smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

The CoLLEY, OF SHEpHERD's Doa.-A gentle
,old considerable flock Of sheep to dealer,
which the latter had not hands to drive. The
seller, however, told him he had very intelll-
! gent dog, which he would send to assist him to
place about thirty miles off; and that when
he reached the end of his journey, he had only
to feed the dog and desire him TO go home
rho dog accordingly received bis orders, and
set off with the h0ok and the droyer, but he
was absent for so many days that his master be
gan to have serious alarms about him, when one
iGorning, to his great surprise, he found the dog
returned with a very large flock of sheep, includ.
ing the whole that he had lately sold. Inc faos
turned out to be that the drover was so pleased
with the colley that he resolved to steal hlm,
and locked him up until the time when be was
to leave the country. The dog grew sulky, ana
made various attempts to escape, and one even


ne he fortunately succeeded. Whether the
brute had discovered the drover's intention, and
supposed the sheep were also stolen, It is dith-
cult to say; but by his conduct it looked 80, for
he Immediately went to the field, colleced the
sheep, and drove them all back to his master.
Year: 1859

you TO aid me in vindicating yours, as we'll as
my rights.
shall at once enter the Canvass and will be
in the Southern part of the District for some
weeks to come, and will take the occasion at
forded by public discussion to give my views
more at length. I will visit the Northern Sec
tion of the District so soon as complete my
Canvass as above indicated. In the mean time
my Anti Caucus Democratic friends may rest as.
sured that their flag shall not trail in the dust.


Your Fellow-Citizen,


IouN r HAppfa
Year: 1859

{ LOOKING AT THE BRIGHT SIpE.-Here is q
letter from wife in Massachusetts to her hus-
band in California. She don't intend going
through the world with the blues:


"MY DEAR HUSBAND AS it is now some
time since you lett for California, suppose that
you would be glad to hear how we are getting
along in your absence. am happy to say that
we are enjoying very good health on the whole.
Just at present two of the boys have got the
email pox. Amanda Jane has got the typus fe-
yer. Betsy is down with the measles. Samuel
got hooked by a cow the other day, and little
Peter has Just chopped off three of his fingers
with hatchet. 1t is mercy he didn't chop
them all off With these triAing exceptions we
are all we'll, and getting along nicely. You
needn't be at all anxious about us. Ialmost for
got to say that Sarah Matilda eloped last week
with tin pedlar. Poor girl! She's been q
waiting for the last ten years for chance, and
Pm glad she's married at last. She was great
eater, and find baked beans don't 60 off near
SO fast as ttey did. The way that girl would
dip into pork and beans was caution to the
rest of the family. The cow took it into her
head yesterday to run away, which was very
fortunate, I'm sure, for the barn caught fire last
night and was consumed. was in hopes that
the house would go, too, for it's very inconve-
nient; but the wind was the wrong way, so ii
didn't receive much injury. Some boys broke
into the orchard the other day, and stripped all
the fruit trees. am very glad of it, for if they
hadn't presume the children would have made
themselves i'll by eating too much fruit. Hoping
you enjoy yourself in California, as well as we
do OF home, remain your affectionate wife,"
Year: 1859

Tne undersigned would respectfully announce to
his subscribers his intention to credit no
pc son for longer term than FOUR WEEKS for the
DAILY NATIONAL DEMOCRAT. l am forced to adopt
the above course on account Of the increase in my
delinquent list. JEROMUS RAPALJE


dec6-4wdh Carrier
Year: 1859

FARMING IN EASTERN PENNsYLvANIA.-Her is a
man just returned from a visit among farmers in
Pennsylvania, with his head turned by the superior
skill and practice of the farmers there Strange as
it may seem, he AYERS that our Pennsylvania Ger
man farmers are half century behind their Penn
yyania cousins in the art and practice of manuring
and culture; that the Pennsylvanians are not only
more industrious, but by their superior manage
ment they do less labor uselessly, and make no
movement but in the right direction. He says that
by the aid of time and the leguminous clover plant
farms that were once much worn are now rich and
that more wheat, corn and rye grown there than
ever the latter yielding from thirty to forty bushels
to the acre, and rye is considered no more exhaust
ing to the soil than the cereal timothy plant By
green manuring, lining, fattng animals on the
farm and selling off carbonaceous rye straw instead
OF heterogeneous clover hay, they keep the fertility OF
in many places acts underdrain to the surface
soil, but where drainage is necessary it is never
neglected. hence good crops in adverse seasons are
more common in Pennsylvania than in any other
State.
Year: 1859

