smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1868

loft from apparent ills our blessing rise"


Beatte


The following story, which was published in
one Of the periodical journals some time since,
is too interesting to be omitted:


An old chlfOnler Tor rag picker died in
Paris, IN state OF the most abject poverty
Ills only relation was niece, who lived as SER
want with green-grocer. This girl always as
sisted her uncle as far as her slender means
would permit. When she learned of his death,
which took place suddenly, she was upon the
point of marriage with a journeyman baker, to
whom she had been long attached. The nuptial
that their marriage must be deferred, as she
wanted the price of her bridal fnery to lay her
uncle decently in the grave. Her mistress
ridiculed the idea, and exhorted her to leave
the old man to be buried by charity. Suzette
refused The consequence was quarrel, in
which the young woman lost at once her place
and her lover, who sided with her mistress
She fastened to the miserable garret where her
uncle had expired, and by the sacrifice not only
OF her wedding attire, but of nearly all the rest
Of her slender wardrobe, she had the old man
decently inferred. Her pious task fulfilled, she
sat alone In her uncle's room, weeping bitterly,
when the master of her faithless lover, young,
good looking man, entered. $50, my coed
Suzette, L find you have lost your place p cried
he; II am come to offer you one for life-will
you marry me?'' 81, sir?-you are joking"
No, faith, | want wife, and am sure can't
find BETTER But everybody will laugh at
you tor marrying poor girl like me. ''Oh,
If that Is your only objection, we shall soon get
over it; come, come along, my mother is pre-
pared to receive you. Suzette hesitated no
longer but she wished to take with her me-
mortal of her deceased uncle; it was cat that
he had had for many years. The old man was
so fond Of the animal that he was determined
even her death should not separate them, for
he had had her stuffed and placed upon the
tester of his bed. As Suzette took puss down,
she uttered an exclamination ofsurprise at find
ing her so heavy. The lover fastened to open
the animal, when out fell shower of gold
There was thousand louis concealed In the
body OF the cat; and this sum which the old
miser had starved himself to amass, became the
just reward Of the worthy girl and her disinter-
ested lover"
Year: 1868

A NOBLE SENTIMENT Hardy anything is
more contemplate than, the conceit which rests
merely upon social position-the conceit ofthose
who imagine they are thus divorced from the
clay of common men, of those who with horror
spurn the idea of work, as something which de-
grades by it's very contact, and yet who very
likely owe their position to some not very remote
ancestor who recognizing his call to work, lived
more honestly in the world than they do. and
was not ashamed of soiled thumbs. 1t is one of
the meanest things for people to be ashamed of
work, from which they draw their income, and
which gorifed their ancestors more with soiled
aprons and black gowns than themselves with
their fine ribbons and flashing jewelry. 1t might
be fine thing to be like the lilies. Advanta-
geous position is only more emphatic call for
work and those who hold the advantage, may
not be compelled to manual drudgery, but they
should recognize the fact that manual drudgery
may be performed In the same spirit as that
which characterizes their own work, and, there
fore, that it is equally honest.
Year: 1868

On the height of lonely hill
Its rusty old form it uprears,
Standing in solitude, where it has stood
Through the storms of hundred years


1t meets the first rays of the morn.


While the valleys still sleep in the shade,
The glory of sunset plays round its walls,


And it shines as with sapphires inlaid


In the dark and stormy nights,


When the tempests sweep oyer the hill,
1t creaks in the blast, and wild, wild songs


Its desolate corridors fill.


The traveller sees it a far,


On his rough and winding way;
The husbandman sees it, resting from toll


In the heat of summer day.


Around it tn multitudes sleep,
Who of old sought its affairs in prayer
A great congregation; they rest from their tolls
Unmoved by earths tumult and care


0, many the thoughts of the heart,
As we stand by this temple of God
And think of fthe worshippers, vanished and gone.
Who up to its courts have trod


They came in the joy of their souls,


Or they came with their burdens to bear.
In the sunlight of youth in the evening of age,
In hope, or in grief and despair.


Then peace to the church on the hill!


