smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

ptTt tutFe. " ueu Sot iSauJ W S'ait
for home. my cousin received a summons
TO attend to some business which he
feared would detain him sailing by the
next steamer. and his gold was already
on board, and he did not wish TO remove
it, he placed il under my care. andit was
so consigned in the list. But, at the
last moment, he finished his business,
and was enabled to come home with
me.


And Frank is the wealthy one !! gasp
ed Lydia.


Yes. He dplved and dug, while |
speculated; and he made fortune, whilr
I-didn't.'


oh how | have been deceived cried
the disappointed wife.


Grossly deceived added the mother.


Sidney started from his seat, and hav-
ing walked up and down the floor few
times, he stopped and faced the two wo-
men. He was very calm, and the bitter
expression which had dwelt upon his face
gave place TO mocking smile.


i guess we had better not deal too
much in accusations he said, for | don't
think either of US can claim much char
ity on that score. We have both of Us
perhaps all three of displayed a
pretty kind of game, but it seems we all
held losing hands. You were not averse
to little bit of deception for the sake
of securing a rich husband and perhaps
am not free from the same weakness.
Howeyer-we've made slight mistake.
but the things done, and it can't be help
ed; so we must make the best of it
We had better keep it to ourselves than
have it get out. Folks would enjoy it
we'll if they knew what mistake you
had made in your game at Fortune hunt
ing. All there is about it, we must turn
to now, and work. am caught, and
will make the best of it but let me as
sure you that will not submit to any
further fault-fnding or recrimination.'


When Nellie found herself within 6



comfortable, welI-furnished house, anC
knew that it was her own, and that hel
husband was wealthy she sank upon hi
bosom and wept in her joyful gratitude
She tried to chide him for having de
ceived her, but very soon he convinced
her that he had not deceived her at all.


This blissfnl hour he cried, has beer
my goal for years. Through all tn,
weary seasons of toll have been sus
tanned by the hope that in the end thi
fair hand should be mine; and not io'
has my wealth promised me that did no
look to you as a sharer in it,


Nellie believed him, and she was hap
py as only such pure hearts can be.
Frank went into business, and he hire,
his cousin Sidney for book-keeper, an
paid him good salary. Lydia had com
to her senses, and when her mother wen
to live with Nellie she resolved that S
would make the best of that which ha
fallen to her lot, thongh she will neve
cease to regret, during the moments whe
her cid thoughts Of fashionable life com
over her, the slight mistake she made i
playing her Game Of Lile.-Aew Kor
, Ledger.
Year: 1859

Ca The Farmers Journal says that
there is great art in making a good
cheese Yes, fine, fresh cheese is an
admirable production Of art, and a very
old one is often a specimen Of animated
nature
Year: 1859

CATTLE KILLED BY EATING SoRGHuM-
The independence (lowa) Guardian gives an
account of the destruction of seven head Of
cattle from eating the refuse Chinese sugar cane
after Ii had been compressed in the mill. The
outer coating of the stalks is of very write
Gus character; when thus broken up and takeu
into the stomach, 1t operates ike broken glass,
cutting, and in some cases penetrating entirely
through the coats OF that organ, producing q
violent Inflammation. a post mortem exaini-
nation in this case revealed this as the cause Of
death. This important fact should bo made
known to every farmer, as it may be tae means
of preventing serious destruction of their
stock.
Year: 1859

ATTEMPT TO RoB BoARpIEc-HousE Pax.
VENTED BY COUPLE OF GlRLs.-The boarding.
mouse on the corner of Sixth and College streets
was burslariously entered, night before last
through a side door. The rascal, however,
made some noise in ascending the stairs, and
awoke couple of girls, who, with nerves
which it would be impossible to shock, quietly
awaited his coming, and as soon as he opened
the door at the top, dashed pitcher of water
in his face, which SO completely astonished
him that he began retreat more hasty than
polite He reached the place by which he
entered, and escaped, we presume, in tho full
belief that he was about to be drowned, or that
he was to be the only victim of second food.
Let us hope his ducking will teach him his
duty.
Year: 1859

