smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

ADMINISTRATION ON LIVE MAN S ESTATE.
Twenty years ago man living in this city
made deposit of money in savings bank
here. He then went away. For fifteen years
he was not heard from. About five years ago
another man applied to the surrogate for let
ters of administration upon the estate of the
man who had deposited the money in the
bank. He represented that the depositor was
dead, and he was appointed administrator upon
the depositor's estate. He then went to the
bank and demanded the money. Although he
did not present the bank book which is furnish
ed to depOsitors, the officers were satisfied that
all was right, and paid over the money to him.


The absent depositor recently returned to
New York. He went to the bank, showed his
bank book to the officers, and asked for his
money. The compound interest had made the
amount about twenty-six hundred dollars


. The officers recognized the man as the one
who had placed the money in their keeping,
and admitted the authenticity of his bank
book, and that, if it had not been tor the ad-
ministration upon his property, he would be
entitled to his money. They informed him
that they paid it to his administrator, and re.
ferred him to that person, whose name he had
never before even heard for the missing sum
The teller wrote upon his bank book, 1--WE re
fer you to your own administrator.


The deposition has thus for been unable t.
fluid the man who took his money. 1t is un


derstood that he has commenced proceeding


against the bank. The case will raise som,


novel and very interesting questions of law


1t would seem that there is little difficulty il
New York in taking out letters of administra


ton upon the estates of living persons, judgin
from the facts of this case.-Net0 York Sun.
Year: 1869

The Shanghai News Letter says the follow
iSg story has obtained large credence among
the Chinese recently, and is interesting as
showing the ease with which the Chinese mind
grasps superstition


cit appears that some time since man and
his wife, who together opened a bean shop in
the city of Tai-tsan, some forty miles distant
from Shanghai, had domestic imbroglio,
which resulted at length in the death of the
husband by suffocation, which the wife, by a
combination of means effected. The body was
concealed for time, a coffin provided, and at
suitable hour In the night was placed on
board boat and sent to q certain place in the
canal and SUNK large milestone from their
bean shop being used for the purpose. A few
nights after, the city magistrate was awakened
from his slumberS by fearful noise, as OF
some one beating on the " distress drum, at
the entrance of the yamen. Next morning in
quiries were made, but no one seemed to have
heard the alarm but himself. The night after
it was heard again, but no person was seen.
The third night watchman was stationed to
observe what took place. The noise came
again, but on being questioned by the magiS-
trate, the watchman said it was the wind. Go
and arrest the wind, then, he said, and forth
with issued warrant for the apprehension OF
the disturbcr The man charged Herewith
protested his inability to accomplish such 9


task, however, but departed on his rambles


and allowed the wind to snatch his warrant


from him and dash it into the canal. Follow


ing close after he secured it again, and bore i


all wet to the mandarin, and told him that tht


wind had taken refuge in the water Where?


exclaimed the excited button; go, forthwith
and dig him out


"Away went the man again, armed anC
equipped for contest, this time with both th
flIag (windl and shm (water). He probed AM
exerted himself but short while, before dis
covering its refuge; twas curious something
but on being hauled up to light was found t


be coffin, containing a dead man, and weight


ed down by miletone. The mandarin cam
and held an inquest; no marks OF vlolenc


were discovered but all the circumstances wer


so suspicious that the mandarin at once, takin
o the milestone as an index, ordered search tO
q the perpetrators A bean shop was soon fOunC
. and a woman in mourning for her husband
. . and as the other stone of the pair was wantir
:. in its place 10 the mill, and no satisfactory a
). count could be given of it, comparison W;
instituted by producing the one found attache
4 to the coffin No evasion could satisfy Il
q officer that she was not the perpetratOr of tn
= foul deed, so mysteriOusly communicated
, him in the watches of the night by the spiI
n of the departed. She was arrested and dra
4 ged to prison, there to await sentence, whiC
y according to Chinese law, is decapitatiOn. III
o above has recently transpired, and obtai


large credence among the ignorant Chinese


'Iis on such slender threads that the gre


superstition tmg Shui hangs, and not unfI


quently by such reports that mandarin su


succeeds in bringing himself into notoriety al
, secure promotion"
Year: 1869

"Excuse me for troubling you, said gen.
tleman one day to a noted philanthropist, but
the last extremity of misery. If she has not
the necessary sum to pay her rent to-day, she
will be turned into the street. The sum need
ed is twenty dollars" The philanthropist
took the requisite sum from his pocket and
asked his visitor the poor womans address.
" You can give it to me- he replied, taking
the money and putting it in his pocket; II
am her landlord. Here is the receipt for the
rent How joyful she will be when you give it
to her u
Year: 1869

