smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860




A correspondent writes thus of the search
among the tombs of the Abbey in centuries
gone by:


And now they come upon corpse in
remarkable state of preservation, the body
of that mad king for whose recreation,
during his insanity, cards are said to have
been invented, the celebrated Charles the
Sixth. This was the same king who held
his baccbanel revels in honor of his eleva-
tion to the throne so close to the vaults of
the Royal dead, that the merry feet of the
dancers beat time to the music on the mar
BILE floor of the Abbey Church itself; and
as the old Chronicler most quantity says of
it: when the night came, it was true per
Vigihum veneris, walker of venus, where
many a damse forgot herself, and many a
husband suffered" 1t was certainly mad
revel and could some of the deVout abbots,
pious monks and kings have been aroused
from the depths of their sepulchral vaults by
the uproar of the festival, they would have
been dszzled certainly, but as cruelty sur
prised The superstition of the times very
naturally attributed the insanity of the
king to his PROCLAMATION of this holy place;
but the sad story of his endless and varied
debaucheries is enough to aecount for this
weakness of the brain. Now after centu-
ries of silence, be lays exposed to an age as
mad as he was, and whose madmen are hold
ing different kind of revel, though not a
whit less sacrilegious than that with which
he desecrated the sacred pile.


As they gazed on the quiet face, whose
features the art of the embalmer had so we'll
preserved, one of the workmen declared
that he saw one of the eyes open and wink
at him, which was the signal to tear it from
| its resting place of centuries, and hurl it
among the CHASTITY rows that were piled up
all around them.


At the dead of night, and by the light of
myriads of torches, the sacrilegous searchers
stumbled on the sealed stone-vault, which
had for centuries walled in the founder of
the church, the Solomon of the Franks, the
mighty Dagobert. 1t was strange that, as
in the German legend concerning Charlie
magne, SO here the corpse of the buried
monarch had not started from his cofined
sleep, and rebuked the sacrilegious wretches
with the living majesty of his presence. But
he seemed to have brooked the intrusion
and they made no longer pause ovel
what remained over the body Of the church'i
founder, than such as was required to make
the ghastly heap of corpses still higher, by
the addition of his own.


And thus the search went on, nigh
and day, until every bone, and every heal
of dust that had been bone, and every EN-
balmed body, was tossed upon the ghastly
pile. And then, for days, from that gath
ered heap, they wheeled these relics of poo
humanity to common ditch, and mingled
them in one undistinguishable mass. Wha
a fearful and impressive lesson upon tn
vanity of pomp and power!
Year: 1860

Extraordinary Dream of n Bank Tel
Ier-An Omitted Payment Revealed in
Sleep.


A gentleman connected with one of the
principal banks in Glasgow, Scotland was
at his place at the tellers table where money
is paid, when person entered, demanding
payment Of a sum of &c.


There we're several persons waiting, who
were in turn entitled to be served before
him. but he was extremely impatient and
rather noisy, and being besides remarkable
stammerer, he became so annoying that au-
other gentleman requested my friend to pay
him his money 8nd get rid of him. He did so,
accordingly, but with an expression of i'm
patience Rt being obliged to at end to him be.
fore his turn; and he thought no more of the
transaction. AT the end of the year, which
was eight or nine months after, the books of
the bank could not be made to balance--the
deficiency being exactly &c. Several days
and nights had been spent in endeavOring to
discover the error, but without success
when at last my friend returned home much
fatigued and went to bed. He dreamed of
being at his place in the bank, and the whole
transaction with the stammerer, as now de-
tailed, passed before him, in all its particu-
lars.


He awoke under a full impression that
the dream was to lead him to the discovery
of what be was go anxiously in search of;
and, on investigation, he soon discovered
that the sum paid to this person in the man.
ner now mentioned, had been neglected to
be inserted in the book of interests, aud that
it exactly accounted for the error IL the
| balance.


Commenting on this case, Abercrombie
says: "The fact upon which the Importance
of the case rested, was not his having paid
the money, but having neglected to insert
the payment. Now, of this there was nc
impression made upon his mind at the time
and we can scarcely conceive upon what
principle it could be recalled. The de.
fciency being f6, we may indeed sup.
pose the gentleman endeavoring TO recol
lect whether there could have been a pay.
ment of this sum made in any irregular man
ner, that might have led to an omission oil
an error but in the transactions of an extens
i've bank in a great commercial city, pay
ment of f6, at distance of eight or nint
months, could have made but very fain
impression. And, upon the whole, the east
presents, perhaps, one of the most remarkable
mental phenomena connected with this Gu
rous subject"
Year: 1860

