smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

The Louisville Courier says that no
other Democrat in the nation except
James Guthrie can be nominated by the
Charleston Convention and be elected,
and "that not to nominate Guthrie is to
insure the election of Black Reputli-
can
Year: 1859

s1-"Well, neighbor. what is the most
Christian news this morning. said gem
tleman TO his friend.


Il hare just bought barrel of -four
for poor woman"


Just like you. Who is it that you
have made happy by your charity this
time u


"My wife y
Year: 1859

Six young men to learn the Painting
butiness. Name need apply who smoke
cigars, chew tobacco or drink rum. al
so reserve the privilege of doing al the
swearing myself


WASHINGTON SMITH.
Year: 1859

SOLICITOR HoUsroN.-From the small opportunities
we had for Judging conclude that we have not met
with better prosecuting officer for years than Mr.
Houston. He is young but rising man, and we shall
be disappointed if he do not at future day. fill
large sace in the public eye. He reveres the law
prompt, firm and fearless but does not seem evnce
that anxiety to convict for the purpose of showing
his SKILL which we regret to say, the of
prosecuting officers, that have seen, strongly
evinces.-WGShingto IN C. DiSp1tc.
Year: 1859

A RARE CHANCE!
ENRE SUBSCRIBER offers for sale, the whole half Of


the farm owned and cultivated by him situated on
the North side of White Oak River miles from Poocks
vile The tract contains 100 less and is
under state of cultivation. good Corn and Cotton
land as can be found in the county The farm has good
dwelling kitchen and all necessary ont houses The
lot has upon large handsome and we'll arranged growth
OF young and beautiful shade trees together with well of
most excellent water 1t is level and healthy country and
better Deighborho0d cannot be found III Eastern North
Carolina


The tract s situated but few miles froln stream Of


NAVIGABLE WATERS,
making IT convenient matter to ship, almost any time
the products Of the farm. The soil adapted
the culture Of almost vegetable grown in this section of
country, and its fertility requires improvement.
The subscriber desr0us to sell only upon account Of
having concluded to change his business.


It will be sold upon liberal terms.


Those wishing to examine the tract of land ascertain
any further particular5. do By applying the
premises to VIM. r. SILVER.
Nav goth 1889 ;S.3n ,
Year: 1859

a subscriber came up in to our office
the other day and grumbled because we
put IN too many advertisements he
grumbled because he didn't get his paper
rcgnar-as if Ne could regulate q horse
maiI-we'd sooner undertake to regulate
the ID. Now, there is a large number
OF just SUCH characters. They are al
ways grumbling, catch 'em when you
will, like the species Of fish called grum
6IerS They grumble, grumble, at good
luck and bad luck they grumble at the
weather-cold or warm, wet or dry ::
they grumble when its too sunny they
grumblc because they have to eat and
sleep they gtumble well or sick they
grNmbIe at life they grumble because
they are poor or rich. We know a man
that grnmbes At the very milk he puts


IN his coffee, because the cow don't give
cream They grumble at other mems
prosperity they grumble and they don't
know why. We hate this everlasting
complaining, fretting, scolding, fault fin.
ding and grumblng. Stop ii, you miserr
able, nervous, dispeptic bipeds. What
aIIs you ! Take up the song of life and
leave off grumbing. This life is short,
Is meant 10 be disciplinary. Then pi:ch
IN and enjoy life. Spend your money
and treat your frienos. Don't the bird.
sing in summer, and the cricket chirp on
the hearth in winter Even tie frogs
that croak, croak for joy. Don't be a
dog in the manger. Take up the march
OF life and sing on the way cheeriIy.-
You can make it bright and sunshiny, or
you can make it dark and shadowy. So
come along, advertise TO the amount Of a
column, take A copies of the paper, and
feeling, soft, gentle and glorious, will
spread itself over your soul, as if it had
been famed by an angels wing.-Rising
SIM
Year: 1859

Shells are apt TO be musty. Try a
quarter Of pound before buying q1sn.
tlty.


