smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1868

Nor A SINGLE CAsE.-The inclemency OF
the weather night before last must have
put o check on the many thieves with
which our city abounds; for there was not
q single criminal brought before the Mayor
Yesterday. His time was occupied In dis
posing of civil warrants.
Year: 1868

WE NOTICED large thirty pound can
non yesterday lying iat the corner OF Hignla
and Broad streets, which put us very. m.cn
in mind Of bellnm days, but ON inquiry
ne were informed that 1t had been sent
from Fortress Monroe, and was bound for
The M National Cemetery at Fredericksburg.
Year: 1868

WASHINGTON, May 26. In the
Senate. to-day. Chandler offered a
resolution directing the President to
inform the House why a competent
naval force was not cruising in the
neigh borhood of Port au Prince, to
protect the flag and citizens Of the
United States from insult and outrage
on the part Of the Government of
Hayti, in the last revolution there
Adopted.


The second clause Of the resolution
thanking the British Admiral, Phile-
man, for rendering protection, was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs.


The Sergeant alarms appeared at
the bar with Woolley.


Butler desired that the Speaker
should ask the witness whether he
was now ready to testify fully and
fairly.


Eldridge insisted that that was not
a proper course. The question was,
whether he had any excuse to offer.


The Speaker directed the Clerk to
read some precedents.


The question was not disposed of
when the House proceeded TO the
Senate Chamber.
Year: 1868



 DR. JOHN BuLL--Dear Sir: l have recent ly given your ssWorm Destroyer" several trials, and find it wonderfully efiicacious It has not failed in single instance to have the wished-for effect. am doing pretty large country practice, and have daily use for some article of the kind. am free to confess that l know of no remedy recommended by the ablest authors that is certain and speedy in it's effects. On the contrary they are un- certeain in the extreme. My object in writ ing you is 10 find upon what terms l can get the medicine directly from you. If can get it upon easy terms, shall use great deal of it. am aware that the use of such articles is contrary to the teachings and practice of a great ma joiity of the -egs.tar line of NJ. E, but see no just cause or good sense in dis carding remedy which we know to be efii- cient, simply because we may be ignorant of it's combination. For my part, shall make it a rule to use all and any means to alleviate suffering humanity which l may be able to command--not hesitating because some one more ingenious than myself may have learned it's effects first, and secured the sole right to secure that knowledge. However, l am by no means an advocate or supporter of the thousands of worthless nostrums that flood the country, that purport to cure all manner of disease to which human flesh is heir. Please reply soon, and inform me of your best terms am, sir, most respectfully,

 JULIUS P. CLEMENT, M. D.
Year: 1868

Is today the most worthy and substantial Chill medicine now before the Southern peo- pie. It never fails to give the most perfect satisfaction in every respect. Every planta- ton should buy one dozen bottles at time
Year: 1868

shall be able to jump, with or without the
spring-board, and standing,or with the
customary run; the necessary degree or
proficiency in the dumb bell and Indian
club exercises; and whether or not zam-
pilerostation shall be insisted on, and
the degree of endurance and acquire
ment in the art Of swimming are all to
be accurately determined, and we are
assured a high standard in each case
will be adopted. Thus it will be seen
that everything will be exactly deter
mined and 80 clearly established that no
ignorance of the requirements need
exist among the candidates for the honor
and happiness of marriage with mem
ber of the club. One Of the most impor-
tant of these rules to be adopted is that
which makes the candidate ."pledge her
word that she is perfectly willing, and
indeed desirous of becoming the mother
of at least seven children" Many mem
bers insisted upon this number being
placed as high as eight or nine, and
some insisted upon willingness to
assume the maternity and care of twelve
or even more, at the option of the pro-
posed husband" being stated in
the rule. But the majority carried
the day, aud seven children was
adopted as the lowest admissible num-
Der, with strict pledges as to the willing.
ness of the candidate to forswear all
pleasures Of society, incompatible with
the care and attention necessary to their
proper care and education. it may
here be asked how these gentlemen are,
with due regard to propriety, to sscer-
tain the exact measurement of these re-
spective female candidates. The mat
ter is not SO difficult as those unac-
quainted with the subject might imagine:
Exact investigations in anatomy and
physiology have settled that by the
measurement of certain portions Of the
body and limbs always freely exposed in
society, the bases are obtained Of cer-
tain very simple calculations, by means
of which the exact size of nearly every
other portion of the body may very ac-
curately be arrived at, without any ocu-
lar or actual inspection and measure
ment Examples will occur to every
reader. This fact alone obviates nearly
the whole of the difficulties which arise
at first sight
Year: 1868

Some who cannot see Dickens Sin the
1esh,' and who, spite of Martin Chuzzlewit''
and american Notes." still love him for the
great love shown in other works, will read
gladly what is written of him by those who
have seen him, anxious to realize outwardly
as much as possible the man who has added
so much to their pleasure, and whiled away
many weary hour.


