smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

Is the Gra~e.
When beneath the cold, red earth am sleeping,


Life's fever DER;
Win there for me be any bright eye weeping,


That I'm no morel
Win there be any heart still memory keeping


Ofheretoforep
When the great winds through ieaicss forests
rushing


Like full hearts break,
gushing


Sad music make,
VIII there be one whsse heart despair Is crush
Ing,
Mourn for my sakeI
When the bright sun upon that spot is shining


with purcst ray,
And the small flowers their buds and blossoms
twining


Burst through that clay,
VIII there be one upon that spot rcpining


Lost hopes all dayr
when the night shadows, with the ample sweep,
ing


OTHER dark pail,
The world and all Its manifold creatures sleep
lug,


The great and small.
VIII there be one, even at that dread hour, weep


For me-for alp
When no star wrinkles with Its eye ofglory


On that low mound,
And wintry storms have with their ruins hoary


Its loneness crowned,
WIN there be one there versed In misery's story


Passing It roundl
II may be so; but this Is selfish sorrow


To ask such need,
A weakness and n wickedness to borrow


From hearts that bleed,
The wailings oftO-day for what tomorrow


shall never need.
Lay me then gently in my narrow dwelling,


Thou gentle heart;
And, though thy bosom should with grief bs
swelling,


Let no tear start
II were In vain, for Time hath long been knelling


Sad one, depart
Year: 1869

lie had sprung throuSh the WinuoW'
with Mariana In his. arms.


Here. however. he met his mortal foe,
Old Brant. The falnting maiden was
torn from his grasp, and single blow
with huge knife sent the polluted soul OF
the Renegade before his Maker. AS the
blood gushcd forth, the monster uttered a
few bitter curses, and then fell from the
roof by the side ofthe murdered guard. /,


This was not the only work performed
by Brant. He had discovered the savages
and a single volley which blazed out on
the night air, sent a portion of the number
to the "happy hunting ground" ana
others yclping like wolves from the fort:


Young Graham was only wounded, and
he recovered to make the orphan his wife.
Year: 1869

Gen. Grant. During the conversation
the reconstruction of Georgia was passed
upon at length. Enough was ELECTED
from the President elect to warrant th,
Senator in assuring his correspondent
that if we can manage to hold our present
status until the 4th of March all will bs
well that there will be no more recon
struction by Congress, at least so far al
Georgia is concerned Macon Ga.
Telegraph, December 30.
Year: 1869

CANADIAN ITEMs.-Poltical and semi-polit.
cal agitation in Canada is much more active
just now than in the United States. Affairs
are in transition state. The determination of
of the English government to withdraw the
imperial troops, leaving only small garrison
at Halifax, bids fair to precipitate the issue
between the provinces and the home govern
ment and to bring about coalition between
all the parties opposed to the continuance of
British rule. The united societies are to he
known as the Dominion Independence
League"


The contractors for building the Intercolo-
NAL Railway cannot get the money voted to
the road by the Dominion government. The
money raised for this purpose has been used
to pay the debts of the government.


Prince Alfred has been received with con-
siderable show of loyal enthusiasm, but there
is good deal of grumbling and wrangling in
the newspapers, the Liberals declaring that
the warmth OF his reception is to be construed
only as a mark of personal regard for a distin-
guished stranger and not as an evidence of the
attachment of the people to the homegovern-
ment
Year: 1869




The Presidential party, consisting OF the Presi.
dent, Mrs. Grant and daughter, took the twenty
minutes to nine O'Clock morning train for Washing
ton yesterday morning. General Dix, General
sickles and others having taken leave Of his Excel
ency on Sunday evening, there was little leave
taking to be done. Mr.. and Mrs. C0rbin accom-
panied their distinguished guests 10 the Jersey City
ferry house, where the parting Of guests and host
took place In little hand shaking and great deal
Of well wishing.


