smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860

The following are selected from volumnious
accumulation of testimonials of the Press Of the
United States. and from eminent Professors Of
our institutions where the practice Of medicine
is tnnnht:
Year: 1860

J. w. SINeNToN writes to the Bulletin from
Washington in regard tc Presidential pros
poets, as follows:


- can add nothing TO your knowledge of
the facts of the Baltimore Convention. which
has resulted in the disruption of the Demo-
cratic party of the Union, and its complete
decentralization. | have conversed with a
good many leading politicians during the
last twenty-four hours, and find them gen
orally of opinion thatMr. LincoIn's election
is now feregene conclusion. All that his
most sanguine opponents hope is to carry
the election into the House of Representa-
tives, where the Southern men believe Mr..
Douglas will give the vote of Illinois for
breckenridge, when he sees thet he cannot
himself be chosen but the majority Of them
admit, when talking candidly, that there is
no hope of defeating the Republican nom-
nee. Still the Douglas men in the North
independent of the Presidential contest, have
their own local elections to look after; and
seeing that, except on the Douglas ticket.
not man of them can get back to Cong
ress, they have no choice but to fight on to
the end. 1t was this consideration, even
more than personal regard for the Senator
from Illinois, that led his friends to stand by
him so firmly at Charleston and Baltimore
They knew that the effort to carry a free
Atlantic State for the Presidency with any
other Democratic candidate than Douglas
would be hopeless. Consequently they
might as well be beaten on that point by a
split in the party as by abandoning him
while by nominating him for the Chief Mag
istracy the prestige of his name will help
them to save their Legislative and Congress
sional tickets"
Year: 1860

A BEAUTIFUL SENTTMESr-Claspthe the hands
neekly over the still breast-they have no
more work to do close the weary eyes
They've no more tears to shed part the
damp locks-theres no more pain to bear
Closed is the ear alike to loves kind voice
and calumuy's singing whispers.


Oh, if in that stilled heart you have ruth :
lessly planted thorn-if from that plead
ing eye you have ruthlessly turned away
your loving and kindly word and clasping
hand have come all too late-then God for
give your No frowh gathers on the marble
brow as you gaze no scorn curls chiseled
lips no flush of wounded feeling mounts
TO the blue-veined temples.


God forgive you for your feet, too, must
shrink appalled, from deaths cold river
your faltering tongue asks, "can this be
death7" your fading eyes linger lovingly on
the sunny earth your clammy hands yield
their last feeble futter.


Oh, rapacious grave! yet another victim
for thy voiceless sleepers No warm well
come frtm sisters loving lips No throb
of pleasure from the deaf maternal bosom !


Silent all


Oh, Il these broken links were never gath
cred up-if beyond deaths swelling food
there were no eternal shore-if for the strug-
Cling bark there were no port of peace if
athwart that lowering cloud sprang no bright
bow of promise


Alas for love, if-this be oil,
Year: 1860

THE CHINESE TAlLoR.-Among the many
whimsical anecdotes told of The peculiar
habits of the Chinese, perhaps few will be
considered more characteristic of their love
of imitation than the followingi


Toward the close of the last century, an
officer of the Pitt" an East Indiaman,
when that ship ley off Canton, sent ashore
to native an order for a dozen pair of trow-
sers, to be made of the nankn for which
China has been so long famed The Chinese
artisan required pattern-he could not
make anything without a pattern; so a pair
of trousers was sent ct his request, which
had been mended by a patch at the knee
In due time the twelve pairs were sent on
board, of a fabric of great beauty of quality,
but every pair bearing, like an heraldic
badge, the obnoxious patch on one knee,
exactly copied, stitch for stitch, in style
that reflected the highest credit on the me-
chanical skill of the workman, and for
which an extra charge was made upon the
purse of the exasperated owner, who, how
ever, had no alternative but to pay the
bill
Year: 1860

THE BIRD OF THE ToLLING BELL.-Among
the highest woods and deepest glens of Bra
zii, sound is sometimes heard so singular
that the noise seems quite unnatural; it is
like the distant and solemn tolling Of a
church bell struck at intervals This extra
ordinary noise proceeds from the Arawonda.
The bird sits at the top of the highest trees
in the deepest forests, and, though con-
stahtly heard in the most desert places. it is
very rarely seen. 1t is impossible to con-
cei3e any thing of a more solitary character
than the profound silence of the woods
broken only by the metallic and almost SUI
pernatural sound of this invisible bird.
coming from the air and seeming to follow
wherever you go. The Arewonda is white
with a circle of red around the eyes its size
is about that Of small pigeon.
Year: 1860

