smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

Midst tangled roots that lined the wild raylne,
Where the fierce fight ragged hottest through the


day,
And where the dead in scattered heaps were seen,


Speeches in death he lay.
The setting sun. which glanced athwart the place
In slanting lines, ike amber tinted rain,
Fell sidewise on the drummer's upturned face,
Where death had left his CORY fingers trace


In one bright crimson stain.
The silken fringes Of his once bright eye
Lay Ike shadow on his cheek so fair;
His lips were parted by long drawn sigh,
That with his soul had mounted to the sky


On some wild martial air.
No more his hand the fierce tattoo shall beat,
The thrill reveille, or the long rolls call,
Or sound the charge when in the smoke and heat
Of fiery onset foe with foe shall meet,


And gallant men shall fall.
Yet maybe in some happy home, that one,
A mother. reading from the list Of dead,
Shall chance to view the name of her dear son,
And move her lips to say. Gods VIII be done -


And bow in grief her head.
But more than this, what tongue shall tell his


story?


Perhaps his boyish longings were for fame7
He lived. he died and so, raemen:o mori-
Enough if on the page OF War and Glory


Some hand has writ his name.
Year: 1863

A SCoUT OUTwITTED.-HenryH Hale, one of
the best scouts in the country, left Leaven-
worth while Mulligan was before Lexington,
with dispatches. As he rode along, men from
every direction were going TO join price. He
saw one old secessionist with a little shotgun
and thought it would be a nice thing to drive
off the Old fellow and take his horse into Lex
ington. So he engaged the man in converse
tion, and, getting an opportunity, put his re-
volver to the seceSSionist's head, ordered him
to tie his gun to the saddle, to dismount, and
finally to skedaddle" The old man made
tracks rapidly, glad to escape with his life
Hale took the horse by the bride. and rode on
whistling Yankee Doodle He had ridden
a mile or two, when. at turn of the read, be
was suddenly ordered 10 halt. The old seces-
sionst had procured another gun and got ahead
Of him. The gun was squarely aimed at HIS
head. " Get off that horse" cried the seces-
sioniSt. Hale got down. Tie that revolver
to the saddle" Hale obeyed. Pull off your
pants" Hale did it. Skedaddle an Or
der which Hale at once carried into effect,
merely saying. Well, Cap. l thought my
shirt would come next-good bye. The seces-
siouist went Of with the two horses. whistling
Dixie while Hale marched seven miles into
Lexington, with only his coat and shirt on.
His coat contained his dispatches. He will

never be permitted 10 forget that seven-mile
march
Year: 1863

4 BATTLE FIELD.-The grouping of falling
men and horses, the many beaped up masses of
dead moved strangely by the living manned
among them, showing the points where the
deadly strife had been the most severe; the
commiDgling of uniforms of friends and foes,
as both lie scattered on the ground on which
they fell the groups surrounding this and that
individual sufferer, hearing his last words,
giving to him the last drops of water which
will ever moisten his lips on earth the stretch
ers borne from various points, each carrying
some officer or private soldier, who has now
the startling feeling forced upon him, it has
come to this, and yet there may be hope of
life" his excited but over worn spirit, half
fainting as it is, yet dreaming a mixed, feversh
dream of the charge in which he met his
wound, and the thoughts Of home that flashed.
upon the heart, as it seemed to commit that
heart to moments oblivion of all else. Then
comes the first dawn of a hope that life may
be spared the view of horrid objects passed,
seen with dimmed eye; hope of life growing
stronger, but with it now q dread of some op-
GRAFTON to be undergone; the sound of guns
still heard, begettiOg feverish, impatient de,
sire to know the result of the battle. Again.
partial waking up at the voice Of the sur
geon he and his attendants seen as through
a mist the feelings Of utter weakness, caus-
ing all 10 seem as though they spoke in whis-
pers the still further rousing Of the mind, as
the cordial administered begins 10 take effect;
the voice of a comrade or friend lying close by,
himself wounded, yet speaking to cheer; the
operation borne bravely, and felt the less as it
gives promise of a life just now seemingly lost
to hope; through it all fresh news, ever arriv-
ing from amidst the din of the strife yet rag
ing all this has life, and motion and
spirit in it: which mocks the real grave horror
of the scene.
Year: 1863

