smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

AN AFFECTIoNATE BRoTHHR.-A
correspondent of the Boston Trav-
eler, now wandering over the battle
fields of the rebellion, has been at
some pains to hunt up and identify
the graves of Northern soldiers, es
-pecially from New England, and
notify the relatives. In answer to
one of his letters of notification,
giving information Of a grave iden-
titled in Norfolk, he received from a
brother of the deceased the follow
ing curious epistle:


MAY I'd, 1869.


DEAR SIR: Glad to have heard
from you always. Our Bill was
always bully sort of fellow, and
we thought good deal on him,
especially the old woman. Glad,
too, that yon have found him after
SO much fuss. He wrote home that
he had shot two or three rebels, and
I be damned if that wasn't just what
I wanted to have him do. We have
got his last letter to the old woman,
which he wrote when he was sick.
and he was a taking on then about a
cussed sanitary commission that
sent him nothing only sweetmeats.
He wasn't used to that fodder. If
you will tell the grave digger to
send Bill along by the Express Com
pany, when he gets time to box him
up, why I'll pay the express on him
at this end. Am obliged to you,
sir. Just send me your bill.


Yours truly,
Year: 1869

At the decoration of soldiers
graves at Spring Grove cemetery,
Cincinnati, very touching scene
occurred. An aged German lady
appeared at one of the little mounds
and begged the policeman on duty
to permit her to pass to her hus-
bands grave. She sat down by the
same and burst into flood of tears,
for she was poor and had not even
a single flower to place upon the
sod that covered all that was dear to
her. But some of the committee Of
ladies observed her, and basket after
basket of the rarest and most beau
tiful flowers were brought, and fair
hands assisted her in her labor Of
love Eyes .'all unused to tie melt
ing mood were moistened at the
touching scenes, and that nameless
grave was fairly burdened with the
weight of the floral tribute rendered
by sympathizing hearts, Czeuelaad
Leader.
Year: 1869

Once. when I was little boy,


Isat mo down to cry.
Because my little brotherhad


The biggest piece of pie.
Twas not but had quite enotgh,
But then could not see
Tho reason why partial nurse


Should give him moro than me.
They said I was naughty boy.


But have oft seen men at
Behave themselves as fool;shiy


As behaved then.
For we arc often tllankless for


Rich blessings when we sigh
To think some luckier neighbor has
A bigger piece of pie. -.
Year: 1869

PREMATURE BrRIAL.-A paper in All
the Year Round speaks Of the many
cases Of premature burial which occur
during the prevalence of cholera. It
says among other things that "Dr.
Londe states as an acknowledged fact
that patients pronounced dead of chol-
era have been repeatedly seen to move
one or more of their limbs after death. .


Mr. Searle, an English surgeon, has
often remarked this fact and DIR.
Veyrat, of the Bath establishment
AK Savoy, succeeded In resuscitating
a young woman after she had apparent
" been dead for nearly three davs.-
Apropos of the subject of premature
burial, of which many people have a
horror not altogether unreasonable, it
may be well to state that French doc
tor has recently invented a process by
which it may be determined with abso-
lutte certainty whether q person sup
posed to be dead is so or not. Bella
donna dropped on the living eye al
ways causes dilation of the pupil, while
on the dead eye it has no effect. A
camera with the ordinary Photographic
paper, which is ruled with delicate
lines, is placed over the eye undergo
ing examination. The paper is unroll-
ed from spindle for ten or fifteen
minutes, at the expiration of which
time, if no variation in the size Of the
photograph of the pupil can be detect
ed, the subject is known to be dead.
Year: 1869

In recent number of the Cleveland
Herald, Mark Twain says


Ex-Secretary Stanton had an inter
view with Secretary Fish yesterday -
Sensation Telegram Of 1,e associated
Press


l was present at the interview. The
subject of it was warts.