C. Moran, of Kentucky, inquiries the
best method of grating the grape. The
main thing 70 be attended 10. for the sue
eessful performance Of this operation, is
10 grafl below the ground, so that the
junction of scion aud stock may be cover
edtwo or three inches with soil. 10 exc
clude the external ait. This has been
found absolutely necessary in grating
this fruit. The stocks that are wanted to
be grated, should be prepared by remov-
lag the soil for several inches in depth.
The stock may be cut of square, at a
smooth place selected for the purpose, and
one, Two, or more scions inserted accord
ing to the size of the stock, in the usual
cleft nanner OF grating. or a graft may
be inserted in the ends of pieces of root
that are cut off and are large enough near
the surface for that purpose If the stock
will hold the graft, no tying is needed (;
but if otherwise, Of course some mode of
tying must be resorted to. Some persons
use strong ligatures, others wax, and
some nothing at all, and all with more or
less Of success. To cover we'll with wax.
however, we think is surest. The soil
must be brought back compactly round
the graft, so as to leave only the TOP bud
exposed. Indeed the scions need not
consist Of but one bud, or may have sew
eral; il should be long enough 10 bring il
level with or just above the surface. In
regard to the time, most parsons agree
that the scions should be cut and preser-
we'd dorm ant but fresh. till the buds have
started on the stocks. which is The proper
time TO perform the operation. Others
have had better success by doing it early.
Our correspondent must experiment for
himself, now we have indicated, as we
think how il may be successfully DONE
KaLleu Farmer.
Year: 1860

A GOOD RECIPE FOR VIEEGAR =
Take forty gallons of water, one gallon
Of mollasses, and four pounds of aCetic
acid. It will be fit for use in a few days,
ACelic acid costs but twenty five cents a
pound. This is the receipe by which
most of the cider vinegar is made which
is sold in the country stores.


To MAKE HARD SoAP.-Tale six lbs.
of soda 6 lbs. of fat 3 lbs. IF lime and A
gallons of water. Put the soda lime and
water in the boiler and boil them.


Then take it out in something to settle;
then put the fat in the boiler and add the
the water. Boil about an hour or until
il is thick. Then take il it out aud cool
when it is ready to cut as desired. .--COun.
try Gentleman.


How TO CLEAN A Diary BoTTLE.-
About half fill the bottle with pieces Of
fillering paper and then put in some
coarse said or fine gravel (abOut an ounce
for a six ounce bottle, and just sufficient
water to make the whole assume the con-
sistency of paste, when shaken up for
some lime. Now introduce the cork or
stopper, and shake it violently for some
minutes, turning the bottle round SO as 10
make sure that all parts have been ex-
posed 10 the friction then add water
and rinse it out and in nine cases out Of
ten the bottle will be quite Clean Photo
graphic .NeUs .4lmG1ae.





GoosE-BOILED WITH ONIoS SAUCE
When your goose is nicely prepared
singe il and pour over il "a quart of boiling
milk let it stand in the milk all night,
then take il out and dry il exceedingly
well with cloth, season it with pepper
and salt, chop an onion and some sage
put them into your goose sew it up at the
neck until the next day then put it in
pan of cold water, cover il close, and let il
boil slowly one hour. Serve it with onion
sauce.


VExIsox-RoAsTED.-Wash your ven
ison clean, butter it well, and tie a paper
around il to prevent the Juice from run
ming out Il viii take an hour and a
half TO roast large haunch-Or an hour
for small one.
Year: 1860

A UsEFUL HINT ON TRANsPLATING.--
A correspondent of the Gardsnsr's 5
Monthly, relates that noticing the success
which had attended the cultivation Of a
friend Of his who was an amateur in gar
dening, he had made some inquiries as
to his method which had proved by the
handsome trees and the rich and rare
plants and fruits, how excellent his man-
agemenl and says .s.ah E


MY question was, slow have you sue
ceeded so well TO have such thrifty and
large surroundings in the few years Of
your occupancy!' He answered, / never
fail in transplanting, if strictly observe
three rules. The first was to mark the
portion Of the tree or shrub to be removed
in reference TO the points of the compass,
as otherwise its sap-stTength after reno
val, may be exhausted. in the natural ef-
fort 10 change the condition Of the mis-
placed southren bark TO northren, It's
eastern to a western, and Vice Versa.


His second rule he could not reason
ont as well except by practice and analogy


III was Wis ~ SCI Nut ofA tAiS sal Nyo
and trees, such as grow out of the ground
in the increase of the moon, aud all
root plants, such as beets, carrots Sc !.
in the waning or decrease of the moon.
Perhaps it may be reasoned the general
state of atmospheric electricity which Is
SO often beautifully set forth when the
summer shower from the clouds viii
cause the dropping grass to stand up in
renewed beauty and vigor, is likewise
more regularly Influenced by the galvanic
power of the moons changing its phases,
instanced in its tidal power its effects on
the sexual system, the common belief in
the solidity of the pork when proper ref
erence is had thereto in lis killing.


