smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

dow an In6rmRry for Cats.


The Columbus (Ohio) Journal of Tues.
dav last says: Yesterday we heard of
and read part of the most singular will
on record. The maker OIL the will 1s
represented to be ehrewd, successful
business man, who has accumulated
ouitet large fortune. He exhibits no
other sign of insanity than may be de-
rived from the extreme eccentric of this
will, although it Is probable the courts
will, in due course, be called upon to
determine the question whether the
testator was of sound and dispOsing
mind.


The will dtsinherits all the natural
heirs of the maker of it, and devises
the entire property in trust for the es-
tablishment OF an Infirmary for Cats.
A most elaborate architectural plan for
the necessary buildings Is attached to
and made part of the will. 1t provides
areas for that sweet nmatory converse
40 dear TO the feline heart, and rat
holes of the most raYishing nature, to
be kept we'll stocked. The most in
genious contriVances are provided for
the securing to the rat chance to es-
cape, so that the cats may not lose the
pleasure of the chase by finding their
prey come too easily. High walls are
10 be built, with gently sloptng roofs,
for the moonlight promenade and other
nocturnal amusements OF the cats. The
trustees are directed to select the
grounds for this novel inhrmary in the
most populous part OF some American
city, and the devisees are to be protected
By competent force of nurses from the
ravages of men and dogs. No person of
the male sex is ever to be admitted
within the walls, and no female who
has children or Is under thirty years
old. There are hundreds Of minute dt-
rections which we have no time to
note.


One would suppose that in the fore-
going provisions the testator had eX-
hausted all the eccentricities OF one
man, however unique his nature; but
the last provision OF the will seems
more outrageously bizarree than any
have all my life been taught that eve
rything in and about man was intend-
ed to be useful, and that it was mans
duty, as lord of animals. to protect all
the lesser species, even as God protects
and watches over him. For these two
combined reasons-t1rst, that my BODY,
even after death, may continue to be
made useful; and secondly, that 1t may
be made instrumental, as far as possl-
BILE, in furnishing a substitute for the
protection of the bodies of my dear
friends, the cats, L do hereby devise
and bequeath the intestines or my
body to De made up into hddle-strings,
the proceeds to be devoted to the pur"
chase of an ACCORDION, which shall be
played in the auditorium of the Cat
Infirmary by one of the regular nurses,
to be selected for that purpose exclu-
sively-the playing to be kept up for
ever and ever, without cessation day or
night, in order that the cats may have
the privilege of enjoying that instru-
ment which is the nearest approach to
their natural voice.


To proper appreciation OF this Won
derful story, 1t needs only to be added'
that it is doubtless fabricated out of the
whole cloth by the ingenious and sa-
tirical editor of the Journal.
Year: 1869

And feeling the hand OF time weighing
heavily upon them, with all It's attendant
ills, will find in the use OF this BITTERS, or
the TONIC, an elixir that will instiu new
life into their veins, restOto In a measure the
energy and ardOr OF more youthful days,
build up their shrunken forms, and give
health and happiness to their remaining
Year: 1869

Some of the dispatches concerning the cleo
tiOn disturbances in Washington yesterday are
manifestly exaggerated but it is evident that
there was at one time prospect of serious
trouble; that the Washington negroes at one or
two of the polling places did their best to initiate
the practices of the New-York Democrats; and
that on the whole the imitation, though not per-
feet was far more successful than their friends
could wish. There do not seem to be any
charges that the result of the election in any


way depended upon these disturbances. The Re-
publican ticket is elected by majority so large
that there can be no pretense of victory secured
by any riotous demonstrations at one or two
voting places. We beg the newly -enfranchised
citizens, however, to remember that the liberty
they claim for themselves is precisely the lib
erty they must accord to all others. If score
Year: 1869