considerable number Of people had collected in
front ofNo. 81 West Twenty enth street this
ing-the original presentation OF New York citizens
General Grant, by the way-to shout their last at
the departing functionary. The appearance OF his
Exceiency at the door was the signal for general
outcry and q waving Of hats on the part OF the
crowd, to which the President replied with nod
and murmured Il thank you"


The leaving OF the party was otherwise strictly
clzen-like New York having not as yet breakfasted
all round, and not being. therefore, prepared for an
ovation. IL is useless to expect enthusiasm before
breakfast from anybody. as a history has proved,
toleraDly quietly. Having ensconced themselves
in the carriage the party took morning Jaunt
down Fifth avenue, making the ferry house by way
Of the western half OF the CITY, Al the ferry house
small crowd was In waiting to see the President
firstly, and secondly TO indulge IN little loud
Having secured shady place within the ferry house,
the President, bowfng occasionally and nodding
pleasantly In re eDgniton OF the universally uplifted
hat crossed In mis- carriage and aighted on the Jer-
sey Cty side. The ferryboat was little Dedlam IN
itself pending the transit, which, completed, the
party took the through Washington car direct. Of
course there Will be little ovatons at every stopping
place. which, not seeing, one may easily conjecture
Year: 1869

The Ycrger-Crane Murder Trial-Conserva.


tive Republican Convention.


JACKSON, June q, 1862
In the case OF Yerger, before the military c0mmis
sion for the shooting Of Colonel Crane the defence
commenced the examination OF witnesses to-day. 1t
Is shown that the piano seized not the property
of Yerger and Crane knew the fact but ordered the
officer to make the seizure notwithstanding. It Is
further shown by correspondence that Yerger had
offered to settle the claim of the city against him
the city would settle claim he held against IL for
damages to property caused by neglect Of the city
government An order Of restitution had been
served on Crane previous to the diculty but It had
not been Obeyed


The Conservative Republican Convention will
meet In this city on Wednesday the 25d Of June.
The Radical Republican Convention will meet on the
Thursday, July /.
Year: 1869

ouId respectfully notify their friends and the pub.
lie in general that they have commenced POSITIVELY
the Cash Business We are receiving a new and
Fresh Stock of Goods from the Philadelphia market
and we know that by selling exclusively for Cash
we can offer greater inducements than we ever did
before, and all we ask is an examination of our
stock.
Year: 1869

Request the person to inform you
in which Of the following columns his
or her age is contained then add to-
gether the figures at the top Of the
column designated and you have the
secret. Suppose an age to be seven
teen; you will tind the number sew.
enteen in only two columns, viz: the
first and the fifth--and the frst fg-
ures at the head Of these columns
make seventeen. Here Is the magic
table
Year: 1869

We Glanced to see the other day a
very charming little addendum to a
country school room, which is worthy
of note. The room was new, the
wall pleasantly toned, the low, skirt
ing wainscot of native woods, left of
its natural color and simply oiled;
but, best of all, before both of the
south windows which flanked the
position of the mistress were two
wide trays, ofrustic finish, in which
were grouped geranium or two, a
few starting j6nquils and hyaeinths,
variety of wOod-mosse5, and ivies
which clambered upon either side
the windows and skirted them with
fairy-like hangings of green.


Could a prettier lesson or a wOrthier
one--Which should teach at once re-
gard for and love Of ffOwers-be taught
by-any pictures in the school bOtan-
les?


The furnace heat of the day left a
gentle temperature for the night, and
all that was needed to guard against
frost was a screening bit of muslin
upon a Saturday night, or little re-
punishment of the furnace-fres.
Even this might be avoided by an a.
doption of the Wardian cases. So,
then, the thing is every way feasible.
And what unction might not an adroit
teacher give to the first lessons in bot
any, with scores of eyes beaming upon
the little leaflets which turn so eager
ly to the sunshine, or upon the bulb
lifting its green spears day after day,
and unfolding, by degrees, some Won
deFfUI pile of blossoms?


