smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1862

Some eggs


NO, l don't like eggs.


4 can give you rabbit


No rabbit for me Il have no fancy for col.
ic.'


Some ham y


no, that would make me thirsty


Some Pigeons


The dog rose to his feet at the word pig
eons,' and looked with increased attention at
Baron Taylor.


NO pigeons for me there is nothing to
eat on them


Would you like chicken, them


The word chicken was scarcely out of the
hostess mouth than the dog make for the
door with an alacrity which would have been
explained had man appeared in the back
ground and, armed with sharp stick, given
pursuit; but there being neither man nor
sharp stick, nor pursuit, Baron Taylor could
not help asking the woman what was the
matter with the dog.


oh. nothing said she, 'Le is only anxious
to avoid working, for he knows that if YOU
order chicken he will have to turn the spit
Year: 1862

crown your arms and restore peace to your coun-
try. To arms is waited on every storm and ev-
cry breeze, for the preservation of our freedom,
our harvest fields, and millions Of our once peace
full and happy homes. To arms and by your
arms establish firmly and permanently our free
institutions on the everlasting rock of Liberty,
for the sake of your country and of humanity,
and God will surely reward your noble deeds of
valOr. A UNION DEMOCRAT.
Year: 1862

a Baron Taylor, while travelling in
Spain, reached village inn one night, and
sat down before the fire to dry his boots. A
dog crouching at the fire eyed him with such
singular attention Baron Taylor could not
help being struck by it.


'What can you give me to eat p asked the
Baron.
Year: 1862

The Albany Evening Journal publishes
the following letter, written by General
Dix, in reply to one asking permission to
use his name as the Democratic candidate
for Governor. Mr.. Weed gives it as part
of the evidence which led him to believe
that General Dix would be very proper
candidate for the Union Convention to
nominate:
Year: 1862

If the war is for the abolition Of slavery,
the Connessites say they are opposed to it.
If it is not for this, but for the suppression
of rebellion, then they are in favor of it..
But if it'll a-war for both those purposes,
then we suppose they would be in favor of
one half the war and opposed to the other
half.


y rather preearious position to occnpy
on the field of battle, and equally foolish as
apolitcal position.


The platform Of the party however, fully
commits them to the prosecution Of the
war.-,hs ground occupied by the Republ'
can party. This being so, what matters ii
rs to the reasons acualing them in pursuing
the same object. If for certain reason,
one resolves to take your life. and for some
other reason, third person also determines
to kill you, both fully resolve that you s. all
live no longer, does it make any difference
to you. us. or the world at large that the real
sons for action in either instance were Who'll.
ly different! the result is the same.


The Union Democrats stand on the war
policy of the Republicans-now would it
not be unwse and impoIitic to dispace a
party having large experience in this war
policy, aud fill their places with new and
inexperienced class of men? If the war is
to be prosecuted right or wrong, at all haz
yards, is it not better TO leave it's manage
ment to those Of greater experiencel-the
Republicans
Year: 1862

in solitary way, the less likely they
are to change their habits. lis not
surprising that in many casses they
become stiff and awkward in their
manners, dull in intellect, and unge'
NAL, if not morose in feeling,


But we are not, on this account,
going to depreciate the farmers lot:
it is, in many respects, the best under
the sun. Yet it can not be denied
that evils lie in the direction we have
indicated and they should be guarded
against. 1t is not a good thing for
anybody to make slave of himself:
to jog around as in treadmill, year
after year, with little or no relief, or
rational enjoyment, and the farmer
should not follow his work too dog.
gedly. We would not have him
drudge so hard that he cannot enjoy
the society of his family every day
He ought to be the leader and bene-
factor of his household in their social
intercourse. His conversation at the
table and around the evening lamp,
should be instructive and eleVating to
sons and daughters. His genial hos
pitality should attract neighbors and
friends to visit him often and enliven
the converse of his freside. And he,
with his family, should Systematically
keep up acquaintance with other good
families, far and near.