Monograms, initial letters, or other designs,
can be printed on such fruit as apples pears or
peaches by the action of the sun, with very
pretty effect of either light or dark color.
To do this, draw the monogram, letter, or de-
sign on a piece of writing paper, and paste it
with mucilage or glue upon the side of the fruit
exposed to the sun. just before the fruit be-
gins to color, and when the fruit is ripe, and
the paper is removed, the design will appear
in lighter or different color from the rest of
;he fruit; as for instance, if the experiment is
tried on yellow feshed peach with red
cheek, the design will appear in gold, surround
ed with red. II the opposite effect is desired,
take small oval or circular piece, of paper,
and cut out or pierce the letter or design in it
and paste it on the fruit, which, when ripe,
will have the design in high color on a yellow
of paper, and this again will be surrounded by
the brighter color of the fruit Hearth and
Home
Year: 1869

AN EDTTOR's ASSESSMENT 1t does body
good to have his pride fattered once in while.
We realize the benefit of it at least once year,
when the assessors come round and ask how
much money we have at interest, how much
stock in government bonds or in banks, and
various other questions that are supposed to be
only for I" solid men," If there is anybody
around we straighten up slightly, expand our
can command, we answer, "about the same as
last year" They know we'll enough what it is.
So do we
Year: 1869

The doctors of Cincinnati have been inspec-
ting the soda water of that city, and in one
hundred different specimen, have found four
teen contaminated by the presence of copper
from the fountains, and in ten they found lead
also Then they boiled the soda-water and
"green scum rose on the surface" which,
upon evaporation, proved to be metallic.
Year: 1869

Twas but a word-a careless word,
In pride and passion spoken;
But with that word the charm that bound
Two loving hearts was broken.
The hasty wrath had passed away,
But bitter words remain:
Invain she looks with tender glance
He will not WOO again.
No other love may light HER path;
No other move HIS heart;
Yet changing seasons come and go,
And find them still apart;
Her once bright cheek is paler now;
His bears trace of pain;
Their days are weary, sad-and yet
He will not WOO again.
They meet as strangers, calm and cold.
AS calmly, cOldly, part;
And none may guess that tranquil mien
Conceals a wounded heart.
To him the world hath lost its light;
For her all joys vain;
Nor hope. nor memory bring relief
He will not WOO again.
Alas that love, long tried and warm,
Should wither in an hour;
Alas that pride Ger human hearts
Should WELD such fearful power;
Oh weep not thou for those who die
For them all tears vain;
But weep DER living hearts grown cold.
Who neer can love again.
Year: 1869

A story is told of two Yorkshiremen who
travelled together three days in a stage coach
without word ever passing between them.
On the fourth day one of them at length ven-
tured to remark that it was fine morning.
" And who said it WARMTH was the reply.
Year: 1869

THE LATE ECLIPsE-A correspondent of a
New York paper, writing of the late eclipse,
says:


Few people trouble themselves to think what
the effect would be if the eclipse of Saturday
were to last any length of time, and the sun were
blotted from the heavens Philosophy declares
that not only would horror of darkness cover
the earth, but the moisture of the air would be
precipitated in vast showers to the earth, and
the temperature fall to fearful point of cold
nothing less than 230 degrees below zero, Fab
renheit. The earth would be the seat of dark
ness, and more than Arctic desolation. Moth
ing could survive such freezing cold moment,
no more than one could breathe in scalding
water. In three days after the cooling process
began, nothing created would be alive but the
monsters that wallow in deep ocean, and the
eyeless reptiles that make their haunts in caves
which penetrate far underground.
Year: 1869

