smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1865

THE wheat crop in the South h-western
counties of Michigan, is represented by
correspondents, to look very promising.
The late sowing last fall on account of the
protracted drought saved it from an at
tack of the Fly, and a continued covering
/ of snow during the entire winter, so well
preserved it from the usual effects Of the
season; that it now presents every appear
ance of bringing an abundant harvest.
Year: 1865

R@The New York Tribune,a few days
since, entered strong complaint against
tae Post Office Department. for its neglect
in the prompt transportation of mail mat
ter. The editor says that in the past year
he has lost over five Thousand subscribers
by the loose system of carrying the mails,
and therefore loudly calls for reform.


There isn't an editor or publisher in
the land that will not unite in bearing
testimony to the business of the above
complaint.
Year: 1865

To PRESERVE FRESH MEAT.-Keep
the meat as long as possible without be-
coming tainted, then wash it over entirely
with vinegar in which little salt has been
dissolved. In this way it can be preserv-
ed for some weeks longer, according to
the etate of the weather. This may be
of great benefit to farmers who sometimes
have quantity on hand which they wish
to preserve for occasional use.
Year: 1865

seen young lady seated ata table I; her
eyes we're open. and gazing with a mild
and 'teadfast expression opou the new
comers to that solitary spot She was a
corpse T! aud iu that apparently resigned
and religious attitude had been frozen to
death. Beside her was young man, who.
it appeared, was the brother of the lady
aud commander Of the brig lie, too was
dead, but sitting 1T the table, aud before
him lay a sheet Of paper. upon which was
written the following words sour cook
has epdeavofed since yesterday morning
to strike light, but 10 vain all is Row
over At the other side Of the cabin
stood the cook with aint aud steel in his
hand frozen to a statute, in the vain en-
deavor to procure that fire which alone
could save him and his companions from
the cold arms of death.


The superstitiou' terrors of the seamen
now hurried the captain away from the
wreck, the Iog-book alone being brought
away, aud from this it appeared that the
i'll fated vessel WIS brig, which had be-
longed to the port Of Loudou, and bad
sq'lcd for the Alto region more that four.
cen years ago.
Year: 1865

rSA Madrid, the custom house rules that
ladies must enter that capital, from abroad,
with soiled dresses only, and that whatever
new and fresh female chifoas they have with
the train from Paris TO Madrid was DELAYED
nearly an hour while the custom house OIL
Ger squabbled with a passenger about a single
silk dress she had in her trunk The lady
vowed she had worn il once, but the officers
triumphantly pointed out that Il was neither
stained nor torn, and that, If not new, IL was as
good as new, and must be taxed as such. At
last the lady had to give way, and to pay a
heavy duty on the garment
Year: 1865

MA wedding party in Vienna was very
much disturbed by a mysterious stranger who
handed the groom packet securely sealed and
bearing on the outside the inscriptien:-aFn
closed is the tender correspondence between
your young wife and the actor W, Ii was
signed, "Your sincere friend" On the exami-
nation of its contents it may be easily imag-
ined the unpleasant effect it had on the bride
groom, bride and friends.
Year: 1865

nrln the Packer divorce case, tried in the
Supreme Court in Brooklyn, in which James
Packer applied for separation from his wife
Sarah j. B. Packer, on the allegation of mari
tai infidelity on her part, the jury, not being
able to agree were on Saturday discharged
Eight of them favored a verdict against the
plaintiff. and the ether four desired 10 render
one in his favor. The ease will come up again
nj the next term Of the court, when the wife
will be the plaintiff and the husband the defen-
can't.
Year: 1865

Ben w Morrison was one Of those free and
easy, good hearted, humorous fellows, that was
always ready 10 crack a joke OF perpeiraie a
sell


Some fifteen years ago Ben was travelling In
Butler county on professional business The
roads were tolerably bad; and worst Of all. the
stage drivers and the landlord at a certain hotel
where they stopped for dinner had an under
standing with each other like this: the passen
gers were taken in TO dine, and when cleyerly
seated the coach would dash up furiousy to the
door, and the driver would call fer his passen-
gers stating that he could not delay minute on
account OF making his time


They would rush out, leaving their meals half
finished, for fear of being left For the halt fin
shed meal they were charged half dollar.
The victuals were kept for the next load of pas
sengers when the skinning process was again re-
peated.


