smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

1t is difficult to say what time, what in
terest may not effect. Nations have she'd
each others blood like water on fields Of
battle. They have covered the ocean with
the wrecks Of their naval engagements and
the bodies Of their seamen. These things
may be ex xpiated. may be forgiven, may
at last be fargotten; bat deeds like those
by which the Nerthern States are making
their present war with the South singulsr
and execrahle among the worst and blood
lest annals Of mankind, can never be for
given or forgotten. The moment any idea
Of reconciliation is entertained these dread
fuI memories win rise up like spectre be-
tween The two parties, and forbid every at
tempt at reconciliation, unless founded on
absolute independence on the one side,
and complete renunciation Of every claim


to obedience on the ether.


| No one can presume to say what are the
reyerses and vicissitudes which fortune,
not yet satisfied with the sufferings Of tho
American people, has in store for either
party. But the information which has Just
reached US makes it abuniantDy evident, il
ii were not so before, that the choice hence
forth for the South is between victory and
determination, for The North between peace
and ruin--ruin certain if the war is pro-
iracteJ. as it easily may be, to . point
which will leave the President without q
revenue and without an army--ruin still
more certain and complete il the wicked
aspirations Of fanatical hate be accomplish
ed. and the Central Government, already
triumphant over the liberties Of the North,
shall obtain as the prize Of success the un-
enyiable duty Of holding down, under the
heel Of military despotism, the struggling
and palpitating remalns Of what were oaee
the Southern States. q /
Year: 1863

How TO CLEAN SEED-WuEAT.-I know,
from long experience, that washing the seed
in brine rs strong as IL can be made, will
prevent smut; it will also enable tho farm.
er to skim out light wheat, chess, and almost
anything elsc that may be in tho seed, the
strong brine bringing II to the surface much
better than mere water. The wheat should
while in the brine, be stirred as long as any
foul wheat rises {; one bushcl at once in q
barrel is sufficient with plenty of brine
then dip brine and wheat into q basket
When drained few minutes, empty on q
clean floor: take the same brine for another
batch, and so on until you have as much as
you wish to sow that day; and sft on good
Stacked lime gradually, while another per
son follows around the heap and stirs it with
shovel; put on lime until the wheat will
not stick together; then let il be sown and
Immediately covered; The lime will thcr
continue to stick to the wheat, and be Q
good manure.-Comtry Gentleman.
Year: 1863

But you must bo half iamishcd. Permit me
to order you some dinncr-tho best tho house
can Afford"


at Is highly necessary" I replied, some.
what sullenly.


"You required q proof of my lovc. l
have given you the best in MY power by rum
away with you"


ga fine proof! Any one else could have
done 80 much"


"Thcn why did no ono clso think Of doing
90? But have yet to give you proof of
my esteem, and this I do by retiring. Suffer
me to pay my respects to you in tho morn
ing"


"Go now," said I half laughing.


He left mo and the next morning We
werc married.


This is tho whole Of my abduction. 1t
was dangerous frolic, must confess, and
you will be better pleased with what follows.
I have persuaded my husband to buy Grange
Hall, and we intend to settle down among
you and eschcw the follies Of that gay world
which suit his feelings no better than they
do mine.


Thus ended Katcs narrative.


The happy couple arc now living among
us yet veritablo Darby and Joan surrounded
by q large family Of lovely children. Highly
popular among their neighbOrs, their chiei
joys arc in the attractions and pleasures of o
home. celebrated through tho whole country
for hospitality, and considered as model
homo for all young couples.


Such is the pleasant conclusion to Kate
Osborno's clopcmcnt.
Year: 1863

It is not common practice, we think, to
give sal. to swine occasionally, while every
farmer would consider il prime duty to Of.
fer it to his neat stock, horses and sheep, as
often as once week. To be sure tho swine
get little compared with the amount given
to other animals. In proportion to their
weight, why do they not need as much salt
rs the other stock on the farm? We find
an article going tho rounds Of the papers
upon the use Of salt for fattening swine
The writer states that he "selected two pairs
of barrow hogs weighing 200 each. One
pair received, with their daily allowance Of
food, two ounces of salt; the other, similar.
ly fed, none. In the course Of o week II
was easily seen that the saltcd pair had
much stronger appetite than the others, and
after fortnight it was increased to two
ounces apiece. After four months, the
weigh, of the salted hogs was $50 pounds,
while that of the unsaltcd, five weeks later,
reached only 300 pounds. The experiment
was repeated with almost precisely the same
results"


