smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1865

Our readers have doubtless heard the


story of the Deacon's pig, would by hook


or crook, get from his pen into the ad-
joining corn field. The Deacon studied


long but in vain, to find out by what


means the pig accomplished his thieving


raids. Piggy always made his expedi-


tlonss In the night, but becoming fat and


bold, one day so far forgot himself as to


attempt the feat by daylight. The deacon


discovered him in the corn field and
patiently watched to see. by what means


his sagacious pig would get back again,


when, to his amazement, he saw the pig


crawl through very crooked hollow log
at the bottom Of his pen. The Deacon
saw it then, and so he quietly changed


the position of the log, so that both ends
terminated inside the pen, and then he
awaited the denouement About the
usual time the piggy started for the corn
field, but found at the end of the journey
that he was back again inside his enclo-
sure. Piggy snuffed the place all over
carefully for solution of the puzzle, and
not being satisfied tried the entrance at
the other end of the log, and, of course,
with the same result and so, over and o.
yer again with unsatisfactory grunts and
squeals, his efforts went on until he was
exhausted The Deacon elated at having
circumvented the pig, cried out, "Ah you
thieving rascal, I've got you now; you
may know how to steal corn, but you
haven't got sense enough to dig" The
situation of the pig in his dilemma illus
trates the position of our semi-seccsh,
Democratic friends. They do not exactly
like the political filth of the pen in which
they find themselves, and having so long
fed on the sweet corn of the public crib,
they are struggling in their accustomed
tortuous way to get back to it, but only
to find themselves still confined, and dee
per still in the mud of the pen which
they have so long tenanted at the dicta-
ton Of the slave power Although they
would like nightly to get out into the
companionship Of honost Union men, they
do not know enough to dig under the
hollow log of sham Democracy,
and make for themselves straight way
out of the sty.-Jersey city Times
Year: 1865

The cultivation Of frogs as an article oil
food, is largely carried on in the neigh
borhood to New York One Of the princi-
pal hotels possesses ponds for its exclusive
use where the succulent reptiles can grow
up from lively tadpoles, unmolested by
pickerel or cruel boys.
Year: 1865

LOUISVILLE, August l0.-The Congresslon-
al delegation from this State to the next Con,
gress, according to present appearance, will
Stand five democrats to four republicans.


The constitutional amendment abolishing
slavery is lost


The vote generally throughout the State
was far from the average of its strength, yet
the democracy were largely successful
Year: 1865

SMALL BEGINNINGS Franklin had but lit
tie early education yet look at what he
became and how he is reverenced. Fer
guson, feeding his sheep on the hills of
Scotland picked up the rudiments of learn
ing, but subsequentls rose to be one of the
first astronomers in Europe, Herschell,
the great astronomer, was in youth drum
mer boy to marching regiment, and re-
ceived but little more than drummer boys
education but his name is associated with
the brightest discoveries of science, and is
borne by the planet that his zeal discovered
A host of instances rise up to satisfy that,
by properly improving the small and per,
haps imperfect beginnings of knowled ge,
they may become perhaps as foundation
stones Of temple of learning which the
future shall gaze at and admire
Year: 1865

The noblest men l know on earth


Are men whose hands are brown with toll
Who, backed by no ancestral graves,


Hew down the wood, and till the soil;
And win thereby prouder name


Than follows king or warriors fame.
The working men, whate'er the task,


Who carve the stone, or bear the hod,
They bear upon their honest brows


The royal stamp and seal of God
And worthier are the drops of sweat


Than diamonds in a coronet.
God bless the noble working men,


Who rear the cities of the plain,
Who dig the mines, who build the ships
And drive the commerce of the main;
God bless them for their toiling hands
Have wrought the glory of all lands.
Year: 1865

Gone in her child-like purity
ont from the golden day;
T. lin, away in the light SO sweet,
Trs.rs the silver stars and the sunbeams meet,
Paving a way for her waxen feet,
Over the silent way.


