smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

ss there was in Andrew johnson alone.
His record we hsve. There is not q
cOlored man hers to-day, not even those


who are illiterate, but has his record. l
ask you if 1t was necessary for Andrew
Johoson, the ex-President Of the United
States, to leave his homs after having
toiled ia the White House as long as he
lid and worn himself cut. Do you not
think il would have been better for him
il ne had said at home little longer
snd started out sfresh We have
his record-his name is recorded. You
will not hear such q speech from me as
the ex President made. 1t cannot be
done. have not been through the
routine of offices and have not the expe-
Tience he has, but as an old gentleman
in Cannon county had remarked. al am
not ss fast as some, but you will find me
mighty CONSTANT
Year: 1869

The Gsrnaantoaon Telegraph, which
we consider first-class authority,thus
speaks as to the merits of this vari-
ETY. of potatoes, which is being rapid
ly introduced among our farmers


The evidence now before us is sat
isfactory enough to establish the
character of this new variety of the
potato. This evidence, coming from
a hundred quarters, endorsing its
great productiveness and good quail
itY. We have had it cooked repeat
edly this season and can speak of its
excellence for the table. While it
is not equal, in our Judgment, to the
White Peachblow, it is especially
valuable as maturing before any 9TH
er good, productive kind, and for
the market during the fall
and the first two winter months. We
have no doubt but that, in another
year, as the potato can now be pur-
chased at a market price, the cultiva-
ton of the Early Rose sill become
general all over the country, and
will be the leading variety with our
farmers. We trust it will hold.
Year: 1869

A correspondent of the Country


Gentlema1a, residing near Toms Riv
er, n. j , tells us how he builds rat
and mouse proof structure, as fol
lows:


"Rats and mice in a house were
ever an intolerable nuisance to me /;
AMI before commencing the cottage,
! it was something of study between
the builder and myself, how we couId
best keep them out OF the premises
| If the walls were of brick or stone it
would be easy enough but all ex-
eept the basement were to be OF
wood, which made the accomplish
ment of the object sought much more
difficult. ....


eAbout sixteen years ago built
a brick stable in the city OF New
York, the floor OF which was formed
by laying sleepers for it at suitable
distances apart, fiat on the ground,
and then filling up between them
with cement to level of their face,
and before it dried IN the least, nail
ing hemloek plank firmly to them.
No rat or mouse has ever been able
to dig or gnaw hole through this
floor.


"The basement Of my cottage be-
ing divided between a kitchen and
cellar, / merely cemented the latter,
but the floor OF the former was laid
in the same manner as the stable
above described, except substituting
matched inch pine boards for the
hemlock plank. To keep rats and
mice from getting IN between the
lathing and siding of the walls of the
upper stories, cement about three
inches thick was laid on each floor
between the studs, the mop board
and the outside covering of the house
The cottage has been finished about
five months, and only one mouse has
made its appearance in it finding en-
trance by an open basement window.


"When il is not wished to incur
the expense of laying the floor Of a
barn or any other out-building in &C.
ment, it may be kept tolerably clear
of rats and mice by raising it about
eighteen inches above the ground.
Cats and TERROR dogs can then run
under it and catch anything harbor
ing there. If the floor be laid close
to the ground, then it becomes per-
feet warren for all sorts of Vermin,
and it is impossible tc drive them
out.'
Year: 1869

1t is common mode of thought
to assert that the farm and the house
should be the spot in which taste
for rural ornament can be most ap-
propriately and successfully develop
ed. This is true, but as sequence
from other beginnings, and we are
compelled to attribute the education
of ones taste as much TO the assOci-
ations of the school room and ground
as to home associations If in our
districts the old shaggy, red or brown
weather beaten structures were re-
placed with buildings of an orna-
mental style of architecture, with
grounds appropriately laid out, and
planted in something simple, perhaps
nothing beyond pretty lawn plat,
surrounded by a neat fence, and
planted in evergreens, We feel sure
that the constant sight of this pleas
ant object, and the association nat
urally formed in the mind of the
scholar, would do far more good
than centuries of lectures or libraries
of books.


