smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

Oats are, of course, a most important article in stable management and these, as everything horse eats, ought to be of the finest quality It may be thought that the weight of oats is not matter of great consequence, nor, in fact, is it to cart or common horses but it is quite the reverse to such as we are particular about as to stamina, wind and condition Horses are generally fed by measure, not by weight; consequently, in giving light oats, we actually rob the horse of his pro per quantum of meal, giving him husks instead; and if we fed by weight, going on the principle that a pound of lead and a pound of featheres are both pound, the principle would be very bad one as regards oats; for, in that case, though the horse gets his pound weight, if he gets an undue portion of it in husks, he is only filled with that which is no use to him so in every way, light oats are bad for choice horses.

 Rupture of the stomach occurs frequent ly in horses it is caused by falls, forced contractions, when the stomach is full of food :; copious draughts of water on full stomach, may also, produce it, It is not uncommonly the result of stomach stag gers, or tympanitic stomach, when reme dial means fail in those disorders. The symptoms are violent collie, during which the animal lies down, and rolls upon its back, and sometimes sits upon its haun- ches like dog. The pulse is small and accelerated the ears and legs are cold; general tremblings are observed the body is covered with cold sweats frequent retching and vomiting occurs, and the animal at last falls. down and dies. This lesion always terminates with death, and no treatment can be attempted. d.-Dixie Farmer.
Year: 1869

According 10 the Yorkville (S @ Enquirer planter in England District, in shat State, under a process similar to that proposed by Mir Poullain, raised inst year fifteen hundred pounds of lint cotton to one acre of land He planted two stalks to the hill, at distance of eight feet each way. The hills were prepared as if for transplanting fruit trees, being dug down to depth of twenty inches and two feet in diameter. Sandy loam and manure were then filled in, and the seeds planted The enormous yield is attributed to the thorough subsoiling, the manure and the space-the latter being sufficient to allow the rays of the sun to penetrate to the lower branches of the plant and develop these fully. As cotton is essentially sun plant, never thriving unless fully supplied with sun warmth, the philosophy of this method is at once apparent.

 Another method has been tried in Union District, in the same State, and with the Dixon improved seed This is to subsoil deeply, and plant in hills three feet each way. thinning out the plants when large enough, to two in each hill. About fifteen hundred pounds of seed cot ton to tho acre vas obtained from five acre field planted late in the spring in this way.-Union and American.
Year: 1869

DR.. Hall, Of Alton, Illinois, givoA
tho following:


The object of spiral binding and
twisting the grape is TO 50 place the
buds that NJ two shoots emanating
from them shall bo compelled to
compete for light or air.


Set stake close to the vine
Around this twist and bind spirally y
the fruit cane, aud secure it by tying
firmly at the top If the work has
been skillfully done, the young shoots
emanating from the fruit buds may
at the time tho second pincbing is
performed be bent GU. horEor-
tally SO as to fully expose each leaf
to the sun. The canes for the next
seasons crop of fruit arc trained to u
second stake, set in the row about
two feet from The vine. Should the
vine be a strong one, then third
stake is to be set on the opposite side
of the vine, to which one or two
more young canes are to be trained.


In pruning the vine cut away the
cano that produced the last crop Of
fruit select the best young cane for
fruit cut this for the next seasons
crop TO ten or fifteen buds, according
to strength twist and bind to tho
central stake as before described
Also cut the remaining canes back to
one or two buds each, and the young
canes from these are to be tied to tho
outside stakes, as before described.
The treatment will be the same each
succeeding year.
Year: 1869

In the village of -- lived man who had
once been judge of the, county, and we'll
known all over it by the name of Judge R: He
kept store and saw-mill, and was always sure
to have the best bargain on his side, by which
he had gained an ample fortune and some did
not hesitate to call him the biggest rascal in the
world He was very conceted withal, and used
to brag of bis business capacity whenever any,
one was near to listen. One rainy day as quite
a number were seated round the stove, he began
as usual to tell of his great bargains, and at
last wound up with the expression-'' Nobody
has ever cheated me, nor they can't neither


Judge" said an old man of the company,
81 have cheated you more than you ever did
me-" -


How so ?" said the Judge.


