smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1865

Good mental habits should be eultiva-
ted by a wise supervision Of child's


reading when out of school, Most child


ren will read Of their own accord, if they


can get hold of attractive books, and will


fly from the comparative drudgery IF


school to the interesting volume of ira


vels, tales or adventures, which stimula-


tes the imagination, and requires no ef.


fort. This tendency must be turned to


good account and prevented from becom-


ing a source of evil. Travels and adyen-


lures, if selected and well read, are Of


course useful, and the same may be said


of some tales. But never, perhaps, was
care in the selection of books especially
of those comprised under the general
term of "light literature" more necessary
than in the present day. The Aippant
tone of some, the disgusting slang of 9TH
ers the exaggerated coioring of a mother
class, are, to the tender ard impossible
mind of the child, like attractive poison
The Imagination, over stimulated, be-
comes jaded, and demanda more extrava-
giant incidents, profounder mysteries, and
darker horrors. And it is needless to say
that where this is the case the inclination
but, for time, the cap city for good
sound reading is lost. What is more sad
than to find young people blind to the at
fractions of some of the best specimens
of English literature utterly
Ignorant of it-while reading with NOR
bid avidity socend and third rate works
of exciting fiction ? This must be the
parents care. | will set no wicked thing
before mine eyes is resolve which ought
to apply especially to books. Many
man has had to mourn the day when in
the impressible time of his youth he met
with bad book. The mind becomes en-
feebled, the moral tone lowered, and the
life corrupted by access to vicious litera-
ture in early life-Home Life.
Year: 1865

The following circumstances happened
III Cedar county, Iowa


A certain young man being out on a
courting expedition, came late ON Sunday
evening, and in order to keep his secret
from his young acquaintances determined
to be at home bright and early Monday
morning. Mounted on his horse, dressed
ed in his fine white summer pants and
other fixings in proportion, he arrived at
the residence Of his man1orotG, where he
was kindly received, and his horse prop
erly cared for-being turned into pasture
The night passed away and three o'clock
in the morning arrived. Three O'Clock
was the time for him to depart, so that he
might arrive at home before his comrades
was stirring He sailed forth to the pas
ture to catch his horse, but there was a
difliculty-the grass was high and loaded
with dew. To venture in with white
pantaloons on, would rather take the
starch cut of them and lead to his detec-
ton. 1t would not do to 90 in with his
white unmcntionablcs, so he quickly made
his resolve He carefully disrobcd him.
self Of his valuable whites and placed
them safely on the fence, while he gave
chase with unscreened pedals through
the wet grass after his horse.


Returning to the fence where he had
safely suspended his lily unmentionables,
0 horrible dictu what a sight met his
eyes! The field into which his horse had
been turned was not only horse, but a
calf pasture too, and the naughty calves,
attracted by the white flag on the fence,
had betaken themselves to it, and, calf
like, had eaten them up! Only few
we'll chewed fragments of his once valu-
able portion of the wardrobe remained
only few threads-just sufficient to in
dicate what they once had been What
a pickle was this for nice young man to
be in


1t was now daylight and the farmers
were up, and cur hero far from home with
with no covering for his travelling aparat-
US" 1t would not do to 60 back to the
house Of his lady love, neither to 60 to
town in that plight. There was only one
resource left to him that was TO secrete
himself in the bushes for some time, and
it may be imagined that his feelings tow
ard the calf kind, were not of the most
frienly character in consequence. But,
ere long his seclusion was destined to be
intrudcd upon. BY aud by the boys,
who had been out to feed the calves, re-
turned with the remnants Of the identi-
Cal white garment which had adorned the
lower life Of their late visitor.


They were mangled and torn to shredsl
An inquest was held over them. Some
awful fate had befallen the man. The
neighbors were summoned to search for
the manglcd corpse, and the posse, with
dogs and arms, set out with all speed
The pasture was thoroughly secured, and
then the adjacent the adjacent thickets,
when 10 our hero was driven from his
lair By the keen scent Of the dogs, all
safe and sound, minus the linen.