Ben had heard of this place, aud when they
arrived at the hotel ne set his wits to work TO
see if lie could get the value of his money


The bell rang for dinner and the crowd rushed
in. They had hardly got comfortably seated
when the coach reined up before the door. and
the driver vociferously shouted:


Passengers all abOard-eant wait but five
minutes


A general rush Was made but Ben sat still +.
and ate his dinner very composedly. The stage
drove of and left him, but he seemed 10 care
very little about it.


Having disposed OF his dinner, he was enjoy
ing the luxury of a long nine in the side room,
when the landlord approached him. saying:


"I-beg your pardon. sir but did you see a
set of silver tea spoons on the table when you
went to dinner :"


II did, sir


"Well, they are missipg--can't be found"


"Ah, yes, replied Ben lone of the passen-
gers gathered them up-I saw him do it.


"Would YOU know him again y gasped the
landlord


Certainly would. replied Ben, with great
coOlness.


"Wil you point him out to me if hitch up
my horse and buggy. and overtake The stage p


Certainly will


Boniface was ready n few minutes and get
ting Ben in with him, drove like Jehu for seven
miles, till he overlook the driver. The coach
stopped, the driver looked frightened and every
body wondered to see the landlord covered with
mud. and his horse covered with sweat


Ben jumped out of the buggy and into the
stage, when the driver, thinking that he bad
hired the landlord 10 bring him after, was on
the point OF driving off, when the landlord yelled
out


"Is that passenger in there -


Yes replied Ben


Are you Surer''


'Yes. sir e." shouted out our bachelor
friend.


(Which one is it?"


Its me" replied Ben. with grin


"You." thundered Boniface. what the ID
did you DO with the spoons -


Il put them in the coffee pot you will find
them all safe, replied Ben, with a curious
twinkle in his eye


Sold, by ginger, by that darned Yankee ="
yelled the landlord. whilst the passengers roared
in laughter, and putting the whip to his horse,
drove back, resolving to give the passengers ever
afterwards ample time for dinner.
Year: 1865

ment where the forward motion had entirsly
ceased, we could approach directly up 10 the
lava, and the outside stones were black and
only w1rm-yet at two feet inside thev
were yet red hot, and burned the end Of
my cane in the fire, and poked out red hot
piece Of lava, and brought it away as q souve.
mir.


The extent of the eruption can be partially
estimated by the fact that the stream Of lava
that I have described is one Of seven whose
united length was thirty-siX miles on the
third day Of the eruption. I have put all my
estimates Of magnitude much less than most
others do, and in some instances less than I
actually believe to be the truth, for fear that
when l get home you viii ask me to take q
few feet Of from the smallest end.


! was very fortunate in beingon the ground
just when the eruption was the grandest I
was one Of the first party that visited the
scene, and the first American. I never ex-
pected to witness so grand and sublime q
spectacle, and never expect to again. There
can be nothing on earth to compare with It,
and the more think OF it the more grand il
seems Yours, P. JEWELL. II.


P. S.-This moment hear that Vesuviug
is in eruption, having broken out yesterday.
If so, hope to see that also.
Year: 1865

[From the Chicago Times.l


We think we do not misjudge the
temper or intentions of the Democratic
party in saying that it is disposed to
treat Mr.. johnson not only with candor,
but with kindness. The difficulties sur
rounding his position are fully realized
by the people, and the tragic death of


Mr.. Lincoln has touched their fensibili-
ties, and been effective in awakening
their sympathies for his successor. There
are none who are disposed to seek occa-
sion for assailing him, and if there should
arise an opposition to his administration
as vigorous as that which Mr.. Lincoln
was called to encounter during part of
his first term, but which, so far as the
Democracy were concerned, was fast dis
appearing before the humane and con-
servative policy he had indicated but a
few days prior to his death, it will be
chiefly due to his departure from the
course which his predecessor had deter
mined upon. We do not hold him re-
sponsible for the comparison which zeal
Gus fanatic and demagogues are institu-
ting between his capaicity to deal with
the re-establishment of order and consti-
tutional government in the insurgent
States and that atpOssessed by Mr.. Lincoln,
and in which. his superiorityis confident
ly asserted. We trust he will evince the
good sense and modesty to disavow them.
They are reproaches upon the memory
of Mr.. Lincoln. His craftsmanship is
yet to be proved, and he cannot better
display it than by winning to himself the
popular support which such comparisons
arc admirably calculated to estraEge. If
he permits himself to be inflated by
them, and, by becoming the dupe of
them, to be driven into service, extreme
and vindictive measures in the treatment
of the insurgent States, he will soon en-
counter difficulties beyond his power to
master.


