smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1865

D@T- Parson Brownlow says, in q let.
ter to his paper, that there are quite
number Of Tennessee refugees, South,
on the opposite bank Of the Tennessee
river, in North Alabama, anxious to re-
turn home, and they are coming home
in few days. "Among those further
back in the interior, hear of Judge
Ridley and John Bell. / have written to
the latter to come home, and told him
that be would not be molested. He was
never in arms, and was foolish for going
South. Many leading men in the rebel
service are writing back to know IL they
can be allowed to come home and do
some amnesty Gweariugi They NIL want
some store clothes and something to eat
and drink" So, "a would appear that
the report Of the death of John Bell was
incorrect We gave him credit for bet.
ter taste than he possessed.
Year: 1865

Men Of thought, be up and stirring,


Night and day
Sow the seed, withdraw the curtain,


Clear the wayi
Men Of action, aid and cheer them


AS ye mayi
There's fount about to stream;
There's light about to beam;
There's warmth about to glow;
There's flower about to blow
There's a midnight blaeknoss changing


Into gray.
Men Of thought and men of action,


Clear the way
Once the welcome light has broken,


Who shall say
What the unimagined glories


OF the dayl
What the evil but shall perish


In its rayl
Aid the dawning tongue and pom;
Aid it, hopes Ct honest men;
Aid It, paper, aid 1t, type;
Aid II, for tho hour is ripe;
And our earnest must not slacken


Into play.
Men Of thought and men Of action,


Clear the way
Bo a clouds about to vanish


From the day;
Lo the rights about to conquer


Clear the way
And brasen wrong to crumble


Into clay.
With that right shall many more
Enter spiling at the door
With the giant wreng shall fall
Many others, great and small,
That for ages long have held us


For their prey,
Men Of thought aud men Of action,


(I.,r ty,vt
Year: 1865

One Copy for One Year -
One Copy for Six Months -


- Payment to be made in advance in every
case The Paper will not be sent to any address
unless ordered, and the term for which II shall De
ordered be paid for. No departure W'a oe maae
from these fernas "a aRy Instance.


n B. Timely prior notice viii be gwen TO
each Subscriber of the week on which his sub
scriptlon viii expire and uniess order for its
continuance, accompanied with the money be
given, the Paper win be discontinued to that
address
Year: 1865

TIE HAIR.-Stiff hair is sometimes sign
of obstinacy, sleek locks denote patience, curly
head is always accompanied by wit and love
mind, unless the bald man brush his back hair
forward to cover the front; that is the mark of
mean and vulgar spirit, or, which is still
worse, unless he wears wig, in which case he
must unquestionably be classed among the
snobs. Premature gray hair denotes misan-
thropy, continued suffering, whether physical
or moral, excessive labor, or dissipation.
With regard to those abundant locks which
time is powerless to bleach, they are the badge
of an even disposition, and of mediocre intel
lect.
Year: 1865

SOUND DOCTRINE FROM DAVIS.-Jeff Da-
Wis IN 1883, delivered speech in Boston in
which he took the opportunity to define his
sentiments i'll regard to treason. His words
were:


"Among culprits, there is none more odious
to my mind than public officer who takes an
oath to support the COnStitution-the compact
between the States binding each other for the
common defence and general welfare of the
other yet retains to hinselfa mental rescrya-
ton that he will war upon the principles he has
sworn to maintain, aud upon the property
rights, the protection OF which are part of the
compact Of the Union 1t is a crime too low
to be named before this assembly 1t is one
which no man with sclt-respcct would ever
commit, To swear that he will support the
COnstituti0n-tO take an office which I.eongS
in many of its relations to all the States, and
to use it as a means Of injuring portion Of


the States of which he is thus tie rcIrescn-


tative, IS treason to erc1ythng honor"dicm man.


1t is a base and cowardiy attack Of BIN who


gains the confidence Of another. III order that
he may wound him.


Two years after this uttcrancc, Davis was
the chief of treason, having forgotten ali the
Oaths which he had taken to support the Con-
stitution. He paints bis own character faith
fully aid may now estimate the kind Of con-
sdcration he is likely to enjoy III contemporary
Judgment and future written history.
Year: 1865

Not many years ago, at an Inn in the
west Of England, several persons were sit
ting around fire in large kitchen, thro'
which was passage to the other apart
ments of the house, and amongst whom
was female traveller and a tailor. At
this Inn a Lodge of Free and Accepted
Masons was held, and it being lodge night,
several of their members passed the COM
pany in the way to the meeting room. This
circumstance introduced observation on the
occult signs by which Mssons are known
to each other when the female observed
that there was not SO much mystery in Ma
sonry as people imagine, and that she her
self could show any person MasOn's sign.


