smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1865

pondeut of the Union. writing from Jordan
Hill, in this county, says As the most inter-
esting and eventful period G. every place Of
po;e is the striking of the first = ", so yes.er-
day began the history of quartz cushing on
Jordan Hill. The firm Of Porter i Co. after
the task of transporting and eree ag their
machinery this wet Winter. bad the sa -sfsction
of commanding the rising and falling of the
first set of stamps that ever made the attempt
on this hill. This to them is al interesting
matter, as wealth or poverty must be the hna!
result At quarter to four O'Clock in the
afternoon, the iron horse commenced snorting
and in a moment the whole apparatus was in
motion and l am glad to report that every
thing operated fully up to expectations in
fact, so smoothly did everything run, that We
were disposed to doubt the author of Jordan
is hard road TO travel etc. The calIber is
twenty horse power, eight stamps, and capable
of crushing from eighteen TO twenty tons IN
twenty-four hours The companys tunnel
strikes their ledge at the depth of one hundred
feet. which averages about four feet in thickness
from top to tunnel, and, as their rock assays
from S25 to $50 to the ton, you may expect to
hear favorable account of Jordan Hill. At
six o'clock this morning. she was started on her
weary mission, to rest neither day nor night
Sundays excepted) until, like all things human
in origin, she fails for want of vitality"
Year: 1865

ton, making the price for the ore, at
che latter point, from ten dollars to ten
and one bali dollars per ton.


The study Of The future iron trade Of
this country opens up field Of sur.
passing interest, exceeding in magDi-
tudo5 and prospective development
that of any other interest. We have
chosen the one point Of Marquette as
the best illustration OF this fact, and 10
endeavor TO lead the general reader 10
give some attention 10 the subject In
its national aspect and political bear
ing. Our notes relative TO this subject
contain many other items Of interest
which we have not space now 10 on
large upon. II is sufficient for our
present purpose to say that onr own
country contains srperabundance OF
minerals for the supply OF our rapidly
increasing demands, und that when
these minerals are skillfally worked
iron can be finished at an unprece-
cedentedly low figure, il we can but
procure from Congress One-half the
care and protection given by England
to her iron producers, during period
but one-half as long as was required 10
develop her works properly. With
this protection, marvellous results
must ensue; without it, the enterprise
that is now turning out these mines Of
wealth must languish.-Ohio ,Statt
Journal 1-Ir.
Year: 1865

A correspondent Of the Country Gentle.
man recommends smoke as cure for
wounds in men and animals. He SAYS:
IL cut my foot with an axe, The lady OF
The house, seizing the foot while il was
ye. bleeding freely, held it over a pan
containing smoking tag-locks. In a few
minutes the bleeding stopped, and the
smoke removed, and bandage applied
to protect it from accidental blows, The
wound never suppurated and consequent.
ly never panied me. 1 have seen the
remedy tried iu many similar eases, and
always with the same result.


Let the reader bear in mind tht no
liniment or salve, drawing Or healing,
should be applied. You have merely to
smoke the wound well and nature will do
the rest. suppose the smoke of burning
wood would produce the same results, but
it would not be SO manageable. There is
a principle in the smoks Of wood, which.
when applied to the flesh. coagulates the
albumen. thus rendering it unsusceptible
ofputreiaction. The same principle stops
bleeding by coagulaling the blood. It
promotes healiug, and may be applied
with decided benefit to all ulcers, wounds
and cutaneous disease"
Year: 1865

The prayer offered by Rev. DR.. Elliot
in the Missouri Convention, after the
adoption Of The Emancipation Ordinance,
is a model 10 its way. The reverend gen.
tleman happened in the hall at the time,
and was on motion OF Mr.. Owen, invited
10 offer prayer Of thanksgiving. TWAS
as follows:


Most MercifuI God, before whom we
are all equal, we look up 10 Thee who
hast declared thyself our Father and our
Helper and our strong defense, 10 thank
Thee that Thou art 10 fespecter Of per-
sons; to thank Thee that Thou ddst send
Jesus Christ into the world to redeem the
world from sin; that He was the friend of
the poor; that He came TO break the man
acles OF the slave, 'Hhat the oppressed
might 20 free." We thank Thee that
this day the people Of this State have had
Grace given them TO do as they would
be done by. We pray that Thy blessing
may rest upon the proceedings Of this
Convention; that no evil may come 10
this state from the wrong position OF those
who do not agree with the action Of to.
day, but that we,all of us, may be united
10 sustain that which is now The law OF
the land. We cray, o God, but our
hearts are too full 10 express our thanks
giving. Thanks be 10 God for this day;
that light has now come out from dark
ness; that all things are now promising a
future pc ace and quietness to our distract
ed State. Grant that this voice may GO
over the whole land, until the Ordinance
of Emancipation is made perfect through.
out all the States. We ask it through
the name OF our dear Lord and Redeem.
er, Amen. .a
Year: 1865

WIND MUsIo.-The wind is a musi.
clan by birth. We extend silken thread
in the crevices OF a window, and the wind
finds it and sings over it, and goes up
and down the scale upon it and Psga-
mini must 60 somewhere else for honor,
for 10! the wind is performing upon a
single string. 1t tries almost everything
on earth TO see if there is music IN it.
it persuades a tune out Of the great bell
in the town, when the sexton is st home
asleep; il makes a mournful harp of the
giant pines, and does not disdain to try
what sort of a whistle can be made out
of the humbles! chimney in the world.
How it will play upon tree until every
leaf thrills with note on il, and the wind
up river that runs at its base in sort
OF murmuripg accompaniment. And
what melody it sings when it gives a
concert with full choir OF the waves OF
the sea and performs an anthem between
the two worlds, that goes up, perhaps,
to the stars which love music most and
sang il first. Then, how fondly it haunts
old houses; mourning under caves; sing.
ing In the halls. opening doors without
fingers, and singing measure Of some sad
old song around the fireiess and deserted
hearlhs.
Year: 1865

IT is curious fact, though no
minister of the Gospel nor theological
writer has yet noticed it, that the year
1866, which Louis Napoleon has fixed on
as the time forwithdrawing his troops from
Rome-which will be virtually leaving
Papacy in that city to its fate--is the
very year which nearly all our eminent
commentators on the New Testament,
and writers on prophecy, from the time
Of Bishop Newton downwards, have, by
wonderful concurrence Of opinion,
named as the year in which popery is to
receive its death blow.
Year: 1865

Feb. Goth 1865,


EDITOR DEMOCRAT :-Owing to the unusu.
al amount of business on my bands for the
past week, (having been on the marcb,) l
have been unable to fulfill my promise
made you in my last; but will partially
make amends for not giving you an account
of my march to and return from Johnson.
vile, by sending you specimen Of South
ern chivalry, in tho form of a love letter,
which took from the pocket of a dead
guerrilla, killed by my mon, while on the
march to Johnsonville. also send a copy
of it, for foar it will tire your patience too
much to read the original. road it as fol.
lows, viz: ...


the stat of ala. butler Co.


Deare Sire ] this evening tax the opper-
tunity of riting to you TO let you no that
am we'll at this time hoping that these few
lines ma Come Safe to hands and find you
enjoying the Same health Deare Sire re.
Cove you're kind letter and hit give me
graf Sat tis faction to heare that you war
well want to Sc you the worst of emmy
body oils in the serviC fro i Cant sec no
Satisfaction fore you came my hole stud
dies day and mite Doare Sire Canttell you
with tho pen and ink half what Coule If
Could be with you once more and converse
VIII you u Souiu 30 you tnis uay CoHiu
rest Contented until detb will Cum to a
Close hopping to meet on the land once
more with you again on the land and if not
maby wo will meet whar the timo never
Comes to part.


my love to you is lk ring of gold it is
Iik round and pure and it hase no end so
is my love to you my friond have rot 6 let
ers and this Daks the one and when you
rit to me direct you're letter pigeon Greek
Po. my love to you is lik ring Of gold my
pen is bad my ink is pail my love to you is
lik ring of gold hit will never fail when
this you SO remember me tho many miles
apart mabe-mabe Henry sanps (stamps) is
hard to git hcare and if tbare is plenty thar
send me some will quit ...


from Sntha haros


to Henry Burk .......... ..
love mo


If the above letrer is not good specimen
of Southern chivalry, ! have searched in
vain for nearly the four years that l have
been in the army.