The Farmers Clubs, which are es-
tablished in many districts, exert a
good social influence so far as they 60,
but they are not enough; the inter-
course of families should be superad.
ded, as this contributes very much to
the enjoyment and responsibility of
agricultural life. 1t lightens the bur-
den of daily toll, relieves its solitari~
ness, awakens thought, and promotes
general Improvement. Where this is
done, farmers children, both sons and
daughters, will be less inclined to long
after the excitements and gayeties of
town life, and more Of them will be
content with the calling in which they
were born.-AnasEiean AgrieuliHfistl


:
Year: 1862




The fact Of our having both soil
and climate in Southern Illinois ad-
apted to the growing of cotton, being
fully established, it now remains for
those who intend to experiment with
it the present year, to do so under
such circumstances as viii be the most
likely to prove successful. It will
hardly be expected that ali who take
hold of it will be equally successful
any more than in any other farm crops;
but of what can be learned from the
experience of others let US avail our
selves.


Preparation Of Ground. The usual
method Of planting cotton is the ridge
plan, in order to free the roots Of the
plant from any standing water that
might accumulate from rains, &C.
Were the ground underdrained this
would not be as necessary. The
ground should be plowed deep and
thoroughly pulverized, and if it could
be fall plowed all the better. In
the spring throw into ridges three
feet apart, by turning two furrOws to-
ward each other.


Plantins.-This is done in various
ways-the principal one in the South
is to open the top of this ridge with a
tool called the opener, which would
correspond with a small plow here
Into this opening, the hands scatter
the seed, and by little practice sue
ceed in distributing it very evenly
but considerable thicker than it is de-
signed to remain, so it may be thinneC
out, insuring a good stand. The
character of the upland cotton seed is
such as to make it difficult to drop il
from any ordinary machinery, th'
cottony coating causing it to adhere
together. The most approved imple,
ment, we believe, in use, is one wheru
the seeding apparatus is composed o
two disks placed on q shaft, with thei
insides towards each other, and thei
edges coming nearly together, leaving
space for the seed to be thrown out a
it revolves, the seed being placed
withing the two discs in moving owe
the ridge drops out, the quantity beinj
governed by the width they are Sc
apart. Too much haste should not b
made to get the seed in the groun
before it Is thoroughly prepared an
well warmed up. Experience in on
own State has shown that if good seec
is planted in good, well preparer
ground by the middle of May, we ma,
be pretty sure of obtaining a GOO
picking. The plants from such plant
ing are more sure of a strong, rapi
growth, and will be much less likel,
to be attacked by the aphis, which
very apt to trouble late and unhealth
plants.


Great care should be taken in GOV
ering the seed with thoroughly pulyer
lied earth, as it insures closer contae
with the seed, and causes an earl,
termination. If all things are favora
bic, the plant will appear above groun
in from eight to ten days. The
commences the
Year: 1862




A rare specimen of rich satirical hu-
NOR will be observed in the following
extracts from letter ofD. e. Kerr:


BY invitation of u W ell. known official
I visited the Navy Yard yesterday,
and witnessed the trial Of some newly
invented fled cannon. The trial was
Of short duration, and the jury brought
in verdict of innocent Of any intent
to kin.


The first gun tried was similar to
those used in the Revolution, except
that it had large touch-hole, and the
carriage was painted green, instead of
blue. This novel and ingenious wea-
pom was pointed at target about six
ty yards distant. 1t didn't hit it, and,
IN nobody saw any ball, there was
much perplexity expressed. A mid
shipman did say that he thought the
ball must have run out of the touch
hole when they loaded up-for which
he was Instantly expelled from the SER
vice. After long search without find
ing the ball, there was some thought
Of summoning the Naval Retiring
Board to decide on the matter, when
somebody happened to look into the
mouth of the cannon, and discovered
that the ball hadn't gone out at ALL
The inventor said this would happen
sometimes, especially if you didn't put
q brick over the touch hole when you
fred the gun. The Government was
80 pleased with this explanation, that
it ordered forty guns on the spot, at
two hundred thousand dollars apiece.
The guns to be furnished as soon as
the war is over.


