smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

train was started from the town la
den with local manufactures which
would account for the punctu
ality, and also for the noises be-
ing heard SO exactly at midnight;
passenger trains being so much
! lighter, together with the fact that
i in the daytime other poises around
would prevent attention being
drawn to the peculiar sounds.


The night following the discov.
cry 1 went to the house just before
twelve, arranged the pipe and
brush as before, and went down
to the kitchen. At the usual time
the train came laundering along,
and just as it went by the house
the engine-driver, by arrangement,
sounded his whistle. Simultane-
ously, the chain clanked, the bell
tinkled, and / saw the two doors
open. These were not fastened,
SO that the shaking of the house
caused them to open, as they hung
a little on the incline. In the
kitchen cupboard there was a
chain hanging loosely against the
wall and resting on an old dish
cover that had been left there.
In the parlor I found the brush
and pipe both Frustrated.


Being quite satisfied, | left the
house, and slept comfortably at
the hotel.


Next morning / waited OF the
lady, and informed her of my SO.
luton. She was much pleased,
and at first refused to let the cot
tage on any other terms except the
first named but at my pressing
solicitation she consented that /
should become her tenant at a
increased rental.


Even better than obtaining a
comfortable little cottage at a low
rent, was the acquaintanceship
thus formed, which proved very
valuable to my mother.


l should add that when the tun-
mel was repaired, the shaking was
hardly felt at all, and the noises
were scarcely heard.
Year: 1869

A novel suit has been COM
menced in St. Joseph. A young
man sues young lady for obtain
ing goods under false pretenses.-
Said goods were presents he gave
to her while they were engaged
to be married.
Year: 1869

A gentleman visiting the American
Watch Company's factory, at Waltham,
Mass, relates that small vial, such as
homeopathic pills are kept in, was handed
to him, which was filed with what seemed
to he grains of coarse sand ofthc color of
bluc-tcmpcrcd steel.


On examination under microscope,
they proved to be perfect screws, Of which
it required 10000 to weigh pound


Microscopic bits of steel, with the points
exquisitely polished, were ALSO shown, SO
small that fifty weighed only a single grain.
These were said to be worth twenty thous-
and dollars per pound.


These, as we'll as every other of the run
ming parts Of the watch, are made entirely
by machinery, which turns out each differ
cnt piece exactly like its fellows.


The following is his description of the
method of making the fine screws: What
you see at first glance is thin thread OF
steel, finer than the most delicate ofpins,
slowly pursuing its way through little
hole in machine, and being grasped by a
tiny tool which runs round It, as if embrac-
ing it; and then, presto. out comes a
knife and cuts off its head. All this is
done so quickly that you have to watch
the operation. after you know what it is
all about, before you can see the process
| have described.


The bits thus bchcadell with a knife,
look exactly like little grains Of powder.
But they are screws.


You notice that when you take micro
scope to examine them. They are COM
plcte-almost. Not quite yet A girl
picks them up, one by one. with dainty
tool, and places them in rows, one in every
hole in fiat piece Of steel. This little
plate as soon as it is filed, is placed under
another machine, and it would do any
lrishman good to SEQ it work. 1t beats
Doney brook Fair "all hollow" never
had more convincing proof Of tho supe-
riority Of the mechanical over manual labor.


For while Il gool hearty man with a
stout bit Of shillaleh may break half doz-
Oh heads of day-with fair luck-this
machine, without so much As saying by
you leave" como out Of its hole, aud runs
along each row. quietly splitting the heads
of each one of them exactly in the center.


And now the screw is made.
Year: 1869


The many admirers OF this renowned
race horse will regret to hear that he has
let down for good. Mugginsi It ls well
known in turf circles, let down on pre-
vious occasion, owing to injuries received,
but with the proper attention and treat
mept for some time past, there was every
reason to believe that he would oe hlIn-
self again. He had been entered IN the
Merchants stake to be run at the spring
meeting over the Nashville Course, ana
has been in training for some time osck.
Yesterday while going round the tracK
At What might be called his old speed,
he suddenly let down, and there is now
no reason to nope that he will ever re-
cover. His numerous hackers had looked
forward to the time when he should
again make his appearance upon our
turf. with much interest. Alas, poor
Muggins he should have let down here
after. But few have acquired his fame,
and It is a pity that it was brought SO
suddenly to q cIose.-NdshUilLe Banner
of Friddg.
Year: 1869

