smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1868

Hardly anything is more contemplate
than that conceit Shich rests merc, upon
soc al position. the conceit Of those who i'm
agine they are thus divorced from the com


mon class of men, of those who shrink with
horror from the idea of work as something
which degrades by its very contact, and yet
who, very likely owe their position to some
remote ancestor, who recognizing his call to
work lived more honestly in the world than
they do, and Was not afraid of soiled thumbs


1t is Lne of the meanest things for people
tosbe ashamed of the work from which they
draw their income, and which gjorjGed their
ancestors more with theT soicd aprons and
black gowns than themselves with their
fine ribbons and flashing jewelry. 1t might
be fine thing TO be like the lilies, more
gloriousy clothed than Solomon, and doing
nothing, five were only lilies. Advanta-
geous position IS only more emphatic cali
to work AMI while those who hold the ad-
vantage may not be compelled to manual
drudgery, they should recognize the fact
that manual drrdgery may be performed in
the same spirit that characterzes their own
work, and therefore is equally honorable.
Year: 1868

Register:


Political asssssinations can never be justi-
fled in the code of morals, but they are an
inScparablc accompaniment of revolution and
the tyrannical use of irresponsible power in
certain of their stages. Men hopelessly press
ed to the earth, without the power OF organ
lied resistance, have in I'll times obeycd the
instinct OF the worm, and turned upon the
heel Of the oppressor. That was not such
an era when Booth struck bis blow, as he
Thought, =" for the good of Rome" lie was
not man made desperate by felt tyranny,
bat an enthusiast whose brain was turned by
bis country's woes. But the normal period
of assassination may yet be reached In the
history of this revolution. lspcak not now
Of the South, but the whole country, and !
can assure you Of my belief that the unsated
passions of the North arc nearer to it than
those in the South, which have been chasten'
cd by adversely and endurance. and their te
yer cooled by a copious flow Of blood. But
hold nothing to be more certain than this
that if Radicalism persists in lis mad de-
signs 10 the enl, there will be civil war in
the North. sooner or later Some man, OF
some unforeseen spark, will be developed, tc
" fire the Northern heart aud precipitate
revolution Somewhere or somehow the
coal of fire will be found to scorch to the
quick through the popular turtles back. And
when l think of the race and traditions o
the people upon whom this Radical Congress
is irving its experiments of despotism, l won
der at the hardihood and daring ofthe exper
imenters. Blood will tell, and be sure that
sooner or later, the commingling streams o
the fighting races of the earth which meet il
American veins, will assert themselves ant
the right of such men to be free.
Year: 1868

A NEGRO TAKES A WHIpP1NG.-A negro
man, whose name escaped us, stole an iron
mortar from the drugstore of Adams & Jack.
son, and carried it to Mobiles to sell it as I'D
iron. Suspecting it had been stolen, that
gentleman refused to purchase it, aud it was
left at his shop. A negro porter belonging to
the drugstore fo!nd out the negro who had
stolen It, and told him if he didn't bring it
back the police would be sent for him. The
mortar was returned, and upon its delivery
the porter told the thief that he must take o
thrashing or 90 before the Mayor. he de-
INJURED somewhat, but the porter was inexo-
rable, and the thief chose the thrashing. He
retired into the cellar made voluntary con-
vex of his back over barrel, and his colored
brother made thirty-n;ne applications of a
strap to the most prominent portion of his
physique. The punished niger made tracks
from that vicinity. and it is to be hoped that
he will be better mig for the future Selma
| Times ,'tsis csist
Year: 1868

