smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860




Mr.. EpIroR: Some short time since |
clipped from city paper the following
Gan item has gone the rounds every win
ter, stating that burning few oyster-shells
in stove will loosen the clinkers that ad-
here to the lining wherever anthracite coal
is burned One editor declares that he
has tried the remedy, and finds it perfect
ly satisfactory. Will somebody try it in
this city, and let US know what the fact is,
and if as stated, what is the cause of the
effect p


Not having any response, [ will give my
experience of the matter, for the benefit of
our own paper, for our own people.


/. Clean out the stove in the morning,
carefully removing the ashes and all par
ticles which impede the freedom of the
draught.


2 place at the bottom shavings or
waste paper, on which Iplace my charcoal
or kindIing wood, careful to place them SO
that the first touch of lighted shaving or
strip of paper under the grate--which is
always best-will start the blaze upper
most.


3. / have my kindlings fully burning
before / put on any coal. and then put
on only one third of what is necessary for
the mornings use.


A.. AS soon as / see the fresh blaze pen
etrating the first bed of coal, | take my
oyster shells and place upon the fire, in,
side down, single layer, taking care not
to lay them SO near together as to inter
rupt the upward course of the blaze.


5. then put on such quantity of coal
as l may need for the mornings usey and
in few moments l hear pop, pop, crack,
crack, clink, clink, often so sharp that a
nervous person might fear thatsssome injury
would happen to the stove, but these are
only indications that l shall soon have a
good fire.


The effect is tha. my coal kindIes more
thoroughly, burns more regularly to ashes,
and prevents the lining from being matted
with those hard masses of clinker substance
which often carry away portions of it, to
the great injury of the stove. AS to the
cause of the effect, | can only speak as a
practical blacksmith, long ago accustomed
to the kindling and use of different kinds
of coal fires. The oyster shells very soon
yield to the effect themselves, and dissol-
wing into fine strong lime, intensity and
dif'use SO quickly and universally, and
the coal is penetrated so regularly that
those harder Jumps which under slower
process of firing would become clinkers,
are red through and await the further pro-
cess of dissolution to ashes.


Some one may suppose that upon this
principle more coal will be consumed. The
reverse is the fact When you get the
body your coal fired, all you have to do
is to economize your heat by the use of
the damper. Oyster shells are usually
thrown or given away to make lime of,
and it is well whenever you put on fresh
coal through the day, to first lay on few
shells. J. w. C. PENNINGTON.
Year: 1860

The Tribune" in an able and bitter
leader of this week, warns the Southern
Congressional assassins and bullies against
provoking Northern Republicans into TAX
ing revenge for their cowardly attacks upon
such members as are bold enough to say
on the floor of Congress just what they
think, whether of the South or anything
else. The Tribune strongly intimates
that the Republican members and their
friends about Washington are well pre-
pared for any and every emergency, and
pointedly reminds its Southern neighbors
of their attempts in Kansas, and the final
results so disastrous to the slave power.


This is an ugly taunt, and should, "for
auld acquaintance" sake, have been left
out. The South did not las she never
does) intend OH that Kansas occasion to
make fair hand to hand fight, and when
the Republican hordes of the East and
North came down upon her little scarecrow
operations there, why, she had nothing to
do but to give it up as quick as possible,
though with a somewhat bad grace. But
why taunt her with it?


The Tribune well knows her methods
of warfare. They are loud words, ponder
GUS threats, heavy oaths bludgeons, steal
thily but well laid on the back parts Of
the heads of peaceful Senators in the SEN
ate-chamber, and pistols in front, in case
said Senators, when down, dare to resist
clandestinely slipping into and stealing a
new Territory and planting there their
slaves, as we do trees in tho North, and
then swearing by them-in fine, Justify
crying out higher law dissolution, and max
ing buster generally. But that all or
any of this means nothing, must be appa-
rent to all who are outside of Southern in
huence; and powerful Northern journal
like the Tribune should be feeling
enough not to push her to the verge of ex-
tremes. 1t would be sad, indeed, to see
the South stripped of all her fuss and
feathers-her entire stock in political trade
and sitting with her face buried deep in
her hands, conquered and given in, and
like spoiled child, pouting.


