smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1861

the rolling in this neighborhood for sixteen
years, without ten cents worth Of repairs;
and it is good one still. l think more
of my roller, not only for finishing up u
field after the grain has been put in, but for
preparing to the harrow. IL is very rare
thing that prepare field for any kind Of
grain, without rolling once, and sometimes
twice. In using the roller, my aim always
is, to wait until the Jumps are just wet
enough to crumble we'll. Walk over the
field a few hours after good shower; and il
the soil does not adhere but little to your
boots, and the Jumps fall to atoms at a
slight thrust of your foot, that is the best
time to speed the rollers. e. Todd, IN
the Ohio Farmer.
Year: 1861

Farmers generally do not know how much
they lose by not having good roller for.
doing what neither the plow nor the har.
row can perform. On many fields, it is true
roller will be Of very little. and perhaps
of no advantage at all, 20 far as pul,eriza-
ton Of the soil Is concerned. Every farmer
ought 10 have good roller. If he does not
feel able TO get one alone. two or three neigh
bors might own il together. have large
doublc-drim roller, which has done most Of
Year: 1861

[From the Carlisle (England) EXaininer.l


AS an instructive example of what it is in
the power of working men to do to educate
themselves, and as furnishing an eXtraordina
ry instance of the pursuit and acquisition Of
knowledge under difficulties, we give the fol
lowing brief sketch of the life of Mr. j. A.
Langford, a working man OF birmingham, and
the author 'ot numerous instructive works.
Mr.. Langtord, though now holding the posi-
tion of secretary to the Astor Hall Park Com
pany, in the above named town, has, until
within the last two or three years and up to
the time when his talents and acuuirements
secured for him his present situation, worked
as a chairmaker and printer, he, in addition to
all his other knowledge, having learned both
trades.


He was born in Birmingham, in the year
1928, his father being a chairmaker there, in
very humble circumstances. AT the age of
ten, when lie had barely learned 10 read and
write, the necessities of his parents compelled
them to withdraw him from school, and put
him to work to assist in maintaining the fami.
lv. He was apprenticed to his fathers trade
the regular hours Of work at ii being from
AM to I p. NJ. But like many other sons
OF genius in the same condition, he was even
at that early age possessed with an unquench-
able thirst for knowledge, and he resolved,
since he could not hope for assistance from
others, 10 use his utmost efforts to educate
himself.


For this purpose he resolutely denied him
self all the little luxuries which are SO attrac-
tive to the young, and many OF the necessaries
of life as well, that he might gain the where
withal to purchase the necessary books, and
it hardly requires to be told that it was by no
means so easy for poor youth to purchase
or Other wise procure books, twenty years ago
as it is now. To enable him to do this more
efectually il was his practice, during the whole
period OF his apprenticeship, 10 work over
time from seven till eleven at night, after
which he engaged in study till two in the
morning, leaving himself only two or three
hours for sleep. And SO he went on for years
with unfaltering perseverance and determine
ton, making himself thoroughly acquainted
with the English Language and literature.


As soon as this was accomplished he turned
Year: 1861

l.


That times very hard and money very tight
That the people have not NOrk and bad plight
And that for Carpets and Cr0ckey they pay high
And that, for all extras they must pass them by =:
Of this and other matters the people they complain
eAnd it makes feel sad to their faces filed with
And if by selling cheap-if this will make them smile
Even If my money lose they share it awhile.
Therefore, have concluded, without regard to cost


sell
All OF my Kitchen Goods Cutlery and Carpets as welI


selling,
With Brooms and Bru hes and everything all cannot


be a telling
Therefore ladies and gentlemen come an GUY upon this


invitation,
For have full supply of House Furnishing Goods at


my Poetcal Station,
tits located in the Bay State Block at the Poets



Here have good Stock Of Goods, cheau as any,


upon my honor.
Now come one and all, buy your goods, and times


for better will change,
And if your money is little it will hold you buy


the PoetCal Exchange.
And should my capital at the end the war be light
why then here is energy and ambition wich is in tor the


fight
Forlife battle Held, and right my customers


will rally
And we can put flight hard times with one vigorous
And Conclusion my customers thank for the favors


that are past;
Also, for those which receiving in the way of pat


ronage-may it always last.
B.-Tbe people are respectfully invited TO call al
the Poetca Exchange, and examine my Goods, which
are new and of the latest pattern.
ieIe dtf oRSoN n. HEATH.
URNITURE! FURNITUREI
Year: 1861

