smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1864

!. 10 eat When you 10 hot Wshi u, u
brutal. Nay, this is slander on the
lower animals they do not so debase
themselves.


2. Do not enter sick chamber on an
empty stomash, nor remain as watcher
or nurse until you feel exhausted, nor sit
between the patient and the fire, nor in
the direction of a current Of air from the
patient towards yourself, nor eat or drink
anything after being il an invalid's room
until you have rinsed your mouth.


3. Do not sleep in any garments worn
in the day.


4. Most grown persons are able to
sleep souudly over sig hours in summer
and seven in winter; to attempt to force
more sleep on the system by sleeping in
day time, renders the whole Of the slum-
Der disturbed and imperfect.


S. Some of the mos. painful stomach
aches' are occasioned by Indigestion; ;
this generates wind, and hensc distention.
1t is often remedied by kneading the alb
domen with the hand, skin to skip, from
one side to another, from the lower edge
of the ribs downwsrds, whereby the sur
plus air is forced on and outward5 along
the alimentary canal.


6. When you return to your house
from long walk or other exhaustive ex-
ercise, 60 to the fire or warm room, and
do not remove single article of clothing
until you have taken a cup of hot drink


I. In going into colder atmosphere
keep the mouth closed, and walk with a
speed sufficient to keep off chilliuess.


s. Two pair of stockings will keep the
feet warmer than one pair Of greater
thickness.


8. The night sEeats Of disease come
on towards daylight; their death coldncss
is greatly modified BY sleeping in q single
loose wooen shirt


10. Those who drink cup Of tea or
coffee or other stimulants, ere fools, be-
cause it is to the body aud brain On ex.
penditure of what is not yet got. 1t is
using power in advance, and this can new
er DC done with impunity.


IL. The less q man drinks in hot
weather, the better; for the more We
drink tho more we want to drink, until
even ice-watter fails, and becomes Of q
metallic taste. Hence the longer you
can put off drinking cold water on the
morning of hot day, the better you will
feel at night.


II. Drinking largely at meals, Is n
mere habit, aud is always hurtful. No
one should drink at one meal more than
glass of any liquid, even of cold water,
for it always inteEfares with digestion.


Is. If you sleep at all in the day-time,
do it in tho forenoon
Year: 1864

On the 2Sth of May, 1861, scarcely
two months after the firing upon Sumter,
the Richmond Whig said Of the Northern
people:


1--WE must bring these enfranchised
slaves back to their true condition. -
They have long very properly looked
upon themselves as our social interiors
as our scrfs; their mean, niggardly lives,
their low, vulgar and sordid occupations,
have ground this conviction into them .


Then, after speaking Of the Northern
determination to put down the rebellion,
and saying that ''their uprising has all
the characteristics Of ferocious, servile
Instruction the editor concludes that
the war will enable US to restore them
to their normal condition Of vassaldge and
teach item Hat 'cap in hand IS tie proper
attitude Of the -etrrant before his master. -


And with reap in hand the whole
Copperhead party now stand before their
masters ready to do their bidding, The
remarks of the Whig are perhaps entire
ly just, when applied to this class of our
people, for they have ever been slaves to
the party, and the party has been the
vassal of the South.
Year: 1864

do you think the South have resour-
ces enough to keep the Union forces at
hay, and finally force recognition of
their independence, or will Lincoln 5
army crush them =


If Won answer this question in the
affirmative. what is the necessity of
raising an army in Indiana subsidiary TO
the South, as is recommended by the ad
dress of your State Committee?


II the South have not sufficient resour-
ces to accomplish the object aforesaid,
how soon do.you expect to have your
army Of reserves in condition to add TO
the resources of the South ?" and when
they march will they go under the com
mand of the valiant Bowlcs?


on must have sources of information
which we have not to enable You to form
some opinion on these matters. lad
Journal.