Where its rusty old form it uprears
Let it stand in its loneliness where it has stood
Through the storms of a hundred years
Year: 1868

Sister, thou hast crossed life's sea,
Yet how dear thy name IS to me
When the glowing sun descends,
And assembled are thy friends.
Seated round the evening meal,
Oh what anguish do feel
Sorrowlng hearts and faces meet
But, alas that vacant seat.
We were happy, she was kind
One IN heart, one in mind,
Not fioweret blossomed there
That lov'd but was heF cage.
Often has her beaming eye
1n my sickness watched me by
Often has her cheering Voioa
Made my sHnken heart rejoice.
Fima rolled on and deaths keen blast
Smote affections flower at last
Through life's journey on thus far
She has been my cheering star.
Long watched at her bedside
In silent grief I scarce could hide,
When the fever parched her cheek
When her lips could scarcely speak.
Hopes bright star rose in nv breast
When l her gentle forehead pressed,
But soon it set to rise no more
On times fast feeting Shore
God has willed to remove his flower
Only lent US for an hour
she was not ours, but his alone,
why should we grleve He's called her home
Why mourn the fate in mercy given
To lead our erring hearts to heaven
Io meet with her we love again
w here there's no sorrow. death nor pain.
God in goodness lends these flowers
To try this feeble faith Of ours,
Then lei our works our faith proclaim
And say, BLESSED be his holy name'
Year: 1868

It was night. Jerusalem slept as quietly amid
her hills as a child upon the breast OF Its moth
er. The noiseless sentinel stood like statue at
his post, and the philosophers lamp burned
dlmly in the recesses of his chamber. But a
moral darkness involved the nations in its en-
ightened shadows. Reason shed faint glim-
mering over the mind of men, like the cold and
insufficient shining of distant star. The i'm
morality of man spiritual nature was unknown,
his relations unto Heaven undiscovered, and his
future destiny obscured in cloud of mystery.


1t was at this period that the two forms of
ethereal mould hovered about the land of Gods
chosen people. They came like sister angels,
sent to earth on some embassy of love. The
one of majestic stature and well formed limbs,
which her snowy drapery hardly concealed, in
her erect bearing and steady eye, exhibited the
highest degree of strength and confidence. Her
right arm was extended in an impressive gesture
upward where night appeared to have placed
her darkest pavilion while on her left reclined
her delicate companion, in form ndcountenanee
the contrast of the other. She was dropping
like flower moistened by refreshing dews, and
her bright but troubled eyes scanned them with
ardent but varying glances. Suddenly light
like the sun flashed out from the heavens and
Faith and Hope hailed with exciting songs the
ascending star of Bethlehem.


Years rolled away, and the Stranger was seen
at Jerusalem. He was a meek, unassuming
man, whose happiness seemed to consist in acts
of benevolence to the human lace. There were
deep traces of sorrow on his countenance, though
no one knew why he grieved, for he lived in the
practice of every virtue, and was loved by all
the good and wise.


By and by it was rumored that the Stranger
worked miracles, that the blind saw, that the
dumb spake, the dead arose, the ocean moderat-
ed its chatting tide, the very thunder artculated
he was the son of God. Envy assailed him to
DEATH


Thickly guarded, he slowly assembled the hill
of Calvary. But Faith leaned on his arm, and
Hope, dipping her piuions in his blood, mount
ed to the skies.
Year: 1868

LOVE ONE ANOTHER. Welch parson
preaching from this text, ''Love one another" +"
told his congregation that in kind and respect
ful treatment to our fellow creatures, we were
inferior to the brute creation. AS an ilustra-
ton of the truth of his remark, he quoted an
instance of two goats in his own parish that
once met upon bridge so very narrow that
they could not pass by without one thrusting
the other off into the river; and, continued
he, chow do you think they acted ? why, will
tell you-one goat laid himself down and let
the other leap over him. All, beloved let us
live like goats
Year: 1868

HIGH HEELs.-The papers are just now cry
ing out against the high heel shoes, so much
worn by ladies' misses and children. The fash
is very tall and a very small heel, and it is
alleged the gait of the wearer is often affected,
and the ankle rendered much more liable to in
jury. The poor support given to the ankle by
such narrow and elevated heels, accounts in part
for the peculiar and sometimes awkward walk
of those who wear them. Especially is the walk
little children affected by the fashionable shoes
put upon their feet.
Year: 1868

A newspaper in Cleveland, having advertised


that they would send a copy of their paper gra-
tbs for one year to the person sending them "a
club Of ten," received the ten spot Of clubs
from young lady in the country
The Moscow Gazette is the most influential
journal in Russia. The editor escapes all trou-
BILE because no one can pronounce his name or
write an order tor his arrest.
Year: 1868

~A youngster in Peoria. Ill,
recently. in exploring his sisters
things, came across package Of let
ters duly tied up and laid away,
being a correspondence which she
was carrying on with nice young
man. He carried them down on the
street, and standing on the corner
gave them away singly to the pas.
sers- by. The young lady didn't find
it out until q mutual friend, also q
nice young man. brought her enc
that her brother had thus given
him.
Year: 1868

Eating Ice cream.