Mr. Oliver Commo, of St Mary Bay,
y s, having been informed by one of his
children that hawk was killing young
robins in a willow tree near his house,
went beneath the tree and fired up in or
der to shoot the hawk On climbing to
the nest be was horIifed to fad that be
had shot his own son through the heart.
Year: 1861

TIE Democratic party is strong in its


popular element, but it never was strong
enough to carry 50 much dead weight as


it has upon its back now. Laughter,


It has get to throw overheard Its Jonah s.


expel its Aehans from the camp, return to
some principle besides the engineering Of
packing conventions, Lobby corruPtions,
and the influence Of anaconda railroad cor
p0rations. daughter and cheers } | do
not know what bas become OF these prep
ositions for peace. 81 recently prominent
They seem to have sluuk completely out OF
SIGHT, Is there not any oae Of this body
of patriots TO stand mp for them? 1t was
crime to let them 90 out Of sight 50 sud
denly. It ought to have been taken down
more gradually the peace party will take
cold. They should have done as did the
Indian with his dog. whose tail he wished
to cut off, bur he d dn't Ike to hurt the
animal by cutting i: all eff at once. 50 he
cut off little piece every day until be
had curtalled il sufficiently. Another
thing I object to. | do not care so. .mucf
about the big peace men Of Syracuse ai
Year: 1861

While we do not wish in the slightest manner
to discourage the patriotic effort of any citizen
of the present time, it seems to us but an act Of
justice to the public to say that the Hon.
ID. L. Sickles 10 not au officer in the service Of
the L. s. Government that he has not yet re-
ceyed commission as Brigadier-Genera, nor is
il at all certain that no will receive one; and
above all, and this we say on the authority Of
the Secretary OF War, he has no power what
ever to make contracts for clothing, arms, pro-
visions, or anything else, which shall bind the
Government. We deem it the more proper to
soy this, because we know that such contracts
have been offered in various quarters. 1t should
be understood that Mr.. Sickes alone is respon-
sible for the payment of parties who may deal
with him. We do not mean TO imply that this
responsibility is not ample; but simply that it is
not the responsibility OF the Government.
Year: 1861

II is said to he decided that the Wheeling
Convention will not undertake. to separate tho
western from the eastern portion Of the State,
but will establish Provisional Government.
The first act will be to depose Gov. Letcher and
bis kindred officers; in his place another Cover
nor will be named, probably Gen. Jackson Of
Pafhersburg; the Convention viii then declare
that Eastern Virginia is in rebellion against the
General Government, and will call on loyal citi-
rens to aid in sustaining the UniOn the Legis-
Iature chosen on the 2Sd of May viii be de-
elared the leeally-clectsd body, and Senators
will be chosen by this Legislature. 1t is thought
that the Convention will be one Of the most
imposing popular demonstrations ever made in
this country.
Year: 1861

One Of the two columns which marched on
Phihppi was led by Col. Lander. The natural
cool intrepidty of this officer under the mort try
ing circumstances, and his dashing bravery when
brilliant attack is necessary, aided by his love
Of romantic adventure, and his chigalric sense of
soldierly honor, make him one Of the i:test men
for the times. He is certain to be in the front
rank in action, and will be frequently and favor
ably heard of in the course of the war;
Year: 1861

Some days sgo it was reported that the COM
mander of the Rebels opposite Williamsport had
proposed TO the Home Guard at the latter place
to withdraw the pickets of both parties, prom
ising on his honor to attempt no attack on n
certain ferry y-boat-promisiDg also by implication
not to make any hostile movement. We now
learn that one of the mean things in which these
fellows delight was done q day or two since.
Two boys we're induced to cross from Williams
port; as soon as they reached the other side,
their boat was seized ard destroyed aud they
were carried off to the Rebel camp.
Year: 1861

