smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

NEw PHASE OF THE CAPITAL RENov Al
QuEsTIoN.--A dispatch i'm the New York Herald
Of yesterday Sunday from this city says


"The question of the cOnstitutionality Of the
retrocessiOn of Alexandria i'm 1sl6 to the State II
Virginia is likely to come up shortly after the
meeting of Congress i'm a method very littl.
expected. and should il be settled against tli,.
Old Dominion the question OF the removal u:
capital will also be involved in such a
way as to give a quietus 10 the remoyers.
1t is said that programme has been ar
ranged to resist the admission of Mae
kenZie, the lately elected member OF Con-
gress from Alexandria, on the ground that he
is not cOnstitutionally elected representative.
The members who have arranged this plan will
argue that Congress had no right, in 1916, TO dis
member the District of Columbia by the retro
&C ssion of Alexandria; that the intention of the
constitution was that the territory for the loca-
tion OF the capital once having been fixed and
accepted by Congress. not foot of il could sub
sequently he parted with without an amend
ment of the constitution. IL Congress. on hay
ing this point precipitated upen them, should
decide to deny Mackenzie his seat, it will lie
something OF a point gained for the people OF the
District who oppose removal
Year: 1869

A leading and influential Radical
Congressman, in conversation with a
prominent SoutheTner d few days
ago, in Washington City, in regard
to Mississippi affairs, stated that the
present condition of Alabama illus
trated very well the views of, and
sustained the objections of, the Mis-
sissippi delegation in opposing the
admission of their State under carpet
bag rule. He said that Alabama
chad two Senators and five members
of the lower House, and not one of
them could fairly be called citizen
of the State, and that no one of them
had ever attempted to make known
to Congress the condition and wants
of their constituents, or to give any in
formation whatever as to the state of
things in Alabama that they seemed
to know or care nothing about their
State or their people, and that if
any information was asked, they
generally replied by inquiring what
were the views of the party making
the inquiry, on the subject of some
matter personal to themselves" The
same gentleman expressed the opin-
ion that the feelings of Congress
were softening every day towards
the South, and Mississippi especially,
and that postpOnement of the case
of Mississippi until next winter
would most likely occur, and that, in
that event, neither the rejected Con
stitution nor its authors would give
the State much trouble"


We learn from gentleman who
was in Washington at the time, that
it is true, as stated in the newspapers
that the et-baggers met with {
cold reception by Grant on the 24tl
of March, and that day or tive
thereafter, he received Messrs
Brown, Watson and Simrall, and {
few persons belonging to the ConSer
vative wing OF the Republican party
with great cortliality, and eNpresse'
his opposition to the rejected Consti
tuition and to the re-assembling o
the Convention.
Year: 1869

TURNING MILK INTO BUTTER.-Our
readers have doubtless read of n wonder
full process by which the entire milk
placed in the churn is converted into but
ter. The inventor patented the process,
and is now Offering to sell rights for
States and counties. Of course we don't
pretend to know of what the patent con-
sists, but correspondent of the Ameri.
can Institute Farmers Club says he has
known how to produce tie same result
for many years. He says the process is
this:


"Three pints of milk fresh from the
COW, or any milk, if fresh; put it in a
stone churn-it is the best to use the
old fashioned dasher-add three pounds
of butter sliced thin, and three yellows
of eggs, set the churn in pail of hot
water till you get the mess lukewarm or
at blood heat, and about two minutes will
turn the whole thing into butter, leaving
no milk. It looks more like emagic than
anything ever saw. 1t must be thor.
oughIy churned after it has come to but
ter, or it will incline to 60 back to milk
[ have no thermometer, and do not know
what degree of heat is best. l wrote O
letter for publication several years age
about this, but did not send it because
was afraid it would be detriment to but
ter dealers and consumers, as they might
get inferior butter on their hands. Il
properly made, I believe it good thing
Cor. S. p. Dispatch.