No doubt the feeling of most of those who
see him for the first time is of surprise il not
OF disappointment. The pictures as usual
have given us false ideas OF the man. The
earlier pictures have presented him to us as a
slender young man with dark locks falling
gracefully over his ears, and sentimental
expression of face. OF course, going towards
sixty, he is not like this. The prevailing
present picture looks like large man, with a
face rather gross in form, heavy and Emphatic
and dreadtuly tired. He is really about the
middle size, or little less probably not over
five feet seven in height neither spare nor
stout, very forid in countenance, very brisk
in movement, standing quite firmly and erect,
and with general look of great physical Wig
or and activity. 1t is hard to match him for a
long walk. Notwithstanding the tired and
even sad expression often seen in his face,
the general impression is that of hale
and hearty man, good liver, a good
joker, one whose powers are fully equal to the
tasks brought upon them, which at present
are very great, and man of whom much
good work may yet be expected. His appear
ance on the stage is certaiulya little startling,
at least to the theoretical democrat, who wor-
ships simplicity; for Mr.. Dickens is arrayed
ia the most irreproachable dress coat, the
most unimpeachabIe waistcoat, the most
elaborately embroidered shirt-front, diamond
rings sparkling on his fingers, and a delicate
Year: 1868

We can well remember how rich and mealy
the marrowiat squash was quarter of GEN.
tury ago; but now it has lost those good quail
titles, and the Hubbard squash, in some good
degree supplies its place. Here the question
arises. How happens it that the marrowfat
has suffered such deterioration? Why has it
become but little better than some kinds OF
pumpkins? Is it owing to the soil or climate
or to both? Is there anyway the cultivator
might have kept it in its original state and
prevented its fall? These are questions in
which the cultivator has an interest ;but we will
not attempt solution of any Of the above
question except the last.


We believe the fault is in the cultvator
and not In soil or climate. In order to sue
cessiul cultivation of any vegetable, it is
quite necessary to understand the laws that
govern its growth. Without this knowl-
edge we are liable to make a good many
blunders, and different kids of plants and
vegetables will become SO mixed that each
degenerates and loses many of its original
good qualities, and squashes form no excep-
tion to this general rule. In fact, they are
more liable to mix than some other vegeta-
Year: 1868

bles when different kinds are planted near
each other. The autumnal marrow has be-
come pumpkinized--ifw we may coin word
and for the very good reason that 1t has
been grown for years near others ofan inferi-
or quality, or in fields with pumpkins. NO
one who understands the laws Of vegetation
can be surprised at such result. And the
Hubbard squash will follow in the same di-
rection, if cultivators do not use the means
within their power to save it from such dete-
rioration. 1t should beplanted as lar as pos
sible from similar varieties as it mixes or hy-
bridizes readily with all its kind.


We don't know why it is, but it does seem
that good, rich, valuable vegetable, whether
1t be squash, potato or anything else, is
more liable 10 be impregpated with bad quail
tiles and degenerate, than inferior or less
valuable ones. 1t would seem as if other
squashes Of an inferior kind owed a spite to
the autumnal marrow and made it as bad as
themselves. 1t is wicked world and evil in
luences are constantly at work, not only in
the vegetable kingdom, but also in higher
life. But this is not the place to discuss
such questions, but we leave them to be
treated by DR.. Bushnell who can explain the
"moral use of dark things" better than we
can.


But one thing we are quite sure of and that
is. If those who cultivate the Hubbard squash
do not have care and plant it away from
the influence of others of an inferior kind, it
will in short time degenerate and become
little better than the pumpkin for table use
We plead earnestly for this squash and hope
those who grow it will use all the means in
their power to preserve its good qualities,
and not let it suffer from the evil influences
of Others 1t is now quite as productive as
the autumnal marrow is or ever was, and of
as good quality. 1t should be planted in
hills some eiget feet apart and three plants
allowed at each hill. More than ton can be
raised upon an acre of ground if properly cul-
tivated, and that is profitable crop for any
gardner or farmer. Once more we caution
the planter to locate his Hubbard squash
ground away from the fields where he grows
other kinds, or pumpkins, if he would pre-
serve its original richness and purity. We
intended to speak of the Winter Crookneck
and some other varieties. But we stop here,
and if our suggestions are needed and our fa-
vorite squash kept from becoming a hybrid,
this article will not have been written in vain.