I" If you'll promise you won't go to law about
it, nor do anything, I'm tell you, OF else I
won't you are too much Of a law character for
me.''


"Let's hear" cried half dozen voices at


"I'll promise" said the Judge, "and treat in
the bargain if yon have"


swell, do you remember the wagon you rob-
bed me of?'


81 never robbed you of a wagon 1 only got
the best of the bargain said the judge.
swell, l made up my mind to have it back,
and
you never did, interrupted the cute Judge.
ayes, did, and interest too.'


"How so7" thundered the enraged Judge.


Well, you see, judge, sold you one day a
very nice pine log, and bargained with you
for lot more. Well, that log l stole off your
pile down at the mill the night before, and the
next day l sold it to you. The next night ]
drew 1t back home and sold it to you the next
day, and so | kept on until you had bought
your own log Of me twenty-seven times"
"That's lieW exclaimed the infuriated
judge, running to his book and examining his
log account; "you never sold me twenty-seven
! logs of the same measurement r'


"I know it," said the vender in logs, "by
drawing it back and forth the end wore off, and
as it wore kept cutting the end off until it was
only ten feet long-just fourteen feet shorter
than it was the first time brought it-and
when it got so, short I drew it home and worked
it up into shingles, and | concluded l had got
the worth of my wagon back and slowed away
in my pocket book"


The exclamation the judge was drowned by
the shout Of the bystanders, and the log vendel
found the door without'the promised treat
Year: 1869

work with. The cleVis, wheel and cOul-
ter are adjusted Just to suit his idea, and
he has used it just enough to appreciate
it, when some bungling fellow bOTrOws
it, and the sequel is both pro NOking and
disheartening- broken point, coulter
twisted sidewise,a a fractured beam, or the
clevis wrenched from its faStning, make
one feel, unless largely endowed with
grace, like "gOing through" the bore
who could so little appreciate a triumph
of genius, and so WantOnly or needless
ly spoil what was Il satisfaction. Thence
to the shop it must 90, from whence it
returns only a resemblance of what it
was. After paying repairs, which the
bOTrOWerSO often graciOuSly permits you
to do; and incuTring the loss of time at
tendant, you have no favorable views of
the plan. Of course, circumstances will
offer exceptions to these structures on
borrowing, for a relaxation of rules, that
at times would be harsh and unfriendly,
and it is against that usage only which
shiftlessness and stinginess reduce to
persistent practice, that these remarks
are intended to apply.


As to the number and kind of tools to
be kept, this is a matter which is to be
decided by circumstances. While hoes,
plOw, harrow and cUltivatOr, with some
where the operations of the farm are linn
tied, under the same conditions, on ac-
count of their cost, a mower might not
be warranted. Means should be adapt
ed to ends.-WcddUilIe Rep.
Year: 1869

Well, in the first place, there must be
enough of him; or, falling in that, but
come to think of it, he mustn't fail in
that, because there can be no beauty
without health, or at least to my way of
thinking. In the second place he must
have a beard; whiskers as the gods
please, but q beard I insist upon, else
one might as well look at a girl. Let his
voice have the dash of the Niagara, with
the music of baby's laugh in it. Let
his smiles be like the breaking forth Of
sunshine in a Spring morning. As to
his figure, it should be strong enough to
contend with man, slight enough to
tremble in the presence of the woman
he loves. OF course, if he is a well made
man, it follows that he must be grace
full on the principle that the perfect ma
chinery moves harmOniOUsly; therefore,
YOU and himself and the milk-pitcher
are safe neighbOTs at the table. This
style of handsome men would no more
think of carrying cane than he would
use a parasOl to keep the sun out of his
eyes. He can wear gloves or warm his
hands in his bTeast-pOckets, as he pleases.
He can never commit the suicidal beau
ty act of turning his outside coat collar
up over his eyes on a stormy day, with
perfect impUnity; the tailor didn't make
him; and as to his halter, if he depends
on his handsome mans patronage of
''the latest spring style" fear he would
die of hope deferred, and yet-by Apollo!
what bow he makes, and what an eX-
pressive adieu he can wave with his
hand! For all this he is not cOnceited,
for he hath brains.


