smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

be some reason or excuse for forcing
the construction contendcd for by the
Auditor { for it is forced But eve
ry body who knows anything about
printing Office must know that the
price at best is low if not inadequate.
Then there are some descriptions
which must be counted as only ono
that all must see is a dead loss to
the printer, take this common one,
S bf Of sw Or Of NV ar sec. oO.0s-l2
west &c.


I conclude then that each tract of
land and each town lot makes a dcs-
cription within the meaning of the
law. and I feel quite confident that
this is the true cs l know it is the
fair construction.


2d. On the second question you
are also correct in my judgment and
cf course the Auditors construction
incorrect, The Legislature evident
ly intended in fixing price for ad-
vcrtising each tract Of land to limit
the sum that might or should Lc
charged against the land. The no.
ticc at tho Lead of the list is no part
of the description, may be long or
short according to the officers notion.
In any case it is for the Public good
and convenience. 1t invites purcha-
scrs and competition, a point certain
ly that the delinquent taxpayer cares
nothing about. l think the Public
ought to pay for it and I believe the
People would rather pay for it than
have the printer work for nothing.


The head lines alluded to as "Ches-
ter-Township 100 Range Is, "Vil-
lage Of Vernon Springs are no part
Of the advertisement required or con-
tcmplatcd by law, the Treasurer is
not obliged to put these head lines in
but every pcsson who finds occasion
to look over the list fora particular
piece of property (and who docs not }
will at cncc acknowledge the great
advantage Of such an arrangement
ani will thank tie treasurer for max
ing the lis: so convenient. For such
a convenience the public collectively
ought to pay fair price, and when
as in this case the benefit is manifest,
tue people are always just enough to
sanction the conduct of the officer.
I lave perhaps clat Grated this ques.
tion beyond what this particular case
wcrld seem to demand, but my ex-
cusc is, that l have weekly if not
oftencr from all parts Of the State
questions almost similar from either
printers or county officers asking for
construction of some of the Statutes
fixing compensation for public print
ing, and my time is SO constantly oc-
cupicd with official business L hope
by this opinion to settle the question
SO far as the Attorney General is
concerned, and afford an opportunity
to the dissatisfied party to make a
case for the courts, when the onl,
opinion of any binding force can be
obtained.


Very Truly Yours,


HENRY O'CONNOR,


Attorney General.
Year: 1869

An exchange said that tho Radical
ticket in New York was headed by.
General Sigel and tailed by. Charles
Mason, while, between the head and
tail appeared the namo OF Horace
Greeley. What an illustration of
the old nursery rhymes


big ut the bottom-little Ut the top q,
Thing in the middle goes whippity WHOM
Year: 1869

New Sharon, Me, April II, 1858.
Messrs. Editors-I have used Bradley's Super
Phosphate of Lime corn and potatoes for several
years past, to my entire satisfaction. Last year l
too particular notice of the corn grown where used
his Super Phosphate compared with corn raised with
barn-yard manure in the same field, and found the
ears raise the rows where sBradley's Phosphate
was applied were 12 inches longer, and filed out
to the end with an increased crop of at least one
third, and OF much better quality. The corn grewn
on the rows where barn-yard manure was used was
two weeks later, with considerable soft corn, and
OF the filled to the end, the case
where the Phosphate applied.


On potatoes it acted equally as well as it did on
my corn. L think no farmer in Maine should raise
corn or potatoes without Bradley's Phosphate, and
sure if they will give it trial thev will be
well satisfied that they would be as unwilling as
am to do without it.


Yours respectfully, LUTHER CURTIS.
Year: 1869

moue lodges practiced against me, and
was evidently intended as o justification
for the illegality of my conviction. l
never made such confession, and never
could have made it, even if tried"


"How did they treat you down there
at the Dry Tortuges


swell, / feel indisposed to say much
on that head. If / made disclosures Of
matters with which / am acquainted,
certain officers in command there might
find themselves curiously compromised" !"


"You did good service during the fe-
yer plague, Doctor?"


