smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1868

There died at the Cincinnati Hos
pital, a few days since. a young and
beautiful girl, whose history is one
Of the saddest of the alas too COM
mon ones Of love, seduction, be-
trayal, crime, death.


Katie Fisher was the daughter of
well -todo farmer parents, who
reside in the vicinity of Pomeroy,
Ohio. Two years since she came
to this city on visit to some rela-
tives, and shortly after made the
acquaintance Of an apparently res
pectable and honorable young man
Their acquaintance soon ripened
into love-devoted, passionate love
on Katie's part-assumed love, for
the accomplishment Of a crime than
which none is more damnable, on
the part of the villain, who, for the
qualification of brutal passion,
deliberately planned the ruin of a
young, pure and trusting heart
His plans were well laid and per-
sistently followed until finally, un-
der the promise of a speedy mar
riage, his wishes were consummated,
and Katie was ruined. In spite Of
his continued neglect she kept the
matter secret, and still hoped against
hope that the man she loved would,
before the inevitable exposure came,
fulfill his promise.


Finally, to conceal her shame,
Katie left the home Of her relatives
and sought employment as domestic
in family living in the suburbs of
the city Shortly after, the dastardly
author of her misery disappeared,
and Katie was left to bear the shame
alone About Il week since the
discovery of her condition was
made blythe family with whom she
was living, and she was turned
away. Sick, disgraced and misera-
BILE, she found her way to the Gin
cinnati Hospital, and begged ad-
mission, which was readily granted.


Here, under kind treatment, she
remained two days, when she died
just before her death she disclosed
to the officers of fthehospital the name
and home of her father, to whom
a telegram, informing him of the
death of his long lost daughter, was
Immediately sent Upon the rs
ceipt of the intelligence the grief
stricken father fastened to this
city, and took charge of the ema-
ciated body of the daughter who
two years before had left her home
a blooming, beautiful and joyous
girl. She now sleeps in the quiet
village church yard Of the home Of
her youth.


AS for the villain who betrayed
her, he will, no doubt, be admitted
into good society, and possibly be
made the pet of ladies who would
have scorned to touch the hem of
the garment of her of whose shame
and death he was the causc.-Gin-
ctnnati Caronso1e.
Year: 1868

Most people think the selection
of suitable matter for newspaper
the easiest part of the business
How great an error. To look over
and over fifty exchange papers daily,
from which to select enough for one,
especially when the question is not
what shall, but what shall not be Sc
lected, is no easy task. If every
person who reads newspaper could
have edited it, we should have less
complaining Not unfrequently it
is the case that an editor looks over
all his exchange papers for some
thing interesting and can find abso-
lutely nothing.


Every paper is drier than con-
tribution box, and yet something
must be had-his paper must be out
with something in it, and he must
do the best he can. To an editor
who has the least care in what he Sc
lects, the writing is the easiest part
of his labor. Every subscriber
thinks the paper is printed for his
own benefit, and if there is nothing





it is good for nothing. As many
subscribers as an editor has, so
many tastes he has to consult.


One wants something very smart
and something sound. One likes
anecdotes, fun and frolic, and the
next door neighbora wonders that q
man of sense will put such stuff IN
his paper. Something spicy comes
out and the editor is blackguard.
Next comes something arguments
tive, and the editor is dull fool.
And so, between them all, the poor
fellow gets the ID. They never
reflect that what does not plese them
will please the next man; but they
insist that if the paper does not suit
them it is good for nothing, and
will stop it right of.
Year: 1868

l. An electOr, in the broad sense of
the Worn, means anybody who votes at
an election for any person for any Office
OR position whatever it may bes and
who is generally styled voter. But
in more restricted sense. and that in
which it is used here. elector means a
person chosen to elect the President and
Vice President of the United States
Two different methods have been used
to choose these electors, and both were
in conformity with the Constitution;
for it says that each State shall ap-
point, in such manner us the Legisla
ttlrc thereof may direct, a number of
electors equal to the whole number of
Senators and Representatives to which
the State may be entitled in Congress"
Now this left the Legislatures of the
respective States to appoint the electors
themselves, Or to direct their appoint
ment in any other way. Hence in some
States the Legislatures chose them, and
in others they passed acts directing
their election by the people; and as far



Legislatures continued to appoint or
elect them themselves; while in all the
remaining States their election was
given directly to the people, and this
method has now become universal in
all the States, and is the one which
seems to be most approved by the peo-
pie.