The Constitution framed for uth-Caroll.
M bv the Congo Convention is beautiful
niece of political mechanism. Paupers have
heretofore been always and everywhere very
properly excluded from the elective tranchise'
but by this instrument the pauper population
is made the voting power of the common
wealth. Property-holders and taxpayers are
either disrranchised or placed in such hope
less minority that they are voiceess IN the
Government, while the negroes vote without
fear of challenge for every office, and by their
overwhelming majorities carry with ease eve
ry election. The capitation and dog tax are
the only two for which the negro would be Dc,
liable, but as he has no property Tor .he sheriff
TO attach, there is no way to enforce payment
except by making default bar to the ballot
And so it was at first arranged but foresee-
ing the effect Of such a provision in reducing
the negro vote, the Convention amended oy
ordering that no one should forfeit bis right
to vote by reason of failure to pay the said
tax. And this specific tax per capitun1 is to
be applied to the support of negro schools
schools in which the white population cannot
participate, in which they have no interest
and over which they have no supervision Oh
control, and ye. which they alone will be re
quired to support. Towards this fund the
negro voter is not obliged to contribute one
cent, although he will be, under his party
leaders, invested with the exclusive contro
Of its disbursement. The honest and un
bought white men Of the State, including will
scarcely au exception all the original Unior
men, are excluded either by legislation o
intrigue from the ballot and from holding
Office, and are forced by the bayonet to sub
NIT to any and all the exceptions which al
irresponsible mongrel convention and Legis
lature may impose upon them. And this Ii
the land Of liberty and under the stars AM
stripes? Can the Gem Of the Sea- the mis-
governed and unhappy Emerald | e presen
ANYTHING worse than this in all he. sad bis
tory of grievous wrongs?


South Carolina, under such reconstruction
is eminently worthy ~ en- early admissio
into full fellowship with the noble States
the North With Radical Bureau Comm:
soner Scott as Governor, by League mani
pulations and negro votes; with negro Leg
islature with the notorious ex-rebel bowe
to represent its metropolis in Congress, an
all its offices filled by negroes or renegad
whites who would not be intrusted in any df
cent community North with any position n
curing moral probity of character, her star
ready to be added to the flag, but it is blac


star in the cluster, and should so appear. An
this is Radicalism
Year: 1868

E% In North Carolina aparty of United
States soldiers, to avenge negro soldier who
had been fired at but not hit, surrounded the
house of an old man, who was innocent Of
the whole affair, and burned him and one OF
his sons to death after first shooting his SON
in.law dead.


Aa= The Georgia Legislature, as the re.
turns now stand, will have in it twenty.eight
negro members; three in the Senate and
twenty-five in the House of Representatives
Year: 1868

WHO WOULD NOT BE A FARMERf
The Louisville Courier pays the fol.
lowing tribute to the occupation Of
the farmer:


If 4 voung man wants TO engage
in huiSncsS that will ensure him, in
middle life, the greatest amount OF
leisure time, there is nothing more
sure than farming. If he has an in.
turn OF mind let him he n
farmer. If he wants 10 engage.in Il
healthy occupation, let him till the
soil. In short, il he would be indie
pendent let him get spot of earth
keep within his means, to shun the
lawyer; be temperate, to avoid the
doctor; be honest, that he may have
a clear conscience improve the soil,
50 as to leave the world better than
he found it; and then, if he cannot
live happily, and die content, there is
no hope for him.
Year: 1868

l. it Surprisin. that the public debt
should he what it is, when plumber
has absorbed at least half Of its
aggregate, and that the war WAS
continued two years only for the
profit of shohdy contractors and II
corrupt Congress That debt IS in
creaSing daily, and must continue to
swell while untold millions are added
to it to keep up electioneering bu,
reaus and manufacturers OF negro
VOTES
Year: 1868

What strange anomaly in creation
is a human being with nothing to do.
The most Insignificant object in nature
becomes him or her source of envy;
the birds sing in ecstacy of joy the
tiny flower hidden from all eyes sends
forth its fragrance of happiness the
mountain stream dashes along with a
sparkle of pure delight. The object of
their creation is accomplished, and
their:life gushes forth in harmonious
work. Oh, plant? oh, stream here in
man and woman are powers we never
dreamed Difficulties divine eternal
head to think, but nothing to consen-
trate the thoughts a hand to do but no
work done; talents unexercised, capac-
itles undevelOped, human life thrown
away--wasted as water poured forth in
the desert. Oh birds and flowers! we
are gods in such mockery CT life as
this. ~
Year: 1868