Can Dan Voorhees, tell how much
rifles have advanced in price since the
date of his CORES spondence with Wall,
when purchased in quantities of 20, GOO or
more : and if he did not get Carr's lot of
arms. what did the peace Democrats of
Sullivan want with the large quantity of
powder that fell into the hands of Lin
coin 5 hirelings' At Terre Haute:
Year: 1864

RELIGION AND Prof
Stowe, in his discourse in the National
Preacher, gives the following character
istic dictum of the great errors of our
age, and his own very happy reply
The great Theadore Parker once told
me that he no more felt the need of an
intelligible revelation on religion than on
chemistry. 1t struck me that there
was some very essential differences in
the two cases. Chemistry lies entirely
within the bonds of natural knowledge,
religion does not. We can detect the
mistake of chemists by our own investi-
cations in the world of nature, as open
to us as 10 the chemist, but who can 90
into the spirit lands, and there detect the
mistake of the religious philosophers,
and come back and let us know? BY the
time the mistakes is asccrtained it is too
late to correct it. Moreover, Chimistry
pertains only TO material things and this
short life; but religion to spiritual things.
which fix our destinics for eternity I
must have an infallible, objective revela-
ton on religion, or must discard re
ligious thought altogether, and live wholly
in and for the world OF sense
Year: 1864

NATIcK, MASS AUGUsT 20, 1864.


To the Editor Of tie Boston Transcript:
a statement, copied from New York pa
pers, has been telegraphed to New Eng
land, to the effect that / had been to
Washington to urge upon the President
the policy of an armistice with the reb-
els. There is not the slightest founda-
tion for the report, as | have never enter
tanned, for a moment, any other thought
than that Of conquering peace by the
defeat of the rebel armies. No public
man connected with the Administration
is in favor of an armistice. personally
know that President Lincoln and the
members of his Cabinet have undoubting
faith in the success of our armies in the
field. and the ultimate, complete triumph
OF our cause. And with this belief, they
will pursue the most vigorous measures
to raise money and men.


HENRY WILSON
Year: 1864

Irolh it'h dShtLs s54 NhsSIlS Souutl 'aNtttc


We have recently conversed with men
from different parts of the county, and
it appears to be the universal opinion
that we arc on the eve of troublesome
times 1t is thought by some that the
day is not far distant when robbing,
burning and Wandering will be com
menced in our county. Union men in
the western part of the country go to
bed every night with the expectation of
being reused from their slumbers before
morning w hope that these calamities
will never come upon us. But from
present indications man has no longer
any assurance that his life and property
is free from danger


We would here advise the Union men
in no instance TO be the aggressors. Keep
cool, and do not be guilty of anything
which is calculated TO aggravate the
opposite party. Act like men and law
abiding citizens. and if you should be
attacked without any provocation, sell
your lives rs dear as possible. In case
of an outbreak, the contest will lie an
unequal one, as the Union people are
unprcpared for il. while their enemiscs
are well supplied with arms and am
munition. We have again and again
warned the Union men of the impending
danger, and have urged upon them the
Importance of getting ready to protect
themselves and families. But our laborS
have been in vain.
Year: 1864

When an officer OF the government OF the
revolution, the first Napoleon had been order
ed out 10 dlsperse a body oi rioters. Having.
drawn up his soldiers and some guns across
the street, he waited their advance. They at
length appeared, sweeping down on him and
his party like a roaring torrent. The artil-
lerymen, with their port fires, stood ready al
his signal TO ponr showers OF grape into the
body OF the mob. Unwilling to She'd blood,
he stepped out from his men to reason with the
suffering and misguided people, and soon
found himself ris-d-ris with their head-a
virago of a woman, whose appearance pre-
ssnted L remarkable contrast to his own.
She was OF great size, and enormously fat,
while he, always very little, was at that time
so thin, as well as small that he was known
by the sobriquet Of "La Petit Corporal He
demonstrated with this lady; but she replied
with voliey OF abuse-ielling him that while
she and other honest, hard working people
were starving, such idle fellows as he and his
soldiers. were fattening on the best of the
land. With that eagle eye and remarkable
promptitnde which afterwards turned the fate
of many a battlefield, Napoleon saw at once
the weak point of his adyersarys position.
he paused till she was out of BREATH Then
taking on his hat, be bowed to the mob and
placing bis own thin figure beside that of his
ia. opponent, be asked them 10 say, whether
the good lady or he looked u ost like starving.
AS happens in more respectable assemblies
than mobs, and elsewhere than in witty France.
good natured joke won the day; and the
people, for time at least, quietly dispersed.
Good Words.
Year: 1864