An explanation then ensued at the ex
pense Of our hero, but he was successful
in the end and married the lady, and is
now living comfortably in one of the
fourishing towns of Iowa.
Year: 1865

it to you, had I not supposed that you


needed the lesson it contains. 1t is i'm


possible for me to give you any adequate
notion of the suffering have undergone
on account Of my brutal rashness to my
boy.s But, fortunately, it has been over
ruled to my good, and to that of my fami-
ly also. The remedy, though terrible,
was complete, and no other child of mine
has ever been punished by me except
when [ was in the full possession and
exercise of my best faculties, and when
my sense Of duty has been chastened and
softened by reason and affection.


81 devoted myself to my poor Charley,
from the time he left his bed, and we
came to understand each other as | think
but few fathers and sons ever do. The
poor boy never blamed me for blighting
so much happipess for him, and | have
something tried to think that perhaps his
life has been happier in the whole, than
it would have been had not been taught
my duty through his sacrifice Still,
neighbor Doran, should be sorry to have
you and your son William pass through
similar ordeal"


81 trust that we shall not" emphati-
cally aud gravely responded Doran II
thank you for your story, friend Hanford,
and | shall try to profit by it."


And he did profit by it. And we hope
that every parent who is capable of strik-
ing his child in anger and petulance, that
reads this sketch from life, will profit by
1t also.
Year: 1865

The following i' tho previous correspondence Re
tween Lleutensnt-Genersi Grant and General Los
referred to IN ths foregoing telegram to tie Secretary
OF War There has been ne relaxation in the pu suit
during ite pen3oncy.
Year: 1865

More than half the spelling. books
now sold in Houston go into the hands
Of negroes. Several schools for colored
persons are now in operation here and
in Galveston. Many planters buy a
stock of school-books for the schools
already not unfrequent upon the plan
tations. We believe this is. the proper
thing, and that the education of the ne
groes in the elements of knowledge
will aid in a hopeful solution of the
question whether freed labor will be
successful, and whether the negro race
will survive their freedom.


. LFrom the Galveston News, scpEr25l


We saw planter in town, yesterday,
buying a large lot OF books for his
freedmen. 1t is his purpose to estab.
lish Sunday school and night school
for them, and also to have them taught
on Saturday and Wednesday afternoons
This is the right spirit We are glad
to see it prevailing in one manifestation
or another to very large extent,
Nothing should be done to ALLEVIATE our
former slaves, but everything to- concil-
late aud elevate them. They are worthy
of philanthropic efforts-their situation
in our midst forms a test Of our own



character, Oppression or neglect Of
them will demoraliza US and our chill
drep; the right treatment of them will
be twice blessed. Exhortation on this
subject is unnecessary, however, as tao
Southern whites are certainly too wise
and humane to permit such field oi
duty .and privilege to remain unculti-
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Year: 1865

The oldest people, says the Toledo
Record, who have carefully noted the
'signs of the times" say that we will
have an unusual quantity of snow this
winter. They say that much rain dur
ing the summer is always followed by
heavy falls of snow in the winter, and
claim the character of the summer is O
sure index for the character of the win
ter in this respect. OR last wet sum
mor wos 1855, ten years ago, and it will
be recollccted that the winter Of 1855
and 1856 afforded more fine sleighing
than any winter since.
Year: 1865

lcambridge Correspondence Springfield Republican,


On the morning of class day, the Sopho-
more class buried one Of their number, who
literally died from the want Of The necessities
of life, and that, too, right here at Harvard
College. Only year ago, fresh from farm


seventeen miles from Buffalo, New York, a
raw, reeenllad Of tweny-lSo applied for ad-
mission to the Sophomore class His awk.
ward manner and nncouth bearing won for
him the name Of "Grsenyr Only last week
was be missed from recitation, and way up
10 little ten by twenty attic room Of a rick
ETY. old boarding house, somebody said he was
dying OF typhoid fever TX. President Pea.
| body the good Samaritan Of Harvard heard
of his distress, and repairing to bis room,
found the poor boy really in the arms Of
death, For year bad his only food been
bread and water and sometimes q little milk,
and often one meal day sulieed His room
was small and poorly ventilated aud by the
feeble light of an old oil lamp had the poor
| fellow worked eighteen out OF twenty four
hours each day. These facts quickly coming
out, every thing that could be done was done.
His last hours were made as comfortable as a
syInpathizing and copscience stricken neigh
borhood could make them His broken hearted
mother came to carry her eon's body home and
she.mu't hayebeen overjoyed 10 learn what
would have only a little before given her son
so much happiness to have known, that he
was the first scholar in bis class, and to re-
ceive the frat scholarship, which yields a
cozy little income Of three hundred dollars per
lyear But il was 100 late; his pride would
never allow him to complain his ambition
continually spprred on We recollect him
passing every day he never looked up; we
all can recall bis buried walk his sad eoun-
teOance, his pale lamp always teebly twink
ling a midnight bis running round the cor
ner with loaf of bread nudsr his arm, his
going out in the seyerest atorms without om-
brellA OF overeoat But il 10 all over now.
Year: 1865