Shortly before his death, Thackeray
amused party of literary friends by
recalling some early trials arising from
his brief connection with daily on
which he was engaged as literary re-
viewer. One of the first works submit
ted to the writer was Roscoe's Life and
Works of Henry Fielding, an author of
whose productions, with the single ex-
ception of Tom Jones, he was at that
time totally ignorant. Unwilling to
acknowledge his unfitness for the task,
the future novelist set to work, and af-
ter conscientiously reading every line
of Roscoe's bulky volume, sent in a
review for which he evidently received
a payment. that was poor remuneration
for the ten days of preliminary study
which he went through ere he took pen
in hand. Still suffering from the ex-
haustion consequent on tins ill-paid SER
vice, he was required to perform still
more Herculen labor. On returning to
his chamber from an afternoons walk,
ne found piled high upon his table, and
cnmbering all bis more massive furni-
ture, the entire series of volumes form
ing the new edition of the Encyclopedia
Brittanica. On his desk lay note from
his editor, requesting him forthwith to
review the terrifying array of closely
printed quartos. At this point of his
story, the narrator was interrupted
with the inquiry, "What did you do
with them?" "fhe only thing that an
honest journalist could do under the
circumstances, was the answer 81
packed the books into cab, aud sent
them straight back to Printing House
S nuare.n ----------
Year: 1868

The surest protection against rot in
the potato, after being harvested, is air.
Stacked lime. Let the lime be spfink-
led over the bottom of the bin before
filling, and repeat the application on
each foot of potatoes as the bin Is filled
up. The quantity is what farnef
would call good sprinkling. Potatoes
should be excluded from the light, and
where convenient, covered with oldcar-
pet, etc. When buried out of doors, a
high, dry spot should be selected, which
can be thoroughly drained, and tItert
pursue the same course with lime as be-
fore. A vent must. of coarse be left in
the top for the escape of confined air.
Germdntolcn telegraph. M r-.. 5lrs.5s
Year: 1868

Good buckwheaU cakes are during
such weather as is now prevailing vast
ly comfortablei and as good yeast is
necessary for their composition the
following receipt for the preparation
of that article Is given to the public


Pare six good sized potatoes, and boil
with them three handful ct hops also
put into an openyessel one cup of sugar,
half cup of salt; halfa cup of ginger;
pore the boiled hops and potatoes, while
hot through seive, rubbing a little.
making, when strained one gallon
When lukewarm, add one cup of yeast
when froth rises put all in jug, and
cork tight. This will keep good for
three months. No flour
Year: 1868

After the immature shoots have beSn
cut away, lay down the rose bushes,
and peg them in position, aud then CO..
yer with leaves after which throw on
enough earth to keep the leaves in their
place. They may be kept safely, by
covering with soda, or earth alone, but
leaves are better, with earth over them.
especially when the rose bushes contain
immature wood.
Year: 1868

.-iPe One half of man kind pass their
ives in thinking how they shall get din
fner, and the other in thilking what
dinner they shall get; and the first
are much less injured by occasional
than are the latter by constant feasts.
Year: 1868

~A Connecticut paper says several young
men have been in the habit Of taking tomatoes
from the garden of a gentleman in Mddletown,
who picked them and placed them in the sun
TO perfect. Not relishing the Joke, he put some
more in the same place, but impregnated them
thoroughly with croton oil. They were taken,
and the effect was unpleasant.
Year: 1868

spade and post auger in setting fence posts,
and adopted the pile driver, similar to that
employed on wharves. The machine costs
about S25, and two men and team will drive
three fourths Of a mile posts per day. The
posts are sharpened and are un usually sent
to the proper depth by two blows Of the wooden
driver or monkey.
Year: 1868

LIFE INSURANCE.
5000 for SO Premium
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE
Manhattan Cooperative Relief Association.
THE MA ANHATTAN COOPERATIVE
RELIEF ASSOCIATION
Is CHARTERED BY THE STATE OF NEW


YORK.
Year: 1868

Let the people bear in mind that
Sherman's rapacious scheme forbade
all taxation Of bonds and here is
the gist Of the matter. The people
Of city or . township in . State
insist that where q capitalist lives
among them whose property is in
bonds, that he shall be taxed like
resident farmers and mechanics for
Year: 1868