Free Masonry, I admit, has its secrets


1t has secrets peculiar TO itself; but Of
what do these principally consist? They
consist of signs and tokens which serve
as testimonials of character and quail


iications which are conferred after in,
struction and examination These are
Of no small value; they speak univer-
sal language, and are passport to the
support and attention Of the world -
They cannot be lost so long IS memory
retains its power. Let the possessor of
them be cxpatriated, shipwrecked or i'm
prisoned; let him be stripped Of every
thing he has in this world; sill their
credentials remain and are available for
use as circumstances require The good
effect which they have produced are es-
tahlished by the incontestihle facts of
history. They have stayed the uplifted
band of the destroyer they have subdu-
cd the rancor of malevolence and bro
ken down the barriers of political ani-
mostly and sectarian alienation. On the
hattie field. in the sofitudes of the I'M
cultivated forest, or in the busy haunts
of the crowded city, there have been
men Of the most hostile feelings, and
the most diversified conditions rush to
the aid of each other. with special JOY
and satisfaction that they have been able
to afford relief to brother Mason.
Year: 1869

The great French Tribune, eminent
lawyer and orator, Jules Favre, said the
other day in conversation with an
American at is safe to bet on the
downfall of the French Empire in verv
short space of time. Charles the tenth.
two days before his dethronement had
not fallen into the contempt with which
the Emperor Napoleon is looked upon
at the present time"


Let it GOMEZ Let it come!
Year: 1869

The Prusians are now cutting down
the trees in the public prOmenades at
Mentz, just as if they were on the
brink of war, and it is reported from
well informed parties that they are
working day and night in their arse
mails. 1t appears that they do not feel
quite comfortable about Austria re-
covering strength and France being
well armed and provided.
Year: 1869

Next is General Green's Monument,
in the centre of a park, and at the
lower part of the town. The post
office and custom house is a magDifi-
cent stone structure, and various other
places, which would occupy too much
time to describe.


We leave here tomorrow on the
Lizzie Baker, a coast steamer, for
Florida, and expect to enjoy some
beautiful scenery during the trip.
When there l snall take great pleasure
to again write you.


]. T. CAMPBELL.
Year: 1869

know no method TO secure the repeal
of bad or obnoxious laws so effective
as their stringent execution.


The country having just emerged
from a great rebellion many questions
will come before it for settlement in
the next four years, which preceding
administrations have never had To
deal with. In meeting these it is de-
sirable that they should be approached
= calmly, without prejudice, hate, OF


sectional pride, remembering that the


greatest good TO the greatest number


is the object to be obtained. This re-


quires security of person and proper,


", and for religious and political


opinion in every part of our common


country without regard to local preju'


dice. Laws to secure these will re-


ceive my best efforts for their enforce


ment.


A great debt has been contracted in
securing to us and our pOsterity the
= Union. The payment of this primer


pal and interest, as well as the return


to n specie basis as soon rs 1t can ot


accomplished without material detr1-


ment to the debtor class, or to the
: country at large, must be provided
= for. To protect the national honor
, every dollar of Government indebted
, ness should be paid in gold, unles:
; otherwise expressly stipulated in the
contract. Let it be understood thai
/ no repudiator of one faIthing of oul
: public debt will be trusted in public
: place, and it will go far toward:


STRENGTHENING a credit which ought t.
be the best in the world, and will ulti
= mately enable us to replace the deb
, with bonds bearing less interest thar
: we now pay. To this should he add


ed a faithful collection of the revenue
: a strict accountability to the Treasury


for every dollar collected, and tn,
| greatest practicable retrenchment IL
expenditure in every department o
) the government. When we cOmpart


the paying capacity of the country
t now, with ten States still in poverty
e from the effects of the war, but sooI
: to emerge, trust, into greater pros
Year: 1869

The escape of Gen. Rosecrsns from
the arms of the Ohio Dmocracy BY
declining to be their candidate fol
Governor, reminds us of the story of
the negro and the rabbit which runs
about thus;


A colored man to whom meat was a
rare blessing, one day found in his trap
fine rabbit. He took him out alive,
held him under his arm, patted him,
and began to speculate on his qualities.
"Oh! how berry fat De fattest l eber
did see Let US see how me cook him
Me roast him No; he so berry fat, he
lose all de fat Me fry him An he SO
berra fat he fry himself! Golly, how
fat he be, DEN me stew him, The
thought of the savory stew made the
negro forget himself, and in spreading
out the feast to the imagination, his
arm relaxed, when off hoped the rab-
bit and squatting at goodly distance,
eyed his late owner with great compo-
sure The negro knew there was an
end of the matter, sommoning all his
philosophy, he thus addressed the rab-
bit: you lOng-eared, white-whiskered,
red-eyed rat, you not SO berry fat arteF
alp


Just so it is with the Ohio Demo

cracy. After they had nominated
Roeecraus he was the fattest game in
the State, but now that he has escaped
from their embrace and read them
severe lecture in his letter, they look
upon him as very lean quadruped
not fit to fry.
Year: 1869




1t is often said that the age of hero
ic deeds is past; but on Friday last
one of the noblest acts of which we
have ever read was performed by a
poor employee Of railroad company,
and within few mile of New York.