"Well, / can say this, that as long as
I acted as post physician not single
life was lost My whole time was de-
voted To fighting the spread of the dis
ease and investigating its specific ma
ture. / found that the disease does not
generate the poison which gives rise
to the plague. The difference between
contagion and infection which have
discovered is, that one generates the poi
son from which the fever springs and the
other does not Contagion, such as
smallpox, measles, etc., generates the
poison which spreads the complaint OF
yellow fever, typhoid fever, and other
such infections diseases 1t requires
contact with the poison and not with the
disease to infect person, and If thou
sand cases Of fever were removed from
the place OF the disease, no danger what
ever need be spprehended. The fever
at the Dry Tortugas was of the same type
as the typhoid, and the treatment on the
expectant plan-that is, watching the
case and treating the symptoms as they
manifested themselves"


"Wcre you untrammeled in your man
agement cf the sickT'


mo, sir; there's where / felt the awk-
wsrdness of my position. was tram
meled, and consequently could not act
with the independence physician under
spch circumstances should have"


The Doctor talked at considerable
length on many ether topics connected
with his Imprisonment In replying TO
the remark that his feelings must have
been greatly exercised at coming within
sight of his old home and meeting bis
wife once more, he said, with visible
tremor, that words we're eHtirely made
quate to express the overwhelming emo
tions that filed his mind. 1t appears
that few days before he left the Dry
Tortugas, q company of the Third Artil-
lery, who were on board transport
about being shipped to some other point,
on seeing the Doctor walking on the
parapet, sent up three cheers for the man
who peried his life for them in the heroic
fght with the dread visitation of fever.
We talked along till midnight, then re-
tired to comfortable feather bed, and,
rising with the sun in the morning,
started on our homeward journey to
Washington.
Year: 1869

The doctor against whom . verdict Of
$4,000 for breach Of promise was re-
Gently given in Warren county, Ohio,
converted ell his property into ready
cash, and, as soon as the verdict was
given, be disappeared. This was the
case in which the defense was that the
promise Of marriage with pretty mill
liner could not be carried out, because
she was of very remote African descent
Year: 1869

Another horrible story comes to us
from Cairo, Ill. A father attempted to
starve bis three children (the Oldest being
not six years eld) to death by locking
them up in a vacant room, where they
we're discovered after being several days
without any nourishment.
Year: 1869

Great joy was manifested. recently,
by the miners at White Pine over the
birth Of the FIRST native Of the region.
They made up q purse of several thou
sand dollars in silver bars and gave il to
the pioneer infant.
Year: 1869

THE MERMAID DRAMA-The Tumors that have
been set aOat as TO some of the peculiar scenic ap-
polntments for Wagners new opera have suggested


fresh development OF the nude drama which is full
OF interest A New York paper aludes TO the matter
as foll0ws-


"a revival OF the real water business ON the stage
has been or is about TO be, effected in the Munich
Theatre, In Wagners RhefilgOM In one OF the
scenes the Rhine is introduced-a real wet river
moving through lovely district. A nymph Is
obliged by the exigencies OF the piece, TO plunge
into this river and swim across 1t. This feat has
been entrusted to Madame Malllnger, who had been
taking swimming lessons at last accounts to enable
her 10 breast the raging river Here now, is a sug-
gestion for the blonde buresque beauties OF our New
York stage. A word to the CrotoA authorities, and
water enough could be laid ON at Niblos to swim a
school OF poTposes Then the almost total absence OF
costume that marks the lively blondes makes them
ali right and ready for Header and SWIM On
landing it would be new sensation TO see the drip
ping darlinRs rubbed dry with Turkish towels. Who
viii write buresque mermaid piece for the beauti-
ful blondes9 specuators might realize fortunes by
which the golden ducks had swum."
Year: 1869

DO YOU feel weak, debilitated, easily tired?
Does "a: little extra exertion produce palpita-
Bon OF the hearth Does your liver, or your kid
neys, frequently get out Of order7 Do you nave
spells Of short breathing, or dyspepsia7 Are your
bowels constpated9 Do you have spells Of fainting
or rushes OF blood to the head7 Is your memory I'M
paired? Is your mind constantly dwelling upon this
subject? Do you feel dull, lstless moping, tired Of
company OF life? Do you wish to be left alone, to
get away from everybody? Does any little thing
make you start or jump Is your sleep broken OF
restless? Is the lustre Of your eye brilant7 The
bloom on your cheek as bright7 Do you enjoy your
self in society well? Do you pursue your business
with the same energy7 Do you feel as much con-
ndence in yourself? Are your spirits dull and nag-
ging given to fits Of melancholy? If so do not lay
it to your liver or dyspepsia. Have you restless
nights? Your back weak, your knees weak, and
have.but little appetite and you attribute this to
dyspepsia or liver complaint?


