smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

STATE NORMAL SCHooL.-A large
force Of workmen arc busily engaged in
finishing the interior Of the State Nor.
NAL School building, and some Of the
rooms are ready for the painters to give
their final touches. All the rooms
necessary for present use will be ready
for occupancy by the first Of September
when the next term will commence.
Year: 1869

Two distinct, leading ideas will enter
into the political contest in this county
tho coming autumn,-the one Oligarch-
ical and the other Republican. The
former, places the ruling power in the
hands of a few men who arrogate to
themselves the privilege of holding pub
lie Offices during their natural lives
and Of debating to the people what
they shall do and what they shall not
do, what annual stipend they and their
friends shall receive for their selfsacrifc-
ing service, and what taxes shall be levied
and collected to defray the expenses Of
their administration.-The other, pla-
ces the power to govern where it natur-
ally and legally belongs, in the hands
Of the electors of the county. The lea
ders and adherants ofthc Oligharchica |
system have for weeks past been arran.
ging their plans Of the campaign.-
Their leaders are chosen and are active
ly at work. With them it is question
of continuation Of power, as we'll as Of
dollars and cents. They have held po-
sitions at will, ever since the county was
organized, and have stood where, at any
moment simple turn Of the wrist would
place the treasury at their disposal.


They hate and oppose the Republican
idea, for it breaks their power and takes
away their support. They cling to their
dcspotism with all the pertinacity Of
drowning men. In all their prepara-
tions this time, We find them standing
by the old land marks and adhering to
their long established custom of sup
porting for. Office none but those who
have been tried by the fires of their own
furnace. Sitting in their Offices in
Austin: they nominate and renomin ate
themselves for the various Offices, and
will then call upon tho people to go
through the old farce of sanctioning
their nominations in convention and on
election day.


The man who proposes to handle the
county money for the next two years, is
! the modest individual whom he county
Year: 1869




new neighbors about trade. They were
in reality the first pulsations Of the
great tidal wave Of emigration that is to
sweep in upvn Us from the over-peo-
pied lands beyond the Pacific. New
York must henceforth cease to be the
focal point efthe great incoming popu-
lation, and Europe in her outporings
will bo in comparison with Asia
in point ofnumbers as acountry hamlet
is to the metropolis Of England OF
France. The millions that are to peo.
pie the great Central American Cont.
nent are coming across the Pacific
Now that the highway is open, only a
few months will elapse before the Mon.
golian will be seen upon every street Of
every town and city mingling with the
Caucasian in every branch of trade
1t is new color in our civilization and
many fear it worse than ifit were black.
But Americans are now beyond DANCE,
from any peculiar condition Of skin.-
We say to the whole world, send on
your surplus millions, We have room
enough and work enough to do, aud be-
sides we have the ability to educate, as.
simulate, and elevate into citizenship any
and all representatives. of the humsn
race, from whatever tribe or country
they may come or Whatever complex
ion they may bear.
Year: 1869

Y
being an In the State debt within is months
Of S7I1O93 H. This unfavorabe exhibit has occasioned
considerable disturbance among the holders OF the bonds
Of the State here upon the reports that apary in favor OF
repudating the forming in the State
the theory that the State Constitution forbids the sale of
the bonds Of the state atless than while tho greater
portion Of these bonds have been sold at from Goa7@
per cent by the railroads in order TO raise money The
present condition Of the State amentable but any talk
OF Reputation in any form will no doubt be voted down
by the citizens who have struggled manfny to sus-
tain the credit of the State in pas and holders Of the
bonds who bought them knowing that the faith Of the
State was pledged for their payment, will no doubt ul-
matey be paid In full.


The return from the Bank Of England for the week end
ing June gives the following results when compared
NTH ne preyiOus week.
Year: 1869

To the Editor of the Press:


Yarmouth, after an old-fashioned country
snow storm has subsided to its usual quiet.
Peace and tranquility reign. This has been
the first snow storm after which the roads
have needed breaking out. We have besn
favored in this county this winter as much
as the people of our northern counties have
suffered. Occasionally we have a mail, but
not very regularly


"Every dog must have his day"-and now
velocipedes seem all the rage. One of our
citizens intends opening a school in few
days, when all who desire can have an op-
portunity to learn the art. A large room is
being fitted up and when ready will make an
excellent hail.


Although the Cumberland County Congre-
gational Association have decided that men
should be hung, still there are many who
think differently, and who are hoping for the
abolishmsnt of capital punishment.


1 do not know when our town meeting is
to be held, but 1 hear that this year each
party will run a separate ticket. If so it is
to be hoped that the Republicans will be at
tentive and awake, and so I'll our Offices with
men whom all can trust. The peoples ticket,
which has prevailed for the past three or
four years, has given general satisfaction, and
l do not know for what reasons they wish
| change. FELIX.
Year: 1869

for want of organization and confidence in
each other. At length the rebel guards were
appealed 10, and detachment OF soldiers
sent inside the prison, under the cover of
whose muskets the prisoners gathered, and
prepared to rid the prison of .those terrors to
the peace of the community.