Albert G. Drecker is the bridge ten
der at the Passaic river drawbridge,
on the Newark and New York Railroad.
On Friday afternoon, just previous to
the time for a passenger train to reach
the bridge, the draw was open. Mr..
Drecker knew that the train was COM
ing. He began to turn the bridge, SO
as to close the draw before its arrival.


At this moment he saw his little son,
who was only ten years old, and who
was not far from him, fall from the
bridge into the river below. The ago
nized father looked down the track.
He saw the train coming swiftly toward
the bridge, and knew that to do his ut
most there was barely time to close the
draw. In the water below him his
boy was struggling for life. A leap in-
to the stream at this moment, and he
could save his chill. But the train
came laundering down, and he knew
that if he left his post for even a single
instant, hundred lives might be sac
rifced. He stayed. Slowly the bridge
was swung into position, and the train
passed safely over; and none of the
passengers knew what their safety had
cost the poor workman, who sprang
into the river only to take thence the
lifeless body of his boy.


Is there any story of heroism to sur
pass this? Think if YOU can, of the ter
rible alternative of duty which were
presented to this man. There was no
time to deliberate. His son was dy-
ing. He could easily rescue him by
leaping into the river beneath. But
that leap must have cost many other
lives-perhaps hundreds-and had he
right to imperil these? the ago
ny of life time of suffering must have
been compressed in that moment Of
doubt. With sublime and heroic for
titude this noble father resolved to do
his highest duty; and to that duty his
son was sacrificed. How many of us
would have done the same?
Year: 1869

Atthe same old place, one door south of
a Bush's Livery office, west side of the
@ilgA River. He has on hand Q large lotOt Pumps


EASZ and is making all the time, The puIaps are
calculated to suit deep or shallow wells, dug or
drilled wells with safety The best Of piping is on
hand, Wood, Iron or Lead Piping can be attached
to these pumps, and warranted to work well and
give good satisfaction. Those standing IN need OF
q pump cannot do better than to call and examine
for themselves. have been in the business for a
number of years, and these pumps have always
given the best satisfaction of any other pump that
have ever come across yet. 1 do all my own work
so that can warrant every pump.


N BAH old pumps repaired on short notice.
Bring them along and if they cannot be repaired


if-sm 9, BAKER,
Year: 1869

A citizen of Washington, whom we will
call Mr.. F., once rang the door-bell of the
British Minister. and telling the servant that
he had important business with the Minister,
was shown into an ante-ruom. where he was
soon joined by that official when the follow
ing dialogue took place; MAY / ask, Sir.
what business it is that you have with me p
Certainly. Sir; it is this In passing your
house. learned that you have a whist party
here tonight. and, as am remarkably fond
Of the game, thought l would Just sten in
and see what are trumps." The sublime
impudence of the thing so amused the Minis
ter that he invited the intruder into the room
where the guests were assembled, and intro
duced him as ''the most impudent man in
America"
Year: 1869


Love me long, and love me stronglyi
Not "A little love crave;
Ali that's half is done wrongly;
True, It's better lar TO have
Halt - loafthsn none whatever
Thus the olden proverb saith;
And tits better late than never
Though il be the hour OF death.
But your heart may not be sundered;
BE my own, or be my foe
Often, when child. I've wondered
How mamma could love so,
If she really loved the baby


