smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1868

Again we will urge that, had the
proper and lawful steps been taken at
the close Of the war, righteous amnes-
restored, what glorious con-
trast would have been presented, COM
pared with our doleful situation now.
The people throughout the length and
breadth of the land would have shouted
amen and ,amen-bonfres would have
blazed from every city and hamlet in
the broad land. while hosannahs of
peace, happiness and Union forever,
would have been waited by every
breeze to the uttermost parts of the
earth.
Agricultural and commercial activity
would, ere this, have gladdened the
"Sunny South" and lightened the bur-
dens of the North. l9


Fr iendly interminglings and friendly
relations would have healed the wounds
incurred during the war. and washed
from memory that bitterness and hatred
of one section of our country against
another. attempted to be engendered and
fostered by those who seek to destroy
rather than to save. q ~ -. .l,.e5- I


The soldiers of our armies would have
gladly sanctioned this happy restora-
tion of the Union, for it was the accom-
plishment of that purpose for which
they shouldered arms; the pledges of
Congress and the pledges of the people
would have been redeemed, while we
would have shown to Europe and the
world that magnanimity, as well as the
power of self preservation, dwells in the
Republic.
Still there is hope, and we must never
despair of the Republic while hope is
left. -,


The events of the past year have
greatly encouraged the friends of con-
stitutional liberty everywhere.


Cheerfulness again begins to brighten
the faces of our people and they are
growing eager for the day, when in their
might they shall bury Radicalism so
deep, that our once fair land, which now
reels beneath its iron tread, shall know
it no more forever.


We feel that


There is blood enough in our plains and valleys.
~ There Is sorrow enough in our striken land;


There is want enough in our lanes and alleys,
We should reach to each other the clasping hand.
And now, my friends, let us bear in
mind that the gallant Democracy, who,
all through the dark days of the Repub-
lie, have kept the fires of constitutional
liberty burning, have before them q
great political battle, in which, with
Ohio's honored son as our standard.
bearer, those pure principles Of constitu
tional Government which the De
mocracy hold dear, and for which the
great revolutionary struggle of the fa
theirs was fought, are again, with the
help of the people against the wicked
to be put in the ascendancy, and restore
and perpetuate the Union forever.
Year: 1868

A recent number of the London


Times paints the following pleasant
picture of this Irish city Dublin,
though capable of much improvements, is
quite as well adapted for spectacles of all
kinds as London. Its bay is magnificent !;
its river very pretty; its park four times
as large as Hyde Park, and four times as
beautiful; its public buildings, if any
thing, are a little too ambitious; its cath
cdral is large enough to scat three thous-
and, and handsome enough to have Just
now cost hundred thousand pounds in
restoration; its streets and squares are
laid out better than our own its railways
are numerous, good, and well managed :;
its suburban scenery is enchanting and
even grand; its atmosphere healthy, plea
SAINT, and clear its markets are excellent
and its Crystal Palace, where the Royal
visitors will open grand ball in a few days,
is in the city instead of being eight miles
off. You may spend a long day in the most
beautiful mountain or seaside scenery be-
tween breakfast and dinner in Merrion
square or st. Stephens green"
Year: 1868

RAFr1Ne.-The lumber business on the
Susquehanna river is still quite brisk. The
recent rains, which have been as general
in the northern section Of the State as they
have been in this vicinity, have caused a
rise in allthe branches, giving the lumber
men an ample opportunity Of getting their
lumber and timber to market. The river
is still in good rafting order from its head
down to tide water. On Thursday we no.
ticed a great many RATS going through to
tide water, Intended for the City markets.
We have not any information concerning
the price of timber but, .understsnd it is
about three cents less per cubic foot than it
was last year W'igktsuiRe Star.
Year: 1868


o lay me to rest when the sun is low,


When he dips his rim meath the golden west,
When the crimson fires of sunset glow,
al lay me to rest o lay me to rest.
O lay me to rest at the twilight hour,


When the shadows flee at the days decline,
When silence reigns with her magic power,
And hallows the lonely sleeper's shrine
O lay me to rest when the stars look down
With glitterng sheen from their thrones on high
When the winds are lull & the stOrmking' IS frown
No longer affrightens the placid sky.
o lay me to rest in the green-woods shade,
Far away from the haunts of busy men
Far away from the busy marts. of trade,
Where naught shall disturb my repose again.
o lay me to rest in the forests gloom,


