smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1868

We find an article in some Of our
exchanges giving directions how to
foretell the weather. We do not know
who the author is, as the article is not
credited to any paper and it has no
signature. We copy the following


1.-THE sensibility of many animals
and plants to the varying conditions
of the atmosphere is so great that 9
careful study of their movements will
often indicate with certainty ap-
preaching changes in the weather.
When a storm is impending the spider
shortens the threads of his web, and
lengthens them out again when the
storm is about to pass away; careful
observers even pretend to fOretell how
long fine weather will last from the
degree to which the web is extended.
If the spider is quiet. it is a sign OF
rain, but when he goes To work during
a shower, be sure it will soon clear of.
The swallow is also an infallible bar
ometer, flying low, uttering a low,
plaintive cry, before rain, but sail
ing back and forth high in the air,
during settled weather; when q vol
lent tempest is about to break out, ne
scars even to the clouds and adopts q
slow, majestic motion, very different
from his ordinary one"
Year: 1868

At the recent exhibition Of the
Grape Growers Association of New
York, over one thousand feet Of table
was used in making the display. Sew
eral exhibitors used over one hundred
plates. After testing the varieties and
awarding the premiums, interesting
discussions were had on various sub
jects connected with cultivating the
grape. There seemed to be a general
conclusion that we plant too close to-
gether. Ten by twelve feet apart was
thought to be about the proper dis
tance.
Year: 1868

This practice, which prevails so gen
orally in the new settlements, is ex-
ceedingly wasteful. No sight is more
common than immense piles OF straw
left to rot in the fields, or given 10 tho
torch, as the quickest method Of Ffd-
dance. The ashes, indeed, are restored
to the earth, but not 70 the soil. The
few square rods on which they lie are
scarcely benefited. All the organic
part Of the plant is dissipated and lost
by the burning. IL will be said, in
justification Of the practice, that there
is no market for the straw, and it IS an
incumbrance upon the soil, and per-
haps, also, that the land is rich enough
without it. Every farmer should have
good home market for straw. Great
use is made Of portion Of it for fod-
der by our best farmers, and the ma
nure from the extra stock thus kept "a
returned to the soil. It is largely used
for bedding, and the cattle yards arc
kept thickly covered win il. Itwould
pay better to spread it upon the soii
where it grows, and plOW &c in, than
to burn it. 1t helps make a cheap and
warm hOvel for cattle, before the settler
has time to build his barn. Save tho
straw, for even the virgin soil viii
soon need it to keep up its fertility
american AGric1Gttlfrist.
Year: 1868

We sympathize with our friend
Rock Creek" in his misfOrtunes-
losing his fruit. 1t is vexatiOus to be
thus treated. Some men and boys are
naturally mean and vicious in such
respects, and we know Of no rule to
meet their case, especially as there is
always ito be catching before
hanging" Kindness works well
oftner than anything else. We
have never been troubled with the
boys robbing our trees or vines. The
boys about US have long since learned
that we always divide with them,
and that when the fruits are ripe, they
will get share By asking for Il. We
do not know what the characteristics
of our friend are in this respect, but
make the suggestions for what it il
worth.
Year: 1868

WESTON, June Il, 1865.
Editor OF the Register:


Noticing in the REGISTER OF a recent
date a communication suggesting the
name of Judge Matthew Edmiston as a
proper candidate for the suffrage
of the people to gil the seat, soon to be-
come vacant, on the bench of the Su-
preme Court of Appeals, l would say
that this suggestion is warmly seconded
in this section of the State. Here at his
home, where, from u long and useful
residence among us, his unblemished
personal character and unquestioned
ability as a lawyer and judge are thor
oughly known, his candidacy would be
sustained by a vote such as but few have
ever received. The responsibility of
the position of Judge of the Court of
Appeals demands that the people should
call to it ripe experience and capacity
in the profession and on the bench, fair
ness and impsrtiality that cannot be
swerved from duty, and high standard
of integrity. The many, in all parts of
the State, who know Judge E., will
cheerfully accord him these qualities.