What now if we were TO add to
this, in country sehOOl-rOOms, some
assemblage, under glazed case, of all
the insects which haunt the Nigh
borhood-the beetles, the butterflies,
the mOths-all in their different stages
of transformation, and all these to COLI
tribute decorative features, while ia
miliarizing the little one with their



Then the minerals of the neighbor-
hood might have their case, and the
teacher challenge the pupils to bring
in new types of ftheirOwn finding, with
some little reward for the eager and
quick-sighted ones who should furnish
a positively new specimen.


Still another cabinet might have
its array of native woods, distinguish
able by form of twig, or color of bark,
or shape of leaves, all of which might
then be taught by the best and surest
kind of Object-lessOns.


Nor would this style of teaching end
properly within doors; the yard might
have its appointment of varied shrub
berries, with every species named and
billeted, so that a miniature abOretum
should grow up around the school
room, aud become a source of healthy
pride to both pupils and mistress.


Will some of those elderly gentle
men who believe only in the old meas
ure of ugliness and the "Rule of
Three" give US their objections to
the paIliatives of teaching we suggest?
Hearth and Home.
Year: 1869

Of the vulgar display of our fash
ionable weddings, the Liberal Chris
tian says, with excellent sense:


"Two persons can hardly be mar
ried nowadays, without a blaze Of
fire works or beating of gongs, meta
Iphorically speaking, that would be
immensely popular among the Indians
but which are anything but pleasant
or pertinent in this moral, civilized
section. A marriage is a very serious
and solemn thing. and should be as
quiet and chaste as possible. But
candidates for wedlock at present
seem to consider it a golden opportu-
nifty for advertising their pecuniary
extravaganza and mania for millinery,
thereby offending delicacy and good
breeding to the last extent. No doubt
many refined people are so Influenced
by fashion that they adopt these tin
seled weddings unwillingly; but we
hope the time is coming when such
meretricious parades of rites that
should be sweetly sacred, will be left
to the vulgar, to whom they proberly
belong
Year: 1869

The new fabric plant of the South,
Ramie, has fiber as long and as
strong as flax; it is as white and as
fine as cotton, and as glossy as silk
while it needs less cultivation than
either, and bears three crops a year.
1t is not injured by insects, and sells
for double the price of cotton.
Year: 1869

What makes everybody sick but those who swallow
It Flattsry.


why is a schooIboy who is beginning to read like
learning itself? He Is learning.


What question is that to which you must answer
yes What does spell?


Why is venison more costly than other meat? II is
always deer (dear)
What celebrated author does infant remind one
Off Young
Why is a deal door like a fox's coat? Itis FIR.
Year: 1869

Mr.. Lees bill for a thorough geo
logical survey of Ohio has passed the
House of Representatives by a decided
majority. Passing this bill is the most
praiseworthy thing that the present
Legislature has done. It should have
proper credit for this, because credit
is certainly due. The people will
thank Democratic members for voting
for this important measure, though
they had little to do with originating
it, or urging. The equally wise action
of the Senate will soon, we doubt not,
cause this bill to become law
TCOlumbus Journal.
Year: 1869

A Young man asked an old for his daughter in
marriage. The answer "GO into the orchard
and bring in a number Of apples. Give one half OF


the whole number and the mother half Of the balance
and half pie over, and to the daughter half Of
the remainder aud half apple and have one left for
yourself without emitting APPLE and then, If she is
willing, you eau have her"
Year: 1869




Cold water, swallowed during the
progress of digestion, instantly arrests
it, and the process is not resumed, un-
til the water has been there long
enough to be warmed from the tenn.
perature at which it was drank, to
that of the stomach; or from some
forty degrees to a hundred :. to accom-
plish this the heat must be abstracted
from the general system, chilling it.
Strong, robust parsons may not fe
this, but if a man in feeble health
drink cold water at meal, at all
largely, he rises from the table chilly,
and soon has fever, while the stomach
being kept that much longer at work
in digesting the food, loses its vigor,
the digestion is imperfect, and the food
becOmts impure, thus laying the
Foundation of disease. The inevitable
inference from these facts is, that cold
water is injurious to health, if taken at
meals, injurious to the most robust, if
taken largely, and to persons in feeble
health, if taken at all, beyond few
swallows at a meal.