"What !" said the tailor, the sign of a
Free Mason p


"Yes," she replied, "and Pll bet you a
halfcrown bowl of punch, to be decided by
any one of the members you may please to
appoint, that perform my promise"


Why" says the tailor, "nO woman was
ever admitted, then how is it possible that
you could procure the secret ?"


No matter for that" says she, will
readily forfeit the money | lay if | do not
prove the fact"


The company urged the tailor to accept
the challenge, and the amount of the bet
was deposited. The woman immediate
ly started up and took the tailor by the
coat collar.


Come" said she, follow me" which he
did, trembling as he went along, fearing he
was to undergo some portion of the disci-
pline in initiating Mason, of which he had
heard such dreadful report. She led him
into the street, and pointing to the sign of
the Lion & Lamb, asked him whose sign
that was.


Mr.. Lodges" answered the tailor-as
th6 name of the Innkeeper.


is he a Free Mason? ?"


Yes" replied the tailor.


"Then | have shown you the sign of a
Free Mason" said the lady.


The laugh was so much against the tail.
or. that it was with much difficulty that he
could be prevailed upon to take some of the
punch which was forthwith produced at his
expense.
Year: 1865

Sick headache is sickness at stomach, a
tendency to vomit combined with pain in
some parts of the head generally at the
left side. 1t is caused by there being too
much bile in the system, from the fact that
this bile is manufactured too rapidly, or is
not worked out of the system fast enough
by steady, active exercise Hence seden-
tary persons. those who do not walk about
a great deal, but are seated i'll the house
near all the time, are almost exclusively
the victims of this distressing malady. 1t
usually begins soon after waking up in the
morning, and lasts day or two more
There are many causes the most frequent
is, the arrangement Of the stomach by late
and harty snppers by eating too soon ai-
ter regular meal--fve hours should at
least intervene-eating much of any favor
ite dish eating without an appetite fore
ing food eating after one is conscious of
having enough eating something which
the stomach cannot digest, or sour-stomach.
Any of these things may induce headache
of the most distressing character in an hour;
it is caused by indulgence in spirituous Ii
quors. When person has sick-headache,
there is no appetite the very sight of food
is hateful the tongue is furred, the feet
and hands are cold, and there is feeling
of universal discomfort with an utter indis-
position to do any thing whatever. A glass
of warm water, into which has been rapid
ly stirred heaping teaspOonful each of
salt and kitchen mustard, by causing in
staneous vomiting, empties the stomach of
the bile or undigested sour food and CRATE
full relief is often experienced on the spot !;
and rest, with few hours of sound, re-
freshing sleep, completes the cure, espec-
ial'y if the principal part of the next day
or two is spent in mental diversion and out
door activities, not eating an atom of food,
but drinking freely of cold water and hot
teas until you feel as if piece of cold
bread and butter would really taste good.
Nine times in ten the cause of sick head
ache is the fact that the stomach is not able
to digest the food last introduced into it,
either from its having been unsuitable or
excessive in quantity. When the stomach
is weak, a spoonful of the mildest, blandest
food would cause an attack of sick head
ache, when ten times the amount might
have been taken in health, not only with
impunity, but with positive advantage.


diet of cold bread and butter, and ripe
fruits and berries, with moderate continu-
Gus exercise in the open air, sufficient to
keep up very gentle perspiration, would,
of themselves, cure almost every case with
in thirty-six hours. Two tablespoontuls Of
pulverized charcoal, stirred in half glass
of water, drank, generally gives relief.
Year: 1865

TURNING GLAss-A writer in Chambers
Journal says Glass may even be turned
in lathe. Strange as it seems, thia is
literally true No special tools even arc
needed any amateur turner who has opeFr
ated on either of the metals may chuck
piece of glass on his lathe, and turn it
with the same tools, and in the same way,
as he would piece of steel. only taking
care to keep the chips from his eyes
This strange discovery was made almost
accidentally, in the early part OF 1860, 10y
one of our most celebrated mechanical Ell,
gineers, and might have been patented.
but the inventor contcnted himself with
simply putting it on record, and generously
presented it to the nation, The conse-
quence was that no one cared or thought
about it, and the idea has been suffered to
lie nearly barren, though capable OF being
turned to great account.
Year: 1865

THE Man OF INTEGRITY. love to gaze
upon some beautiful planet in the heavens,
and watch its course every night as in
majesty it travels on among the stars. We
are filled with admiration; and like our
selves thousand are gazing on the same
planet, filled with inexpressible emotions.