Over the bosom tenderly
The pearl-white hands are pressed;
rta lasbes lie on her cheeks so thin
nr..r. the softest blush of the rose hath been
shifting the blue of her eye within,


The pure lids closed to rest.


Over the sweet brow lovingly


Twineth her sunny hair;
She WIS so fragile that love sent down,
From lis heavenly gems, that soft crown,
To shade her brow with its waves so brown,


Light as the dimpling air.


Gone to sleep with tender smile


Froze on her silent lips;
rrtbe farewell kiss of her dewy breath,
Cold in the clasp of the angel death,
Like the last fair bud of faded wreath,


Whose bloom the white-frost nips.


Robin-hushed in your downy bed


Over the swinging bough-
DO YOU miss hervoice from youc glad duet,
When the dew in the heart Of the rose is set,
Til its velvet lips with the essence wet


In orient crimson glow?


Rosebud under your shady leaf


Hid from the sunny day
p. you miss the glance Of her eye so bright,
Whose bue was heaven to your timid sight
It's belming now amid world of light,


Over the starry way.


Hyarts-where the d.rling's head hath lain,


Held by loves shining ray
D,yor lsnow that the touch of her gentle hand,
Doth brighten the harp in the unknown land?
Oh, she waits for US with the angel band


Over the starry way
Year: 1865

Mention was lately made of the discov-
ory made at Pompeii of temple of Juno,
with more than three hundred skeletons.
Those remains, which crumbed to dust by
degrees as they were brought to light, were
those of woman and children, who had been
buried beneath the burning ashes thrown
out by the volcano at the moment in which
a sacrifices was being offered up in the tenn
pie to the Queen of Gods, no doubt to
implore her to avert the terrible calamity
which menaced the city To the arm of one
of these skeletons, which, from the rich Jew
els with which it was covered, is supposed
to be that of the High Priestess, was still
attached by gold ring, censer of the
same metal filled with calcined perfumes
This vessel is of the form of those now used
in the ceremonies in the catholic churches,
and is of beautiful workmanship and in
laid with precious stones The statue of
the god-dress is ole of the most magnificent
relics yet found in that city; its eyes are
of enamel, and on the neck and arms, as
well as the ancles, are jewels and bracelets
Of precious stones of the most exquisite
finish and elegance of form. The peacock
placed at her side is almost entirely com
posed of precious stones. The tripod be-
fore the altar is like the censor held by the
High Priestess, magnificently worked gold
The temple also contained lamps artistically
chased, Of bronze, iron, silver and gold ;
branches Of foliage, vine-stems, interspers-
ed with flowers and fruit of the most beau
tifu form. The space around the altar is
paved with splendid mosaics in excellent
preservation, and the rest of the temple is
inlaid with small triangular blocks of white
and purple agate. The spot on which the
sacrifices was made is alone paved with
marble.
Year: 1865

OUR MISTAKES ABOUT EACH oTHER.-N OF
one man in ten thousand sees those with
whom he associates as they really are. If
the prayer of Burns were granted, and we
could all see ourselves as others see us,
our self estimates would in all probability
be much more erroneous than they now
are The truth is that we regard each
other through variety of lenses, no one
Of which is correct. Passion and prejudice


love and hate, benevolence and envy, spec


tacle our eyes, and utterly prevent us from
observing accurately. Many whom we
deem the porcelain of human clay are mere
dirt, still creator number of those we put
down in our "black books" are no further
off from heaven, and perchance little near
Year: 1865

TRuE.-The man who does not take the
paper or who takes a paper and does not
read the advertisements, can never be said
to be we'll posted The advertisements, in
dicate not only the business enterprise of
the place in which they are published, but
the enterprise of the advertiser. When
you see a man who advertises literally,
you may be sure of finding a good stock
in his store-that he keeps up with the
markets, and can always sell little cheap
er than those who do not advertise
Year: 1865

DON'T Run THE Cows-Now, boys, we
have word to say to you. When we were
of your age we always had to drive the
cows to pasture, and go bring them, too
Sometimes we got little late, or we were
anxious to get off to play, or cow found a
bit of good sweet grass, better than she had
found all day in the pasture, and would
stop to take bite and fall behind the rest
That was provoking, and we were apt to
give her pretty severe lesson. In fact, we
were guilty of hurrying up on many occas-
IONS 1t was all wrong, but we little knew
how much injury we were intiicting on our
selves as well as on the cows.