The ice cream supper in connection
with the concert given by the ladies of the
Episcopal Church, at the Institute, on Fri
day night last, resulted rather seriously to
a majority of those present. The concert
had been progressing very satisfactorily for
some time, when it was announced that in
an adjoining room the ladies had prepared
some ice cream, and the exercises of the
concert were suspended to give those who
desired TO do 80, an opportunity Of par
taking of this refreshing delicacy. The
audience generally proceeded to the room
and the ice cream was served to all until
exhausted. But a short time elapsed ere
the poison commenced its work, and in a
few minutes not less than forty persons
were in the yard of the Institute vomiting
and some OF them deathly sick. This of
course created considerable excitement, and
but little interest was manifested in the
concert. Conjecture was rife as to the
cause, but no satisfactory reason could be
assigned. The excitement increased and
the inquiry on every tongue was, did
you eat any ice cream2 are you
sick ? About this time the concert
was abandoned, a number of the young
lAIlcd btiLk btNhg duN all iNhuiuHu W khtII
homes. The secondary. effects Of the poison
was such as to lead some of our physicians
to believe that arsenic had been admins
tered, and test has since been applied
which proved to their entire satisfaction
that arsenic had by some means been in
trodpced into the ice cream.


There was to a looker-On, who was 50
fortunate as not 10 have eaten of the
poisoned cream, some amusing incidents
occurred. We happened to be among the
fortunate number, but when We think Of
this outrageous attempt at. wholesale, in
discriminate murder we have little dis
position to refer to these occurrences. The
endangering Of the lives of so many per-
SONS ought not 10 pass unnoiiced, and al.
though the mystery will doubtless never be
solved, yet the affair shouId as far as possi-
bic be Investigated, and the fiend, who
thus placed in a Perilous condition the
| lives Of almost an entire community, dis
| covered and the demands of Justice fully
satisfied. We believe nearly all have re-
covered. Some are still feeling badly from
the effects Of the poison, but there is no
probability of its proving fatal in a single
instance, notwithstanding there were not
leas than seyeniy-fye who eat of the
! poisoned cream,-SomerUiite (IeaH. Falcon,
| JdU23 ...-
Year: 1868

WHATS THE MATTER The Washing


ton Chronicle has an elaborate article in
favor of the disestablisment OF the Irish
Church, but It cannot advocate even this
lust and reasonable measure without ex-
exhibiting good deal of the bigotry and
intolerance towards the Irish and their
faith which it prolesses to abominate. IL
says that unlike other nations the Irish
had no period of religious inquiry, no spir-
itual insurrection against the corrupt for
malism of Rome, no Celtic Luther to give
voice, direction and triumph to the prinei-
Piles of a new movement" 1t also ex.
presses the opinion that their "ferocious
advocacy of religious freedom is false
pretense, and that the ascendenCy Of their
own religion is what they are after. The
Irish will not probably thank the Cl,ron-
Gle for the way in which it advocates their
cause. Perhaps it is not their religion that
80 MUCK troubles the refoFmer of the
Chronicle as the politics Of those Of them
who have emigrated to this country.
Year: 1868




There being no criminal business in the Oyer
and Terminer on Saturday and quorum OF the Grand
jury not being present. the Court adjourned until this
morning


The United States District Court has decided
the suit Of John Low, jr., agt the steamer Western
Metropolis which libel filed for collision by tho
owner Of the schooner Triumph against the steamer
Metropolis The collision occurred Nantucket be-
fore daylight March H. 1884, the schooner at tho time
being her way from Gloucester, Mass, TO this port
with OadiOf fish, and the steamer bound from this port
10 Boston The latter struck the schooner her side
sinking her and causing total loss Two Of the OF
the latter were drowned The pilot who had charge OF
the steamer not licensed and had been hired
for that particular trip The Court decided the steamer
To be In the wrong and decreed III favor Of the belan
with reference To ascertain amount OF damages.


