smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

guine than he had done 70. many days
past.


Then followed long conversation.
carried on in low voice. interspersed
occasionally with sigh from Edward.
followed by an encouraging word from
his wife.


Next morning Mary rose full Of her
new plans for saving and economizing.
Her youngest child was only six weeks
old. the next could just run alone, and
the eldest was four years of age. They
made plenty of work, as Mary knew
very well; but she determined, in the
present state of affairs, to discharge
the girl who had acted as nurse, and
to manage with one servant. This
was no sooner determined than acted
upon. though Edward demonstrated
against it in very strong terms, telling
his wife that she was undertaking too
much-that she would overdo herself.
and be laid up. But Mary pleasantly
combated all his fears by telling him
that exercise always agreed with her,
and that it would be no hardship to
her to wait upon her own children.


In day or two, Edward discovered
that Tom, the shop-boy, was of very
little use to him; that during great
part of the day he was idle, and, there
fore, in mischief He was accordingly
installed in similar situation, which
Edward easily procured for him at a
neighboring grocer's, and thus two
considerable items were at once sub
tracted from the weekly expenditure.


Mary seemed at no loss to discover
ways and means to lessen the general
expenses, and bore her extra amount
of work SO cheerfully " and uncomplain-
! ingly, that her husband loved her bet
ter than ever. When he was obliged
(as occasionally he was) to leave the
shop for short time, Mary was al
ways ready to take his place. and with
pleasant manner, and active hand to
wait upon the customers. And during
all this time the household affairs were
carried on with as much care and reg
ularity as ever. There was nothing
like disorder or neglect, but all was in
its place, and every thing done at the
right time.


Il can't think how you manage. .
said Edward, one day, when tie came
into the neat sitttng-room, and sat
down to a comfortably dressed dinner,
at a time when he knew Mary was in
the midst of large wash


"God helps me-" said Mary. kissing
his cheek. "by giving me strength and
fore-thought."


In the course of few months, from
the effects of incessant care and atten.
ton, Edwards business began sensi.
bly, to increase; and in year or two
from struggling beginner, he found
himself well established tradesman
And he felt, and acknowledged, thai
this prosperous turn in his Affairs was
mainly attributable to the influence
and exertions of his wife, who, in
stead of lamenting her bard fate il
being obliged to economize and exer
herself in every possible way. haC
resolutely set to work, and by heI
cheerful industry and careful manage
ment, had averted melancholy crisi,
of failure and disgrace.
Year: 1859

Spurious TIcKErs.-We said, yesterday
that counterfeit Douglas tickets were put into
the hands of Douglas men by the Lecomp
tc mites and thus voted, in the Fourth Ward,
with Farish's name substituted for Gorhnm's.
This was according to our information NJ the
time. After the appearance of the article.
we understood that the canvassers of the
Fourth Ward polls were going to sign card
which some one was getting up for the pur
pose. to the effect that no such votes were
put into the ballot box. 1t may be therefore
that these tickets were not put in in the
Fourth Ward, but in some of the other wards
At any rate a number of them were around
and whether the despicable trick was sue
eessfully played or not. it was attempted to
be played, and the will is as good as the
deed. By whom was that ticket gotten up
and where was it printed
Year: 1859

FoUR PANrHERs KILLED IN SoNoMA Couxru.
The Napa Reporter says that gentleman
living near Santa Rosa discovered, one eve
ming recently, a considerable tumult among
his flock Of sheep. Going among them to
discover the cause, he found a couple of them
with their throats cut and dying. Imagn.
ing this destruction to be the work of wild
animals. he cut them open and secreted lot
of strychnine in their bodies. The next
morning he found the poison had done its
work. Four panthers measuring not less
than eight feet from tip to tip, were discover.
ed dead in few rods of where the sheep had
been left
Year: 1859

MURDER AT BIG OAK FLAT.-A German
stabbed an lrishman in n saloon at Big Oak
Flat last week, says the Sonora Herald, in
fictipg several severe wounds, from the effect
of which the man died in few hours The
German has been arrested and lodged in jnil
here They had had quarrel the day pre-
vious to the killing about q game of cards
We have been unable to learn the name O
either party
Year: 1859

