smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860

These pests OF summer, says the Scientific
american, proceed from animacules, com
monty termed wigsle-tails' If bowl of
water is placed in the summers sun for a few
days number of wiggle-tailsn - will be
visible, and they will continue to increase in
size till they reach three-sixteenths of an
inch in length, remaining longer at the
surface as they approach maturity, seeming
to live on influences derived from the two
elements of air and water finally they will
assume chrysalis form, and, by an increased
specific gravity, sink to the bottom of the
bowl. A few hours only will elapse when a.
short tuTze or hair will grow out on every
side of each, till it assumes the form of a
minute caterpillar. Its specific gravity be-
ing thus countoracted it will readily float to
the surface, and be waited to the side of the
bowl by the slightest breath of air. In a
short time fly will be hatched and escape,
leaving its tiny house upon the surface ofthe
water.


Any one who has had cistern in the yard
has doubtless observed the same effect every
summer, although he may be ignorant oftbe
simple and beautiful process of develop
ment. If a pitcher of cisteTn or other water
containing these animalcula is placed in a
close room over night, from which all
musketoes have been excluded, enough
musketoes will breed from it during the
night to give any satisfactory amount of
trouble. In fact, standing by shallow, half
stagnant pool, on a midsummers day, the
full devOlopement of any amount of " "wiggle-
tails to the musqueto state can be witnessed
and the origin ofthese disturbers of nights
slumbers thus fully ascerIained.
Year: 1860

NoURIsHHEEF BY ABsoRPTioE.-SoakinR
the body in broth, made by boiling mutton
bones, with a slight addition of calcined pot
ash, is said TO be so nourishing that patients
bathing daily, and taking only a few tea
spoonful Is Of tea, and a tablespoonful OF tonic
syrup, have gained fifteen pounds in as
many weeks, by absorption.
Year: 1860

The PowRR OF CASTE IN IKDIA.-The feel
ing of caste is so strong in India that SOL
dier lying wounded on the battlefield, has
been known to die rather than drink water
offered him by one Of a lower caste. A Sikh
soldier in the hospital at Agra suffered for
hours rather than receive water from an
English lady. His words were: Though
no man see me drink, God will see it."
Year: 1860

The seventy first anniversary of the Royal
Literary Fund was recently held in London,
about one hundred gentlemen were present,
and the Lord Bishop of st. David's presiding.
In his speech 10 the toast of the evening, the
Chairman said, in illustration of the remark
that our language had not lost either in COM
pass or force through the hands which now
nsed it, that ga few years ago, in the Royal
Academy of Berlin, most ilustrious German
philcloger recorded it as his deliberate opin-
ION that the language Of Shakespeare was des-
tined to become universal, and bear sway, like
the French race itself, in distant parts of the
globe; that its copiousness, its compactness,
and its good sense fitted it for the purpose in a
higher degree than any other living tongue,
that Of his own German fatherland not ex-
ceptcd.O
Year: 1860

They tell me, love, that you and


Our happiest days are seeing,
While vet 10 shut from either's eye


The change that waits on being;
All. life they says weary way,


With less Of Joy than sorrow,
For whore . sunlight falls to-day,


ThereH be q sh ade tomorrow
lf ours be love that will not bear


Tho test Of change and sorrow,
And only deeper channels wear


In passing to each morrow
Then better were it that to-day


We fervently were praying,
That what We have may pass away


While We the words were saying
Tho heart has depths of bitterness


As we'll as depths of pleasure
And those who love, love not unless
They both of these can measure.
There is time, and it will come,


When this they must discover,
And voc if either then be dumb


To power that moved the lover.
There ara some spots where each will fall,
And each will need sustainiDg;
And suffering is the lot of all,


And is Of Gods ordaining:
Then wherefore do our hearts unite


In bonds that none can sever,
If not to bless each changing light,


And strengthen Zach endeayor7
Then while these happy days we bless


Let as no doubt be sowing;
Gods mercy never will be less,


Though He should change the showing
Snch be our faith as on we tread.