Like planet in dark sky is a man of
unbending integrity. We look upon him
with the same feeling of love and admira-
ton, as we watch his daily course among
his fellow men. In troubled times his
light goes not ont, though it may burn
feebly. He still exerts the same glorious
influence, and hundreds gaze upon him
with delight No seats of honor dazzle
him, no wealth can seduces him, He push
Year: 1865

'es straight onward in the path of duty
The fear of God is continually before him,
and he feels the Importance of every mo-
ment's work to lead mankind to the foun-
tain of truth and purity Behold The man
thus filled with the love to God and his
creatures Every act tells nobly for the
cause, justice and humanity Every deed
is living epistle to the truth.


Would you share in his glory Labor
in the same field. Would you lessenl the
tolls of humanity, and assist immortal be-
ings 60 reach the skies Initiate his ex-
ample, and walk in the same virtuous
paths
Year: 1865

DoN'r CoMPLA1N- Don't complain of
your birth, your training, your employment
your hardships; never fancy you could be
something if you only had different lot or
sphere assigned to you. God understands
his own plans, and knows what you want
better than you do. The very things that
you most deprecate as fatal limitations and
Instructions are probably what you most
want. What you call hinderances and dis
couragements are probably Gods oppor-
tunities, and it is nothing new that the pa
tient should dislike his medicines. or any
certain proof that they are poisons. No. a
truce to all such impatience Choke that
devilish envy which gnaws at your heart
because you are not in the same lot with
others; bring down your soul, or rather
bring it up to receive Gods will, and do
his word, in your lot i'll your sphere, un-
der your cloud of obscurity, against your
temptations; and then you shall find that
your condition is never opposed to your
own good, but really consistent with it.
Year: 1865

TRAVEL TO EURoPE.--It appears that the
travel to Europe this summer will be something
extraordinary. We understand that the State
Department issued seven hundred passports to
travellers last month, and over three hun
dred for the past twelve days Of the current
month While thousands of people who intend
TO become permanent residents Of the United
States are on their way from Europe, thousands
of those who 60 to the other side Of the Atlantic
merely for recreation and sightseeing are on
the wing from this country. For the past few
years the annual pilgrims to Europe did not
care much to pay their usual visit, for Ameri-
cans were rather looked down upon there, but
now they go, representing great tree and
powerful country, with all the pride which an
ancient Roman felt when he was wont to pro-
claim wherever he went, ~ am Roman citi-
zenp Americans this year will be lions among
the lions in every country In Europe
Year: 1865

from without inwards, and the smaller the
sooner they are melted.


Bread and butter" and milk, are the only
two articles of food which have all the ele-
ments of nutrition; hence from childhood 10
extreme old age we are never tired of them.
Halls Journol Of Health.
Year: 1865

Close me curtains, closer I'M
Shut me in my breathing bed,
Folded round my sleepless head
Let the darkness darker be,
While dream Of one away
who transformed my soul to-day
Into bOundless ecstacy.
All the room know is gloom,
And the thickly bolted door
Lockoth out all sounds about
Sounds that move me now no more;
Eyon my night lamp has expired.
And there is no ray OF light,
Not the feebest that the sight
Can clutch or chance upon to right
My guesses as to time of night
Yet, still closer, close me, SO,
Let the darkness darker grow,
That from out this square of blackness,
Thick with bliss,
may carve each perfect feature
of the only living creature
Who could change me like to this.
Now nothing hate or dread
so peaceful falleth life,
And all Of fear and all Of strife
Lies harmless as the dead
Dead in the ecstacy of newborn life
Her life, my life;
Two lives, one life;
Till now unknown, yet now so known,
Our spirits as one essence loveward soar,
As If twin born, twin bred, twin fated, evermore,
No sculptor's hand with genius nerved divine
Now equals mine;
No stone Of rare antique
Or wonder modelled Greek.
Lives like the likeness that my memories might
Carve from the blackness of the kindly night
And as lie in all this sweet unrest,
BY her possessed,
Pity all tie world, save me, unblest,
And wonder why
High crowned ambition, wisdom, power. pride,


pelf.
Should seem so poor to my exalted self!-Hogs
Journal
Year: 1865

The colored waters that are used in
sealing letters are all poisonous, as the
coloring matter contains poisonous ingre>
dients. Those colored blue and violet
are the least Injurious, and those colored
yellow the most so.
Year: 1865

