smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860

and drew me closely to his side. But
where have you been, child, your dress is
damp with the dew" and he bent over me
until his dark hair touched the damp tress-
os which hung around my face.


l think l was very pale, for he seemed
startled, ana l trembled violently as l
clung to him, and nestled closely to his
heart as weary child might rest on its
mothers bosom, and it was for the last
time. The thought was well nigh anguish,
but the words of love he had but few
moments before spoken to another, rung in
my cars, and as he soothed me with loving
words, and again asked me where had
been and what SO affected me. drew
myself away from his embrace, and
replied


" have been sitting for the past hour
under the great rock in the orchard mead
ow.' He started it was now his turn to
turn pale. went on, "I heard by acci-
dent your conversation with Maria, and it
is well | met you here, we can now say
goodbye, for leave for home to morrow"
Heseemed very much affected as he took
my hand and drew Inc again toward him,
I knew he loved me, but he could not over
come his old habit OF flirting lie spoke
at last. "[ did not mean Il word said, l
love yo~ and only you. | do not love
Maria, and never could love her, and l
cannot marry her"


" But you must marry her. I replied.
She loves you, and she is so guilelss and
innocent it would kill her II you should
desert her now; her health was always
delicate, and after what has passed / can
never be your wife, we will be friends but
not lovers. Oh, Harry! why did we not
learn that our hearts are dangerous play
things" | turned TO 90, but he held me
close.


"Oh, Kate this is hard, but it is also
just. You will give me a farewell kiss. :"
| raised my face to his, he pressed my
lips for the last time with his own, and |
left him alone.


Harry and Maria were married. Per-
haps some one may ask, are they happy -?
The world calls them SO, and Maria l
think is, she thinks she possesses her hus-
band whole heart, and he has never by
word or deed given her occasion to think
otherwise. Maria often wonders at my
never visiting her, but 1 met her last sum-
mcr with her husband at Newport, and |
knew by the sudden pallor of his face and
the light of his eye, as he took my hand
that the old love had not died out.


visit the town OF C, very sum.
mcr, and sit in my old seat in tn orchard
meadow. In my writng-desk Is ltd,
casket, containing miniature Of hand


some and much loved face, a crisp curl o
raven hair, plain gold ring, and a pack
age of letters. Is it wrong for Inc to keel
these tokens cannot tell, but there i
a sad, sad pleasure in it. l have never
married If have lured others on t.
bitter woe, and blighted their manhood
with sorrow, 1 have had my punishment.
Who shall judge me?
Year: 1860

Beg- A dun was somewhat taken back
the other day, by the GOODNESS with which
the debtor said Call on next Thurs
day my dear sir, exactly at ten o'clock
and I'll tell you when to call again"
Year: 1860

Dl ANON.
Father of mercies, in thy word,
What endless glory shinea,
Forever be thy name adored.
For these celestial lines.
Here may the wretched sons Of want
EXhaustless riches find
Riches above what earth can grant,
And lasting as the mind
o, may these heavenly pages be
My ever dear delight;
And still new beauties nay see.
And still increasing light
Divine instructor. gracious Lord.
De thou forever near,
Teach Inc to love thy sacred word,
And view my Saviour there.
Year: 1860

SUBMARINE LANTERN.-An interesting tff=
al with a new Submarine lantern of peculiar
constrGction, has been recently made at the
Portsmouth Navy Yard, and the result elicit
ed great commendation. The lantern was
first lowered down to the bottom of the riv-
er, then separate tests were made as to the
EXACT distance rays of light could be seen
from the surface also, the distance light
could be thrown, so as to distinguish ac-
curately distinct objects. An oar, lowered to
The depth Of six feet from the bottom, the
lantern being sunk four feet, was SO clearly
seen that the grain of the wood was dis
tinctIy visible. The rays of the light were
visible upon the surface of the river when
tbe lantern was sunk to tie depth of twelve
feet. These experiments were made In thick,
muddy water, and it is stated that, had It not
been that the board of examiners in attend
hnce were satisfied as To the principles in
tolved, the lantern would have Beer Kept
Burning under water for three hours. The
kafns principles which govern at the depth, oi
Sixteen feet, Will, it is claimed, prove equally
sNeeessful at the depth Of ninety or one hun
dfed and thirty feet.
Year: 1860