The cause of this severe lecture of the
"Tribune" is thereeent attack of the South
upon the Hon. Mr.. Hickman, of Pa, few
days since, in Pennsylvania avenue, Wash
ington, because he remarked that Virginia
was frightened by John Brown and II
other men and cow In this statement
both Mr.. Hickman and the Tribune" to
own the truth, are provokingly incorrect,
for they omitted to name the owl. What
wonder that the South steals up behind
Republican members and unawares raps
them over the head, when in making disa-
greeable statements they omit such vital
portions as this to the detriment of the
chivalry? What, speak of the 2l men
and the COW, and leave out the owl, who,
perhaps, sent greater terror through the
"Old Dominion" than either of the above
newfoundland then forsooth read the
South homily because she attempts chas-
tisement for garbled statements put forth
by Northerners
Year: 1860

@~ We are requested to enouire what the Committee of Arrangements of the County Agneoltural A Society propose doing about a Cat tie Show and Fair this Fals Is it given up al. together, on account of the Pleuro- -Pneumon;o which seems now to be among the thines th.. were, and were talked of? Or if we are no, .o have Cattle Show, may we not have a Horse Fair in Ltchfeldf The time certainly draws nigh when something should be decided upon
Year: 1860

TIE Rio MmnREs MINEs.-A correspon-
dent of the 5, F. Herald writing from Mesil-
la, Arizona, August 18th. says in speaking OF
the Rio Mimbres mines:


Miners are daily pouring in from every di-
rection, chiefly however Texas and Mexico.
But l apprehend from present appearances
that the influx Of miners from Mexico is des-
tined to be suddenly checked, as the Ameri-
can miners have recently determined by an
almost unanimous VOTE to expel all Mexicans
of every grade and class. very much doubt
the policy of this course, yet as have no
direct interest in the matter, have thus far
said nothing.


These mines yield wonderfully in certain
localities, and they pay very well every
where, although there is at present a great
scarcity of water. Miners generally average
from two to ten dollars per day to the man,
without water; but wherever water is OBJ
tained at convenient distances, from one to
five ounces to the man, per day, are washed
out with great ease. know some men in
the mines who were never before known to
be overburdened with money, to have now in
their possession more of the shining metal
than it has ever been my lot to have seen be-
fore or since.
Year: 1860

are requested to meet at your engine house this
AFTERNOON at 81 O'Clock in full uniform to pay the
last tribute respect to your deceased brother Fire
man. Charles Lind OF Eureka Engine company


Per order, d 6 uyAMs ca,
Year: 1860

The LOWER ENGINE HousE.-We
understand that there is a great deal Of die.
satisfaction among the members Of Rescue No.
2, and Hook and Ladder No. l, regarding the
removal of their apparatus from the present
comfortable quarters to the miserable room in
the Market House. The floor in the latter build.
ing is laid with brick, and the countless rats
have so undermined it that it is full Of holes.
These holes will of course become larger by
the action Of the machinery, and the room will
soon, if not now, become . nuisance. Another
thing to be feared is, that the rats will destroy
the hose and other portions of the apparatus.
We have an excellent Fire Department-one Of
which our city may we'll feel proud, and We do
not think it is exactly just for our City Coun.
Gil to require them to remove to such .
hole as is the lower Market House. We are
inclined to think the above companies will re-
fuse to move. thus virtually disbanding, and
leaving the city to the mercy Of the elements.
II will cost but email sum to put the Market
House in complete slate Of repair, and it
can BE- - we'll done now - year hsnss.
Year: 1860

HERMAN BEYER was brought up be-
fore Justice Claussen yesterday, charged with
threatening the life Of his wife. The testimony
in this case was decidedly rich, but We refrain
from publishing it. as it was rather mixed
Herman was requested to give bonds in the
sum Of 800 to keep the peace, but as he had
no convenient friend to 60 his security. the
Justice sent him to jail. Herman will undoubt.
sdly be satisfied to take it in any way he can
get: when he gets out Of prison.
Year: 1860