We hope our lady readers will give thu
suggestion trial, and advise us of th'
result.
Year: 1869

The method of initiating candidate
into Lodge Of Good Templars is but
slight Improvement upon the same pro-
gramme so long said to be IN vogue by
ancient and honorable fraternity of the
"Sons of Malta" A chap was taken from
q large beer saloon, where he got eight"
without knowing that lager would intoxi-
cate, aud was put through cold water
treatment by the Good Templars few
evenings since. IIe "peaches" on the
Tcmplars, and gives the following expose
of their initiation ceremony, for which, no
doubt, he will be put through another
course of cold water "spouts" at the next
meeting Of the lodge


In the first place the victim for initia-
ton is blindioldcd, bound hand aud foot,
aud thrown into cider press and pressed
for five minutes. This is done for the
purpose Of clearing his system of sold
drunks." He is then taken out Of the
cider press, and by means Of force pump
gorged with cistern water, after which
ccaling plaster is placed over his mouth,
and he rolled in barrel four or five times
ANiV9a AAS AbOht AhC NapiI AZ LHC Blluc
time singing the cold water song. lie
is now taken out Of the barrel, and hung
up by the heels ill the water runs through
his cars He is then cut down, and beau.
tiful young lady hands him glass of els
tern water A cold bath is then furnished
him after which he is showered with els
tern water He is then made to read the
Water act ten times, drinking a glass Of
cistern water between each reading after
which the old oakcu bucket is hung
around his neck and fifteen sisters, with
squirt guns, dcluge him with cistcrn wa.
ter. lie is then forced to cat u peck Of
snow, while the brothers stick his ears
full OF iciclcs lie is then run through
clothes wringcr, after which he is handed
a glass OF cistern water, and his boots arc
filled with the same, and he is laid away
in a refrigerator. The initiation is now
almost concluded. After remaining 10
the refrigerator for the space Of half an
hour, he is again taken out aud given 4
glass of cistern water, run through Il
cloths wringer and becomes Good Tcm-
plar.
Year: 1869

Poets are pr-ne to write sweet fctIous
about our "rustic kinds" as though they
might live upon the breath of morning
always rosy, and the perfume of flowers,
always in blossom These illusions have
long been dispelled from my mind, as
have seen them combating with all states
of the atmosphere and with all states of
the earth, following the slow plough soak
cd through with drizzling rain, spreading
the manure, with the wind cutting
through them, or baking under the sultry
heat Of the sun-often crippled with
rheumatism, the effect of wet or INSULT
cient clothing; but still steadily sticking
to their work through fear of dismissal,
and the possibility then of being com.
PEELED to apply to the parish. 1t is not
fear of work, but fear Of tho poor house
that hangs as a cloud over the poor man
and, whether actually acknowledged OF
not, il always lies in the dark before him


4 debt incurred in illness. how difficult
it is for him to pay, as frequently tho
daily labor only earns the daily br ad.-
The mother must then leave her home
and her children, aud go out washing
charing, TO work in the fields, or to any


thing else that will bring pence. The
home is thus neglected, aud all thing
suffer with it; and it brings about tha


condition of things, of which VIC make
such constant complaints.-SetceH.
Year: 1869

WHITE PINE IrEMs-The Alta re-
ceived White Pine letter on the 7th
instant, and publishes the following ex-
tracts:


Nearly all of the mining companies
have considerable amount of rock piled
up, which they are very anxious to get
worked up as soon as possible.


There will be plenty of work through
out the Summer for twenty mills


Some fine ore has been extracted from
the Bucklin Mine. The five men owning
it refused $4,000 for their claim last
week.


The old story is confirmed about tight
times. Men are Offering fine bargains
who are 'shard up" Between now and
the first of May, this correspondent ia
confident, there will be many rich strikes
made.


Colds are very prevalent throughout the
diggings, but there is little serious sick
ness.


The weather was terribly cold.


The writer piles four or five blankets
on him nightly, and facetiously adds that
despite this he has to get up in the small
hours and rub his head to keep his hair
from freezing.
Year: 1869

An undertaken thus gratefully responds
to a friend who had done him a favor -.
eff you ever want a coffin, call on me. /
shall be most happy to bury you and your
family at the lowest cost price.
Year: 1869

A man who was arrested for stealing
goods at fire the other day pleaded in
excuse for an extenuation of his conduct
that he had been in the place but few
days and hadn't learned the rules.
Year: 1869

"Why were you not up with the lark
this morning, as last night told you to
be, sir9" said an irate father to his slug
gard son. "The reason that was not
'up with the lark this morning was be-
cause I was con lark last night, sir"
Year: 1869

A gent out West was invited to take
game of poker, but he refused, saying,
mo, I thankee; played poker all one
Summer and had to wear nankeen pants
all next Winter. have no taste for that
amusement since
Year: 1869

at0r In ODcratfOn.


| SUGAR MAKING AS A DOMESTIC FNTERPRIsE-" TKN
ACRES ENOUGH" FOR SUGAR PLANTATION.