10 select nutmegs, prick them with a
pm. 1t they are good, the oil will in,
stantlyv spread around the puncture.


Keep coffee by itself, as its odor-affects
other articles. Keep tea in a close chest
or canister.


Oranges and lemons keep best wrap
ped close in soft paper, and laid in a
drawer of linen.


When cask Of molasses is bought,
draw OIL few quarts, else the fermenta.
ton produced by moving it will burst the
cask.


Bread and cake should be kept in tin
box or stone jar.


Salt cod should be kept in dry place,
where the odor of it will not affect the
Air OF the house. The best kind is that
which is called Dun, from its peculiar
color. Fish skin for clearing coffee should
be washed, dried, cut small, and hept in
box or paper bag.


Soft soap should be kept in dry place
IN the cellar, and should hot be used till
three months old.


Bar soap should be cut into pieces of
a convenient size and laid where it will
become dry. 1t is well to keep it seve,
raj weeks before using it, as it spends fast
when it is new.


Cranberries will keep all winter in
hrkln of water, in the cellar.


Potatoes should be put into the cellar
as soon as they are dug. Lying exposed
TO the sun turns them green, and makes
them watery. Some good housekeepers
have SOds laid over barrels Of potatoes
not in immediate use. To prevent them
from sprontiag in the spring turn them
out upon the cellar bottom.


/" thaw frozen potatoes, put them in
hot water. To thaw frozen apples, put
them in cold water. Neither will keen
long after being frozen.
Year: 1859

When the nerves, from long habit,
have become accustomed to transmit
their messages from distinct parts, and
are suddenly v cut off from them, they will
retain along their trunks the sympathetic
or sensational actions. Thus, man who
has a leg amputated will feel distinctly
along the course Of the trunk Of the nerve
sensation f.om toes which no longer exist.
The mind Is also influenced by this and
frequently this peculiar direct nervous
action can only be aIlayed by that which
is negative and reflex A curious in
stance occurred within my own expert.
ence. An old sailor suffered much from
this. He retained his diseased foot too
long, but at last conseLted to An amputa.
ton. knew him with only wooden
leg When he had his nervous pains he
always called for hot water, into which
he put his wooden stump. If told Of his
folly IN supposing that such a proceeding
could do any good, he would become en-,
ragged, and his paroxysm Of pain would
increase but IL gratifed, he took things
easy, and the process actually appeared
TO do him good, though all must know
there could be no real benefit. Still, here
is the effect Of mind over matter.--Neto
York Medical Press.
Year: 1859

CoBBETT, who lived more than a wear
at Hampstead, Long Island used some.
times to tell laughable stories at the ex.
pense Of the Quakers, some Of whom
lived in his neighborhood there. The
author Of Recollection of Mr.. Jaw,
Bath clergyman gives the following a.
received from Cobbett's own lips:


l was acquainted with well disposed
young gentleman Of large fortune whose
only fault was swearing-such a habit
that he often declared he would give half
his fortune to get rid of it. The desire
came to the ears Of Quaker, who there.
upon had an interview with the youpp
gentleman, and said


can cure thee of that bad habit.


Whereupon the youth caught hold Of
the Quaker's hand and gave Il hearty
shake, saying


How can you perform this miracle T.


The reply was, y can tell thee. have
heard that thou art going to travel for
period of six weeks, thou art Just my size:
nobody will know thee thou shalt come
to my house, put on the cooked hat, coat
with out buttons, the knee breeches. and
the shoe buckles and thou wilt find that
the sIrangeness Of the dress will have
such an effect on thee when thou art 90.
ing to talk, that it will restrain thee from
swearlng-as thou perhaps knowest, my
good friend, that we Quakers Eeyer
swear


The young man cheerfully assented 10
the proposal, and accompanied the Qua
ker TO his house, where, after changing
his clothes he took his departure in the
carp OF a Quaker and went on his way
rejoicing. Tne period Of the young gen.
tleman's tour elapsed, the Quaker all
anxiety started to meet him. Having
met him, he said -