Where the night-brd, free from the solar ray,
Her vigils shall keep o er my lowly tomb,
And chant her wild song till the morning gray.
q o lay me to rest till the "proms'd time'
Shall summon away all the truly blest-
Till the funeral knell of earth shall chime,
Then, lay me to rest-forever to rest
Year: 1868

THE FooTHlLLs FOR VINEYARDs.-The
Folsom Telegraph says: The only safe place
TO invest in lands is in the foothills. Any
quantity can be purchased from the Rail
road Company, at two dollars and fifty cents
per acre, beyond the limits Of tidal waves aud
earthquakes, and in no danger of the bottom
falling out, or the top being shaken Oft Ey.
s,y man should invest his money where it
will be safe aud increase rapidly. The vine
lands in Europe are the most valuable lands
in the world. and if they raise FIVE pounds Of
grapes to . vine, they think the product
is magnificent, whils in California vines
range from thirty to sixty pounds per vine.
Here the time is rapidly coming when the
vine lands will be the most valuable lands in
the State. Now is the Tina to invest A
year from now i, will be too late.
Year: 1868

SEALED PROPOSALS FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE
- and timber Of the submerged foundations
of the old bridge at the terminus OF the Third avenu:, a
len, will be received by the Commissioners OF Harlem
Bridge at the Office of toe Morgan Iron Works, until Thurs
day p NJ June %. The removal TO be made to depth OF
twenty feet below low the party making the removal
the material rsmoved Security for the faithful
formance of be offered and the time for
peng work speci.sd The Commission The right
10 reject any Dr all of the proposals.
Year: 1868

The Austin (Nev.) Repeille of June 13
gives the following description of this for
midable and dreadful plague.


Utah is not only plagued with locusts, but
with an insect called the "elephant beetle"
A reliable person who returned from the
neighborhood of Salt Lake last week saw
myriads of them covering the earth with
their shining, brawnish black bodies, and
destroying everything which they met in
their path. Even small animals, he was
informed by the i'll fated residents, did not
escape the voracity of the horees: their
bodies were crowded upon, and worried !,
and wounded cruelty with powerful anten
nae until they fell down exhausted by
their struggles and loss of blood, when
they were fastened upon by thousands and
deyoured. The entire carcass of sheep
was eaten and the bones picked clean in
two minutes and quarter; and
it is said that dead OK would be COB
bled up in quarter of an hour. So fer
ocious are these giant beetles that mothers
are afraid to let their children 60 out of
house unattended bya grown person. In
the frequent bloody contests the wounded
are devoured on the instant. Our in
formant says they are about four inches
long, with legs three inches long; their
antenne are stiff, sharp, and full four in-
ches long; they have short tail armed
with powerful horn, and their shells are
so hard that the weight of a man scarcely
will crush them. They are very frisky at
times and jump with the agility of fcas.
No other species of the beetle possesses
their faculty of utteringa a loud sound,
which, made by thousands Of them at
once, resembles the braying of band of
jackasses. Their noise terrified the horses
of our informant and his companion, who
could not be kept upon the plain, so great
was their fright. On one occasion while
they were riding in valley that was black
with beetles, and crushing them under
their horses hoofs, when their hard cases
would crack with report like rife, the
fierce insects showed a disposition to at
tack the horses, and fairly drove them
out of the field. We were informed that
scientific man in Salt Lake City was
collecting specimens of this formidable
elephant beetle for transmission to vari-
Gus learned institutions of the country.
Year: 1868

The Astors will probably hold their prop
erty for many generations 10 come. Will
liam B. was trained by his father to the style
of business which had gained his fortune and
increased it. Since the death of John Jacob
Astor the business has been conducted in
the same style that marked il before he died.
William b. Astor has two sons, John Jacob
and William B. jr. They have been care
fully trained 10 the same style of business
that distinguished their father aud grandfa-
ther. In the little one-story building on
Prince street, looking like small Jail with
the iron bars in front, the father and two
sons can be seen daily taking care of their
immense estate. The sons are quiet and re-
ticent like their ather. No bank clerk goes
to his business more steadily than do they.
At given hour in the morning they enter
their office, At given hour, arm in arm,
they walk down Broadway to Wall street.
Between two and three they can be seen re-
turning from their down town Office. They
are seldom separate. They are capable, in
dustrious. economical and pre-eminently de-
voted to business. Should their father die
to morrow, everything would be taken up
just where he left it, and all his plans would
be carried out, nor would any change be
mode in the mode of doing things during
their lifetime, The utmost care was taken
of their uncle John Jacob, who died the 9TH
er day. Every wish of his father in regard
to him was scrupulously carried out. His
fine residence on Fourteenth street, with its
garden occupying whole square, with his
coaches and horses, were preserved to hin
to the last. 1t is rare that three generation.
ofmen exhibit such characteristics Thrown
into Offices, its commanding position would
make the Astor House source of revenue
such as it can never become as hotel. But
the wishes of the founder though dead, sti
prevail, and a hotel il will be, probably, du
ring the lifetime of its present owner.-Bos
| ton Journal
Year: 1868