LEAcHED ASHES FOR LONG IsLANp.-It is said that
Canada has of late contributed many thou
sand tons of eached wood ashes improve the long
from 0swego by canal to Long Island This NAV
be an economical outlay to bring back life to the
long starved and thoroughly exhausted soil of this
island, but would it not be better, hereafter TO
grow more clover and to ship from thence few
thousand tons less of hay from Flushing Bay to the
city of New York, and to stock the farms with more
boyines, sheep, pigs and poultry2
Year: 1859

The DeJats publishes the following article:


"Because at times political alliances become over
clouded, we do not, therefore, think them necessa-
rily compromised. In the best regulated household
there may be moments of quarrel or GOODNESS with
out a divorce becoming necessary. Frankness,
moderation, patience, and especially courtesy sue
ceed in appeasing those vexatious irritations, and
we then regret having given way too slight
a ground to the passion of the moment, for which
on the morrow there is no cause.


"Peace, with its consequences already known,
allows us once more to take a dspassionate view of
what has taken place during the last three months
in Germany, as we'll as in Angland, as regards the
Italian question and the policy of France.


Germany will excuse us if we speak of England
first; we need not give reasons for doing so.
We are not suspected of not liking peace, we have
even been reproached with liking it too much We
never looked upon that reproach as an insult, be-
cause we always were and still are ready to repeat
that we love peace, provided France does not sue,
thererom either in her honor, or in her lust share
of influence, or in her legitimate interests On thes,
conditions, yes, we like peace.


'Nor can we be suspected of not being partisan
OF the English alliance. Have we not at times beer
Teproached tor being too much so? If we did no
feel offended, it is because we always declared why
now, and on what conditions we wished for and dc
wish for the English alliance. 1t can only be or
certain conditions, which we think the present mo
ment well suited to remind our neighbos of.
"We have often said tive look upon an intimate
Year: 1859

It will be seen that our Council Grove
correspondent is again at his post. He
pitches into those persons in the northern
part of the Territory who are trying to
mislead the gold seekers of the East over
the northern route to the mines, for no 9TH
er reason than to advance their own pecuu-
iary interest, and to give their half starved
towns little material aid. He is thorough
ly posted ia everything pertaining TO the
route to the GaiRes, and what he says can
be relied on.
Year: 1859

AN ACT Supplementary to Act entitled an


Act to provide for the Adjustment and Payment


of Claims.


Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative


Assembly of the Territory of Kansas:


Sc. I. That the Commissioners appointed
under and by virtue of the act of which this is q
supplement-, before entering upon their respective
duties, shall enter into bonds to the Territory of
Kansas in the sum of ($I0,001) ten thousand dol
lars, and with good and sufficient Security to be
approved by some one of the judges of the Su-
preme Court of said Territory, conditioned upon
the faithful performance of their respective du
ties, and shall take and subscribe an oath before
Judge of said court, to support the Constitution
Of the United States, and the Organic Act of this
Territory, and to faithfully and impartislly dis
charge their respective duties.


Stc. 2 There shall be elected on joint ballot of
both branches of the Legislative Assembly some
suitable Attorney whose duty it shall be to attend
the said Commissioners, and the said Attorney
shall take oath for the faithful discharge of the
duties of said Office. with power to subpoena wit
nesses and attend to all business wherein the'Ter-
rtory Is interested, for the purpose of securing an
honest and faithful investigation of any and Sll
claims which may be presented for trial before
said Commissioners.


Sec. 3. That said Attorney so appointed shall
have such sum allowed him for his services as
may be provided by law.


Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty of said Commits
sioners TO make out and report on the first Tues
day Of July next to the Constitutional Conven
ton, the hrst day "f Its meetIng at WyandOt. q
complete report of their action, which said report
shall be signed by the said Commissioners and
eOuntersigned by the Attorney for and on behalf
of the Territory, and shall report all the claims
presented before said Commissioners forallowance,
also all claims by them allowed and all proceed
ings by them had upon the same. by the next an
nual session Of the Legislature of this Territory


Sec s. That the said Commissioners are here
by prohibited from issuing any Territorial scrip
or bonds.


See 6. That the certificates issued by the Gov
in pursuance of the tenth section of the act
to which this is supplementary shall not be con-
of said claims until the same shall be fully author
lied by subsequent legislation on the part of the
Territory.


This Act to be in force from and after its pas
sage.
Year: 1859

An election for all Township officers win
take place on the fourth Monday of this
month, at the same time that the people are
called upon to vote upon the question as to
whether they will have Constitution or not.
It is time steps we're being taken in the
several Townships for the aomination of of
6cers.
Year: 1859

We had the pleasure Of meeting few
evenings since, at the American House in
this city, Mr.. David Yaple and family from
Erie county, Pennsylvania, who were on
their way To visit some relations about fifty
miles south of pekin. From them we gath


er some interesting facts relating 70 burn
ing well, arciiently discovered, q short dis
tance from Boyd's Grove. in Bureau county,
about three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon
| of last week. ltappears that, on the prem
lseS OF farmer whose name our informant
had forgotten and within few feet Of his
house, which was u fine two-story dwelling,
a well had been previously dug, thrty-seyen
teet in depth. and which had become en-
tirely dry From the bottom of it the pro
prietor had commenced boring for water, and
the operator had at this time reached still
further distance, of forty feet, when he
struck spring that commenced rapidly
flowing; so great was the discharge that
frightened from his work, he fled, leaving
the auger in the hole. On reaching the sur
face he called for little girl to light can
die for the purpose of letting down in the
well, when as she opened the door of the
house with il in her hand, the atmosphere
around seemed TO take fire, but after one fash
the blaze was confined TO the vicinity Of the
well. reaching to the height of fifteen feet
and upwards. The little girl was badly
burnt upon the arm and other parts Of the
body: the man who had escaped from the
well had one side Of his face completely
blistered, while another workman, making
the only three who were present, was also
considerably injured by the sudden fash.
The nelghborhood was Of course soon arous-
ed. and although hundreds visited the spot,
many working night and day, it was not un-
til Friday morning that the flames were
completely extinguished. During this time
piazza attached to the house was first re
moved, next complete wing, in order to
save the main building, as in every change
of the wind the flames were driven in that
direction with such force as even to char
the woodwork. The well was again filled
up with earth, but to little avail as regards o
final extinguishment as Mr.. faple. when he
visited the spot on Friday morning, describes
the flames a. breaking through the loose
earth of the well like flashes of gunpowder
running along upon the ground. When no
left, the fire upon the surface appeared to DO
smothered, which had been finally accom-
plishcd by the crowd beating upon it with
Hat boards. Such occurrences were former
ly quite frequent in the vicinity Of the Mus
kingum river and other PORTIONS of Ohio, as
well rs other Western States, but the find
ing of such a reservoir Of inflammable gas in
this section Of Illinois, is somewhat remark
able TtzemcU Register.
Year: 1859

So much has been said and sung about
hoops and crinOline; and the wags of the
newspapers, from Punch down to the weakest
echo, have printed so many killing things
about the ladies' fashions and costumes, that
it is no more than just that the sex should
retaliate Fair play for woman demands that
she should answer these wise wits according
to their wisdom That the male creatures are
open to animadversion is evident. The evi
dence is prima facie. If the circumference of
the ladies is conspicuous, the hirsute appear
ance of the men is no less so. 'By the beard
of Mahomet," is an oath of which our present
generation of exquisites must haye high ap-
probation; for each seems to hold his own
beard in the proudest estimation.