ASTONISHING PtHroRHAtcE.=A iifati was
saxinr in company that be had seet jig
rler-place ladder in open ground upon one
end. and mount it by passing through the
rounds, and stand upon the top erect An
other. who was present, said he bad no
doubt OF. it, rs be had seen man who had
done the sa ne thing, but with this addition,
that when be had arrived at the top: be
apulIed the ladder up after him"
Year: 1860

II you have no money, work and get it. In
austry, economy and integrity will do wonders.
From such beginnings fortunes have been
reared They can be again. Will you try it?
Or will you wait for the stream to run by so
that You can walk dry shod into the Eldorado
Of wealth? Or will you meet the waves def.
sntly, and be the architect of your own for


Try! 1t is glorious to conquer in the strife.
Year: 1860

COAL OIL.


- UST Received from the Virginia Oil Company
20 barrels prime PARAFiNE Goat OIL, which
ls warranted equal to the New York or Boston oil
The trade can De supplied on the same termg as
they buy At the North; saving the freight.
Year: 1860

l herewith send thee my pocket clock.
which standeth in need Of thy friendly
correction. The last lime he was at thy
friendly school, he was in no way reform.
ed, nor in the least beneitted thereby; for
| perceive by the index of his mind that
be is liar, and The truth is not in him!
that his motions are waverlng and irregu


lar; that his pulse is sometimes SOW,
which betokeneth not an even temper; and
at other times he waxelh sluggish. hot.
wilhstsndiug do frequently urge him;
when he should be on his duty as thou
knowest his usual maine denoteth, ! find
him slumbsring. OF as the vanity of hu-
man reason priseth, l "catch him nap
ping Examine him, therefore, be-
seech thee, thoroughly, that thou mayesl,
being acquainted with his inward frame
and disposition, draw him from the error
of his way, and show him wherein he
should 60. 1t grieves ME TO think, and
when | ponder thereon, | am verify Of
opinion that his body is ioul, and that the
whole mass is corrupt. Clelnse him,
therefore, l beseech thee, with thy charm.
ing ,physic, from all pollution, that he
may yibrate aud circulate according to the
truth l will place him few days under
thy cate, and pay for his board what thou
requiiest. l entreat theoj friend John,
demean thyself OIL this occasion with
Judgment, according to the gift which ID in
thee, and prove thyself workman. And
when thou layest My correcting hand up
on him, let. it be without passion, lest
thou should drive him to destruction. Do
thou regulate his motion for time to
come. by the motion Of light that ruleth
the day, ard when thOa findest him con-
yerted from the error Of his ways, and
more conformable to Che above mentioned
rules, then do thou send him home, with
the Just bill of charges drawn out in the
true spirit of moderation, and it shall be
sent to thee the root OF all evil.
Year: 1860

EwWhen we are young we are sIav.
isbly employed in procuring something
whereby we may live comfortably when
we grow old; and wheu we are old we
perceive it is too late to live as We pro-
posed.
Year: 1860

81 DoN'r DANcE."-A plain, unlettered man
from the back country in the State of Ala
bama, came to Tuscaloosa and on the Sab
bath went early to church. He selected a
seat in convenient slip and awaited pa
tiently the assembling Of the congregation


The services commenced. Presently the
music of full-toned organ burst upon his
astonished ear he had never heard one be-
fore. AT the same time the gentleman who
owned the slip came up the aisle, with his
lady leaning upon his arm. AS he ap-
preached the door of the slip he motioned to
give place to the lady. This movement the
countryman did not comprehend, and from
the situation of the gentleman and lady, as
sociated as it was in his mind with the music,
he Immediately concluded that a cotillon, or
Q French contra dance, or some other dance,
was intended. Rising partly from his seat,
he said to him Excuse me, sir-excuse me,
if you please, I don't dance"
Year: 1860

SoPoRIFIcALLY KILLING SERMONS
are various ways of performing this species
of murder. Some do it by smothering them
in sleep. They drive and are driven by the
world so hard during the week, that when
they take their seats on the Sabbath they
are soon overtaken with drowsiness They
resignedly yield to the soft seductions Of
be that the preacher ought to keep the hearesr
awake. But if Paul could not always keep
his hearers awake other preachers ought not
to bear all the blame Of their slumbering
hearers. It is true that the Eutychian family
is not extinct r.. s.t. sd
Year: 1860