The sinking of the Housatonic by q
torpedo, in Charlston harbor, is the only
successful instance of the kind during the
war, though severa. vessels made narrow
escapes by them. In the case of the
Housatonic, the torpedo was guided and
directed by small! cigar shaped steamer.
to which it was attached, and which lay
half submerged in the water. The
steamer has not since been heard of, and
must. therefore. have gone TO the bottom
with the Housatonic. The same thing
nearly happened when a similar steamer
struck the Ironsides, some time back,
with a torpedo. The Ironsides was in
iured, but the column Of water sent into
the air, and falling upon the deck OF the
rebel steamer, came near sinking her
This liability of torpedoes to destroy the
vessels which direct them, must limit
very materially their usefulness and en-
ployment as means Of opening block
aGe harbor.
Year: 1864

TnurH.-when Algornou Sidney was told
that he might save bis life by telling q
falsehood--by denying his haudwriting-he
said:


"when God has brought mo into dilem-
ma in which must assert lie or lose my
life. no gives me clear indication of my
duty, which is to prefer death to falsehood.
Year: 1864

TIE New CENys.-A bill has been
passed by the Senate and will probably
be adopted by the House, substituting q
bronze coiusge for the present nickel
cents, 20 be composed Of o5 per cent.
copper and 5 per cent. tin: There are
to be one cent and two cent plecess-ihe
one cent pieces to be legal tender to
the amount of ten cents. and the two
cent pieces to be legal tender to the
amount of twenty cents. Counterfeiting
these coins is to be punishable BY fine
and imprisonment.
Year: 1864

MARITAL MAxINs BY PERFECT
BRUrE.-Soft words butter no parsnips.
but a new bonnet presented to wife will
cover q multitude of her husbands sins.
Grievances and babies were both made to
be nursed, and a fair division Of labor
lighteneth toll; consequently the sagacious
husband will take charge Of the first and
leave the second entirely to his wife.
Never place temptation in the way Of the
weak; loose change left in marital pockets
over night are apt to vanish before the
morning. Business is convenient cloak,
which, judiciously used, may be made to
hide number of stolen pleasures. The
simplest cure for persistent cold mutton is
to dine in the city, and deduct from the
house-money accordingly. A lateh-key
is the married mans symbol of freedom;
consequently secure it, if possible, in the
honeymoon. Never make vain promises
to wife; give woman an inch OF
promise, and she requires ten miles Of full
flment. A soft answer may turn awsy
wrath, but good round expletive will
often clench an argument wonderfully.
Lastly, never attempt to stop wornan's
tongue; talk is as necessary TO female Vi
tality as the air she breathes.
Year: 1864

ALL FOR I.1xcoLx.-The Eastern editor Of the
Bulletin, in his last letter, writes


To-day Mr. Lincoln reelection seems almost
a forecone conclusion and shrewd Democratic
leaders are now as cowed and detected as they
were elated ten days ago. The hour of dejec-
ton for unconditional loyalists is past And
so has gone by the honr of discussions among
the friends of the Government and the war
Everything promises a hearty and cordial union
of Union men in support of the only uncondl-
tionaI Union nominees The time has come
when private feelings and di ferences of opinion
upon minor points must be laid aside. They
can no longer be INDUCED in without peril and
guilt-the peril of running the country, and the
guilt inv oved in that dread crime.
Year: 1864

was likewise refused. The rebel Othcer gave
no reason for refusing, except that his orders
were peremptory not to receive such q flag.
Rebel officers also refused to exchange news-
papers, and rebel soldiers are so closely
watched by their officers that they have no
chance of making an exchange. There must
be some reason for this,' and many believe
their line very weak, while others think they
have some extensive move on foot and are
afraid of it becoming known to US. The
raid into Pennsylvania may be the reason
for their wishing to keep everything from US
and quiet as possible. Ali the wounded that
have been brought in are being we'll cared
for, the medical arrangements being ample.
The lines of the two armies are about the
same as before the battle. Picket firing has
been constantly kept up since.


ADDITIONAL ABOUT SATURDAYS ASSAULT.