The most generous and considerate word
yet spoken by an Englishman concerning the
latest phase of the Alabama question was that
of Mr.. Justin Mccarthy last night in Cooper
Institute Mr.. Mccarthy speaks as aloyal subject
of the Queen, and is by no means free from the
prejudices any more than the loyalty of his
people, but he does full justice to the palpable
facts of our case; makes no pretense of con-
cealing the animus of the British Government in
the whole Alabama business and assures him
self certain position in American regard, not less
by the candor of his present utterances than by
his modest reference to the course of the
great party in England, of which he was
himself an honored member and spokesman
throughout our war. Mr.. McCarthy's view
of the present question is not an Ameri-
can view, and not wholly one that Americans
can accept but it is one eminently honorable
in its evident effort at fairness and he presents
it in temper which, if adopted on both sides
of the water, would very soon lead to an end
of strife.
Year: 1869

The decision of the Attorney General on the
application of the New York, Newfoundland,
and London Telegraphic Co. to land Cables on
the shores of the United States under the au-
thority granted by the Legislature of a single
State, is simply in accordance with the. position
already taken by Congress. The Attorney
General finds the power of Congress over the
subject in the clause giving to that body the
regulation of commerce. His decision may
be taken as a settlement of the French appli-
cation in dispute last Winter, as well as Of the
one already before him. There can be very
little doubt that it will be sustained both by
Congress and the Courts. Foreign companies
seeking telegraphic connections with our shores
may govern themselves accordingly. 1t is use
less for them to waste money at Albany, or
time at any of the NewEngand capitals
Year: 1869

Every great and genuine reform has to en-
counter an opposing mule principle. In the
case of Irish Church establishment the general
donkey encountered by the English Liberals is
in the House of Lords. These latter defend
the system of church barnacles because they
are barnacles themselves. The Tory organs of
London are now denouncing the Church bill
because it is one move more to the dangers of
democracy, and all that can be retorted is that
it is step away from the stupidity of Tory


ism. With its wonted spirit The London Star
replies to the Tories that the House of Lords
is no more logical desirable, or excusable than
the Ilish Church. These are words of omen, and
raise the right issue. The general tone of the
liberal press is in like manner decided.
Year: 1869

The National Typographical Union makes a
bad beginning at Albany. Gentlemen associ-
ated together for the protection of labor can
hardly advance the interests of their Associa-
ton by perpetuating the oppression of labor.
They have tabled resolutions forbidding the
application of the test of color in the admis-
sion Of members by vote of Fifty-Six
to Twenty Eight. This unexpected result
is said to be mainly due to the bitter
disposition manifested by the Southern, and q
few of the Western, members. These gentle
men are evidently ignorant of the year they
live in. They imagine it to be 1860, instead of
1869. We hoped for better things from the
Typographical Union; and we are not willing
yet TO believe that the remaining days of their
session may not give us better things.
Year: 1869

One of the minor organs of Tammany Hall
has been told by the new occupants of the Tax
Office that ten persons were on the payroll of
that Office while it was in Republican hands
who did not personally work therein for the
salaries they received-some of them serving
the public by proxy, others Gt asserts) not at
all. And it wants to see what THE TRIBUNE
has to say in the premises.


THE TRIBUNE halls with gladness any ex-
posure of official malfeasance, no matter by
whom perpetrated, nor to which party he be-
longs. The TRIBUNE has done its utmost, for
months past, to expose especially and preemi-
nently Republican venality and corruption in
our late Legislature, deeming that of the an
tagonist party too deep-seated and pervadlng
for effective treatment at least at our hands.
We have used ten words in exposure of Repub-
lcan infdelity to principle and duty where
we have uttered one in rebuke of the like mis-
conduct by Democrats. We believe this Is
the Only journal of either party which has
been more persistently severe in rebuking cor
rupton within it's own party than in the Op
posite host. If other political journals would
do likewise, the moral atmosphere OF the Capitol
would soon experience wholesome renovation.


We repeat that we are heartily glad that any
Republicans drawing salaries from the Tax
Office for services they did not render have
been ousted if such there really were. But
what is there in the act reOrganizing the Tax
Office which precluded this abuse or now pre-
vents its renewalq Who does not understand
that there are liberal salaries paid from the
Controllers and every other department of the
City Government to men who never do the
work for which the salaries are drawn9 Who
can fail to see that the estimates and returns
of salaries-so much to the first clerk, so much
to the second clerk, &C., &c.-are shaped ex-
pressly to cover and facilitate this abusef
Does the Tammany organ believe that its new
masters would ever consent to the insertion In
our next Tax-Levies of prOvisO like this:


"Prorded That salary shall he drawn from the City
or the County Treasury except upon the adaV OF te
clerkshp in question; that his name duly appears on


its payroll which IL open TO the public ana that ne mas
by actual attendance and service for the term speced
done the work for which the sum now drawn the legal
compensation


We demand that such proviso be inserted
in our next City and County Tax-Levies and
kept there7 What says the Tammany twlnkler
to the propositions And what consideration
does it suppose induced the Hon. Matthew Z.
Bemus to vote every time to oust his brother
John from the Tax Office
Year: 1869

Whether or not the grain of the Northwest
shall ever regularly reach the seabOard by the
way of the Mississippi River and the Gulf, the
boasts of st. Louis about the movement have
at least produced one good result. We have
already heard of various efforts at Chicago for
reducing the exOrbitant charges on handling
and forwarding grain; and now comes the dis
patch from Buffalo announcing the dissolution
of the union among the elevators there, and n
great reduction of rates. The gentlemen
engaged in the forwarding business may as
well understand that this way, and this way
alone, lies their path of present safety.
Year: 1869

We have two stories from st. DominGo-one
that the island is Tranquil, another that it is
topsy -turvey. We are forced to believe that
it is neither happy nor quiet. Our own dates
assure us that President Baez is still perplexed
with suspicious scheme of claims, and that
his people still dwell in the Odor of revolution.
Year: 1869

We are glad of another opportunity to praise
the Navy Department. The Secretary has
ordered the sale of three more of our uuneeded
war vessels at auction to the highest bidders.
This is a double measure of retrenchment-it
gives us money for paying our debts, and it
stops serious leak. The Secretary is doing
Year: 1869

or q hundred of their own class choose to vote
ooainst the sentiments of the majority, 1t may
sSow had Judgment on their part, but 1t Is
tboir undoubted right to vote as they please
and the majority injure their own cause very
much by any interference. In short, we beg
the negroes to remember that the proceedings
in New York are not good models for their
Year: 1869

The Presidents order for the prompt organ
ization of his Indian Commission on business
basis does not come too soon. The dispatches
from the West indicate that they will have no
easy task, and that every day of It's delay
only tends to increase the difficulties of the
situatiOn
Year: 1869

Judge Brady rendered a most righteous judg-
ment yesterday in an action against a man for
bills incurred by the woman reputed to be his
wife. The Judge held that the fact of their
not being actually married did not release
the ostensible husband from liability.
Year: 1869

The attention OF readers is called to the adver-
tisement in another column of The Irish Republic.
This journal is an able advocate of impartial freedom
and Of sound political economy 1t deserves. and we
have no doubt will receive, tho success which indus
try ability, and devotion 10 principle merit
Year: 1869

The brakemen yesterday opposed the loco
motive with success To the number of three
hundred OF more on the Erie Railroad they
struck for higher wages The wages were
given. and trains once more commenced moving
Year: 1869

A young blood is said to have
been the victim Of a very good
Joke one Sunday night recently.
He was trying TO be particularly
Sweet on q young lady, and had
paid her number of visits at the
residence of her parents. The old
folks had somehow got an idea
into their heads that the children
were too young to keep Compa-
ny, and conveyed the desired
hint by calling the girl out of the
room and sending her to bed at
nine O'Clock, the lady Of the house
astonishing the young gent by
bringing into the parlor d huge
piece Of bread and butter, nicely
spread with sugar, which she pre-
sented to him, saying in her kind
est manner, There, hubby. take
this and run home 10 your mother:
it's time little boys were In bed"
The swould-be gay young beau
hasn't felt as though hs wanted
any more sweetness from that
source since. ea l9gg
Year: 1869

CARE OF HOKsEs.-All hardships will
tell upon horse, as upon any animal,
man included. 1t may not tell at once,
but will in the future. A horses life
may be shortened or prolonged, as we
have carefully noted in many instances.
10 make a slave of brute is like max
ing slave OF man it is to be avoided
a horse willing to do work, and capable
from good treatment, will not only do
nearly or quite the same work, but do il
much longer and it is better to have the
last five years of Il ''wcll-broke' horse
than the first five years Of a newly tutor
ed one there is more work and more re-
liability. We can strain a machine and
abuse it, or we can oil it and take care
OF it. In one case we get double the
benefit, more or less; III the other we
have our broken-down horse. We need
not apply the moral here it is too ev-
ldent. The mercilul man takes care of
his beast and he has the consciousness
Of doing this as well rs the benefit
Uticu UeuM
Year: 1869