MAMMALIAN DRAWING IN Ills HORNS.
The concentration ot Maxmilians troops at III,
three posts of Mexico Vera Cruz and San Luis Potos


leaves the largest portion of the territory Of Mexico
virtually under the control Of the National Government
1t put Juarez and his In the Government in


full control of the OF the Northern which are
the richer States Of the Republics gives them
10 the people and furnishes them with the means OF
raising and supplying armies and carrying on success
full campaigns against the invaders. II gives the Pres
dent OF the Republic an opportunity TO choose from
more than dozen popuous and flourshDg cities in
which he shall establish his Capital finishes forever the
business of periodically manufacturing stories of the
extinction Of the Republican Government and its aght
expulsion from Mexican territory. aud leaves no
place for the snecrng predictions that have lately been
rife that Minister will have TO all the
country in search Of the Government to which he s
credited, and finally return with the report that it is
not to be found.


The effect Of this movement the prospects and ul
mate success OF the National bGs to be shown
There can be no doubt however that it will be salu
tary. Beside the material aid 10 be indirectly derived
from IT, at which have already hinted il will nuse
new confidence into the friends of the Liberal at
home and abroad and cannot fail TO secure favor
able consideration for the Mexican Loan In the
market than that enterprise has heretofore received
brooklyn Daily Union, Nov. -.
Year: 1865

DRAMAT1C.-The Troy Times speaks
in terms Of high praise of the dramatic
talent exhibited by the "Thespian" Club
of Bennington. 1t says:
, "The hall was filled, and although
there were many crudities, and much
that should be corrected, yet upon the
whole the rendering of the play would
have done no discredit to company Of
trained actors, instead of being the
work Of a few young people of a coun-
try village, entirely self.taught, the
most of whom, probably, have never
seen the interior of theatre. The casts
were mostly well sustained, but could
not help being particularly struck and
astonished at the almost classic render
ing of Hamlet by Mr.. Frank Bradford, a
young man who would shine as star
in the theatrical world If he could be
induced to adopt that profession.
Year: 1865

SUIoIDE.-Willard Sumner, of Hart
wellville, (Readsboro,) committed sui
eide by shooting himself in his house
on Friday the Oath ult. He took down
his gun and told his little boy he was
going to kill himself. The boy ran to
neighbor's to call him in to prevent it,
but before he returned the deed was
done. He apparently placed the muzzle
of his gun under his chin and fired it,
tearing his head to pieces in frightful
manner.
Year: 1865

Southern Presbyteries. Remembering
these things, l went out from that hum,
Bile dwelling with my convictions deep
ened that this is Gods war, that he is
on the side of the meek and lowly, the
poor, the despised and oppressed, and
that this nation is passing through the
fire to cleanse it from sin, and to meet
with retribution for its crimes.
Year: 1865

FUTURE TRIALS BY COURT MARTIAL
The amendment to the civil appropria-
ton bill offered in the House of Repre-
sentatives by Henry Winter Davis, and
adopted, is to the following effect


That no person shall be tried by
court martial or military commission in
any State or Territory where the courts
Of the United States are open, except
persons actually mustered and commits
stoned, or appointed otherwise by law,
in the military or naval service, or rebel
enemies charged with being spies; and
all proceedings heretofore had contrary
to this provision shall be vacated, and
all persons not subject to trial under
military authority shall forthwith be
delivered over to the civil authorities to
be proceeded against in the courts &C
cording to law"
Year: 1865