If such should prove to bo the general re.
suit, most farmers have not gained all tho
good advantages they might havo done from
the food fed out. FROM the example cited
there is no indication that the salt excited n
morbid appetite, and produced unnatural
flesh and fat. OF course sound Judgment
must be exercised in the usc of salt, as we'll
as of grain or any other food. Another neg.
lect of svinc-and sometimes 1t must bc a
cruel ono-is that Of not giving them a
plentiful supply of pure cold water. Why
it is supposed that the hog should not need
water as we'll as the cow and sheep is more
than wo can tell. They do require it. When
water is not given them, although fed with
swill, they will drink heartily of the water
collected in the yard or barn-cellar, after
visiting their trough several times, and find.
ing it empty and dry. Nothing is moro
grateful to them in hot day than bucket
of cold water, drank from clean, sweet
trough. We trust that farmers will give at.
tention to tho matter, and ascertain for
themselves whether our suggestions are valu.
able or not.-N f.. Farmer.
Year: 1863

To PRorEcr DRIED FRUIT FROM WORMS
It is said that dried fruit put away with q
little sassafras bark (say large handful to a
bushel,) will keep for years, unmolested by
these troublesomd little insects which so Of.
ten destroy hundreds Of bushels in season
The remedy is cheap and simple.
Year: 1863

DIt is q mistake to suppose that news.
papers should bc dropped as soon asa politi-
cal campaign is over. It is the constant
reading of paper which gives an insight to
its true principle, and carries conviction
In nino cases out Of ten those who havo
campaign papers for fow weeks only beforo
election, read them with their minds full OF
prejudice and their wills stcclcd to believe
nothing which they contain, and the amount
of good effected Is small compared with what
Il might bc under other circumstances
Now is the time to subscribe for political pa
pcrs; no who follows them carefully along
till tho election, will hardly fail to vote
right in tho great contest rapidly coming on.
Year: 1863

tobacco, and were making THAR escape ovsr
Clineh mountain as rapidly as their hsTsss could
carry them. It is also reported that Ger. Pc
gTam with three or four hundred cavalry had
crossed the river at the sams time ths enemy
did at point tive miles from them, and had also
caught M vi h than
Year: 1863

We suggest, says Wilkes Spirit, TO the
working Democracy of the North, whom their
office broking leaders are endeavorng to dra
racy, battle cry for the Hext campaign. Let
the text of the campaign be, ssWages for La
bor - and let them bear in mind, that the in
stant this principal s fully recognized, vast
region will be opened to them which has bith-
erto been usurped by the negro and his lord
ly master. We want the Southern country
opened up to white labor, and the only way to
accomplish that is to secure wages to all labor
The lordly idlers, who live upon the work of
other men, will then gladly employ the labor
which is most profitable and the best. As for
the negroes, they will go largely into the
standing army of the country, and as it is a
well known fact that soldiers do not reproduce
themselves, large portion of the problem of
their future will be clearly solved. Let the
true Democracy. therefore, rally to the cry of
s'Wages for laborl'' 1t is the only one which
is worthy of their name and principles it will
do more, by its very sound, to defeat the Nor-
thern miscreants who are endeavoring to mis-
lead them to the support of Southern aristoc-
racy and treason, than all other arguments
combined. The opposition to the text will
come solely from aristocrats and traitors
for the separation of the Democratic masses
from their Infamous leaders that could be ap-
piled. "Wages for labor.''
Year: 1863

A Danish writer speaks of hut SO misers-
BILE that it didn't know which way to fall and
so kept standing. This is like the man that
had such q complication of diseases that ts
did not know vbst TO die OF, spd so lived on.
Year: 1863

cial affinity, inclined to sustain your 40
nestle laws, if by possibility they might
be with. safety to the Union


HMonths of experience and Of observa-
ton have forced the conviction that the
existence of slavery is incompatible with
the safety either Of yourselves or OF the
Union. As the system has gradually grown
to its present huge dimensions, IT were best
if it could be gradually removed; but it is
better, far better, that it should be taken
out at once, than that it should longer
vitiate the social, political and family re-
lations of your country. l am speaking
with no philanthropic views as regards the
slave, but simply of the effect of slavery
ON the matter. See for yourselves.