The taste of the child comes from
the school room as well as the home,
and goes from the one to tue other
Hence, We make a plea not only for
the Improvement of our country
school houses, but for the Importance
of extending this subject even be
yond the college grounds. In the
minds of college managers, 1t seems
only necessary to secure the ground,
the ''terra firma," and then build
their massive walls, and when that is
done all is done. Not so, indeed
Thousands OF young men and women
frequent these grounds day after day
and year after year If the grounds
are well laid out and tastefully dis-
played, there is an opportunity pre-
sented for the development and cul-
ture of a refining taste, such as no
musty literature ever possessed. Ii
| is practical too, and will insensibly
help to mould the future disposition
and character, and act on it for
Year: 1869

There is one rule to be observed


in taking exercise by walking-the


very best form in which it can be


taken by the young and able-bodied


OF all ages--and that is, never allow


the action OF respiration to be carried


on through the mouth. The nasal


passages are clearly the medium


through which respiration was


designed by our Creator to be carried


on. "God breathed into mans nos


trils the breath of life' previous 10


his becoming q lively creature. The


difference in the exhaustion of


strength by long walk with the


mouth firmly closed, and respiration
carried through the nostrils instead
Of through the mouth is inconceiva-
BILE to those who have never tried the
experiment. And indeed this mis-
chievous and really unnatural habit
of carrying on the work of inspira-
ton and expiration through the
mouth instead of through the nasal
passages is the true origin of almost
all the diseases of the throat and
lungs, as bronchitis, congestion,
asthma, and even consumption itself.
That excessive perspiration to which
some individuals are so liable in their
sleep, which is so weakening to the
body, Is solely the effect of such per-
sons sleeping with their mouths
Enclosed. And the same unpleasant
and exhaustive results are occasion
ed to the animal system from walking
with the mouth open, instead OF,
when not engaged in conversation,
preserving the lips in state of firm
but quiet compression. AS the heart
and velocity of the FLOOD through the
lungs depend almost entirely upon
the quantity of the atmospheric air
with each inspiration, and it
Is unavoidable that it should be taken
in volume, by the mouth, while it
can be only supplied in moderate
quantities and just in sufficient pro
portion to serve the purpose OF
healthy, respiratiye action while
supplied through the nostrils, it is
clear that the body must be much
lighter and cooler, and also the
is much freer and easier
when the latter course rather than
he former one is adopted. Children
ought never to be allowed to stand
,r walk with their mouths open; for
besides the vacant appearance it
gives to the countenance, it is the
certain precursor of colds, coughs
md sore throats- . ..a ell. !
Year: 1869

The following tribute to the local
paper from the Chicago Republican,
contains so much truth that we trans
fer to our columns and commend it
to the careful consideration OF our
business men and those interested in
our town:


"What tells as readily the stand
ard of town or city IS the appear
ance of its paper And its youth or
its age can as well he determined by
the observing as by apersonal notice.
The enterprise OF it's citizens is de-
picted by It's advertisements, their
liberality by the looks of the paper.
Some papers show a good, solid,
healthy foundation, plethorio purses,
and a we'll to do appearance general
ly; others show striving to con-
tend with the grasping thousands
around them, trying hard to wrench
out an existence from the close fist
ed community around them. An Oc-
casional meteoric display in its col
umns of editorials, show what it can
do if it had the means, but 1t cannot
continue in the expensive work until
support comes. which ought to be
readily granted. A newspaper is
like church it wants fostering In
the commencement and for a few
years then as a general thing it can
work alone and reflect credit upon
its location. Take your home paper,
it gives you more news of Immediate
interest than New York or other pa
pers; it talks for you when other To-
calities belle you, it stands up for
your rights; you always have a
champion in your home paper, and
those who stand up for you should
certainly be sustained your inter
ests are kindred and equal, and you
must rise or fall together. There
lore it is to your interest to support
your home paper; not grudgingly,
but in liberal spirit; as pleasure,
not as a disagrseable duty, but as an
that will amply pay the
Expenditure"
Year: 1869