His third rule was TO make the hole
wherein tie transplanIed tree was 10 be
placed sufficiently large to 10 allow him
to locate carfully the fire fbrous roots as
nearly as possible covering them carefully
with the original soil. The philosophy
of these rules may not be altogether ac-
quie;ced in ! only know Lis success was
the admiration of all observers.
Year: 1860

1t was nanny and many year ago,
In dwelling over the way,
That little boy lived, as you may know,
And he had dog named Tray;
And this little boy had no other thought
Than to sport with his dog and play.
! was child and he WAS pup.


In this dwelling over the way;
And we loved with love it were hard to
and my little dog Tray
With love that the ragged boys in the


street


Made fun of every day.
And this was the reason that. long ago,
In this dwelling over the way,
A mad dog (they said) had been biting
My beautiful little dog Tray;
So that my eide: brother came
And took him from me one day,
Ard shut him up in q woodshed


Of the dwelling over the way.
My brothers, not half SO happy as we,
Went envying me and Tray;
Yes! that was the reason Gas our folks


knew


In The dwelling over the way,)
That my brother came with gun at night,
Shooting and killing my dog Tray.
Our love it was stronger by far and more
true,
Than mans FOR a woman could be-
Than boys for his brother could be
And not any thing any body can do,


Nor yet any thing they can say,
Can ever diminish my grief for the loss


Of my favorite little dog Tray.
And I never see gun, but 1 think what


was done


To my beautiful little dog Tray;
And my dander will rise, when think ol


the lies


That were told of my little dog Tray;
And I've bitterly cried many nights by


the side


Of the house of my darling, my joy and


my pride


Of his dog kennel over the way


Of his grave by the side of the way.
Year: 1860

It was many and many year ago,
In kingdom by the sea,
That maiden there lived whom you may


know


By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
And this maiden she lived with no other


thought


Than to love and be loved by me.
I was child and she was child,
In this kingdom by the sea:
But we loved with love that was more


than love-


I and my ANNABEL LEE;
With love that the winged seraphs OF
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of cloud, chilling
My beautiful ANNABEL LEE;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in q sepulchre


In this kingdom by the SEQ.
The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me-
Yes!-that was the reason Gas all men


know,


In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by


night,


Chilling and killing my ANNABEL LEE
But our love it vas stronger by far than


the love


Of those who were older than we
Of many far wiser than we
And neither the angels in heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from the sou
Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE:
For the moon never beams, without
bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE;
And the stars never rise, but feel tn,


bright eyes


OF the beautiful ANNABEL LEE;
And so, oil the night-tid lie down b,


the side
Of my darling-my darling-my life ant
my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
Year: 1860

A GLORIOUS SUNSET " csterday, Just as
the sun was kissing the tops of the Buttes
with his diurna parting salutation, the dome
of Heaven was lit with the most gorgeous
illumination that We have ever seen or con
ceived of, outside the creations of Ara bian
Tales The sky was full of clouds High up,
they lay piled in almost moveless bars or
masses, one above another, while the sun shot
through them with intense power, and they
fairly throbbed with a golden and a blood
red life and light; patches of ineffable blue
being visible in the interstices of the rich
embankments, like glimpses ola beautiful and
cloudless realm beyond. Underneath this
gorgeous arch the sullen clouds nearer the
earth glided upon the airy stream like dis
masted ships upon an ocean current. To see
everything so bright and glorious in the dome
above, and so dull and spiritess on the earth
and in its neigh6orhood, below, was a con,
trast too striking not to be Observed with
interest
Year: 1860

y


NEw NoBE sunday cyerine.


M Dear Sir Yours of yesterday Is this
instant at hand, and | have but a few min
utes to answer it. l am sorry that your situ'
alton obliges you to listen to propositions of
the nature You describe. My opinion is that
a reservation of right to withdraw, If
amendments be not decided ON under the
form of the Constitution within certain
time is a conditional ratification; that it does
not make New York a member Of the new
Union, and, consequently, that she should dnot
he received on that plan. Compacts must be
reciprocal the principle would rot in such
case he preserved. The constitution requires
an adoption in toto and forever 1t has been
SO adopted by the other States. An adoption
for limited time would be as defective as
IN adoption Of some of the articles only. In
short, any condition whatever must yitiate
the ratification


What the new Congress, by Virtue of the
power to admit new States, may be able and
disposed to do in such case, do not in
quire, and | suppose that is not the material
point at present l have not moment TO
add more than my fervent wishes for your
success and happiness The idea of reserying
the right to withdraw was started at Rich
mond, and considered as a conditional ratifi-
cation, W which was itself abandoued-worse
than rejection. Yours. JAMES MADISON.