Tue SLAIN PET.-Several years ago,


an English gentleman was travelling on


horseback, accompanied by his faithful
dog. Stopping at noon 10 rest and re-
fresh himself he fell asleep under the
shade, of sheliering tree. Suddenly
starting from his repose, be mounted bis
steed and rode away. Soon after the dog
came to his side, and making the widest
signs of distress, alarmed his master with
the terrible fear OF hydrophobia. He
drew his pistol and pierced the favorite
animal with bullet. The pet disap-
peared, and at the same moment he dis
covered that he had left his portmanteau.
Returning to the tree under whose foil
age be slept, be found the devoted watch
err lying in his blood on the saddle bags,
and in death giving token of bis satisfac-
Iion that the lost property was found
NO language could express the regret
and self reproach of the man. A shadow
haunted his path the rest of bis life in
the memory OF that scene.


How will it be when parents, whose
mpety has ruined their cherished off
ipring, whose lore has inflicted the wound
If the second death upon the soul, meet
1t the bar of God But more than this
when the rejecters of Jesus shall look
IN him whom they pierced, and wall
because OF mm, what must be the un-
ounded depth Of remorseful anguish, and
he 'bIackness of darkness the deed will
ast over the eternal pathway, if mere
Incident among tbe'things seen and tems
,oral SO wounds and overshadows the |
ensitive heart?


Men talk of the nature Of perdition as
anything could add to the agony of that
emorse which a sinners treatment OF the
rucfied Lamb of God will infict at
ast as if material fires were more ter
ible than such internal elements of sut-
sring.-Amerieaa Messenger.
Year: 1865

The Copperhead Press is already agitatine
in favor of admitting leading Rebels to Con.
gress. They insist in spite Of the broad pro.
vision of the Constitution to the contrary,
that Congress has no right to decide upon the
qualifications of its own members.


The leading organs of the party in the east
and west ere taking bold ground on the sub.
ject, and the BESroS soldier wing of the party
will fall into line as soon as the election is
over, and in three years from this time will
be throwing up their hats for JEFF. DAVIS OF
GEN. LEE, as among the great leaders of their
party. The Missouri Republican, in the
course of an article on the subject, says that
''in strictness Congress has no right to refuse
admission to any person to whom admission
is not refused by the Constitution.


The Constitution does not refused amissor
to horse thief or. traitor, but under the
Constitution the first should be sent to the
penitentiary and the other to Kingdom
come,f but suppose they are sent to Con
gress instead; is it possible that Congress has
no right or power to refuse them admission
The right has been exercised by Legislative
bodies from time immemorial, and has never
been denied in England or this country ex
cept by the advocates of despotsm.


But the New York Commercial which is in
more direct interest with the traitor leaders
treats the act of Congress, which is the law OF
the land, as a nullity, and would nullify alike
the Constitution and the laws, and take away
the power of Congress for the sake of resto
ring its rebel friends to power again. 1t says


The oath imposed by Congress was military
necessity" in time Of war, when IL was necessary
and even vital TO know who were sound and loyal
and to keep out of Office all who would use theil
position to thwart the legitimate purposes of the
Government emharrass Ms action, give encour-
agement to its enemies. The oath belongs to Wal
legislation. Its day has passed The laws rend
cred necessary by the great struggle in which ",
were engaged are among the curiosties of ths
past They have served their purpose, and they
find no place in the of peace. The duty o.
this day is to repair what has been wasted, to re
cognire the end of hostilities by breaking dowI
the barriers that were erected between the Nortl
and the South between the loyal and the traitor
There is more place reason for the test oath
and for the suspension of hoJeos corpus, than fol
trade restrictions already brushed away. or pass
ports across the border, North and South. AL
alike belong to a different order of things, to ar
ef,te legislation.


