smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

we might add the want Of occupation, or
ofcengenial employment, and its opposite;
too much to do; extremes of any sort ex-
ert an unfavorable influence.


7. There are certain states Of mind
which promptto the indulgence Of alco-
holic stimulants. ANY strong desire un-
gratifed will do it. Disturbed domestic
relations and divided households will DO it.
A refusal Of substantial aid when asked
and most needed, and when disposed to do
well, to be denied the confidence you
sought and expected. Neglect of friends,
real or fancied. Suspicious of treachery
and deceit on the part Of those Of whom
you expected better things. Meeting Of
old friends. The completion of any work
on which you have been long and anxious.
ly engaged. The disastrous termination
Of business relations and speculations.
Sudden prosperity, unlocked for adversely,
and all other abrupt changes of outward
condition induce states Of mind predis-
posing to indulgence in stimulating
drinks.


5. The progress Of temperance truth
has fully established the fact that the use
Of tobacco, If not necessary and insep-
arabic attendant to drinking, strongly pre-
disposes men to drink. That it creates a
morbid thirst none can doubt, and thus
may lead men into the habit Of using in
toxicating drinks. But my chief obiec-
ton to Its use on the part Of men who are
striving To. overcome the habit Of intem-
perate drinking, arises from the fact that
it ippairs the appetite for food, and
weakens the powers of digestion, and
thus indirectly encourages those who use
it to seek for the strength and vigor
which nutritious food alone can furnish
in alcoholic stimulants. have found thai
when man could subdue the appetite fol
tobacco, the love for Intoxicating drinks
was sure to cease.


9. | name as another cause Of intemper'
ance the indiscriminate use by physicians
Of alcohol, as remedy in all sorts Of dis
eases, without consideration Of its need OF
of its results. That alcohol is one Of the
most powerful agents we possess to rouse
the dormant nervous power cannot bC
denied. But we are not on that account
to assume that it Is equivalent to a tonic
and that it must necessarily be admins
tered because the patient is weak, Tha
| very weakness may be due to the long
continued pernicious effects Of this sam
stimulant / believe that the empl0ymen
Of alcohol at the bedside of the sick a
the great panacea for all bodily ills, ha
shortened more lives and made NOR
drunkards and vagabonds than all othe
causes could have done. s
Year: 1869

RAILROAD CoMPLRrED.-The last rail
was laid and the last spike was driven, on
the Rail Road between Townsend and Mas
sey's on Thursday last, the Oath inst. The
spike was neither gold nor silver, but the
finishing Of this road will put both gold
and silver, or their equivalent in green
backs, into the pockets of all concerned in
its construction or use. 1t is the begin
ming Of new era to the section through
which it is located, and we congratulate
the residents along the line, and at bott
termini, on the successful completion o.
the irst section of this important work.
Year: 1869

FIVE CENTS WORTH OF ORANGE PEEL :
A man from the country invested five cents
in the purchase of an orange, and prepar-
atory to getting himself outside of it, threw
the peel on the sidewalk Soon after a
young woman came along, slipped upon
the peel and fell, breaking her leg. The
woman was to have been married the next
day but wasn't. The man who was 10
marry her had come from st. Paul, Mimi
and was obliged to return, on account Of
business, to await the recovery of the girl.
On his way back he unfortunately took a
train on the Erie Railroad which ran of
the track, and his shoulder blade was
broken, forcing him to stop at Dunkirk,
for repairs. On getting back to St. Paul
he found that his forced absence had upset
business arrangement which he had eX-
pected to complete, at pecuniary loss TO
him of $4,000. Meantime the injured
girl suffered relapse, which so enfeebled
her health that her marriage was delayed
which had bad effect upon the young
man, so that he finally broke the engage,
ment, and married widow in Minnesots
with four small children. This SO WORKED
upon the mind of the girl, that she is nov
in the insane hospital at Middletown. He
father, outraged by the conduct of I'll,
young man, brought a suit for breach 3
promise, and has just recovered $40, 900
The anxiety and expense of the whole at
fair have been enormous, as everybody cal
see. Similar cases are likely to occur d,
long as people will persist in THROWN,
orange peel round ose.-Hartford( Con.
COurdnt
Year: 1869

