smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

The large church-going population OF this city
availed themselves Of the auspcious weather OF to-
day to assemble in crowded congregations at their
favorte places of worship. In st. Paul's Episcopal
church In South Trenton the pastor, Rev. J. c..
Brown selected as his text the greater part OF the
fourth chapter OF Genesis, commencing with the
record Of the murder OF Cain. The reverend
preacher commenced by observing that
scarcely had our first parents been expelled
from theu earthly paradise and the gates
Of heaven closed against them than their sad condi-
ton was rendered more terrible by sin and It's effects
The passions OF mankind began to be developed III
their Children thus creating an awful contrast be-
tween the primal condition OF our first parents in
the enjoyment Of the beauties OF Eden. The further
explanation OF the text was then proceeded with,
showing the commencement Of civilization by the
building Of city. the adoption OF pastoral hfe the
cultivation OF the arts by Tubal Cain and music by
Jubal, 'the father Of all such as handle the harp
and Organ.n
Year: 1869

We have Just received q large lot Of the aoov'
goods, making our assortment OF DomcstC'
Very complete These goods were bought DO
fore the recent advance; we can. therefore
offer special inducements in this line.
iel8 WITMER & SLAYMAkEk
Year: 1869

cort.- Cupid seems to have been bent on
making mischief from. the hour of their
meeting, and with fresh filled quiver kept
up persistent target practice at their
hearts. Day after day, as the train rolled
on through the mountain Businesses and
over the great plains of the West, the lit
tie arrowy god never for a moment for
sock them, and they did find it


'H pleasant


Riding on rail-


Matters were brought to focus in a
somewat shorter space of time than Mrs.
Grundy assigns to woers, but both were
fully satisfied, and they determined to
take a life ticket together. Thinking it
would be great surprise to their friends,
and having that sublime indifference to
the opinions Of others, which is such a
distinctive popularity of the American
character, they decided to stop at Cleve-
land and have the hymenial knot tied at
once. They arrived by the afternoon
train on Saturday, and having but few
preliminaries to arrange, within a couple
ofhours the twain had been declared one
in the most orthodox manner by one of
our 'Squires. The night express east bore
the happy couple on their way. We
have briefly given the facts as related to
us, and our readers will agree with us that
the affair deserves to take rank as one of
the prettiest romances Of the day.-Cece-
land Herald, Dec. 13.
Year: 1869

"You see," said my great-grandfather,
who had gathered crowd of his friends
around him at the country grocery store
at Darby, one evening :"you see,S was
once a sailor before the mast, on small
vessel which was cruising. about in the
Souh Atlantic Ocean,.


:" She was very small vessel, and so
frail was afraid all the time that she
would 60 to pieces :. but she didn't. . 1t
happened one day that was sent aloft to
nail block of some kind on the top of
the mainmast, and as>we had no /hatchet,
Itook an axe. | hit the mast three or
four pretty stiff knocks, when all of. a
sudden thought | felt her go down with
a jerk. But she looked all right, and /
thought it couldn't be- So came down
and said nothing about it.


"Three or four days afterward the mate
says to the captain:


GO Cap, it's queer we don't sight land
by this time


"'V Very queer says the captain.


And what is funny about it is, that
for several days past my instruments have
made us out to be in the same latitude and
longitude


May be something is the matter with
the sum-


"'Or perhaps the parallels of latitude
have shifted


"'Or maybe you've made a mistake in
your figures


~ didn't think of that said the mate.


so they took another observation, and
found that they were in precisely the same
old place. Everybody was frightened,
and it was not until after close examina-
ton that it was at last ascertained that I
had actually driven that, main-mast
through the bottom of the ship into the
mud, where it had stuck fast, and that
there the old tub had been spinning round
and round like weather-cock on q
steeple, all this time, without anybody
knowing it.