CANT PICK FLAW IN IT.-The Express,
knowing no other way of getting around the
Resolution in the Baltimore National Plat
form, which pledges the party to the sup
port of the entire measure of restriction upon
Territorial legislatures that may be imposed
by the Constitution, as already expounded or
to be expounded by the Supreme Court o.
the United States, declares it cheat. Very
convenient You cant find any fanlt will
the Resolution, but then it is "chent" I,
the National Convention any more apt tc
\ oLess than youl ifecie squad Of Seceders
The biggest cheat that was ever pracsised in
the world was when those Seceders went into
Democratic Convention pretending to be
bound by its proceedings. After piece of
treachery like the secession at Charleston and
Baltimore, it well becomes that faction or its
organs to talk about things being cheat.
Year: 1860

Musrc,-A large crowd was gathered, yes
terday evening, just before dusk, around an
old man and two boys, who were treating
the peeps to music upon the fife and drum.
The old man played the fife, and the boys
beat the drum, one a kettle drum and the
other bass drum. One of the boys was
eleven years of age and the other was four
years and half fine looking little fellow
Each beat the two drums in turn and with
equal skill and facility. The music was very
fine, and the precOcity of the young musi-
clans remarkable. The old ffer's name is
Miller, and the trio, we believe, reside in the
city
Year: 1860

SHOCKING, IF TRUE.-John X. Sale, who ar
rived from Virginia city on Monday, informs
US, says the Nevada Democrat, that report
had reached that place, TO the effect that the
remains often or twelve white men had been
found near Pyramid Lake, who had proba.
bly, been burned alive. From appearances
the men had been tied to a corral, which was
then set on fire. They were known to be
white men from the fact that number of
them had had their teeth filled with gold.
Year: 1860

The ARAB GIANr-This wonder Of human
ity is on exhibition on D street, near Eckert
d Johnson's stable. He is the largest man
that any body ever seen; seven feet and a
half high and large in proportion. Many
ladies went in to see him, yesterday, and
were delighted with his vastness, lie is in
deed a realization Of the wonders of the old
times OF which it is said There were giants
in those DAYS"
Year: 1860

CATHOLIC MoNIToR-Mr. J. J. Foley, the
gentlemanly travelling agent of this able
Catholic journal is at present in this city, but
will start in few days for the mountains.
The opportunity should now be taken to
subscribe for this well edited, popular and
consistent paper
Year: 1860

CIRous.-Dan Rice's great Circus opened,
last evening: 10 the largest audience we have
ever seen assembled, for long time, in this
city. The pavilion was crowded to its ut
most capacity. The performances are the
finest of the kind have ever seen in the
city. and every body who can ought to see
them. The Company give their last enter
tainment this evening.
Year: 1860

Sad D,nih.-At an early hour yesterday
morning, Mr.. DAVID LEWIS one of the en-. !.
ployees at the Tredegar Works Spike Factory.
accidentally fell backwards into the store
bay" and before assistance could reach him
was carried over the wheel, which was then in
motion, and drowned His hoey was washed
down the canal to the foundry before il could
he recovered when life was entirely extinct
The accident threw a deep gloom over the nu
merous employees at the works, with many OF
whom the deceased is said To have been great
faVorite.
Year: 1860

OLD PEOPLE BURNT TO DKATH-A sad case
of this kind occurred in Boston. lady OF
neari y eighty years Of age, highly connected,
was standing before the fire, reading in the BIZ
though aid was Immediately at hand, the burns
were quite severe, and, with the shock TO one
of her advanced years, caused her death the
next m0rning.
Year: 1860

Piper. residing in the upper end OF Cumber-
iird connty, Pa, met with a serious accident
under the following circumstances Being at
fiicted with frozen feet, he was induced to try
placed a small quantity of powder on "a paper,
and placed his feet thereon; fire was then ap-
Piled TO the powder, with an idea that the ex
Piosion produced thereby would extract the
frost from his feet. This was tried twice On
the second trial a vessel containing a pound
or two of powder, near At hand, received a
portion of the burning material, and an explo-
sion Of the, whole was the result. MIR. Piper
was seriously injured, one OF his limbs and
other portions OF his body being severely
burned. The house WAS materially damaged
and but for the presence of two boys, the build.
ing would in all probability have been de.
strOyed.
Year: 1860