The Fayetteville Observer ia informed
that there were two or three mad dogs
in the northwest part OF Lincoln coun-
ty last week. They bit some cattle, and
were killed before doing further damage.
Year: 1869




A sensible correspondent from Hum
phreys county writes Us as follows: 20
through this country and speak to any
OF the reliable farming portion OF the
community about politics. End they VIII
almost universally reply to you that
they don't want to talk about iti that
they are more interested in their crops )
and II the powers that be will but Keep
the militia way they will try to pay
the enormous taxes and let it 90, hoping
for better era in the not distant future"
This. we believe to be the sentiment pre-
vailiDg among the disfranchised people
throughout the State who are not look
ing for Office, who have no other amol,
ton and no politics save peace, good
government, restoration and the deVel-
opmeat OF our vast and almost, limitless
resCurces.-N Nashville Banner Of Friday
Year: 1869

ELEGANCE DOES NOT MAKE A HoME.-l
never saw garment too fine for man or maid;
there was never a chair TOO good for cob
bier or cooper or king to sit in; never a house
too fine to shelter the human head These
elements about us, the gorgeous sky, the ini-
perial SUI, are not too good for the human
race. Elegance fits man But do we not vame
these tools OF housekeeping little more than
the are worth, and sometimes mortgage a
home Tor the mahogany we would bring into
ito L had rather eat my dinner off the head
OF barrel, or dress alter the fashion of John
the Baptist in the wilderness, or sit on
block allmy lie, than consume myself pe'oIe
got TO home, and take so much Pails %


with the outside that the inside was as Hohow 1ii


but beauty OF garments, house anu ,r.,iiI, I;tb


is a very tawdry ornament compared WIN


domestic love. All the elegance in the world
will not make home; and l would give


more tor spoonful of real hearty love than
fnr ehinloads of furniture, and all the gor-
geonsness that all the upholsterors in the
world could gather together.-1heodore Park
Year: 1869

FINANCIAL CRIsIs.-Ihe long looked for
crisis in the financial life of the nation is,
perhaps nearer than persons generally sup
pose, aud may be precipitated sooner than is
expected. In the Supreme Court of the
United States, the Kentucky case, involving
the constitutionality of the legal tender act,
has been argued and will be decided before
long. Alive 10 the importance of the ques-
tions involved 10 the case, the National
Banks have recently held convention with
a view to providing for their own safety
against all contingencies. This convention
was held at the St. Nicholas Hotel, in New
York, and in his opening address, the chair
man adverted to the impending crisis in
terms of great earnestness. He said that if
the legal tender clause should be declared
unconstitutional ait would compel return
to specie payment at an early day" 1t is
hardly necessary to say that sudden return
to specie payments would, in the estimation
of the Banks, bring about this very crisis
which is feared and the holding Of the con-
ventiou would indicate fear that the decis.
ion of the Supreme Court is likely to be
against the constitulionality of the clause.
1t looks to us very much as if thero were
breakers ahead.
Year: 1869

DEMOCRATIC FUTURE.-The Detroit Free
Press, one of the best democratic journals IN
the West, thus discourseS upon the present
and future of the democratic party: "The
democratic party will not, because it has met
with defeat, abate for one moment its de-
votiou to the great principles of civilization
and progress, Of justice and right, which un-
derlie its organization and constitute The
basis Of its existence 1t is struggling, not
for the supremacy of individual, but for the
success of principles. Holding the princi.
pies as sacred and essential to the unity of
the nation and prosperity of the people, it
cannot and will not abandon them. They
are the well spring from which flows the
fountain of national existence, aud they can
not be abandoned merely because those who
support them have met with Temporary deN
feat.
Year: 1869

DIRTY Cox still aspires to the Governors
ship Of Washington Territory, and affects to
believe that Gar6elde will procure him the
appointment. The GovernOrship has become
a mania with the old "pig driver" and if be
fails to secure the object of his ambition, it
is quite certain that he will cease to be an
active worker in the radical organization.
Unfortunately for Cox, the new Delegate is
thoroughly posted as to his character among
bis neighbors, and knows that be is most de-
tested BY those who know him best. Gar>
6elde is too shrewd to have a man of this
kind appointed. and although he may make
fair promises, the representatives, Of dirty
radicalisu may rely upon it that they are
only made to be broken.
Year: 1869