The next weapon tried was Jink 8
double back action revolving cannon
for ferry boats. 1t consists of heavy
bronze tube, revolving on pivot, with
both ends open, and touch-hole in
the middle. While one gunner puts a
load in at one end, another puts in a
load at the other end, one touch-hole
serving for both. Upon applying the
match, the gun is whirled swiftly round
on pivot, and both balls fly out in
circles, causing great slaughter on
both sides. This terrible engine was
aimed at the target with great accura-
cy; but as the gunner has large fam
lily dependen: on him for support, he
refused to apply the match. The Gov
ernnent was satisfied without firing,
and ordered six of the guns at mil.
lion Of dollars apiece. The guns to be
furnished in time for our next war.


The last weapon subjected to trial
was mountain howitzer of new pat
tern. The inventor explained that its
great advantage was, that it required
no powder. In battle it is placed on
the top of high mountain, and ball
slipped loosely into it. AS the enemy
passes the foot of the mountain, the
gunner in charge tips over the howit-
ger, and the ball rolls down the side of
the mountain into the midst Of the
doomed foe. The range of this terrible
weapon depends greatly on the hight
of the mountain and the distance to
its base. The Government ordered
forty of these mountain howit&ers at a
hundred thousand dollars apiece, to be
planted on the first mountains discov-
ed in the enemy's country.


These are great times for gnnsmiths,
my boy; and if you find any old can
non around the junk shops, just send
them along. o. G. KERR.
Year: 1862

They have the testmc malls and certificates
in their favor from families and the public press
They will run backward or forward making smooth
and elastic stitch on all kinds fabric.
Year: 1862

To Cure DyspEpsIA.---Take a new
axe, put white hickory handle Ill it,
bore hole in the top of the handle, fill
the hole with gum canphor, and seal it
up. Then take the axe and cut cord
wood, at fifty cents cord, until the
heat of the handle dissolyes the CAM
phor. Dose to be taken daily.
Year: 1862

A dispatch from Falmouth TO us states that
two deserters from the Eighteenth Virginia
came in to-day, and report that the larger part
of tho rebel armyis falling back from Freder-
icksburg, and that they have abandoned one
line of Notifications and are at work on a
second, probably as u feint, and that during
Saturday night the railroad track was being
torn up. .
Year: 1862

e The following is . verbatim copy Of
the certificate attached 10 the return Of a post
master in Shawnee county. Missouri. Arte-
mas Ward may as well shut up shop at once.
ri here by certify that the four goin A count
is as near Right as no how to make it if
there is any mis- take il is not Dun Purpus %
Year: 1862

ings which all men hold sacred from any
but the touch Of sympathy. And when
once struck by the rude hand of insult and


derision they clamor for vengeance. We
warn traitors at home to beware how they
insult the loyalty of the people, in deri-
ding the cause for which they are spending
their blood SO freely and nobly.-Ind.
jour- tft .ff re a
Year: 1862

A correspondent Of the Trbans who wac
in the Battle at Fort Donelson thus writesf


Few persons are there who have nps
some curiosity about baule-felds, and who
10 not desire TO know how men fee, when
under fire, especially before custom has
made them feel indifferent or secure. Most
OF those who we're at Donelson must have
had THIS experience, AS the field was such
that few could 90 to any part Of il without
incurring more or less risk. Hardly any
one could see the enemy or their guns, and
consequently the first intimatou of tlcif
presence would be the falling of a shell OF
the ratlling of shot or balls in his immedi.
ate vicinity.


LIDO not suppose I have much physical
or moral courage, but the sensations under
fire, judging from my experience. are differ.
ent from what is expected. as


A reasoning man at first feels alarmed.
and his impulse Is to rup away; and if he
has no reason to stand, he probably does
run but at each exposure he grows less
timid, and after hearing canister and grape
about his ears dozen times, begins 10 think
he is not destined to be hurt


lie still feels rather uneasy, perhapss
but the danger becomes fascinating, and,
though he don't wish to be hit, he likes to
have narrow escapes, and so voluntarily
places himself in position where he can
incur more risk.


After little while, he begins TO reason
the matters reflects upon the Doctrine Of
Probabilities, and how much powder and
lead is necessarily wasted before any man
is killed or wounded.