TExAs.-The Houston Telegraph of the 4th
inst. says: The winter rains have been gen
eral, and the ground all over the State i:
thoroughly saturated, thus preparing it ad-
mirably for the planting of the new CROP
Emigration is still coming into the State bv
every avenue. We have been pleased to
meet lately several gentlemen of means who
are going into the sheep-raising business in
Western Texas This sheep raising is fast
becoming leading interest of Western Tex
as. and but year or two can eapse before
wool will become one Of the staple products
Of our Empire State
Year: 1859

EB- a company of boys were playing on
a shed near the Railroad, when the owner of
the shed, or one of his employees threw
brick and broke the leg of boy named
Bishop, residing in Sacramento
Year: 1859

of the very latest Fall style and pattern, which
sell at lower prices than the great panic times
of 1857. And am fixed to do House Roofing, Gut
tering, Copper and Sheet Iron Work, and all other
job Work in my line with great care and dispatch,
which 1 warrant to he equal, if not superior, to
most work done in this city. Call on the Pioneer.


uct2 THOMAS SOANTLIN.
Year: 1859

VTTE ARE NOW PHEPARED To F'UR-
w nish short notice the above Battery, and would
request the attention of ali Quartz Men to it previous TO
the erection Of mill. For efficiency in working out the
gold it becoming celebrated and have hestancy
in pronouncingi superior in every respectto any
in


ent the Oriental Quartz MILL Nevada city has
sened to explain the working of the MILL and show its
efficiency any who may feel interested and all can
Judge oft better by seeing it in practical operation,
would refer Quartz men of Nevada county to him.


GODDARD. HANSC0M RANKIN,


37-3m Pacific Foundry, San Francisco.
Year: 1859

The following, from the Chicago Sunday
Meraary will strike a chord In the heart OF every
man who was down-east boy


No man is at all times wise--so we went to
the circus the other night. We we're sadly dis
appointed. The show did not enchant US as il
once bad power to do. The tent was shabby;
the people for the most part were shabby; the
actors were shabby; their gaudy dresses and the
trappiuRs of their horses we're shabby. Every
thing was tawdry, tinsel aud shabby. oh where
was the magic spell which had once clothed all
these things in such wOndrons beauty? Where
was the fairy who once had power to cause the
smell of the saw dust TO be sweeter to our nos
trils than the perfume Of Araby2 There was a
little. bright-eyed boy sat near us, and we won
dered whether he thought any great shakes of
the performance. SO we propitiated him by
the tender of an apple, and asked him how he


liked the circus. "Oh its galIusl" said he,
and 40 we supposed he was pleased. But to US,
the riding did not seem half so wonderful as Of
yore, nor the feats of the boneless boys who
twist themselves In and out of all possible
shapes. The Jokes Of the clown sounded dread
fully familiar, like the echoes Of tales known in
childhood, and we're none the more classic for
constant repetition these many years. The old
childish enthusiasm could not be evoked by the
spell of the CATERS, the balloons, or the contor-
| tiOne vi ME- heIi maui Ochtuu thC PolhsSu
smile on the clowns face, we saw in our minds
eye. the wrinkles of age, the furrows Of care,
and the traces of pitiful and dishonorable life.
Through the dirty curtains that divided the
dressing tent from the ring. our spiritual eye
pierced, and we saw the bruised and aching
| limbs of the jumpers annointed with the mime
oils" and YET stiff and sore. The little girl in
short dress and dubious tights. did not look
half so angelic as she used to do, nor was there
any tremor of fear that she might fall from her
seat and be injured. There was time when
we thought that to seize that damsel, carry her
off, steed and all, to our castle In Spain, and
live and die there with her, would be the very
height of earthly bliss. High bo! Now the
whole performance was fiat, stale and unproht'
able TO us-and when we saw in the morning
that the rough circus "cusseso had not struck
their tents like the Arabs. and al silently stolen
away as Longfellow has it, we wondered that
they did not make short stops and steal oil as
If ashamed of themselves But our wonder was
lessened when we learned that the Sheriff had
an attachment for the concern, so powerful that
it would not let II go out of his sght-that the
proprietors had decampcd-and that the whole
affair had "dred up" and "simmered down."
Year: 1859