Without disparagement to other gen
tlemen, it may fairly be asserted that
no filter name can be presented within
the State, for the position named, than
that of Judge Edmiston. LEWIS.
Year: 1868

Great interest is manifested all over
the State in reference to the approach
ing Conve. tion at Grafton. The people
of the interior and southern counties
have never before been So thoroughly
aroused as now. The crimes, blunders,
corruption and tyranny OF the party in
mower have become intolerable, and a
mighty effort will be made this fall to
rescue the State from radical DONNA
alton. The indications of a universal
uprising of the friends of good govern
ment are exceedingly prepitions and
strongly promise complete success. The
Grafton Convention will he attended by
pure, henest and influential men from
all quarters of the State, aud we have
strong confidence that the ticket it will
propose will meet with complete sue
Year: 1868

We are glad Co learn that President
JOHNSON, instead of permitting the
Arkansas bill to become law BY the
expiration of the time prescribed for
lts return. has seen fit to send it back
20 Congress with manly protest
against its passage. Of course, he
hnew very well that the fanatics in the
House of Representatives would not
listen d any argument based upon the
constitution of the United States, or
heed any appeal to revere the sanctity
OF their oaths to maintain and support
that instrument, but he was net dis
posed to ev en- :acitly acquiesce in the
commission OF tle flagrant wrongs in
Hicted by the bill. We admire his te-
nacity for the right and his disposition
10 remind the Congress, again and
again, of their departure from correct
principles of government, no matter
how it may disregard his warnings.


The message presents, in compact
form and with great clesrness and force,
The principal objections to the entire
radical reconstruction scheme. Its ar
guments are unsnswerable and can only
he evaded by the confession that the
radical party Processes no allegiance to
the supreme law of the land and is, as
Trad. STEVENS admits, acting "outside
of the Constitution"
Year: 1868

In pursuance of resolution passed
by the State Convention held in Wheel
ing, on the 9Th day of January last,
there will be State Convention OF the
Democratic and Conservative voters of
West Virginia, at
Year: 1868

less than 5000, and may be as many as lo'OoO
majority of White voters. How, then' can the
cry of NEGRO Supremacy" be raised with ef-
feet in her case


The Legislature of Georgia has nearly, II
not quite, perfected an enfranchlslng act
substantially like that of Alabama. There is
no doubt of its passage, though the Rebel
chiefs are doing their worst to protract that dis
reimbursement which gives them distinction
and consequence Their violence, their social
prescription their vaunts that they still cherish
the principles which made them Rebels, are
calculated, and probably intended, to have this
effect.


No matter let the Republicans everywhere
be boldly generous in abolshing all disfran-
chisements. We are confident that erery
Southern Legisature-we mean every Radical
Legislature, not those of Kentucky and Mary
land-wll gladly unite in making peace for
ever on the basis of UNIVERSAL AMNEsTY-lM-
PARTIAL SUFFRAGE.


Why should not the action of the Alabama
Legislature command some recognition at the
hands of the Northern Conservative Press
How does it strike Frank BlairR
Year: 1868

At the outbreak of the Rebellion, Gen. j.
Banhhcad Magruder abandoned the Union
Army wherein he had been glad to abide for
many years, and took service in that of the
COnfederacy. lie fought the Union till the last
Confederate flag went down; then returned to
Maryland and was there solaced by the proffer
of one of the very best offices in the gift of her
Governor Swami, which he still enjoys.


Com. Franklin Buchanan in like manner
abandoned our Navy ut the outbreak of the
War, and became prominent in that of the
Rebels. lie brought the Merrimac (alias Vir-
ginia) out of Norfolk and destroyed several
good vessels of the Union Navy near Fortress
Monroe but the Monitor at length drove him
off. lie fought us again in the ram Tennessee,
which did US great harm in Mobile Bay, where
he had his leg broken; but Farragut at length
captured her, with most of her associates. He,
too, has just been provided with a good Office
by the Maryland Conservatives" We have MT
heard of their giving any to One-legged
Union soldier or sailor; but we hope they will
all get along some how. 1t is well that they
do MT depend for a living on the generosity or
the loyalty of Maryland.
Year: 1868

report to which we gave currency in our
last of an approaching reconciliation between
the Employing Builders and the Journeymen
BIicklayers proves unfOunded. We deeply re-
gret it. 1t is the interest of all concerned that
the parties at variance should make up" and
90 to work.


In saying this we cast blame on no one. We
do not assume to arbitrate or judge between
the bclligercnts. We maintain the right Of
the iOuneymen to set their own price on
their labor, and of the employers to pay or not
pay it as they see fit. If any employer or
iOurneyman has resOrtcd to violence or intimi-
daton in the progress of this contest, he has
broken the law and deserved punishment
But we believe such wrongs have been few.


A strike is industrial war; and, with all other
wars, should be avoided wherever possible and
closed at the earliest practicable day. We pro-
foundly trust that this one may be near its
end.