'"My brave fellow, where are you hit ?"-
His eye Enclosed for moment, as he faint
ly answered: "Almost at the top" "No
no, my good man, whereabouts are you
wounded 7" Again his dying eye open.
ed, again his pale lips moved, and he
whispered 81 was almost at the top, sir,
bearing the flag, when the shell struck
me. One moment more and | should
have been clear up" He gave one gasp,
and his brave spirit was gone forever


Exclamations.


"And so, dear friends, it is with us to-
day. We are almost at the top. In faith
and love we have CARRIED the dear old
flag for four long years of struggle, un-
til now we are above the clouds, fighting
as Joe. Hooker fought up in the clear
sunlight Of absolute justice and right
Only once more close up the ranks. On
ly once more pass up the mountain
slope, and we shall plant our dear old flag
clear up on the mountain top of final
victory for liberty and the rights of man"


Let any true soldier, or soldiers friend,
or lover his country, read the above, and
then vote for Horatio Seymour, if he
can!
Year: 1868

TO a pint of water add thirty drops
(about half teaspoonfuD of liquid chlo-
ride of lime. Wash in this two and
half pounds of rancid butter When
every proticle of rancid butter has come
in contact with the water, let it stand an
hour or two; then wash it well in pure
water. The butter is then left without
any odor, and has the sweetness of fresh
butter. These preparations of lime have
nothing injurious in them.


We copy the above from one of our ex-
changes, the editor of which says:


"We forthwith obtained some of the
most rancid butter, and it was bad enough
for any stomach that had more sensibility
than wagon wheel. We doctored it as
per recipe, and when placed on the table
along with the new, good butter, very
able judges could not distinguish which
was the new butter. Here is fact worth
a years subscription to a paper"
Year: 1868

The best time to buy farm is in August
and September, for then the poor spot appear


One of the best farms in Kansas is the Cover
nors. His wheat crop amounts to 10000 bush
els.


The farming land of Nebraska increases in
value at the rate of million dollars a month.


June l, in Australia, grapes and apples were
gathered, and Winter had set in.


1t is said that cattle can be raised best on
sand stone, and fattened best on lime stone land.


The only animal if it is an animal, which
will eat the Colorado potato-bug and not get
sick is the striped snake.


In hot weather milk is worth more fed to
calves, which are TO be cows and oxen, than
made into butter.


A single pair of caterpillars, if let alone, will
strip the leaves from a young orchard in a few
weeks. They need as much watching as politi-
clans.


Now that the wheat crop in Australia has
failed, they propose growing hops to use up
what little barley they may raise.


An acre of fresh water is more profitable for
fish growing than ten acres of good soil fol
grain growing.


Western wool-growers get five cents pound
for their wool more than Eastern growers, be-
cause they make so many complaints.


The Pennsylvania Agricultural College hai
only 13 students and it is failure. Other
like colleges fail, and all because they have nc
teachers who understand farming.
Year: 1868

The Southern Vindictaor of Pine Bluff.
Ark, warns the people of that State,
"not to be misled by lying Radical ennis
saries." 1t says:


We desire our Democratic friends to,be
wary how they listen to the voice of the.
Radical press. Since the Presidential
nomination a movement has been set on
foot to prejudice the Southern mind
against Gen, Blair. 1t is published for
the country that he is the individual who,
when Postmaster General, refused to al
low Democratic papers to come South
This is vile fabrication an election trick
to carry out their infamous plan to further
persecute US. 1t was Montgomery and,
not Frank P. Blair who was the corrupt
Postmaster General.