Why should he be, he thinks, so much
more unlucky than many other people,
and he soon can hear the whizzing Of bull
cts with a tolerable degree of equanimitD
though he involuntarily lodges or tries to
dodge the cannon balls or shells that go
bowling around his immediate neighbor>
hood.


In the afternoon, he is quite different

creature from what he was in the morning,
and involuntarily smiles to see man be-
tray the same trepidation which he himself
exhibited few hours before.


The more he is exposed to fire, the better
ne can bear it; and the timid being of to-
day is the hero Of to-mrrrow and he who
runs from danger ON the first battlefield
will run into il on the next, and court the
hazard he once so dreaded.


Thus courage, as it is styled, Is liltle
more with most men than custom and they
learn to despise what has often threatened
without causing them HARM If wounded,
they learn wounds are less painful to bear
than they had supposed, and then the Doct.
rine of Probabilities teaches them once more
they are less liable to be wounded again.
So the mental process goes on until the
Nerves become by degrees the subject Of
Will; and be only fears who has not iha
will to be brave.
Year: 1862

Power or IMAGINATION. wealthy
lady had tickling in her throat, and thought
that bristle of her toothbrush had gone
down and lodged in her gullet. Her throat
daily grew worse. 1t was badly inHamed,
and she sent for the family doctor. lie ex-
amined it carefully, and finally assured her
that nothing was the matter-it was mere
nervous delusion, he said. Still her throat
troubled her, and she became SO much a.
larmed that she was sure she should die.
A friend suggested that she should call in
DIR. Jones, young man just commencing
practice. She did not at first like the idea,
but finally consented, and Dr. Jones was
called. He was person Of good address
and polite manners. He looked carefully
at her throat, asked her several questions
as TO the sensation at the seat of the malady,
and finally announced that he could relieve
her. On his second visit he brought with
him delicate pair Of forceps, in the teeth
of which he had inserted bristle taken
from an ordinary toothbrush. The rest
can be imagined. The lady threw back
her head, the forceps we're introduced into
her mouth pick--a loud screaml and
twas all over, and the young physician,
with smiling face, was holding up to the
light and inspecting with lively curiosity,
the extracted bristle, The patient was in
rap,ures. She Immediately recovered her
health and spirits, and went about every
where sounding the praises Of 'her saviour"
as she persisted in calling the dextsrous
operator.
Year: 1862

Keep the heart young though the sands ebb low,
And the silver cord be parting
Though the wrinkle come, and the go,
And the first gray hairs are starting
Smooth IL you eau, the furrowed check,


And the brow where years written;
Dye. II you will, those locks so sleek,


Till your age be snugly hidden.
But the heart may be yooRg, though the lock grow old
All its inner life revealing,
And its pulses leap, though the blood run cold,
Like the brook through yon dinge stealing.
As the pearl keeps fair in its sunkeu she'll


Though the beach be wasting ever,
And the springs still gush in the shady deli.


While the dying day beams quyer;
As the leaves fade net on the ivy green,


With the rest in autumn weather,
Let the links Keep bright, in their golden sheen,
That bind all together.
Year: 1862

Ten THOUSAND MEN FOR FLOYD
Governor Le.cher of Virginia has issued
proclamation calling for State force of
ten thousand men to form division for
Gen. Floyd, to be employed chiefly in
Western Virginia. The men are to be
raised by draft, and the utmost activity is
urged upon the officers engaged in the
work. The Governor appeals to "those
in Western Virginia, and particularly in
the Northwest, who are liable to draft
under the Lincoln government, to come
out from among the common enemy and
unite themselves as beco nes true sons of
Virginia, to the force here called for"
Year: 1862

WHITE LABOR AT THE SoUTH.-The
New Orleans Delta says:


ave wish we could remove one fallacy
from the Northern mind, and that is a fala-
cy that labor performed by negroes on the
plantations of the South connot be done by
white men. We say it can; and it can be
done cheaper and better. Intelligent and
independent Southerners will admit this.
Why, the white farmers of the West, in their
harvesting season, work and are happy and
healthy, under sun quite as oppressive as
that of this latitude. The hod-carriers OF the
North, with no wool to shield their heads,
work as no negro could work, in sun quite
as broiling as anything experienced in rice
field or a cane brake. We throw these as
sertions out tor the examination of the phi'
losopher and the statesman. And we will
anticipate events so far as to say that a
sugar plantation will be worked in this State
by white men before the year is out.