The correspondents say that all the combi-
nations for the capture of the defences COM
manding Petersburg were faultless. Our
entire army was under arms, and majority
of four corps were within mile of thesmine
The troops in the rebel defenses are now
known to have been only three divisions, the
others having been drawn away by the ruse
The destruction of the fort was complete and
the surprise of the rebels perfect. Why
their frightened and flying troops were not
at once pursued, Immediately after the ex-
plosion, and entirely routed before they
could reform and make resistance, is not
easily answered. And even after it was
found impossible to advance, the policy of
Withdrawing our troops in open day is Bit


ly censured by our officers. No advan-
tage was gained by the rebels until our
troops commenced falling back, and then
the carnage in our works was dreadful. The
571th Massachusetts lost more severely than
any other. The regiment is under command
of Lieut.. Doty, four days ago sergeant. The
4th Rhode Island and 3lst and 32d Maine
were captured almost entirely. The treat.
ment of the negro prisoners and wounded
by the rebels is reported to have been bar
barous in the extreme. Two escaped to our
lines with their tongues cut off. Justice to
the negroes compels the assertion, however,
that no troops made finer charge on the
first line after the explosion. 1t is true that
they fell back from the second line, but in
no charge in this war have troops been under
such a severe and murderous fire of musket-
ry and shrapnel. 1t appears that one prin-
opal cause of the hesitation of our troops
after the explosion was the general belief
that the hill occupied by the rebels command.
F., ing the rebel works at Petersburg was mined
/ by the rebels General Ledlie, in the charge
after the explosion, had narrow escape. A
mimic ball struck a testament IN his breast
pocket, went through it and lodged in bis
watch, making confusion on his breast.
The latest estimates of our loss put it at
5000, including 1900 prisoners. The rebel
loss was not so heavy. One account says
whole companies of rebel deserters came in


on Saturday, and other important movements


are on foot
Year: 1864

4 distinguished physician, who died some
years since in Paris declared believe
that during the twenty years | have practic-
ed my profession in this city, twenty thous-
and children have been carried to the ceme-
teries, sacrifice to the absurd custom of ex-
posing their arms naked" On this the edi-
tor of the Philadelphia Medical and Surgical
Reporter remarks:


Put the bulb of thermo meter in baby's
mouth, the mercury rises to ninety degrees.
Now carry the same to its little hand; if the
arm be bare and the evening cool, the mer-
curry will sink to fifty degrees. Of course
all the blood that flows through these arms
must fall from ten to forty degrees below
the temperature of the heat. Need l say
when these currents of blood flow back into
the chest the child's vitality must be more
or less compromised And need add that
ae ought not to be surprised at its frequent
recurring affections of the tongue, throat or
stomach? l-have seen more than one child
with habitual cough and hoarseness, choking
with mucus, entirely and permanently re-
lieved by simply keeping the hands nd arms
warm. Every observing and progressive
physician has daily opportunities Of witness


ing the same cure.
Year: 1864

A man was inquiring what he should
do with his torn and mutilated postal cur
rency. An exchange says, deposit it on the
contribution plate at evening meetings, same
as other people do.
Year: 1864

Rev. Moses Cheney of Derby, famiiarly
known for many years throughout northern
Vermont as sold Elder Cheney" was the
author Of more queer sayings than any 9TH
er Baptist minister in the State. His sOcie
ty in Derby On a certain time concluded that
the! ought to do more for his support than
t4ey were doing SO they appointed commit
toe to purchase COW and present to him.
He was very grateful for the sift, but upon
trial her milk was found to be thin, watery
and good for nothing. After a trial of a
weel. he determined to return her, SO one
morning he called one Of his sons and said
10 him. Here 2. take this whip and drive
this COW back to where she came from, and
tell Deacon Carpenter that I'll stand law
suit with the Society before I'll take the gift
of her." The whole errand was faithfully