A SOUTHERN SLAVE ON THE NEGRO SOL
,1ER SYsTEM.-R. NJ. T. Hunter, Presi-
lent pro TEN. of the rebel Senate, the
Richmond Sentinel of the 9th ultimo
ays, received a letter from negro, Of
which document the following is an ex-
ct copy


Feb. 20, and say I hope you all
will pass the law to arm the negro and
Law YOU do that We do inten to fight
wu all and we have made up our minds
% do it when every you will give US
rms


ne Yankeeis our friends and you all is
our enemy and give, us arms and we
will rase war right here and do you
think we would fight again one friends
for you all no never would do So
And thenegro is no friend to the white
nan and if this all want you to give
ne my arm and will fight you all and
Ihave 200 all read to jine me to help ur
down the rebellan We will join the yam,
KEGS to help them and We do not inter
to fight for you all and you may dc
what you will we do not inten to fight
and we do inten to die for our friends
and the u. s. flag"
Year: 1865

The French Dead-h head" system has reach
ed ed perfection. AT recent exhibition by the
distributed A row broke up the exhibition
and the money was returned at the door. The
receipts not holding out to pay all the audience
it was found at the end of the entertainment
that seventy out Of eighty ofthe dead heads
had taken the ten francs return money offered
at the door The American dead head sys.
tenn is bad, but it does not reach French auaa.
city,
Year: 1865

er Of the crest deiaulter in New York. is re-
ported to have said to his creditors - If
could have my son back, with his good narae,
and you were all paid in full, would die CON,
tent Such is the last ambition of our great
inanciers. a lifetime of activity, an ample
fortune it's reward and now all would be given
for sons good name Young mcnGfast
young men--think Of this.
Year: 1865

INpEIIBLE WRITING -Don't write there,


said 70 lad who was writing with
diamond pin on pane of glass in be wind


ow of u hotel. Why7 said he. Because you
can't rub it out There are other things
which men should not do, because they
can not rub them ont. C A heart
is aching for sympathy and cold
perhaps heartless word is spoken. The
impression may be more durable than that
of the diamond npon the glass The in


scription on the glass may be destroyed by
the fracture of the glass, but the impres


sion on the heart may last forever. On
many mind and many a heart, sad inscrp.
tions sre deeply engraved, which no effort
Uan erase We should be careful what We
write on The minds of others. s.I .e'1Ieafn
Year: 1865

A pew ia o Congregational meeting house
is thus advertised for sale in the Amherst
Mass Express: A pew in the meeting
house of the FIRST parish iu Amherst. The
man That owns the pew owns the right Of
a space just, as long as tho pew, is from
the bolton Of the meeting house to the
op or roof. and he can go as much higher
as be can get. If . man will bay my pew
and SIT in it on Sundays, and repent aud DC
a good man, be will go to heaven, and my
pew il as good place to start from as
any pew in the meeting house. na.ss.., =
Year: 1865

NEW YORK, October 9.-This morning
the council for young Ketchum announced
that he would put in a plea of guilty to
the indictment charging his client with
forgery. 1t appears that the prisoner pro
poses to plead guilty, but as matters af-
fecting his late firm and their creditors are
still pending and unfinished, and his ex-
plantations and testimony are still required
by those interested is desirable to defer the
plea to as late day in the present term
as practicable. The District Attorney said
such request was not unusual, and gave
notice that the plea must be put in on the
last day of the term. This was agreed to.


The case of jenkins, the Phoenix Bank
robber, was called this morning, and the
District Attorney, announced that he was
not ready to proceed besides he had
learned that jenkins was about to make
new plea, which would be a kind that
ought to have very careful consideration,
he therefore requested that the case go
over for the term to which Jenkins coun-
sci had agreed. The Recorder gave his
assent.
Year: 1865

Such rush of people to the cities and
towns was never before known. Nor is il
confined to any section of the North and
West. 1t is noticeable everywhere, and
yet the country does not seem to depopu-
late at all in the West, however it may be
at the East. 1t is stated that the net in
crease in the population of Rhode Island,
during the past five years, has been about
twelve thousand, and that the growth has
been altogether in the cities and manufac-
turing towns, the agricultural sections
showing a decline.