SENATOR WILLIAMS is returning home
overland, having failed in his mission to
Washington, The old renegade expected to
induce Grant to change his Indian policy,
but on reaching Washington he found that
be had no influence whatever with the Ad-
ministration. Williams is dirty dog, and
begins to be understood by the radicals who
know that he would betray them at any time,
if by so doing be could improve his own for
tune
Year: 1869

Gov. GIBBS, of Oregon, is at the East,
passing his claims for the U. s. Judgeship
provided for by recent act of Congress.
Judge Deadly wants the same place, for the
reason that it pays better than the Judgeship
he now holds. OF the two it is possible that
Deadly is the best qualified, but in all the
elements of character Gibbs is immeasurably
his superior. The one is man Of principle,
the other a man who is ready to betray any
party or principle when he deems it to his
personal advantage. A man who voted for
slavery in Oregon, he was among the first to
give the dead institution a kick and turn
around and sing p@ans in honor of "John
Brown" Like the Vicar of Bray, Deadly
is consistent in being true to himself, and IN
his selfshness is always ready to betray either
friends or principles. If we must have radi>
Gals in office, give us men Who like Gibbs
act from principle, rather than trimmers, of
whom Deadly is a very bad type.
Year: 1869

The infamous opinion just given by At
torney General boar, asserting the legality
of military trials of citizens, says the Cincin-
natl Enquirer, vindicates the faith reposed
in him By bis party and the Administration.
He was selected as fit and capable instru.
meut for the execution and defense OF the
dirty jobs demanded by the exigencies of
radcalism, and he has given ample proof
that bis 'heart is in his work. The plain,
unmistakable constitutional guarantee ofjury
trial, aud the solemn decision ofthe Supreme
Court, con:urred in by all the Judges, sus'
tanning that guarantee in the Indiana CON
spiracy cases. are alike ignored in the cause
of military usurpation with the narrow, pet
ty, uncandid ingenuity ofa police court pet
tifogger The cheerful readiness with which
this task was accepted and performed has
encouraged the Yankee Attorneys master
to impose upon him another, viz :: to write
up an argument in support of the theory that
Georgia has not been reconstructed The
object in view is thus revealed by the New
York Tribune:


HIfMr. Hoar should decide that the State is
not State in the Union, according to the recon-
struction laws of Congress, then, it if thought,
the President will have the same power there
that he has in Virginia, Mississippi and Texas,
and will recognize Georgia as having only
Provisional Government"


So it appears to be an article of faith 10
the advanced radical creed, that the existence
of the State Government, and the rights of
the people represented in them, are subjects
upon which the Attorney General is cOmpe
tent to decide ; and an opinion of his, pre>
pared to order, to meet a supposed political
emergency, is to be accepted by the President
as authority for overturning the entire in.
stitutions of the State, and putting its popu>
lation under martial law. II this can be done
with Georgia it may also be done with Ohio
or New York. The legitimate authority of
the Federal Government is subject to the
same restrictions south Of the Potomac as
north of it and if the limits set by the Con-
stitution may be overstepped on one side of
the line, why may they not be disregarded on
the other2 To destroy the State Govern
ment of Ohio by military force would be to
commit treason in "levying war upon one
of the United States. The rule will equally
apply to Georgia, and the fact that the per>
petrators of the crime may wear the uniform
of the Federal army, would increase rather
than diminish their guilt. There was ruler
in Venice once, it may be remembered, who
tried this experiment of making war upon
the Government of which be was himself the
head. We commend the result of his treason
to the attention of General Grant and his
superserviceable and cOnscienceless Attorney
General.
Year: 1869