U"If you marry" said d R,man
consul to his son, ''let it be to a woman
who mas judgement and industry
enough TO dress neat, pride enough to
wash before breakfast, and senss
enough to hold her tongue" g to9I
Year: 1861

The excitement respecting the Cariboo mines
is fast reaching fever heat in this vicinity. Peo-
pie will not think Of or talk about any thing else /;
even the battles Of the rebellion are forgotten,
and cease to interest them, so engrossing is the
subject of the new mines. Everybody talks Of
going to the Cariboo diggings in the spring.
We may, therefore, confidently look for rush
to these mines, next season, equalled only by
the Fraser River excitement Of '5S.


So far as we learn, every miner from this new
gold field has brought with him from five thUus-
sand to twenty thousand dollars all of which has
been obtained in the short space of two or three
months In proof Of this, not only is the orc
exhibited, but the miners exhibiting it are
known to have been absent only during the
time stated This fact will not be lost sight Of
by the miner, who has the same desire to make
pile in hurry that the speculator and others
have.
Year: 1861

CoUSTEREEnEns.-We learn from the AFkan-
sas Herald that large and well organized band
Of fcOunterieiters hOrsethieves and cutthrOats, in
POinsett county. was broken up few weeks since
through the agency Of a military company sta
toned at Harrisburg. They were fred upon
by the company, and great many killed, and
the rest captured and Immediately hung Not
one out Of thirty escaped-tbe entire gang
with the exception Of two who were out on a
trading expedition.
Year: 1861

ELoQUENT.-A member of the Council last
evening, says the Portland Daily AdrSrtsr Of
the 18th, while spreading himself on the many
advantages Of the wharves which are now being
erected on the city front, and expressing his
willingness to settle the matter in relation to
title, made use of the following language: al
am willing to vote money for the prosecution Of
this matter, in this kingdom and in the kingdom
to come, so that Gabrel's horn will be unable.to
resurTect It."
Year: 1861

FoR the first time during the incoming of
the present month we have this week had
clustering March weather. From indica-
tions the old saw come in like lamb, 90
out like lion" is likely to be realized this
year.
Year: 1861

and SC, and Mouth of Canon Creek, So and
So so.


The above schedule does not apply to Yre-
ka until after the Goth of September next.


Ok teams may take freight to Shasta, for
one eighth of cent less per pound than the
above schedule of prices; and to Weaver
vile for one-fourth of a cent less; and to
Yreka for one half cent less per pound
Year: 1861

THE Solano Herald, in a very funny arti
Gle in reply to our structures upon foolish
comparison made in the S. F. Call between
the wealth of New York and the Southern
Confederacy, in which it omitted the tvo
thousand millions of negro property in the
latter-calls the free population of New York
property, and estimates its value at 50 900 per
head. The Solano Herald is too smart to
live long. Precocious children, it is proven
bial, die early. And even if it does not die
of too much smartness, it will certainly kill
itself laughing at its own wit. Please don't
write as funny as YOU can.
Year: 1861

We are indebted to Gen. Wood for copy
of a bill, introduced into the Assembly by
him, in relation to the militia of the State
We like its brevity. The section providing
for the election of division and brigade off :
GERS by the Legislature, however, we deem
extremely obnoxious. The election of Legis-
lative officers, United States Senators and
Insane Asylum Superintendent now occupies
about one-third of each session of the Legisla-
ture. If, in addition to these, we make it the
duty of the Legislature to elect six Major
and twelve Brigadier Generals, they won't be
able to do any legislating at all. Better leave
the appointing power where it is now, in the
hands of the Governor. The section abolish
ing the Office of Adjutant General, and de-
volving upon the Secretary of State the duties
thereof, we have advocated for two or three
years, and hence now heartily approve
Gen. Wood is an old army officer, having
served in an Arkansas regiment during the
Mexican war
Year: 1861

and payable at such time and place as they
may deem advisable, not exceeding five
years from the date of such Bonds, and
in no case shall said Bonds be sold for less
than their face.