A FEMALE SPIRITUALIsT CHARGED WITH
ADULTERY.-A day or two since a man and
at Boston, on acharge of adultery. The man
plead not guilty, and the woman responded /;
''In the sight of my God and my conscience
am not guilty, but in the sight of the law |
am guilty. The counsel for the woman stated
that she was laboring under delusion in
duced by Spiritualism; plea of not guilty
was entered, and the case was set down for
trial
Year: 1860

New UNDERSTANDING OF BIBLICAL Quo
TATIoN.-A man, who don't believe the world
is growing better, says the time may come
when the lion and the lamb shall lie down
together, but if it does, the lamb will be in
side the lion u
Year: 1860

The LATE LADY NoRGAN's MARRIAGE


DAY-A LOVE sTORY.--"When she was


very young, Mr.. Crossley, who was


younger still, became so attached 20 her


as to offer marriage She told him she


would have accepted him at once, but


that neither of hem could boast of pos


sessing single shilling. and the result


was prospective engagement, to be


realized only so soon as means were


apparent for their future subsistence.


10 devise this. she suggested as car


eer that an application should be made


to the Marquis Of Hertford for cab
etshIP in the Indian army; and, as
ECrossley' = family had some local claims
their request was successful, und he vas
speedily appointed to a regiment in the
aresidency of Madras. The correspon-
deaee continued for some years; though
so interruptedly thata considerable sus-


pension took place, during which the
lady s position and prospects had been
uniformly Using. and her marriage was
at length solemnized with Sir Charles
Morgan, the ceremony having taken
rlace at Baron's Court, the seat Of
Lord Abercorn, in the county Tyrone


On the morning of the wedding the post
arrived before the procession TO the
church, and the sister of the bride took
charge of her letters for Mis-. Owenson.
These she opened on her return to the


house; and amongst them was one from
Crossley, accounting for his long silence
by the anzieties of period ofuncertain-
ly which had now ended by his receiv-
ing some promotion in the army, and
staff appointment in the service of the
Nizam. This was the long -looked-fso
point in his career, and having at lart
attained independence he wrote to claim
the performance of their early engage
ment, and propose an immediate union.
The old lady told me this little novel
her animation heightened at once by the |
romance and the reality of the story
and its recollection is enhanced to me |
by this having been one Of the Iiveliest,
as it was the last, interview / ever
had with Lady Morgan"- Fitzpatrick
Life Of Lady Morgan. na7i
Year: 1860

A blacksmith, having been slandered
was ADVISED to apply to the courts for
redress. He replied, with true wisdom:
snail never sue anybody for slander:
! can go into my shop and work out a
better character in six months than
could get IN courthouse in a year!"
Year: 1860

ANOTHER CoNvENTloN.--It is stated that the OPP
position party of Georgia will hold a State Con-
vention at Milledgeville on the I'd of May for the
purpose of taking such action as may be deemed
expedient in reference to the approaching Pres
dental election.
Year: 1860

SrRYcHSISE FOR TIGERs.-A correspondent of
the Bombay Times describes the killing of a tiger
by stryehnine. The tiger invested some low under
growth atthe bottom of his garden and he resolved
to destroy it. He therefore took buffalo recently
killed by the tiger, and streWed a quantity Of
strychnine in the bitten flesh. The tiger came, ate
as usual and died Immediately.
Year: 1860

GOLD DIscoyBRRD ON A VIRGINIA FARM
The Norfolk (ya.l Day Book, of late date,
says that on the previous day some men,
who were digging well on the farm of Mr..
Shea on Scotts Greek, when at depth of
about eight feet from the surface, discovered
numerous scales Of gold. A large crowd of
people soon collected on the spot, and the
digging commenced in earnest and as new


scales were found, the excitement increased


in proportion. The owner of the farm, who


is shrewd man, intimated TO the crowd


that richer deposits might be found in GER
tain other locality, to which he carried them,
and at late hour in the evening the mass OF
the crowd were engaged in digging up a
heavy piece of ground that Mr.. Shea will
thus have in good planting order in the fall.
The fact that gold was found is well vouched
for, but the question how it came there, and
how much of 1t is there, is poser. The
samples spoken of are now being tested, and
the knowing ones say are undoubtedly the
genuine stuff. .. HF n.. dal.rHs ~ iuf
Year: 1860




A Pnrlslan Tenor's Suit Against n Theaf.


ricnl nIanaser He Receivers Damages


by His Ronlndes.