FUS At HoME.-Don't be afraid of a little
fun at home, good people. Don't shut your
houses lest the sun should fade your carpets
and your hearts lest hearty laugh should
shake down some of the cobwebs there, II
you want to ruin your sons, let them think
that all mirth and social enjoyment must be


left On the threshold without, when they come
home at night. When once a house is regard
ed as place to eat, drink aud sleep in, the
work is begun that ends in gambling houses
and reckless degradation. Young people must
have fun and relaxation somewhere, and if
they do not find it at their own hearth stones
it will be sought at other and perhaps less
profitable places. Therefore, let the FIRE burn
brightly at night, and fill the homestead with
all those little arts that parents SO perfectly
understand Don't repress the buoyant spirits
Of your children half an hour of merrment
round the lamp and freight of home, blots out
the remembrance of many a care and annoy
ance during the day, and the best safeguard
they can take with them into the world, is the
influence of a bright little domestic sanctum.


DIAMONDS VS.. PATRIoTIsM-A writer in the
Boston Transcript says If all the diamonds
in this country were gathered together, shipped
to the states of Europe, and disposed of there,
the aggregate ayails would furnish an enor-
nous sum. If that sum were cast upon the
national altar, the national debt would be
greatly diminished, if not extinguished alto
gether.


Can we draw no precedent for such mag
ni6cent movement of practical patriotism, from
the history of empires, in the hour of their
deepest need? Let US see. In Allison's His
tory of Europe, there are some striking passa-
ges, descriptive of the conduct of Prussian
women, when their almost exhausted country
was about to renew the struggle against Ma
poleon, after the Moscow campaign. We cite
from vol. ., page l62. The women univer-
sally sent their precious ornaments to the public
treasury, and received in return similar biioux,
beautifully worked in bronze bearing the sim
pie inscription, gare gold for IRON 16l3.'"
Not an ornament but those Of iron, were to be
seen, either in dress, or the shops. Thence
have arisen the famous order of the Iron Gross,
in Prussia, and the beautiful Berlin bronze
ornaments so well known, and so highly priced,
in every country of Europe 1t must be con-
fessed, that ehvary cannot boast of nobler
fountain of honor. nor fashion a more touching
memorial of virtue.
Year: 1863




lying on the coyerlid before her, This very
same necklace that now wear is the ominous
present Of the troublesome little dwarf,


My story is not q; an end yet, added the
Countess, smiling sweetly, as she was about to
be interrupted. The Countess resumed.


Some hundred years ago a very rough, wild
Count Malzhan was the proprietor Of the Cha
teau Militisch. He was great sportsman,
and fond of heavy potations, as gentlemen
were won't to be in those days. He often had
a wild, noisy set Of companions about him, and
thus scared away from his table his delicate
refined aud beautiful young wife. One even
ing, when these rough spoTtsmen had been
tower of Mliiisch Castle, the conversation
happened to turn upon the mysterious necklace,
which had acquired great celebrity from the
fact that whenever a Countess of Malzhan
died. one Of the pearls really did turn black.
Some questions arose as to the quality of the
stones, it having been asserted by jewellers that
although bearing a strong resemblance to
pearls, the stones were of no earthly compost
ton. and 50 hard that it was perfectly impossi-
bic to break them.


Z" At the request of his guests the Count sent
to his lady, begging her to lend her necklace
for their inspection. She did not like to part
with it, and made an excuse; whereupoa her
lord and master waxed wroth, and ordered her
to send him the trinket, on pain of his serious
dspleasure. The poor Countess complied,
though unwilingly; the necklace was brought
handed about, examined, and many were the
bets made as to its solidity. One of the
knights declared he could split one of the
pearls with his sword. WageTs were laid for
and against.


He struck the blow with dreadful violence,
but the pearl remained unscathed. Suddenly,
however, a dreadful peal of thunder was heard !;
the lightning struck upon the old tower where
they were seated, which crumbed TO pieces,
burying the half drunken knights under the
rush of falling stones.


Many were drawn out merely wounded
bat the imprudent knight who had tried bis
strength on unearthly things was struck dead.


The pearl necklace was found, and as you
see, has been ever since carefully preserved,
but they never have been able to rebuild the
tower of Militsch. 1t is said that whatever
part is built during the day falls in during the
night; SO that after many fruitless attempts to
overcome the spell it has been given up alto
gether.