But your conventional "handsOme
man" of the barber's window, wax figure
head pattern, with pet lock in the mid
die of his forehead, an apple-sized head,
and a raspberry mustaChe with six hairs
in it, paint pot on his cheeks, and lit
tie dot of "gOatee" on his chin, with
pretty blinking little studs in his shirt
bosom, and little neck tie that looks as
if he would faint were it tumbled, I'd as
lief look at a poodle. Ialways feel a de-
sire to nip with pair of sugar tOngs,
drop it gently into a bowl of cream, and
strew pink rose leaves over the little re-
mains.


Finally, my reader, when soul mag
netiZes soul, the question of beauty is a
dead letter. Whom one loves is al
ways handsome; the worlds arbitrary
rules notwithstanding; therefore, when
you say, "what can the handsome Mr..
b. see to admire in that stick of a Miss
J.? or what can the pretty Miss B. see
to like in that hOmely Mr.. c.? you simp-
Iy talk nOnsense-as you generally do
on such subjects. Still the parsOn gets
his fees and the census goes Oh all the
same Fanny Fern.
Year: 1869

RICHMOND, May Chief-justice


Chase, this morning, delivered an Opin-


ion on an appeal from Judge Under


woods decision in the District Court de


claring null a sentence Of Judge Shetey,


of the State Court, on the ground of Shelf


feys, ineligibility under the Fourteenth


Amendment. The case was that of


Caesar Griffin, a negro, who was sentenc-


ed to the penitentiary for shooting a


man. The Chief-justice read the Opin-


ion of the Court, holding that, as the
State Government in Virginia had been
recognized all the time during the war
by Congress, first at Wheeling and then
at Alexandria, the action of the Govern
ment in dividing the States had been
recognized by the Federal Government,
and Senators and Representative elect
ed by that Government had been allow
ed seats in Congress; it was under this
Government that Shetfey had been ap-
pointed, and he was therefor a legal
Judge, as far as the State government
was concerned. The question now came
up whether being ineligible, he was alb
sOlutely removed by the operation of the
Fourteenth Amendment. The United
States District Judge had decided that
he was, but in the examination of QuCS-
tiOnS of this sort great attention is prop
erly paid to the argument of incOnveni-
ence, and q construction which must
necessarily occasion great public and
private mischief, must never be prefer
red to a construction which Will occasion
neither in so great degree, unless the
term of the instrument absolutely re-
Quire such preference.


The opinion here shows the anarchy
which would be produced i'm a State by
declaring the past legal proceedings
void. 1t then considers the character
and intent of the third section of the
Fourteenth Amendment, which are de
clared to be primitive. IL IS clearly
against the provisions of the COnstitu-
ton, which deny to the legislative aU-
thOriUy the power To deprive any person
Of life, liberty or property without due
process of law, or pass Cr-pOSt fUct0 laws;
and these, if there were no other grounds
are reasons for seekiugGnother iDtcrprc-
tatiOn of the amendment that asked by
the previous counsel,


The Fourteenth Amendment is not
and needs further legisla-
ton of Congress To enforce il, and two
months after the Judgment now being
raised was delivered, Congress passed %
.oint resolution providing for the remov-
II of all ineligible officers, showing that
persons then holding Office were held to
be dc factO officers, and also providing
The means for their removal by the mill
tary.


The Court said the Supreme Court had
cOncurrcd i'm the opinion
hat a prisoner, sentenced by a Judge dc
'uct0, though not q Judge dc jUrC. could
not be reached by the hU5Cgs corpus
The decision of the District Court was
reversed, and Caesar Griffin was remand
'd to the State authorities.


In the United States Circuit Court this
morning Peter Phillips, to be hung next
Friday, upon writ of bO5ous corpus,
was remanded to the State authorities
Dn the ground that he was sentenced he
fore the Fourteenth Amendment was
Year: 1869

How the Robbery Was DiscOvered-Wbere


the Rcbbcrs Entered the BaDk-Careicss.


ness Of Watchmens-TwO Strangers Sas-


pscted.