1 therefore set it down, as a clearly
established fact, that a glass or more
of cold water, drank habitually at
meals, Of soon after, is a pernicious
practice, even to the most healthy.


Injury is done in another manner /;
water, or any other fluid, diIutes the
gastric juice, and thus weakens its pow
er to dissolve the food. The amount
OF gactrie juice is not lessened, but its
power is diminished by its dilutiOn.
The finger will be scalded by dipping
it into a vessel of boiling water but
if an equal amount of cold water is
added, it may be thrust in with impu-
nifty, although there is as much heat
in the mass as before; but it is more
difuscd.


Any kind of fluid taken largely at
a meal, or soon after, is positively in
furious to the health.


A standing item of advice to my
patients is-take but half a glass of
water at a single meal, or a single
cup of weak coffee or tea, never in
creasing the strength or quantity, and
drink nothing within an hour after
eating.


If cold drinks are injurious at meals
c1ld food is for the same reason also
injurious; thus it is that some of the
most terrible forms of disease are
brought on by persistence in eating
clld food, exclusively, especially in the
winter time. -r
Year: 1869

A negro, as black as coal, is practis-
ing law in Nashville with success


He was a citizen of Illinois, but went
to Tennessee because he could not en-
ter his profession in the former State.
Year: 1869

A very large proportion of the in
habitants of this county are from
"Old Highland" and We desire to see
more Of the same kind. Then come
along, where land is plenty and cheap.


ANON.
Year: 1869

ANOTHER LONG ISLAND RAIRoAD ACCIDENT.


The tender Of the locomotive Waterbury got
of the side track OF the Long Island Railroad at Jamaica
about u o'clock yesterday morning In consequence Of
the extreme weight OF the twenty-five heavily
loaded coal and which the engine slowly
backing up old siding not used at all for passenger
trains The locomotive did not get of, any of tho
cars there one hurt and no damage was done
beyopd slight injury TO the track for a yards Tho
reports attrbutng this trng occurrence 70 the over
turning OF a rail-" aud magnifyng 10 into accident IN,
yOvnQ severe cuts and bruises great risk OF life, ana
much damage 10 the track, are exHggeratiOns.
Year: 1869

This the expression Of lady
Cooper Institute ae having seventeen teeth and nups extracted
With one nitrous oxide She wrote the scroll record sr
her uare mo 3 5J Drawn without pain and st ne opera
Year: 1869

This might well be the brief but sugces-


tive epitaph upon the tombstones of many


dyspeptic, especially in the West and South


where the frying-pan is used so much in,the


preparation of food The standard food in


some parts of the country rs piece of bacon


fried; the fat taken and with flour or meal


mixed into heavy mass and consigned to
the inevitable frying-pan and out comes a


lump of leathery-ooking something which
the stomach of an ostrich could not digest.
Give him chicken what does he do with
it? Cuts it up and into the frying-pa it
goes; after being slowly simmered until


