smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

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chanan is an old gentleman seme seventy years
of age, standing six feet ere or two inches in


his bachelor stockings, of florid ard rather hec-
| tic complexion, and With hair white and glisten-
ing as tee glass threads in the glass tails of the
glass birds of paradise made in Barnums


scum by an ingenious OPERATOR rs manners
are extremely courteous and affable, more es-
pecially to women, with whom he delights to


converse on the small scandals and bohea gos-


sip of the capital There is something stately
and mournful in his isolation, for | believe he


has not one familiar friend Except, perhaps, the
Pitts, of Philadelphia, who are more like hum
BILE retaners) on the surface of the foot-stoo-
Even his niece is addressed by him as Miss
Harriet; and, priding himself on conscientious
coldness, he gets along as best he can withous
sympathy or consolation. Never has there been
in the White House more laborious occupant;
be reposes no confidence even in his Cabinet
officers, but insists on first reading every paper
which they put before him for signature. He
seldom leaves the house for exercise and air, but
spends twelve sixteen hours a day in dis
charging drudgeries of detail, which might
much better be left to the care of subordinates
in the departments. Again and again, on every
possible occasion he disarows with contempt and
ridicule bis supposed aspirations for a second
term of Office. Two old men, he says, myself
and Lewis Cass, if we live so long, will quit this
city on the 9th of March, 1861, with much
lighter and less burdened hearts than we bore
with US On coming here In spite of all mental
and bodily pecularities there is grandeur Of
desolaticn in this old mans life"
Year: 1859

l female is in trouble afflicted with disease and re-
qure medical surgical aid the inquiry should be where
is there physician who is fully competent to administer
relief whose knowledge of the female system perfect
and who thoroughly understands the application of medi
cine to disease and whose scientific atanmens in
ry have made him pre-eminent in his profession, and
whose respectable standing in society, recommends him
to the confidence of the community. Unless these and
many questions be satisfactorily answered. the
afflicted should pause before consulting any Consid-
ering these things in their true light the celebrated J.
YOUNG, corner of Montgomery and California streets has
concluded to advertise his place of business to the public
stating that he has been professor of obstetrics and e
male diseases for the last fourteen years and is fully quail
ied to administer in all Diseases both medically and
gicay, not in a superficial manner, but in thorough
manner years of study and pracce-both in hospitals
and private families make therefore, families can
rely upon him father All in afiction find in him
who sympathize with, and berend them in roub.
lie, one in whose secrecy the utmost confidence be
placed Come all ye that afflicted and in trouble and
you will be relieved cured Apartments privately ar
arranged to preclude the possibility of exposure


N bah letters incosing $40 will receive prompt at
tention and the best advice aud instruction.


j. c. YOUNG NJ. D.


Corner of Montgomery and California streets up stairs
opposite Wells, Fargo, & Co.'S Express Office.
Year: 1859

CTATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Ncva-
- da District Court Of the 14th judicial District
said State.


The People of the State of California; to j. W. SIMPSON
Greeting -


You are hereby summoned TO appear and answer the
complaint of GEORGE J. PHILLIPS, filed against you
within ten days from the service of this writ if served
you in this county, within twenty days served you in
this District and out of this county and within forty days
if served you in the State and out of this district in an
action commenced the 6t day of November A. d. 1865
in said Court for the recovery of Six hundred and ninety
nine dollars and eight cents due the said plaintiff from
said defendant upon certain promissory note bearing
date June lst 1857 with interest thereon at the rate of
two and onehalf per cent per month till paid and for
monies advanced and paid out by the plaintiff aforesaid
at the special instance and request and for the and
benefit ofsad defendant set forth in the original
pant file in the Office of the Clerk of said District Court
certified copy of which accompanies this And
you hereby notified that you fail to said CON-
plant as herein directed, plaintiff will take judgment
against you therefor by default together with all
suit and also demand Of the Court such other relief
prayed for in his said complaint.