Fredtng Horses and C0ttle.
L think As a general thing the most
profitable way to feed animals is to feed
them well. | am very fond of feeding
good English hay. | think cattle like it.
| don't think they like meadow hay over
and above well. am not sure that it
does them much good. They can get
through the winter with it, stagger
along somehow or other, but they will
come out all bellies and no shoulders and
quarters, and manage to stagger off in
TO the pastures in the spring, and begin
to grow again. But | think the animal
that Is carried through the winter COM
tortably and well is the best animal to
turn out to pasture. | insist upon it.
that we never shall feed animals prop
erly until we devote ourselves to the rails
ing of roots. | have stuck to this sub
Jcct for five OF SIN years, in season and
out of season, and | intend to until | see
on every farm more or less Mangel and
Swedes raised for the purpose of feeding
our cattle. You have no idea of the
value OF an acre of Swedish turnips
1t will raise seven or eight hundred bush
els easily. You have no idea OF the val
uc ot It to Il herd. carried through the
winter. They will show it next season
III their milk and all winter in their con-
dtion. | would raise them on every
farm, ii there was Il sheep or Il COW or
horse kept on it, and let them have their
due proportion ol roots every day in win
ter, and the profit of it would be- manifest
in the reduced amount OF hay they will
consume, and in the improved condition
OF the animals for the coming season.
know well that herd OF cows milkcl
for the market and carried day by day.
through 800 days, summer and winter,
and fed with hall Il bushei OF Nan.cl- a
DAY. will live Longer, give more milk and
he more valuable when their milk ing fac
uilic> are dccaycd, than if they were i,.i
on hay and forced with gram through
that period OF life. | know that herd
of youn- cattle fed upon fair hay and
with from Il peck to a half 4 Jushel OF
Swedish turnips, will come out infinite


" better in the season, and bc worth
twenty-five per cent. more ut three years
old. l know this, and you may talk
about carrots for horses and oats for
hor>cS-thcrc i no root i'll the world,
(ani mean 10 state this every where |
20; have tried it and proved it, that
will carry horse in ldlcncSS through tie
winter as we'll IL the turnip. You can
feed him with Swedish turnip-, and
with moderate work he will come out
lust Us well as il fed on grain and his
lcgs will look much better.


s. say in regard TO the matter Of
feeding. Let us not forget that the
foundation OF it all is good hay and the
adjunct of that hay Is the root crop rals-
cl, aS every farmer can raise them, more
profitahly than almost any other crop he
can RAISE. | look upon my roots to-day,
the Swedish turnips that were set along
in the middle Of June, the Manglcs ear
ly i'll the spring, with more satisfaction
than do upon my corn field have got,


because | know | can buy hay, but, am
sorry to say, cannot buy roots.
Year: 1869

UsE OF TuRNlrs.-Ihe great root of
modern agriculture for cattle feeding is
the Swedish turnips. Nine times as
much food in weight of Swcdes, can be
raised on an acre as can be raised of hay
with the same condition of land, and
each pound of hay finds its equivalent,
in nutrive properties, in three pounds OF
turnips. 1t is manifestly to the interest
of those farmers who keep stock over
winter TO feed turnips.
Year: 1869

About week ago trough" enter
ed one of the horse cars in Jersey City,
opposite New York, late in the evening,
and seized and carried away by main
force n young lady passenger. The
conductor interfered, and was knocked
senseless by the ruftian. In the melee
a valuable set of furs was torn from the
lady and left in the car. The owner of
the furs has been advertised for, but
has failed to come forward. The police
are endeavoring to hush up the matter,
but the people are excited, and it is
generally believed that the woman was
murdered. 1t is supposed that body
found floating in the North River Mon
day evening is the body OF the abduct-
ed woman.
Year: 1869

Reorganization OF the u. y. Judi cIary.