Don't then, believe those who tell you that
a white man can't do wb at negro can. He
can do all that negro can do, in the way Of
lsboring in the sun, and ever-so-much more .
Year: 1862

From the Lacrosse Democrat, 18th.


This morning a young girl, nineteen
years old, who formerly resided near Roch-
ester, Minnesota, left LaOrosse for Ken.
lucky, whers she has lover in the Second
Minnesota regiment. When she started
from home-against the wishes of her pa
rents, who imagine her on a visit to her
aunt in Winona-she had bat four dollars
in money, and barely clothes enough to fill
a small satchel. She"caught rides" to this
city with farmers coming in with produce,
and said she should go till she met her low
er if sbe had to walk every step Of the way.
Some gentlemen here, admiriDg her pluck,
gave her about fourteen dollars, which with
what she had, will pay here fare to the
place of destination. She is very pretty
Yankee girl, with black hair, red cheeks
and black eyes that are sharp enough to
kill at least hundred miles. When her
lover left her, she promised to wait until his
return; but the love she has for him made
life too dreary without his presence and she
has gone to surprise him. to marry and be
with him through all the unrevealed dan.
gers of battles and privations. Those who
truly love can imagine the meeting. May
God bless them both, and may the love fire
now blazing 30 cheerily in their hearts, en-
dure forever.
Year: 1862




We find in the Central Republican, a let
ter addressed by Senator Cook, of Rice
county, we'll known Republican, to Hon.
LUKE HuLErr, also Republican. From
this letter we extract such parts as relate
to the policy OF the Federal Administration.
and the duty of all loyal citizens to sustain
it; and we commend them for their good
sense and patriotism, to the attention OF our
readers:


Mr.. Cleveland's resolutions relating to
the conduct OF the war, emancipation. &C.,
Ito which you refer-have been considered
in Committee of the Whole, and after some
discussion were referred to the Committee
on Federal Relations That Committee
have, am informed, given the matter some
consideration, and if they report at all, will
report substitute, endorsing the Admins
tration without qualification. l believe
the true interests of the country is in safe
hands, and that if the rebellion is put down,
and our Union saved, it will be done
through and by the Administration. 1t
therefore becomes the duty of every true
patriot to stand by the Administration.
We should not stand idly by and denounce
the cause OF the trouble, or vainly clamor
that by another course it might have been
avoided. To extend help at once is our
first duty; to criticize our after duty.
Thus, in these times of public trial, every
citizen should lend bis strength and influence
to support the powers that be, in carrying
out the plans which they have considered
best for the welfare of the Union.


Nothing is gained by denouncing the
acts of the government. We cannot be
knowing to the reasons which influence the
President and the leaders of our armies, in
what appears to be needless delay, yet sufi-
cient reasons exist, I have faith in their
patriotism and judgment, and therefore be-
lieve that they do exist and that to turn
blindly from them would be sheer madness.
Because we cannot see good reasons why a
forward movement of our army should not
be made, it is no proof tbas others cannot
see them. There is no doubt in my mind
but that Mcclellan would move if bis iudg-
ment approved of it. he knows the strength
of the rebels, and the powers of their bate.
ries, and cannot be urged into doubtful
contest with them. We cannot afford to
have another Bull Run. When the fight
begins we must be sure beyond doubt /;
there should be no anxiety as to its issue.
When Mcclellan gives the word believe
the old banner will 60 forward with pow
er and celerity that will strike terror into
the hearts of the leaders of the rebellion.


Let US then have patience, and not con-
demn what we cannot understand. l believe
that those who are urging a forward move
ment Of the army, emancipation, &C., do SO
from honest and patriotic motives; out it
cannot do any good. 1t only makes trouble /;
it shakes the public confidence, and that is
the basis of our governmental powers. Lin
coin is honest and patriotic, and means to
save the Union. We should stand by him;
and l believe the end will fully justify our
faith in bis wisdom.