In wandering about the city the 9TH
er day, among other things we took short
look into the green house Of P. Compsre for
ist. and was very much pleased with the great
variety of house and garden plants there to be
seen. Those of our readers who desire to
beautify their homes at a small expense will do
we'll to make an investment at Compere's Gar
dan
Year: 1860

IMPORTANT TO Book BUYERS Books
can be purchased at the Iowa Book Rooms, so
Brady street, at oNE-HALF Eastern cost for TWO
WEEKS only. The balance will be removed
East at the end of that time and sold at auction


ONE of the largest farmers Of this
county informs US that the crops never looked
more promising. Wheat 10 coming forward
splendidly and prospects now are that the
yield will be large. What the farmers most
want Is rain. and that is wanted very much
A steady rain of four or five days would do
no harm.
Year: 1860

Over the beauty of the plum and the
apricot there grows bloom of beauty more
exquisite than the fruit itself-a soft deli
cate flush that overspreads its blushing
check. Now if you strike your hand over
that, and it is once gone, it is gone forever,
for it never grows but once. The flower
that hangs in the morning impearled with


dew-arrayed as no queenly woman ever
was arrayed in jewels-Once shake it so
that the beads roll of, and you may sprin-
kle it with water as you please yet it never
can be made again what it was when the
dew fell silently upon it from heavenl


On frosty morning you may see the
panes of glass covered with landscapes
mountains, lakes and trees blending in beau
tiful and fantastic pictures. Now lay your
hand upon the glass, and by the scratch Of
your finger, or by the warmth of your palm,
all the delicate tracery will be Obliterated.
So there is in youth a beauty and purity
of character, which when once touched, and
defled can never be restored-a fringe
more delicate than frost work, and which,
when torn and broken, can never be re-em-
broidercd. A man who has spotted and
soiled his garments in youth, though he
may seek to make them white again, can
never wholly do it, even were he to wash
them with his tears. When young man
leaves his fathers house, with the blessing
of his mothers tears still wet upon his
forehead, if he once loses that purity of
character, it is loss that he can never
make whole again. Such is the conse-
quence of crime Its effects cannot be
it can only be torgiosn.
Year: 1860

We have read somewhere, that Ian
guage was given to US that we might speak
pleasant things to each other" but, alas
how often is it used for other and baser
purposes A kind word, or even an affec-
tionate look, is balm to the wounded, fut-
tering heart, when it turns toward you for
consolation in the hour of misery! Were
we to moderate our voice to a silvery tone
and thought only of the good We see strug-
Cling up in those who surround US, broth
ers and sisters in humanity, how much
like Paradise would this world become -
A harsh, illy-adVised expression or adju-
ration has crushed many an aspiring spirit
wounded to the death many q noble
soul-and the utterers have passed on
their way, unconscious, perhaps, of the
evil they have done. Let as aim, then, at
pleasant thoughts, and above all, pleasant
speech; for it is the language of the an
gels, and has more virtue than wine of
Cyprus, or balm of Gilead.
Year: 1860

1t Is a matter of much speculation viii
many, how the thousands of fugitives, thai
year after year find their way into Canada
manage to subsist. They come empty.
handed, with no wealth but their bones and
sinews; and even these they dare not fully
call their own till they tread the free sol
of Canada. But, unlike every other elias;
of men, thefugitive is not poor, even IL
his poverty. He feels himself rich. 1t is
wealth to him more precious than the gold
of California to own himself Talk not to
him of deprivation and want; he has been
reared in the school of adversely; he is not
afraid of suffering; he has learned how to
endure; he is willing to take liberty just as
he finds it, and thank Heaven for the boon.
The first thing he asks for after he gets on
free soil is work, and he keeps on seeking
for it till he finds it, and when he finds it,
he perseveres in il.