Ex-Secretary Stanton said that when
he was q boy he had sixteen ON his
left hand and two on his right thumb,
and one on his elbow. He said he
used to hunt for old hollow stnmps
with rain water standing III them to
soak his warts in.


Secretary Fish said he had million
of warts when he was a boy, and some
times he split bean and tied it over a
wart, and then took the bean and bur-
led it at midnight in the crossroads in
the dark of the moon.


Ex-Secretary Stanton said he tried
that, but it never worked.


Secretary Fish said he could not re-
member that it worked he remcm-
bered t--,.;;::..1c, it good many times and
in the most unquestioning gooo.faith.


Ex-Secretary Stanton said his usual
plan was to run needle through the
wart and then hold the end of the nee
die In the candle till it warmed the
wart to that degree that it would never
take an interest in the worlds follies
and yanities any more forever.


-ecretary Fish said he thought he
was the wartiest boy that ever


At this inopportune moment cx-
Secretary Stanton's carriage was an
nounced and he arose and took his
leave. The next Associated Press dis
patch that distressed the people
through the columns of every newspa-
per in America read as follows:


The subject of the interview between
ex-Secretary Stanton and Secretary
Fish has not transpired. There ARE
various rumors flying. It is generally
believed that it referred to the alabama
question, and was very important.


And yet they were only talking about
warts.


Hereafter when I see vague Asso
ciated Press dispatches, stating thai
Jones called on the Secretary of the
Interior last night, or Smith had ar
interview with the Attorney General
or Brown was closetcd with the Presi
dent until late hour yesterday even
ing, I shall not be so terrified as
used to be. I shall feel certain tha
they are only talking about warts o.
something like that They can never
fire my interest again with one of those
dispatches, unless they state what th'
interview was about,


MARK TWAIN.
Year: 1869

Itisa graceful habit for children 10
say TO each other: 'Will you have the
goodness?' and Il thank YOU We
don't like to see prime, artificial children;
there are few things wo dislike so much
as a miniature beau or belle. But the
habit of good manners by no means i'm
plies offecuon or restraint. II iS quite
as easy to say: Please give mo a piece,
ns to say: Il want piece OF pie.
The idea that constan, poliIeneS' would
render social life stiff and restrained
springs from q false estimate Of polite
ness True politeness is perfect ease and
freedom. Ii simply consists Of treating
Others Just as you would like to be trsa
ted yourself. A person who acts from
this principle will always bO said 10 have
sweet, pretty ways with her, 1t Of
some consequences that your daughter
should know how 10 enter and leave a
room gracefully, but it is oil fprodiglously
more consequence that she should be IN
the habit of avoiding whatever Is disguS
ting or offensive TO others, and OF always
considering their pleasure as we'll as her
own.
Year: 1869


OH that my heart might never lose
A sense ofthings divine
That all my life, through joys and woes,
Might still be hid with Thine,
That underneath the restless flow
OF daily thought aud care.
Ahidden depth no storm might know
No sound but praise or prayer. h
Then often to the blest retreat
My weary soul would flee,
And in its peaceful shelter meet
My Saviour God with Thecl
No earthly joys unquetness
Should mar the silent bliss
wherewith my God should deign to bless
The heart that rests on His.
No care or sorrow dare intrude
Within thathallOwed place,
To blight, with touch profane and rude,
The fair delights of grace.
But. resting even in Thy love,
And trusting in Thy care,
Ny life should shine like their above,
Aud taste the jpD they share.
For what is heaven butlire in Theef
And if Thy will be done


Here on the earth, o, Lord in me,
My heaven is begnn.
Year: 1869

People are content to walk for life IN
the rut made by their predecessors long
after il has become no dOsp that they
cannot see to the right or left. This
keeps them in ignorance aod darkness,
hut il saves them the trouble Of thinking
OF acting fot themselves.
Year: 1869

Along with the rest of the "loyar
sheets, the Berkeley Union is sadly dis
grnntled. The source of its trouble is
the one quite common among the saints
of late, the partition of plunder. An
Assessor was recently appointed for the
Second District before any body in the


