with regard to this
point:


l can most conscientiously " state that so
far as regards my offensive" acts, the
Government was no party to them. On
the contrary, when my motion appeared
was urged by various members of the
administration to withdraw it, in case its
appearance on the paper of the House
might give offense to the North, or induce
the South to prolong the war, under the
impression that England was about to re-
cognize their independence. Nor did l
receive the slightest encouragement from
any of the leading members of the Oppo-
sition; and | am convinced that, had L
submitted my motion for the considera-
ton of the Commons, should not have
secured fifty votes out of six hundred and
fifty members, nor perhaps half that num-
Der, Therefore, l took no action upon
it, / cannot suppose that any other in
dependent member would have had any
better success, for when Mr. Roebuck at-
forwards submitted similar motion it
was received with so little favor that he
did not attempt division. On all sides,
and especially ON the part of the Govern
ment, there was a determination not to
interfere between the contending parties,
or take any steps likely to offend either
of the belligerents. In the face Of such
facts as these Mr.. Sumner is surely not
justified in charging this country with
hostile feelings towards the United States.
If he is, what will Spain say to the adop-
ton by Congress of Mr.. Banks motion in
favor of the recognition of the rebels of
Cuba, who have no form of Government
and no army, but are as yet the merest
rabble?
Year: 1869

Pour boiling water over your berries;
let them stand until cold; then mash the
berries, strain through cloth, and add
two pounds of sugar to every gallon; mix
sugar and juice thoroughly, and let it
stand for eight days; then strain again;
dissolve an ounce of isinglass to six gall
Ions wine, mix in before sotting away for
nan
Year: 1869

LIVER COMPLAINT CURED BY SIM
MONS REGULAroR.-The symptoms of liver
complaint are uneasiness and pain in the
side. Sometimes the pain is In the shoulder
and is mistaken for rheumatism. The stom-
ach is effected with loss Of appetite aAd sick
ness, bowels in general costive, sometimes
alternate, with lax. The head is troubled
with pain, and dull, heavy sensation, consid-
cradle loss of memory, accompanied with
painful sensation of having left undone
something which ought to have been done.
Often complaining Of weakness, debility,
and low spirits; sometimes some Of the
above symptoms attend the disease, and at
other times very few Of them, but the liver
Is generally the organ most involved. Cure
the liver with Simmons Regulator, and all
viii be well.
Year: 1869

REMEDY FOR CoLIc IN HORSES.
Il. Howell, Shiloh, New Jersey: 'In
response to request, made some time
since, will give you an unfailing remedy
for the collie In horses. / have seen it
tried in the worst cases, and never saw it
fail to give instant relief. 1t is simply the
application of hot cloths. Take a piece
of carpet, blanket, or any thick material,
large enough to cover the horse from his
fore to his hind legs, and from his spine
to the floor, as he lies; wiring it out of
hot water as hot as you can possibly
handle it. You need not fear scalding
the animal. Apply this to the animal
and cover it with similar dry cloth. As
soon as the heat diminishes much, dip
the wet cloth again in hot water. This
plan viii, within an hour, cure the worse
case Of colo. New York Suns Report
of Farmers Club.


= ANoTHER-Take one pint of whisky,
half gill of spirits of turpentine, and
half q gill of spirits Of camphor. Dilute
these ingredients In water sufficient to fill
quart bottle. Use it as a drench, and
it viii afford relief in ten minutes.
Year: 1869

y


Radical.