The fugitives who cross over by way of
Detroit into Windsor all seek employment
and become industrious subjects. The fu-
gitives in Canada are said by some to be an
idle, vicious, lazy, and thievish set. That
there are people in Canada. both white and
colored, who answer to that description, we
will not pretend to gainsay. That the fu-
gitives in Canada, as a class, answer to the
description, we emphatically deny. Look
at the fugitives scattered over the Free
States, and they will be found everywhere
to sustain the character of an industrious
class of people. Why should it be other
wise? They are a class of people who are
enured to labor, and are accustomed to its
fatigues; and though they hate to labor un-
der the stimulation of the lash, yet they
love it when urged upon them by the incen-
tive of cash. However the colored race in
Canada may be abused, slandered and viii
fed by some of the leading newspapers in
Great Britain as well as the United States,
yet it is fact which no penetrating mind
can overlook, that England can bestow her
protection and patronage on no class of
people that will prove more true to her in
tercst and welfare than these very same fu-
gitives and their descendants. A half CEN
tury hence will unfold some of the benef
cial results that will necessarily flow from
the circumstance of the protection which
England now offers to the fugitive. Can
ada is destined to become the stronghold of
the colored race in North America; not be-
cause the climate is more cOngenial to the
constitution of the colored race than it is to
the white, but from the force of circum-
stances. Canada should be settled by col
ored people as a matter of policy. We
must have foothold somewhere, contigu-
GUS to the Middle States, and there is no
place which offers greater facilities, strong
er protection, or a larger share of political
rights, than the Canadas.
Year: 1860

The Earl of Caithness has built a car
riage which is to be propelled by steam pow
er upon ordinary turnpike roads. On a
recent OCCASION he made a trial trip, and
though, as the local paper says, 1.-The
road was filled with horses and conveyan-
ces of all kinds, his lOrdship passed through
them all without any more inconvenience
to the general traffic or alarm to horses
than if he had been in his carriage and
four. So perfectly had he the whole mOv-
ing power under his control, that he stop
ped more quickly than an ordinary carriage


and horses could draw up, and this he did
as often as he saw the least danger of any
horse being frightened. He reached Beauty
distance of fourteen miles, in an hour
and twenty minutes Notwithstanding the
frequent stoppages. and fifteen minutes lost
in getting water. After leaving Beauty,
on those parts of the road where some dis
tanee forward can be seen, he attained the
speed of eighteen miles an hour, and could
have kept this up for any distance with
ease and safety. After reaching Allness
his lordship turned to the left, and took
the road direct for Bonar Bridge. Here the
carriage had severe test applied to it, but
he drove it up the hills without difficulty.
and coming down the very steep declivity
near where the road joins the road from Tain,
the control his lordship had over it was most
satisfactory, and enabled him to descend at
any rate he wished, and with perfect ease and
safety. Leaving the hospitable inn at
Ardgy, Lord Caithness crossed BOnar Bridge
and drove on to ClashmOre. after a sue
cessful drive of nearly seventy miles
Saturday being very wet he remained
there till the afternoon, and then drove on to
GOlspie to remain over Sunday, and having
perfect confidence in his carriage from its
working on Friday, he expects to reach
Barrogill Castle, distance of eighty miles
and over the steepest roads in Scotland
His lordship has made this somewhat bold
step of applying steam as propelling pow
er to carriages on common roads for any
long distance, and the result of the first
day has more than answered the expecta-
tiOns Ofits warmest promoters, and left no
dOnbt as to its deing not only practicable,
but useful, when so applied.
Year: 1860

Much has been said and written of the
trials and temptations to which young men
in our large cities are exposed, and the ru-
in which overtakes multitudes of those who,
carefully trained, and prayerfully educated,
are led away by the gay and thoughtless
companions of their city life; and forget
ting the early restraints Of home, are lost
to all that is good.


Still, although the warnings and exam
pies which are presented to young men thus
situated have done much to assist them to
escape the destruction which principle alone
will enable them utterly to avoid, the evil
remains; and if the brief account of my
early struggles with sin and temptation
should strengthen one faint heart, or en-
courage one repentant soul to turn from the
error of his way, let me not hesitate.