Now it is perfectly well known that over
driving causes the milk to be heated and
feverish, especially in hot weather, and this
milk is not healthful article of food either
as milk or when made into butter or cheese
Cows that are abused, kicked or roughly
treated, cannot give good milk, and no pro-
cess of manufacture can make it into 50
good an article of diet as milk that is not
injured by such treatment


Never let the dogs chase the cows. A
worriment of this kind not only lessons the
quantity, but Injuries the quality of milk,
and it snould be carefully avoided. Dogs
are generally curse among a herd of cat
tie and particularly so among milch cows,
unless they are trained to drive and tend
them, as few of our dogs Plaughman.
Year: 1865

WIFE AND SQUAws.-I heard an anecdote
of Kaffirland to-day, which, though irrevel-
ant to our adventures here, is so amusing
that | must record it, particularly as my
informant vOuched for its truth. At an
outpost far up the country resided an off
Ger and his wife The latter was warned
by her husband not to venture alone far
from the house but one day imprudently
going beyond her usual limits, she encoun-
tered wild looking Kaf1ir who took her
by the hand, and would be moved by no
entreates to suffer her to depart He
made her sit down, and untying her bon
net, let down her long hair, at which he ex-
pressed rapturous admiration He next
took off her gloves, and appeared enchant-
cd with her white hands and then pro-
ceeded to divest her Of her shoes and
stockings, and wondered at her little white
feet The next morning the lady and her
husband were awakened at an early hour
by chattering under their window and
on enquiring the cause Of the disturbance
the gentleman was aeosted by the hero Of
the previous day, who had been so impress
ed by the charms Of our fair country-wo-
man, that he had come with twelve squaws
to make the liberal offer of exchanging
them for the gentleman's wife, and was not
a little surprised when his generous terms
were refused-Mcjor Pagers Camp and
| CdRtOnneH
Year: 1865

HIS OPINION OF THEM-lhe San Fran
cisco Examiner says the Abolition howlers
ought not 10 complain Of the President. lie
expressed bis opinion of them some time be,
fore they elected him. Here it is:


"Ihe man who deliberately and boldly as
serts that Thomas Jefferson, when he penned
the sentiment that all men were created
equal, had the negro in his mind, is either
an idiot or a knave."


When we use such language we are con
sidered harsh but President can say what
he pleases. We therefore indorse the above
sentiment in full
Year: 1865

PLowING AND SEEDING.-The pleasant
weather that succeeded the late storm has
been improved by our farmers, and early
and late they have been plowiug and
sowing, so that all are we'll forward with
their work, and if they can have one week
more their abors will be entirely finished,
and then they can await with confidence the
Summers harvest. The farmers in the ives.
tern portion Of the county, will SOW more
than the usual breadth of land, principally
OF wheat and barley, but most of the former
Year: 1865

GOOD FOR GRANT.-Senator Doolittle of
Wisconsin stated in his Milwaukee speech.
that General Grant recently stated to him
that a considerable portion of the troubles
between the whites and blacks that had al.
ready occurred was in consequence of the
unwlse attempt to force negro suffrage on
the Southern States. He said further that
1t the Federal Government were TO attempt
to enforce it, it would undoubtedly produce
war between the two races there,
Year: 1865

MINES NOT IN MARKET Eastern papers
who form their ideas of our mines from the
San Francisco quotations. would conclude
that the mines of the entire coast were giv-
ing out; but in reality quartz mining is just
taking new start, and the prospects are
more t1atterlng now than they have been for
many years. Few of the paying quartz
mines, however, are incorporated, conse
quently they are not heard of at the Stock
Board. NeUada Ildnscript
Year: 1865