Each trusting and obeying,
As two who BY His hands are led,


And hear what he is saying.
Year: 1860

The PoLYGAMY BILL AMONG THE MoRMoNs.-
The Mormons of Salt Lake do not like the idea
OF Congress meddling with their domestic af-
fairs, and limiting the number of their wives.
Orson Pratt is particularly severe in his de-
nunciation of the Polygamy bill, and. while
predicting awful and everlasting destruction to
the Union, says there is ssnOthing that the
Mormons could do but to stand by the Consti.
tuition and maintain the rights that their fore
fathers had secured to them by their life IS
blood" Did their forefathers indulge in a
plurality of fwives If they did not, we do not
see how their lecherous descendants can claim
more than were lawfully due to their progeni-
tors.
Year: 1860

An old lady of Pennsylvania had an unac-
countable aversion to rye, and ate it in any
form. ''Till of late,' said she, ssthey have
got to making it into whisky, and find that
can now and then worry down a little,
Year: 1860

BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT.-YOu cannot
go into the meadow, and pluck mp sim
gle daisy by the roots, without breaking
up society of nice relations, and de-
tecting a principle more extensive and
more refined than mere gravitation.
The handful of earth that follows the
fnny roots of the little flower is re-
plete with social elements. A little
social circle has been around that ger
initiating daisy. The sunbeam and
dew-drop met there; and the soft snm-
mer breeze came whispering through
the tall grass to join the silent concert.
The earth took them to the daisy gem !;
and all went to work to show that flow
er to the sun. Each mingled in the
honey of its influence, and they nnrsed
the "canny thing with an aliment
that made it grow. And when it lifted
its eyes toward the sky they wove a
soft carpet of grass for its feet. And
the sun saw it through the green leaves
and smiled as he passed on; and, by
starlight and the moonlight, they
worked on. And the daisy lifted up
its head, and one morning while the
sun was looking, it put on its silver
trimmed diadem, and showed its yellow
petals to the stars.
Year: 1860

Into each life some rain must fall >,
Sunshine is very beautiful, and all
young hearts revel in it; but it is never
SO lovely as when it wraps the earth in
a robe of light, after period of storms.
1t is not natural for youth, with its
bright hopes and ardent energy, to re-
joice in the day which is curtained by
a leaden sky, and fringed with the drip
ping rain.


Yet | would plead for rainy day.
1t brings with it quiet home pleasures
which should endear it to those whose
chosen resting place is by the fireside.
1t gives space for thought and refec-
ton, for looking inward upon our own
hearts, which cannot be enjoyed when
the flashing light, the sapphire sky,
and all the golden glory of sunny day
are dissipating thought, and wooing us
to enter the great world without. It
brings the members of a family closer
together, and unites them by strong
er tie.


The little daughter of fashionable
mother once said to me, on a dark and
io"CiHS Udy


:" 1 do hope it will rain fast this AFTER
noon."


"Why 2"


"Because if it rains, mother will
stay home with us, and can get her to
dress my doll"


Music never sounds more sweetly
than when, between each dying chord,
the low patter of the rain upon the
roof comes in for an accompaniment.


What is more musical than the rain
itself? How it dashes over your head,
aud drifts you along to dreamland,
when at night its countless performers
take up the the song of the stars!
How it taps at your window pane with
It's crystalline fingers, and wakens you
to earnest effort in the morning!


How sweet the ripple of melody
which it stirs i'm the book when the
drops from above meet and shake
hands with the drops that are sleeping
below! How soft the lullaby with
which it falls into the upturned chalices
of the thirsty flowers.
Year: 1860

Put no obstacle in the way of the
enjoyment of every thing that wealth
and liberty can contribute to divert
the spirits and crafty the Imagination,
and elevate the heart; but let it be re-
membered, that over all these prepara-
tions, the spirit of intelligence and dis
erection should preside; and that there
can be no permanent happiness where
there is a departure from propriety
He is not the kindest friend, who
pours forth the most literally of his
abundance; but he who So manages
his contributions, that, while he pro-
notes the innocent hiIarity, he does
not jeopardize the moral habits of the
companions collected around him.