Very respectfully yours,
.-.. LIT. l.. p.
Year: 1865

MEDICAL men are loud in their denun.
Citations OF the custom Of partially turn
ing down kerosene lamps, and letting
them burn in sleeping apartments. The
Lansing Journal tells OF woman found
dead in her bed from kerosene lamp at
her head. When the lamp is properly
trimmed this poisonous gas is consumed,
but when partially turned down tho gas
escapes.
Year: 1865

MORE than nire thousand different kind
of animals have been changed into stone.
The races or genus Of more than half of
these are now extinct. cot being at present
known in living state upon the earth.
From the remains of some of these an
cient animals. they must have been larger
than any living animal known upon The
earth. ..
Year: 1865

A SMALL quantity Of vinegar will gen.
orally destroy Immediately any insect that
may find its way into the stomach; and
little salad oil will kill any insect that
may enter the ear. .----
Year: 1865

Much prosy advice is bestowed on boys
and young men that never gets beyond
the drums of their ears. One of the most
useful ideas you can introduce in young
head is that its owner is bound 10 make
his mark in the world if he chooses 10 try.
Teach him that it depends solely upon
himself whether he scars above The level
OF mediocrity or not; whether he crawls
or flies. Give him as far as possible, con-
fdence in bis own inherent capabilities.
Argue that he has the same faculties by
which others have arisen 10 distinction,
and that he has only TO cultivate them
and apply in theif exercise that mighty
propulsive agent, determined will, in
order to rise. Bid him shoot his arrows
not at the horizon, but The zenith. A boy
who sets ou. in life with the Presidency y
in his eye, although he may fall short OF
the mark, will be pretty sure TO reach a
higher position than il his ambition had
been limited to the position Of town con.
stable, or a tide walters berth in Che
Cuslem House. This is not land where
poverty is serious impediment to ad.
vancement. Very few OF our million.
aries were born with gold spoons in their
mouths. and several of the most dislin.
guished of our statesmen earned their
bread in early life by the sweat of their
brow. Fortunes gifts are wrung> from
her in this country by heads and hearts
that know no such word as fail ,and Fame
has no special favor for the silk stocking
class. Action, says Aristotle, is the es-
sence of Oratory, but it is more true that
an energetic soiH is the soul of success
The best temporal advice father can
give son is "aspire."


"Boy, letthe eagles flight ever be thine,


Onward and upward and true to the line.
Year: 1865

Y0UR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


If you Advertise in your County Papes
YOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


IL YOU Advertise in your County Paper
YOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


III you Advertise in your County Papsr.
JOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


II you Advertise in your County Pauer
YOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


II you Advertise in your County Pspeg
YOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


II nyou Advertise in your County Papes
Year: 1865

The following is verbatim copy Of
the report of the Postmaster in Shaw
nee county, Missouri: s sdi


81 hereby certify that the four go'n'
A Counte is as near Rite as nov how
TO make it if their is eny mestake it is
not Dune purpes'" f
Year: 1865

In the first place, if you want to be misera-
BILE, be selfish. Think all the time of your
self, and of your own things. Don't care
about anybody else. Have no feeling for any
one but yourself Never think of enjoying
the satisfaction of seeing others happy; but
rather if you see a smiling face, be jealous.
lest another should enjoy what you have not.
Envy all who are better of in any respect
than yourself, think unkindly toward them
and speak slightly of them. Be constantly
afraid lest some one should encroach upon
your rights; be watehful against it, and if any
one comes near you, snap at him like a mad
dog. Contend earnestly for everything that
is your own, though it may not be worth 6
pin; for your rights" are just as much con.
eerned as if it were pound of gold. Never
yield point. Be very sensitive, and take ev
erything that is said to you in playfulnesa il
the most serious manner. Be jealous of youl
friends, lest they should not think enough Q
you; and if at any time they should seem II
neglect you, put the worst construction upol
their conduct you can.
Year: 1865