In testimony whereof l. Rufus Shoemaker
(">) Clerk of the District Court aforesaid do here
( seal unto set my hand and impress the seal If said
WI Court, at Office, in the City of Nevada this Sth
day of November A. d. 1855


RUFUS SHOEMAKER, Clerk.
Rv WN ufv Cprk
Year: 1859

OTATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Neva-
- da-ss District Court Of the 14th Judicial District of
said State. The People of the State Of California, TO
FREDERICK SCHOTTE Greeting -


You are hereby summoned to appear and answer the
complaint of NJ BERWIN filed against you, within ten
days from the service of this writ if served you in this
county, within twenty days if served you in this Dis
trct and out of this county and within forty days if
ed you in the State and out of this District in
tion commenced the Sth day of November A. D. 1858
in said Court for the recovery of five hundred and thirty
three dollars and twenty-five cents (S53325) due said
plaintiff from the said defendant for Goods. Wares and
Merchandise sold and delivered by the plaintiff to the de-
endant at his special instance and request between the
23d day of August A. d. 1858 and the 18th day of October
A. d. 1855 set forth in the original complaint to said
action file in the Clerks Office of the 4th judicial Dis
tric in and for the County of Nevada certified copy of
which accompanies this Summons. And you are hereby
notified that If you fail to said complaint herein
directed Plaintiff will take Judgment against you therefor
by default together with all costs of suit and also demand
of the Court such other relief prayed for in his said
complaint.


In testimony whereof Rufus Shoemaker Clerk of the
(o-) District Court aforesaid, do hereunto
( seal set my hand and impress the seal of
WI said Court at Office in the city of Neva-


da this 9th day of Nov. A. Ii. 1858.


RUFUS SHOEMAKER, Clerk.
Year: 1859

The Grass Valley anti-cursing club, met
and made an appropriation of part Of their
funds. The club bought a pew in the Con-
rregational church; and intend to contribute
to a painting with the balance.-.Nerada
National.


The aE5vc iTa novel way to raise funds
to purchase church pews. Every member
of the club is fined twenty-five cents every
time be utters an oath. The plan is good
one. aud seems to thrive if such club
was got up in Napa, ana the fine imposed
for every drunk, they would soon be able
to buy churchful of pews, and add conside'
rablc to their respectability.-N0pG He aid
Year: 1859

SHALL THE Posi- OFFIcE DEPARrHEKr
TAKE THE BACK TRAcK-The Postmaster
General, in reply to the resolution of the
Senate inquiring whether the Department
can be made self sustaining, says that in no
case has the existing service been raised to
higher grade or more frequent mails been
granted than the increased growth and
business Of the cities and settlements through
which they pass seem fairly entitled to. Il
is evident by diminution of the service the
self sustaining of the department can un,
questionably be secured, but it is worthy Of
much consideration whether that would not
leave the mere skeleton Of postal service
commensurate with neither the business nor
the social wants Of the country. The POST
master General states that under the post
age law Of lS45 the revenues and expendi-
lures were about equal. Since the passage
of the law Of 1851, fixing the present rates,
the excess in expenditures has been regu-
larry and largely increasing. These facts
obviously suggest, if Congress is determined
to make the Department self.sustaining,
that the surest means Of doing so would be
to return to the law Of lS45, or FIVE cents.
postage for distances under, and ten cents
for distances over 5000 miles-hence he
favOrs the passage of bill introduced into
the Senate at former session. This. to.
gether with his suggestive amendment in,
regard to the mode of inviting proposals
for carrying the mails, and substituting
postage stamps for the franking privilege,
would render the department. self sustain-
ing in all that relates to its regular aud
proper operations. igHa
Year: 1859

r-The work of improvement and adornment
is going on with energy in our beautiful "Wood
land" Ifthe weather continues moderate the
main carriage avenue around the Cemetery will
be completed this winter. We are pleased to
note, in this connection, that a great many o
our citizens are putting their lots in a condi
tion TO make beautiful show in the spring
Woodland Cemetery is destined to be one Of
the most beautiful in the world II certainly
has location superior to any we have evei
visited, and time is only wanted to put it in .
condition with the most noted.
Year: 1859