And I've said it. Ger and Ger,
eff were but little. maybe
Dear mamma would YOU love me more!'
But mothers heart mar gather
All that play about her knee
Ask her which one she would rather
Send across tire deep deep sea;
Which one she would yield to slumber
Meath theskies- that bend above
Nay, one of all the number.
None but mother thus can love.
You may love your gentle sister;
She may love You back again,
But you're not the that kissed her
All. will not tell You when
You may love your little brother,
And. in daily duty. prove
That you dearly love your mother
But want deeper love!
Yes; a love that's deeper, stronger,
Better tn IN the love you bear
All the world beside. and longer
Though it be thing most rare
Longer than my youth endureth;
Longer than the day of life
This, il such can be. ensureth
All you ask-a loving wife
Year: 1869

A STRANGE AFFAiR-THE GIRL WHO mas
BEEN IN TRANCE TWENTY DAYs.-The Even.
ing WiSconsin of January 81 til says: A num-
ber of our city physicians went out to Bur
lington yesterday, to investigate the case of
child, which for twenty days has been in
trance. The case is pronounced one of the
most remarkable that ever came under the
notice of the medical faculty, and there is lit
tie wonder that it creates something of SEN
sation. In the report of the affair published
in the Wisconsin of yesterday, we had not
sufficient details to explain the case thorough
ly, but are enabled to do so to-day from the
lips of persons who have seen the child.


A little daughter, II years of age, named
Nina. of Christian Rausch, German farm
er, living about II miles from Burlington,
Racine county, in this State, had severe at
tack of measels and diptheria. She had near
lv recovered from these on the Sth day Of
January, when she called her father to her
bedside and told him that she was going to
sleep, and that she should sleep for a long.
long time. She said she would look as though
she was dead, but she would not be dead.
and size made her father promise that he
would not bury her. which promise it may
readily be supposed has been faithfully kept.
Soon after making the request, the child to
all appearances sank quietly and peacefully in
to her fast sleep. By all it was supposed
that Nina vas dead, and the BODY was en-
shrouled and placed in coffin. After the
sleep the body showed no signs of death, ell
though the pulse and heart ceased to perform
their pulsations, and no device could show
that the respiratory organs were in use. The
eyes closed. In this state Nina has lain now
for % days without sign of life and with no
signs Of death. other than sinking of the
cheeks and eyes, which would be natural
with one who had tasted for SO long Pc
riod.


Three days ngo a vein was tapped and
blood flowed as naturally as it would in liv-
ing person. A blister raised on the flesh pre-
cisely as it would on that of one alive. A
neighbor of Mr.. RauSch, told our reporter
that he pressed finger on the hand of the
girl. Her flesh was solid and upon taking
away the finger, the spot was white. In a
few seconds the eelor came again, precisely
as it would ifthe flesh of living person wero.
pressed IN the same manner. Under these
circu instances it is reasonable for the parents
and friends to believe that the child lies in a
trance, and there is little wonder that the
case is attracting so much attention among
the medical faculty. 1t will be watched care
fully to the end, and with interest. A large
number of persons have visited the house of
Mr.. Rapscb. and all express themselves as
lost in wonder and amazement at this strik-
ingly strange affair.
Year: 1869

A gentleman travelling in a railway car
riage was amused by constant fire of words
between two ladies. One of them at last
kindly inquired if their conversation did not
make bis head ache when he answ cred, with
a good deal of ingenuousness, mo, ma am +;
I've been married twenty years"
Year: 1869

ONE of the strongest reasons we ever heard
why married man should get his life insur-
ed Is, that the money would prove q great
help to his wife's second husband, and might
be the means of starting him in business.
Year: 1869

RACE WITH a LOCOMOTIvE-TheS St.
AlbanS Transcript says: One OF valua-
bic span OF colts belonging to Mr. Dor
man, OF Swanton. one day last week un-
dertook TO head off and yet by passing
train. 1t appears that Mr. Dorman had
taken their shoes off and turned them
out to pasture the night before and during
the night the colts had managed to get
on the railroad i'll some manner, one
being on one side of the track, and the
other on the other, when the morning
passenger train was coming up. One of
the colts started when the train had got
up even with it, and at lightning speed
undertook to run by the engineer seeing
that the horse was gaining, crowded on
all the steam he could get. the horse
still keeping his own, and perceptibly
gaining After running fifty rods in
this manner, the colt came to a cattle
guard, at which, stopping second, one
OF the cars rubbed against and stripped
Oft his side, taking about three pounds of
one hip, and threw him off Mr. Dor
man recently refused $1,000 for the
span valuing them at l,5OO. The
horse will probably live, but will be
worthless.