SERVED HIM RIGHT.-A man named
Bailey was recently tried before an Illinois
Court on the charge Of having killed the
seducer of his wife, and acquitted. The
facts in the case are in substance very brief
and simple. Laird was criminally intimate
with Bailey's wife. Bailey made the disr
coVery one night last winter, and killed
Laird. He bad fair and impartial trial,
and the jury found him mot guilty. 1t was
therefore, 10 the opinion of the jury, clear
case of justifable homicide. The defendant
acknowledged the shooting, and puI himself
on trial on the square issue that Killing a
man under such circumstances was justi6>
able homicide. And on that issue The jury
found for the defendant, although, ~ falls
i6cation of terms, they called it "psti6able
insanity" This, the latest of long series of
similar verdicts, will do much TO seHle'a new
principle of law. 1t may be regarded as cer>
tain that no man will hereafter be convicted
of murder, for the killing of him Who has
outraged his wife. And we do not zee that
it makes any difference with juries whether
the wife were specially guilty or not Juries
seem to look at these cases without consider'
ing particularly of the wife. They decide
them on the ground that the husband is SO
outraged in the robbery Of his marital right,
that the killing of the robber is sxcusable.
While we cannot justify the verdict of the
jury, nor look upon the plea of insanity set
up in this case as other than a transparent
sham, the lesson taught by this and similar
verdicts, is none the less worthy of observ-
ance by the habitual robbers Of the peace and
innocence of the family. 1t has come to- be
conclusively established that the verdict of
a jury in the case of the murder of seducer,
will always be-"justi6ed by insanity" or,
in other words" served him right"
Year: 1869

The New York money market was stringent
throughout yesterday, and good borrowers
Were compelled to pay gold interest, and in
some instances Lie Of one per cent. per day al .
ditional- The regular trade in money. which
prevailed during the last season OF stringency,
has been renewed, and dealings are carried on
in the streets in front Of the Stock Exchange.
the rules Of that Institution very properly for.
bidding II within the Exchange. Gold has
been strong.
Year: 1869

KILLED.-As the mail train on the
Rutland road was passing between
Chester and Bartonsville. on Monday
afternoon last, the engineer saw some
thing on the track, and whistled to
put on the breaks, and thought he hit
something, but it disappeared so
quickly he was not aware of what it
was. On arriving at Bartonsville he
told a section man he had better 60
over the road and see what it was.-
Near the road crossing be found the
body of an old gentleman about 10
years of age, who had been hit by the
engine and thrown from the track and
his neck broken. He was probably
walking upon the track and was not
aware of the speed with which the en-
gine was approaching him. The at
mosphere was such that the smoke
went down before the engine in clouds
so that it was impossible for any one
to discover an object at any great dis
tance. As soon as a glimpse was
caught, the ordinary efforts were made
to stop the train, but smoke descend
ing in such clouds nothing was seen,
nor was the engineer certain that the
engine had hit anything, and he pass
ed on. No blame can be attached to
the engineer, under the circumstan-
ces. He is one of the most compe-
tent and careful men on the road. and
has been long upon the road and this
is the first fatal accident that has oc-
Cured in his experience.-Rutland
Herald.
Year: 1869

Readers will find in the Tribune
this week a curious account of the
celebration Of a Welsh national festi-
val at Utica. A Bardic contest in
the heart of the State of New York
is a phenomenon for which most of US
are unprepared; but it actually oc-
Cured on New Years Day, and our
correspondent assures US that the
Welshmen focked to the arena even
from distant States, and listened to
rhapsodies in their native tongue with
an enthusiasm which survived three
sessions in a single day. He kindly
refrains from quoting any OF the poe
try; but those of our readers whose
curiosity or love of the beautiful i'm
pels them to such pathological re-
searches will probably find extracts
from the most successful of the lays
In the next numbers of the Welsh
American newspapers.
Year: 1869

The sea made music to the shore


Two hundred years ago;
To weary pilgrim ears it bore


A prelude deep and low.
They gathered, in the autumn calm,


To their new house of prayer,
And softly rose their Sabbath psalm,
A blessing on the air.
The ocean took the echo up;


1t rang through every tree;
And praise, as from an incense cup,


Filled earth and sky and sea.
They linger yet upon the breeze,


The hymns our fathers sung;
They rustic in the wayside trees,


And give each leaf tongue.
The nurmuring seq is burdened yet


With music's mighty pain;
No fitting chorus men have set


To that great organ strain.
When human hearts are tuned to Thine


Whose voice is in the sea,
Life's moaning wave song divine


Shall swell, O God, to Thee!
Year: 1869

REYNARD IN THE WRONG HOLE
An attentive correspondent at Morris
town sends US the following:


Milan Chatterton and others of
MOrristOwn went out on a fox hunting
excursion the other day. The old
dog soon started a fox and gave him
close chase, when Reynard sought
an asylum in the nearest possible bo-
rough, evidently to escape his dread
ed pursuers. But as the sequel
proves be did not receive the best of
treatment. 1t is more than probable
that by mistake he took the wrong
path and got into bad company; for
when found he had been some time
dead, and was in close quarters with
eight live skunks. The skunks were
all disposed of in due time, although
not without subjecting the hunters to
a peculiar odor, more pungent than
agreeable, and the fragrance of which
will linger about the party for many
days. The cause of the death of the
fox may be conjectured, but the event
itself must have been hard to be borne.
Year: 1869

LAwLEssNEss AND CRIME IN INDI.
ANA.-An Indiana paper gives the
following account of the life and death
of man named Shafer, in Benton
County, who had gotten his living by
stealing and harboring horse thieves ::


Several years ago some men track
ed horse thief to his cabin. They
inquired of this man Shafer if the
thief had been there, and were told
that he had not, but one of his little
girls said the thief had been there
So the pursuit was continued and the
thief caught. Shafer and his wife
then took their little daughter out in
to a huckleberry patch and cut her
throat for telling about the thief
Shortly after this it was found out
that Shafer was sheltering thieves and
murderers, and he was sent to the
State prison for one year. While
there his wife became sick with fever.
During her delirium she would say,
oh how the little thing screams.
The murder of her little daughter was
working on her mind. She never re-
covered, but passed to her final and
terrible account. After her death
her husband came back, lived alone,
and carried on the same as before
So three men concluded to put hin
out of the way. They went to his
cabin one evening with well loaded
shotgun. The old fellow was get
ting his supper, when one Of them
shot him in the back with twenty-five
swan shot. The next day a MAI
went to his cabin and found him dead
Since this three more of the same
stripe have left for fear they would
be served the same way"
Year: 1869

How TO STOP THE LEAKs.-The
clouds which still overcast our Nation
al sky are mainly Financial; and Gen.
Grants Administration will prove a
triumph or a failure according as it
shall demonstrate ability or inability
to rcauce the burden of the National
Deht. It, first need, therefore. is Re
trenchment in Public Expenditures :;
but its second, and scarcely inferior,
Is to enhance the National Incomes.
which have for years reduced the Rev.
enue hy .rnrn Fifty to One Hundred
and Fifty Millions per annum.


How shall this be done?


We expect something from the pas
sage Of Mr.. Schenck's general bill,
and something more from a general
Infusion of honesty and vigor into the
service consequent on the accession
of Gen. Grant But there is a more
specific means of operating to this end
which seems to US worthy of consider
alton. Here is its outline:


Assuming that frst-rate Secreta-
ry of the Treasury is assisted bv an
equally fit Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, we hold that the proper dis
trict officers should be held accounta-
ble for the success or failure of their
efforts to assess and collect the Inter-
nal Revenue after this fashion:


Brown, we will suppose, is Assess
or of a specified district, and Jones
Collector. The Commissioner shonld
give them fair notice that they must
secure to the Government the intern
al revenue righttully collectable from
that district, or must give place to
successors. Each, when appointed,
should be distinctly told, "The fair,
honest cost of Whiskey in Your dis
trict, is (say) $l.25 per gallon; we
shall keep strict watch over it, and
whenever we find any selling therein
for $1.10 or less, we shall want your
office for another man." So of To-
bacco; so of other heavily taxed arti
cles. If a person cannot collect the
revenue, that is reason enough for let
ting some one else try in his stead
"Augurs that won't bore" are out of
place III such "a service; they must
give place to such as will Only lei
the Assessor and Collector know that
whenever the prices current prove
them unable to do the work for which
they are paid, they must get out, anC
what are now moral impossibilitie;
will soon sink into mere difficulties
and then fade away altogether. A
all events, we trust this plan will re
ceive fair consideration.-Tr Tribune.