How TO Eradicate SAssAFRAs BUSHES
1t is a well-known fact that many farms
are infested with sassafras bushes, and
that many plans have been adopted for
their destruction with little success, the
trouble being that when they are grubbed
up every small root left in the ground will,
in the ensuing spring, produce separate
shoot, and thus the numbers increase.
Thirty years ago practical farmer, who
had seen four-score years, told me that If
the bushes are grubbed the day before and
the day after the full of the moon in July
and the day before and the day after the
full of the moon in August, the small roots
left in the ground will never germinate
again. After thirty years experience, |
am prepared to say to all who are troubled
with them, suspend all other work, en-
brace the opportunity offered during the
four days'I have named, and in the CON-
ing spring you may see one in thousand
but follow the same course the next sum.
mer. and. you shall see your enemy ne
more. l speak from experience, | shal
leave others to philosphize and theorize up
on it.-Geo. Lea'y, near R,eS's Corner


Kent county, Md.
Year: 1869

Drying FRuIr.-A correspondent of the
Rural World finds an ordinary hot-bed a
capital place for drying fruit. A floor is
laid. inside on which to place the fruit.
Then put on the sash, but be sure to raise
both the upper and lower ends about two
dnches, to admit of free circulation Of
air. or the fruit would bake as it would in
an oven. Here the fruit will not be wet
in shower, nor will it be troubled with
insects, which will be kept away by the
covering and the intense heat Parboilet
green corn has been sufficiently dried il
one day in this way.
Year: 1869

DoN'T Go TO ExTREMEs.-Agricultural
writer's are inclined to run to extremes.
Farmers often cure their hay too much,
and to guard against this mistake, some
writer's urge us to put it into the barn be-
fore it is cured half as much as it ought to
be. have found, to my cost, that it is
not safe to follow their recommendations
Better dry it too much than not dry it
enough. And SO in cutting grain. There
is undoubtedly loss in letting it get dead
ripe. But there is still greater loss in
cutting it before the grain becomes firm
Prof. Joseph Harris.
Year: 1869

The black knots on plum and cherry
trees have been decided on good authority
to be neither the production nor the spe-
cial nest of any species of insect, but a
little. parasitic plant of the class Fungi.
The only cure is to lop off and burn the
affected branches, as if left until late in the
season they throw off innumerable spores,
which lodge on healthy branches and there
Hegitate.
Year: 1869

Correspondent of the Journal of Agri-
culture says he finds his clay loan grounds
increase more in productiveness by the use
of eight bushels of plaster per acre, than
from the application of barnyard manure.
Year: 1869

Dwarf orange-trees from China have
reached California in good condition.
They are not over two feet high, and an
acre of ground would contain over four
thousand. Although each tree will not
produce over half dozen oranges, yet
the yield per acre would greatly exceed
that of standard trees.
Year: 1869

8 8f THE HEAVENLY SECRET.
Ry GEORGE COOPER.
Does the dark and soundless river


Stretch SO wide
The homeward-rolling tide
Over which have crossed
Our loved and early lost
That their unsealed eyes may never see
The further side,
Where still amid this coil and misery


We hide?
Is the realm Of their transition


Close at hand


To this our living land?
Nearer than we dream?
Can they catch the CLEAN
OF our smiles and hear the words we speak?
And see our deeds
And looking deeper than our eyes may seek,


Our needs?
Do they mingle in our gladness?


Do they grieve


When ways Of good we leayeP
Do they know each thought and hope?
While we in shadows grope,
Can they hear the Futures high behest,
Yet lack the power
To lead us from our i'll or to arrest
The hour?
When they find us bowed in sorrow


Do they sigh?


Or when earth passes by


For them, do they forget
The cares that here beset
Their well-beloved? Or do they wait
10 be it thus)
And watch beside the golden gate


For us2
We are yearning for their secret:


Though we call


No answers ever fall
Upon our dulard ears


To quell our nameless fears.
Yet God is over ALL whate' er may be,
And trusting so,
Patience, my heart little while, and we


Shall know.
Year: 1869

Why are sheep the most dissipated ami
mials in creation? Fecause they gambol
in their youth, spend most of their days on
the turf; tho best of them are blaeklegs,
and they are sure to be heeeed at last.
Year: 1869

Tho beautiful and touching cere-
monies of decorating the graves OF
the dead heroes Of the war, are like
ly to become national anniversary.
The custom was inauguratcd last year
under the auspices ofthe Grand Army
ofthe Republic, with appropriate ex-
ercises, which were pretty generally
observed all over the United States,
where men could be found who had
respect for our fallen braves, and the
cause for which they perished.