SEC. 8. Such bonds shall be issued un-
der the seal of said City, signed by the
Mayor and countersigned by the Clerk OF
said city, and may be negotiated BY such
person az said Mayor and Common Coun-
Gil shall authorize for that purpose.


SEC. 4. 1t shall be the duty of said
Mayor and Common Council to levy such
sum annually, as will be suf1icien. to pay
the interest on said bonds, which amour /
shall be levied and collected in the same
manner as other city taxes are levied and
collected and the good faith of said city
shall stand pledged COR the punctual pay
ment of the interest on said bonds and
their ultimate payment at the expiration
Of the time for which such loan may have
been obtained.


SEC. 5. At or before the time when said
bonds become due it shall he the duty OF
said Mayor and Common Council to levy
tax sufficient to pay the same in the
same manner as aforesaid.


Sec. 6. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage


Approved March 13, 1861.
Year: 1861

ExHIBIrIos.-Young men conrected
with the Debating Club of the village in
tend to give public exhibition of their
talent at the Second Ward School House
on Friday evening. The admission fee is
small, and those who attend will be repaid
for the visit.
Year: 1861

WHAT JACKSON WOULD HAVE DoNE.-lf the
Touisianians had stolen the U s Mint during
his administration, lie would have made it a
peppermint before he got through with
them. SO says an exchange.
Year: 1861

DOUGLAS AND CRITTENDEN.-The Portland
Advertiser thus comments on the late speech
Of Douglas:


Mr. Douglas recently made a speech in the
u. 5, Senate in support of Mr.. Crittenden
Compromise scheme His speech has given
great oifense to the Republicans, asimust the
speech of any one favoring compromise to
save the Union The secret is out when we
state that Mr. Douglas holds the Republican
party responsible for the existing troubles
which imperil the nation. And all good
men who love their country, more than they
love special political issues CT partisan
character, will hold this same party organiza-
ton responsible for the same thing. 1t will
be a difficult matter for that party to with
stand the Judgment that is being made up
against it, 1t is of no avail to talk about
making party capital out of the country s
distress. The idea now is to rescue that
country from the dangers that surround it,
Men are rising superior to party in order to
do this.


The Republican Washington correspondent
of the Bulletin thus ventilates his rage:


"Mr. Douglas speech in support of Mr.
Crittenden's proposition greatly disappointed
many of his best friends. 1t was expected
that he would rise entirely above partisan
considerations: but, on the contrary, he de-
voted himself to the aim of holding the Re
publican party responsible for the pending
troubles His speech will suit neither North
nor South The latter will never forgive
his refusal to sustain all their demands, and
on the other hand the North will rebuke his
attempt to make capital out of the country's
distress If he had simply placed himself
upon the policy of Popular Sovereignty,
offering it as a panacea and demanding of all
Union men of the North to come up and
concede that as a remedy for the pending
evils. he would have raised flag around
which strong party in the free States will
yet rally. But he abandoned that position,
abandoned the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise, and counseled submission 10y the
North to the Southern demands.
Year: 1861

Congress met yesterday Never in the
history Of this. country has it opened its
session when matters Of more vital in1-
port claimed its attention: AMI rarely in
the history Of the world have mcn had the
duties and responsibilities imposed upon
them that will tax the energies and engage
The conscienccs Of the men who have lust
taken the oath Of office at the Federal Cap
ital. Wcregard it as misfortune that they
were elected before this war question was
precipitatcd upon the country; that they
are moi fresh from the people, fully
imbudcd with their determination and
spirit Of selfsacrificc; but they are not
strangers to the peoples wishes, and we
must hope that the popular will may HID
full and unrestraincd expression IN their
voices and votes That between them and
the administrative branch Of the govern
mcnt there may he 10 disagreement as 10
the objects to be accomplished and the
means TO he employed, it is cur duty to
hope. and for that unity it is our duty to la
l;or. Minor disagrecnlcnts, different and
sometimes discordant views as to the policy
10 he pursued VIC must look for; and be
icnient toward but the men who fight and
the meu who pray will demand of Execu-
tive and Representative ready accord in
the present great object Of the nation-thc
making Of the war Is brief and as thorough
us possible, and the victory for the right
both glorious and enduring.
Year: 1861