TIE WAR NEws.-A lengthy telegraphic
report Of the LATEST news from the seat of
war will be found in oar columns. The ac-
coants Of the battle of Salferino are con-
fused and fragmentary, but it seems certain
from them that the AuStr;ans have suffered
another severe repulse The number of men
engaged makes this the greatest battle on
moral results are proportioned to the i'm
mensity of the force employed we have yet
to learn. Our space admits Of no further
comments. Allowance must be made for
whatever errors appear in our report, as
the telegraph plays curious tricks with the
photography of foreign names, and much
time is required for correction.
Year: 1859

There are two horses at Sweetland which
are said to have cherished a most bitter
hatred towards one another for long time,
and are certain to have fight whenever they
meet. Being property, they are not allowed
BY oniooking humans to take full ssatisfac-
tion, "soit is probable that their grudge will
never be settled. If they only understood
the artof correspondence, We might have to
record most exciting equine duel-and, by
the Way, such duel seems to as equineces-
Year: 1859

~ We have frequently mentioned the
liberal enterprise displayed by Mr.. Thomas
Freeman, the Nc Adam of these parts, who
has deserved SO well of the travelling COM
munity, and here is another instance of his
public spirit. He has had huge sprinkling
cart built, expressly to sprinkle an unusually
dusty portion of the Forest City road, which
lies along the river near his bridge and it is
kept constantly going at his own expense.
Year: 1859

The first apples ever grown in this yicini-
ty were picked from dwarf trees in the gar
den of VIM. Abbey. the present week They
are said to be of good size and fine flavor.
This is the first of the abundant apple har-
vest that will eventually be raised in these
mountains.
Year: 1859

between the two interests, which ought to
lead to such an adjustment of the present
dispute as will prove mutually advantageous.
Evidently, THE miners are convinced that
they cannot afford to pay existing water
rates, and Will Motif they can possibly avoid
it. Already the Eureka Lake Company has
begun the survey of ditch from the old
Grizzly ditch at Oak Tree Ranch to Sweet
land and Birchville, and has contracted to
run water to those places, if not to San
Juan Hill, as soon as the canal can be cut


We have not space to add anything fur
ther, except to say that if our remarks have
done any party more or less than justice, our
columns shall be free to courteous explana-
tion or reproof and to a consideration of
the whole matter from either side. This is
a public Journal and not the organ of private
clique or distempereda prejudice.
Year: 1859

MUTToN.-We mean to repeat a thousand
times or at least until what we say has some
effect upon countrymen, that pound of
lean, tender, juicy mutton can be produced
for half the cost of the same quantity of fat
pork; that it is infinitely better food, especi-
ally in the summer season, and that those
who eat it become more muscular, and do
more work with greater ease to themselves
than those who eat fat pork. We know no.
thing more delicious than smoked Mutton
hams. of the South Down breed Of sheep.
Venson itself is not superior.-Ame,fcal
4gricultvtst.
Year: 1859

FROZEN TO DEATH.-A young man from
Petaluma whose name we did not learn, who
went over to the silver mines with Joe. Clark
on his last trip from this place, was frozen
to death in returning over the Placerville
route a few days since.-Nepada Journal.
Year: 1859

BARLEY.-John Hill has beautiful field
of barley growing at the east end of Main
street. The sight of it, now that the hills
are stripped of all verdure but that of the
sombre -hued pines, is worth miles walk
and the labor of cleaning muddy boots. No
allusion here to lack of sidewalk!
Year: 1859

Nature has furnished the nation over
which the American Eagle flaps its wings
with so much pride and glory, with more
Presidents than the federal government can
furnish with seats. An epidemic, fatal to
this aspiring class, would confer a great
blessing on the people.
Year: 1859

A correspondent Of the Sonora Democrat
complains that there is nothing to mark the
spot where Edward Pollock lies at San Fran
cisco, save small black shingle with his
name traced upon il in pencil mark. The
writer thinks it is stigma upon the State to
allow Pollock's grave to be thus neglected.
He was man Of genius, and the only poet
who ever made his home on the Pacific coast.
Year: 1859