HLook around you and say whether this
saddening, deadeniug influence has not all
but destroyed the very framework OF your
society.


"I am speaking the farewell words Of one
who has shown his devotion to his country
at the peril Of his life and fortune, who in
these words can have neither hope nor in
terest, save the good of those whom be ad-
dresses and let me here repeat, with all
| the solemnity Of an appeal to Heaven to
boar nc wtUnessi that such arc the views
forced upon me by experience.


1 Come, then, TO the unconditional sup
y,--. - sL.V 49, Fs.hsS-s--t-s---.-
own hands your own institutions remodel
them according to the laws Of nations and
of God, and thus attain that great pros
perity assured to you by geographical Po
sition, only a portion Of which was hereto
| fore yours.
| BENJAMIN F. BUTLER
Year: 1863

In the House of Representatives, on
Monday, Mr.. Blake of Ohio introduced the
following resolution:


Rssolued That this House earnestly de-
sires the most speedy and effectual meas
ure taken to put down the rebellion; that
any proposition for peace or cessation of
hostilities at this time on any terms other
than an unconditional submission Of the
rebels now in arms against the Govern
Uent to the requirements of the COnstitu-
ton and the laws, would be pusilanimous
and traitorous; that the members Of this
House do hereby give the most earnest
assurances to the people Of the United
States that they will cheerfully cooperate
with the President as Commander-in-
Chief Of the Army and Navy in any meas
ure he may deem proper, sanctioned by
the Constitution and the laws Of civilized
warfare, to strengthen the military power
of our gallant soldiers in the field defend
ing the Government, and to weaken that
Of the enemy laboring to destroy it.


Resolved, That the only alternative Gov
ernment can or ought at this time to offer
to rebels, is, submit or be conquered.


Mr.. Vallsndigham objected and the res
olution laid over for discussion.
Year: 1863

At the late meeting Of the State Agri-
cultural Society, Mr.. Jones, the President,
alluded to the recent action Of Congress
setting apart portion Of the public lands
for the endowment of State Agricultural
Colleges, in terms Of warm commenda-
ton. He said that the number of acres
aecruing to Ohio was $50 1000, which ought
to yield s68OOOO. The law provides for
the endowment of one OF more colleges, the
amount of sale Of the land to be invested
in bonds bearing not more than i've per
cent. interest, which shall be a permanent
fund.


The speaker said it was difhcultto deter
mine how the institution should be man
aged. It cannot be by q corporation, for
II is g SUgUe Institution He feared, on
this account, that the grand object Of the
action Of Congress would he defeated, and
the munifcent endowment place it under
the control and enlist it in the service Of
political parties. II had been suggested
that the members Of the State Board Of
Agriculture should be made by law Trus-
tees Of the College. II this is done, he
would recommend making the number Of
members Of the Board nine instead Of ten,
as at present. Then two additional Trus-
tees should be appointed by the Governor
and confirmed by the Senate, so that the
State should be represented.


All the agricultural colleges in Oul
country have been on the manual lsboring
principle-where the farmers son could be
taught to plow, and the like, things thai
he could learn at home What we want is
acollege where all the sciences at all re-
lated to agriculture are taught With
such q course of study, it would contribute
largely 10 the devotion Of these engaged in
agricultural pursuits. It must be i'm
pressed on the mind that it will cost nc
more to raise sixty bushels to the acre thar
thirty-that no more land should bt
planted BY the farmer thsn he can fully
cultivate The marked difference between
the profit Of farming in England anC
America lies in this fact-that there they
cannot afford TO occupy more land thai
they can properly till Now these facts
in which lies the success Of farming, ca1
best be disseminated through such an in
stitution as may be secured by the Con
gressional appropriation.
Year: 1863

Further accounts from Ohio show
that the wheat prospect, except few ex
posed neighborhoods never looked better
than at the present time, while the ether
grains and the grass crop promise large
returns The Summit County Beacon
says:


Everything in the fruit line, both large
and small, is blossoming out to the fullest
extent, and unless a late severe frost or
some other unfortunate calamity should
intervene. a growth of fruit will be gath
cred in Ohio greater than eveES oefere IN
q single season
Year: 1863

The Washington City Chronicle
was started by Forney undes the aus
pices of certain patriotic gentlemen,
who were "stealing themselves rich in
the name of liberty 1t, Of course,
is for prosecuting the war indefinitely.
TO give it prestige Forney claims that
his Chronicle is the Administration
organ. That claim is denied by the
Washingto City National Republican,
= which berates the Chronicle for its or
gan assumption in the following style:


"THE CONTRACTORS ORGAN PUT
TING ON A1Rs.--A morning paper
which cameinto existence on Govern
ment plunder, and has never lived up
on anything else since, except the ten
cent piece which it exacted from the
poor soldiers of the Army of the Po


tomac for SO many of it's copies, comes
to the rescue of the dear public against
news paragraph which we published
a few days since, and which it did not
dare to copy or steal, as it usually
does. The article in question is sim
ply tissue of blackguardism and lies,
and the writer knew he lied when he
wrote it. That is not all. He knows
that we know he lies, and that we
know that he knows that we know he
lies. So far as our official relations
with. the Government are concerned,
it is o matter between the Government
and ourselves, and is not a subject for
public discussion, Notwithstanding the
contractors organ sees fit to introduce
the matter into the article alluded to.
Year: 1863

We are permitted to publish the fol-
lowing letter received by gentleman
in this county from a relation in the
army. As will be seen upon perusal
Of the letter, the soldiers are not all
going to vote against Vallandigham.
The letter also shows what mean, dirty
and contemplate tricks some Aboli-
tionists resort to, in their efforts to
convey the impression that the soldiers
regard Vallandigham as their enemy.
When the soldiers know that Vallan-
digham is in favor OF peace only on a
restoration of the Union as it was, and
that an effort should be made to settle
our national difficulties without fur
ther bloodshed, if possible, they will
regard him as a much better friend
than any miserable, fanatical Aholi-
zionist who is determined that the war
shall be prosecuted until slavery is
abolished, regardless of all other cons
siderations, The soldiers have not
such an exalted opinion of the ''sweet
scented African" as some of the stay
at-home Abolition patriots have, and
they will not feel willing to endure all
the hardships and dangers incident to
a soldiers life for no other purpose
than to free negroes, and to place
them on an equality with themselves,
and to crafty the malice and hate the
Abolitionists feel towards the South:
- Circleville Democrat.


..' MCMINNyILLE, Tenn, /
Year: 1863

This officer, who was completely cxonerated
by the court of inquiry for which he called 10
examine his conduct in the evacuation Of Win.
chester, has received twenty days leave Of ab-
sence. is understood that the delay In the
PRONUNCIATION of the record Of the court relates
to the officers ceusurcd by the Judge Advocate
General,
Year: 1863

To KEEP BUTTER SwEEr.-Iu May or
June, when butter is plenty, work it thor
oughly two or three times, and add at tho
last working one grain of salpetre and
teaspoonful of loaf sugar to each pound of
butter. Pack it tightly in stone jars to
within two inches Of the top, and fill the
remaining space with brine. Cover the
jars tightly, and bury them in the cellar
bottom, where tho butter will keep unhurt
for long time.
Year: 1863

Dearest love, do you remember
When we last did meet,
How you told me that you loved me,
Kneeling at my feet1
o how proud you stood before me.
In your suit Of blue,
When you vowed TO me aud country
Ever to be true.
CHoRUs-Weeping, sad and lonely,


Hopes ana fears, how vain,


Yet praying when this cruel war is ovor


Pray ng that we meet again.
When the summer breeze is signing
Mournfully along
Or when autumn leaves are falling,
Sadly breaths the song
Oft IN dreams I see thee lying
On the battle plain,
Lonely, wounded, even dying,
Calling but in vain.
II amid the din of battle
Nobly you should fall.
Far away from those who love you.
None to hear you call.
Who would wispcr words Of comfort,
Who would sooth your paint
All the many cruel fances
Ever in my brain.
But our count ry called you darling.
Angels cheer your way.
While our nations sons are ighting
We can only pray.
Nobly strike for God and Union,
Let all nations see
How we love our starry banner,
Emblem of the free.
Year: 1863