To some it may seem singular, at time
when tidngs of victory are borne to Us on
every breeze, and results are transporting at
all points justifying the belief that the great
Shareholders rebellion is crumbling to its last
estate, that there should be another call for
three hundred thousand additional troops
But we recognize in that call, as also in the
time at which it is made, an earnenst purpose
on the part of the Administration, to make
sure the favorable auguries of the day II is
a common remark, that in the first years OF
the war the advantages of victory won by the
valor of our troops, were in a great measure
| lost to us by not following our gains on the
| heel of battle; and that we are now Just be-
| ginning to avail ourselves of such advantages.
| Whatever Of justice there may have been in
| these structures, the policy of the President
| gives the country assurance that so far as he
IS concerned there shall be no occasion to ap-
| ply such criticisms to him or bis conduct
The war Is progressing with satisfactory re-
suits; and this is DO time for slackening our
efforts for its early and successful termination.
The shortest and surest way for peace, is
| through vigorous prosecution of the war,
so long as state of war shall continue to ex-





calling three hundred thousand additional
troops to the field, is to have them in com
plete resadiness for taking the field, in re-
sponse to a call. With such preparation, we
have but small belief that the necessity will
arise for ordering them out. The neglect of
such preparation would be but to invite the
necessity, and render the order inevitable.


The rebel armies are meeting with disaster
and defeat; their leaders are discounted and
dismayed; distrust and confusion has seized
upon their councils; and their minds begin to
tend towards reconciliation aud peace. A
prompt response to the Presidents call for
additional forces at the present time, would
be demonstration of power and will Oh the
part of the people and the government, that
would carry conviction to the most obdurate
of rebels of the utter hopelessness of their
cause, and offer the strongest incentive for a
return to their duties as faithful citizens.
! We are gratiied to observe that in many
| portions of the country active measures are
already being taken to fill the quota, without
the necessity of resortng to 9 draft Lat the
example be followed throughout the country
and the three hundred thousand citizens stand
ready to respond to their country's call; and
they will have the proud satisfaction of having
rendered patriotic duty, well nigh equal to
those who shall have gope TO the field. This
state OF readiness is rendered necessary, from
the fact that large number of troops now
in the service will have completed the term o
their engagement within the coming summer;
and from the additional fact that a very large
portion OF those recently called, have been ex
cused for various reasons, so that If the wal
shall be continued-for which contingency We
must be prepared the men for its prosecution
State Journal
Year: 1865

The Union Officers confined in the Conied-
crate prison at Columbia, South Carolina,
have drawn up and forwarded to General Har
dee an address, stating the indignities which
they have suffered and the neglect with which
they are treated. During the first fortnight
of their Imprisonment they were left with on
ly eight uuserviOsable army tents among four
teen hundred officers, and six of these were
private property. Subsequently, twelve axes
and fourteen shovels were issued to them, and
they were left to construct their own shelter
out Of logs, pine branches and clay. Many
weak and siokly, have suffered from cold and
rain very severely. No meat or lard has been
issued to them for forty days. The daily al
IowAnce of each officer is one pint of unbo lied
corn meal, one half pint of molaSsss, one tenth
of pint of rice, and one-fourth of table
spoonful of salt They are obliged to cut
their own fuel and do their own cooking, with
very insufficient means. The author of the
address, which is calm, digniied and straight
forwSrd one, is Colonel John Frazer, of the
14Oth Pennsylvania, formerly Professor of
Mathematics and Astronomy in Jefferson
College. It received no notice whatever from
General Hardee
Year: 1865

Oh, the rapture of dreaming Who doe
not love to wrap the soul in dreamy mysti
cism-to wander in the shady groves of dream
land-to build bright castles in the air ? We
all love to close our hearts to outside lntiu-
enee and dream. There's soothing magic in
the very word. 1t is pastime INDUCED in
by all alike, the rich and poor, the young and
the old, the high and low. Dreamland's doors
are never barred to any of earth's denizens.