The only certain part of the story is" add
ed the Countess, " that this old necklace still
retains its strange power of marking the death
of each successive owner, by one of its pearls
turning black. l often look at them to see if
another pearl is not beginning to assme a grey
tint, that will be sure sign of my approaching
death "


We all looked with much interest at the
handsome features of the amiable old lady, who
had so kindly related this family legend for our
benefit, and heartily wished that her pearls
might long retain their pure white hue, which
strongly contrasted with the seventeen that
had already put on their mourning for the
deceased chatelains and which really have
very dingy tint.
Year: 1863

BEETLEs.-The Moscow beetle is as fine,
lively and healthy beetle as any of bis race
in Europe. From the moment you set foot in
- Holy Moscow You find in him an insepara-
bic friend. He is pulled out with your watch,
he drops from your hat in bowing, he aDtici-
pates you iu your morning coffee, and takes his
bath in your wash-hand basin. He moreover
evinces the liveliest interest in all your pro-
ceedings. You may be writing, reading, think
ing, or talking, but the beetle is sare to have
his eye on you. You can detect him looking
at you out of the keyhole, chink in the floor,
a hole in the ceiling, or any other unaccounta-
ble retreat. But you are forced to pnt up
with his company, and it is only in time, when
habit has given you second nature. that you
become careless of his unwearied espionage
Year: 1863

WHERE do you buy your fire wood
Heating d Co. have the best article ths,
grows-all dry and nice and cell il cheaper
than any other concern in Davenport Yard
on the leves between Rock Island and Iowa
streets:
Year: 1863

Large Grocery and Liquor Store
The house Of Edward o Brien has been doing
most prosperous business ever since il was
established, but since the introduction of his
brother, a gentleman well and favorably
known by all the business men in Northwest
ern Ohio, it's. business has greatly increased
The Brothers oBrien, are gentlemen in
every sense Of the word who know how to OBJ
tain ard retain custom. This is done by
fair and liberal dealing and fortunately for
them they now have on hand large stock Of
Groceries which they purchased previous to
the late rise in prices and are still prepared
to sell at reasonable rates.
Year: 1863

The Glass Blowers by reference to
advertisement it viii be seen that WoodrofIe' S
Original Bohemian troupe Of Glass Blowers
will open their Grand Gift Promenade Enter
tainments at Beckel Hail. on Wednesday eve
ning,25lh, The Ohio State Journal commends
the troupe very highly. 1t says


This Company ended their instructive and
highly popular entertainments in this city last
Saturday evening They gave Matinee in
the afternoon at three clock, which was at
tended by an immense concourse of ladies and
children. We have never witnessed snch a
crowd at any performance at Naughton Hall
In the evening the Hall was again filed with
anxious persons desirous of obtaining tho
splendid prize Of workmanship given to the
holder OF the first drawn number A lady by
the name of Jones was the fortunate holder OF
the number. After distributing q number Of
highly ornamental gifts they closed their sue.
cessful leyees in this city, aud will to-day
start for Dayton We will take occasion here
TO say that the Messrs. Woodroffe are gentle.
men, and we would commend them to our
friends in Dayton as artists in their line OF
profession that can't be beat in tho United
States. The citizens Of Dayton viii find them
liberal-we bespeak for them liberal recep
ton
Year: 1863

Important Draft Order. Special in
structions from the Provost Marshal General
state that where names have been removed
from tho list of persons liable to Draft upon
the election of aged and in6rm parents, when.
ever subsequent Draft shall be ordered,
Boards of Enrolment shall require such
claims to be re-substahtiated. Notice that
proof will be required in such cases msst be
given by the Board"
Year: 1863

Put this 10 extraordinary mino. There are plenty
OF mte ever that wall yield from one 10 Two oic,
per ton aheIo is but XII OF mRchine thai " III
pay herc now that arascd Tue cost OF trans
porlatn Is SO freal that ST mps viii not pay. LIT
COMPANY ceme here aud build good road 20 the dea 1


ters of The field river, which Is about twenty one
miles distant from there any thing could be brought TO
Il is the opinion Of several good minors that
The best leads further In towards Bewiields.