The Fernando Wood leases of premises Nos.
ll5 and III Nassaust which have been long subject
Of controversy, in the Supreme Court yesterday.
this time before the Circuit Although Special TerI1
ease had been sent to the Circuit FOR trial by Jury OF
the issue 20 whether the leases were obtained by
term OF Office. The counsel for the Defense Mr. Shea,
announced that he had just been served with stay Of
proceedings pending an appeal OF the order stating the
Issues The settlement OF Issues merely Tor the
yenence Of the Court 10 assist Its conscience as to
ters upon which 1t might desire such assistance OF Civil
Courts IL was OF course, entirely discretionary as 10
what issues the Court would submit to the Jury and the
appeal would OF course be at disposed OF by the
General Term upon that ground. He thought that the
Court should at once yacae the stay OF proceedings but
as Mr. Williams was not present he asked that 20
till Tuesday. The Court directed that the case keep its
place on the Calendar, but meanwhile proceeded with
other cases.


In the Supreme Court, Circuit, curious case
somewhat reminding OF the old saxon law has come
up. Col Frazer who had served through the war with
honor opened two three restaurants the last being
No 1886 FutOn.st On the 9th of July 1906 he was shot
ARRAY between himself and his barkeeper Lemuel n
Year: 1868

BNGHAMTON, May IA shanty belonging to
Patrick Laughn, about quarter of mile east OF the
Erie Railway depot at Great Bend, Penn caught fire at
o'clock last night. Mr. Laughlin and his wife were
away from home and the house was In charge OF young
asleep when the fire broke out The GIRL immediately
upon awakening went to the OF the children and
succeeded saving two OF them. Returning To get tho
Others she sufocaed and the four remaining chill
drpu ppriEbpd with her
Year: 1868

zen. DENT.-The North American and
United States Gazette, of Philadelphia, says.


General Frederic I. Dent, the brother.in.
law OF the President elect, was, at the break
ing out of the war, a Captain in the Ninth
regiment OF infantry, and was commanding
one OF the important military frontier posts
upon the Pacific coast Even at this time he
had gained for himself reputation for cour-
ageous daring and knowledge of his profes-
SION which was not limited to the few. In
deed, we question whether any officer of his
rank then in the army was better known
either for soldierly courage or lavish cener


osity than Jerry Dent" During the Mex.
lean war he was brevetted for conspicuous
personal gallantry-a brevet meaning some
thing then-and we remember having heard
story that during one of the battles of that
war, having been seriously wounded while
advancing with a battery, and knowing that
the rapid decomposition after death in that
climate might prevent the recognition of his
body, should the wound prove fatal, he de-


termined to secure for himself decent burial.
With the point of his sword he endeavored tn
scratch his name upon the polished surface of
dismantled field piece near by, undisturbed
by the terrific fire which the enemy were
pouring in. His strength was not equal to,
bis will, and when found by his comrades,
senseless from loss of blood, he bad scarcelyi
finished the initial letter. The cnolness Of
the proceeding was characteristic of the man.
Year: 1868

A DEAD MAN BEFORE AN ARKANSAS CoURT.
An Arkansas correspondent of the New Or
leans Picayune tells the following story of
the rigid manner in which justice is meted
out to men in that region: Some wears AGO
a man without a family or relations lived in
a county in this State, and was possessed of
an estate worth IS 900. He went to New
Orleans and was absent for years without be-
ing heard from. The Probate Judge granted
administration upon his estate. wound it up.
and discharged the administrator. The man
at length returned. lie bad been to Mexico.


lie applied to the Judge for his property.
when in open Court. The following dialogue
took place: Dead man-"I If your honor
please, | want my effects returned to me, as
you see am not dead yet" The Court--"I |
know, that is, l, as man know you are alive
and in Court; but as Court | know that
you are dead for the records of the Court saw
so, and against their verify there is no aver
nient. SO says Lord Coke, and good many
other books | never read" Dead man
But want my property, and it's no mat
ter to me whether your records lie or not.
am alive, have not transferred my property.
and to deprive me of it without nv consent
is without all law" The Court" If YOU
insinuate that this Court lies, the Court will
send you to jail" Dead man. Send a
dead man to jailY' The Court-' Mr.. Sher-
i'll, take this apparition out" Sheriff. Be
thou ghost or goblin damned, I'll speak to
thee. Come on; let's 90 take something to
drink" The Judge stuck to it that, SO far
as the Court was concerned. he was dead, and
should stay dead. The poor fellow went into
chancery and spent all he made in Mexico.
Year: 1868