Unions end of the District knew there
was to be a vacancy. The bone was
snapped up before the Eastern Pan
Handle got ready to grab. And thus
the Union says:


If this is TO be the new and approved
method we will have mono of it, and
condemning the old method or that plan
that was in existence at the incoming of
the new administration, we will do our
best to write that condemnation with,
we hope, such an appreciation of just
right, and no intentional wrong to any
one, where the public cannot fail to
see it, and seeing, by their popular ver-
dict must and will condemn.
Year: 1869

There is no fact in agriculture more
fully established than that it will not
pay to keep poor stock, when it is pos.
sible to secure that of better quality.
A few years since the rage for Durham,
Alderney, Devon and other breeds of
cattle prevailed very extensively
throughout the country. Fabulous
prices were paid for superior animals
of these breeds, and there appeared to
be fair prospect ofsomething like re.
form in the matter of stock raising.
Like so many other movements
in agriculture, this spirit of i'm
provement has subsidized, and we
find our farmers relapsed into their
former apathy. Should this bei The
cost of keeping an inferior cow is pre-
cisely the same as that of better one.
A good horse will always command
better price in the market, or is more
valuable to its owner for its own pur-
poses than poor one. The cost of
keep is the same. Why not, then, raise
the best horsesi There are breeds of
swine that grow rapidly and fatten upon
much less food, and in shorter time
than others. Why not procure these i'm
pLON0u hluuSi Iuo SAINT may Db balu
Of sheep, poultry and, in fact, every
kind of farm stock, and yet we find
thousands of farmers, in the face of
these incontrovertible facts, arraying
themselves in steady hostility to all
movements having for their object the
Improvement Of domestic farm animals.
They cling to the inferior stock with
pertinacity that is surprising. In many
cases the secret of the matter is their
unwillingness to make the first invest
ment. Fifteen dollars apiece Seems to
be q large price to pay for q two
months old Chester county white pig,
when commoner animals can be had at
one.tifth the price; but all experience
proves that in the long run the best are
the cheapest We're it possible to over
come this iLdispOsition to make the first
outlay, there would be room for indul-
gence of the hope that our farm stock
generally would improve in character.
This will be accomplished only when
farmers realize fully the fact that it does
not pay to keep poor stOck.-JourRal Of
the Farm,
Year: 1869

Make up wash of alum and water
which reduce to blood heat, and with a
quill, blow the liquid into the eye. After
trying the above preparation three times
take piece of alum, as large as the end
of ones finger, and burning it in the fire
reduce it to powder, and blow it stoutly
by the same process into the eye. We
have tried burnt alum on number of
horses that have had sore eyes, and
always found it valuable remedy. 1t
will remove all scum and restore clear
ness to the eyes.
Year: 1869

WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN


Are made strong by the use of either of these
remedies. They will cure every case of MA
RASMUS, without fail.


Thousands of certificates have accumulated
in the hands Of the proprietor, but space will
allow Of the publication of but a few. Those
II will be observed, are men of note, and of such
standing that they must be believed.
Year: 1869

And feeling the hand of time weighing heavily
upon them, with all its attendant ills, will find
in the use of this BITTERS, or the TONIC, an
restore in measure the energy and ardOr Of
more youthful days, build up their shrunken
forms, and give health and happiness in their
remaining yoara
Year: 1869

half of the female portion Of our population ar.
seldom in the enjoyment Of good health, or, to
use their own expression, never feel we'll. 4"
They are languid, devoid of all energy, extreme
ly nervous, and have no appetite


To this class Of persons the BITTERS. or the
TONIC, is especially recommended.
Year: 1869