The recent robbery OF the Bank OF Sorwalk has
developed some rather curious features. No one In
the villagc-not even the night watch-knew any.
thing OF the robbery until q farmer brought to town
some Tin boxes belonging to the bank, which he had
found early on that morning In vacant lot about
q quarter OF mile south OF the village. The
boxes were begrlmed with powder and stove
In and bruised BY the efforts of the robbers
TO force them open The appearance OF the Interior
Of the bank upon being opened the morning after
the robbery has already teen described Subsequent
examination has shown that the burglars entered
through rear door leading from the directors room
TO the yard. The lock Of this door seems TO have
been easily picked, and opening II the burglars
were In front OF tho vault, the doors to which
with Will powder. TO hide their neiarlous doings
the burglars had brought WIN them large
Cloth win which hey hung the wndow SO
without. There were two explosions heard BY
several persons residing IN the neghborhood-on
IN the morning. just before the latter explosion two
watcnmen had pus out ins gas.lghs In front Of the
bank and mvsa up wan sre rn9 S'
towards tho bank building. and about the time
they might have reached IL the watchmen
broken glass; they returned and found the glass on
the sidewalk ana on the porch OF the bank building.
Surmising this to have been caused BY stone
thrown BY tho noisy party they looked about Tor
it and not discovering II went away. Az this time
the ROBBERS were in the bank busy gathering their
spos. Another account says that tho ofcersof the
bank received the nrss insimation OF the robbery
from Mr. Searles, Of the Norwalk HOTEL who found


pocketbook containing all the discounted notes on
the bank


dirty who on the evening OF tho night when tho
robbery was perpetrAted arrived Ut the Connectcut
Hotel Norwalk, and took room for the night say
lug they had come from New York on freight tram.
After changing their dress they presented quite
respectable appearance Early next morning tney
Their appearance Ia described "a foows:-One Of
them, apparently twenty-oight years old ives ABOUT
Year: 1869

Ante-nrortcm Statements Of Two Injured Men.


Coroner Flynn was yesterday requested to appear
o. No. Asa West Thirtyeghth street for the purpose
OF taking the antenortem statement OF Henry
Metze, represented to be In an extremely critical
condition. from tho effects Of injuries received on the
10th ultimo by being struck on the head with cart
rung. BY whom the violence was inflicted or under
what circumstances did not appear In the written
statement OF the occurrence left at tho Coroner's
ONCE but 1t Is presumed that the assailant has been
taken into custody.
Year: 1869

To retain or recover health, persons
should be relieved from anxiety concern
Ing diseases. The mind has power over
the body. For person TO think he has n
disease, win often produce that disease
This we sec effected when the mind Is In
tcnsely concentrated.upon the disease even
Of another. II Is found In the hospital
that surgeons and physicians who make
speciality ofcertaln diseases are liable to
die Of them themcelves; and the mental
power Is so great that only In Imagination.
We have seen o person scasicki In anticipa-
don Of sea voyage. before reaching the
vessel. We have known person to die
Of cancer In the stomach, when they had
no cancer or any other mortal disease
A bllndfold man, slightly prickede In the
arm, has tainted and died, from believing
that he was bleeding to death. Therefore,
well persons, to remain well, should be
cheerful and happy; and sick persons
should have their attention as much as
possible directed from themselves. II Is
by their faith that men are saved; and It
Is by their faith that they die. As a man
thInketh so Is he. II he Wills not to die,
he can often live In spite Of disease; and
II he has little or no attachment to life, he
VIII slip away rs easily rs child will fall
to sleep. Men live by their souls and not
by their bodies. Their bodies have no
life Of themselves; they are only reccpta-
cles Of llfe-tencmen for their souls, and
the will has much to do In containing the
physical occupancy or giving II up.
Year: 1869