Gesticulation is now reduced to very sim
pie science, and the old oratorical canon, sac
tion,' Is changed to "pull, pull, pull" If a
man would impress upon the hearer his firm
determinaGon, as he speaks, the beard is
twitched with jerk which would be destruc-
tive to any sham. If patient consideration is
intended, the fingers move slowly over the
thicket. Ii subject is to be gone into in all
its bearings, the hand carefully clasps the
whole growth, and follows it down to the ex. @
treme end of the bunch, with careful tender
ness and thoughtful economy. Various other
are the expressive signs and symbols; too
many by far to particularize. Gentlemen
must mean something by it, or they certainly
would keep their hands off their faces.


1t would be a subject of inquiry worth
the genius of Thomas Moore himself t.
ascertain what an exquisite does with his
beard when he makes declaration; whether
he holds the lady's hand in his right, if shs
will suffer it, and pulls at his beard with his
left or vice versa. 1t cannot be supposed
that any one with crop Of such consequence
can forget to keep it under hand cultivation
even while he makes love- To ask suitol
to forget his own personal graces while h
proposes, would be to ask him to throw away
Year: 1859

The Peoria Union of the 9th inst, learns
from Mr.. R. d. Story, of Medina township, in
that county, that his daughter Elizabeth, a girl
about nineteen, had a yeritable trance few
days ago. The only premonitory symptoms
seems to have been that on the previous morn
ing she felt she had not slept all night, and
yet was not conscious of having been awake"
She was in good health and spirits through
the day, (3lst ultimo,) but retired early and
seemed so soundly asleep when her sister came
to bed, that the latter could not wake her.
In the morning she was found apparently dead.
The Union continues: In few hours pre-
parations were in progress for the burial of the
body, and Thursday set for the funeral. The
neighbors were called in, and after consulta-
ton all decided that it was best to bury her
at the time suggested, no one considering it
necessary to call a physician.


On Wednesday evening, however, before
the coffin had been brought, while the younger
brother was looking on the face of his dead
sister he thought he saw the lips move, and
livid with fear ran to communicate his suspi-
cions to his mother. She was just entering
the front door, receiving some friends from
Henry county, and at the announcement ut
tered most agonizing Shrek Of surprise
This was instantly followed by one from the
chamber where Elizabeth was lying, and when
the mother and friends entered the room she
was sitting on the cooling board, as much sur
prised at the alarm of her friends as they were
at her sudden recovery from what they
thought the grave. The joy of her friends at
her recovery can be better imagined than de-
scribed. Mr.. Story is lately from Henry
county, and his statement stands endorsed by
four families residing near him. On Saturday
morning Miss Story was in perfect health, but
from dread superstition will not explain her
feeling while in the state of trance. She
avoids speaking Of it.
Year: 1859

When we reached the scene of Mons. Blon-
din's exploit, about a mile below the Falls,
yesterday afternoon, at halfpast three o'clock,
a crowd of people thronged the banks of the
river on either side for some distance above
and below the cable The end on the Amer
ican side was in an enclosure known as
Whites Pleasure Grounds, which are much
frequented on account of the admirable points
of viewing the Falls on the one hand and the
Suspension Bridge and river scenery ON the
other. 4 thousand or more people paid ad-
mission to the grounds, which would afford
good stand points to witness the feat for many
thousands, and Mons, Rlondin gave one of his
tight rope performances here prior to under
taking the seemingly hazardous passage. A
band Of music enlivened the scene and aided
in dissipating the feeling of terror and awe
with which the undertaking was evidently
surrounded.


On the Canada shore an enclosure was
formed between the road, which at this point
runs along the precipice couple of rods from
the brink, within which the end of the cable
was secured. All around were stagings, erect
ed to enable people to get good view of the
affair, but the entrance charges were so ex-
tortionate that few availed themselves of the
facilities provided. In the immediate vicinity
were booths for dispensing edibles and imbib-
ables, with curious side show or two, but
were not extensively patronized, the cabalis-
tic attractions of Mons. Blondin overpowering
the ordinary curiosity of such promiscuous
crowd, which was not entirely so large as we
anticipated, the total number ofspectators on
both sides not exceeding ten thousand
While the vast audience ranged round the
grandest' amphitheatre man ever exhibited his
| puny skill and courage in, were waiting, the
excitement growing momentarily more in.
tense, Blondin was capering before an audi
ence in the grove on Whites Pleasure
Grounds. Sporting men betted on the result
of his performance, the odds being in his fa
vor The bands Of music in attendance play
ed as if they were trying to blow their brains
out, and the roughs had a muss or two by
way of amusement, to pass off the time.