Look at the old man with silvered hair, as
he sits in bis old armed chair gazing into the
fire, Intervening with the fitful flames the
bright fancies of long age. He has gone
back in memory, and is counting again the
beads of life on "Time's rosary" Tread light
Iy around him, little prattler, joyous, happy
little ieonocent, lest you bring him back to
the reality of the present, break bis glowing
images, and destroy his bright castles, support
ed only by airy fancies. See him smile-the
same smiles that played around those features
before his brown curs had turned to silver
He is happy now he is revolving In the shad-
owy land of dreams he is wandering with his
Mary or Jenny of long ago; he is again look
ing into the depths of hazel eyes she IS smil-
ing upon him. Then dream on, old man, and
Gull again the gentle fowrets of love; wan
der along the sunny path hand in hand with
your hazel eyed darling of youthful years kiss
her and press her to your heart again as in the
older days. 1t matters nsught to you now
that she has been sleeping these many years
beneath the violent. The cypress is never
twined with the locust. Death never enters
dreamland.


Dream on, blue eyed maiden! Build your
castles as high as imagination can reach, and
light them with the bright star of hope
Thou art wandering in the future he whom
thou lowest best is by thy side; thou art 0
happy wife. Yes, dream of gentle ones
Though he is far away on Virginias bloody
field, he is near thee in dreams he smiles up
on you and calls you his darling. Revel or
in those bright halls of future bliss, bring
deep draughts from pleasures fountains bub
bling up in every nook and corner of dream
land, and be happy!


Dream on, little boy! The bright Wis
ions of manhood rise before you, and you say
"When l am man, then will those dreams be
realized" 1t makes no difference to you now
that many a man looks back to his boyhoed'l
days and sighs.


the years that passed the measureess train
Could ever be backward turned again,


How many a heart would thrill with joy


To live again girl or boy"


Truly it is sweet to dream-to forget al
times the woes of lfe-to lose ourselves il
dreams OF past happiness or future bliss. Iher
let us all dream often, dream sweetly and be
happy IL Waverlsy Magazine
Year: 1865

THREE Brothers DRuWNED.-A family of
five sons and one daughter breakfasted togeth-
er in their fathers house yesterday morning.
in Storrs township, on High street, north Of
Brighton, and west of the Hamilton & Day
ton Railroad. The family name was Rose
man. All were happy, and anticipated day
Of pleasure. Two of the boys, George and
Frank, aged respectively eight and fourteen,
full of gee, took their sled and bounded off to
the ice on Millcreek, for a ride. But their
pleasure was soon cut short, and turned TO Bit
ter grief the hearts Of the whole family
The treacherous surface gave way and the
boys went under. They clung to the edges Of
the ice and tried to eave themselves until help
could come. From distance an elder broth
er, J. n. ROssman, twenty Que years old, saw
them struggling in the water and he with
others hastened to their rescue. In his ankle
ty to save the almost exhausted boys, be
rushed too near the edge of the ice, and went
in with them In the water he struggled
manfully to keep them from drowning, and
did keep the younger one up for some time
but the water was deep, and he was not
promptly assisted by persons outside, who
feared to approach the opening in the ice, and
he too sank with his brothers, in the heroic ef,
fort TO save them. The bodies were recovered,
and an inquest was held, the jury returning a
verdict in accordance with the above facts
Gin. Gazette.
Year: 1865

Clasp thy hands meekly over the still breast
they've no more work to do; close the weary
eyes-tbey've no more tears to shed; part the
damp locks-there's no more pain to bear.
Closed alike to loves kind voice, and calum-
ny's stinging whisper.


o, if in that still heart you have ruthlessly
planted thorn; if from that pleading eye
you have carelessly turned away; if your low
ing glance, and kindly word, and clasping
hand, have come-all too late-then God for
give you No frOwn gathers on the marble
brow as you gaze-no scorn curls the chisel-
led lip-no flush Of wounded feelings mount
the blue-veined temples.


God forgive you for your feet, too, must
shrink appalled, from deaths cold river-your
faltering tongue asks: "Can this be death ?"
Your fading eye fingers lovingly on the sun
ny earth, your clammy hands feel its last fee
BILE autter.


o, rapaciOus grave yet another victim for
thy voioelesa keeping What no words of
greeting from the household slsepers? No
warm welcome from a sisters loving lips p
No throb Of pleasure from the dear maternal
bosom


Silent all


o, if these broken limbs were never gather
ed up If beyond deaths swelling food there
were no eternal shore If for the struggling
heart there were DO port of peace If athwart
that lowering cloud spraDg no bright bow of
promise


Alas, for love, if this be ALL


And naught beyond.