SIGNIFICANT REPORT. We learn from our
Eastern exchanges that an agent was recent.
ly employed by Northern capitalists to 90 to
the South, examine carefully and report as
TO the future cotton supply He has made
his report and it is regarded as anything but
flattering. 1t is altogether different from
what WAS expected He says the negroes
don't like plantation life-don't, in fact,
think it respectable; and that many of hem
are rushing to the cities in the hope of being
somebody's iveried coachman-i the hope
of enjoying freedom" without labor. Again,
he says that they are enjoying "the year of
Jubium" with unlimited ooseness. and that
they cannot be induced to labor at ALL On
the whole, he thinks the experiment of rails
ing Gotten with free negro labor must fail;
and that no more fnI crops are to be looked
for "untl they are raised by Northern la.
bor." Isn't this bright picture for the
Abolitionists of the North! If they want
cotton they must take the negro's place in
the cotton field. Their own agent informs
them that they have inflicted fatal stab at
the prosperity of the country.


Mountain Democrat.
Year: 1865

RICH SrRlKE.-M McGonagIe d. Baine made
one Of their periodical rich strikes this week,
in their surface claim, in the vicinity of
Quartz Hill, three miles north of town.
They took out about 81 600 on Tuesday and
Wednesday-three men at work. The gold
was principally in coarse Jumps, although
several hundred dollars of it were broken
out of piece of quartz and slate about the
size of an ordinary water bucket. The claim
is adjoining and below a quartz vein known
as the BLACK LEDGE" and it is the theor,
that the gold found in the claim, land there
have been many fine nuggets taken from it
in the last three years. all come from this
ledge. The gold is quite black, and the un.
initiated would never suspect its value with
rut first cutting the exterior and exposing
the glitterng yellow beneath The Black
Ledge has been held by number of Com,
psnlss for several years, but beyond doing
sufficient work to hold under the minino
avs, nothng has been done to test its value
1t is to be regretted that vein, where all
the appearances are so strong Of its value
should so long be permitted to lie unpros'
pected We believe it to be one of the bes,
edges in the county, and hope soon to see
something done toward developing its rich.
ness.
Year: 1865

The negro women and children who have left
their masters are huddled together in pen out
side the town of Savannah, in wa0t of both cloth
ing and food aud suffering from cold and exposure.
The soldiers appear to have little if any sympathy
with them, and tell them they would be better off
if they would return where they come from.


Such is the report Of refugees from Savannah,
in regard to Yankee treatment of the deluded
wretches who left their comfortable homes and fol-
lowed the Yankee army to the coast; and such
will be the fate of all who initiate their example.
Year: 1865

The Richmond Sentinel makes some explains
tions in reference to the deferred pay Of our ar
mics. Delay in payment has caused many com
plants, but it may be readily conceived that it
has not been altogether avoidable in the year just
closed The act of last February, imposing
heavy tax on all currency afoat on the first OF
April, naturally created reluctance on the part
of Government creditors TO receive payment in the
interim, in the notes which were to be so soon de-
pIeciated. Nor would il have been fair to press
these notes on the soldiers. All were waiting for
the new money. The pressure in consequence,
after the lst Of April exceeded the possibility Of
meeting it. The new notes could not be made
fast enough especially amid the unavoidable inter-
ruptions and because Of the fact that so large
proportion was required to be absorbed in exchanG-
ing the new money for the old. This heavy arrear-
age on the first of April. aud the difficulties at
which we have glanced, have necessarily pressed
upon the Treasury during the year-preventing,
it may be- that entire punctuality in every respect
which was desirable.


Our soldiers shared some Of the inconvenience;
but we trust it will not be long before the Govern
ment will be able to pay up AZ their dues If, to
procure for them supplies of food aud clothing, as
first object, their wages have in some cases been
necessarily deferred for the time, we hope thoy
will acquiesce with that cheerful patience which
they have so uniformly exhibited under their pri-
vations and which has won for them praise
scarce second to that due to their conspicuous gal
lantry aOd their admirable patriotism and good
temper We feel warranted in assuring them that
every thing possible will be done to bring up all
their arrearage at the earliest day; and we believe
that it will not be long ere this is accomplished.