The anniversary ofthat day occurs
this year on Sunday the Both instant,
and we notice that in many localities
the people are preparing to observe
that day, regarding the strewing of
flowers on tho graves of their beloved
dead, and tho delivery of an appro-
pirate discourse commemorative of
their services, and heroic deaths, as
no desecratlon of the holy Sabbath,
while elsewhere the 29th-Saturday
lis to be observed


1t would be a standing disgrace to
our people, especially to the citizen
soldiery, to allow the occasion to go
by without proper observance, and
we therefore take the responsibility
to call meeting at the Court House
in this city on Saturday evening next
the 22d instant at which every man
who wore the honored blue, and all
other citizens irrespective of sex, who
desire to participate in the coremo.
nies are invited to meet for prelimi.
nary preparations, and to agree IL
regard to the day to be observed, and
the programme.


Let everybody come promptly a
u p. M, Saturday evening.
Year: 1869

our S'ock of Ladies' CIOakngs in particular is
very extensive and bought at the manufacturers
o"eSt lash RATES 1t will be to the interest of all
""o iH'ehd 10 buy this kind of goods during the
coming season to call on us, as we offer BY far the
assortment to be found and at prices that can
not be surpassed anywhere.
Year: 1869




Neter be afraid of becoming an
old maid fair reader. An old maid 10
far more honorable thai q heartless
wfo, aud single blessoaness Is great
~ supeflor, in point of happiness, to
welded life without love


"Fall not in love, dear girls, be-
ware" Says the song, But We do not
agree with said song on this question
Oh the contrary, we hold that it is u
good thing to fall in love, or get in
love, II the loved object be worthy
one. 70 fall in love with an honor
able man is as proper as it Is for an
honorable man TO fall in love with a
virtuods, amiabie woman; and what
could be q more gratifying spectacle
than q sight so pure, so approaching
In its devotion to the celostialT No,
fall In love as soon as you IiRe, pro-
vided it be n suitable person. Fall
in love and then marry, but never
marry unless you 90 love. That is
lhe great point Never marry for
a home or husband. Never degrade
yourself by becoming II party to such
an alliance. Mover sell Yourself body
and soul, on terms 20 coulomptible.
Love dignifes all things; it ennobles
all conditions. With love, the mar
riage is truly sacrament With.
out it the ceremony is base fraud
and the act of human descration,
Marry for love or not at all. Be an
old maid if fortune throws not to
your way the man of your heart
and though the witless may sneer
and the jester laugh, you still have
your own reward in an approving
conscience and comparatively peace
fuJ life.


For well.lo,do old bachelors we
have no sympathy. They ought to
be taxed nine,ninths of all they are
worth TO support women and chill
lIrhU 4}
Year: 1869

A man who was up to a thing or
two, once offered TO bel that he could
prove that this side of the river was
the other side. His challenge was
accepted, and bet Of ten dollars was
made, when pointing to the opposite
Shore Of the river, he shrewdly asked :


. Is not that one side Of the river"


'Yes,' was the immediate answer.


Agreed said the man, and is not
this the other sidey


Yes said the other!


Them said the man, pay me the
ten dollars, for By your own cohfes-
sion have proved that this side OF
the river is the other


Tho dumb founded antagonist, over.
come by this profound logic, immedi-
ately paid the money.
Year: 1869

We have Lamies, Hernanas, Cantons, Silk
Challis and Bombazine, with large variety
of low priced Dress Goods.


We have on hand and for sale as low as the
lowest, large variety Of Fancy and Striped
Dry Goods usually kept in a first-class Dry
Goods store. If you do not see what you
want, ask for it, as our store is large and you
cannot see at glance all We have in store.
Remember the place


SHEPPARD G GARRISON'S


CHEAP CASH STORE.
Year: 1869

From the Bangor (Me) Whig.J


In the town of s., in this State,
lived, some years ago, couple who had
got tired of the jars and troubles of we'd
ded life. and mutually resolved to cad
them. But being rather short of this
worlds goods, they hardly felt like pay
ing out the money necessary to obtain q
divorce. So they went to the old gen
tIeman who joined them in the bonds OF
matrimoDy some years ago, and desired
him to unite the knot. The worthy old
Squire scratched his head and thought a
moment, and told them there was no way
bat to go to court. " But held" says
be, II have it You promised to live
together aRd be true to each other until
death should you part. Come cut into
the yard" Tnen seizing cat that sat
in the doorway, be directed John to take
her by the tail and Jane by the head, and
to pull apart Then lifting sharp AK,
he said, Now, death doth you part
The AK iell aud the couple were divorced.
Year: 1869