TAKING THE RAILROAD TAX HARD.-The
Brownsville Pa.) Times says: The people of
Washington county seem determined to offer
At least a passive resistance to the collection
of q railroad tax. A few days ago, we noticed
the case OF man who had his horse levied
upon by the Collector; bnt, inasmuch As no
bidder for the animal could be found, he was
returned him again; the tax Ga therer not even
making his expenses by the operation. This
week we have to announce the seizure and sale
of the Hon w. Montgomery's library, for rail
road tax. The gentleman IS one of the mos:
steadfast opponents of the impost in the coun-
ty, and permitted his books to 60 to sale that
he might bring the matter to a legal test in n
higher Court. What the result Will be remains
o
Year: 1860

SENTENCE FOR ELECTION FRAuD.-In Phil
adelphia on Tuesday last. VIM Byerly, for de-
feating Congressman in that city by forging
returns against him, was sentenced. The Led.
ger says


Mr.. Byerly was directed to stand up to re-
ceive his sentence. Judge Thompson remark
ed he was happy TO say that this was the first
time an offence of this character had ever been
sustained against party in this country. In
community like this, and under institutions
like ours, which depend upon the honesty and
integrity of those who are selected to perform
any high and important duty, there was no Of
fence which more directly struck at the per-
petuity of our institutions than that which
had been laid to the defendants charge His
act could not be justified. 1t had been alleged
that il could not be possible for the defendant
to do this thing, as he was unable to read and
write with facility, and that, therefore he had
been the subject of q conspiracy. The ury
had decided otherwise They had regarded
the defendant in the light of one who h,.d un-
DER taken to perform high public duty, and
had then committed the fraud There could
De no doubt but that there were others en-
gagged in this transaction who were more in
telligent than the defendant by reason of their
superior education, but whether they were
more skilled in matters relating 20 elections
might be questioned. Whoever they might be
IL did not affect the greatness of the offence
laid TO the defendant, who was the active
agent. The jury who tried the case was Of the
prisoners own selection, through able aud
watchful counsel, end after the full exercise
OF the right to challenge. With the verdict as
rendered by this jury the court had no reason
10 complain. There was no reason to
believe but that the jury were actuated by
their duty.


The sentence was then imposed. 1t was a
line OF $500, and an imprisonment of two years
and six months in the County Prison.
Year: 1860

of horses having died in Washington county
Pa, of late, an opinion prevails among the
farmers of the neighborhOod that lung dis
ease similar to that which recently carried off
so many fine herds of cattle in New Jersey and
elsewhere, is affect ting them Indeed, such it
has been pronounced by veterinary surgeon
from Pittsburgh.
Year: 1860

RAILWAY SQUABBLE.--An the rails have
been removed from the Albany and Vermont
Railroad, between the Junction and Eagle
Bridge. Considerable land over which the
road ran having never been paid for, the own
eTs claim that on that account the iron be-
longs to them. and suits will be brought to
test the matter
Year: 1860

LAMPBLACK AND OIL THE CAUSE OF FIRE
An English man ufacturer states that one Of
his workmen placed a ladle, which had been
recently used for the purpose of measuring
linseed oil. upon the top of a cask of lamp
black, and few drops of the oil fell into the
cask. One evening, just before closing the
works, he discovered a very disagreeable smell,
and searched the factory to ascertain the
cause, and, to his surprise, found the whole of
the black in the cask resemble large ball Of
fire. and there is no doubt that before morn
ing it would have burst into fame, and
caused not only the destruction Of the stock,
but OF the entire premises. My plan has been
(says the above manufacturerO since the oc-
is req uired for present nse. Wood or canvas
pain ted with lampblack and oil ought to be
carefully looked TO, at least until we'll sea-
soned
Year: 1860