The Cultmist for December is full of mat
ter appropriate to the season. 1t tells the
farmer and gardener just what to plant, and
how to plant it. The information given is
adapted for the soil and climate of Califor-
MIA
Year: 1859

The Sacramento Post sensibly devoted its
leading column on Tuesday to an effort
meant to convince its readers of the neces-
sity of fresh air, particularly in sleeping
apartments. Some people hereabouts seem
As the Post says:


'Much Of tho lassitude and want of appe-
tite complained of, as well as the bad breath,
sunken eyes, anxious countenance and ca
daverous skin that characterize our people
may be traced to their inattenticn to the
matter of ventilation"


Leaving the window partly open at night
would make many man more robust, and
restore the reses to the cheeks of many
women.
Year: 1859

Since the cessation of rain mining opera
tions have been actively resumed on the
lower part of the Ridge, and we learn that
most of the companies which are washing
are obtaining excellent yields. Some claims
in the San Juan, Sweetland and Birchville
Districts are allowed to lie idle on account
of -nonlreduction in the price of water
These will probably not be worked again
until the Introduction of cheap water by the
Eureka Lake Company. Other claims, es-
pecially at Cherokee, are prevented from be-
ing worked by the recent cold nights, which
have frozen them up andchecked the supplies
of water. Hydraulic mining in freezing
weather is severe business. The deep
chasms that have been piped into the north
ern sides of mountain spurs, which frown
upon deeper canons, are almost sunless, and
the freezing process goes on there continual
ly. The spray that dashes back from the
bark becomes ice where it falls, whether
upon man or inanimate object. The earth
is frozen, except where it is kept in motion
by a flood Of water, and the miner shivers
as he stands directing the pipe, apprehen-
sively viewing the bank and musing upon
the desolate scene his own labor had chiefly
made.


AT Columbia and Kennebec Hills, as we
stated last week, washing has been resumed;
and by fortnight hence it is thought thirty
or forty parties will be engaged in it. The
town of Columbia Hill is rapidly filing up
with busy population.


At Badger Hill the miners will hold a
meeting next Saturday evenings the 18th
inst, to revise their local laws. Mr. Sheets
is about to try the experiment Of crushing
sluice tailings by machinery, using the water
of the sluice as motor, something after
the manner suggested by the PRESS many
months ago.


We have refrained lately from publishing
the amounts taken from claims in the differ
ent districts, as they have come to eur knowl-
edge because of the prevalence of sluice
robbing. The publication of good yields is
thought to be direct temptation to thieves
Year: 1859

WONT MAKE live hear that the Lecomp.
Ion democratic Committe of this county will
not make the test recommended NV tbo S..
Central Committee of that party, but that in
keu thereof 1t will substitute the question VIII
you support the nominees of the Convention p
THIS Will be done for the purpose, we under.
stand, OF letting into the party several who wan,
to so IN, but who cant go the test" of lie.
compton and Buchanan and the Montgomery
addenda to the Platform This is ticklisi
county, and those who want Office are inclined
10 be liberal to those whom they think will aid
them.-lSac. Bee.
Year: 1859

RAILROAD PRoGREss.-Thirty years ago there
was but one railroad in the United States, and
that was only three miles long, and had no To-
comotiye. It was the Quincy road, used for
conveying granite from Quincy to Boston, and
hardly deserved the name of railroad. Now We
have 2s,238 miles of completed road, over which
the iron horse is daily and nightly laundering
with the speed of the storm. We have mile of
railroad for every thousand people in the Union,
and have made nearly one thousand miles every
year from the time that we begun, thirty years
ago.
Year: 1859

Bk5~ Lord Dundonald's Naval Narrative con-
tains the following relative to the narrow escape
of his little boy:


When the firing commenced, had placed
the boy in my after-cabin, locking the door up
on him but not liking the restrictions, he con-
triyed to get through the quarter galley window,
and Joined me on the deck, refusing to go down
again. As could not attend to him, he was
permitted to remain, and, in miniature mid
shipman's uniform, which the seaman had
made for him, was busying himself in handing
powder to the gunners. Whilst thus employed,
q round shot took Off the head of marine close
to him, scattering the unlucky mans brains in
his face. Instantly recovering his self-posses-
sion, to my great relief, for believing him killed
was spell-bound with agony, ho ran up to me,
exclaiming: a. am not hurt, papa the shot did
not touch me; Jack says the ball is not made
that can kill mammals boy" | ordered him to
be carried below; but, resisting with all his
might, he was permitted to remain on deck
during the action.
Year: 1859

Hon School EXHIBITION. We remarked the
other day that the pupils of the High School
were preparing for the Exhibition. which is to
come off at Huston Hall, in about three weeks
Having been permitted TO learn somewhat of
the programme for the occasion, we can assure
the public that it will be one Of the best school
exhibitions ever had in this city. We are very
sure that there never was such strong deter
miDatiOn on the part of pupils to eclipse any
previous efforts in the line and having had a
"taste of the quality" Of several Of the par.
Elephants we are very sure that the exhibition
will be credit to all concerned. The occasion
will be looked forward to with pleasant antici.
patiOns.
Year: 1859

pr The alarm Of fire yesterday morning about
o'clock was caused by the discovery of fire in
a stable belOngiDgto Mr.. Dehers, who resides
on 4th street, near the Levee. The engines
were on the ground in a very short time, but the
stable was so dry, and the FIRE had gained such
headway that it was consumed before anything
could be done to il, The property adjoin>
ing was saved from the flames by the machines.
The contents of the stable were consumed
The FIRE is said by some to have been the work
Of an incendiary, while others think it caught
from barrel of ashes that was setting close to
the stable.
Year: 1859

b6rA fact is stated in the Spirit Of the
Times which goes to show that the popular
praises Of the yacht America have been
somewhat extravagant That vessel was
built by George Steers for Commodore Ste
yens, Of Hoboken, with the understanding
that it would beat the Maria, which feat II
did not on trial accomplish, the Maria prov
ing to be tho best sailer The world is not,
therefore, generally aware, that while the
American boat beat the English feet the
achievement was accomplished by yacht
Of secondrate speed compared with the
Maria, whose performances are still unri-
vailed.
Year: 1859

PERsoSAL-The little incident We referred
to the other day. in regard to the gentleman
who was searching after the owner Of lsdy e
bonnet. was related to US by one Of the Ssntis-
men who formed the pleasant little party. We
only made note Of the matter because Of our
love Of starting an innocent joke, not supposing g
for an instant that we would give Offence by
iIs mention. We have not seen or APoksn 10
either one of the ladies comprising the eompA.
ny, We presume this exPlation viii be sstis
factory
Year: 1859

1J The communication from Fairfield tells
its own story. We regret that the church
should have failed to have properly and prompt.
ly SUSTAINED the reputation of its pastor at a
time when he was stricken down with domes-
tic sorrow, and after so long time, left his de


fence 10 one not Of the household Of faith
We presume "P. D." to whom the writer refers,
will "show cause, &c )" for the course he
thought proper to pursue.
Year: 1859

DThe Daily Empire is really the only pa
per in this city which gives the local news
and fresh items Of interest transpirng abroad
It does not give the news by FITS and starts"
but keeps up the line Of information from day
to day, and from week to week. Price Of the
paper only 10 cents per week, payable to the
Carrier. OF at the Office.
Year: 1859

UThsre was pretty severe frost in this
neighborhOOd, on Saturday night, We noticed
that on the high land in the eastern part of the
city, the potatoes, beans, and several other
and were turned black. We learn that few
miles north Of this city ice was formed upon
the wafer in vessels which were out in the night
air The Captain Ofa canal boat, which passed
here this morning, informed us that north Of
Piqus, the frost cut the young corn, beans and
potatoes down to the ground, and the flowers
were ''nipped Pthe bud" This was pretty
sharp weather for the morn OF the 5th OF June.
Yesterday morning it was uncomfortable with.
out FIRE.