2. These electors, when chosen, must
meet in their respective States on the
first Wednesday of December-tllat is,
when a Presidential election occurs
(Which is every fourth Year,; and when
assembled, they are denominated the
electoral colleges. and vote for one man
for President and for another for Vice
President; after which these votes are
sent to the President of the Senate of
the United States by a messenger Sc
lected for that express purpose. When
this Is done, the duties of the electors
are done, and they have nothing more
to do in the nlatter. But in four wears.
at the next Presidential election, new
college will assemble for the same Dur





pose and to perform the same duty.


When these votes reach Nashinuton,
the Senate and the House of Represen-
tatives assemble together on the second
"ednesday in February, and in their
presence the votes are open q and
counted, and it is then declared who has
been elected President and Vice Presi-
dent of the United States for the next
four years. Until quite lately, the
Presidential elections were held in diff
terent States on different days; but by
an act of Congress. one day for this cleo
ton is now designated throughout all
the States,and that day is the first Tues
day after the first Monday in Novem-
Der. This is the method which the
Constition has declared shall be used in
the election of the President; but it is
clumsy and cumbrous piece of ma
chinery-a wheel within a wheel-and
we hope it will soon be worn out. and
the people be allowed to vote directly
Tor the candidates they prefer. This
would enable them to vote for their
choice for Vice President. which they
cannot always now do. for the electors
are bound to vote for the Vice President
who runs on the ticket with the Presi-
dent. Hence if Il voter wishes to vote,
for certain candidate for President
he must vote tor the Vice President
who runs on the same ticket, whet her
he prefers him or not.
Year: 1868

The Department of Agriculture reports


that the correspondence between that


branch OF the government and farmers in
all parts of the country has been very vol
luminous and indefinite concerning the
yield of wheat, furnishing numerous and
contradictory clements in calculation as
to quantity. On the one hand, it is stated
that from variety of causes the wheat
crop of this year will fall short of that of
1857, while in opposition to this view ca
ses are mentioned of three-fold acreage
with half an average yield, giving a fifty
per cent. aggregate increase, notwthstand-
ing the loss; numerous returns declare
the present the largest crop in many years,
and the majority, in view of the general
increase in acreage, show better result
than that of last year, after accounting for
losses In yield. 1t may be stated, howev-
er, that the average yield per acre of the
whole country is scarcely equal to that of
1867, but the increased area sowp will se-
cure an aggregate somewhat larger than
the product of that year. The hay crop is
excellent, while the oats is only middling


The area of corn planted is large, and the
return per acre will be entirely satisfac-
tory, Potatoes promise a full yield in
some localities, while in others different
aspect is presented. On the whole, how
ever, the potato crop of this year will not
equal that of 1867. In all the Middle
States fruit has failed Apples are not
worth gathering, save for family use, and
the quantity will hardly reach that point.
The yield of peaches was small, but pears
did better in most places On the whole,
the products of the country coming under
the notice of the Department of Agricul-
ture have been more abundant in the present
year than in the one just past, and for
such result let us be thankful
Year: 1868

The torch of Hymen has burnt brightly
for some time past, and his court has been
crowded with votaries Others are pres
sing eagerly towards the altar. Who
shall say that the ladies have not claimed
their leap-year privileges
Year: 1868