II sheet of paper on which n key has
been laid, be exposed for some minutes to
the sunshine, and then instantancously
viewed In the dark, the key being rcmov-
ed, fading spectre Of the key will be vis-
iblc. Let this paper bc put aside for many
months, where nothing can disturb 1t, and
then In darkness be laid on a plate OF hot
metal. the spectre Of the key Will again
appear. This Is equally true Of our minds.
Every man we meet, every book we read,
every picture or landscape we see, every
word or tone we hear, leaves It's Image on
the brain. These traces, which under or
binary circumstances are invisible, never
fade, but In the intense light OF cerebral
excitement, start into prominence. just as
the spectre image OF the key started Into
sight on the application OF heat. IL Is thus
with all the influences TO which we are
subjected.
Year: 1869

A nice way for overcoming bashful
scruples has been found In North Carolina.
At recent wedding guest proposed that
one man In the company should be selcc-
ted rs president; that this president should
be duly sworn to keep entirely secret all
the communications that should be for
warded to him In his official department
that night that each unmarried gentleman
and lady should write his or her name on
a piece Of paper, and under Il place the
name OF the pcrsoa they wished to marry,
then hand It to the president for inspection
and II any lady and gentleman had recip-
rocally chosen each other, the president
was to inform each Of the result, and those
who had not been reciprocal In their choice
were to be kept entirely secret, After the
appointment OF the president. communica-
tions were accordingly handed up to the
chair, and Il was found that twelve young
ladies and gentlemen had reciprocal
choices, and eleven out Of the twelve
matches were solemnizcd.
Year: 1869

We were upon the level Of what In
peaceful times Is called the crater, but the
great basin was entirely filed by the crup-
ton, and we walked across aportion Of
1t, every footstep trampling on tiny
threads of smoke, toward which was now
the active crater Of Vesuvius, central
tumulus about so or 100 yards In diameter
at It's base, and rent across the middle
with an irregular mouth, from which
heavy rolls of dense gray smoke were con-
stantly issuing. With each there flew up
to the height Of about 200 feet In the air,
above the smoke, a shower of stones,
mono more than ten inches or foot In
flength, and rs many of these 'thudded'
down within thirty yards Of us, I scarcely
wondered that the ascent Of the cone had
not been popular during the eruption.
The surface of the crater on which we
stood Is about mile In circumference, and
the whole of this was more or less cover.
ed with sulphurous smoke. Up the sides
of the small crater, from which the stones
were being thrown, tho rocks were cover
ed with the most brilliant reds and yell
lows, green and orange-I suppose by the
chemical constituents Of the volcanic
smoke. In one place little crater was
boiling, with steaming smoke roaring
through Its six-inch month. TO give vent
to It's small ambition, one of the party
broke the crust which checked It's rage,
and my bold friend nearly paid severe
penalty for his rashness; the liberated
flame and smoke at once spouted high In
the air, and half sti1ed us with thick sui
phurous fumes. One breath was almost
sufficient TO choke us, and rushed away
from the presence of the infuriated little
volcano, glad to begin the descent of the
mountain. But for the smoke which pour
ed over 1t in one direction, we might have
walked all around the crater, for the lava
was no longer issuing from the summit OF
yesuvius. It had some days since found
n weak place In the side Of the cone, sew
eral hundred feet from the top, and
through this tunnel the liquid lava was
slowly issuing.


We crossed the tunneled stream In our
descent. and after reaching the bottom OF
the cone, passed for about 800 yards over
a portien of the lava.held formed during
the present eruption. 1t would have been
impossible to ascend the cone through
the depths of dust over which we came
down at run; the elevation We had con-
sumed an hour In mounting, was thus de-
scended In ten minutes, with no bad con-
sequence, except the filling Of our boots
with sharp dust. This we turned out be-
fore treadlng the hot lava. l hoped my
boots would not be burnt through before
we reached terra fredda, but when 1 found
upon one or two experiments that could
not, for the heat, hold my hand where my
foot was, it seemed unpleasantly doubt
full, especially as the haze of smoke that
cloudcd our prospect, made the lava-fcld
seem larger than It was.-From the Ltranf,
the Black Sea and The Danube, BY r. .drfhur
Arnold.