Has. thou sworn 30 much with that
dress on thee 2


The young man rubbing the sleeves Of
his coat, replied


Certainly not : but feel d-d ip,
eliustion to lie =
Year: 1859

Why goes forth that man this Saturday
evening from the roof under which his
children lvel Why turns he from the
engaging little attempts to detain him,
and roughly moves them away, while he
loves them dearly 2 Why sits another
by his fire, sulen. discon tented, unwilling
to speak the kindly word, while his heart
is yearnng for converse and enjoyment
Why flies the cruel speech to her ior
whom the bosoms strongest affection is
nourshed ALd why, searching into
deep depths. why does man become so,
often a tyrant, SO often criminal, in his
home +! Truth has to be told; but OH
listen to it kindly, for it is hard 10 tell.-
1t Is because woman does not truly appre.
clate her mission in domestic life. Under
the present conditions of existence, she
has become weighed down by cares. As
a wife she is different to what she was as
mistress. She is ever employed in
drudgery for children and household
She negIects her dress, she forgets her
manners. Her husband sees the change,
does not perhaps find sufficient excuse





der. He flies to the tavern and billiard
table and she increases in sourness and
asperity as she increases in years. That
much of this is owing to the present cir
cumstances o: social life is true but that
much Of it is chargeable to a sad submis.
sion to those circumstances is also but
too true. It is more or less in the power
Of woman to make their domestic life
more attractive to their husbands, and
more holy in its discipline and ends than
they now do. A great regularity in time
"a great simplicity 10 dress-a more
determined adherence to that which is
right in ones own eyes, rather than tn At
which is we'll thought Of in the eyes oi
others--an orderly apportioning Of vari.
Gus periods for different occupations
would make evenings AT home pass away
very differently to what, in the great ma
jority Of cases they are now doing.
Year: 1859

ADVICE TO a YoUNG LAwYER.-Tbe
following is the advice of an examining
Judge to young lawyer on admission.


Sir it would be idle to trouble YOUR
farther. You are perfect and will dis.
miss you with few words of advice.
which you will do well to fellow. You
will find it laid down as a maxim of civil
law, never to Kiss the maid when YOU
can kiss the mistress. Garry out this
principal sir and you are aafe. Neve,
say boo to goose, when she has the
power to lay good eggs. Let your face
be long, and your bills longer. Never
put your hand in your pocke, when any
one else's is handy. Keep your consci.
ence for your own private use, and don't
trouble it with other mems matters.-
Plaster the Judge and butter the Jury
Look wiser than An owl, and be IS orscu-
as town clock, and above all get mon.
ey honestly if you can, but, my dear sir,
get money. | welcome you to the barr
Year: 1859


Hope is like the dawn Of morning,


Breaking through the misty night
Each Of natures works adorning


With n pure and holy light;
Like the gentle evening shower


Scatrring fragrance all around,
Op'ning every little flower


terminating from the ground.
Let us, then, fore yer cherish


Hope, to lift ouT hearts on high
That our spirits may not perish,


Or our happy dreammgs die {;
That, when earthly ties are riven,


Aud We leave This world Of care,
We may meet again IN Heaven,


Each the others JOY to share.
Year: 1859

The want of sterling medicinal TO meet tho
ills and necessities of the suffering portion of
humanity, aud one entirely free from mineral
and other deleterious particles, was severely
felt till this all powerful medicine was ushered
into the world HoitOWGy's Invatuabie Pills have
become the HOUSEHOLD REMEDY Of all nations.