The extraordinary decrease in American
tonnage of late years has been a subject of
frequent comment. In 1860, the American
commercial marine exceeded that of Great
Britain by several thousands of tons. Now,
the ease is so far reversed that the tonnage of
Great Britain is considerably over u million
greater than that Of the United States. The
primary cause of the reduction of American
and the increase of British tonnage was the
Rebellion. Pending that unpleasant diff
Guilty" American shlp-owners found that our
Government could not or would not protect
their property against the depredatioas of
Rebel privateers, aud so 10 save themselves,
they transferred the registry of their vessels
from the American to the British flag. Hun.
dreds of first class vessels thus transferred
might now have been reinstated under tho
United States flag, and reckoned rs q portion
of our mercantile marine, had it not been for
the stupid obstinacy of n foolish Congress.
That body, always more alive to partisan in.
tereSts than the welfare Of the Nation, obst-
nately refused, in spite of the demands of
common sense and the dictates of national
interest, to allow the old American vessels to
be re Registered under the American flag.
Thus, because timid ship owners resorted to
the only possible means to save themselves
from individual losses. n short. sighted and





exerted its power to force British commerce
above that of our country. But this was not
the whole of its blind, unwise and hateful
policy. in order the more thoroughly to
cripple our commerce, Congress levied enor-
nous taxes upon ship, building and every
material requisite for the business. SO heavy
are these taxes that it is impossible for Amer.
lean shipyards to successfully compete with
| those of torei IN nations. Ships can be built
in English ports thirty per cent cheaper than
they can be in those of the United States.
Thus in addition to the natural effects of the
war, Radical whether ignorantly
| or purposely, remains to be seen-has used
its power to cripple American commerce, and
to diminish its volume, and to build up tho
commerce of our commercial rivals. With
wise and comprehensive legislation our com.
mercial tonnage might soon be as large as it
was before the war but as we have been
cursed with a continuation of legislation the
very reverse of wise and patriotic, our COM
merce is rather or the decrease than increas.
ing. These are facts which should command
the earnest attention of every man interested
in the commercial progress of our Nation, and
sh,u,d warn all that if they desire the United
States to be anything else but fourth rate
commercial power, they must use their in
tluence to defeat those whose mismanage.
ment has brought us down to our present con.
| dition.-S f. Call
Year: 1868

Household HINrs.-Wood ashes, wet with
water, will stop the crack of stove, and
prevent the smoke from escaping. Stir Po-
land starch with common candle, and it will
not stick to iron, and it will be much nicer
Alum or vinegar is good to set colors red,
green or yellow. Frozen potatoes make more
starch than fresh ones they also make nice
cake. A hot shovel held over vanished
furniture will take cot white spots. A bit
OF glue dissolved in skim milk and water
Will restore Grape. Ribbons of any kind
should be washed in cold soap suds, and not
rinsed. If your fat.irons are rough, rub
them with fine salt and it will make them
smooth. If you are buying carpet for du-
rability choose small figures.
Year: 1868

The APOLOGY FOR PERJURY.-The dispatch
es published in the Alta of the Sd instant in.
form us that's resolution has been introduced
in the United States Senate, declaring


That the proceedings impe proceed
ings according to law, but purely political for political
officers to be tried by political body, and ending
political judgment and therefore Senators responsibility
is the other political questions; and finally
that the special oath is intended and operate
TO change such character of the Senate and therefore the
Senators before and after taking it, equally
table to the people for their vote


The above explains what all the civilized
world must have been curious to know, to
wit: the theory upon which nearly two thirds
of the United States Senator'S, sitting as sworn
Judges in high Court of Impeachment, ex.
cused themselves for deliberately committing
what seemed to ordinary minds to be the
crime of perjury. When men become 50
hallucinated as to absolve themselves from the
obligation of solemn oath, upon such a
tlimsy pretext, they are better fitted to run
guillotine than to administer laws.-San
Francisco Call.
Year: 1868

Genteel it is to have soft hands, so
Bat not genteel to work on lands; SIS
Genteel it is to lie in bed,


But not genteel to earn your bread;
Genteel it is to cringe and bow,
But not genteel to SOW and plow;
Genteel it is to play the beau, 80
But not genteea TO reap and NOV;
Genteel it is to keep gig,


But not genteel to hoe and dig;
Genteel it is in trade to fail,


But not genteeI to swing the fail;
Genteel it is to play the fool, W t4 ~
But not genteel to keep a school, e W
Genteel il is to cheat the tailor, s
But not genteel to be a sailor; Il
Gcnteel it is to fight duel, f. Ii
But not genteel to cut your fuel;
Genteel it is to eat rich cake,