"To say that the captain was mad
doesn't describe his condition. He roared
around so about it that l got scared and
hid myself in an old cask in the hold
There laid all day, when it was decided
to heave part of the cargo overheard to
tighten the ship, and the cask was in was
headed up, and afraid to bulge, and the
whole concern was heaved into the water


Il was in that barrel about four days.
1t was little crowded, to be sure, and it
would roll some, but on the whole [ was
comfortable. One day 1 felt myself tossed
on shore, and then | was so certain of
saving my life that just turned over and
took a first class nap


II was walked by something tickling my
face. At first thought it was mosquito,
but then remembered that no mosquito
could possibly have got into that barre
anyhow. I brushed it again and caught
it. 1t was straw. l gave it jerk.
Something knocked against the barrel
outside and heard the word: ~,


"'Tuyfel!' ,.; . .~a'i


"Then another straw was inserted, and
/ pulled harder yet. Something struck
the barrel again, and heard this exclama-
ton: E


"Der tuyfel! a


"Then another straw was put in, and 1
caught hold of it, and saw that it came
through the bung hole, and there was a
man outside trying to suck something or
other through the straw, and every time l
gave her jerk, it jammed his old nose
flat against the slaves. So l gave her
one more pull, and kicking the head out
of the cask, I got out and said to this fell
low IL - ''''


"'Look here, what in the deuce are
you trying to do anyway ?'"-Jobn Quill.
Year: 1869

TO Make Hens Lay IN Wlnter.-GlVe
them good supply of chopped meat-the
refuse from the house or the butchers
shops-provide warm airy quarters, with
plenty of range in fine weather, and you
will have an abundant supply of eggs.
Gravel and lime should also be furnished
them along with liberal allowance Of
grain, and plenty of water.
Year: 1869

A WORD To "EXQUIsITEs "A good, orderly system of society is e something very desirable in every community. It has tendency to reGtrain rough and unbecoming habits; even the jester must confne himself within certain limits if he would not be expelled. Forinstanee, you must not stick out your tongue in derision, Hiak with one eye, O. in any other manner manifest your bad breeding unless at certain times; nor will 1t do Go make sn overt assertion of your opinions regarding that lady's afecta~ ton or her pitifui presumplion-and there are a number of other things which must not be done unless you be prepared to throw down the gauntlet and set public opinion and your own obstinacy at loggerheads, and then take a back seat to watch the contest Bat it does not fol- low that an individual, to be respectable, must adopt everyair known in dunghill circles, on the strut of the turkeT-cock to the side ways march of chanticleer, such disposition On tke part of any one is quiie sufficient to convince the travelod spectator that there is A "screw loose somewere'' in the mechiery of Puzzles head. It might therefore be a wise conclusion for those who 50 strenuOualy labor to impress the public with an idea oftheir own excellence, to satisfy themselves that sound and cnltYat- ed mind VIII 10 more expect to find brains in a flop than it vii to be presented with suit made from the ethereal blue and trimmed with fragments of the rainbow, They are only fools who cannot detect and duly appreciate at- 1 fectatiou.
Year: 1869

TIE farmers of Southern Indiana
q planted this year an unusually
.e area Of land in tobacco, and
"a what We can learn the crop is
3 promising. The plants are grow


finely, and we anticipate that
re tobacco will be gathered than


ever been known in the history
the sttc- The crop seems to be
IRE profitable than grain.
Year: 1869

he will remain until October to re-
cruit his health. He is temporarily
relieved from the performance Of the
duties of President of the Council,
but will continue to transact the b0si-
ness of Federal Chancelorship.
Year: 1869

AT LAST WE HAVE RAIN.-After a long and
damaging season of dry weather, winding up
with week OF as cold and freezing nights as has
ever been known in this section Of the State, the
long prayed for rain began to fall on Thursday
morning last and continued mildly, at intervals
until yesterday morning, when it increased to a
steady pour-down, with every prospect of a
thorough soaking wet spcll. 1t is better late
than never, and the whole country rejoices.
Year: 1869