x x Mr.. Lincoln gave evidence
of his intention to so modify and change
his policy as to attract to it the support
of conservative men of all parties, and
Mr. johnson should give this fact much
weight. His action will be criticised in
a spirit of candor and kindness, unless
he shall hinlselfprovoke indignant rebuke
by a willful disregard of the nations in
terests and of the peoples wishes. We
repeat that there is no disposition on the
part of the Democracy to assail him He
must not infer, however, that, in their
willingness to bury partisan animosities,
they intend, in the slightest degree, to
abate the vigilance with which they
watch political developments, or to abb
stain from commenting on them with en-
tire freedom.
Year: 1865

ALAS. TOO TRUE.-An exchange thus
speaks Of a class of young ladies, more
numerous than desirable, who glory in
being above useful employment


The number of idle, useless girls in
our large cities seem to be steadily in
creasing. They lounge or sleep through
their mornings, parade thestreets through
the afternoons, and assemble in frivolous
companies of their own and other sex to
pass away the evenings. What a store
of unhappiness for themselves and others
are they laying up for the coming time,
when real duties and highr@ponsibilIties
shall be thoughtlessly assumed. They
are skilled in no domestic duties-nay,
they despise them; they have no habit Of
industry, nor taste for the useful.


What will they be as wives and
mothers2 Alas for the husband and
children |! Alas for themselvesl Who
wonder if domestic unhappiness and do
mestic ruin fellows?
Year: 1865

lUnwise above many is the man who con-
siders every hour lost which is not spent In
reading, writing, or in study, and not more
rational is she who thinks every moment
of her time lost which does not find her
sewing. We once heard man advise that
a book of some kind be carried in the pock-
ct, to be used in case of an unoccupied mo-
ment-such was his practice. He died ear
ly and fatuous. There are women who, al
ter hard days work, will sit and sew by
candle or gaslight until their eyes are al
most blinded, or until certain pains about
the shoulders come on, which are almost
insupportable, and are only driven to bed
by physical incapacity to work any longer.
The sleep of the overworked, like that OF
those who do not work at all, is unsatisfy-
ing and unrefreshing, and both alike wake
up in WEAKNESS, sadness, and laguor, with
an inevitable result, both dying premature
". Let no one work in pain or weariness.
When a man is tired, he ought to lie down
until he is fully rested, when, with renova.
ted strength, the work will be better done
done the sooner, and done with selt-sns-
tanned alacrity. The time taken from sew
en- or eight hours sleep out of each TWEEN
ty-four is time not gained, but time much
more than lost we can cheat ourselves,
but we can not cheat nature. A certain
amount Of food is necessary to o healthy
body, but if less than that amount be fur
nished, decay commences the very hour
It is the same with sleep any one who
persists in allowing himself less than Ma
ture requires will only hasten his arrival
at the mad-house or the grave.
Year: 1865




A tree which is fond ofw water, when plant
ed near some brook will set off all its prin-
cipal roots in that direction. How does it
know the water to be there? And how
does it know that it will be able to reach
the border of it To say, 10 popular phrase,
that the water attracts the roots in that d.
rection, is to invent a new and very remark
able sort of attraction that pulls at roots
in Che ground, and turns them out at the
point of starting--is q something created
to account for the fact in question, which
is even more difficult than the fact itself.
Mr.. Madison, for example, had an aqueduct
oflogs, which, in reaching, his house, pass
ed by a tree especially fond of water, at a
considerable distance from it. Abreast of
the tree there was an auger hole in the log
that had been filed with plug Of soft
wood. Exactly thitherward the tree sent
off long stretch of roots, which forced
their way through the plug, choking up the
passage, and were found there drinking
like so many thirsty animals. Was it then
the soft wood plug that attracted these
roots /? It certainly should be, on the at
traction principal the water was just as
near at other points as here. s'i psi 5saao.
/ It is said that strawberry planted in
sand, with good earth little way off, will
turn its runners all in the latter direction,
and if the good earth is too far off to be
reached, the plant will make no effort on
that side more than on the other-which is
equivalent to the saying that the plant has,
in its life-principle, an instinct OF measure
ment. 1t does not measure the ground and
then itself, and then compare the two but
it has on adaptive power by which, without
comparison, it graduates its action by its
possibilities, 7"i1 s-7l' -''
Year: 1865