But not genteel to cook and bake;
Genteel it is to have the blues, i
But not genteel to wear thick shoes;
Genteel it is to roll in wealth, &
But not genteel to have good health;
Gesstteel it is to cut a friend, $50
But not genteel your clothes to mend;
Genteel it is to make q show, t
But not genteel poor folks to know;.
Genteel it is to run away, a5
But not genteel at home to stay;
Genteei it is to smirk and smile,
But not genteel to shun all guile;
Genteei it is to be knave, ,s7 4
But not genteel your cash to save;
Genteel it is to make bet, @ tf-.
But not genteel to pay debt;
Genteel it is to play at dice, al
But not genteel to take advice; ~,
Genteel it is to curse and swear,
But not genteel plain clothes to wear;
Genteel it is to know lord, s.-
But not genteel to pay your board /; ti'si
Genteel it is to skip and hop, ~
But not genteel to tend shop; -
Genteel it is to waste your life,
But not genteel to love your wife. ~
! cannot tell what may do, tslt
Or what sad scenes may yet pass through !;
/ may perchance turn deaf and blind,
The pity of all human kind;
l may perchance be doomed to beg,
And hop about upon enc leg;
And even may come to steal
But may never be genteel
Come joy, or sorrow, veal or wool
Oh may l never get that lowI
Year: 1868

MEDICAL EDUcAnoN.-It will be noticed that
the course of lectures in the department of
medicine and surgery (Walamet University
will commence on the fourth day of November
and continue four months. During the brief
period this institution has been in existence it
has attained high reputation as a school of
medicine.
Year: 1868

DENANo FOR CATTLE.-Just now there is IA brisk
demand for cattle in this Valley; and spectators
are il the market buying up every boof that
offers. Within the last fortnight not less thaH
twenty thousand dollars have been expended 10
this immediate neighborhood. One firm alone
the McMorris Brothers-have paid out over
$4,000. The cattle in this Valley are fatter
aud in better condition than any where else on
the coast, and consequently the brisk demand.
Already they have commenced shipping fat cattle
from this Valley to Victoria, where they bring a
higher figure than cattle from any other locality.
The mining districts beyond depend upon Us al
most exclusively for their supply Of fat cattle,
and have heretofore offered ready market for
our surplus stock. Ia the futare we are quite
sure of retaining the mining market, and ia ad>
dition there will be a constant and growing de>
maud for fat cattle to supply the Portland and
Victoria markets. The consequence Of this brisk
demand for stock is TO make money plenty in the
Valley, and give new impetus to all branches
Of business. During the whole period OF our
residence in the county we have never known
the farmers and stock owners so uniformly satis-
fed, not only with their present prosperity, but
with the prospect the future unfolds to their
view. The feeling is general that the reign OF
" dull times " is over, and that we are about to
enter upon an era of prosperity.
Year: 1868

BLooDED SroCK.-Those who would improve
their stock by the addition of blooded animals,
other column. These animals are thorough bred,
and offer a rare opportunity to persons who de-
sire TO raise good stock. Persons in this line of
business should bear in mind that it costs quite
as much to raise an inferior animal as it does to
raise good oLe, and that as consequence it
Is poor economy to breed from Po0r animals
yhe2 good ones can be obtained.
Year: 1868



 D@We cull the following gem from Dr. Chapins lecture on the "Nobility of Labor:"

 Hardly any thing is more contempti- ble than the conceit which rests merely upon social position-the conceit of those who imagine that they thus are divorced from the clay of common men, of those who shrink with horror from the idea of work, as something which degrades by its very contact, and yet who, very likely, owe their present position to some not very remote an- cestor, who, recognizing his call to work, lived more honestly in the world than they do, and was not ashamed of soiled thumbs. It is one of the mean est things for people to be ashamed of the work from which they draw their income, and which glorified their an- cestors more with their soiled aprons and black gowns, than themselves with their fine ribbons and flashing jewely. It might be fine thing to be like the lilies, more gloriously clothed than Solomon, and doing nothing, as if we were only lilies. Advantageous posi- tion is only more emphatic call for work and while those who hold the advantage may not be compelled to manual drudgery, they should recognize the fact that manual drudgery may be performed in the same spirit as that which characterizes their own work, and therefore that it is equally honora- ble.
Year: 1868