We wish the iourncymen had long ago found
or made a way to set themselves to work.
Standing idle on strike is a confession that
you can only work as a hirelng 1t does seem
to us that the journcymen could long since
have found work to do without a master, and
done it, if they had earnestly tried.
Year: 1868

young ladies and genteman-an Improvement
assuredly, if we do not have too much OF him.


Against TAI novels and 800 collections OF
verses, printed in 1867, we are rejOiced to be
able to set-otf 107 volumes of history, because,
as a general rule, we are inclined to consider
historical literature as the most useful as well
as the most entertaining product of the human
intellect. Only in very rare instances can any
man make mistake, who determines thorough
ly and conscientiously and laboriOusy to in
form himself concerning the doings of his race
during past ages. 1t is only in this way that
he can get something like a key to the
philosophy of life, or comprehend, however
inadequately the science of society and his own
duties as gregarious creature. We do not,
however, insist upon history as study; we
should be satisfied if we could impress
upon young people the fact that Hume and
GibbOn and Robertson, and our own Ban
croft and Prescott, are really among the most
delightful of writers, and that they have that
to relate which surpasses in human interest all
the dreams of the poets and all the plots OF
the rOmancers


Finally, the indsputable practical value OF
book making is proved by the publication in
1867 of 121 legal and OF 70 medical WORKS. WIN
142 devoted to the mechanical and useful arts.
Such volumes are the tools of production and
the instruments of every form of social i'll
dnstry, or they tend to the promotion of
justice and the prolongation of life The
advantage of newspapers is that they pre-
sent fresh facts and keep the current of intel
ligence lively. But the business of the book
maker is TO assimilate, generalize, digest,
deduce, and compare. There have been many
periods of greater intellectual splendor than
our own, but there has never been time when
the fountains of knowledge were so frequent
or 80 cOpious, or when so many men were
drinking therefrom. What effect upon the for
tunes of mankind this higher average of intel
telligcnce and cultivation may have, the think
ers of the next age will be in a better position
than we are for determining.
Year: 1868

We print this morning the reply of Baron
Won Beust to the recent Papal AllocutiOn
against Austria. 1t will be seen that the re-
monstrances of the Austrian Premier against
the interference Of the Pope in the Govern
ment of Austria are couched in very concila-
tory and respectful language but that he at
the same time firmly denies the claims put
forward by the Pope. Austria, like Italy, does
uot want a conflict with the Pope, but the
freedom of State legislation from the influence
of the Church
Year: 1868

The Louisville journal, whose present Chief
Editor was a Tennessee Rebel, advises his
Tennessee brethren to override the Constitu-
ton of their State and vote at the point of
the bowie knife. Here is part of his logic:


In Tennessee the liuesar drawn remarkably distinct
There the issue Is completely made up NO ono doubts
that me Ught has to be made or late No one can
hope for relief from BfownlOw or Brownl0ws Leglsa'
ture II come 20 ALL II must come IN answer 10 an over
whelming popular demonstration. IL IS question rs TO
time. Tie people of Tennessee must decide Tor them
selves whether they viii act when they have natonal
organization with which they allied TO act with theln
whether they will risk the fate OF that national Organ
ZatOn by throwing away their electoral vote without
struggle and waiting for some later day OF dclVerance


We assert hcreas we shall always assert III our once
public journalist bound TO speak the truth without
fear OF fav0r-tha all the people of Tennessee have as
Just right 10 vote this Presidential election as all the
people o Ohio Any who says they have not IS the
creature of despOtism. blinded by rage or corruption
Any man who proposes to stand out against their right
is u traitor


We beg leave to correct The Journal on
one point. an the people of Ohio" will not
be allowed TO vote for President this Fall.
Thousands of honest intelligent, exemplary
citizens OF that State, who never rebelled against
the Government of their country, are denied
the Right of Suffrage for no reason at all, and
with no pretext except their color And the
Democrats of that State not only voted last
year to perpctuate this mOnstrOus wrong, but
actually passed an act extending the disfran-
chisement to every one who had "visible
"admixturen of African blood in his veins,
though he be seven-eighths White! We con-
slider this abominable; and yet we do not
advise the disfranchised Ohioans to take the
law into their own hands and vote at the point
of the bowie knife.
Year: 1868

holds of the more affiuent, and regularly
trained in all the duties of Ahousewife


What would our young girls think of
such a procedure Yet how invaluable
would the training be- How many pale
faced, sad-eyed wives say mother
had only taught 80 iron
starched clothes,
Year: 1868

be more convenient to me. My defence
will be on record.