Printers are unlike other classes OF


men. Their vocation imparts to them
an intelligence that does not result
from any other business. Dealing


with language exclusively, in cOmbin-
alton of letters, words, sentences and
paragraphs, they are constantly
brought into communion with
thoughts and their working, and these
insensibly become imbued with the
ideas of those minds whose creations
they help to embody into those forms
that give them to the world. They
literally get grammar at their fingers
ends, while picking up the types that
form sentences that are grammatical.
Spelling comes To them as natural as
breathing, for they fall into correct
photography through force of habit.
The characteristics Of printers are not
so favorable 10 personal thrift as those
of other professions. They Partake of
the nature of the artists in some de-
gree, and are generally liberal to a
fault, thOughtless of the future, and
frequently improvident of the past
flush when in a good situation, aud
dead broke when on tramp. They
may be said to be the working BOhe


mians of the world of operatives.
Year: 1868

A FUNNY STORY.-The Detroit
Advertiser is sponsor for the following:
About a year ago one of our business
men visited New York City, and while
there ordered half a dozen cartes de
visites of himself, which he distribu-
ted among his friends in that place,
A few days ago he was surprised to
find one of these "cOunterfeit reSem-
bIance" in possession of the family
cook. An investigation into the mat
ter disclosed the fact that she had re-
ceived it from a fortune teller in New
York City, who advertised to send a
correct likeness Of any young lady's
future husband, all for the sum of
fifty cents, which amount the cook
had remitted, and received her en-
plOyer's likeness in return.
Year: 1868

Mr.. Linglake, in one of the new volumes
of 'Thc Invasion of Crimea," says ofhor-
scs Gil the battlc-icld:


The extent to which charger can ap-
pfehend the perils of a battlefield may be
easily understood by one who confines his
observation to horses still carrying their
riders, for as long as troop horse in action
feels the weight and hand Of his master, his
deep trust in man keeps him seemingly
free from great terror, aud he goes through
the fight, unless wounded as though it
were lield-day at home, but the moment
that death or a disabling wound deprives
him Of his rider, he seems all at once to
learn what a battle is--to perceive its real
dangers with the clearness of human be-
ing, and to be agonized with horror of tho
fate he may incur for want of hand to
guide him.


Careless of the mere thunders of guns,
he shows plainly enough that he more or
less knows the dread accent that is used by
missiles Of war whilst cutting their way
through the air; for as often as these
sounds disclose to him the near passage of
bullet CT round shot, he shrinks and Grim
ges. His oyoballs protrude; wild with
fright, ho still does not commonly gallop
home into camp. Ills instinct seems rath-
cr to tell him that what safety, if any,
there is for him, must be found in tho
ranks; and he rushcs at the first squadron
he can find, urging piteously yet with vi
olencc that he too by right is troop horse,
that he too is willing to charge, but not to
be left behind; that he must and will fall
in. Sometimes a riderless charger thus
bent on aIgning with his fellows will not
be content to range himself on the flank of
the line, but dart ut some point in the
squadron which he seemingly judges to bo
his own rightful place, and strive to forco
himself in. Riding as is usual for tho
commander of a regiment to do, some way
in advance of his regiment, Lord George
Pagot was especially tormcntcG and press
cd by the riderlcss horses that chose to
turn round and align with him. At ono
time there were three or four of these hor-
scs advancing close abreast of him ON ono
side, and as many as five or six on tho
other. Impelled by terror, by gregarious
instinct, and by their habit Of ranging in
line, they so ''closod in'' upon Lord George
as to besmoar his overalls with blood from
the CORY fanks of the nearest intruder,
and Obliged him to use his sword
Year: 1868

ing they may be; and upon you, sir, our
honorcd candidate, will devolye the re-
sponsibility of proving that Delaware
farmer is as well able to represent his
State in the National Congress, as those
learned in the law And we have chosen
you as our standard-bearcr because we be-
llcye you every way worthy of the trust,
and we intend, at the election in next No
yembcr, to send you with the most over
whelminG majority ever given in our State
for any candidate to represent us in the
hall which has echoed to the thrilling elo-
qucnce of Clay, Calhoun and Webster.
with the full confidence that our hopes in
you will not be disappointed.