ELoPENEET FROM CLIFTON.--A girl of eigh-
teen, who was engaged to be married to a young
man of the vicinity Of Clifton, few days ago
departed suddenly for parts unknown, in com
pany with her brOther-in-law, who, according
to we'll authenticated report, had previously
been on terms of intimacy with her which are
not recognized by any law save that of the af-
fections. Thursday would have made her a
bride, but on Wednesday she saved tho honor
of her lover by yielding to the seductive inau-
enoes of voice of forty years, and by elOping
with the widower of her sister, We do not
doubt put her intended husband under an OBJ
legation which he will never be able to repay.
We congratulate him upon his escape. o..
Year: 1859

SAD CASE or INSANITY sUPERINDucRD BY
DIssIPATIos.-A young man who formerly oc-
cupied the position of book-keeper in bank
ing house on Third street, was yesterday sent
from the Probate Court to the Dayton Lunatic
Asylum. He had been drinking lately to such
an extcnt that reason, 30 often driven from her
throne, could not return, and thus society has
lost what might have been, to it, an ornament.
He leaves young and lovely wife, almost
heart-broken at the sad fate of the lover of
other days. and yet this is but one of the ways
in which the sOmbor clouds of life shut out its
sunlight and Its peace.
Year: 1859

Ar the burning of Elstner's Mill, yesterday
morning, Lieut.. JEFF. Brown, of Fire Company
No. 10, fell from the third story into the cellar
among q lot of rubbish. He was Immediately
extricated, when it was found that two of his
ribs were broken, and that he had several other
minor injuries. He made a most wonderful
and almost miraculous escape from death.
Year: 1859

A WOMAN was stabbed last night at bagnio
on Western row, but to what extent she WINS
injured it is impossible, in consequence of the
lateness Of the hour, to determine. No arrests
wore made.
Year: 1859

GREAT complaint is being made by the den-
izens of the Northern part of the city relative
to the filthy condition of tho alleys. They
need a thorough securing during the present
mild weather. '.. H.U
Year: 1859

COLE AGENT for TILTON & McFARLAND'S
= FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES,
with Steel Vaults and Combination Locks. Our
lock is so constructed that the owner may change
his combination to any letter he choose. 1t re-
qures no key to open the safe g.: only number the


letters, which is simple and easy to understand.
The safes are impeneiraive to drill or chisel and
are endorsed by hundreds of our Merchants and
Bankers and also by our Government and that Of
England, who being convinced Of their security
have lately sent US orders for their supply.


Those who are in want of a RELIABLE SAFE
please call at the above address and examine ours
before purchasing elsewhere 3O.26t.
Year: 1859

when he gave way to the widest and mos,
extrsvagant feelings.


.Ha ha ha = he laughed hys,erically-
my dream is out The machine works =
Fifty thousand Hs! hap


Then snaiching up his child. he continued
pacing the room


MY boy you are no beggarl' Fifty thou
sand ha ha


IN this way be raved. shouted and stamp
ed. Large beads of perspiration stood on his
brow. his face looked haggard. and his eyes
had the wild stare of maniac. In vain his
wife tried to calm his agitation: he raved un.
til he ruptured blood vessel. He sank
down in his chair. with his child in his arms,
the blood gushing from his nose and mouth
He drew back his head to indulge in another
hysterical laugh, but it WAS checked with
a gurghng nose, and the next moment Rich
ard Miller was corpse His spiri, had
passed away. in the language of Longfellow:


"Like glorious roll of drums.


In the triumph Of areami"


The reader will note that we have used
fictitious for real names. The machine which
went under the name of the purchaser made
him an independent fortune and is still in
use.
Year: 1859

This week, a man of dark complexion,
straight black hair, black whiskers aud nous
tache, with the characteristic Irish brogue.
was arrested and brought to Olney, on the
enormous charge of being fugitive slave
His csptors took him to the jaal for the pur-
pose of securing him. but Fred Johns did not
feel safe In putting him in the lookup with
ont some better authority than his captors
were able to produce, aud they were reduced
to the inconvenience of keeping personal
watch over him, which created some little
curiosity among the citizens to know some.
thing of the fellow, concerning his history.
In conversation with him, he informed US that
he was a native of Ireland. and had been
twelve years in America. and the last year
had been in Chicago. He gave his name as
Thomas Leary Hon. NJ. O'kean was pres
ent. and gave it as his opinion that he was an
lrishmsn of inferior intelligence. We en-
deavored to prevail on his eaptors to release
him, when they, In very decisive manner,
gave us to understand that when they receiv-
ed the reward that they claimed was offered
for his apprehension they would do so See
ing their determination to run him off. pc
tiiion was drawn up praying Hon. A. Kitch-
en- for writ of habeas corpus. was duly
served. but up to the present writing had not
been returned.