We are getting to be more dull, and
grave, and phlegmatic, than is wise OF
prudent. The plan of our associations
is too strictly utilitarian. We prune of
and pare down, until the fruits, as well
rs foliage, is in danger of destruction
We are very little Of an imaginative
people. There is not much that seems
to us expedient, unless its exact value
is first automatically ascert aimed.
The may-pole and the liberty pole are
cut down; the sports and gambols OF
merry England, the jocund hilarity OF
beautiful France, the song, the dance,
the improvisatOre of romantic ITALY
are out of season and out of climate
and our public days are too often days
OF disgraceful intemperance, because
there are no national games, no lawful,
pleasurabie pastimes, which may be
honestly substituted for the daily labor
of lite.-Jdnaes T. Austin.
Year: 1860

When the place of our abiding


Is known to earth no more,
And the cold world, harshly chiding,
Shall repeat our story o'er;
Far beyond their idle guessing,


Far beyond their praise or scorn,
Recking not their blame or blessing,


o, my love, we shall be gonel
owe shall be gone, past night, past day,
Over the hills and far away"
When the friends whose love has crown'd u.s.
In the life we leave behind,
And were wont to gather round us


With their welcome warm and kind,
Still our memory brightly keeping,


For the sake of long ago,
Shall repair with tender weeping


To our grassy pillow low,
"We shall be gone, past night, past day,
Over the hills and far away"
They shall ask with plying wonder,


In their mingled love and pain,
"Shall the links death tore asunder


Never reunite again? ?'
From the dark sea where they drifted
To dim, mysterious shore.
Shall the shadows nee be drifted-


Shall they come to us no more?
ave shall be gone past night, past day,
Over the hills and far away"
As the Arab in the desert,


Folds his wandering tent at morn
As the Indian in the forest


Dims his camp fire, and is gone
Is gone and leaves no traces,


Save the ashes smoldering gray.
So from our household places


We shall wander far away;
ave shall be gone, past night, past day,
Over the hills and far away
Far in the infinite spaces,


Past the broad sweep of the sun,
We shall turn our pilgrim faces


Where the new years are begun,
As the earth grows dim and DINNER,


Where the great Hereafter lies,
We shall catch the golden glimmer


OF new stars in other skies,
"we shall be gone, past night, past day,
Over the hills and far away"
Year: 1860

For CHILBLAINs.-Immerse the feet
I'D salt water as hot as can be borne.
Have a kettle of boiling water by you,
and gradually increase the temperature
by pouring it in. The feet will become
puffy and swollen. Keep the feet in
for half an honr or longer, and then
wipe dry, and go to bed, and it will be
found that the soreness and inflamma-
iion has entirely subsidized. Remember
this, it is so simple and effectual.
Year: 1860

~ The best thing in the world for
low spirits is to have clear conscience
and a warm heart Never be guilty Of
anything that would trouble your
mind keep your heart warm with love
for every one, and you will skate
through the world as smooth as over a
sea of ice.
Year: 1860

BuKgER HILL RANGERs.--See the official notices
Of this club, as to a special early meeting this
evening, and as to the regular weekly meetings on
Monday nights. This club will show itself among
tile rest to- night
Year: 1860

AWFUL SCENE AT GALLows.-Patriek
Maude, who was sentenced to death for the
deliberate and cold-blooded murder of his
sister, on the 2oth of May last, was executed
on Thursday, at Newark, N. J.


His execution had been delayed from time
to time on the ground that he was insane.
but the Court of last resort finally ordered
that he suffer the extreme penalty.


On the gallows he made long, rambling
speech abounding in the grossest profanity.
He accused his relatives with being his mur-
derers, and with having bewitched him. He
ended his speech abruptly and made prayer
no les blasphemous and horrible.
Year: 1860

We know that jefferson IS opinions on slav-
cry are of small account now with the new
light pro-slavery men They consider HIM
to have been a sort Of half crazy fanatic on
the slavery subject, who, if living now in
Virginia, would unquestionably be waited on
by vigilance committee with an order to
leave the State in As hours or take his chance
for being tarred and feathered, at the very
least, and escorted in that plight over the
line as pestilent abolitionist. Still, there
are some in the community interested in
seeing anything on that subject which came
from his pen. There are many passages IN
his writings in harmony with the one below
furnished us by a correspondent IhlS
one we think has not been brought much
before the public, and we are obliged to
our correspondent for drawing our attention
to it.


u.,,,, E4zors of tie Free Pre',


In reading the correspondence Of Jefferson,
find in the 1st Vol. P. 478, the following aldi-
tional evidence of hi. opposition TO the institu-
tion OF Slavery and his ardent wish for, and e1-
pectaton of, its abolition. The extract below was
furnished by Mr.. Jefferson to Mr. NJ. de Meuspier.
the editor Of an encyclopedia then published in
Paris to be inserted in that work in an article on
The United States P.