The cable is two inches in diameter, anG
nearly six in circumference. 1t was firmly
anchored at each end, and was guyed by
smaller ropes stretching at regular interval.
on both sides to the shores, with stay rope.
running perpendicularly to the waters edg
from the cable and firmly fastened to rocks
The guys were made fast to trees on tn


bank, and from an inequality in fastening
drew the cable slightly from a straight line
The depression Of the cable at the centre from
the fastenings on shore was about seventy
five feet, though still hundred feet above tn


water. The banks are not over two hundre
Year: 1859

When we parted, long ago,


Believe me, sweet, knew not
That thou didst love me sol
For with my earnest love was born


A sense of my unworthiness,
And so | roamed the earth forlorn,


And longed for death in my distress /:
could not brook the thought of scorn,
And so l roamed the world forlorn.
When we parted, long ago,


Believe me, sweet, knew not
That thou didst love me so!
But after years of bitter strife,


said, I'willsreturn and dare
My fate; for, better such than life,


The bitterness of death to bear:
And loye was mine instead of scorn,
And | no more shall be fQrlorni
Year: 1859

We clip the following fine stanzas from the Gin
cinnati Daily Times. They unquestionably breathe
the spirit of genuine verse-a spirit that too seldom
finds utterance in these latter days:


TO A MATCH...GIVEN BY A LADY,
Year: 1859

Winsome baby Bum!
Brighter than the stars that rise
In the dusky evening skies,
Browner than the robins wing,
Clearer than woodland spring,
Are the eyes of baby Bum


Winsome baby Bum!
Year: 1859

My name is Harry Brown. I bcseech
Heavens choicest blessings to rest forever
upon the head Of him or her through
whose kind cranium first flashed the idea
of calling me that precious eognomen. |
am glad my given name is nothing but
Harry--my surname nothing but Brown.
thank my mother that she married the
man she did. Otherwise l might have
been Harry Jones. a Harry Smith. or a
Harry Green. thank my paternal grand
mother, and my great-grandmother, and
the great t-great-grandmothe of all their
grandmothers' great-grandmothers. for
choosing husbands by the name of Brown.
Otherwise l might have been Bill Swig-
gins, possibly, or Bob Plunkett, or Jim
Griffith, instead of Harry Brown. And
l bless with eternal gratitude my grand
fathers. back to the remotest twig of the
ancestral tree Of Browns, for not remain
ing bachelors. In that case, where, alas,
should have been? And yet, swear to
you. reader. on the veracity of an horora-
BILE man, that it would have been better
for me to have stayed nowhere forever,
than to have come into the world and taken
any other name than the one l Dow bear


That cognomen has been the golden hinge
on which has swung open for me the gate
of earthly bliss. But anticipate.


l had been rusticating for a fortnight in
one of the loveliest villages that ever nest
led down among the hills of the Granite
State. had enjoyed to my utmost capac-
ity for enjoyment the different recreations
by which city gentleman bent on an ex.
cursion for health or pleasure, manages
to while away his time. l had fshed
hunted and sailed--sailed, hunted and
fished. until the unvarying routine began
to grow monotonous and to pail upon nay
taste,-until longod to be back once more
in the hustle and activity of my city life


Don't call me barbarian, dear lover o


rural solitudes and country pleasures.
never could endure the country more than
three weeks at time, in my life. The old
love of nature has not quite died out o1
my bosom. l like to go back once In a
while to the green woods, the grassy fields
and the meadow brooks that knew me
when WAS hoy. But the tall. bearded
man, with the worlds care marks in his
heart. is not the joyous lad who walked
barefooted through the brown cow-paths


tore his corduroys while climbing the knot
ty trees. built miniature mill dams across
the brooks, aud stoned squirrels in the
woods. He tries sometimes to think thai


il is so-to relish with the old gusto all the
sights and sounds he loved so well in boy