THIS NEW AND POPULAR SALOON is
l. now open for the accommodation of the pub
lic who have already occupied the premises in
force, and proceeded to make themselves at home.
The people know good liquors when they taste
'em and good cigars when they smoke 'em; and
therefore when they have once been to the
UNION they are bound to call again and repeat.
The proprietors will keep none but the best arti-
cles and they fatter themselves that they know
how to mix and serve them. Call. O2.-tf
Year: 1869

Our OF DEBr.-By a notice of County Treas
urcr Hollcnbcck in this paper it will be seen
that there is money enough in the County Treas
ury to pay all outstanding county warrants to
be presented. Placer has paid in interest on
her Railroad bonds in the last five years about
500 900 in gold coin, in addition to heavy, and
in some cases unjust, County expenses Our
taxpayers have borne heavy bleeding for the
past six ye,rs with great courage and patience
All this outside of the Railroad taxes. as what
we have received from the road has not more
than sufficed to meet the extra criminal expenses
it has entailed on the county. Our people de-
serve good government and fair and honorable
dealing from all parties, and they shall have our
aid in securing these things, and united and de-
termiued action will bring them. Then will old
Placer be herself again.
Year: 1869

These Machines are specially adapted for the
use of farmers being able to sew grain sacks
and heavy clothing with the same facility as the


not liable 10 ravel as is the case OF the loop or
Year: 1869

P A sensible English judge lately
instructed a jury to give moderate darn
ages in breach OF promise case, be-
cause it was a most mlschievous thing
to frignten man into merging a wo-
man he did not like by heavy damages
1t Is much better for the girl to find
out his dislike beforJ than after mar
kage.
Year: 1869

F Tenacity of purpose is as often
the proof of folly Us ofwisdom. Exam
inc the men who n ever boast of chang
ing their opinions, and for every wise
one among them W hose opinions never
needs altering.yos will find thousand
tools blindly adhering to old predudic-
es because unable to comprehend the
eyer-clsnging world in which they
I've.
Year: 1869

The history af science and literature affords brighter examples of heroism than are to be found in the records of battles and sieges. The leaders in the reformations that have taken place in science and literature, have seldom failed to meet with opposition that would have driven those who were not imbued with the true spirit of heroism from the prosecution of their work. Fitchs contemporaries thought him deranged because he talked of pro polling boats by steam, and Fulton was looked upon by the majority of his countrymen as wild visionary. Calico suffered years of imprsonment on ac- count of his discoveries in astronomy. And was there no heroism in the lives of the masters of

 terature2 Did 1t require no courage to pub fish such poem as Paradise Lost in the reign of Charles the Second2 Such an act was sure to bring upon who perpetrated it thewitso of that age How much nobler is the heroism that leads one to labor on in obscurily and neglect for the accomplishment of some great work, than that which animates him who, cheered on by the plaudits of his fellow w-men strews earth with the Hteless forms Of the vic$ tins of his ambition Roger Bacon was greater hero than any knight that fought in the crusades for while the latter but followed up the path marked out for him by the folly and superstition of his age, the former had the courage to contend against the preiudices of his times. The knight gained the applause of the popuIace, by his zealin the cause Ofsuper- stition. while the philosophers exertions in the cause of science consigned him to prison. These noble sufferers in the cause of arts, sci- ences and literature, have left their examples behind them as a rich legacy to all future times, and their names shall outlive that of the heroes of the sword Tasso's name shall sur- vive that of Charles the Twelfth,-C AdrocQte.
Year: 1869

Every reproduction in one of the two coun- tries of trade marks affixed in the other to certain merchandise to prove it's origin and quality, is forbidden, and shall give ground for an action for damages in favor of the injured party, to be prosecuted in the courts of the country in which the counterfeit shall be proven just as if the plaintiff were subject or citizen of that country.

 The exclusive right to use a trade mark for the benefit of citizens of the United States in France, or of French subjects in the territory of the United States, cannot exist for longer period than that fixed by the law of the coun. try for its own citizens.