Strong squads of determined men secured
the prison and hunted down the raiders like
wild beasts. Those captured were retained
by the guards outside the prison until they
were tried by court gathered from among
the prisoners. Six of the leaders were sem
fenced to be, and were hung. That gallows
saved many more and much more valuable
lives than it cost.


Order reigned in the prison after that.
True-a police government had been estab-
lshed which ruled with an iron sway, but
what force or power could it have maintained
had it not been for the precedent established
that 1t was able to punish criminals in the
only way in which it was possible to punish
them then and there


The laws given by the Almighty to the
Jews were laws for the government of human
society and the penalties were to be inflicted
by human agents. To be sure it was socie
ty differing very much from our own but the
abstract proposition is none the less clear
that men had the God given right to execute
the death penalty. Whether it is advisable
in our own State in its present stage Of civil
ization to maintain capital punishment is
quite another question.


The only certain test of the value o. JUS
tice of human law is its effect upon society
and SO this question must be decided by the
law of statistics more than by human reason
ing or preconceved ideas. Only these sta
tistics, should be compiled with great care
and patience, and due allowance be made for
outside causes which disturb the peace OF So
cisty and make crime more frequent in one
period than another-in other words care
must be taken not to charge more to the gal
lows than rightfullv belongs 10 it. w.
Year: 1869

This preparation is pronounced by Dyspeptics as
the only known remedy that will surely cure that
aggravating and fatal malady. For years i. swept
in its fearful tide, carrying before it to an un-
timely grave, its millions OF sufferers.
Year: 1869

From the Fontanelle Register.


A Mr.. o. i. Pool, of Adair county,
with two or three others, were at
Fontanelle on the 5th. While there
the trio partook of stimulants, and
in the society Of friends prolonged
their stay until late In the afternoon,
so that when Mr.. Pool reached the
house Of Mr.. Isaac Smith 1t was near
ly dark and Smith invited him to
stay all night. This Pool refused to
do, and Immediately went to a small
shed about eighty rods distant, which
he had occupied for the last ten days,
while engaged In opening farm.
This shed was built Of rough linn
boards, nailed to q slender frame
work. with roof of boards of the
same material, and was ten feet wide
and seven feet high, A small door
was the only entrance to the interior,
which was furnished with q cook
ing stove and bed. Pool was seen
on the night of the 5th In the house
we have just described In a state of
intoxication, the last time he was
seen alive. In the morning Mr..
Smith noticed that the house where
pool had been staying was gone, and
hurried TO the spot only to find his
worst fears realized. There amid a
pile of white vapory ashes and black
ened coal, lay all that was mortal of
o. p. Pool. But little flesh adhered
to the bones, which were burned TO
chalk, and were, with the exception
of those of his right leg and foot,
together In one place. A long, dark
streak across the top and sides of the
stove. together with the fact of the
bones of one leg and one foot being
on the side Of the other portion of
the body, show that he fell across the
stove. Mr.. Pool was q large and
powerfully formed man, In the prime
of life; with more friends than mon
ey a kind husband and father, and
not an habitual drunkard; a man
without an enemy In the country.
Year: 1869

point of success, our friend sickened
and could not look after his affairs,
some critical matter was neglected,
or some dishonest person stepped III
and crooked matters; your friend
died, the estate went into ecutors'
hands for settlement, was badly u.an-
aged, warped and crooked, and final
ly turned out insolvent.


And what became of you? Why,
you were surety for the whole amount
of what. you are worth! In an hour
you find yourself confronted with a
debt that sweeps away your house,
your farm, your little sum In the
bank, and leaves you just where you
began twenty-five years ago, with
the difference, that then you had on
ly yourself to provide for, and now
you have wife and eight children.
Then you was twenty five years old
and life was all before you, and now
you are fifty years old, and life pretty
much all behind you! You have
given away your. children's bread
! You have not saved your friend, but
have ruined yourself! Perhaps your
friend had settled on his wife a small
property. So much the better for her
if he had. OF course she will divide,
since it was to save her husband
that you was ruined. But, IL she
Will not thuman nature Is made up OF
such shaky stuff and her children
go to school, while yours stay at
home; and il they live in a comfort
able house, pleasantly furnished,
while you are hiring a few rooms in
the cheapest quarter of the town,
then | suspect that you will chew the
cud of great many bitter retlec-
tions. .a#


When it is too late. you will say to
yourself, it may be "a man Is II fool
who signs for any larger sum than he
can conveniently pay" Amen say /,


''Before man puts his name down
on another mans paper, he should
ask himself, am / willing to give this
person Us much money as 1 sign for.
Amen, say ].