Did you ever think that those bold def
ant, energetic, persevering, successful business
men are always those who are in per-
feet health You never hear such men COM
plain OF being melancholy, OF nervousness, Of pal
pitation Of the heart. They are never afraid they
cannot succeed in business; they don't become sad
and discouraged; they are always polite and plea
SAINT in the company Of ladies, and look you and
them right in the face-none OF your downcast looks
or any other meanness about them


How many men, from badly cured diseases, have
brought about that state Of weakness that has re-
duced the general system SO much as to induce al
most every other diseaseidiocy, lunacy, paralysis
1pinal affections suicide and almost every other form
Of disease which humanity is heir 10, and'the real
cause of the trouble scarcely ever suspected, and
nave doctored for all but the right one.


These diseases require the use Of a Diuretic
Year: 1869

Six Of the resident physicians of
Pensacola, Fla, deny the statement
that the yellow fever is prevailing in
that city. They assert that not a sin
gle case Of yellow fever has occurred
in that city, and that the population
was never more free from disease of
any and every type than at the present
sine
Year: 1869

Wool GROWING AND SHEEP RAISING
The long depression Of the wool grow
ing interests has largely diminished the
production Of wool in the last two or
three years Tens Of thousands Of old
sheep have been slaughtered for their
pelts and tallow, while bat few lambs
have been reared. This course will be
continued until the numb of sheep is
insufficient 10 produce the amount Of
wool required for our wants; then the
price Of wool will go up, and the breed
ing Of sheep again commence. 10 the
N -antime, the wise farmer will get nd
of all his old decrepid and diseased
sheep. He will keep 30 animal that
will not live and thrive on bay IN win
ter and g.sss 10 sumner He will bold
ON 70 only the best Of his flock, and
ceutisue its iDprovemeut-bFeediDg for
constitution, stamina, and aeecs Of
marketable value. He will then, when
the reaction comes, be in condition 10
enjoy handsome profits from this the
easiest and most pleasant branch Of
farming.
Year: 1869

The conduct of the war between the
allies and the Republic of Paraguay
has made the intercourse with that
country so difficult that it has been
deemed advisable to withdraw our rep
resentative from there.


THE ALABAMA QUESTION.


Towards the close of the last Admin
istration a convention was signed at
London for the settlement of certain
claims between Great Britain and the
United States, which failed TO
receive the advice and consent of the
Senate to its ratification. The time
and the circumstances attending the
negotiation of the treaty were unfayor-
Year: 1869

Yonr attention is respectfully called
to the law regulating the tariff on Rus
sian hemp, and to the question whether
to fix the charges on Russian higher
than they are fixed upon MANILA is not
a violation of our treaty with Russia
placing her products upon the same
footing with those Of the most favored
Nations
Year: 1869

We presume that the same condition
of things exists in every county In the
State. The cost of our local admins
tration is trebled and quadrupled; we
are overrun by officials of all sorts and
sizes all that the Radicals may MI their
pockets and grow fat.


The Radicals are, in truth, as much
the enemies of the frugal working man
as they are the enemies Of decency and
good order Take Congressman Bowen
and Governor Scott as specimens, They
are trusted by tleir party. No Radi-
cal hand is lifted against them. But
where is the respectable white man who
would allow either the Congressman or
the Governor to cross his threshold?


There must be no compromise with
these men. They can be made to vince
though their hides are tough, And h(
who By his silence enablesth rogue tc
go unwhipped Of public justice, is him
self guilty of high treason to bis peo
ple.-CAarleston News.
Year: 1869

The time is arriving when the people
of this country will. be in position to
decide, irrespective of other political
questions, upon amatter nearer to their
individual and thenational welfare than
all the rest The point is whether spe-
Gle payment shall be resumed and
gold and silver coin of the United
States be substituted in place of the
present deprecated greenbacks and pos
tai currency