- Missouri camp correspondents agree in
reporting that among the Federal troops
aTgc amount Of sickness exists, the most
prevalent disease being the measles in its
worst type. One authority computes the
number on the sick list as nearly five thou
sand.
Year: 1861

The NIGHT SHADows-A wonderful fact
to reflect upon, that every human creature is
constituted to be that profound secret and
mystery to every other. A solemn consider
alton, when | enter a great city by night,
that every one of those dark clustered houses
lncloses its own secret that in every beat
ing heart in the hundreds of thousands of
breasts there is, in some of its imaginings, "a
secret to the heart nearest it Something of
the awfulncss, even of death itself, is refera-
bic to this. My friend is dead, my neighbor
is dead, my love, the darling OF my soul, is
dead it is the inexorable consolidation and
pcrpetuation of the secret that was a waysin
that individuality, and which shall carry
in mine to my lifes end. In any of the bu-
rial places of this city through which pass,
is thero sleeper more inscrutabe than its
busy Inhabitants are, in their iunermost per.
sonaity, to me, or than [ am to them p
Dickens.
Year: 1861

prosy; and Peabody, suffering from gout and


Mississippi Reputation, lost his temper ; and
shaking his clenched fist at the rebel, emphatic
ally said If were to 90 on Change and hunt
up the suffering and starved widows and orphan
who have been ruined by your Infamous repu-
diation of honest debts, and proclaim that you
are here to borrow more of our gold and silver
to be again paid by population, las believe it
is my duty to do) you would inevitably be mob
bed, and find it difficult to escape with your life
Coed morning, sir
Year: 1861

Broken Down.-The Union men Of Rich
mond were very much elated Saturday morn
ing at the breaking down of the pole, from
which fioated the Palmetto fiag, which was
was caused by the wind. No doubt new
and stronger pole will be substituted at an
early day. The flag was again hoisted OH the
stump of the pole on Saturday evening.
Year: 1861

HOLIDAY STREET THEATRE.-At the Holiday
Street Theatre this evening Mr. Glenn appears in
the play The Assassin Of the Rock. Uncle SANS
Magic Lantern will be repeated As this piece will
be discontinued after this week, we would advise
alhthat have not yet it to improve the oppor-
tunity yet afforded.
Year: 1861

THE SHOE BUSINESS IN New ENGLAND.-We find
in the Boston Shoe and Leather Reporter state
ment of the shipment of boots and shoes from Bos-
ton to the different States outside of New England,
for the year 1860. This does not include the ship
ments from other New England ports, but solely
from Boston:
Year: 1861

4 LOVING, BUT CHANGEABLE WIFE.-A prisoner
convicted lately at Cleveland, Ohio, has young
wife to whom he was married only fortnight
before his incarceration for burglary. During the
pendency of the case, the wife manifested an
extravagant passion for her confined partner. Her
affection continued unabated until the man was
convicted. The day after the jury said guilty"
this young and loving spouse visited the Jail to ask
her husbands advice in regard to her second mar
riage, and presented to him the candidate for the
honors of which he had the day before been the
sole recipient.


The NAvY.-The distribution of our naval forces
Throughout; the world, as given in the NtuaL Reg
Year: 1861

The Empress of Austria will remain in Madeira
till May when she will again avail herself, for her
return voyage, OF the Queen of England's yacht.
She will disembark at Trieste, where she will be
received by the Emperor and the Imperial Prince.
Year: 1861

IMPORTANCE OF UNToN.--The arrangement entered
into by the banks of New York city on the 2lst of
November last by united concert of action to sus-
tain the commercial interests of the city, and to
obviate the panic which at that time appeared to
be so close at hand, expired on Saturday evening
last, and the remainder of the outstanding certifi
Gates were all returned The maximum amount
issued of these certificates was S7,375 0O0 and,
having answered their intended purpose they
have all been paid off and cancelled without the
loss of a single dollar. The complete success of
the experiment demonstrates how much can be ac-
cOmplished by earnest and united action on the
part Of the banks.