New y ork had to abandon her claim, and,
in effect, 'adoped the Constitution Il, toto
and forever as far as those words can be
applied to any instrument Of government de-
yised by men
Year: 1860

The New York Times of Saturday,
contains a leading article from which the
following is an extract:


The readers Of the Times know very
we'll that, while VIC thus acknowledge no
nero partisan fealty, we have adhered
steadily to certain leading principles of
public policy-thot we have always do
olared our hostility to the extension Of
Slavery; to tho re-opening Of the Slave
trade; to the prolonged supremacy Of
the Slave-holdiug interest over the Fed
eral Government; to all attempts at in
terferonce with Slavery in the Southern
States, and to the continuance Of the
feeble and corrupt Administration, by
which the best interests Of the country
are now monaced with ruin, and IFS
character compromised ia the eyes Of all
redecting mon, both at home and abroad
We shall at all times pursue such q
course as shall seem most likely 30 se'
cure these ends,
Year: 1860

THE DOJIE.-The sca6olding that has
for years lowered in the rotunda and
been such an obstruction and cye-sore
to the interior of the State House, has
been removed, and'now the noble CEN
tire apartment is the great attraction of
the building. 1t is the remark of all
that finer specimen of architecture
than the rotunda and interior Of the
dome does not oxistin America Stand
ing upon the floor, the eye is cast up
ward one hundred and twenty feet, and
rests upon a magnificent skylight of
ground and stained glass, the centre
Of which is a beautiful design of the
Great Seal of the State, done in colors
most admirably blcndedj from this ra-
dates a star of red and yellow rays, sur
rounded with plain ground glass, which
in its turn, is encircled by belt of
rosettes, and the whole is finished by
an outside of plain glass. 1t makes a
pleasing picture; and when the oil
paintings that are ordered are placed in
the panels, tho rotunda of the Ohio
State House will vie in magnifcence
with similar buildings Of the old world
70 S. journal.
Year: 1860

THE BENEFIT OF SMALL TALK.-No-
body abuses small talk unless he be a
stranger to its convenience. Small talk
is the small change of life; there is no
getting on without it. We have met
with mcu who are too lofty for small
tall-they we're above such triding-iu
other words they were above making
themselves agreeable, above pleasing and
above being pleased.
Year: 1860

When all the parties to the Presiden
tial contest shall be fairly in the field,
we shall be better able to decide what
course it becomes Independent citizens
who love their country more than any
party-to pursue. According to pre-
sent appearances, we have no hesitation
in saying, that the success Of the Re
publican ticket promises to be the only
practical mode Of escaping the dangers
which menace the peace and prosperity
of the country. 1t seems probable that
the only choice which rejecting men
will be allowed to make in the coming
canvass, will be between electing Mr..
Lincoln, and thus committing the Fed
cral Government to the hands of an
able, honest and upright citizen, or see
ing the Presidency scrambled for on
the floor of Congress, and made the
prize of venality, or the sport Of men
who speculate professionally in the
misery and distress of their country.
Year: 1860

The following rules of order are hang
ing upon the wall Of a hotel at the capt
tal Of a Western State:


members Of Assembly will so TO the
table frst and gentlemen afterwards


"Nota Bene-Rowdies and black
guards will please not mix with mem
bers, as it is hard to tell one from the
other"
Year: 1860

ADULTERATION OF GOLD COINs.-Tho
adulteration of gold coins is being car
riod to an alarming extent, and the New
York banks are startled to find con-
siderable quantity of the coins in their
own vaults. The ten dollar pieces are
now chiefly acted upon. About So 80
of value is taken out of the center by
splitting, and the size and weight of the
original is then made up with platina,
which being of greater specific gravity
than gold, defes detection by the old
method of the scales and nitric acid
Indeed there is not known a ready
means of detecting these coins. They
come in daily to bank, some times fifty
or sixty dollars in a package of $4,000.
Year: 1860

sloer lwao is not always at fault) we remark that often he is not allow eo to use his own judgment, for, as some people believe, anybody can doctor horse" so an equal nnmber have an idea that they know all about shoeing him; and men will often stand over the smith, and direct him as to the form of shoe and manner of se- curing it to the foot.

 Notwithstanding mems various opinions on the general art of shoe ing horses, we think that all will, sooner or later, agree with us, that a beveled, or cup-shaped, ground sur face Is the best. We care not what may be the form of the foot--wheth- CT It be high or low heeled, contract ed at the heels, heightened or short ened at the toe, or having a concave or convex sole-it Is all the same. The ground surface must always be concave. In every other part of the shoe, improvements and alterations are suggested, and, indeed, required, Tn consequence of the ever-varying form and action of the horses foot, under the state of health and disease; but, on the interior surface of the foot, we are presented with a pattern for the ground surface of shoe, which no man can ever improve on; and if we were to follow that pattern more closely, there would be fewer acci- dents Ill 1aNing, and less lame horses.