The exhibition of sugar making on small
scale which has been held during the week at the
lumber yard corner Carondelet and ST. Joseph
streets, will be continued to-day, If the weather
permits, under the direction of Messrs. Wynne Il
Fsrr, resident agents for the machines. The caps-
city of the apparatus exhibited is about one and
half hOgsheads of sugar day. The mill for
pressing the cane is operated by two mules, and
produces juice at the rate of one hundred gallons
an hour, pressing the bsgssse very dry, almost
dry enough to burn. The juice is conveyed from
the mill to juice tank at the evaporator where it
is treated with lime in the ordinary way, and is
then ready to be evsporated.


The evsporator is a novel contrivance, and its
operation is q marvel to old sugar boilers. 1t con-
sists of thin copper bottom, about four feet
wide and ten feet long with wooden sides about
ten inches high The bottom instead of being q
plain fat sheet is formed into q number of trans
verse channels, through which the juice is caused
to Aow. The pan rests upon plain brick fur
mace, the bottom projecting beyond the side walls
enough to protect the wood from burning. The
juice is admitted in a small constant stream
at one end of the pan, and flows back and forth
through the transverse channels, boiling violently
as il runs until it reaches the last channel ct the
opposite end of the pan, where it is fully concen
:rated and flows off in q constant stream of liquid
sugar. The scum rises to the surface in the first
Channels as the juice begins to boil, and flows to
the sides where it remains at rest until removed
by the attendant. The flow of Juice through the
pan is so regulated by gates that it is not allow
ed to reach the discharge spout until it is reduced
to the proper density, and the operator ia able
to manage this apparently difficult matter with
the greatest facility, simply by retarding or ac-
celebrating the flow of Juice.


The operation of this dminutive sugar-making
apparatus has been witnessed by hundreds of
merchants and planters, and all unite in the OPT.
MON that it affords every facility nseded for
making sugar on a small scale and that it will en-
able email operators to produce ten, twenty, fifty
or hundred hogsheads of sugar with the ex.
penditure of but few hundred dollars for COM
plete and perfectly manageable OUTFIT.
Year: 1869

OSCAR AND PETER. Last weeks Tri>
Lane pretended to be in a terrible sweat at
a little joke of ours perpetrated on the
schooner Ware some week s since, and in
tinated quite strongly that PETER SMITH,
her captain, was quite huffy about the mat
ter. We are not acquainted with Capt.


PETER, but hope he did not make as big q
fool of himself as OSCAR made himself an
Year: 1869

w The Smut NachMe says that man
in the county recently gave twenty five
cents for copy of that delectable sheet.
Waste paper must be very scarce in the
neighborhood where that man resides. Ii
he had come to town he could have bought
q better article of medicated payer at any
of the drug stores, and more Of it, for the
same amount Of money.
Year: 1869

MAIL MATTERS. We have received a
communication regarding mail matters,
purpor,ing to be written by the Postmaster
ut Maple Grove, but having no name
signed to it. The author must be rather
verdant to think We would publish such a
blind epistle.
Year: 1869

MARINE.-The scow Planet, which has
had thorough re build here the past win
te:, was launched on Monday last, and is
now loading up. Nineteen large vessels
and tug were in port on the 18th, and
the shipping business is quite lively at
present. When our harbor is finished, no
doubt this port will become great resort
for vessels and steamers.
Year: 1869

NEW GooDs. BLEsER, on the
south side of the river, has just received
and is now opening new and complete
stock of spring and summer goods, which
ne can afford and well sell at very low pri>
ces, the dry goods market is very low. A
large and varied assortment of goods at a
fair price coupled with Mr.. BLEsER' s
well known integrity and uprigh.ness, will
be sufficient inducement to attract the most
tasttdlous and exacting. Give him a call.
Year: 1869

Too MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE.-Tne
following critic from the Appleton Gres-
cent, on recent performance of one of the
Appleton students, from Mantowoc, at the
junior exhibition, would seem to warrant
the conclusion that it would have been
much better for the young gentleman S
reputation and standing in his class, if he
had spent less Of his time dabbling in pol
ltics, and more of it in the pursuit of his
legitimate studies. For the future, the
young man had better leave part;zan poll
ties alone until he gets through with his
studies, and then if he wants to play the
demagoeue he can perform outside of the
college walls. Here is what the Crescent
says:


We cannot say that we were "takenn bv
either the matter or manner of the next spe k
er--J. 5. Anderson. 1t came very near being
a specimen of the subject-''Shams. TWAS
more Sophomore than Junioric From his
most excellent Grafton last year we had ex.
pected something much better than he gave
US. frooaoiy this may be to a great extent
attributable TO the fact that he has not been in
the college the last year He never can make
up for this deficiency in his youthful training
II he does not commence soon. We did not
witness his advent to the stage, but an ap-
prcciative school-marm I'D d not like IT'D
The principal defects were too much show of
shirt sleeves and buttons, too much moving on
the stage, too much extemporaneousness
The expressions 81 haze long thought" ''my
friends" &C., SAVIOR to much of age for Jun
ior. Perhaps the gentleman was somewhat
embarrassed by the ''uncalled for'' noise
made by few rude boys in the galleries
Mr., Anderson is capable of better thing
Year: 1869

Nor So.-We see it stated in several of
our exchanges that ''the owner of the tug
KITTY Smoke, not being able to make any
money at Manitowoc, is about to take her
to Chicago" We suppose it will be need
less to mention that the above report orig.
mated in the irresponsible CONCERN across
the way. The tug will not go to Chicago,
but will remain here and finish the harbor
and tow vessels as usual. A committee oi
our citizens ought to wait on the sapieni
editor of the Machine and reques. him not
TO grind out any more lies which will create
an injurious impression abroad as to the
business prospects Of Manitowoc.
Year: 1869

ACCIDENTAL PoIsoNING.-In this place,
on Monday last, serious case of accident
al poisoning took place on the South side
of the river. 1t seems that woman had
picked some beans, and in doing so used
copper kettle. Wishing to sell them, she
sent sample to Mrs. LACoUNT, wife Of
the proprietor of the Manitowoc House,
and the latter lady and her sister making
use of small quantity about noon of that
day, in a few hours they we're taken
with violent retching accompanied by
spasms and cramps. For while their suf-
ferings we're terrible indeed, but physician
being sent for he administered an antidote,
after which they commenced getting letter,
and a. the present writing are thought to
be out Of danger, though still weak and
unable to walk.


Although there are different accounts
curren. in regard to the affair, yet the la
dies Immediately concerned have no doubt
that tie poisoning was purely accidental
This nearly fatal accident should be a
warning to persons never to use acids in
copper utensils.
Year: 1869

A Column of Magnetic Light from


the Sun Stretching Out Toward


the Earth.


The suns atmosphere, say the scientific
men, Is In highly excited condition. "A
column of magnetic light is shooting out
further and further from the solar sphere,
and IS now stretching out forty five millions
OF miles. In other words, it has accom-
plshed half the distance between US aud
the sun! The interesting question, and
one on which, perhaps we do not wish any
more light of this character, is, how long
Will 1t be before it finishes the rest of the
distance and bridges the gigantic chasms
between the earth and the SUI? Is il a
messenger sent out to snatch US up as a
food tor the lnsatiate monster that keeps
himself warm by devouring planets, and
whose hre eating propensities this whole
earth would satisfy for few days only? 1t
so, how long will this emiSsary lie in reach
ing US, and carrying the globe away as if
1t were gigantic lump of coal for a fur
mace? This column Of light at intervals in
dicates its approach by flashing and cor
ruscating with fresh briliancy. So decid-
ed are It.: effects that two astronomers, one
at London, the other at Oxford, and nei>
ther knowing the experiences of the other,
supposed ihat the dark glass of their tele-
scope had been broken or put out of range,
so strong was the flash of golden light upon
the vision. 1t is predicted that before the
end OF next year this magnetic light will
have got near enough to us to make its
immediate and actual influence upon tho
earth distinctly felt. Ii is announced that
III consequence we may expect to see phe-
nomena that have never been seen or known
before by the human race. If any of our
readers are therefore yet disposed to com.
plain of the weather and the earthquakes,
let them remember that by this time next
year they may have an entire new line of
experiences to explain and endure, in COM
arison with the ftfal winter and rough,
rude autumn of to day may seem like q
june morning in Paradise, and the earth
quake 8 shock and the Hghtning's storm
a placid rocking in the cradle, with u
pleasant lullaby Of thunder.
Year: 1869

Hannah was fourteen; and that his name
was Miller. The ice being broken" he
among other things, that he had only been
married one week; and that his father in
law having fitted him out with a team and
$500 in cash. ho was going to make his
fortune by buying new farm in a new
country. Hannah then put on her prcttiest
smile and said that was the way her faith
er had made his money-buying new land
and improving it-and she knew Henry
could do as well as he did," Henry being
thus complimented, strokei the place on
his chin where he expected TO raise crop
OF whiskers: and the teams having started
he gently slipped his arm around Hannah 8
waist, bld us good bye, and went on his
way rejoicing.
Year: 1869

WASHINGTON, NOV. ZZ.