III Christopher's Auction House, corner {
jefferson and Market, is q curiosity In the
way of variety style and cheapness. There
may be found almost every article in the dry
goods, notion. toy and miscellaneous item line
It would take about a column Of closely prin
ted matter to invoice Jesse's goods. 90 varied,
various and full is his stock. He is making
extensive preparation for Holiday goods, and
is determined 10 have everything which viii
be attractive for the little and big folks. 4
visit to his store will be profitable TO those VIII,
desire variety in the useful and pleasing, ant
wish to purchase at low prices for cash.
Year: 1859

BJ' This morning we had both frost and
freeze. The vegetables which had resisted the
efforts of Jack Frost, Esq, caved this morning,
and what little green color .hey had was ta'
ken out of them. We make this note of the
weather to simply to post those far away who
are continually wondering what kind of wealth
er we have in Dayton
Year: 1859

GrA teasPOOuiul Of salt and tsasPOODful Of
mustard stirred quickly in teaeupful Of water,
and swallowed after any pOisin taken into the
stomach by accident, will instantly act as an
emetic. As soon after as the stomach is quiet
drink a cup of coffee, clear and strong, or swAl-
low the white Of an egg.
Year: 1859

LFThe fishermen have very curious way Of
catching FISH in the Rhone. They wade into
the water at night, with knife aud a water
tight lamp. They place the lamp under water,
aud the trout will soon follow il. As the tish
come up to the surface Of the water the fisher
man kills them with his knife. This is no fish
story, but veritable fact --PariS Cor. ". Y.
Iimea.


1t fish story, nevertheless, as II treats Of
fishing; and it treats ofRnother thing which we
cannot "see into" II was ascertained, on the
first trial-many years ago-that light will
not burn where the air is entirely excluded
There is no mistake about this; there can be no
exception to the general rule in this regard.
Science, however, may have invented some
plan by which air could be conducted to a lamp
under water; and it Is to be regretted that the
correspondent did not speak more fully about
Il. II the credibility of the story is to rest on
the scientific blunder about the light burning in
water proof land consequently air tight)
lamp, we infer it has poor basis We fear the
writer of that fish story has forgotten his first
lessons in philosophy yet he seems competent
to write interesting facts from the Old World,
for which he is doubtless paid round sum.
Year: 1859

CHEERrNG-Under this heading, a late
number of the San Diego Herald says:


A gentleman, in whose word we place the
most implicit reliance. has informed u.s. that
he has seen lettle from member of the
celebrated house of Rothschild in which the
latter speaks favorably of the great under
taking of uniting the Atlantic and Pacific by
means of railway. 1t is said he favored
the Southern Bailroad route from Memphis
to San Diego; and if our Government locates
it on this line the money to complete the
gigantic project will not be wanting.
Year: 1859

TIE private gardens of our citizens present
at this time beautiful appearance. In nu
merous enclosures surrounding private resi-
dences the delicate taste of woman is percep
tible in the green and fowery adornment:
that lend beauty to the sight and fragrance
to the air.
Year: 1859

THE annual exhibition of the Sacramento
City Schools was to have been given last
evening, at the Metropolitan Theater. The
Union says that last year there were at least
one thousand persons unable to gain admis-
sion, and this year a fee of fifty cents is to
be charged-the receipt to be placed in the
City School Fund.
Year: 1859

JoHN FISHER, late a pastry cook in the
Metropolitan Hotel, San Francisco, was ar
rested In that city on Wednesday for theft:
committed in the hotel. On his person were
found two hundred and fifty dollars, and a
certificate of deposite in the Mint of over
five hundred ounces of silver. In his trunk
were found various articles, supposed to have
been stolen from the Metropolitan Hotel
Year: 1859

DIR. GuysOtt's Improved Extract OF
YELLOW DOCK AND sARSAPARILLA is sure
remedy for HEREDITARY TAINT. Now is the time to
use this celebrated purifier Of the blood. 1t is the
great Spring Remedy, and the only medicine which
can efectualy cleanse the system from all impurities
Of the blood Thousands who have used it can testify
to ITS MIRACULOUS EFFECTS UPON THE BLOOD.
1t creates new, rich and pure blood carries off the
putrid humors cleanses the stomach, regulates the
bowels and imparts tone Of vigor to the whole body
DIR. GUKSOTT'S EXTRACT or YELLOW


DOCK AND SARSAPARLLLA,
As manufactured under the superintendent Of the
most celebrated chemist and physician In this country
is the ONLY SARSAPARILLA which will efectually
cleanse the system eradicate disease restore heal,
Thy action to all the functions Of the body and KEEP
THE BLOOD PURE.