 If the trade mark has become public prop. erty in the country of its origin, it shall be equally free to all in the other country.

 ARTICLE II.

 If the owners of trade marks, residing in either the two countries wish to secure their rights in the other country, they must deposit duplicate copies of those marks in the Patent Office at Washington, and in the clerks office of the Tribunal of Commerce of the Seine, at Paris.
Year: 1869

A man in Berlin made bet that he would sit in the window of hair dresser's shop for four hours without moving, for that space of time taking the place of the regular wax figure. He accomplished the task, sitting cov- cred with white sheet, wearing huge wig surrounded by fez cap, A great crowd gath- cred, and the utmost exertions were made to cause him to show some signs of life. but they were unavailing. At the close of the four hours he arose, bowed gravely to the crowd, and retired.-Honse Journal
Year: 1869

INTERESTING TO SKATERS. = The Summit ice


company, says the Bee, are preparing for great
fun the coming winter. They have skating
rink nearly finished at Tinker's station, one
mile from the summit, it being comfortably
housed over. The rink will be FIVE hundred feet
in diameter. Skating excursions from all parts
of the State to the summit will doubtless be the
Year: 1869

A TRUCE TO PoLIrIcs.-The Marysville Appeal


of q recent date under this caption makes the


following truthful remarks:
The election is over, and we shall now have
peace. Two elections in one season is one too
many, and we are of the belief that the people


rejoice at the end if not over the results. Two


many elections make too many politicians-af-
ford tao much food for bummers. When any
man gets SO low as to devote all his time to
politics, and to studying how he will get an Of
Ace, or how much money he can gather in during


campaign, he has the " dry rot " in its worst


stages. Every community has its political bum


mers. respectable man who receives 3 nomi-


nation is at once beset by lot of ~cormorants


who sagely predict that he cannot be elected


without the "judicious expenditure Of good


deal Of money-the amount proportioned to the


size of the candidates purse and the salary of
his office. This is notorious fact. Feeling
bummers is SO Customary among candidates of
all parties that it has become to be considered
Legitimate plunder. But is it not about time the


practice was discontinued2 The Legitimate
expenses of canvass are becoming so enorous


that poor man stands no show of an election,
| n matter how worthy, if his opponent can COM


mand money. The custom goes to show moral
decentralization, and how deep hold corruption
has upon the body polite. How can these evils
be remedied, and when will the day of reform
come?


FATHER HYACINTHE.-The New York Tribune
of the 18th October says that Father Hyacinthe
desires it understood that he is still Roman
Catholic. He says he never has been ultramon-
tame, and is not now and never will be but be
denies that there is any reason for indentifying
utramontane with Catholicism. He INDUCES a


firm hope that the council will not, as the COM
munity anticipate, consolidate the ultramontane
theories and constitute them the creed of the
church, but on the contrary will leave the door
wide open for those who like ehimself, have been
throughout life, the devoted champions of
more liberal construction of Catholic doctrines,
and who, in particular, have defended the entire
harmony between the Christian religion and the
great achievement of the civilization of the nine
teenth century. The strong basis of his relig-
Gus belief on which he dwells with particular
emphasis, is the belief in the divinity of Christ in
the inspiration of the scriptures and the excel
lence of Christian civilization of the nineteenth
century. Father Hyacinthe has not fixed pro-
gramme while here. He has come to see and
study the country. After being here few
weeks or months he may go to the Ecumenical
council or may not. He desires rest.
Year: 1869

Al


IL o'clock, at Exchange Saesroom, Ill Broadway,


~ PARCELS OF LAND,


Containing about


ISL LOTS.