Business advantages, sure employment
and good wages, invite city population
from the country. The publication of
of Income Tax lists no doubt also has its
influence. This unexampled influx partly
explains high rents and the scarcity of
dwellings to be rented.
Year: 1865

Would it not be well to remember that
civil wars are like family feuds, and when,
after the strife has ceased and the cause
of the difficulty has been calmly consid-
cred, both parties are generally found to
be in fault-Geo. w. Morgan, Treason
Candidate for GoUer71or.


How do you like that soldiers? The
rebels were u little to blame for trying to
break up the Government but you were
good deal more in fault for preventing
them, says the Confederate Democratic
candidate for Governor. Can you sup
port such arebel2
Year: 1865

The foreign excursionists who recently
made flying trip through the West to
spy out the hand, must have been struck
with the populousness as well as the new
ness and extent of the country. The war
drain of able bodied young meh has been
great, but seems NOW only drop from the
bucket. Take vigorous young Illinois as
an example. A census is being taken, and
the returns received make it certain that
the State has population considerably
over two millions-probably 2,2OO,OOO-
being an increase of 100000 in five years.
This marvellous growth is in face of the
fact that Illinois furnished 256, 900 men for
the Union army.
Year: 1865

The partial returns of the Mississippi
election under the provision made by the
Constitutional Convention for holding the
same, indicate that the majority for Hum
phreys, for Governor, viii be about 10000.
Humphreys was General in the COnfed-
crate army.


The chief claim of Humphreys for the
Office was his services in the rebel army,
and his opponent was the Hon. E. S.
Fisher, a nominee approved by President
johnson. No candidate for Congress
who would take the test oath was pre-
sented in Mississippi, and the candidates
for the Legislature who pledged them
selves against doing justice to the negro by
protecting his person and property, were
successful.


Such is the position of Mississippi, and
yet her members of Congress elect will
ask for admission to the floor of the next
House. They viii probably knock in vain
Year: 1865

The advertising columns of the press IN
this country are pretty good index of the
business activity of cities and marts OF
commerce. Our Southern exchanges show
a very general revival of trade, and at
some points an astonishing development
since the return of peace. In Nashville,
for example, the daily Union, sheet CON
siderably larger than the Leader, now finds
room for only small amount of reading
matter in solid small type, and also ac-
companies each issue with full sized halt
sheet supplement, every column but one
crowded with advertisements. No better
sign of thriving business can be given IL
free Tennessee.
Year: 1865

"How long do you suppose the agita-
tion Of the question of negro suffrage
can be STAYED off in the state 2" said /
to an up-eountry delegate of high
standing. Till the taking of the next
census, 1 hope" he answered. "Do
you really believe it can be kept down
five years ?" / asked. "Yes, l think it
will be-" was his final reply. That the
convention would show any favor to
the question L presume no one really
expected Even South Carolina, with
all her desolation, doesn't yet fully
comprehand that there has been a deluge.
did hope, however, that should find half
dozen men at least in favor of giving
suffrage TO some negroes, as many more in
favor Of abolishing the barbaric color quail
ification, and still as many more ready to
admit that suffrage would be the right of
the negro as soon he is able to use it un-
derstandingly. Vain hopel If there are
six men who as much as admit that it will
probably be right or polite to give suffrage
to any negro of their state within ten
years, four of them must be among the
thirty or thirty-five whose views l have
not personally learned. Mr. Orr admits
that they may some time have political
rights. Mr. Norwood says heis not afraid
to discuss negro suffrage. Mr. Dozier is
willing to accept negro suffrage if the
moral and intellectual character of the ne
gro can be SO elevated as to make him fit
to take part in ngovernment. Judge Frost,
of Charleston, knows the constitution of
the negro to be such that he shuns respon-
sibility, and does not believe that he will
at present ask for suffrage, but adds that,
at some future day perhaps not far distant
he will have political rights even in South
Carolina. In that hope let all good men
abide. In that faith let all progressive
men find incentive for wise and patient
and charitable labor.
Year: 1865

Fer Sale--The large double house on the north
side of Monument Square, between the Stone
church and Kepner's Furnishing store. Apply at
the Office Of Noble Noble, I5O Superior street.