we have no disposition to interfere with
the institution of slavery where it exists but
when it comes to this, that men must be
hunted down in the tree State of Illinois, it is
high time that the people rise in the majesty
oil their strength. and say such things shall
not be done; and for one we are sorry that
our country has within her borders one man
so stepped in moral degradation as to ~oIun-
tarily arrest man because he happened to
be a little dark, and was not blessed with
an ordinary degree of intelligence. to carry
him into perpetual bondage.
Year: 1859

We have several letters from Virginia. rep
resenting the feeling of the people of that
State intensely excited, hostile to the
North, and unanimous for immediate dis
union. We do NOT credit these representa-
lions: and if they were true. the evil could
public. II the people of Virginia actually
regard the people OF the free States as a.
band of marauders--reckless of the rights
hostile to their peace, and bent upon their
ruin--we pity their delusion. and deprecate
the evils in which it may involve them
But time alone can cure it. 1t 10 useless to
reason with it. for they are not in mood to
listen to reason, nor will the political leaders,
who are using this state Of things for their
own advantage, permit them to even read the
facts and statements that may be presented
on that side OF tho question. The Richmond
hisi' as1 the principal reading matter for the
whole State, are careful to copy every Abo-
lition speech which the malign industry Of
the Herald may hunt up for their use, and
whatever else may feed the delusion on which
they rest their selfish hopes. But nothing
from a conservative quarter is permitted to
sion to their columns calculated to disprove
their assertion that the whole North backs up
John Brown, and is ready to wage open war
upon Slavery in the Southern States. We
reported some twenty sermons in the Times
of Friday last. of which only two indicated
the slightest sympathy with Aboltionism or
it's schemes; we venture to predict that not
one Of these representative utterances Of the
true conversation of the North will be copied
by any Richmond journal. and that Mr..
Cheever's diatribe. preached to q congrega-
ton which looks to British aims for its sup
port. will be given At full length. ss an index
OF the prevailing tone and sentiment of the
city Of New York. Against deliberate and
intentional injustice of this sort, as we'll
against the mischief it may work, it were vain
to reason or protest.


II the Virginians persist in their niscon-
ception Of the state Of Northern feeling, and
act upon it, they may do themselves and US
serious harm. II they will wait little while,
they may see reason to distrust the good
faith of their counsellors and the truth OF
their representations. Meantime the North
can do little to influence the result. The
public authorities. we hope. will exercise all
due vigilance to prevent, 50 far as possible,
any further infractlon on the rights Of the
South, and will aid in Furnishing whatever
crimes may already have been committed
For the rest We must wait upon time and the
good sense and patriotism Of the great body
OF the American people.
Year: 1859

We are prepared to do all kinds Of job W ork ~
main and fancy colors in a style Of excellence that
cannot surpassed and deyong special attention to
this branch Of business respectfully solicit the
patronage of all who desire any kind of printing done
We have fixed prices at as low rates IS any re-
spectabie and will hereafter in consii
ers'ion OF these reduced prices expect the cash. or
special contrset, on the delivery Of the work.
Year: 1859

LETTER FROM A LADY To HER HUsDAND.-The
following letter from gifted lady, now abroad,
conveys lesson that should be pondered:


"AiY DEAR HUsBAND-Greatly TO my surprise
and pleasure the postman brought me another
letter this morning. The reason your last did
not reach me soon as it should have done,
was, that the carriers are dull about name they
are not familiar with. You remember speaking
of giving dinner to your friends at the Astor
House on your return home but TO have one
given to yOu was tenfold more gratifying The
attentions that are everywhere shown to you,
coming as they do from respect for your vrtu.
GUS life, your correct principles, and your nom
eSty of heart and integrity of purpose, are far
more precious to me than would be the crown
ofan emperor. Money prize for the sake of
the power it gives; but l could enjoy it only
when gained in an honorable manner 10 be
right is better than to be President was the
motto of one who was an honor to his country
There is no great merit in doing WE'LL but not
to do WELL is a misfortune. To be the wife of a
man VINO is respected for his talents and loved
for his virtues is the summit of happiness for
me You know from the time was married
my ambition was all foryo A woman seldom
rises above or falls below the position her hus-
band gives her."
Year: 1859