Their attribute is to PREVENT as well as to
CURE; they attack the RADIx or ROOT Of tho
complaint, and thus by removing the hidden
cause Of disease reinyIgorate and restore ths
dropping energies of the system, assisting ma
ture in her task Of VITAL and TUEcTIoEARr
REFORMATION.
Year: 1859

We are glad to notice that this gen
tleman has been nominated by the OPP
position Of Ross and Highland, for the
State Senate. A better choice could
not well be made, Mr. Collins is de-
servedly popular, and one of the purest
and best men in Southern Ohio. If
elected, as he will be, if he is sustained
as he deserves to be by the people of
that District, he will bring into the de-
liberations of the Senate ability and
reliability Of the first ORDER [ClermOnt
NOnrior.
Year: 1859

The Washington Constitution, the or
gan of the Administration, and of the
National Democracy, says:


"It is the general belief in the Politi-
cal circles of the metropolis that, if
anything can endanger the cause of the
Democracy in Ohio, it will be the visit
of Mr.. Douglas. That arch mischief
maker has been potent there only for
evil, not for good, to the cause Of the
national demOeracY.n
Year: 1859

The organs Of the Black Democracy
harp day after day upon q passage in
the speech of Senator Seward, at Roch-
ester, in which he states that there Is an
irrepressiblo conflict between Freedom
and Slavery. Now, that is a very fine
passage in that great speech, but il is
not equal to the following, which will
be found in a speech Of HENRY CLAY,
uttered in the prime Of life, after he
had been a candidate for the Pr6si-
denoy


We give notice to the Black Democ,
racy that we intend 10 keep before ths
people this passage from Mr.. Clayt
great speech before the Colonization
Society, in January, 1927. So, KEEP
1T BEFORE THE PEOPLEl Tha
Year: 1859

EARLY BIRD.-Jim Early was found
asleep In the street at a late hour last Monday
night, and Gagged for safe keeping. That tho
Early bird catches the worm, was evident from
Jim's helpless condition. and that be will esntioae
to seek the still worm, no one can doubt, who
knows any thing Of his fondaess for bad HONOR.
Being veteran psuper, and q fugitive from the
Door house, Jim WAS turned over to the police to
be sent back to his lodgings.
Year: 1859

PUBLIC LIBRARY.-The effort now be-
ing made to raise means for fitting up the Library
Room, and for purchasing pictures to complete the
gallery in the bali of the Historical Society and
the Library Company, should meet with cordial
response from those who have the interests of our
young men at heart There now about i've
thousand volumes ready for this library, which
can be read by all who aid in fitting mp the room.
Year: 1859

OBSTRUCTION IN 18TH STREET. After
the decision of Judge Meredith, regards the oh.
strnciion OF 18th street, the Mayor would have
had the obstruction promptly removed, but for an
agreement between the counsel TO suspend tho
Judgment of the court until tue 18th inst. The
business men in the immediate Daighborhood Of
the obstruction are complaining bitterly of the
annoyance to which they are subjected; and as
the right of possession is to be decided by the
Court of Appeals, 1t seems to that the claimants,
by agreement with the city authorities, might
have the obstruction removed, until final de-
cision is had If the city has right Of way over
the property, she will be compelled to get a cons
dennation and pay for the right, for the street
must be opened, regardless of cost. If il should
thru out that che has the right Of way, then the
claimants will have lost nothing by removing tho
obstruction before compelled TO do so. Can no
satisfactory arrangement be made without com~
promising the legal rights Of either parsy2
Year: 1859

To the Aifiic ted.--Let no false delicacy prevent
the invalid from seeking medical reef-the card of
DR. L. j. CzAPKAY to be found in another column, in
dicaes where to obtain reliable and competent ply
scian 1t is seldom that we are called upon to bear
testimony in favor of the skill of any physician, but
a sense of duty well as justice demands that we
should not pass nr. Czapkay by, without something
more than a mere mention. Unlike the greater por-