Ihere is q better climate In the world-not over
warm In the day and cool at night. Water powcr is
perty r eight months In the year small creeks and
the river all the year round. Steam power small
scale would not pay go farther in than Lbertad but


larger engine than twelve TO twenty horse could not be
got here at the present state OF tho roads, and even OF
that size at great expense.


that labor cheap and provisions low; but good
OF these greosers would do In month They have their
the quartz the men who carry out look till no 10
done then he looks till they the last
bag full ana when they back they sit down, and
generally they smoke their pipes and segars. Then
the barman digs . little more. Tho country
wants renovating badly II costs work these
mines paying the they do from eight 70 fifteen
dollars per thousand than It does In California, and
greaser money at that-eighty cents for q dollar


! am now putting up mill twelve miles from Lber.
tad to work mine that pays from one ounce to four
ounces per ton. Any one who is good miner would fnd


we'll worth hts while to take trip here He would not
be disappointed There plenty Of good that
not worked for want OF water power but there plenty
OF water for steam engine No at preseot; but
should there be any other discoveries made will write
again
Year: 1863

ing. ana was pretty strong at the advance.
governments and State stocks were inactive.
Between tho boards the market was dull. In the
afternoon better feeling prevailed. Under the
lead Of Southern old the whole market was rather
firmer in tone and shade better in prices. The
enormous short interest which has been made
within the past few days begins to tell upon the
market, especially as most Of the shorts are made
by borrowing stock. The impression appeared to
prevail that the railroad war scare was about
played out. and could not be used effectively for
more than one day or SO longer. At the four p.
M. call and afterward the market was quite strong,
with q general inquiry for stocks. 1t closed with
an upward tendency. The following were the
Year: 1863

The LINCOLN ADMINIsTRATIoN.-For two
years and a half Mr.. Lincoln has been
President of the United States. What
miserable and disastrous years they have
been to our country How much Of
prosperity and happiness have ben de-
stroyed-how many bright hopes have
been scattered to the winds | OF how
many States may it be said, with truth,
that Mr.. Lincoln found them garden
and has left them deserts; Of how many
hourishing institutions that he found in
reality, and left them but name of how
many families that he found them united
and prosperous, while they are now de.
cimated by war and divided by faction I
The exchequer of America was full, aud is
empty; her credit was high, and is all
but extinct; and the evil of to-day is re.
garded by those who can foresee and cal
culate the future as altogether light and
endurable compared with the disasters
which are looked for from tomorrow
And yet, another year and half must be
endured before the people will be able to
escape from the despotic rule of the pres
entsAdministration whose imbecility and
mismanagement have brought SO much
distress upon them. Patience!
Year: 1863

Take an ounce of sense, a grain
of prudence, dram of under
standing, one ounce of patience,
a pound ofresolution, and hand
full of dislike !; intermix all to-
gether, fold them up in the alem-
bic of your heart for twenty-four
hours; set them on the slow fire
of hatred, then strain them clear
from dregs of melancholy, sweet
en- them with forgetfulness, put
them in the bottle of your heart,
stopping them down with the coin
of sound judgement, and let them
stand fourteen hours in the water
of cold affection. This receipt,
rightly made and properly applied
is the most efectual in the uni
verse, and never known to fail.
You may have the ingredients at
the house of understanding in
constancy, by going up the hill
of self-denial, in the town of For
getfulness,a and the county of Love
no-mOre.
Year: 1863

A down east editor says he has
seen the contrivance lawyers use
when they warm up with the
subject.


He says it was glass concern
and held about a pint.


THE law of food is that man
should eat what is good for him
at such time and in such quanti-
ties as nature requires.


DON'T fret on account of bank
ruptcy. Your creditors will do
it for you.


THE call to religion is not to
be better than others, but better
than yourself.


ALMOST every young lady is
spirited enough to have her faith
er's house used as a court house.


Mrs. Partington says it is bet
ter to speak paregorical of per-
son than to be all the time fling
ing epitaphs at him.


WISE men are educated by
reason men of less understand
ing by experience; the most ig-
norant by necessity, and the best
by nature.


AN excellent grammarian gives
it as a reason why blow leaves
blue mark, that blow in the past
tense is blue.