Recently, in Paris, certain tenor. whose
name II would not be fair TO give, appeared
before the tribunal TO insist upon payment of
the full sum mentioned in the conditional
contract he signed with the managers of one
Of our theaters some two months ago. The
tenor Is engaged by an English inipresdrio,
and reckoned upon the money for the ex-
penses to which he would be compelled by
the journey. The manager coolly refused
to pay him, because he had not fulfilled the
terms Of the contract. He had no O shnrpl
and II was for this sharp alone that the
manager cared. If he could produce q D fiat
II was fully as much as he was capable of;
therefore, nothing more than the pay of an
ordinary chorus singer should he have. The
poor tenor defends himself most valiantly
against this imputation. Not only has he a
full q sharp, but, moreover he can hold it.


The court ruminates for awhile and de-
cides that pothing but real merchandise can
be brought into court-that the tenor must
sue in the ordinary way for loss of time and
nothing more. Thereupon the tenor, who
is pressed for time, no doubt, starts up and
exclaims-"But, gentlemen, my @ sharp is
merchandise, and can bring it into court"
and begins series of roulades which echo
against the roof of the hall terminating in
the aforesaid O sharp, which thrill through
the ears of the bench, until they cry for
mercy, and the mirth occasioned by the in-
cident so completely alters the temper of the
lawyers that they gave their verdict in favor
OF the oppressed one; and he carries off the
whole sum mentioned in the contract, amid
the laughter of judge, lawyer, witness and
even the defendant himself.
Year: 1860

One of the Most Extraordinary Gases on
Record : Horrible Treatment of an
Adopted Child = Unprecedented Cruelty
Prncticed By n Woman.


A case was recently heard In London
Police Court developing the following facts,
which are most horrible to think of:


A little girl named Caroline Lefevre aged
eight years, the daughter of a porter named
Edward Lefevre, in the employ of Messrs.
Barclay & Perkins, was entrusted to the care
of certain Mary Allen, a schoolmistress,
who lived near st. Saviour's, Southwark.
The child was day-scholar for about twelve
months, at the end of that time the father,
who was widower, married again, and, OF
the earnest request Of the schoolmistress,
allowed the child to remain with her in
more permanent way. Mary Allen said to
Edward Leievre, 81 am so fond Of your little
girl; let me keep her altogether. I'll clothe
her and educate her" We had rather that
the result should be told in the words of some
Of the witnesses or persons engaged on the
hearing Of this case than in our own. Mr.
Edwin, who conducted the prosecution said,
II shall be able to show that the prisoner
was not content with cutting the poor child
with stick and a cane, and with poker
and shovel, but that she actually made her
eat human excrement.n George Fillmore, q



beating the child with the hook part of a
cane on her head and arms till blood came.
The blood came from the stripes as fast as
she struck the child.


Anne Rose saw her beating the child on
the head till the blood came The child her
self was put into the witness-box, and ex-
amined by Mr.. Burcham himself. She told
the magistrate that she had been beaten
most numerically with stick by the
prisoner. Fragments Of the stick, smeared
with blood, were produced in court. The
child said: "That was what she struck me
with; she broke 1t over my arms and back"
The child also told the magistrate that upon
two occasions the schoolmistress had beaten
her with theTpolIer and shovel, and burned
her with red-hot iron. 1t is difficult to tell
the end Of the story in terms which are fit to
meet the eyes of our readers, only it is dread
full that such things should be done, not that
they should be talked about. The fact, how
ever, is, that the heschoolmistress compelled the
child to swallow some human excrement,
saying, "If you don't swallow it, I'll poke it
down with the stick" There was another
child present when this was done, and this
child was produced in Southwark Police
Court on Thursday, and testified to the fact.
The medical witness DR.. Thomas Evans,
who was called to see the child at the Police
Station, stated that when he saw her first
.her head was .bandaged up, ana she could
scarcely stand. Her face was mass OF
bruises, so that he could scarcely distinguish
her features Her eyes were SO closed that
she could scarcely see. She had three scalp
wounds. Her shoulders, her back, her arms,
herlegs were all bruised and lived. What
was better, perhaps, than all testimony, how
ever Trustworthy, was that the poor child's
head and the upper part of her person were
uncovered in court, and the spectacle was so
dreadful as to excite horror in the breast OF
every person present.
Year: 1860