LUpIoRoUs-The most laughable case of
"mstake of the printer" is that where there
had been two articles prepared for the paper
tone concerning the sermon of an eminent
divine, and the other describing the freaks of
a dog in fitl But unfortunately, the fore
man in placing the two articles in the form,
got them mixed so as to read in the follow
ing ludicrous manner "The Reverand Jas.
Thompson, rector of st. Andrews Church,
preached to large concourse of people on
Sunday last. This was his last sermon. In
few weeks he will bid a long farewell to
his congregation, as his physician advises
to cross the Atlantic. lie exhorted his
brethren and sisters, and after deliver
ing most devout and impressive prayer he
took whim to cut up some frantic freaks.
He ran up Timothy street to Johnson, down
Benefit to College. AT this stage of the pro-
ceedings, a couple of boys seized him. tied a
tin kettle to his tail, and he again started A
great crowd collected and for time there
was a grand scene of noise, running and
confusion. After some trouble he was shot
by Jersey Policeman"
Year: 1860

SAFE ESCAPE FROM FAILING HoUsE-Mr
Cook and his family were in bed last Friday
night when their house was blown down, in
Mokelumne Hill. The bed which was occu-
pied by Mr.. and Mrs. Cook was suddenly
raised, causing the occupants to be removed
without any effort on their part but they
sustained no bodily injury. The articles of
little boy was found safe and sound asleep
beneath the crushed building, He has been
frequently aroused to stop snoring and when
wakened under the wreck he cried out "Let
me alone-let me alone, hayn't snored any =
~ CdiarerdS Chronicle.
Year: 1860

A GENTLEMAN accustomed to the signature
of the firm in which he was a partner, having
to sign baptismal register of one Of bis chill
dren, entered it as the son of Smith Jones, d
Co
Year: 1860

na-A gentleman CT middle age was attacked
with delirium tremens. He fought the sur
rounding snakes for few days, and then told
his friends that he was dead. He lay stretch
ed upon the floor for some minutes, when hearose
walked into another room, and complained that
he had forgotten something in his will. He
added codicil, requesting his employers to
take his son into their employment as his sue
cessor in business. Hereturned again to the
room, looked uron the bed, and began to rave
because his body had been stolen, asserting
that he left it upon the bed few moments be-
fore, and some of the attendants had taken it
away. Soon the stupor came over him again,
when he laid himself down, and the tongue that
had before so wildly insisted on its possessors
decease was stilled in the cold embrace of
death.
Year: 1860

gerous enemies, because t:,ey are likely to have
few extraneous thoughts to divert them from
their immediate object of malice; because they


are shrewd noticers of personalities, and per
sonal weaknesses; because there is nothing which
a fool and mean man enjoys so much as to
catch wise and honest one at q disadvantage.
Year: 1860

naThe following is said to be the private
recipe of funny editor 'out West:"


'-Take one pint of whisky, stir it well with
one spoonful of whisky then add another pint
of whisky, beat carefully with spoon, and
keep pouring in whisky. Fill large bowl
with water, and make the servants set it out of
your reach. Take small tumbler, pour in
two spoonfuls of water; pour out the water, and
Eli up with whisky, and add to the above
Flavor with whisky to your taste" T.
Year: 1860

H~When the heart is chilled and hardened. ,.
we would give the world for those sweet and
warm emotions which are the fruits and the
rewards of virtue, and we sometimes mistake
this yearning after what might have been ours,
if we had earned it, for virtue itself pas
Year: 1860

Through the columns Of your valuable journal beg
leave rag to the workngmcn OF New York and ada
cent cos that it is In their power to materially
improve their condition. by choosing but good
to Office and thus prosperous nttion OF trade
general for years 10 come, which Is the best way 10
obtain plenty oi employment and good wagesfar bet.
way than by strikes AMI other mbiualons, which
were 40 rife last spring


II is the duty aud should DO tho aim Of every
rgman 10 examine tie character Of every candidate Ia
his dkTc and vote only for the beat regardless Of tho
party TO whi-h he belongs Ia this tney confer
evera,tng benefit upon themselves, their families
and the public at large.


BY Swing the above q place in your paper you VIII
much oblse a sincere friend OF the WORkINoMAN.
Year: 1860

The gOssipful New YOnk correspondent
of the Boston Journal says in a late let
ter


In the Would-be aristocratic region Of
Twenty third street. which lies long
Madison Square, the famed residence of
Miss Flora McFlimsy,'" on the corner of
which is the equally famed Fifth Avenue
Hotel" is an establishment not so aristo-
cratic or so aromatic as might be. 1t is no
less than a hospital for lame and sick hor-
ses, with stabling and all the arrangements
intended to make it equal to the famed
Horse Colleges of london and Paris. A
vacant lot Of land near Sixth Avenue was
seen by the quick eye of Tremlet. the bull
der. .