The mule seems to have been used by the an
clients in a great variety of ways but what
should have prompted his production must for
ever remain mystery. That they early dis
covered his great usefulness in making long jour-
| neys, climbing mountains, and crossing deserts
of burning sand, when subsistence and water
were scarce, and horses would have persisted is
we'll established. That he could soon recover
from the severe effects of these long and trying
Journeys must also have been of great value in
their eyes. But however much they valued him
for his usefulness, they seem not to have had the
slightest veneration for him, as they had for some
other animals / am led to believe, then, that it
was his great usefulness in crossing the sandy
deserts that led to his production. 1t is proof,
also, that where the ass was at hand there also
was the horse, or the mule could not have been
produced. Any people with sufficient knowledge
to produce thasnuIe would also have had sufficient
knowledge to discover the difference between him
and the horse, and would have given the pre-
ference to the horse in all service except that
have just described. And yet in the early history
of the world, we find of rank, and even
rulers using them on state and similar occasions
and this when it might have been supposed that
the horse, being the nobler animal, would have
made more display.


The Scriptures tell us that Absaom, when be


led the rebel hosts against his father David, rode



himself by the hair of his head. Then, again,
we hear of the mule at the inauguration of King
Solomon. II is but reasonable to suppose that
the horse would have been used on that great
occasion, had be been present. On the other
hand is not reasonable to suppose that the ass,
or anything pertaining to him, was held in high
esteem by nation that believed they were COM
manded by God, through their prophet Moses,
not to work the OK and the ass together. 1t must
be Inferred from this that the ass was not held in
very high esteem, and that the prohibition was
not for the purpose of not degrading the OK, he
being of that family of which the perfect males
were used for sacrafce. The ass, of course, was
never allowed 10 appear on the sacred altar. And
yet He who came to save our fallen race, and
open the gates Of heaven, and fulfil the words of
the prophet rode Il female of this apparently de-
graded race Of animals when He made his tri-
umphal march into the city Of the temple Of the
living God
Year: 1869

LIVE WITHIN Your MEANS Limited means sand
gaudy pride cannot walk hand in hand through
life-one must yield to the other or discontent
will follow. If you give ear to the silly voice OF
pride, and over-step your income, momentary
happiness may be yours, luxury may surround
you, gay display enchant you, and friends gath
er admiringy around you, but it cannot last
the truth will come-the bubble is too frail, too
brilliant to buffet life's rough winds, and in a
moment it is gone leaving you to the hand OF
misfortune, and in remorse and poverty you sink
to mourn your sad choice. On the other hand,
if you patiently listen to the modest pleadings OF
prudence and economy, and heed their counsel,
all will be we'll. Remember, the lofty house, and
spacious halls, gaudy display, jeweled and tinsel-
ed robes and fashion and follies, oftener cause
more sorrow and bitter tears and frowns and
burrows than their pleasures are worth. True,
the wealthy have their joys and happiness which
many envy. Their boarded gold and proud
titles have their favorites, but they only last while
they live within their means. But nobility OF
heart is more to be enjoyed. 1t teaches us econo-
my and self-sacrifce to bring our wants to meet
our means. While content dwelt in Eden bow
er it was Paradise, but as soon as vain desires
came whispering through its leafy groves the
happy angel took its fight, and all nature felt
the curse.
Year: 1869

How He SAID GaAcE.-A man being lately on
a tramp to Canada says thatsata certain farm
house in the back woods, where be had occasion
to stop, the following rich scene took place:


The family were about to partake of their
breakfast, and sat down for that purpose The
old man being lover of squirrels, and that be-
ing the principal dish Of the mornings repast,
had his particular piece laid on the side Of the
dish next to him. The old man commenced say
ing grace, as follows


''Oh, Lord, we thank the for the blessing thou
has set before US do thou guide and direct ul
through life'-here, raising his eyes, he preceiv.
ed his son Gideon laying his hands on his choice
piece Of squirrel, and then in a hurried manner
ended the grace deliver US from evil, for th'
Lords sake, amen,-by golly, Gid, that's my
piece hand it here. ta 47slH 80
Year: 1869