The FUTURE OF GEoRG1A.-A private let
ter received in this city from a gentleman
in Savannah says he is strongly of opinion
that few years will disclose wonderful
rnd profitable change in the condition,
both temporal and spiritual, of that part
OF the country. Georgia resources are but
beginning to be developed not the three
hundredth part of her soil has been titled.
She has the finest yellow pine timber in
the country. Her mineral wealth is hardly
touched. Iron and bituninous coal abound;
copper, lead and silver and gold are found.
War has done much towards breaking up
the supineness of a large portion of her
people, Good farming can take from two
to three crops off the same land the same
season, with less labor thani it costs to pro-
duce one in the North. Land is bought at
from So to $25 per acre, and large tracts
at lower prices. White marble of fine quail
ity is abundant slate equal to that Of
Wales. Many of Sherman's army while in
Georgia, expressed determination to re-
turn and settle in it. aaa
Year: 1865

Eg-THE report from Texas is that the
rebel General Slaughter sold the artillery
at Brownsville to the Imperialists, General
Mejia being the purchaser. we presume.
on behalf of Macmillan. These guns, it
will probably be discovered. bt the terms
of the surrender of Kirby Smith, are the
property Of the United States. Ifit were
worth while, and there is any desire at
Washington, to get UP little difficulty
with Max, a demand for the surrendet
Of this artillery could be made peremp-
torily. BY all accounts we shall soon
have sufficient forces on the banks of the
Rio Grande to enforce the demand. We
are not particularly in want of guns Of
any caliber, just now, but what is our own
is our own, and it is not pleasant to have
a thieving rebel run off property that
belongs to the Government, and pocket
the proceeds.
Year: 1865

Napoleons Letter to Prince Jerome


The following is the letter of the En-.
peror Napoleon to his cousin:


MONSIEUR AND DEAR CoUs1N,--I can
not refrain from informing you of the
painful impression I have experienced,
on reading your speech at Ajaccio. In
leaving you, during my absence. with
the Empress and my son, as Vice Pres-
dent of the Privy Council, I meant to
give you a proof of my friendship and
my confidence; and I hoped that your
presence, your conduct, and your Ian
guage would testify to the union which
reigns in our family; but the political
programme which you place under the
agis of the Emperor, can only serve the
enemies of my government to judgments
which can not admit. You add senti-
ments of hatred which belong no longer
to our day. To apply the ideas of the
Emperor to the present time, it is neces-
sary to have passed through the stern
trials of responsibility and power; and,
besides, are we really capable, pigmies as
we are, of appreciating, at its just value,
the grand historic figure of Napoleon?
AS in standing before colossal statue,
we are unable to view the whole at once,
but only see the side which strikes our
sight, hence the incompleteness of the
reproduction, and the divergence of
opinions. But what is clear to the eyes
Of every one, is, that to prevent anarchy
in mems minds, that formidable enemy
of true liberty, the Emperor had estab-
lished, first in his family, and afterward
in his Government, that severe discipline
which admitted of but one will and one
action. I can not, heEceforth, tlevate
from the same rule of conduct; whereon,
Monsieur, and dear cousin, | pray God
to have you in his holy keeping.