ESTATE OF LEWIS @. MORRIS.
The demand for semrira residences must be considered
only permanent characteristic OF the present activity
real estate but h also evidence that the Increasing pcpua
ton Of the city Of New York will make ts suburbs indspen
Fable suxiares II 10 not doubted that that part Of West
chester county embraced BY the contemplated sale viii
part Of the great and growing city Of New York.
The feature Of Westcheser county present this
connection, viewed from . city standpoint IL the


CENTRAL AVENUE,
which of the broadcast and finest In the world
for tho general OF locality and ths
beauty Of surrounding and adjoining h commences
the norhey side OF Harlem river, directly opposite the
Seventh Grand Boulevard 56th
street, connected with this city bY the Central bridge,
which spans the at that point
The Commissioners Of Central Park, when this tract shall
placed under their CONTROL will out several streets and
them by bridges with the boueverds
New York side


The probable consolidation part OF westchestsr
county with New York city popularity OF Central
drive the proximity Of the Harlem and Third avenue
the underground railroad make IL At
desirable for building purposes for investment
The location Of this property superb, and ne view OF
Central avenus is presented from all points
For maps ana further particulars apply 70 tho Auctonesr
% Pine street.
Year: 1869

A NEW MOTIVE PowER.-One of Cap
tain Ericsson's latest and most startling
announcements relates to the suns heat
He has contIived to concentrate its rays
so as to keep a steam engine in full play
with as much ease and more economy
than it could be kept going with coal.
In short by mathematical exactness,
that extraordinary man exhibits just
how much of the suns surface may be
used by lenses, and what will I've the de
gree of heat thus obtained for keeping
even thousands of steam-eugines in mo-
ton. independent CT any other kind of
fuel.


Captain Ericsson calculates a period
when all the coal fields of Europe will
be exhausted. at that eventful epoch
manufacturers may fall back on the cen~
ter of the solar system for a potent subs
stitute, which can never give out till the
universe itself is blotted out of exists
ence. Instead OF ridiculing his an
nouncement, or criticising his calcula-
tions on caloric force TO be thus OBJ
tanned, let philosophers take up the sub
iect in sober earnest in devising ways
for profiting by this great discovery OF
the most remarkable engineer who has
appeared in this or any other country
since the days OF Archimedes.- -He0rth
and Home.
Year: 1869

CARE OF MILK VESSELS. an article In
tory man, we find the following sugges-
tions on washing cans, which are equally
applicable to pans and other dishes in
which milk is kert:


When P can is to be washed, do not put
hot water in at first, but put in water not
above milk-warm, which will readily dis
solve the milk if any is dried on to the tin,
and it works off very easily; while if hot
water is applied at first, it has a tendency
to cool the milk on the tin in which con-
dition water will not very readily dissolve
it, but warm milk will. Tt is therefore
very important to give strict heed to the
matter, and see that the milk is thorough
ly removed by washing before any
boiling hot water is applied. Care must
be taken to remove every yestige of the
milk about the seams of the cans and cov-
ers, as here is where the trouble always
begins My attention is always directed
to the seams first, if a can is not properly
cleansed especially the seams in the cover
The little tube in the center of the cover,
is also place to be especially looked after
in cleaning the cans


Very many people who consider them
selves, and are considered by others, pat
terms of neatness, fail to keep their milk
cans perfectly cleansed; many times, no
doubt through Ignorance of how to-dO it.,
and many times from q lack of apprecia-
ton of the extreme neatness Of that scru-
puIous care necessary to keep everything
used about the milk immediately clean.
Year: 1869

MANY years ago the writer of this notice
and an invalid physician, while visiting the
Island of st. Croix for their health, expert
enced and witnessed many surprising and
beneficial effects of the Rum there produced
upon many of the invalids who were, like
ourselves, seeking health, and upon inquiry
and Investigation, obtained iull history of
its medicinal virtues. He was delighted and
surprised, ana determined to make it the ba-
sis of Tonic and Restorative Medicine. The
result of his labors was glorious success for
himself and suffering humanity. The cele-
brated PLANTATION BITTERs was thus made
known to the world. Being an article of
real merit, founded on new principles, and
relying wholly upon the vegetable kingdom
for its medicinal effects, it worked rapid
revolution III the treatment of physical de-
bilify