ITO sign bond on the supposition
that it is q mere form, and that
you will have nothing to pay, is to
put ones head into FOOLS moose. ~
Amen, again, say 1.


There is no harm in signing for n
nelghbor II you have got the proper
ty; If you are able to pay the amount
without harming your own house.
hold; and If you love the man foI
whom you sign enough to be willing
to give him outright the sum covered
10y your endorsement. Otherwise, to
go security for neighbor IL q folly, d
sin and shame.
Year: 1869




Ought man ever togo security for
another2 Why not2 1t is a most
friendly act. III prudently done, II
may be the most eminent benefit to a
neighbor. 1t gives him the benefit
Of your good reputation where he Is
not known. 1t lends him your cred
1t where his own is not sufficient. 1t
puts him In funds which he other.
wise could not command. Such SER
vice to friend is generous and some
times very noble. No better use can
be made of ones money than to help
a true friend. We are commanded to
remember those In bonds as bound
with them." To be sure, this was
originally applied to bonds of diff
ferent kind, but not with whit
more propriety than to pecuniary
bonds. A man who, by few thou
sand dollars, can save friend, and
perhaps his family, from bankruptcy
and want, could hardly spend his
money In manner which, all his
life long. he would remember with
more satisfaction.


But, there are certain moral and
prudential considerations which
should always be borne In mind In
going security for friend. You
should make up your mind how
much property you have, aud how
much you are willing to give away,
absolutely; for that friend whom you
endorse. For no blunder can be
worse than to endorse on the suppo-
sition that you will not have to pay.
Never endorse without saying to
yourself, "this may come around on
me. may have to pay 1t; and, if IL
comes to that am ableand willing.n
Nine out of ten of the fatal mistakes
made by bondmen arises from taking
the opposite course of this. They
consider the act ofendorsing friends
| paper rs a mere CONNER cial form.--
There Is no risk. 1 shall not have
to pay. He is abundantly able to
take care of his paper. / shall help
him without harming myself, and he
Is stingy who will not do that. -
This is the calculation on which a
man binds himself TO pay n friends
debts in case the friend cannot pay
them himself But how do these
things turn out One need not 20
far to ascertain! Every village has
an illustration. The borrower was
more involved than you supposed, OF
perhaps than he himself knew, aud
his creditors closed on him, and
wound him up, and were overjoyed
to find such good name as yours on
his paper. Or, the sanguine scheme
on which he ventured, which seemed
sure of success, almost without posi-.
bility of failure, suddenly. like q
loaded wagon, slipped Off a wheel
and upsets in the dirt!


! Or, just as everything was at the
Year: 1869

AS APoLoGY.-we ask the kind indulgence of the patrons of the MINER. for it's not appearing with its usual amount of valuable reading mat ter and general information; as the editor is rus heating in the rural districts, whilst his orphan paper Is in the hands of noyices, who know no more about editing a paper than keeping s hotel;n which latter business they have tried, and made signal failure. However, this is for but one issue; after which the paternal parent will resume the armchair, and should he not "step on his coat tail" to his bodily injury, or suffer mentally from girl on ths bruin, Gas some seem to fear,) you will find the paper hereafter In its usual interesting style. That's all.
Year: 1869

A coxrosTroR in the office of the Kokomo Cnd.) Tribune recently had the pleasure of doing what few boys or men ever had the opportunity to do He put into type the marriage notice of his father and mother, which occurred week or two since The parties hld been divorced several years ago and were re-married
Year: 1869

WHITE PNE.-This ''poor mans paradise" is not 90 much of paradise after all. Tbe letter of our White Pine correspondent, published on the outside of to-day's paper, will have ten dency to cool the ardor of those among us who may be suffering from an attack of White Pine fever It was written by l.. B. St sames
Year: 1869

jim Wicker was comical looking fellow,
with very young face; but by reason of
having no h2r, he looked very old from
his eyebrows all the way round to the back
Of his neck. He was very sensitive about
the defect, and was somewhat celebrated for
fight he had with travelling agricultur-
ist, who upon being asked by Jim w hat
would cause the hair to grow upon hi
shining poll. was advised to cover the
top Of his head with guano, and plant IL
down in crab grass. But Jim wouldn I
qaarrel with Captain Wild, for that gentle
was not only proprietor OF the Fairy Queen,
but also had the key of all the refresh
ments IN his possession so without hesita-
ton he enlightened his auditor after this
fashion.