With reference to the bounty bonds to which
many soldiers are entitled by the act Of February
H. 1864 it is stated that it is only recently that
the law has defined the form Of these bonds. Since
that has been done the subject has engaged tho
diligent attention of the Treasury Department,
aud the bond will be ready for delivery with as


little delay the magnitude Of the issu. W n. uc,,
These bonds will be priced by our soldiers not
merely for their value, but certificates of their
eallantry and will be priced, and il is designed to
give them character aud appearance worthy Of
the Interesting circumstances Of their issue They
will be coupon bonds and will for thirty years
from the lst Of October, 1864, the interest pay
able semianuually Petersburg ExpreH.
Year: 1865

RETURN OF OUR COMMISSIONERS Com
missiopers sent by President Davis to consult the
authorities of the United States on the subject OF
peace, returned to Richmond on Saturday night
the 4th. They were not permitted to gp.to Wash
ingttn, nor to land from the steamer at Fortress
Monroe, but they were met in the boat off Fortress
Monroe by Lincoln and Seward, and were told that
the only terms upon which they could get peace
acas unconditional submission to the Government
and 1oacs Of the United States. Our Commission
ers have published statement concerning the in
terview which will be found in another column.


The laws of the yankee Congress have abolished
slavery and con6scated all our property, and to
these laws we are told We must submit is We want
peace. With the southern people it is either alb
ject submission or war until their independence is
achieved


Since the return Of our commissioners, large
meetings have been held in Richmond, in the army
and elsewhere and resolutions adopted to prosecute
the war for liberty at all hazards The meeting
at Richmond was held in pursuance Of call by
the Governor of Virginia, and was addressed by
President Davis, who declared that under no cir
cumstances would he submit to the enemy. The
following is one Of the resolutions adopted:


"Resolved That in this presence, and in the
face of the world, reverently invoking thereto the
aid of Almighty God, we renew our resolve to
maintain our liberty and independence, and to this
end mutually pledge our lives, our fortunes and
our sacred honor"
Year: 1865




CURIoUs PRAYER.-A correspondent of the
Western Christian Advocate sends that paper the
following


reverend gentleman direct from the interior
of Texas, stayed at my house few days at the
time MiIlerism was at its zenith iii Cincinnati
lie related to me a rumor which he had heard in
Texas Of man he met in our streets as a merte
preacher In Texas this man got permission to
preach in a school house, and took occasion to
abuse all other. denominations. He said there
were who professed to be called and commits
stoned of God to preach the Gospel but that he
pretended to no such high credentials. After
abusing all who would not say amen to his views,
being about to close, wag whispered to him, if
he wished some one 10 close for him TO call on
Dir II He did so. Mr H took the
stand, gave out hymn, and then prayed 10 this
wise:
Lord we thank thee that thou hast ever sent
thy ministers among Us; We were very wicked
people before they came some of US, however,
have reformed. We thank thee that thou hast
called commissioned and seut thy ministers to
preach the unsearchablc riches of Christ; but as
tor this fellow, he has told that thou ddst not
cou mission him, and We believe him. We hear
strange stories Of him Lord we know not whether
they be true or not but thou knowest; but we hear
he went to Galveston a gambler; that afterwards
he became preacher; that the young men who
knew him iu these characters thought them in
compatible, and, in consequence ducked him in
the bay; from which, we doubt not, he dates bis
com mission to preach the doctrine he has pro-
claimed to us !! We then hear also, that he stole
horse at Galveston; We know not whether it be
true Lord, thou knowest; bat thing do
know-that is, know that he stops with the
widos c., and we know that no decent man
would stop there" BY this time the preacher
was making his escape, without dismissing his
congregation, and afterwards holding
forth in the big tent Of Mlersm in Cincinnati
Year: 1865

Some surgeons in London have succeeded by
scientific operations, in giving sight to persons
born blind There are touching descriptions OF
the surprise and confusion to those to whom tho
word is first opened