[Signed 9a NAPOLEON.
Year: 1865

It Is said Of an Indian, that whenever be
got into bad place in a swamp, where the
ground was too soft for safety. be put a
stake 10 mark the place. Thus be not onIy
avoided the danger himself, bat kept othcrs
from failiog into the same snare. Might
not every Christian learn q lesson from this
rude son of the forest, not only TO gasrd
against bis own false steps, bat as he prsys,
lead us not into temptation. be careful TO
remove temptation out of bic brother'spathf
Year: 1865

School BoOKs.-Tbe efforts being made


throughout our State to supply the great de.
mand for School Books should meet with
the most liberal encouragement, ifit be de


sirable (as we think it isl to become indie
pendent of our enemies in q matter so VIZ
tally affecting the public veal as healthy,
sound school literature, is acknowledged
to b It is we'll known that more than a
year ago, the onterprising publisher Of the
Telegraph, at Houston, led the way in this
good work; his example was followed by the
energetic publishers Of the Gazette at Aus
tin subsequently we entered the lists.
The more elementary works can now be
had without resort importing from our
enemies. If these efforts are literally pa
trOnizel, works of more advanced charac-
ter will soon follow, and the consequence
will be that we shall gradually free our
selves from a humilinting dependence up
on those who are making evcry effort to de-
stroy or subjugate us. But if an example
that came to our knowledge few days ago
be followed, most publishers would soon be-
come discouraged and quit the business in
disgust. A gentleman from the interior
paid one of our merchants 50 per doz. for
Webster's Elementary Spelling Book printed
by the Kaakees, in preference to paying SO
for the same work printed by us. Now,
every Yankee book brought into our State
is giving aid and comfort to our enemies
by increasing their profits, and to that ex-
tent adding to the means employedby them
to subjugate us. How unwise, (not to say
unpatriotic) to purchase from those bitter
foes anything which is or can be produced
among ourselves, as school books can be.
Of course there are books which we are not
as yet able to produce, but very soon would
be if properly sustained by the people. Let
these be procured even from our bitterf foes,
but not those which are now produced at
home.-San ARlonio Herald.
Year: 1865

The Houston Telegraph of the 18th inst. says:


at Is the firm belief Of the General Commanding this
Department well Gen. Magruder, that sn attack in
heavy force is to take place long upon the coost
This belief IS based upon information upon which these
military chieftains rely. Where the blow is most
pec,ed do not know but the design Of it will be TO
nfic upon Texas taste Of the war, such as oil tie
other States OF the Conederacy have SO long had That
the YANKEES will heretofore, find the conquest o.
Texas greater task than they car accomplish Te have
doubt. In fact VIC need again tell readers
that in far better condition 70 receive thea
than before. We alludc fhe matter fer the pur
pose OF remarking, that State may for the next
year two be made Of the theatres Of var il is o.
the utmost moment that large crop Of bre7dstuHs
should be raised this year We are assured that nc IN
port0nos Of this matter cannot Be ofr--estugfed


With the men and munitions Of War st the dispo1a o
our government success!ul defence viii be nade
whatever force is brought against as. II is incumbe
upon the citizen well the soldier 10 use every CA
ergy 10 add to the defence OF the comno1 country.
Year: 1865

have wants greater than those of the


agricultural labor at the start, and
constantly increasing as prosperity in


creases. Complete industrial devel.
opment is not dull round with bar.


rem sufficiency for it's result, but is Gu


mulative, increasing the capacity for
production at every stage, and open
ing to men new and higher wants to
be satisfied. With this truth before
Us. we need not fear that to time will
ever come when either section of our
country will cease requiring the help
of the other, each satisfying in its kind
the changing and growing wants
which prosperous industry will excite
in all. The inventive genins of New
England will never fail of discover
ing something which it can supply to
the great West. even when the latter
shall have fulfilled its destiny and be.
come the centre of the wealth and
power of the Union. ..st
Year: 1865

and therefore greatly superior to the goods
imported from abroad and hawked about as
the cheapest ever sold. The simple duty on
imported goods, and the high premium on, Gold
(all foreign bills are payable in gold,) amount
to more than the entire cost Of many of the
articles afforded by us to the public. To fa-
cilitate the sale
Year: 1865

As an old gentleman walked down
Broadway the other day, attracting
much attention because he wore his
hair in . net. It was his own, tocs
which is more than oil the ladies can
say Of their baggish adornments.
This is the first he waterfall on record.
Year: 1865

will be charged for any article on our list, and
this sum the purchaser need not pay until he
knors rha, he is toga! This plan accords with
the method recently become so popular for
disposing of large stocks Of Jewelry and SINH
lar productions.
Year: 1865

One of our farmers, who was told
that in Europe fencing was taught 40
an accomplishment and practiced as
an amusement, remarked that such
was not tho case in Prairieland, for
there it was o nuisance both trouble
some aud costly.