For sale by all Druggists on the Pacific coast, and
by PARK WHITE, Agents,


1872 Washington street,


ap202m opposite the Market, San Francisco.
Year: 1859

INFLUENCE OF THE HUMAN VoIcE.-IIoW
greatly is pleasure promoted by the inter.
course of society, and that chiefly through
the medium of the tongue! How much in
f1uepce we have to lessen pain and grief in,
a fellow creature, by soothing words. of COM


fort and kindly tones Of expression 1t is
admitted that musical instruments invented
by men, have great effect upon the feelings;
but it is acknowledged also that the human
voice has much greater effect, either to rouse.
the violent, or to inspire the gentler passions.
Year: 1859

graced in the eyes of the country and the
world, (applause) and you know it. II high
Heaven should send down curses upon COM
munity to punish the evil doings of the ru-
lers, Delaware would have been sunk thirty
years ago lower than Tartarus. Why, fellow
citizens, is this so Does not the cries of a
dying man continually haunt you in your
midnight dreams and demand vengeance of
your troubled conscienceY l allude to the
disgraceful conduct of the opposition candi-
date for Governor. Years have passed away,
but still the voice of a murdered man cries
aloud for vengeance. allude to the individ-
ual who was cobbed to death on Dover Green
during the year 1872. Nodoubt many of you
look upon that tragedy as hoax and do not
appreciate the murder of human being, but
|, for one, feel the Importance of reprobatng
the bad actions Of men, no matter if the hand
of Time has partly obliterated them. SOL
dier of the war of 1912 had displeased the
commander drum-head Court Martial was
convened and he was tried and sentenced to
be cobbed with n thousand strokes. Fellow
citizens, do you know what the dreadful in
strument was with which this punishment
was inflicted? | will tell you. 1t is pad
die, with holes in it ; the culprit is partially
stripped and then his body is bent over a
drum, and the blows are inflicted by some
fellow who has ho mercy in him. Fellow-cit-
liens, what do you think of man who would
have such punishment inflicted upon human
being. Would you support him for the high
est office in your gift (Cries of ''no no'D
knew you wouldn't. l know you will show
by your votes that you are true. and consis-
tent men who are incapable of supporting a
candidate who would do such cruel deeds.


Fellow citizens, the man died, and was buri-
ed by the road side. / disentombed his bones,
and am a living witness of the truth of this
murder (true, true.) The author of this
atrocious deed is now a candida te, asking your
suffrages-will you support him (no, no.) !
knew you wouldn't. There is too much of
for man who would commit deliberate
murder. What kind of Governor would he
make The very thought makes me ashame d
of my native State, and the party once be-
longed to. But, fellow citizens, feel one con-
ISOLATION in the coming contest, and that is,
that you rally around me and show to the
world, that |, one Of the greatest patriots of
the age, am bearing aloft the flag of humanity,
which we will plant triumphantly next No
vember on the grave of the brave soldier who
was cobbed to death on Dover green"


Bravo, so it bones; that's the talk ; three
cheers for the old soldier: hurrah hurrah! I
hurrah j" rang loudly upon the midnight
air. What effect this tremendous speech had
upon the voting public will be seen in the
sequel-the cobbing candidate was elected by
an overwhelming majority. If the foregoing
is not literally true in word, sentiment and
effect, the present generation is falsiier of
facts and not capable of judging between
right and wrong.
Year: 1859