In no other way, can so much, so va
ried, so useful information be impaired,
and under circumstances so favorable
for educating the child's mind, as thro'
a judicious, we'll conducted newspaper


To live in village, was once to be
shut up and contracted. But now a
man may be a hermit, and yet a cosmop-
olite. He may live in the forest, walk
ing miles to a post-ofice, having a mail
but once a week, and yet he shall be
found as familiar with the living world
as the busiest actor in it. For the
newspaper is a spy.glass by which he
brings near the most distant things-a
microscope by which he leisurely exam
ines the m6st minute-an ear-trumpet,
by which bic collects and brings within
his hearing all that is said and done all
over the earth-a museum full of living
pictures of real life, drawn not on can
vas, but with printers ink on paper.


The effect in liberalizing and enlarg,
ing the mind of the young, of this week
ly commerce with the world will be ap-
parent to any one who will ponder on it.
Once, liberal education could only be
gained by foreign travel. The sons only
Of the wealthy could indulge in this
costly benefit. But now the poor mans
son can learn as much at home as a
hundred years ago a gentleman could
learn by journeying the world over
For while there are some advantages in
going into the world, it is poor mans
privilege to have the world come to see
him. The newspaper is a great collec-
tor, a great traveller, great lecturer
tits the common peoples Encyclopedia
the lyceum, the college H. w. Beech
or.
Year: 1859

A FASHIONABLE LADY TN A "FIX. ~
The noon train from Fitchburg to, Bos-
ton, on Monday, had scene Of much
ludiorous tribulation. An elegant and
fashionably dressed lady was forced to
travel ten miles standing in the passage
way Of the car, not being able to com
press her garments so as to enter the
seat Several gallant young gentlemen
offered hen their seats, although there
were plenty of vacant ones in the car.
The fair one made sundry endeavors to
force herself into a seat but finally gave
up in despair Hoops with orinoine
proved inexorable
Year: 1859

We can alter the combinations and
form of matter, but we can in no way
destroy it; and though we may avail
ourselves of its properties, in order to
obtain an enormous force to do our bid
ding and so make ourselves indepond-
ent Of wind and tide, and even anticipate
the flight of time, we can create no new
property. zone of the most obvious
cases" says Sir J. Hershell, "of appar-
ont destruction is, when anything is
ground to dust and scattered to the
winds But it is one thing to grind a
fabric to powder, and another to ami
hilate its materials: scattered as they
may be, they must fall somewhere, and
continue, if only as Ingredients of the
soil, to perform their humble but useful
part in the economy of nature. The
destruction produced by fire is more
striking. In many cases, as in the
burning Of a piece of charcoal or taper,
there is no smoke--nothing visibly dis
sipated and carried away; the burning
body wastes and disappears, while moth
ing seems to be produced but warmth
and light which we are not in the habit
of considering as substances; and when
all has disappeared, except perhaps,
some triAiug ashes, we naturally enough
suppose it is gone, lost, destroyed
But when the question is examined
more exactly, we detect, in the invisible
stream Of heated air, which ascends
from the glowing coal or flaming wax,


the whole ponderable matter, only united
in a new combination with the air, and
/ dissolved in it, Yet, so far from being


thereby destroyed, it is only become a
gain what twas before it existed in the


form of charcoal or wax--an active agent


in the business of the world. and a main


support of vegetable and animal life -
/ + Dickens.
Year: 1859

MASTER WALTER SCoTT.-The death
Of the only son Of Mr. Hope Scott Q.
c., is announced This interesting child
was the only living male descendant Of
his illustrious great grandfather, Sir
Walter Scott, whose name he bore. He
was only year and a halfold, and has
survived his mother, the poets grand
daughter, little more than six weeks
An infant sister died a fortnight ago.
Only one little girl remains to bear the
great name Of which she is the sole sur
viying representative.
Year: 1859

Where I see leaves drop from the
trees in the beginning of autumn, says
Warwick just such, think I, is the
friendship Of the world, While the sap
Of maintenance lasts, my friends swarm
in abundance; but in the winter Of my
need they leave me naked, He is a hap
py man who hath true friend at his
need, but he is more truly happy that
has no need of his friend
Year: 1859

PRETTY TNCIDENT.-Thc pastor of the
Congregational church of New Sharon,
Ne, communicates the following Incl
dent Of a ohild's funeral in that place:


The little one all beautifully robed
for the grave, was laid in its coffin on
the morning Of its burial. The weeping
friends placed in its little hand a small
bouquet Of flowers, among which was an
unopened rosebud, Of the Crosse of Shar-
on" The lid was then placed upon the
coffin. and the funeral services perform
ed. When, after the lapse of not more
than two or three hours, the coffin was
opened again and the friends gathered
round to look upon it for the last time,
that Jud had become @ tWiblorn rose,
while grasped in the cold hand of death.
It seemed as though a voice came up
from those beautiful sealed lips, saying
"Weop not for me; though broken from
the parent stem, am blooming in the
paradise Of God Millions Of infant
souls compose the family above"
Year: 1859

could be met with in a days ride through


Arcadia, His rural exterior has enabled


him TO pass unscathed through scores


perils, where his life would have paid the
forfeit of his discovery. 1t is believed by


many of those who knew him in Kansas


that the butchery of his son Frederick


made him monomanEsc on the subject of


slavery, and that he had made vow to


wreak a great revenge on the system of
society which had wrought so deep a
wrong on him. But Brown himself re-.
pudiated this ilea, contending that revenge


was no part of his composition, and claim


ing to be guided strictly by the PRINCIPLES


of Holy Writ. He seems to have been la


boring nnder religious hallucination 10
the effect that he was the appointed instru


ment of the Almighty for putting an end
TO human slavery. What time he and his
handful of men in Kansas were not march
ing or fighting, they were praying and
singing psalms-Brown himself passing
many hours wrestling in secret prayer.
His evident hallucination caused all the
clearhcaded men in Kansas to avoid him
or to have as little as possible to do with
him. The same feeling made him dreaded
by the Missourians as a supernatural be-
ing HIS name inspired the same terror
on. the border, as the mick of the Woods
among the Indians of Kentucky, or that
of the Cid among the Moorish horders of
Spain. 1t was name to fright children
to bed with. No further evidence of his
insanity could be required by commits
sion de iunattco than the late hair-braincd
movment at Ha-per's Ferry--an act whi:h
Wm. Lloyd Garrison or Wendell Phillips
wonld pronounce a sinful waste of human
life. These men may applaud the moral
principle which led Brown into the fatal
ensute. but no man in his senses can say
that 1T is not the most crazy development
which the slave history of this country
affords. The blind iasurrcction on the
Cumberland River some three years ago
becomes a we'll matured conspiracy com
pared with this.
Year: 1859

A Californian in Europe.-Sam'l I
G.. Drake writes letter from Paris,
which is published in the Alta. We
make the following extract:


have observed one matter which
you and all the rest of the world will,
of course observe, in reading the news.
papers. 1t is briefly this, that the
tone of the English press had some-
what altered towards Napoleon III,
since his italian campaign. They
(the journalists) begin to see that the
French Emperor is not only a deep
and profound statesman, but at the
same time consummate general. l
cannot judge of the goodness or bad
ness of his heart, but ! do think he
uses his great power with as much
moderation as the majority of men
would in his position.


1t was highly wise move in Ma
poieon to head his army in person,
notwitt standing he had generals
enough on whom he could rely with
perfect safety, because he now takes
the greatest share of glory. which is
freely aud fully accorded to him by
the whole body of the soldiery, and
he has left no chance for successful
leader of the army to shake the foun-
dation of his throne, as in the timos
of the old Bourbon dynasties.
Year: 1859

WAGON ROAD TO WAsHoE.-The
Placer Herald, true watchman Of
the interests of the people among
whom its lot is cast. is endeavoring to
wake them up to the value of a direct
trade with the newly discovered Dig
gings on the other side of the Sierras
The. Herald says truly that the noun
tain roads of Nevada and Placer
counties could be improved into good
wagon roads at a small cost compared
with the amount already expended by
the, people of Ell Dorado on their
road, e Dorado has won the trade
asa, t<ayeLhy superior enterprise and
against nature.
Year: 1859

REMARKABLE PRINTING Press
The New York Sun has now IN pro-
cess of construction, at a cost of forty
thousand dollars, press that posses
ses this advantage--namely, it will
feed itself and print both sides of the
paper at the same time. and with the
same rapidity that one side is printed
on the mammoth Hoe presses now in
use.