At my fathers death was placed in the
large wholesale establishment of my uncle,
whose interest in me extended only to my
future in this world, and in training me to
early business habits, considered that l
should thus be amply provided for.


In this school 1 was an apt scholar. l
was active and thoughtless of fatigue, en-
ioyed the full tide of mercantile business
and revelled in the excitement which my
life afforded.


I was punctual to moment, 1 was dill
igent in business, thorough in my allotted
task, cheerful as the day. and popular with
my fellOw-clerks.


My uncle was fully satisfied, and my
friends prophecied a successful future.


Ny gay manner and social disposition
won me many friends, and from these l
chose five, with whom formed close in
timacy, and to whose influence l gradually
yielded, walking apacc in the broad road.


1 was fond of any excitement, and hav-
ing no father to watch my actions, or re-
straining principle of my own to prevent,
1 grew soon to love that which was evil,
and knew no fear.


1 had key made to our house, where
my mother lived, and thus spent my nights
abroad, amid scenes of dissipation and vice.


We frequented the theatres every night;
and after leaving them at late hour, made
our way to some saloon, where, with wine
and cards, we revellcd until almost morn
ing, when we would creep back to our
homes and snatch few hours of sleep be-
fore the next days work commenced.


1 was gambler, and a skillful one. 1
seldom lost.


My companions swore l was fine fcl-
low, and I was expected, in return, to
treat them on all occasions, and not unfre-
quently to bribe them to silence.


Our families were highly respectable
We visited in the best society; thus sus-
picion of my actual course of life would
have prevented my welcome among these
friends, and to avoid such possibility of
suspicion, I spared no pains.


l think was successful. Not even my
mother dreamed that her favorite son, her
particular pet, was any other than the
frank, noble-hearted boy he seemed.


Thank Godi she never knew-I was saw
ed before her heart knew that pang.


This was my life from sixteen to nine
teen. 1t could not have lasted thus much
longer. Ny health was failing, my inter
est in business tagged, and became care
less.


It was in the winter of 1880, that God,
in His mercy, saw fit to pluck me as a
brand from the burning.
Year: 1860

A story is told of the celebrated Paley,
When at the University, he was giving him.
self to dissipation. One morning before
he was up. young lord, one of his CON-
panions in wild folliea, came into his room.
Il have been thinking" said he, what a
fool you are. I am rich and belong to a
powerful family. 1t is not so much mat
ter what do here. But you are poor,
and have your own way to make in the
world. You are a man of talent and liter
ary taste. Everything depends upon your
devoting yourself to study now, and yet
you are foOling away your only chance" !"
The future archdeacon says that from that
moment he was changed. He gave up all
dissipation, and began Immediately to lay
the foundation of that learning which made
him one of the most eminent men of his
time.
Year: 1860

IT MATTERS NOT WHAT WAY
THE SUPREME COURT may hereafter
decide as to the abstract question whether
slavery may or may not go into Terrific
ry under the Constitution, the people have
the lawful means to introduce it or exclude
it as they please, for the reason that slave
ry eanuat exist a day nor an hour anywhere,
unless it is supported by local police reg
ulatiOns that can only be established by
the local Legislature, and if the people are
opposed to slavery they will elect Represen-
tatives who will by unfriendly legislation
efectually prevent its introduction in oUr
midst Douglas, Speech at Freeport,
1853.
Year: 1860

VI.
Still with his back to US all the pilot stood,
but we heard him
Swallow hard, as he pulled the rope bell to stop
her. Then, turning
This is the place where it happened broken
ly whispered the pilot.
Somehow, never liked to go by here alone
in the night time
Darkly the Mississippi flowed by the town
that lay in the starlight,
Cheerful with lamps. Below we could hear
them reversing the engines,
And the great boat glided up to the shore like
giant exhausted.
Heavily sighed her pipes. Broad over the
swamps to the eastward
Shone the full moon, and turned our far-trem-
bling wake into silver.
All was serene and calm, but the odorous
breath of the willows
Smote like the subtitle breath of an infinite
sorrow upon US.