ton of those who thrust themselves and their nostrums
before the public whose practices empirical, DR..
Czapkay is gentleman of medical and scientific
atainments having held the position fchief surgeon
Of the liberatng army during the late hungarian
Revolution, being voted honorary member Of the
Philadelphia College of Medicine and is possessed of
all the requisite ex Jerence and skill for the success
full practice of his profession 1t is to the and ad
vice Of such a physician We would recommend all
suffering from the effects of sexual private diseases
feeling assured that in all such complaint whether
arising from infection, ndscretion, seabuse or loss
of yirlity he can guarantee from his extensive prac
tice, n speedy and permanent cure To those suffer-
ing from the effects OF physical and mental debility,
we would say, let common sense take the place oil
false modesty and seek such advice as VIII save you
from an untimely grave, and lead you back again to
pristine health cons.lt Dr. Czapkay, whom we cheer
fully endorse rs skilltul and tried physician capa-
Bile of coping with and successfully eradcans those
sef-incted miseres, the evils of empirical practices
and all diseases Of seminal nature DR.. Czapkay's
rooms Sacramento street, opposite the racine
Mail Steamship Co.'s office, San Francisco


decl6-3m
Year: 1859

EDITOR LEADER We are about to be solic-
tied to contribute towards the purchase of the
Mt Vernon estate by the Ladies Mt Vernon
Association, and to make improvements of that
establishment, hallowed by the dust of Wash
ingtOn-thus preserving it from decay and des-
ecration-a noble object truly, one that has en-
listed the sympathies and efforts of many noble
hearted Ladies-but as we are all accountable
to God for the money entrusted to our care, and
have many other ways in which we knOtU it
can be usefully applied-aye, is sorely needed
by suffering humanity, shall we not be verify
guilty if we expend our money on this Mt. Yer
non operation without investigating its claims
on US most thoroughly If its plans are judi
cious and its foundation secure, they can suffer
nothing by such investigation. For one,
wish to see its charter published, if it has a
charter; if it has not, 1 wish to know how the
association is to be Perpetuated and to retain
the property in its hands. wish to know also,
how it proposes to manage it after it gets it
whether the association will not be placed in
the predieament of the man who bought an ele-
phsnt because he was cheap, but not knowing
what to do with hlm, was glad to give him
away. Whether in such case the State of Vir-
ginia is, by the contract to be the sole purchas-
er, and consequently sole dictator of the terms
ofPurchase. .....-. .-.
In short, l wish to know whether it is what
it seems on its face-a patriotic operation,
OF a humbug. There are those in our city, who
can doubtless answer these questions satisfac-
torily, or they would not allow themselves to
be made so prominent in the matter The pub
lie would doubtless like to hear from them.


INVESTIGATOR
Year: 1859

NAVAL LMoNuNENT.-Yesterdsy noon as one Of
the Railroad Clerks was coming up the hill from
the depot to Water street, he was accosted by
vsrdant specimen Of humanity, who inquired for
"Wine street" The clerk replied that he knew of
no such place, but, on enquiry for the market
grounds, offered to conduct the stranger to them


Arriving at the top of the hill the aforesaid Jolly
Green, pointing to the Lighthouse allowed that
was right smart chance of monument" and
wanted to know whose it was The clerk replied
that it was erected to the memory of one Of
Americas boldest naval officers, who fought and
bled on Erie's waters. He further informed the
country gentleman that there was family vault
underneath which had never been opened since
the bones of the officer were deposited therein
The stranger sadly remarked that we all must die,
but be never saw so big a monument before, and
he only wished it was set up in their town grave
yard with his bones under it The clerk left him
still looking with awe upon the monument ''Sa-
cred to the Memory Of" --
Year: 1859

A Good Tree is Known by its Fruits ;


so Is
Good Physician by his Successful Work.
To the Consumptive, and all those who are suffer-
ing with disease of the Throat, Lungs,


Heart, Liver, and Stomach.
Year: 1859

III AVE received and are now opening a largo stool,


IL Of fwel-selected Goods. Of every description and
and are able to afford them to those who wish 10 an
ply money to the best advantage, at near Mobile
retail prices. The assortment j. as complete ~ any
IN the place consisting of everything usually kent IN
stores and new supplies will be constantly received
Persons wishing 20 purchase especially those who
have the cash to pay, will certainly find 1t to their in
Year: 1859

French writer has said that to dream
gloriously, you must act gloriously while
you are awake; and to bring angels down
to converse with you in your sleep, you
must labor in the cause of virtue during
the dav