''Of the commissioners who had concerted
the amendatory clause for the gradual eman-
cipation of slavery" lin Virginia) "AIr.
~ urh m M hl


member Of the judiciary department.and Mr..
Jefferson was absent on the legation to
France. But there was not wanting in that
Assem- oly, men OF virtue enough to propose,
and talents to vlndicate this clause. Rut
they saw that the moment of doing il with
success, was not vet arrived, and that an nm
successful effort, as too often happens, would
only rivet still closer the chains Of BONDAGE.
and extend the moment Of delivery TO this
oppressed description of men. What a stu
pendous, what an incomprehensible machine
is man who can endure toll, famine,
stripes, imprisonment and death itself. in
vindication of his own liberty. and the next
moment be deaf to all those motives whose
power supported him through his trial. and
infict on his fellow men BONDAGE an hour
of which is fraught with more misery than
ages of that which he rose in rebellion to
oppose. But we must await with patience
the workings of an over-ruling Providence,
and hope that he is preparing the deliver
ance of these, our suffering brothers. When
the measure OF their tears shall be full, when
their groans shall have involved heaven it
self in darkness, doubtless. G d of Justice
will awaken to their distress. and by diffus-
ing light and lloerality among their oppres-
sors, or. at length, by his exterminating
thunder, manifest his attention to the Things
OF tins world, and that they are not left the
guidance Of, blind fatality" P.
Year: 1860

Old King Coal was a merry old soul:
I'm move the world" quoth he;
MY England's high, and rich, and great,
But greater she shall be ~
And be called for the pick, and be called foI


the spade,
And he called for his miners bold
And its dig" he said, Gin the deep, deeI


earth
You'll find my treasures better worth
Than mines Of Indian gold :"
Old King Coal wa. merry Old soul,
Yet not content was he
And be said, 'Ive found what I've desired,
Though It's but one Of three"
And he called for water, and he called for fire
For smiths and workmen true
Come build me engines great and strong;
Wen have" quoth be, "a charge ere long
Wen try what steam can do"
Old King Coal was merry old soul
"Tis fairly DONE" quoth he,
When he sa W the m yriad wheels at work
Der al the land and sea.
They saved the bones and strength Of men,
They hammered, wove, and spun
There was nought too great, too mean or small,
The gian, steam had power for all
His task was never done
Old King Coal was a merry old soul
Quoth he. I'VE travel slow
7 should like % roam the wide world round
As fast as the wild winds blow
And he ca led for his skillful engineers
And soon through hills and wales.
Ger rivers wide, through tunnels vast,
The flying trains like lightning passed,
On the ribs of the mighty rails.
Old King Coal was a merry old soul
merry old soul is he :
May he never fail in the land we love,
Who has made us great and free.
While his miners mine, and his engines work,
Through all our happy land,
We shall flourish fair in the morning light,
And our name and our fame, and our might


and our right.
In the front Of the world shall stand.
Year: 1860

hot sheet of flames near by filled the party
with the utmost CONSERVATION. The exceed
ingly hot flames spread rapidly upon them,
accompanied with black. thick smoke The
two men were driven back, and then tried
again TO rescue the victims, but all to no
purpose twas thought they must have
been suffocated within few moments from
the time they were left to their inevitable
fate, for the smoke com pletely enveloped
them. The gentleman relating this SAID he
should eve bear in mind the expressions of
these poor creatures when they realized their
second danger.
Year: 1860




Never 20 TO bed with cold or damp feet.
In going into colder air, keep the mouth
resolutely closed. that by compelling the air
TO pass circuitously through the nose and
head. it may become warmed before it reaches
the lungs, and thus prevent those shocks and
sudden chills which frequently end in pleu-
rsv, pneumonia, and other serious forms Of
disease.


Never sleep with the head in the draft of
an open door or window.


Let more cover be on the lower limbs than
on the body. Have an extra covering within
easy reach, in case Of sudden and great
change Of weather during the night.


Never stand still moment out of doors, es-
pecialy at street corners. after having walked
even short distance.


Never ride near an open window If a vehi-
Gle for a single half-minute. especially If it
has been preceded by a walk; valua lie lives
nave thus been lost, or good health perma-
nently destroyed.


Never put on a new boot or shoe in begin
ming a journey.