DR.. Stephen Ware, Of Boston, in bis testi.
mony in recent case which grew out OF the
injuries from the bite of dog, furnished tho
following valuable advice:


In the case Of the bite Of dog, where tho
teeth Of the animal penetrated the flesh, whether
the dog was known to be mad or not, he should
use the same precautions. lie wonld wash
the wound with warm water, extract all the
virus possible by sucking the wound with his
lips, and then cauterize il deeply with tho
caustic most readily obtained bot should use
potash if it could be procured at once. The
time in which the effects of the bite Of mad
dog would be seen varied from two to threo
days to as many years, but If no effects were
felt after two or three months, as general
thing, the patient might consider himself safe.
Bites made through clothing are seldom pro-
ductve Of much harm, rs even if the dog is
mad the clothing absorbs the virns before the
teeth reach the flesh. Most Of all the fatal
cases are where the person was bitten on soms
naked part
Year: 1869

A Virginia banker, who was the
chairman OF noted infdel club, was
once travelling through Kentucky,
having with him bank bills TO the
amount of S25, 900. When he came to
u lonely forest, where robbers and
murders were said 10 be frequent, he
was soon lost. through taking the
wrong road. The darkness OF the
night came quickly over him, and how
to escape from the threatened danger,
he knew not In his alarm he sud
denly espied in the distance dim
light, and, urging his horse onward,
he at length came to wretched look
ing cabin. He knocked; the door
was opened by a woman who said
that her husband was out hunting,
but would return, and she was sure he
would cheerfully give him shelter for
the night. The gentleman put up his
horse and entered the cabin. hut with
feelings that can better be imagined
than described. Here he was with a
large sum Of money, and perhaps in
the house Of the re bbers whose name
was terror to the country.


In short time the man of the house
returned. He had on q deerskin shirt,
a bearsliin cap, and seemed much
tatigued, and in no talkative mood
All this BODIED the infidel no good. He
felt for his pistol in his pockets and
placed them so as 10 bo ready for in
slant use. The man asked the stran-
ger TO retire to bed, but he declined,
saying he would sit up by the fire all
night The man urged, but the more
he urged, the equally more the infdei
was alarmed. He felt assured that
this was his last night on earth, but
he determined TO sell his life as dearly
os he could His infdeI principles
gave him ne comfort. His fear grew
into a perfect agony. What was to
be doneY


At length the baekwoodsman arose,
and reached TO the wooden shelf, took
down an old book and said


swell, stranger, # you won't 60 to
bed, will; but it is always my Gus
tom to read chapter Of the Holy
Scriptures before go to bed"


What change did these words
produce Alarm was at once removed
from this skeptic's mind Though
avowing himself an infdel, he had
more confidence in the Bible. He felt
safe He felt that II man who kept
an old Bible in his house, and read it,
and bent his knees in prayer, was no
robbcr or murderer lie listened to
the simple prayer of the good man,
and at once dismissed his fears, aud
laid down in that capin and sleet as
calmly as he did under his fathers
roof From that night he ceased to
revile the good old Bible. He became
sincere Christian, and often related
the story of his eventful journey, TO
prove the folly of inidelty.
Year: 1869

And now wo must close our chapter
Of definitions. Not to doleigl music
would we give our own particular
definition but rather to a cheerful
measure, full OF harmnny, a touch Of
tenderness here and there, always a
thoroughly correct and earnest nc
compartment, and happy light airs
troadirg upon the moprnful burdens,
TO relieve the whole.
Year: 1869

Many years ago lines and invalid physician while visiting the
St their health experienced and wnsssa.many surprising and
beneficial there produced Of the nvds who ke
curss) seeking health and upon inquiry and investigation obtained full history
medicinal He was delighted and surprised and after his recovery
occurred possible procure the sole right manufacture
II In the United States.
The result his abs glorious success for himself and suffering hcsn
for the celebrated BTERS made the world PLAN
TATToN BTTEa being article Of real merit founded principles d
relying wholly vegetable world for its medicinal effects worked rapid u
ton the history medicine and became ahuusshd word al the civilized
cabass TlssoX tasnan health and the demand for
the PLANTATION BTERs far exceeded the abilities the rur supply