hard, it is put into deep dish and grease
poured over it, and what is not soaked I'D
in chicken is made way with by soaking the
frying pan bread in it. Give him a rich
juicy steak, and into the frying pan it goes,
and is slowly simmercd and simmered until
no knife will cut it, and then eaten with
heavy bread soaked in the remaining fat.
and thus good. wholesome food, in quantity
sufficient to afford wholesome meal for a
French artisans family, is by the frying pan
process rendered not only barely enough for
one man, but converted into a slow poison
and frightful source of disease. A physi-
clan in Columbus, Ga, says scarcely day
passes but he is called upon to prescribe for
case that can be referred to this unwhole-
some way of cooking food. Even vegeta-
bles are poisoned in the same way. Onions
are fried, cabbage is fried, potatoes are fried,
and even lettuce is eaten often after u spoon
full or two of hot pork grease has. been care
fully poured over it. We remember eating
supper in Missouri a dozen years ago, with
a family who were lately from Tennessee, at
which the fosd consisted of fried bacon,
with .molasses on it; "corn pone,' which
was meal and cold water mixed up and
"baked between two brick bats !" and sour
milk. When we modestly suggested that
the milk was sour, the good lady "re;koned
she knowed that, and thought we were some =,
escaped lunatic because we liked sweet
milk better. Doctors must grow rich where
people pay so little attention to the laws of
health. laaGsru t nf ,rsis7Gl h3fI5Hi Il
Year: 1869

In one OF the most prominent churches of
the Methodist denomination of this city.
yesterday, the minister had for the subject
OF his sermon, "The uncertainty of life
He had of course a subject capable OF illus
tration by scores of incidents which are oc-
curing around US every day, but before his
congregation left the church the subject was
brought home to their notice in such way
and by such an affecting incident as no one
Of those present will forget while memory
holds her seat in power


During the sermon it was noticed by sew
eral that message was received by one of
the prominent officers ofthe church and con-
gregation, which caused the immediate
withdrawal of himself and his entire family
from the sanctuary. People wondered what
could be the cause of SO unusual a pro-
ceeding, but with all their wonder were not
prepared for the sad announcement which
the preacher made ON concluding the service
that at o'clock on Sunday morning, one of
the best beloved ladies of the church, and a
relative of the family which had Just been
called out, had died. Only the Sabbath be-
fore the lady had been present and wor-
shipped with the congregation, in the en-
joyment of perfect health, and with as fine a
prospect of long and happy life before her
as any one OF them, but on Saturday she was
taken i'll, and, as we have stated, on Sunday
morning she breathed her last = Cincinnati
Year: 1869

We like boys; we were boy once
ourself.


Many things can be said in their
favor. If it were not for boys many
of our tradesmen would not live
Tho slaes-Put-in- nAa zsnldn't have
much to do, and putty would fall in
price if there we're no boys to break
windows.


There would be no customers for
the cast-irOn peaches and green apples
which come early in the season but
for the boys the doctors wouldn't
have so much to do in curing cases of
cholera morbus arising therefrom.


Boys can be useful when they have
a mind to, and can sell newspapers,
black boots, hold horses, and do many
chores.


In printing Offices the boys are
known as devils = printers have a
plain way of speaking.


Boys individually are better than
boys collectively.


If there we're only one boy in the
world, we think he would be q good
boy f; it generally takes at least two
boys to get up any mischief.


Have one boy in a store and you
can have him useful.


Hire a second boy, and their time
will be chiefly devoted to chasing one
another over the counter, and firing
the dust brush at each others heads.


A boy begins to be a nuisance
when he is eight years old. How
soon he grows out of it depends upon
circumstances. Some never do.


1t questionable whether boys lead
an enjoyable existence. They take q
great deal of fun at other peoples ex
pense, but they have almost always
got grievances. Trey would like to
have their own way a little more, and
a pretty way it would be.


Give a boy his choice of all occu-
pations in life, and the chances are
that he would prefer either to be a
Robinson Crusoe on a desert island
or a captain of band of robbers,
such as he had read about, and seri-
Ously thinks of going into one or the
other of these desirable occupations
when he gets to be a man. He has a
great respect for a stage driver and
the captain of canal boat; there is
an idea of command in these positions
that takes his fancy. His idea Of be-
ing a man is having plenty of money,
doing what you please and being able
to smoke and chew tobacco without
getting sick overit.


Somebody wrote a song, Would l
Were Boy Again Those who had
the bringing up Of him are not likely
to have the same sentime mt. Raising
a boy once is as much as anybody
wants to undergo, and fortunately,
when they once grow up they stay
growed up, and have children of their
own to afiiet them.