How will Montgomery Blair like the
compliments of his present bed-fellows? !?
And what will Frank think of this attack
upon his brother?
Year: 1868

4 Shrewd Southern editor says "The
popularity of Seymour and Blair is some
thing like the fever and ague-it cannot
be found in any place where particular
inquiry is made for it. In the settle
ments, where the Shakes" are supposed
to have lodgment, the people inform in.
quircrs that they do not have them there,
but the inhabitants of another place
which they designate have them "awful.
ly." So Eastern Democrats declare that
their ticket, though not strong here, has
great popularity in the West and Wes-
tern Democrats, while confessing to Dem.
ocratic disappointment in that section say
that their ticket will run we'll in the
East.
Year: 1868

James Parton, in an article on Pack
ards Monthly, entitled "Don't be mere
Money Machine" says: "Among twenty
men who can make fortune you will
hardly find more than one who can found
a family. 1t is when 1 think of the chill
dren of the men who are called successful,
that feel how profoundly foolish those
men among us are who devote their whole
time and the whole force of their natures
to business. How strange to expend life
in accumulating the means of living, and
forget to live!'
Year: 1868

Recent explorations show Northern Mime
sofa to be perhaps the most remarkable slate
region in the world. The slate ridge is some
twenty odd miles in length and six in width
In one place are mounds of slate Governing a
large extent of territory, which have the APP
pearance of a city, there being streets, houses,
and towers of regular shape, the whole presen-
ting most singular and interesting appearance.
At one point in the ST. Louis river is large
island of pure, workable slate, towering above
the surface of the stream to hight of seventy
five feet
Year: 1868

A fond father the other day, wishing
to form an alliance between his stupid son
aud a fine young lady of his acquaintance,
sent him to her mother with the follow
ing note:


Dear Madam Allow me to present
my Bill for your acceptance"


The lady sent the spoouy back to his
father with the following reply:


"Dear Sir: Your Bill is vetoed"
Year: 1868

A little uptown FIVE year old, who was
hungry one night recently just at bed
time, but didn't want to ask directly for
something more to eat put the PROPOSE
ton in this way, "Mamma are little child
rem who starve to death, happy after they
die l' A good big slice of bread and
butter was the answer. R
Year: 1868

As person was shooting swallows at
Osbaldick few days ago, he fred at and
wounded one, which fell as its wing was
broken, to within few feet Of the earth,
when another swallow few directly un.
derneath, and bore it gently up. After
having attained considerable elevation,
the bird underneath withdrew its sup.
port bat finding that the bird was sink.
ing again to the earth, it resumed its sta.
tion, and once more raised it in the air
This was done several times, till at last
the bird Aow away, as if it had not been
hurt at all-its companion followed. This
is as remarkable an instance of attach.
ment aud sympathy in the feathered tribe
as we ever heard of.
Year: 1868

Dissolve as much common washing soda as
the water will take up; wash the warts with
this for minute or two, and let them dry
without wiping. Keep the water in a bottle and
repeat the washing often, and it will take away
the largest warts.
Year: 1868

At the time when the incident am
about to relate occurred, the grave, dig
nifed physician, SO we'll known to the
upper class New York public as DR.. s.,
was somewhat hair-b Drained medical
student, living in one room on the Sec
ond floor of house in secluded street
equally devoted to his pipe and his pro-
fession, and contriving to combine very
fast living with very hard work.


Dick s., as we called him then,
was in the last year of his studies, when
he received letter from an old school
chum who had graduated at Oxford, in
forming him Of the glorious fact that
he was "double first and inviting
him to join in a jollifcation" in honor
of the event. The jollifcation lasted
two days, and on the third Dick returned
to town in company with two fellow stu
dents, in so happy frame of mind that
he found it impossible to resist an invi-
tation to one bumper at parting in their
rooms. The one bumper was frequent
ly repeated, after which ceremony the
two friends determined to see Dick home
which they did in the smallest hours,
soothing the nocturnal slumbers of
their neighbors with melodious an
nouncements that they wouldn't go
home "till daylight did appear" Un-
der these circumstances it is not won
derful that Dicks hand was rather un-
steady, and that he experienced slight
difficulty in finding the hole in which to
insert his latch-key. To his astonish-
ment, however, the door suddenly open
ed, and he was half blinded by the fash,
right in his eyes, of bulls eye lantern,
behind which he dimly discerned the
majestic figure of grave looking po-
liceman, by whose side his landlord, a
little tailor, stood shivering in very
uudigni6ed manner.