1t is very seldom that any business
can be counted upon as sure TO yield
q large and constant income. There
are many chances and casualties in
trade and business which cannot be


foreseen. He is q fortunate man in


deed, whatever his calling, Who does


not find himself, sooner or later, 60
ing "out of fashion, The new COM


er, or more dsshing, ingenious, or


willy competitor, will sometimes dis
tance an old public favorite. Or
successful man may be spoiled by
success, or over confidence in his


reputation. For these and many


ot-er reasons, it should be the effort


OF every man to become independent
of his business. We mean that he
should place q part, however small,
OF his earnings in some description of
investment, which shall be secure
from the chances which effect his
regular calling. To do this, he
should tax, not his business means,
but his personal vanity, and be con-
tent to creep, as the phrase goes, be-
fore he attempts to walk; and walk
before he essays to run. There is
many a man who looks back on the
careless expenditure of past years
with regret, but who might now be
assisted by the interest of his pros
porous acquisition, if he had but
funded, instead of spending his mon
ey for temporary gra.ification.-
Workingmen, while in the prime of
their strength and manhood, and in
the receipt of liberal wages, might
secure themselves not only against
the distant day of old age, but also
against much of the inconvenience of
dull times, of sicknes, or of forced
inactivity from any other cause.
Whoever will make a firm rule, and
abide by it, always to live within his
is on the safe road to compe-
tence, if not to wealth
Year: 1869

The following beautiful lines from Mrs
'igourney, give lively and truthful picture
Il life upon a farm:


Saw We the farmer at his plow,


As ye were riding Oye
Or wearied meath the noOn-day toll,


When the summers suns were highe
And thought you that his lot was hard,
And did you thank your God
That you and y ours were not condemned
Thus like a slave TO plOd?
Come and see him at his harvest home,
When garden, field and tree
COnspire with flowing store TO fill


His barn and granary.
His healthful children gaily sport


Amid the new-mown hay,
Or proudly aid with vigorous arm


His tasks as best they may.
The Harvest Oliver is his friend,


The Maker of the soil,
And earth, the mother, gives them bread ,
And cheers their patient toll;
Come join them round their wintry hearth,
The heartfelt pleasure see;
And you can better judge how blest


The Farmers life may be-
Year: 1869

years to come. Let US then remem-
Der, that if we would have rural art
and taste become wide spread, we
must begin with the youth of the
country, and at the fountain heads of
Observation-Disclosures.
Year: 1869

Having made large additions to our establish
ment in the shape of material of the latest
Hyls, and having employed experienced and
ofsiefs for every variety OF PLAIN AND FANCY
Jos PRINTING with neatness and Dispatch
ment affords us great advantages over most
country Offices in the way OF low prices and
fast work. Call with US, and be convinced.
Year: 1869

Falls. 5-,,sf j


French Mountain, between Glens Falls
N. Y, and Lake George, was the scene of 2
genuine sensation during the sojourn OF
Campbell's Circus and Menagerie at that VII
lape last week. At late hour one night,
long after the audience had been dismissed
and the canvass pulled down, the watchman
left in charge observed large animal dart
across his path and almost instantly vanish
in the darkness. Suspecting at once that
some one or more of the wild beasts had es.
capped from their bondage, he fastened to
where the cages we're coralled, and discov-
cred that the largest of the two elephants
had drawn the stake to which he had been
fastened, and had upset the cage OF the
Bengal tiger breaking the doors and bend.
ing the bars in such manner as to allow
the animal to escape. To run to the hotel,
awaken the elephant driver, and summon
all hands, was the work of a moment. The
elephant was promptly fettered, and q
search for the truant tiger commenced. The
scene was one of indescribable excitement.
None but two of the most resolute OF the
sbowmen would lead in the search, the
remainder following at respectful dis
tance and in the greatest trepidation. The
tiger was not long in making known his
WHEREABOUTS; for the bleating of calf, in
pain and terror, indicated that his royal
highness was satiating his gluttonous appe-
tite on live veal. The leading spirits OF the
hunt approached, and, by the aid OF their
torches, discovered that the tiger had
stricken down yearling heifer, and was
ouched over the dying animal, greedily
tapping the blood which spurted from q
large wound in its neck. A plan for cap
ture was soon devised, and Mr.. Glenn King,
the keeper of the tiger, at once set about
putting it in practice. He procured rope,
and making a moose in the form of lariat,
he ascended by ladder from the outside Of
the shed to window, from whence he
passed to the rafters Immediately over the
tiger. He then gave loud shout, which
caused the tiger to look upward, giving
Mr.. King an opportunity to throw a lariat
over the animals head, which feat he dex-
terously accomplished. Drawing his rope
taut be made it fast to beam, and another
rope was passed to him, with which he sue
ceeded in lassoing the tiger in the same
manner as before. Mr.. King then threw the
end Of one rope to party of men near the
entrance to the shed, and when they had
secured it, he threw the end of the other
rope to another party, and the two lines
were at once stretched, each party walking
in an opposite direction. When the tiger
would make rush at one group of his cap
tors, the others would haul taut on their
line, and thus prevent him from doing any
mischief After much exertion, and several
ludicrous stampedes from the bystanders, he
was dragged back to his cage, which had
in the meantime been repaired. When he
| came in view of his den he bounded in of
his own accord; but the attendants, in their
haste to secure him, closed the iron door too
suddenly, and severed about foot of his
majesty's tail.-Iroy Times.
Year: 1869