was writing and making notes in the
library of Congress three weeks ago, and
while most busily engaged, shadow from
behind fell upon my table. Thinking it
was some friend privileged to take the
liberty, l did not look up for some sec
onds or minutes. The hand from behind
picked up a second, and so forth, and
finally turned round, irritated. There
stood a total stranger large, political
like, coarse-grained, impudent-eyed man
-coolly reading my manuscript. 1t was
so outrageous violation of deeency, and
so rascally liberty, that felt the blood
go up my face like the hosting of the
British standard. s'Is that your concep-
ton of manners, SIR" l said to the man.
He looked at me like a stone with smile
ON it, for few minutes, and then said,
with a contemptuous voice: 'My God!
reckon everything here is public property,
amt it? l reckon faint no use to put ON
airs here, be it? l guess not" Not
deigning me another word, this Republi-
can genius went round the circuit of all
the tables, peering in the notes and pages
of every reader, lady or man, and at the
end, giving me halfdefiant, yet impress
sive look, went out at foundering stride.
Two days afterward, saw this man,
walking between two Senators, go into the
White House. A few days days ago he
was pointed out to me as the man who
had captured valuable revenue office in
one of the Southern States. l. it not
manifest that such beings, contributed to
the South as instances of Northern breed
ing, should make the people there harden
toward us? And it is just that class of
men who want permission, in their own
vernacular, to ride rough-shod over
rebels" compel social association, and do
brutality in the name of freedom. Cor
Chicago Tribune, Radical.
Year: 1869

Tax a large handful OF tender mint,
take the leaves from the stem, chop them
fine, then add teacup of sugar and tea
cup of the best wine vinegar.


crTRoN PUDDING.


Take one pound of butter, one of su-
gar, mix well, take three quarters of a
pound of citron chopped fine, seven eggs;
mix all well together and bake in paste;
lhirty minutes to bake.
BEEFsTEAK.


Take a large, tender beefsteak, pound
it, and season with pepper and salt, and
| two onions cut up fine; put it in your
pan and set it by the fire where it will
have strong heat, but do not let it burn;
let it remain two hours; covered closely;
serve it IN its own gravy. You will find
this an excellent way.


FRENCH METHOD OF PURIFYING RANCID
BUTTER.
Let the butter be melted and scumn1ed,
as for clarifying, then put into it piece
of bread toasted all over. In a minute
or two the butter viii lose its offensive taste
and smell, but the bread viii become per-
fectly fetid.


ONION AND CUCUMBER PICKLE,
To two dozen cucumbers take eight on
ions. slice both thin, sprinkle salt ON them
and let them stand twenty-four hours;
drain them, put them in the jar, and put
bags of all kinds of spice in the jar; then
cover with boiling vinegar.
Year: 1869

President Grant, Secretary Fish and Judge
Pierpont had conference on Saturday, at
the residence Of Secretary Fish, on the Hud,
son, on the subject of the recent seizure Of
Spanish gunboats. Judge Pierpont inform.
ed the reporters it had been agreed to allow
matters to remain as they we're at present
aud the President would hold a cabinet
meeting for the discussion of the subject on
Tuesday.
Year: 1869

1t is believed the most important subject
which will engage the attention Of the Cab.
net on Tuesday next will be our relations
with Spain concerning Cuba, when it is
probable there will be full discussion Of
further instructions to our Minister at Mad.
Year: 1869

TWICE MARRIKD-There is a curiors bill
now pending in the Legislature of Kentucky.
IL 10 TO legalize the MARI age of Dr. M. II.
Thorp and Josephine Harvey, although the
lady has former husband still living from
whom she has never been divorced. This for.
mer spouse was Confederate officer, and was
universally believed to have been killed in the
battle Of Stone River. Some ten months after
that event the lady was married anew to Dr.
Thorp, and was living in felicity with him
when suddenly the dead husband reappeared
upon the stage OF life. Like a perfect gentle.
man he maze NO disturbance, but offered the
lady the choice between himself and her second
and newer partner. She chose the latter and
Mr.. Harvey gave his consent and blessings
But this did not suffice to render the marriare
legal, and for this purpose the parties have
gore to the legislature. Whether the desired
relief will be given is rather doubtful, as the
the bill
Year: 1869

TERRIBLE DKATH.-A eolored man met with
an awful death in the eighborhood of New
Paris, KY, few nights since. A neghbor
white man, had killed his hogs and lef, them
ont at night The negro undertook to steal one,
and was In such hurry TO secure the pork
that he forgot TO remove the gambrei stick. To
reach his home 1t was necessary to cross a
ftnce. In doing so he placed the hog OF the top
rsil and 1t Is supposed that il slipped-at any
rate the negro's head WINS caught in the opentn ne
of the hind legs, and his neck was broken by
the stick. He was found next morning dead
the hog on one side Of the fence and he on the
other, with his head fast as described
Year: 1869

an awful racket among tho furniture.