"What's the row, Scissors?" said
Year: 1868

GENTLE FoLKs.-The young lady
who let's her mother do the ironing for
fear of spreading her hands; the miss
who wears thin shoes on rainy day;
and the young gentleman who is asbam-
ed to be seen walking with his father.
Year: 1868

The New York German address. Just is.
sued, strikes the keynote of the campaign
when it declares:


"Strip the kernel of the coverings in
which sophistry has disguised it and YOU
will find the naked question to be simply :
Shall peace and prosperity come to the Re-
public from the election Of November next,
or reaction and new civil war :"


The Grant platform is. "Let us have peace. Sc
The Blair Seymour platform is. Let Us have
revolution.
Year: 1868

Under the Radical bill, which


has passed the House of Represen-


tatives, if three Judges of the


Supreme Court of the United


States affirm the constitutional
ity Of a law of Congress, and five
deny it, the opinion of the three
IS to be the opinion Of the Court,
and overrule that of the five who
are against it. This is a new
feature in courts, remarks the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, where three count
more than tSve, but it is qoite in
harmony with Republican ideas of
legislation. The only thing with
them is what is necessary to Sc
cure their party in power. This
being understood, they walk right
straight to it, without regard to
consequences, destroying President
and Courts, and everything else
that comes in their way.
Year: 1868

A young man about the age Of
twenty-one went to the city of
Paris in 1888, in search of a situa-
ton. He had nothing to trust in
but Providence and a letter of in
PRODUCTION to a celebrated bank
establishment. He called on the
gentleman at the head of it in
full expectation of finding en-
ployment. Monsieur Perregeaux
glanced hastily over his letter
and then returned it, saying
"we have nothing for you to do.
sir" The young mans hopes died
within him. He almost burst
into tears. But there was no
help for it. So he bowed and re-
tired in silence.


As he passed through the court
yard of the builing, he saw pin
lying on the pavement. He picked
it up and stuck it carefully into
the sleeve of his coat. The bank
er saw what took place and ar.
gued from it a habit of economy.
He called him back, and offered
him an humble situation In the
establishment. From that he
rose by degrees till he became the
principal partner in the firm, and
eventually the chief banker in
Paris! Thus Jacques Laftte,
the son Of a poor carpenter in
Bayonne, under God, owed his
fortune tothe picking up Of pin
Year: 1868

| The Louisville Courier says that
a rich and fascinating Kentucky
widow was wooed by two Colonels,
one formerly belonging to the Ma
tional and the other to the Reb-
el army. She finally concluded to
take the Rebel, and arranged that
the marriage should take place at
the Louisville Hotel. This was
very disagreeable to the Union
Colonel, who picked fight with
his successful rival, and challeng-
ed him to a duel. The Confsder.
ate Colonel had two daughters by
a former wife, who did not want
their father to marry again, and
finally persuaded the widow to
give him up and take the loyal
man. She did SO and the duel
did not come off.
Year: 1868

Prof. Coleman, of the Kentucky
Agricultural College, and two OF
his assistants, extracted the fangs
of a rattlesnake seven feet long
A pair of gas-ftter's tongs were
wrapped with bits of cotton rags
so as not to bruise or hurt hls
snakeelip Slipping these back
of his head, and bringing it gent
ly over the top Of the box IN
which he was secured, the lid be
ing shut down to prevent his coil
ing around anything, with a pail
of forceps his lower jaw was laid
back like the mouth of an alligator
(. and square block of pine pressed
down his throat to prevent hls
shutting his mouth, and the folds
of skin pushed to one side. The
fangs open like a knife, and are ap'
parently hinged to the jaw, back
of which lay the sac in which the
virus or poison is elected through
the tubes Of the fangs, which he
did very copiously, but fortunate
iy not. on anybody. One fang
was slightly broken in extracting
it, but the other was taken Out
whole.
Year: 1868

The Tallahatchian says: awe
have no doubt that about the time
our people are making their ar
rangements to plant their crops,
there will be quite furry in the
cotton market, with the view of
encouraging the planting of a
large crop. We trust our people
have paid too dearly for prac-
tical wisdom, ON that point, to
again be taken in by that trans
parent trap. s