The greater part OF Monday i'll the
House of Representatives was taken up
In debate on a substitute for the Senate
bill providing for n reorganization of
the judicial system fthe United States,
reported from the Judiciary Committee
by Mr.. Bingham. The substitute pro-
vides that the Supreme Court shall con-
sist of Chief Justice and eight acting
Associate Justices: and TO make the re-
quisite number an additional Associate
Justice is TO be appointed by the Presi-
dent and confirmed by the Senate. Each
of the judicial circuits shall have Cir
cult Judge, who shall hold a Circuit
Court either by himself or with the AS
socate Justice of the Supreme Court
appointed for that circuit. Any ustice
OF the Supreme Court, seventy years of
age, who shall have served ten years on
the bench, may, on his own application,
be retired from service. The principal
point of difference between this and the
Senate bill is the provision for the re-
tirement of Justices who have served
ten years, and who have attained the
age OF seventy years. Just before ad-
iournment this substitute was passed
and it now goes back to the Senate for
concurrence.
Year: 1869




Before Judge Curtis.


Wiutam Shepherd Us. Captain small ahd Charles
<sbwn.-This was an action brought to recover
$500 damages for alleged assault and battery. and
false imprisonment on the high seas. The defend.
ants captain and first mate OF the sailing shin
Alaska On one occasion during the voyage from
Havre to New York all hands were sent aort to furi
sail, storm coming on. The plaintiif, who was a
seaman on board, being In very dangerous position
m the sh rouds and fearful OF beng thrown into the
sea, cried out to the captain and mate to keep the
ship dead before the wind For this presumed
offence the plaintn was assaulted and beaten by the
defendants and also placed In irons. The defendants
attempted TO show mutinous disposition on the
part OF the crew and insubordinae conduct particu
larly on the part OF the plaintiff In rendering de.
cisi0n Judge Curtis sad-"For the purposes Of this
case will disregard the testimony OF the plaintiff
and his witnesses altogether and decide the matter
upon the proof aduced on behalf OF the defendants.
The only possible ground on which the conduct OF
the defendants can be excused or explained is that
of muiny and resistance 10 rightful authority on the
part OF the crew, including OF course the plaintn
In this action. The rights OF seamen and the author
fty OF their officers clearly defined under the law
and II the captain OF a vessel or any officer OF It
ut W usurp authority not vested IN him hy the law
Year: 1869

Charles Ossnund Us. Cdspdr Meter.-Ths parties to
this action both bakers doing business in adoin
ing establishments In the Eastern District Plaintiff
was in the habit Of sending dough to the defendant
to be baked into cakes, until he found out as he al
leges in his complaint, that defendant was in the
habit Of taking out some Of the dough and not re-
turning the mll complement OF cakes. It was alleged
further that the dough In the cakes that were
turned was adulterated by the addition of soda,
water and Indian meal BY reason OF this adultera-
tion the cakes could not be sold and plaintifr's
trade was injured. The defendant set up
In defence o general denial OF all the
allegations OF the complaint. Former em.
poyes OF the defendant were put upon the stand
and testified that they had seen at dinerent times
defendant take portion OF plaintiffs dough for his
own use. Other testimony showed that fewer
cakes came back from dough sent to defendant than
were made from the same quantity baked by plain
TIL himself. The Court requested to charge the
jury that the plaintiff after having accepted and paid
Tor the baking was estopped from recovering for
any adulteratlOns Of the materials or mperfections
in the baking. The Court held that TINS would be
the case had the painti been cOgnizant of all the
facts at the time OF the acceptance and payment,
Verdict for plaintiff, $685.


COURT CAlENDAn-THlS DAY.
Year: 1869

he must abide the consequences. The proof
tails TO show any -mutinous conduct ON the part or
the crew, or any resistance TO lawful authority on
the part OF the palnti consequently the assault and
imprisonment were entirely wantOn and unpro-
voksd. lhe only question that remains for cOnsde-
ration Is the amount or the Judgment. Those men
who brave every peril endure every hardship In the
wards of the court. In consideration OF the fact
that no material physical injury was sustained by
the painIn, the amount OF the JUDGMENT will he less
than it otherwise would be. | order Judgment for
the plaintiff IN $780, with COSTS and twenty-five dol
lars allowance