began to feel that | was urgently wante,


at home, but was in for it and coul


not help myself. Three or four fellow


then seized me, and with a demoniaca
laugh pitched me on the animals back


telling me, at the same time, to look ou
for squalls. have been in a good man,


scrapes, Mr.. Editor, have been in al


election fight; I've been pitched out o


four story window; I've gone down il


a railroad collision, and up in a steam


boat explosion; but this little goat ex


cursion was ahead of them all The


confounded thing must be all wings and


horns. 1t bumped me against the table


and chairs, and the stove and the ceiling


but l hung on like Trojan. | turned
front somersaults, and rolled over till
thought it was all over with me. was
jnst on the point of giving up when the
bandage fell from my eyes, and the goat
bounded through the window with yell
like Camanche Indian giving up the
ghost I was in a Lodge of Masons.
They were dancing war dance around
big skull, and playing leap frog, and
turning hand springs, and the big fat
fellow of the ante-room was standing on
his head in the corner, finishing the con-
tents of my little bottle. Order was
soon restored, and I was led up to desk
and told to stand at my ease The chief
Engineer of the esta ablishment then put
his thumb to his nose, and stretching
out his fingers in the shape of a fan to-
wards me, commanded silence. The
rest Of the brethren did likewise and
We're silent. The Governor then address,
ed me: Brother knobb, you are now
one of us. You are now member of
an institution that has lasted over ten
millions of years. From this time for
ward your constitution is sound. You
are impervious to light and heat, or any
other atmospheric influence. You are
waterproof, tre-proof, and over.proof
With impunity you may walk through
tie lake, or sit on red hot stove; with
impunity drink aquafortis, rye whiskey,
Walloo Bitters, Or any other poisonous
substance. You are free from rheuma-
tism, dyspepsia, whooping-cough, or the
measles. The Sheriff dare not seize you
for debt, nor the policeman arrest you
for misdemeanor. You are one of US and
you are safe. Here is the pass word
with that and big club you can get
into any lodge in Christendom." I then
took the oath on a pack Of cards, stood
the whiskey and water all the way
round, and [ was Mason.
Year: 1869

Some enthusiastic Frenchman once


declared the human leg to be the most
philosophical of all studies. "Show me
the leg, said Gautler, and will judge


the mind, " and it does seem quite as
natural that the limb should indicate the
disposition, as the shade of hair should
indicate the temperament.


What sloth, for instance, does an obese
limb betray' What a shrew is the pos
SCISSOR of limb like walking stick
But what gentlewoman is she of the
arched instep, the round ankle and the
graceful pedestal, swelling to perfection
and modulating to ligLtLrss!! What dog
ged obstinacy the stumpy leg with the
knotted calf exhibits? What an irreso-
lutte soul does the lanky limb betray
How we'll the strong ankle intimates the
firm purpose-how the fiat ankle reveals
the vacant mind.


Young men about to marry-observe:


Tie dark girl, with large leg, will
become tat thirty, and lie abed reading
novels till midday. The brunette with
slender, very slender limbs, will worry
your soul out with jealousy. The olive
skinned maid, with a pretty rounded
leg, will make you happy. The blonde
with large limbs will degenerate at thir-
ty five into the possession of pair of
ankles double the natural size and afflict-
ed with rheumatism. The tair-haired
damsel with thin limbs will get up at
half past five in the morning to scold the
servants, and will spend her nights talk
ing scandal over tea. The liz ght rosy
girl, with sturdy, muscular, we'll turn
ed leg, will be just the girl for you.


If you can find red-haired girl, with
a large limb pop the question at once!


The short lady should always possess
a slender limb; the tall lady should pos
sess large and ample one. These are
the rules to observe IN making your
choice! We do not make them. Nature
has established them, and we merely an
nounce them for the benefit of mankind.