The progress of the war has developed
the ability of our soldiers to surmount al.
most any physical obstacle, and to live in
places hitherto regarded as uninhabitable.
Now we learn that not only is the Great
Dismal Swamp habitablo but even salubri-
Gus, according to the war correspondent Of
the Philadelphia Press, who says:


the name of the Great Dismal Swamp
starts feeling Of ill-defncd dread and
horror in the breasts of those who have
become acquainted with its soft and Shiny
labyrinths only through the medium of
romance. 1t is impossible to conceive of
any one but black, herculcan, enthusias-
tic Dred who could exist amid the noxious
miasmas Of the Great Dismal Swamp
They believe man who attempts to live
beneath the shade ofupas-like trees is sure
as destiny of certain death. Yet this great
Dismal Swamp is actually, is occupied by
our soldiers, and is pronounced salubrious
by our surgeons. The l77th Pennsylva-
MIA regiment went there with almost two
hundred on the sick list, and now they
scarcely two dozen. This is miraculous,
when we consider how they have to con-
tend against frogs, snakes, lizards and
wood-ticks. The Salt Sulphur Springs of
magnolia were favorite resort of the
creme de la c'ene of Virginia and North
Carolina; yet this beautiful watering place
is almost upon the margin Of what 1 would
call the northwest lobe of the swamp, on
the road leading from Suffolk to Ports.
mouth. Juniper water alone can be found
in the depth of this waste. 1t is of light
claret color, and very wholesome.
Year: 1863

The rapid increase in the wholesale and
jobbipg trade of our city is a marvel even
to those who profit by it. During the
past year it has nearly or quite doubled,
and that now some of our wholesale houses
are unable to meet the wants of the coun-
try tributary to the city. Country mer-
chants who formerly done their trading
farther East, are now satisfied that they
can trade to better advantage in Keo-
kuk than any other point in the State.-
There is not sufficient variety here.
however. Merchants in the interior have
passed through Keokuk aud soupht sup-
plies in Chicago, solely because they could
not find here q sufficient variety from
which to select an entire stock of suoh
goods as the country required. And
could this be remedied We are con6den.
the business in every jobbing department
would b doubled during the next year.
Year: 1863

posal of the Administration, not tha
he loved his family less, only his coup.r,
more. And under oil the circumstances
whether iu victory or defeat, he never
waned in his support of our rulers, OF
lost faith in the justice and ultimate tri.
umph of our cause.


But again, be Was : moral man. He
governed his life by the strictest rules Of
moral rectitude. and always possessing
and governed by an active principle of
benevolence, careful Of the character and
welfare of others whenever. in the circle
of his acquaintance, he saw one stepping
aside from the path Of right or duty, and
entering upon course that might lead
to disgrace or infamy. be was always
FIRST to warn him of his danger and ex-
tend the helping hand to bring him back
to life Of virtue.


Better than all, he was Christian.-
he was of tha. highest style Ct man-s
Christian soldier. A sincere and 6rm be-
lever in the truths of Revelation, he
adopted them as his rule of action as
the standard BY which he measured his
life; and whether upon the battle Geld or
in camp be entertained his Christian in
tegrity, and expressed his firm sssuran-
ce that "if this earthly house Of bis tab
ernacle were dissolved he had q building
Of God, house not made with hands,
eternal in the heavens"


Seldom, never before, has it been our
fortunes to know = young man who was
possessed of SO many admirable traits OF
character and so few bIemishes one 50
beloved 10 his life and regret.
ted in his death, BY all that knew him, as
was Capt. Elbsrt.


An accomplished scholar, genial COM
papion, an eassest patriot, an affectionate,
dutiful son, kind and tender brother, an
upright citizen. brave soldier, an efi-
cient, talented ohcer, and sincere Chris.
tian. His life Was gentle and the ele-
ments


10 mixed In him that nature might aand mp


And cay to ALL the world, this vas nan


Such as he was, We have lost him. His
name is another 10 be added to the long
list of the noble dead Of the psesent var.
ne furnishes another tie to bind US to
the country and the cause for which be
offered up his life. God forbid that his
life and example should be ip va,n that
We should sal,ss in cause consecrated By
his death. Aye, the war has cost our
people far too much for Us to harbos a
thought of anything but success.


In a quiet and secluded spot. near the
home of his parents, IN Van Buren,, amid
the sorrowful attention OF . large and
fearful crowd, consigned We to dust the
body Of our noble young Captain, mourn
ing the mortal. but confident that the
immortal was at rest in the bosom of his
Father and his God.


SAN NJ. CLARK.


kEoKUK, Oct. IL, 1868.
Year: 1863

A portion of our County TiOket-pos-
sibly all of twill be elected by home
vote. The gain over last year on the
home vote is between 600 and 700 in the
county, three fourths Of which was made
in this township.