BY REV. GEORGE o. SMITH, JR. Comrade you stood beside me In the hottest of the fight, And you braved the storm of battle With all strong mans might Now, comrade, stand up nearer. Grasp me firmly by the hand And swear by Heaven with me You will never leave the land lis. the land our grand old fathers Won from forest aud from foe, Made theirs by noble daring,

 And with many a bloody blow Our sisters here lie buried,

 And here our mothers liel Our bones must rest beside them, When God wills that we shall die. We cannot yield to menials,

 And to strangers hard and cold we cannot yield the graveyard, And our fathers mansions old And no threat of chains and halter, And no threat of prison cell, Shall drive us weeping exiles

 From the land we love so well We have not feared the battle,

 Nor the rain and chilling windl We shall not shrink from suffering, As shrinks the craven hind And dolng well and suffering well Shall pass away the night, And all it's sorrows be forgot,

 In the glory of the light Then trust in God, my brother Our fathers God and ours, Who has blessed us such sunshine Such fruits and glowing flowers. And, comrade, we'll not leave her, But bide with her till we die! And in her sacred bosom

 Shall our wearied bodies liel
Year: 1868

1t has been frequently stated and
never denied, as far as we have heard,
that this gentleman at, or near, Marlet-
IA, last fall, made speech in advocacy
of negro suffrage. Will he be kind
enough to inform us through the press
whether he did or did not make such
speech


And especially whether he did not in
his speech advocate the claims of the
party and candidates who were advoca-
ting negro sntfragef


And whether he and negro did not
speak from the same stand, on the same
day, advocating the election of the
same candida'es' .
Year: 1868

I (
We do not much relish the hints and
threats which are every now and then
thrown out Of what the President will
do should the Senate find him guilty
We are anxious that he should have the
fairest possible of trials; but why should
he attempt to intimidate his judges by
intimations of an extra judicial appeal?
Thus a rumor reaches us that after con-
viction and eviction, Mr. johnson, in the
character of martyr, will make pill
grimage through the length and breadth
of the land detailing his distresses and
setting forth his sorrows, vindicating
his administration and pleading his
| case generally in the forum of the peo-
i pie. Unless it be that one hates to see
the dignity of human nature thus scan
dalousiy lowered, we 10 not know. that
there would be any objection to this
course Even the objects Of hempen
expiation are permitted, and, indeed,
encouraged to make speeches; we know
very well that there is always popular
| desire to see these offenders in the cell
or upon the scaffold; aud we suppose
that the number of amateurs in physiog.
nomy that would like to stare at Mr..
johnson is considerable. Upon the
other hand, after his reduction to the
ranks, should such change occur, he
would as private citizen be obliged
to pay his own bills; for, although he
would now and then receive the gift of a
hat, or cheese, or something of that
kind by way of advertisement, the bulk
of the disbursements would fall upon
his personal shoulders. We think it
would be more economical if His Excel
lency would start at once upon this pro-
jected pilgrimage; for now he is nomi-
nally President, and the distillers, and
postmasters, and collectors would sure
ly come out to meet him at the gates of
their respective places of abode. He
might then freshly comment in New
York, Or Boston, or Chicago upon the
deliberations of the Senate in Washing
ton, and rehearse to sympathetic crowds
the latest mournful intelligence forwar-
ded to him by telegraph. In this way
be might be his own Marc Antony; dis
play his own wounds and exhibit his
own bloody garments; and while with
passionate vehemence he denounced
the conspirators, he could hardly fail to
incite certain degree of compassion
This would be far more sagacious than
to go before the people in the charac.
ter of an official ghost, and far more eff
fective than tattling his defense in drib-
lets to newspaper correspondents.


n. z Tribune.
Year: 1868

At Sterling, No., temperance society
has been established on novel plan. No
man can join unless he has been an
inveterate topper. The president and
chief officers were selected on account Of
their prowess in convivial circles. For
every ofiense against total abstinence,
clearly proven, the culpirt is to be dip
ped into the river as many times as there
are members in the organic alton.