You see the har did always grow rather
scarce bout my scalp, and / was always rub
bing one thing and another to foteh il ont,
though thar was little 10 be seen above
ground I'd heard of bars grease, and
bought gallon in bottles, but / believe ii
was nothing but hog 5 lard and mutton tai
Ter; 50 | thought l woald have the genu-
Inc article, and got old Dan TO go out and
Kill something for my especial benefit. Dan
told he II was in the spring and the bar
was IN bad health ami out OF season; but
believed he was trying TO quiz me, and
wouldn' take no for an answer. 4 short
hunt fotched the critter at bay and Dan by
a shot in the yitals saved the varmint; but
the bar was In bad condition, for he looked
as seedy as .n old Canaadian thistle, aud be
had hardly enough in him to keep his joints
from squeaking, but what he did have | got
and used - said Jim looking sadly round on
the company, in two days what har [ had
commenced falling of, and in week was
as bald asa gun barrel. Dan was right /;
the varmint was shedding himself and moth
ing in him but hdr shedding iLe, and the
consequence is, l can't in the dark tell my
head from dried gourd, if | depend on
feeling
Year: 1869

TIT FOR TAT-Miss Lucy Arnott, trim
little girl from down east, while waking
along one Of the sinuous streets OF Boston,
one fue summer day, was accosted By a
spruce Young fellow in this wise:


Pardon me. Miss, but-but your petit
coat hangs little below your dress; and
when you passed the hotel just now, some
Of the young fellows made comments and
laughed, and you may be going some dis
tance, 50 | made bold to tell you, and he
bowed very graciously, as if he had either
conferred or received q great obligation


Yes, sir, said Lucy, Il hope may be
able to serve you ike good turn some
time


The young fellow strutted on proudly. He
had on patent leather boots, fashionable
tight pants, which were very tight, carried
a cane and wore beaver. Presently gust
of wind raised the graceful fall Of his coat
tails, and displayed an increasing rent in his
pantaloons-a sewing machine had been
false. Lucy saw the rent, and quick as
thought she exclaimed, at the top Of her
voice: Look here, sirl" The dandy was
ali attention. I beg your pardon, sir, but
you mag be going some distance, and for
fear some one may laugh at you, sir, deem
ed it my duty 10 tell you, SIT, that your pan
falcons must have been too tight, for when
the wind lifted your coat tails II revealed q
-a-rent


He was last seen running around corner,
holding his coat tails down, cursing the in
gratitude Of women.
Year: 1869

In Virginia, where the law fixes the mar
rage fee at 81, there Is remiuiscence of a
couple who many years ago called on a par
son and requested him to marry them
w here is my fee p said the functionary-
The parties who were to unite their fortunes
did so at once, and found the joint amount
to be twenty seven cents. Il can't marry
you for that sum, said the irate old gen.
tleman. "A little bit of service viii 60 a
long way" suggested the male applicant
All no, said the parsoni you don / pay
for the size of the pill, but for the good you
hope it viii do you The lass, intent on
marrying, began 10 weep, but the parson
was inexorabie, and the couple turned sadly
to depart. just then happy thought
seemed to strike the forlorn maiden, and
she turned and cried through her tears:
Please, sir, if you can't marry Us full up,
won't you marry Us twenty seven cents
worth? We can come for the rest some 9TH
er time" This was too much for the par
son. He married them full up, and they
went on their way rejoicing.
Year: 1869

CRooUET.-A down east editor goes- on
about the game a. follows: We re on it,
we've struck it, we've got II. We have f.
nally found It, and what is more, We are go
ing to stick to it. We don't care dough
nut who knows ii. All We want Is an op-
portuuity. We tried billiards-it was too
expensive We Joined a base ball club-it
was bard work and ruined the complexion
But now We We struck our gait,and the name
of it is croquet 1t requires neither brains
nor muscle. Any delighted fool can learn
il. and the less be knows sbout anything else
the more apt Is be to succeed as croquet-
ist. And then il is so funny and there Is so
much TO be seen--of the game, We mean.
Cater boots and walking dresses are so nice,
and so is croquet. 1t Is an innocent little
game too-just like a sewing society Ii
don't muss the hair Our girls father Is
going to have ground marked out, and we
are going to play on il all the time, for it Is
bully and we dote on it. .
Year: 1869

A Minister on his way to church one Sun
day morning, saw boy on the Iiver bank
fishing.


my boy said the Clergyman, don I
Won know II is wicked to catch fish on Sun
day p


Guess hahn sinned much yet, said the
boy. without taking his eye from cork, for
hahn had bite.


The Minister coughed and went on
Year: 1869

It is a well established fact that fully one
half of the female portion of our population are
seldom in the enjoyment of good health or, to
use their own expression, "never feel we'll"
They are languid, devoid of all energy, extreme
ly nervous and have no appetite.


To this class of persons the BITTERS, or the
TONIC, is especially recommended
Year: 1869

PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE,
And feeling the hand Of time weighing heavily
upon them. with all its attendant ills, will find
in the use of this BITTERS, or the TONIC, an
elixir that will instil now life into their veins,
restore in a measure the energy and ardor OF
forms, and give health and happiness in their
remaninV years