FIsHY-The Sacramento Bee
tells of sturgeon, in fish mar
ket in that city, l6 feet long, and
weighing upwards of40O pounds.
Year: 1863

The other day we were riding
in a crowded railway carriage =
At one of the stations an elderly
gentleman entered and was look
ing around him for a seat, when
a lad, ten or twelve years of age,
rose up and said, "Take my seat,
sir" The offer was accepted ,
and the infrm old man sat down.
"Why did you give me your
seat?'' he inquired of the boy
Because you are old, sir, and l
am a boy" was the quick reply.
The passengers were very much
pleased and gratifed. For my
part ! wanted to catch hold of the
little fellow, and press him to my
bosom. 1t was showing respect
for age, which is always good
and right.


CURIOUS CUsToM.-The causes
for which a Mahometan woman
may claim a divorce are clearly
and broadly laid down in the Ko-
ran, and her own evidence is
sufficient, because the Mahome- =
tan law supposes that a woman
must be violently aggrieved be-
fore the modesty of her sex will
allow her to appear in public with
such an application. SO careful
is this law to spare her feelings,
that she is not even required to
recount her injuries, except of
her own free will. All she has
to do is to place her slipper re-
versed-that is, with the sole up
ward-before the cadi, and the
case is finished, and the divorce
is granted without further de-
lay.
Year: 1863

A little boy once said to his
aunt: "Aunty, l should think that
Satan must be an awful trouble
to God. | don't see how he came
to turn out so, when there was
no devil to put him up to it."
Year: 1863

The bowling mob oflast week, says a
New York paper espied a Major of q
volunteer regiment alone in one Of the
avenues, and gave chase. He ran, but
the rutiians gained upon him, until final
ly he looked for a convenient shelter in
order to save himself Just ahead OF
him was butchers shop, into which he
turned, divesting himself Of his uniform
coat and throwing it under stall. Sea.
zing a long knife and a clever, the Ma
or fell at work quietly upon a side ofa
beef cutting and carving it with great
composure. The formost rufiians soon
rushed in, demanding to know "where
that officer was y but the volunteer
butcher, who by this time had got him.
self professionally bloody, ,'had seen no
officer" The, mob believed him, turned
away, and went ranging up the street in
search Of new victim. But the cool
Major was safe.
Year: 1863

Dearest love- do you remember


When we last aid meet,
How you told me that YOU loved HE,
Kneeling at my feet
Oh how proud you stood before ME,
In your suit of blue,
When you vowed to me and country,
Ever to be true.
Year: 1863

ARMY OF TuE POTOMAC Nov. 7, 1888.
Let me repeat that tho readers or the HERALD will
look this column for gratifying intelligence from Its
correspondents in the fold.


The suter mbrogo has been settled by tho release OF
all those who put In arrest and tho sendng Of the
suffers and their goods to the rear except what has been
liable TO conscaton. The whole matter the result
Of mistake the part Of the officials who permitted
the goods be shipped but the suffers who boased that
they had bribed the guards will lose their goods
quencs Of their indiscretion.


The Twelfth Illinois cavalry has been sent home to
crut 1t is rumored that the First Maine cavalry is to
60 home for the same purpose.


The capture OF nine guerilas, about three miles from
Burke station, by detachment of the One Hundred and
Fifty fifth New York Volunteers, under Captain HART led
to the discovery that the house Of Pe in that vi
clny was furnished with beds for fifteen of these despe
radoes and that this house Of their rendezvous
where they hold banquets and carousals.


very heavy force is at work tho railroad between
Warrenton Junction and Bealeton Station and the trains
will shortly to the latter point the supply depot on
the Warreiion branch road has been abandoned.


The weather is magnificent aud the. troops are ready
20 perform their duty.
Year: 1863

The contest for the Mayoralty has already
begun. Three candidates are in the field Be-
fore the excitement about the State election is
completely over the people Of this city are
called upon TO engage In another political can
vass. Fortunately, however, we have on easy
choice this time, and can easily decide whom
to oppose and whom to support.


The republicans, or, as they satirically call
themselves, the Union party, have nominated
Mr.. Orison Blunt Mr.. Blunt has becn an Alder
man and candidate for Congress, and Is now
q Supervisor. His character is aptly expressed
by bis name. He is openly and honestly Blunt.
As an Alderman he was distinguished by his
care for the public finances and his strict in
tegrity. The same unusual and commendable
qualities have made him a very efficient
Supervisor. The Tribune radical faction oi
the republican party defeated him when he
ron for Congress. There are nine chances to
one that this faction will conspire against him
again lie would make very excellent Mayor
If he could be elected; but there is no hope Of