AGRICOLA.
Year: 1868

Only little wiser, perhaps,
Yet somewhat sadder, too;
Tis always sad to awake and find
pleasant dream untrue.
To find that lips had loved you well,
But Heart stood coldly by,
Nor rocked that the white hand trembled So
Or the lid of the well-taught eye.
Still she did all she had to do.
I'll blame her not, not 1;
She was merely acting Woman
In the drama of A Lie!
Yet tits from this part of Woman,
That one all simple now,
First learns to forget to be true in love,
To smile at the broken VOW
Say then fhe see it often played
Seems it so passing strange
That heartless love seem sweet enough,
That he care not now to changer
Hheart be thing so hard to fnd
That he rest from his search while,
Content to be woOed by the brightest eye
Or TO bask in the sunniest smileP
No, she must learn that heart once scared
Or dies in its cold proud pain.
Or is healed by the smile of as false as she,
But never by hers again.
Yet she does all she has to do
I'll blame her not. not 1;
She is merely acting Woman
In the drama of A Lie!


-Harper's Weekly
Year: 1868

TRUE.-The following from an exchange is
" as true as preaching :"


There are very few men in any community,
who do not think they could make better
newspaper than they ever yet saw published.
Hence men who cannot spell six consecutive
words right, and could not construct a sentence
properly any more than they could monitor,
are anxious to run into print and "start pa
pei" The higher up such men climb, the
more they resemble the monkey who elevated
himself on pole.


Editing local newspaper is very much like
making a morning fire, everybody supposing
he can do it little better than somebody else,
but would rather see some one else do it. In
our experience, we have known persons to
doubt their fitness and capability for various
occupations such as picking rags, peddling
clans, handling manure, or attending sawmill;
but we rarely meet with person who does not
think he could increase the interest and patron
age of newspaper in few weeks. We have
in our mind eye no less than hundred of
such chaps. How we should like to see them
put in the traces" and undertake it, and be
compelled to g face the music " and subjected
to the hows and curses attending They would
soon "tunk ont
Year: 1868

CARELESS BUSINESS MEN.-It is impossible
for man to be careless in his business affairs,
or unmindful Of his business obligations, with


out being weak or rotten in his personal char
acter. Show me man who never pays his
notes when they are due, and who shunS the
payment Ofhis bills whenitis possible, and does
both things as habit, and | will show you a
man whose morals are beyond all question bad.
We have had illustrious examples of this lack
of business cxactness. We have had great men
whose business habits where simply scandulous
who never paid their bills unless urged and
worried, and who expended for their personal
qualification every cent Of money they could
lay their hands upon. These delinquencies
have been apUlogized for as among the excen-
tricities of genius, or as the unmindfulness of
small affairs which naturally all greatness of in
teect and intellectual effort; but the world has
been easy with them altogether. could name
great men-and the names of some of them
arise before the readers of this letter-who
are atrociously dishonest. Icare not how many
admirable traits they possess. | am ready to
believe anything bad of a man who habituay
neglects to fulfill his business obligations. Such
a man is certainly rotten at heart He is not
to be trusted with the public responsibilities,
a rum bottle, or a woman.-Dr. Holland.
Year: 1868

An English writer says you can tell when ycu
are surrounded by dozen Americans by the
following unerring test three will always be
found smoking cigars, and nine reading news
PAPERS
Year: 1868

The young ladeis, members of one of the
Philadelphia churches, have resolved that no
young gentleman shall accompany them home
unless they accompanied them to the place of
convocation. They evidently dom t wish to trust
to chance or good luck for their beaux.
Year: 1868

Nothing can be done we'll that is done in
hurry" oracularly declared certain pompous
politician ono day lately on the steps of the
City Hall.


How about catching feas?" asked wag
at his elbow.


The politician was foored
Year: 1868

III
he will, on the


FIRST MONDAY IN APRIL,
Enter upon the performance of bis official duties
for the current year. He would call particular at
tention to the following section of the Revenue
Law:


Z" If any person shall willfully make or give,
under oath affirmation, false list of his her,
their taxable property, false list of taxable
property under his her, their CONTROL such per-
son shall be deemed gnilty of perjury, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished therefor, as
is by law provided for the punishment of perjury
and any property wilfully concealed, removed,
transferred, or misrepresented by the owner any
agent thereof, to evade taxation, shall upon dis
covery be assessed at ten times the amount of tax
for that year, which would otherwise have been
assessed upon it, and fifty per cent of the amount
OF such additional tax when solicited shall be paid
to the person or persons who shall furnish the
information which reveals the property conceal
ed transferred removed or misrepresented, and the
remaining fifty per cent, after deductlng the usual
per centage for collection, shall be paid into the
Treasury, for the benefit of the Common School
Fund of the State


Attention is also directed to the following section
OF the Act of 1865 6. relating to Shasta county:
" The Assessor of said county is authorized and
1t is hereby made his duty collect all the poll
per capita tax except the road poll and the
taxes upon all movable personal property and upon
'ne eniy Vi any assessment OF movaDle personal
property, to any person, firm corporation, associa-
ton. or company, who does not real estate
sufficient in the opinion of the Assessor to insure
the payment of such tax within the county, to de-
mand the payment of the taxes upon the same
aud if such person, firm. corporation. association,
| or company shall refuse neglect to pay such
| taxes, the Assessor shall, by virtue of the power
herein vested in him, proceed to collect such taxes
in the same manner prescribed by law for the Col
lector.'