Tho twenty five Spanish gunboats have
all been brought to New York, aud several
Of them are ready for sea. They are, how
ever, held by the navy on an order from
the President, Peru being the complainant
How long they are to be retained does not
appear, but Peru has not yet justified the
suspicion that they are intended for use
against her.


There is good reason for believing that
the government has reopened correspond
ence with Great Britain on the subject OF
the Alabama claims, but nothing is known
as to the progress of the matter. 1t is pos
sible the President may have something to
say about it in his message.


The Census Committee hope to have a
quorum at the meeting to day. They are
going TO take up the large mass Of papers
in the hands Of Mr.. Garfield, carefully ex>
anime all the suggestions, and then draw
up a bill so as to present it in print on the
assembling of Congress.
Year: 1869

OMAHA, Nov. 10.


Deputy United States Marshal Turner
went to Lone Tree on Monday to take into
custody the escaped Pawnee prisoner, Blue
Hawk, who was arrested on Sunday by
Major North. Three or four hundred
Pawnees were collected together at that
point and refused to give up the prisoner.
The United St ties Marshal called upon
Major General Augur for troops to enable
him to enforce the law, and we understand
that the necessary force will be dispatched
to Lone Tree at once, and a formal de-
mand made for the surrender of the pris-
oner. If the Indians refuse to give him
up, we may look for lively times, and stir
ring news from that quarter.
Year: 1869

We learn from one Of the crew of the
schr. Union, that she is ashore at Mann S


landing. The Union was loading with wood
at the pier when the storm arose and was
unable to get away. He reports that the
sea and wind was so severe as to drive
her through the pier.
Year: 1869

The scow Geo. Neu7le, Of Milwaukee, is
ashore near Two Creeks. The tug Kitty
Smoke went to get her off, but when she
reached there, found that during the last
gale, the sea had stove in one of her sides
and rendered the scow a total loss.
Year: 1869

WE see it stated that there is some
prospect of a straight DEMOCRATIC
ticket being brought out in Texas and
Mississippi. We sincerely hope no
such folly is intended. Democrats
should be content with the result the
Conservative movements IN Virginia
and Tennessee, and not peril the con-
tinuance of their sue cess by preeipl-
fancy, or i'll advised action. Pru-
dence and wisdom combined will re-
turn the entire South to the Democ-
raey.-- Courier.


We conclude, then, that the negro
is endurable as voter, provided he
goes the Democratic ticket, and that
it is wisdom on the part of the De-
mocraoy of the Southern States to
disguise themselves ia the garb of Re
publieanism in order to deceive the
unsuspecting negroes, and induce
them to vote against the regular Re
publican ticket. We confess the plan
seems to have worked we'll in Vir-
ginia and Tennessee, unless the new
Virginia Legislature should ratify the
Fifteenth Amendment. In that case
the fruit Of the Conservative victory
in that State will prove to be only
apples Of Sodom to turn to ashes on
the lips Of the party who anticipate
so much enjoyment from it. No, no! !
the Democratic party ought not to
commit the folly of bringing out
straight Democratic tickets, either in
Mississippi, Texas or Hamilton Coun-
ty, Ohio. Where strength is want
ing. strategy, my boy, is the word to
mass down the lines.
Year: 1869

A CORRESPONDENT Of the Cincin-
natl Chronicle says that, although
there are eight Methodist Churches
in indianapolis, it was very difficult
to provide homes for the preachers of
the Southeastern-I Indiana Conference.
He says it was amusing to hear of the
number of servant girls suddenly get
ting on a strike, or some member Of
the family becoming prematurely in
firm.
Year: 1869

ACCORDING to the New York Star,
the Chinese mission has been tender
ed to Ex-senator MORGAN, and will
probably be accepted by him. with
the expectation that it viii be raised
to the first class at the next session Of
Congress. The appointment may be
thus disposed Of for aught we know
or care, but We trust Congress will
not increase our diplomatic expenses.