No doubt these hints are reliable and
The prevailing fashion makes them quite
practical and available.
Year: 1869

It is seldom pleasant to tell on one S
self, but sometimes it is sort of relief to
a man to make sad confession. | wish


TO unburden my mind now, and yet
almost believe that | am moved to do it
more because l long to bring censure
upon another man than because I desire
to pour balm upon my wounded heart.
( | don't know what balm is, but | be-
lieve 1t is the correct expression to use in
this connection-never having seen any
balm.) You may remember that lee
tured in Newark lately for the young
gentlemen of the Clayonian Society? l
did, at any rate. During the afternoon
Year: 1869

Golden and glowing i'll the distant west
The sun sinks slowly down along the sky
Its dying glories, streaming brightly. rest
Upon each cloud that floats majestic by,
Aud the bold mountains towering proud and


Thigh,
And bathed in radiant light; woodland and


lea
With no less beauty crowned, afar and nigh,
Smile in their gladness as each ancient tree
Waves its green leaves and boughs to sreezes


Tight and free.
Year: 1869

This long tried and popular Remedy is again called to the attention of the public. As often as the year rolls around. the proprietors make their bow an ually to the people, and remind them that amongst the many things required for the health, comfort and sustspancs of the family through the long and tedious moHths of winter. Goes Cough Balsam should not be forgotten. For years 1t has been household medicine and mothers anxious for the safety of their children. and sll who suffer from any disease of the throat, chest and lungs, cannot afford to be without it. In addition to the or dinary four ounce so long in the market, we now furnish our mammoth family size bottles

 which will, in common with the other size, be found at all Drug Stores. -;-l5 st.i-~ q-
Year: 1869

By its charter. the company is permitted to issue it's own First Mortgage Bonds to the same amount as the Government Bonds, and no more. These bonds are a first mortgage upon the entire road and all its equipments.

 They have thirty years to run, at six per cent, by special contract and both
Year: 1869

Do not delay procuring and immediately taking Goes Cough Balsam, when troubled with any of the above named difficulties. They and if not arrested, will sooner or later sweep you away into the valley of shadows from which none can eyer return.
Year: 1869

one, when the first shock is over, ac-
quiesces in his doom, and gives him
/ self to repentance; the heart of the
other, filled with rebellion against
mans injustice, can scarce bring itself
to ask pardon Of God.


81 had gradually overcome this
feeling. in spite of the good clergy
mans irritating efforts, which were
mainly directed towards extracting q
confession, without which. he assured
me he had no hope 10 offer.
| "On the morning of the day fixed
for my execution, l felt measurably
resigned. l had SO long stood face to
face with death, had so accustomed
myself to look upon it as a mere mo-
mentary pang, that l no longer felt
solicitous, save that my memory
should one day be vindicated.


She for whom had gone to pre-
pare home, had already found one
in heaven. The tidings of my calam-
ity had broken her heart. She alone
! of all the world believed me innocent !;
and she had died with a prayer on her
lips that the truth might some day be
brought to light.


ssAII this l had heard, and it had
soothcd as with sweet incense my
troubled spirit Death, however un-
welcome the shape, was now portal
beyond which 1 could see one angel
waiting to receive me.


81 heard the sound of approaching
footsteps, and nerved myself to meet
the expected summons. The door OF
my cell opened, and the sheriff and
his attendants entered. lie held in
his hand paper. 1t was doubtless
my death warrant. He began to read
it. My thoughts were busted else
where. The words full and free par
dom were the first to strike my pre-
occupied senses. They affected the
bystanders more than myself. Yet so
it was; l was pardoned for an offense
l had never committed.


''The real culprit, none other, it is
needless to say, than he who had
sought and abused my hospitality,
had been mortally wounded in re-
cent affray i'll a distant city, but ha d
lived long enough to make a disclo-
sure. which had been laid before the
Governor barely in time to save me
from shameful death, and condemn
me to cherries and burdensome life.


"This is my experience. My judg-
ment as yours, in the case before us,
leads to but one conclusion, that ofthe
prisoners guilt; but not less confident
and apparently unerring was the judg-
ment that falsely pronounced my
own"


We nolonger importuned our fel-
low-juror, but patiently awaited our
discharge on the ground of inability
to agree, which came at last.


The prisoner was tried, and at the
last moment confessed his crime on
the scaffold.