If Tax Payers were to have list of their pro-
perty prepared, ready to be sworn to, as the law
directs, by the time of my reaching them, they
would thereby perhaps save themselves much an
noyance, as well as facilitate my work
A. P. LADD
Assessor of Shasta County
Shasta. March 2, 1857 m7
Year: 1868

Established expressly to afford the afflicted
sound and scientific Medical Aid, in the treatment
and cure of all Private and Chronic Diseases, Case:
of Secrecy and all Sexual Disorders.
Year: 1868

WHAT Rum Will DO.-Somc wears
ago. in on, of the counties of New York.
a worthy man was decoyed into Il licen-
Sed tavern, and tempted to drink until
he was drunk. In the delirium of drunk
cnness, he went home. and murdered his
wife IN the most barbarOus manner. He
was carried to the Jail while drunk, and
kept through the night Awakening in
the morning and looking around upon
the walls, and seeing the bars upon the
window, he exclaimed:


SIS this Jail p


Yes, you are in Jail" answered some
one.


"What am | here for?'' was the car
nest inquiry.


''For murder ~ was the answer


With still great astonishment and ear
nestness he inquired, "Does my wife know
it p


''Your wife know it - said some one,
"Why, it was your wife you have kill
ed"


On this announcement h, dropped
suddenly, as if he had been struck dead
Let it be remembered that the constable
who carried him TO Jail sold him the
liquor which caused his drunkenness
the Justice who issued the warrant was
orc of those who signed his license; and
the sheriff who hung him alsc sold liquor
| and kept ten pin alley.
Year: 1868

SIR: In yesterdays TRIBUNE you make an
extract from Lyons paper relative the sudden change
in the temperature Of the water Of Lake Ontario from
very warm to uncommon cold, and that fish rushed
ashore In large quantities the temperature FELL etc


Allowing for the necessary newspaper exaggeraton in
such cases. there is no mystery a all In this supposed
phenomenon the same thing having frequently occurred
on the shores of Lake Michigan The simple explanation


this The rays OF the sun act only upon the surface OF


the lake. and when there is heavy wind to disturb the
water, the surface to depth OF few inches, will become
quite warm, especially dqging such high temperature
Year: 1868

prevailed recently. Them slight, steady breeze from
the north would naturally drive this hot surface water 10
the shore, which, being much above the normal tempe
rature OF the body Of the lake. would compel the fishes to
remain deep water deprived Of their necessary raons
which are only obtained the shore It is not there
fore surprising when change of wind carries the warm
surface water away from the land that the halfstarved
fishes should be possessed with desire to get ashore"


Respectfully AVN.
NeU York, Aug Z, 1868.
Year: 1868

nsyNo better investment could be made
by men with means than the erection Of
comfortable and convenient dwelling houses
for sale or to rent. People are inquiring
for houses almost daily, and it is nearly
impossible to obtain one except by watch.
ing chances for months in advance. a
score or so of comfortable but not too ex
pensive tenements, would pay good in
terest on the investment, and add greatly
70 the material prosperity Of the town.
Year: 1868

Nor RAD.-Less than three months ago
new post office was established at Pine
Knob in this county. At that time we did
not have a subscriber in that part of the
county, butss now, through the exertion
of our friend, W. S. Bean, we send the
paper to every Republican reader in the
neighborhood, and also to several Demo;
Gratis.
Year: 1868

BSgnThe business men of our village are
quite sanguire in regard to the railroad
being extended to this place. Business
property has quite an upward tendency,
and transfers are much more frequent than
at any previous time
Year: 1868

the ground. This is done by turning
the strippings over on ground already
worked out Then they wash the pay
gravel and shovel the talings back. The
sluicing season is very short, and as this
employs the majority of the labors, wages
will never reach low stand point.


Concluded neat soeek.
Year: 1868

the certain ehsct OF calling forth the sctive
sympathy Of the Greeks Of the kingdom; and
the voice Of Russia will be heard protesting
moro loudly than ever. II is impossible TO
refnse to admit that the spirit Of insurrsction
In Crete Is kept alive by Greek and Russian
influence, and that the real object Of Russia,
Of which Greece Is the tool in this matter, Is
so to complicate the affairs Of Turkey a. to
force settlement Of the Eastern question. 1t
remaius to be seen what open action Russia
will now take, and what shall be tho response
Of the Western Powers. The pear Russia
thinks Is sufficiently ripe, and she Is impatient
to pluck it Will the Western Powers permit
heri That is becoming more and more the
question of the hour. *