Notwithstanding large Importation Of st. cz Rum made expressly for the
pounding these B the quantity inadequate therefore became necessary
that arrangements upon extensive scale abroad should made and agent
dispatched that purpose he fortunate securing and
leasing several plantations the largest and most produov estates the


island Houses stills and presses erected as By magic which utterly aston


sd the natives" The experienced and natives the island


very cpriers the PLANTATION BTER in position
osupry laboratory perfectly pure cz Rum needed anu


turing DYsPEPTT5 TONIC AND vTaoaAToR The above cut represents


crushing sugane and otherwise preparing for the stills and


Ague Intermittent and Mus Feve Dyspepsia and
kindred diseases the the PLANTATION sTEEs unsurpassed the
history the world FIVE million bottles disposed annually They
adapted old and young male and female They agreeable taste and always
produce immediate beneficial result
Year: 1869

THIEVES IN THE PoLIoE.-There is some
thing wrong in the appointment of members OF
the police force 1t is quite praiseworthy that
the rogue who recently secured an appoint
ment could only hold his place so long as he
was unknown; but it is to be regretted that he
could get the place. 1t makes it evident that
here, too, s'inhuence" is all that is necessary,
and equally evident that the influence which
is effective is of very bad character. Cap
tain Steers was ordered to inquire into mans
character. He delegated the duty, and the
person to whom he entrusted it made his in
quiries of those who sought the mans ap-
pointment, and of course the answer was "all
right" That it is insufficient is the least OBJ
lection that can be made to such scrutiny.
Year: 1869

Yesterday terrible calamity occurred in Fur
man street, Brooklyn, resulting in the loss Of
three lives, and another lesson in relation to the
prevention of loss of life by fire was given in
its most appalling form. 1t appears, however,
from the testimony elected before the Fire
Marshal that this disaster was to great extent
due to the nervousness or terror of the victims
when aroused early in the morning by the
alarm Of fire, and that at least one
other mode of egress was available besides
the window from which the family
took the fatal leap. Spite of this fact, though
it still impresses us with the conviction that
there is something radically defective in even
the present fire escape system, it is scarcely
to be expected that a family aroused with
the terrible cry Of fire ringing in their ears
will act deliberately, or, in fact, otherwise
than panic-stricken, and the establishment Of
Q means of escape from fire, available from
every part of threatened building, is what
seems to be needed. With such q system
established it would soon become familiar to
the occupants of every house, and in the
dreadful emergency they would at once have
recourse to it, and many lives might thereby
be saved.
Year: 1869

OUR MAIL ADvICEs FROM CUBA.--It is
curious to note the difference between the
information received by telegram and that
obtained through mail from the so-called Ever
Faithful Isle. The one would lead the reader
to suppose that the patriotism of the Cubans
was fast giving way to the influence Of the
Spaniards. Important victories and glorious
successes on the one hand and disastrous de-
feats and disaffection in the insurgent ranks on
the other appear almost daily. We have the
same kind of thing regarding South American
affairs, particularly Paraguay. The reading
public should therefore be cautious how they
receive this kind Of news; and as our cor
respondents in these places supply us with the
most authentic news on all topics, the readers
of the HERALD would do well to hesitate in
forming their judgment until they have looked
on both sides Of the picture. In many instances
telegraphc dispatches received here have
detailed state OF affairs which frequently our
correspondent news entirely contradicts. The
information we thus give in relation to the
publication Of news will, we have no doubt, be
appreciated by our readers, who desire to be
knowingly posted on events taking place.
Year: 1869

IMMoLATIoN. Garfield proposes
that Congressman immediate themselves for the
benefit OF the country. This is good idea.
He means that Congressman should do their
duty plainly and simply with regard to the
good of the country and not with regard to the
popularity and future welfare Of the Congress-
men. Alasi that this should have come to be
REGARDED % exceutionL and even funny.
Year: 1869

THE CLIMAX of political rascality is reached
in Brooklyn, where it is evidently determined
that true democracy consists in putting
democrat in Office and If 1t be in defiance Of
the popular vote all the better. What busi-
ness have the people to any choice in such
matter2 ''Count the man in" That Is the
whole nhiloaopAY Of republics.