The next day after Frank Baker had told
his first lie to hide his shame, he went to his
business, what he thought to be, a much wi
ser and better man. To believe his determi-
nation, he had been at his last political carou-
sal and drank his last drink of any kind of
beverage that would intoxicate. He was the
first to enter his place of business, and he soon
employed himself in placing everything to
rights. His employers were highly pleased
to find him at his daily avocation hearty and
we'll and the men, as they came in, congrat-
ulated him on his recovery, and appeared
highly pleased to find him once more at his
post. Time passed on, and Frank attended to
his business as faithfully as any man could
do. He was met at the door, as he returned
from his work, by his wife, all radiant with
smiles. Joy and happiness reigned once
more in that quiet household. Frank but
seldom went out at nights and then his stay
was very short one. His happy wife was
ever at his side, making the tolls of life as
pleasant as possible. What pleasing sensa-
tion would steal over his imagination when
he thought of the narrow escape he had had
from the wies of the ofice-seeker, and what
a lesson he had been taught by one single
nights adventure.


Would he ever be led astray by the designing
again, or would he fall on the good advice OF
the partner of his joys the one whose whole
soul was wrapped up in his welfare and hap
piness The seductive influence of the tc''i y
ter is often too strong for the strongest, AM 80
subtle as to deceive the most cunning. Frank
had not made up his mind to abstain alto
gether from the use of stmulants; he could
take an occasional drink, and let it alone
whenever he pleased. There was no necessity
of taking pledge; for his part, he could take
one drink and not take any more. Oh dan
gerous rock, in the stream of time, how many
bright hopes and brilliant prospects have been
wrecked upon your hidden and deceptive sur
facet One night he had been to the Lodge,
and as he was hurying home at RAPID gai'
he fell in with his tall companion of the night
that had been the cause of so much unhappi-
ness to him.


The tall man congratulated him with the IA
miliarity of the office seeker, and asked him
where he had been the few days past; how
Helen was, and great number of questions tc
ingratiate. himself, once more, into that con-
fidence which he feared he had forfeited by
his conduct the night of the debauch. Above
all things, he wondered to himself if he had
offended Helen. While they were walking
along, the City Hall bell rang forth its polti
cal clamor or cali for meeting Frank in
quired the cause of the ringing of the bell
and was informed by the tall man that a gen
tleman from Kerlt County was going to make
one of the greatest speeches of the campaign
he was going to unravel the secrets of thu
grave and develope its hidden mysteries HI
had, with several other men, went to thu
solitary grav and dug sufficiently to discove
the bones of the dead soldier, and on this
night he was to explain it all to the people
Franks curiosity was aroused; If thsre wer'
Year: 1859

AMERICANS Spelling THE CARNGvAL AT RoME.-
Mr.. Bigelow, of the New York Evening Post, writ
ing from Rome, says:


But of late, and this year in particular, Rome
has become so thronged with strangers from Eng
land and America and their equipages in the carni-
val occupied so large proportion of the Corso
that, as near as can learn the festival has under
gone some changes which have rendered it not only
less interesting in itself, but what is more to be
deplored less characteristic of the institutions of
civilization in which it had its origin. Formerly
confectionery and flowers used to be thrown from
one carriage to another, but for the most part in
complimentary spirit, and deriving piouancy from
the fact that The parties unknown to each
other, and in this way were holding an allowable
intercourse which on any other day would be re-
garded as too familiar.


But the Anglo-Saxon race do not seem to have
the facility of enjoying this kind of sport legiti
mately. They take the advantage of the privileged
character of the day to annoy those they meet and
make them ridiculous. They throw confetti with
violence; if they black hat in the street, or
anything that will be discolored by their artillery,
they will take the utmost pains to soil it as much
as possible. have even seen them go so far as to
bend forward and deliberately throw whole hand
ful of confetti violently into the face of ladies casu-
ally crossing the street, and taking no part what
ever In the sports of the occasion. Such ibreedng
is rarely, don't know but that may say never.
traceable to the Italians. 1t is feature which the
torestieri have introduced here, | am told and
which will soon ehace the last trace of one of thu
oldest and most interesting Roman institutions
extant.