,.ertormed, and that was the last of the pres
ent on both sides.
Year: 1864

There is likely to be no little confusion
about the prouiso in the first section of the
new Tax law relative to the credit to be
allowed to farmers for the tenth of theil
produce. They do not comprehend how
the account between themselves and the
government can be squared, if the credits
are to apply to the 1.-THE of the present
years products, as We suppose is the mean.
ing Of the law. The taxes are declared tc
be payable on the 1st June next, ssor as
soon after as practicable" whereas, the tenth
of the crops cannot be got ready for deliv.
cry upon oats before July, upon wheat be.
fore August or September, and upon corn
before December. Now suppose the collec'
tor should apply to the farmer for the tax
upon his property irI IJune-how can the
credits allowed him7in the proviso be de:
Quoted? And if. he pays the bill in full
how will he realize the beneftof the proviso
These are questions of considerable impor.
tance to him, and they invite an early
explanation from the government as to the
mode and manner in which the proper ad-
justment is to be made. The qualifying
words, Gas soon after as practicable" in the
clause fixing the LIST of june as the term
for collection, may cover the case, and if
so, all difficulty will be removed by allow
ing the tax on farmers to remain uncollected
until their crops are all gathered and the
tenth ready for delivery. In fact, we pre-.
sumo that this will be the course pursued by
the government. If not, then it will be
very troublesome and embarrassing bust
ness.


A good many intelligent farmers are un-
der the impression that the credits allowed
them by the proviso are intended to come
out of the last years tenths, as they offer
the only basis of ascertained values that can
be available by the LIST of June. But we
think that this is clearly mistaken idea,
as the new law evidently refers to the pro.
ducts of 1864. At least we so understand
it. The crops of corn and oats, if the
seasons are favorable, will be. much larger
this year than they were the last, and it is
not presumable that Congress intended to
deprive either the Government or the far.
mers of the immediate benefit of the in
crease, by deferring the collection to next
year. The law ought to have been more
explicit on this point, as it could easily have
been, with the addition of very few more
words to the proviso. 1t is to be hoped
that the minds of the farmers will be re-
lieved from all doubts by official informa-
tion in the premises. 1t will cost the
government very little labor to give it and
it will be very acceptable.


Petersburg Erprsss.
Year: 1864

That is fragrant breath of rumors that
comes from the ancient "dark and bloody
ground" How like the south wind sweep.
ing over beds of violets stealing and bring
ing sweet odors must it salute and refresh
Kentucky exiles and warriors, Breckenridge,
Buckner, and their compatriota. If this
news be true, then there is indeed light in
the West, and old Kentucky may yet rise
in her majesty, and assert those rights Of
sovereignty which vulgar tyrants have,
trampled under their loathsome heels. If
the overburdened back of that long suffering
State can bear no more, and she is driven
at last to take her proper place by the side
of her Southern sisters in arms, history
will record the time most happily and use
fully chosen.


The men of Kentucky up in arms in
Grants rear would create powerful diver.
sion in the campaign of the West, and
enable those great soldiers, Johnston and
Longstreet, to press on to the redemption Of
Kentucky as we'll as Tennessee, and thus
turn the tide of war hopelessly against the
boasting invader. Tt is a consummation
devoutly to be wished. The effects, moral
and physical, of such movement would be
past describing. May it prove true.


Mobile Register.
Year: 1864

CONFIDENCE IN WIvEs-If you are in
trouble or quandary, tell your wife-that
is, IT you have one--all about it at vnce.-
Ten to one her invention will solve your dif.


icuty sooner than all your logic. The wit
Of woman has been praised, but her instinct
is quicker than her reason. Counsel with
your wife, or your sweetheart, or your moth
er, or your sister, and be assured that light
will flash upon your darkness. Women are
too commonly judged as verdant in all but
purely womanly affairs. No philosophical
student Of the sex thus judges them. Their
'ntultions or foresight are more subtle, and
II they cannot see cat in the meal, there il
no cat there. In counseling one to tell his
troubles to his wife, we will go farther and
advise him to keep none Of his AFFAIRS secret
from her. Many a home has been happily
saved and many fortune retrieved, by mans
full confidence in his better half" Woman
is far more seer and prophet than man.
If she be given a fair chance. AS general
rule, wives confide the minutcst OF their
plans and thoughts to their husbands, hay
ing no involvments to screen from them
Why pot reciprocate it. if but for the pleas
ure Of meeting confidence We are certain
that no man succeeds SO well in the world as
he who. taking partner for life. makes her
the partner of all his impulses or Judgment
she may check or set Alright with her almost
universally right instincts. "Helpmect was
no insignificant title, as applied to mans
companion. She is helpmcet to him in eve-
ry darkness, difficulty aud sorrow Of lifc.-
Ard what she most Graves and most deserves
is confdence-without which love is never
free from shadow.