The spot was seized at once, and before
any one knew what the place was to be
used for, the whole building was compile
ted. So amid palatial residences. in one
of the widest and most desirable streets for
residence in our city. amid elegant church.
es and sumptuous abodes-this stable
stands. The exterior does no discredit to
its location, and within is one of the most
elegant stables in the land. 1t is as clean
as clean can be. The stalls and boxes in
the basement are for sick horses, and ele-
CANT stalls are above for livery horses and
those on board. Hot and cold water
comes into all parts.


The manger Is divided into three apart
ments-One for water, Of which there is
supply constantly; one for gain, and
one for hay. and no rack is attached to the
stalls The bedding is removed each day.
dried in closet heated with hot air, and
replaced at night in the stall And hun
dreds Of poor mortals would be glad to
have such an abode. In the cellar is
furnace, by which the whole stable is hea-
ted A room for the treatment of horses
and a diSsecting room is seen in the rear.
Over the stable is chapel, quite elegant
ly fitted up in which lectures on horseolo-
gy are to be given.


The shOcing of the horses is among the
novelties connected with the concern. The
shoes are made in the building. They
have no heel and no toe corks. and on tri-
al on the pavemcnts in Broadway are said
to work in SUPERIOR manner; and the
number of nails in each is but seven
The name of this institute is The veteri-
nary College Institute, F" and the head of it
and manager is an English gentleman
called John Campbell RalstOn, with titles
enough to cover the side of q small chapel
But John Tremlet, the builder, has great
interest in the concern.
Year: 1860

If q man were to see quarter of an inch
of worm put in his cup of coffee, he could
not drink it, because he knows that the
whole cup would be impregnated. If
vert small amount of some virulent poison
be introduced into glass of water, the
drinking of it might not produce instant
death, but that would not prove that it
was not hurtful, only that there WAS not
enough of it to cause destructive result
Immediately.


We sicken at the thought of taking the
breath of another the moment it leaves the
mouth, but that breath minglcs with the
air about the bed in which two persons
lay; and it is re-breathed, but not the less
offensive is it in reality on account of the
dilution. except that it is not taken in its
concentrated form, but each breath makes
it more concentrated. One sleeper cor
rupts the atmosphere of the room by his
own breathing. but when two persons are
breathing at the same time, twelve or four
teen times in each minute, each minute ex-
tracing all the nutriment from a gallon of
air, the deterioration must be rapid indeed,
especially in a small and close room. A
bird cannot live without large supply of
pure air. A canary bird hung up in a
curtained bedstead where two persons slept,
died before morning.


Many infants are found dead in bed, and
it is attributed to having been Oyerlaid by
the parents; but the idea that any person
could lay still for a moment on baby, OF
anything else Of tie same size, is absurd.
Death was caused for the want of pure air.


Besides, emanations, aerial and moro or
less solid, are thrown out from every per
sOn-thrOWn out by the process of nature,
because no longer fit for life purposes, be-
cause they ard dead and corrupt--but if
breathed. into another body, it is just as
abhorrent as if we took into our mouths
the matter of a sore or any other cxere-
ton.


The most destructive typhoid and putrid
fevers are known to arise directly from a
number of persons living in the same small
room. .......


Those who can afford it should. there
fore, arrange to have each member of the
family sleep in a separate bed. If persons
must sleep in the same bed. they should be
about the same age, and in good health
If the health be much unequal, both will
suffer, but the healthier ono the most-the
invalid suffering for want of entirely pure
air.


Somany cases are mentioned in stand
ing medical works where healthy. robust
infants and large children have dwindled
away and died in few months, from sleep
ing with grandparents, or other old per-
sons, that it is useless to cite special in-
stances in prOOf-HaFS Journal ofI
Health.
Year: 1860

Sairy, all alone of yOu-but it's all right
now. Go ahead. steamboat Rosin up.
there; firemen! Darn the expenseP


When the sun set, the loving couple were
seen seated on the upper deck, the brown
Yankees arm encireling the slender waist
of the young woman in the blue bonnet and
and pink dress. We believe they reached
their destination safe and sound