ToUCmING INSTANCE OF CHILDISH DEyo-
TIoN.-Three children in New Brunswick pot
astray recently. One was about six years of
age, the others four and three. Itwas wild
region and in wild weather, and at the edge
of night. From signs, it seems that the six ]
year old soon felt sure that there was no hone
of their being found, or finding themselves
that night, and so it took measures at once
for the safe keeping of its little ones. Put.
ting them into the most sheltered nook III;
could find, it then stripped away most-of its
own garments to put on them. and set out to
gather dry seaweed and brush to cover them
up to defend them. Quite quantity of this
had been gathered and piled about the babes
into a sort of nest, and there they lay when,
the people found them still alive but the
six-ycar old matron and martyr lay out on,
the shore dead of the cold-lay beside the
last pile of brush it had been able to gather.
but was not able to bring it,
Year: 1868

INTERESTING TO SPoRrsNEN Sieole,
of Paris, publishes an article very interesting
to sportsmen, and states that with little,
care many accidents could be avoided Out
of one hundred cases of double barrel gun
ninety-fve cases can be traced to defects in
the left barrel. The reason is simply that
the right is most frequently discharged ten
times to the left one being discharged once
Every time the right barrel is discharged the
gup-powder in the left is pulverized more or
less by the shock, which therefore, leaves a
space between the charge and the wadding by
settling. Naturally when the left barrel is dis
charged it frequently explodes These acci-
dents can be avoided by sending the ramrod
home with one or two smart blows into the
non discharged barrel every time the other 10
reloaded
Year: 1868

The Boston Journal says if the top Of a
carrot cut off at this season. or later. is placeI
IN saucer of water. with few bits Of char
coal to sweeten it, it will form a radiatod


ieathery plant by no means unworthy to
grace lady's table. y
Year: 1868

Of that kind is majority Of H. step by step proceeding
and hold u to be not only my right, but my duty as
Court whenever In Its attempts 10 take such flights


Mr. HOLMAN Dem, Ind said that he had objected TO
the bll being taken up at the tme but entirely sat


sed Win the explanation given by the gentleman from
ONO that he had heard the amendment offered by the


the bill; but he knew all effort the part Of the minority
10 defeat the amendment would be perfectly futile.


Mr.. sCHENCk went TO say: The whole matter,
suppose, i TINS: The news from New Hampshire had
just been read gentlemen the other side urred
and eXcted they were not astute and wide awake TO
all subjects around them they usually are, and under
the mist and clouds which then befogged them dampen
ing their ordinary ardOr and covering them with wet
blanket they not awake observe legislation
which might be going on and which they might think
detrimental interest OF which they think the
selves the defenders and they have sought this OCCASION
through the gentleman from Pennsylvania apologize
10 their constituents for having failed TO be looking out
for what might possibly from this side of the House
OF from any direction.


Mr. ALLISON Rep Iowa)-T desire to say a word in
the absence OF my colleague the Chairman of the Judc
ary Committee. II understand correctly the remarks
Of the gentleman from Pennsylvania Mr Boyer, he inn
putes bad faith 10 my colleague by offering that amend


en II the first time In the history OF legislation that


have discovered that IL Is bad faith simply TO offer an
amendment to bill when that bill is presented to the
House.


Mr.. WOOD Dem, N. " asked permission to say
few words but Mr. ALLISON rep, Iowa. suggested that
they might be said some other time aud Nssed upon an
adjournment, which. at o'clock, prevailed
Year: 1868

A LONDON paper states that at the last
meeting of the Royal Society, the Presi,
dent and council had under considera-
tion the means to be employed ip making
complete observations of the total eclipse
Of this year. The eclipse will be of the
greatest possible duration, afording, there
fore, more leisure than usual for such OBJ
servations as can only be made during the
brief interval of the totality.. The total
phase will be visible in India, but elsewhere
only in countries practically unavailable
Recent observations on the spectra Of the
heavenly bodies render spectroscopic OBJ
servations of the red protnberanoe and of
the corona, a matter Of peculiar interest.