vice. The unhappy man was driven
to despair by this terrible announce.
ment. He toiled day after DAY, and
night after night be planned TO
escape. But all his plannings were
in vain, as he was heavily ironed, and
closely guarded at night. But hnaliy,
after months of disappointment, when
the attention of his guards was at
tracted elsewhere by the ceremonies
of feast, he succeeded in eluding
their vigilance, and getting rid OF his
iron he escaped from the guard-house,
and dashed wildly toward the shell
tering obscurity of thick forest,
which he reached in safety, but not
before his flight had been discovered,
and scores of the islanders had start
ed in pursuit of him.


An overruling Providence had so
ordered it that, a short time before
Testers escape, Ally Bell had been
left by Captain Hiley on an uninhab-
tied island, within sight of the group
on which Lester then was. Ally had
been drugged by Captain Hiley, and
while in deep sleep had been left
on the island, with his chest, a basket
of provisions. and full set of tools.


The boy on awaking, and finding
himself thus left alone in the vast Pa
cifc ocean, was crushed by sense of
his calamity. But he was brave
lad, and he soon rallied, and set at
work to make the best of his case.
He built himself a hut, and having a
lot of fireworks in his chest, he ar.
ranged them so that he could play
them off with effect, in case any saw
ages from the neighboring islands
should come to modest him. His
knowledge of chemistry and of fire.
works, and his skill as a ventriloquist,
was so great that he had acquired the
title of The Boy Magician" which
title he determined to make good in
case any savage visitors should at
tempt to work him mischief. He had
been in his new home but few days
when he saw a feet of canoes and
sail-boats approaching his island, and
hastily getting his fireworks in per-
feet order, he calmly awaited the ar
rival of the painted barbarians, whom
he could already distinguish eagerly
gazing into his cabin.
Year: 1869

Your admirable needle woman is the only
seamstress that defies extortionate men. They
cannot cheat it, nor starve it, nor deprive it of
sleep, nor tire it out, nor make its hands weary.
1t is a worker that is match for the most un-
wearied and avaricious manufacturer. At last
I am thankful that there is a machine woman
that cannot be oppressed nor kept in suffering.
-Rer Henry Ward Beecher.
Year: 1869

They will force the industry of women into
thousand new channels, and emancipate her
from the cramped posture and slow starvation
of needle work. Ultimately nearly every COM
Portable household will have its sewing machine
-Neto York Tribune.
Year: 1869

We learn OF distressing accident having
occurred in Pre-Emption township on Sat-
u day, the 18th instant. A Swede family,
consisting of man and wife and two chill
dren, reside about four miles east of Mr.. H
Boone's, near Edwards. The man left
home In the morning for work, and On re-
turning at night found no one at home, and
made search for them. Knowing that his
wife intended to go to a neighbor's during
the day, living on the opposite side of TIE
creek, he proceeded to the place they were
in the habit of crossing. We are informed
that the family were in the habit of ferossin3
the stream on a raft made for the purpose.
Nothing was to be seen of wife or children,
but small bundle found at the waters
edge was convincing proof that they had
went there for the purpose of crossing, al /
forced the unwelcome thought upon the
mind of the husbend and father, that his
loved ones had, perhaps, met watery
grave The neighbors knew nothing of
their whereabouts, and under the circum-
stances were forced to the conclusion that
they were drowned. The next day the citi-
zens of the neighborhood turned out and
dragged the creek for the purpose of find
ing them. The day was spent in the search,
and one of the children found in a pile of
driftwood. On Monday the search was re-
newed, and the mother and other child
found.