The living issues which divide the
two great existing parties are chiefly
financial and economical. The former
adherents of the Republican party, who
joined and clung to it in order to ena-
BILE it to carry out the special purposes
for which it was organized, are now left
free to consider whether it has policy
in regard to these present issues which
entities it to their continued support.
Parties arise, from time to time, in all
countries, for the ful6llment of certain
missions. Having succeeded in what
they set out to accomplish, they become
worthless their ability to supply the
next prevailing want proves equal to
their special aptitude for the previous
work. When it becomes evident to the
masses of the Republican party that
their party is untitled, by reason of its
political traditions and cntanglements
and the prejudices of its leaders, to Sc
cure the financial peace and the bust
moss prosperity VIII ch the nation now


Ill honin IN rrlin-
Year: 1869

uuch tile Gnlnest.
language is spoken and the Pagan reli-
gion professed in. a great degree west of
the Rocky Mountains-will there be no
collision, no chance Of future wars ?
How will European civilization on the
Atlantic affiliate with Asiatic and Pa
gan civilization on the Pacific? TIE
question suggests its answer. Will the
good which we may derive from the
pairing Of the American laborer down
to the standard Of the degraded Pagan
compensate us fpr the Introduction of
this ever to be alien and hostile-element
into our political society. The spec on
the horizon is now, in the case of.these
Asiatics, as clearly visible as it was a
hundred years agein the case of the
African. Shall we avoid the mistake
we thenmade, or shall werepeat it? The
Republican party advise us to repeat.
The Democratic party say avoid.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
Year: 1869

The Davenport (Iowa) Democrat tells
Of a. singular case Of superstition:
Chatting with an aged lady, wenoticed
the wonderful preservation and beauty
of her teeth, and could not refrain from
mentioning it. Yes, said.she, 'Inever
had toothache or lost a tooth, because
| bit the snake Oninquiry, she stated
that when children at home, her father
had made them bite rattlesnakeJ he
holding the reptile by the head and
tail; each child bit along the entire
length Of the backbone, not violently,
but just so as to indent the skin; and
this was considered an infallible recipe
against toothache and decay, and which
the old lady believes up 10 the present
hour"
Year: 1869

.:.~--.ool bsau, and yhot6 on tn yoat7
Lands.


Below we copy from a Richmond pa
per an interesting article on this sub
ject, which we hope will be attentively
read by landowners


We sometimes fear, and we have rea-
son to fear, that the scheme Of the men
now uppermost in tile counsels Of the
North is so to clog Southern industry
with such impediments and drawbacks
as to discourage and disgust those en-
gagged in it, and induce them to throw
their lands into market. The glut of
lands would be so great as to reduce
the pr ce to standard that would ena-
bic Northerners to pick and choose, and
purchase up the desirable estates in
every locality. The millions of unem-
ployed capital at the North could find
no more profitable investment. The
Investment of. paper money in cotton
lands would be almost tantamount to
its conversion into cotton, the equiva-
lent of gold, and without any loss Of
discount Such scheme, pertinacious-
ly adhered to, might result, in the course
Of a few short years, in an entire change
in the proprietorship of the soil. The
whole soil would be transferred to North,
ern hands, and cultivated by the negro
laborers now resident on it, who would
be hired by the new owners at a scale
of prices regulated by no competition,
and adjusted at the option Of the new
owners. These. new proprietors, thus
colonizing the South, would have all
the aid that friendly Congressional rcg-
Year: 1869

We continue to press this all-impor-
tant duty home to our landowners.
Neverlet your lands pass from your
hands without you well know you are
selling to a friend of the South, and Of
the acAite men of tile South. Besides,
lands are advancing rapidly in price,
and to hold them is simply the bestln-
vestment you can possibly make. No
doubt hundreds of v
Year: 1869

any employer wno owes uurey to an


employee to pay that employees taxes


for him out Of said money, if he finds
from the tax-books that he has not done
so. Could the law possibly do any
more? Could a Legislature Of our own.
secure payment in a more efectual
manner? Fellow citizens, letus hence
forth exert all our influence to Improve
our State Government. Let us do what
we can. 1t is our duty to attend to
this tax. Let us do Thoroughly. Make
every man white or black, pay the, tax,
and lessen the inequalities Of which we
have justly complained Fairfield Her
aid.