Never wear India -rubbers in cold, dry wea-
thar


If compelled TO face a bitter, cold wind,
throw silk handkerchief over the face; its
agency is wonderful in modifying the cold.
Those who are easily chilled on going out
Of doors, should have some cotton batting at
tached to the vest or other garments so as to
protect the space between the shoulder blades
behind, the lungs being attached to the body
at that point; little there is worth five
times the amount over the chest in front.
Never sit for more al / niiUIte alta time
with the back against the fire or stove.


Avoid sitting against cushions in the backs
Of pews in churches; if the uncovered board
feels cold, sit erect without touching it.
Never begin journey until breakfast has
been eaten.


After speaking, singing, or preaching in a
warm room in winter, do not leave it for at
least ten minutes, and even close the mouth ,
put on the gloves, wrap up the neck, and put
on LAX or overcoat before passing out of
the door; the neglect of these has laid many
good aud useful man in premature grave.
Never speak under a hoarseness, especially
if it requires an effort, or gives hurting or
painful feeling, for it often results in per-
manent loss of voice. or lifelong invalidism.
Year: 1860

AS this number closes the first year Of
our newspaper cxistence-and as we arc
owing NO LITTLE, and as those we owe.
WANT THEIR raY-and as we are as anxious
they should have tit becomes duty for
rs to modestly suggest to some of our sub
scribers, who have doubtless in the hurry
of engagements, forgotten the little trife
that stands against them at this Office.
We trust our friends will see the necessity
OF stepping to the captains office" and
settling at once-as it is utterly impossible
Tor us to get along without money. AS
next week is the 4th of July, We shall is
sue no paper and endeavor to give our time
to settling, and will therefore, be pleased to
see old as we'll as new patrons.
Year: 1860

With this number we close the first wear
of our labor, in publishing q paper in
Van Buren,. 1t has been our endeavor TO
make the Press, medium of advancing
the best interests of the City and County,
and to serve and promote the welfare Of the
Democratic Party. To this end We haze
labored, shall continue to labor, in man
ncr which WE think, exercising our own
judgment, is right. That we have failed
in making the Press what it should be, we
are free to acknowledge. Circumstances
over which we had no control and could
not obviate, placed us in position, that
we were not able to give that attention to
our paper that it demanded. Having, we
think, placed it on firm, paying founda-
ton. it may now, be considered ono of the
established institutions of the county. 1t
is true that the publishing of newspapers
in this County, has been a losing business
to all conecrned-but VIC have, as yet, seen
no good reason why it should be so-for
certainly our merchants, and in fact all
classes, have shown willing disposition
to give us liberal support. Printing, like
all other business, we are fully satisfied,
will not take care of itsclf-it must have
constant eGtention. With this knowledge.
we ~. ark ana 1sz5Dero hnxe the xsk.s
for coming time, better worthy of the sup
port of the citizens of Crawford County
and the State.


Our subscription list has steadily increas-
ell without any extra exertions being made,
from the time we commenced to the present
time. Starting off with our first number,
without subscriber on our books, we
have steadily increased our subscription, to
four or five hundred more copies, than the
Intelligeneer was publishing at the time we
commenced. To the many friends that
have stood by US the year past, we feel
grateful, and hope by unrelaxing efforts for
the interest of our City and County to
merit a continuance of their friendship and
support.
Year: 1860

MAKE 4 BEGINNING Remember, in all
things, if you do not begin you will never
come to an end. The first weed pulled iE
a garden, the first seed set in the ground,
the first shilling put in a savings bank, and
the first mile travelled on journey are all
important things, they make a beginning,
and thereby a hope, a promise, a pledge
and assurance that you are in earnest with
what you have undertaken. How many a
poor, idle, hesitating out-cast is now creep
ing and crawling his way through the world
who might have held up his head and pros
pered, If, instead Of putting off his resolu-
tions of industry and amendment. he had
made a beginning.
Year: 1860

T We have been permitted to publish
the following extract of letter from
Clarksville :


"Tbe Kittrcll
case is over, and he is now at liberty SEEM
ing to enjoy it finely, as much as any man
you ever saw. Burrows speech in the case
was the best ever made in this county or
State, 1 suppose. Kittrell thinks Burrow
is "wheel horse''-says it made him shed
tears as did oil the jury. 1t was certainly
maSterly effort. The candidates, five in
number. have commsnesa speaking in the
townships they commence pretty warmly
They will have hot time of it before they
get through. 1t is very hard to make
choice they all seem to want to tie to
both ends Of the rope.