TINE DOES lT.-Time has wonderful power
in taking the conceit out of persons. When a
young man first emerges from the school and en-
ters upon the career Of life it is painfully ANUS
ing to witness his self-sufficiency would have
ali the world to understand that he has Learned
THAT he is master of all knowledge and can
unravel all mysteries. But as he grows older ne
grows wiser, be learns that he knows great deal
less than he supposed he did, and by the time DC
reaches to three-score years he is prepared u
uWhen was Young | was sure of everything
in a few years, having been mistaken thousand
times, was not half as sure Of most things as


was was before. At present am hardly sure OF any
| thing but what God has revealed to man.
Year: 1869

Ms- An Ohio editor is getting particular about
what be eats. Hear him. "The woman who
made the butter which we bought last week Is
respectfully requested TO exercise more Judgment
in proportioning the ingredients. The last natch
had too much hair in for butter, and not quiie
enouoL for waterfall. There is no sense in max
ing Yourself bald-headed, if butter is So cents
pound" m
Year: 1869

PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE,
And feeling the hand of time weighing heavi-
ly upon them, with all its attendant ills, will
find in the. use of this Bitters, or the Tonic, an
elixir that will instil new life into their veins.
restore in measure the energy and ardor OF
more youthful days, build up their shrunk'n
forms, and give health and happiness to their
ipip
Year: 1869

1t is tight box or tub, and this avoids the
slops and steam odor peculiar to wash days.


Gs-ALL FABRICS, from Collar to the lar
qest size Quilt. can be washed perfectly clean
without Rubbing or Boiling.
Year: 1869

blood shall be upon his own head.


But If the watchman see the sword
come and blow not the trumpet, and the
people be not warned If the sword come.
ana take any person from among them,
ne is taken away in his iniquity but his
blood will require at the watchmau's 9
hand. ID II. Gasstts, 14tA. AE
Year: 1869

Kiuglake, in bis " History of the Crime
an Invasion" gives the following graphic
description of a horse in battle:


"The extent to which a charger can
approach the perils of the battlefield
may be easily underrated by one who
confines his observation to horses still
carrying their riders; for, as long as a
troop horse in action feels the weight and
hand Of a master, his deep trust in man
keeps him seemingly free from great ter
ror, and he goes through the fight, unless
wounded, as though 1t were field-day at
home; but the moment that death or q
disabling wound deprives him of his
rider, he seems all at once to learn what
battle is-to perceive its real dan
gers with the clearness Of human being,
and to be agonized with horror of the
fate he may incur for the want of hand
to guide him. Careless ofthe mere thunder
of guns, he shows plainly enough that he
more or less knows the dread accent that
is used as missiles of war while cutting
their way through the air, for as often as
these sounds disclose to him the near
passage Of bullet or round shot, he
shrinks and cringes. His eyeballs pro-
trude. Wild with fright, be still does not
commonly gsllop home into camp. His
instinct seems rather to tell him that
what safety, if any, there is for him must
be found in the ranks; and he rushes at
the first squadron he can find, urging
piteously, yet with violence, that he, too,
by rights, is troop-horse that he, too,
is willing to charge, but not be left be-
hind-that he must and will fall in
Year: 1869

fee him ia the cause of science, and by
repeated shocks of electricity developed
his brain TO the extent of three
centimeters in few months. The
Doctor claims that he can expand
brain no larger than that of
General Legare to the size of that OF
Bismarck in the course of two or
three months, and he urges the adoption
by the French Government of his cleo
trio brain. developer in all the schools and
colleges of France. By all means, the
Doctor ought to visit America. There is
a grand field here for the exercise Of his
benevolent powers. Let him begin with
the members of our National Legisla-
ture. Nothing has yet been able to shock
them sufficiently to induce them to at
tend to their duties, and there has been
a general conviction that nothing short
Of stroke of lightning could materially
improve them. DR.. Poggioli can help
them if any one can, and we are anxious
to have him try his electric developer on
what the Radical members are pleased to
road as their brains. = Ner York


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