The Radical sca1lawags and carpet
baggers of South Carolina have hand
some political scheme which they, are
to make use Of to inhame
the negroes. At, Newberry, in that
State, few days since, a depraved
wretch Of the carpet-bag order made
speech to the negroes in which he adj
vised them to refuse to engage them.
selves at any price to any one known to
be Democrat, and that by that means
the Democrats would not be able to cul-
tivate their lands-they would have to
be sold for taxes, and then would fall
into the hands of the negroes at slight
cost. This is the kind of talk the North
ern jail-birds in the South indulge In
this is the style Of verrnin a Jacobin
Congress keeps large standing armies
to protect and if few of the decent
people of the South knock the head off
such ,reprobate, or dangle him to
tree, in their efforts to. restore quiet to
Year: 1869

The following pleasant letters read to US like
brcezes from the mountains. They are from Mr..
KEEsE, who though no longer connected with the
Advertiser still lives in the old raper's heart.
Will he rot send us a couple more for next week?
Year: 1869

"A short time ago close-fisted
farmer on the Sandy river, in Maine, died.
after dsvising one dollar to his only son.
The old gentleman was duly buried in the
venerable churchyard, which suffered a ter
rible washing away by the late flood. and a
short time ago his body was found opposite
the sons place, having been brought down
the river long distance. When the ten
der. hearted son was informed Of the fact,
he made the 'ouching remark, Probably
come back after that dollar"
Year: 1869

SENT on FOR FELoNY.-Yesterday morn
ing James and Thomas Childress were ar
raigned before the Mayor charged with
robbing the tailor store Of Henry Miller


on Broad street between Fourth and Fifth


on Sunday night. They were arrested on
Wednesday by the city detectives, who
found in the possession of James lot Of
the goods stolen. A negro boy who was
arraigned testified that James came to him
and tried to sell him some cloth, and told
him that he had gotten it from Mr.. Miller's
on Sunday night. Thomas was discharged


there being no evidence against him. The
otte one was sent On. There is resting
against Thomas another charge of burglary
Year: 1869

ALMOST A F1RE.-Yesterday morning as
Justice Malone was walking out he dis
covered smoke issuing from house on Fifth
street two doors from Main. He went tc
the house and, gaining admission, found a
mantel-piece on fire and several young
ladies in a state Of high excitement. Mr.
Malone extinguished the flames and quieted
the ladies before either could do much
harm,
Year: 1869

WILLIAM F. BUTLER would inform


w his friends that he IS now General Can
vassing Agent for The PIEDMONT LIFE IN
sUHAN,E COMPANY. He thanks the public
for The kind patronage bestowed on his past busi-
ness career and asks in his new employment
their continued confidence and assistance rs well
to adva1ce his own interest as to stop sending
money off for Life Insurance which can as safely
and more wisely be kept IN our midst with 1.-The
Piedmont" which Is solvent as any, and rapidly
gaining ground on all companies. NH 6-2w
Year: 1869

Ball. I venture to drop line to say
that if any choice is left me, L would
be pleased to see it dispensed with. L
do not wish to disarrange the plans
made by my friends in the matter of the
attending the Inaugural
ton 1t will be agreeable to me if
your Committee should agree that the
ball is unnecessary.


With respect.


Your obedient serv't,


TT. $. GRANT.
Year: 1869

over six hundred threatened the Sher-
if, who was assisted by special con
stables Hundreds of country people
assembled to witness the expected
hanging. At midnight the Sheriff
had the prisoner conveyed In a close
carriage to a point outside the city,
where he was put aboard freight
train for Milwaukee. ae
Year: 1869

HoN. E. GARTER.-Judge Garter of
Shasta, the present Judge of this Judicial
District, was nominated by acclamation at
the Union Republican Convention held at
Shasta on the 18th inst, as a candidate for
reelection to that position The Judge s
reputation, and qualifications as superior
man for the position, are too well known to
need any recommendation at our hands,
yet we cannot do otherwise than certify to
the great esteem in which he is held as a
fair and impartial Judge, unbiased by
prejudice or passion, courteous to all, and
gaining the utmost confidence of friends
and foes alike in the performance of his
duty during the past six years As an
able lawer he has no superior in the District,
and has won golden opinions from the COM
munity it general, for the able, prompt and
decided manner in which he conducts bus
mess in court His election is a foregone
conclusion, and we firmly believe he will
carry Siskiyou County, as well as Trinity
and Shasta Counties Yreko journal.