1t is supposed that in attempting to cross
the stream, (Which was considerably swoll-
en) that the raft became eunmanageable and
that the mother and children perished to-
gethef, almost in sight oftheir home. Ale
do (IH.1 Record
Year: 1869

We are told that the extremes of both
lafgeness and smallness of statue are not
favorable to the strength of Intellect
Giants and dwarfs are generally deficient
N THIS respect, and excessive corpulency
or mea9feness is seldom associated with
mental activity. Aristotle and Bonaparte.
however, were very short, Charles james
Fox was exceedingly fat, Daniel Webster
both broad and tail, and Lord Nelson a liy-
ing skeleton.


A large head is generally the accompani-
ment OF great intellect; but d small one
with comparatively extensive forehead Is
quite consistent with mental capacity.
Raphael, Charles XXI, Frederick the
Great, and Lord Brougham were illustra-
tons OF the latter fact.


1t is said that any nose which is less
than the height of the forehead is IN iIdi-
cation of the defective intellectual power.


The eyes indicate character rather by
color than form. The dark blue are found
most commonly in persons of a gentle and
refined character. Light blue and gray il
the rude and energetic. Iavater says:
''Hazel eyes are the more usual indications
OF a mind masculine, vigorous and pro-
found; just as genius, so called, is almost
always associated with eyes of a yellowish
cast bordering on hazel"


The higher the brows rise the more their
possessor is supposed to be under The in
fiuence of feeling, and the lower the better
controlled by his reason.


A very small eyebrow is an indication of
want of force Of character.


A tolerably large mouth is essential to
vigor and energy, and very small mouth
is indicative of weakness and Incidence.


In manly face, the upper lip should ex-
tend beyond and dominate the lower.
Fleshy lips are oftener found associated
with voluptuous, and meagre ones with q
passionate nature.


The retreating chin indicates weakness,
the perpendicular strength, and the sharp,
aeuteness of mind.
Year: 1869

another Invention for SyyindILnG tn =


Farmer.


The last dodge of the scoundrels who
plunder farmers is thus commented on bv
the Journal of Chemistry. We do not see
how papers like the New England Farmer
can reconcile the publication of advertise
ments from these scamps with their duty to
the farming community, upon which thev
rely for support. And vet we find this very
swIndle circulated without warning in the
farmers advertising columns. The Jour
nal of Chemistry says:


sIhe need of diffusion of more practical
sclentlhe information among all classes is
clearly shown i'll the readiness with which
people become victims to some of the most
absurd tricks and schemes which the fer
tile brains of cunning men can invent
Ihe most recent of these tricks surpasses
IN audacity all others which we have heard
OF: patent butter company have open
ed offices in this and in other cities. to
show people how to make pound of good
butter out ola pint of milk and to sell them
rights to make, and also @ little white pow
der, Which is the agent used to perform
the magic work. At the office of the
company they dO not ask the eager pur-
chaser to believe their statements: but thew
churn the butter before his eyes A pint
OF milk, with half a pound of good butter
Is put INTO a little tin churn, with a SPOON
ful OF the powder; the whole is warmed,
ana then i've minutes churning brings out
one and half pounds of good butter! Here
Is demonstration! What can be more con-
ylnclng? No one suggests to the enter
prlslng company 5hat nearly nine-tenths of
the milk used is water, and, if thew ner-
torn what they allege, they are changing
water into butter. This would. indeed be
miracle equal to that of our Saviour, who
changed water into wine. We have been
asked many times by Intelligent gentlemen
now this thing can be explained Very
easily by the process, the whole of the
pint OF milk (mostly composed of vater1 is
drlVen INTO or blended with the half pound
OF melted butter put into the chIlrn.-
There IS no important increase of. real
butter IN the churn, although the
watery mass, which looks like infe-
rlor butter, weighs more. Put the mass
into dish, and beat it, and the true butter
will separate from the milk or water with
which 1t is blended. This Is the method
by which butter and lard are greatly adul-
terated. Nearly all the lard sold by erocers
contains from % to 40 per cent. OF water.
The adulterators have not been able until
within the past year or two to combine
with genuine lard more than twenty-five
per cent. of water; but recently, by the
use OF alkaline carbonates partly saponify-
ing the lard, they force into association
more than 40 per cent.