A PORTABLE REST FOR RIFLE SHOOTING.
A series of experiments have been made at
the garrison at Chatham, England, in order
to test the merits of an invention, consisting
of a portable rest for rifle shooting. The
invention, which is that of Staff Sergeant G..
Hurrock, of the Royal Engineer establish
ment, will enable the shooter to adjust his
sights with the utmost exactness in COM
paratively short time. The rest is con-
structed to support the whole weight of the
body, with support for the arm, and an
elevating slide, adjusted by a. screw, to re-
ceive the rife. The weight of the rest is
small compass, il can be easily carried to
the shooting ground with the rife. The in
vention has been tested by number of Off
GERS, all more or less skilled in the use of the
rifle, the whole of whom speak in the high
est terms of It.
Year: 1860

ABUNDANCE OF GAME In VIRGINIA Sports
men in Virginia count upon having glori-
the approaching fall and winter. Partridges
are in the greatest abundance and hares are
almost as '.thick as hops" The deer chase
is already in season and fine sport is found
in the lower counties of the State. As soon
as the silvery exhalation of Jack Frost shall
leave a carpet dense enough to show the
print of moccasin, the fox hunt will spring
into renewed life, and among all the various
sports that win mark the year, will be one of
the most prominent.
Year: 1860

A CANDID OLHRsYNAs.l--A preacher onoe
selected the following words for his text;
'The world, the flesh and the devil" OBJ
aerying that he would arrange each under
the flesh, PASS lightly over the world, and
hasten Us fast as he could to the devil.
Year: 1860

Snow IN FRANCE IN AUGUST Galignan7s
Messenger, under date of August 4, says;


The present weather is most extraordinary
for the season, and any one might readily
imagine that instead Of being in the dog
days. we were at the end of September, or
even later in the season. Snow fell three
days ago at Quimper, in Brittany, and on
the same day the same phenomenon was OBJ
servable at Lyons and in other parts of
Franco
Year: 1860

TORCHES FOR PRocEssIeNs.-We refer members
Of clubs advertisement Of Messrs f. L. Pet who have
received and offer for sale large supply of new article Of
toIeh said be excellent It will give strong M and Iast
great while.
Year: 1860

Dear Sir:-We have issued a coll for a
very quiet convention at this place, to which
we shall be happy TO see any true friends
Of freedom, and to which you are most
earnestly invited to give your attendance.


Yours, respectfully,
Year: 1860

A NOBLE REcoRp.--It is seldom indeed that
any great disaster reveals such a noble record of
good discipline, bravery and humanity the re-
first discovery of the accident through all its ap-
palling incidents, to the fna rescue, the conduct
Of Capt. Leitch was admirable. Equally pra Sc
worthy was the humanity displayed by Can't


Wilson and his crew of the brig Minnie Schiller
Bnt this record would not be complete without
mention Of the conduct Of Capt. Doane, Of the
schooner Lanaftine, who fell In with the Con.
naught after she was abandoned. He saw her at
ten O'Clock at night bore down for her. and hailed
her. Getting no answer, he crossed her bows
twice, to afford help, IL any were there to need t.


He concluded that the wreck was abandoned; but,
lest he should err on the wrong side he Law by
till daylight The "will" In this case suficiently
shows what the s'deed" would have been 1t IL
with great pleasure that pay our tribute 10 this
noble record Of seamanlike qualities; for we trust
who have been concerned In II, the example will
be widely felt and capitalization Journal.
Year: 1860

in the past week drove of Cattle in this town, said to have come from the infected districts. The droyers sold some and went north with the remainder.

 Winstea.

 We are delighted to learn through the Win sted sheet, that MT. WHITE intends keeping 6 Fish Market this summer, just west of the Herald ofice-both of the shell and scaiy trloe- also Beer, for which the Editor vouches So ii any body inquiries for "White" again, this lgratul- tous) advertisement answers the query

 The Augur Works are being rapidly rebuilt, on the site where the old building was burned few weeks since. In this and in other numerous instances of building, we are happy to learn of the prosperity of the thriving borough of Win sted Great interest is felt as to what ac- tion the Legislature will take upon the proposed charter for Savings Bank in Winsted, and the East and West Villages are thereby by the ears. Both want the Bank situated within their own precincts, and between both, the project is likely to fail altogether.

 The evening Passenger train on the Nauga- tuck railroad on Friday evening ran of the track through the displacement of a switch near the depot at Winsted. There were numerous digni- taries of the Legislature on the train, who were somewhat shaken up by the jolting OCT the sleepers- was species of log-rolling they were decidedly unfavorable to. Nothing was broken however, and the engine was on the track again next day.