But the President still suspends the hdbca
corpus and arrests Copperheads and Rebels
and orders military commissions to try them
And the law still stands on the statute book
requiring test oath of all members of Con
gress and all Federal officers, and this law vii
not be repealed for two wears to come


What say the BENTON soldiers to the Cop
perhead programme? Is BENTON in favo
of it?
Year: 1865

The public will bear in mind that there will
be a Union meeting tonight, on the corner OF
Main and Eighth streets. All the candidates
on the Soldiers and Loyal Citizens Union
Ticket will be on hand to speak to the people.
Chaplain Teter and Geo. W. McCrary are
also expected to address the crowd.


This will be next to the last meeting we
shall hold before the election, and we hope to
see general turn out
Year: 1865

UNION MEETNGs.-The contest goes brave
ly on, and the heavens are bright with the
promise of victory.


Chaplain Teter made most effective and
telling speech to full house at Buena Vista
last evening. The soldier boys and ladies,
and civilians were out "numerously," and
were alive to the Importance Of the work to
be done Tuesday. The "boys in blue in
that locality can't see the beauty of copper
headism even when it "Possum.
Year: 1865

associations, W lose constant care aud special
work II shall be to see that no Union sold
ier's widow or orphans want the comforts
Of life, and no crippled or invalid soldier
has personal reason to feel that republics
are unorateful. And would like to urge
further, that every township and city hold
stated annual meeting-on the b oil
july. when no Other day shall be deemed
preferable- inquire and consider wheth'
or this duty hos been fully discharged.


have small faith Ia aims giving, save 10
exceptional cases. 1t is not benevolent, it
il wrong. to support any one in idleness
who is able to work. If some weak, rich
pbilanthropist were TO leave by will two
dimes per day to every adult, and one to
every child that would appear to claim his
bounty, he would thereby have done far
more harm than good. So much for So
much il the inexorable law of the universe,
which man is simpotent to evade. He who
would rather live on another's bounty than
by bis own honest labor, is fool 10 intel
lect and q slave in soul. 1t could make
every rich person 10 America open wide his
purse. and give therefrom dollar TO every
one who might ask for it would not
Far from me be any such debaucbery OF the
poor


But our Union soldiers and their fami
lies, but especially our disabled heroes, have
claims on our sense of justice hat may not
be evaded Here is one who enlisted on
the tidings Of the frst shot fred at Sumter,
or 10 response to the call after Ball Kun,
receiving no bounty, and discarding vo-
cation which gave him competence for
the rude chances of the bivouac and the
battlefield at thirteen or sixteen dollars
per month and he has returned minus a
leg or an arm. witha crippled hand, or with
bullet in bis side, wherein he receives a
pension Of eight dollars per month. Can
you consider this man as devoid of claim
upon you as though he had been thus dis.
ahled in bar.room scuffle or a midnight
orgie


No, my friends You ome this man some
thing. over and above what is ever due
from prosperity to misfortune. You owe
him your best endeavcrs to secure him the
bes, chance to work ard earn that he is now
able TO embrace. You owe him a constant
solicitn1e for his welfare and for that of his
wife and children. You owe him lifelong
gra'itude-active and practical-for your
Liberty and Nationality preserved by his
valor. his peril his self-sacrifce. Never
let the moimed Union soldier feel that you
grudge him anything which he needs and
you can justly give him or do for him -
And your obligation can best be discharged
by concerted, sytema,c efforts by the whole
community to fulfill the obligation resting
equally, endnringly, on all.


Men and brethen let us all resolve to
consder--in our gatherings on the 4th Of
July next, when no other day shall be spec
tally designated for the purpose, our duty
to the surviving soldiers Of the Union, es.
pecially the disa bled, and to the widows and
children of those who have given their lives
to their country.
Year: 1865

GETTING MARRIED UNDER ADVERSELY. -
Three or four times a couple appeared be.
foro clergyman for marriage but the
bridegroom was drunk, and the reverend
gentleman refused to tie the knot, On
the last occasion he expressed his surprise
that SO respectable looking girl was not
ashamed 10 appear at the altar with man
10 such a state, The poor girl burst into
tears. and said she could not belpit. "And
why, pray ~ Because, sir, he won't
come when he Is sober"