Permit me, too, gentlemen, to congrat-
ulatc you upon the bright prospects open
ing to our unhappy country at the present
time. Eight years ago, through an un-
happy division in the Democratic party,
the country was afflicted with the terrible
curse of a Radical triumph. Then began
the troubles of America Woe after woe
has fallen upon us, and now after almost
eight years of Republican misrulo, we
stand to day in the most lamontablo and
pitiablc plight that ever disgraced people
protesting to be free. With almost one
entire half Of the country subjected to ne
gro rulc--and thereby sunk in almost
semi-b barbarism-and the whole groaning
under the burden of debt of thousands of
millions, and ground into the very dust by
taxation which saps the lifc-blood and
destroys the energy of the laboring man,
we blush with shame to call ourselves cit
izcns OF free Amerca-but, thank God!
the prospect brightcns. Already has light
began to dawn upon us. Thousands, and
tens Of thousands, aye hundreds of thous-
ands, of those who have hitherto been sup
porters of the Republican party, are daily
falling away from it, and focking to the
standard of Democracy. And we have
every reason to believe, and do believe,
that at the next Presidential election such
a majority will be rolled up for Seymour
and Blair, as will cause Radicalism to hide
its face with shame and confusion, and to
call upon the mountains and hills to fall on
them and hide them from the just anger of
an indignant and outraged people, who
though long-suilcring and patient, shall
have at last arisen like mighty ''siant in
his wrath to punish them for their many
crimes and misaeeds.
Year: 1868

When We say Of shiftloss fellow that
he does not ''carn his SALT" we uncon-
sciously alludo to an ancient custom among
the Romans. Among them the man was
said TO be in possession Of salary who had
his 'salar'am," his allowance ofsalt-mon-
ey, or of salt, whereWith to SAVIOR the food
by which he lived. Thus salary comes
from salt-and in this view of the word
how many there arc who do not learn
their sail"
Year: 1868

Children's talk sometimes contains anu
sing mistakes. A friend recently over
heard the following in the street. A lit
tie girl was playing with u very small dog
and calling the attention of one of her
playmatcs to the diminutiyo size of the an
imal The reply from the four-year-old
was =" My sisters got good deal little
doggcr than that" The meaning was
palmer than the language
Year: 1868

Pleasure unattained is the hare which
We hold in chase, cheered on by the ardor
of competition, the exhilarating cry of the
dogs, the shouts of the hunters, the echo of
the horn, and the ambition of being in at
the death. Pleasure attained is the same
hare hanging up in the sportsman's larder,
worthless, disregarded, dcspisod, dead.
Year: 1868

MAJ BrGes We your political and
personal friends, make this call to tender
you our sincere congratulations upon your
nomination as Representative to the Con-
gress of the United States. No greater
pleasure ever dcvolved upon me individu-
ally, or this body collectively, than the
rendering Of our congratulations. We feel
that our reprcs entatiyts in convention on
Wednesday last, did their work faithfully
and well land without disparagemcnt to
any gentleman whose name was before that
conyention-that in your selection they
have but responded to the demands Of the
democratic masses.


Whatever differences may have existed
as to the claims Of any of those gentlemen
all bow in acknowledgment to their wis
dom in the selection of candidate AL
though | have been resident of your
State but few short years, you have not
been unknown to me- This, sir, calls to
mind the first speech | had the pleasure
of hearing you deliver, 1t was immedi-
atcly after the dissolution of the old Whig
party, of which party you had been an
honored member. 1t was at time when





a small cloud ON the North East horizon,
then no larger than mans hand. The
dangerous tendencies Of this organization
you clearly forcsaw, and forgetting the
prejudices engenderod by party strife, you
allied yourself to the constitutional denoc-
racy. In that speech you clearly Fore
shadowcd the. inevitable results flowing
from what was then known as the Know
Nothing party. In the good work you
have never faltered where the work was
warmest, the fight hottest, you there stood
in the front ranks of your party. A faith
full servant should be remembered for his
services. by your srocord-by our love
for the constitution, liberty and law, we
will make you the Representative upon the
floor of Congress, of the Diamond State of
the Federal Union.


You will be called upon to assist in the
great work of sustaining democratic adj
ministraton.-In bringing back the gov
ernment in sight OF the land marks OF cur
fathers.-To assist in restoring to their
proper and legitimate relations what once
constituted great States Of the Union, that
are now clothed in the habiiimcnts Of
mourning give stability to our credit
provide means to liquidate our national
Indebtedness by other means than from
the hard earnings and scanty resources OF
the laboring and industrial classes. New
er, never in our history were the issues
greater, and the consequences flowing from
a decision in favor of the Radical party
must disastrously affect the character Of
the government for all future Time From
our intercourse with you, we know you
are alive to their Importance tliat from
! the banks of the Drandywine to the cx.