If you have any other claims due
from me you will find by examination Of
my schedule on file in the United States
District Court. that have fully prepared
for their liquidation, making no prefer
ences. You will appreciate my disinter-
estcdness in pursuing this course, when
| assure you that my business had be-
come so complicated, and entangled that
nothing but the sword Of the bankrupt
law (God bless Congress for iD could
cut the Gordian knot.


l afn ciyilitus mortua, and when my
estate is fully administered, / shall pre-
pare to shuttle off the old man (peace to
his ashes) and put ON the new, fresh
from the resurrection as the balmy breeze
of spring to the poor invalid whose heart
swells to bursting at the pleasant pros
poets Of returning conyalescence.


With high hopes of future glory,
honor, wealth and happiness uDdG the
benign influence of u country whose
broad ssgis spread its protecting wing
over the poor debtor. / am, gentlemen,
"A .
Year: 1868

and grated lemon rlnd on the veal, pep
per and lemon on the ham. Fill the
bowl nearly to. the brim, make thick
paste of fioufsand water, cover the top
and press tight to the outside edges of
the bowl Put in water, not enough to
boil over the paste, and boil three hours.
Leave the paste on till nearly cold; do
not turn out of the bowl till the next
morning then, if the bowl was well
buttered, you fnd very appetizing dish
Cut in very thin slices, and it is excel
lent as supper, breakfast, or side dish
at dinner. 1t is styled Melton veal, as
il was much used in years past at the
Melton races.


Its a great pity that our daughter
cannot be educated as housekeepers. al
well as to play on the piano and to rea'
French and German. The literature o
the last named language might teacl
thelna lesson. There young girls OF re
spectability are taken into the house
Year: 1868

In accordance with the wishes Of


nine.tenths of the voters of Pigeon


Township, as expressed at the time
of the last city election-and
almost daily repeated since-the
County Commissioners yesterday
designated five additional pre-
cincts, AMI re-districted the town
ship so as to maks the precincts
uniform, as nearly as possible, as to
the number Of their vo-ers. This ac-
ton on the part Of the COmmi ssion-
ers will meet witt the hearty ap-
proval of every fair-minded voter in
the city. Indeed, the expression,
with a few exceptions, Of voters Of
both parties were commendatory Of
the action of the Commissioners.


The Election Boards, which are also
the Registry Board, will have ample
time to register every voter in the
city, on the days designated by law,
which could not have been done by
the old Boards. owing to the mistakes
that have already been made in at
least two of the old registration lists.
Every voter now owes it to himself
and his party to see that he is proper
ly registered in his own particular
precinct. The increased number or
voting places also insures a quiet and
peaceable election, and persons not
in good health will not be under the
necessity of endangeripg their lives
in order to exercise the privilege of
voters. Again we say the Commits
sioners merit aud will receive the
thanks of the honest voters of all
parties,
Year: 1868

By refereueo'.to 70 the description of
the election precincts, which we give
in another plsce,it will be seen that
they are simply the Wards of the citv
with the exception that the portion
of the Township outside the city linn
its have been added to the First
Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Wards
to which it is adjacent. The bound
arg lines are already familiar to the
veters sof the various wards, and no
difficulty viii be experienced in fiDa-
ing their proper place of voting.
Year: 1868

SINGULAR ACCIDENTAL MAN THROWN FROM A
TRAIN-On Thursday morning about two O'Clock, as
the Cincinnati express train from this city was
passing Fairport, ten miles eastward, Q gentleman
pass from one car to another, was thrown TO the
ground, and one Of his feet got under the wheels
The side of the foot, Including two toes and about
one-han the foot up TO the instep was cut away by
the wheels Otherwise the man was not much
injured. No one saw him hl rom the train,
and no one was near MIN when he feIl He managed
TO cross the creek near the village on Two poles,
climbed mp steep bank and made his way to the
house Of Mr.. Harw0od, and af0used the inmates.
Mr. Harwood took the injured man on hand cart
and drew him TO the hotel The village surgeons
were summoned, who fixed MP his foot, and on the
train and sent to New York, This was indeed 0
strange accident, and the man who went through
with may regard himself fortunate that he did not
lose his life.--R0chester Unf0ra AprH4
Year: 1868

SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST A GovERNMENr
OfFlCIAL.-A very prominent Government
official IN Brooklyn, who has been regarded as
one Of the most upright and honorable gentle
men in the community, is just at the present
time an object of deep solicitude Of a number of
bis intimate fri'nds. and particularly those
With whom he has recently had dealings. The
gentleman in question has not been seen at his
post for several days past. and number who
, have been searching for him have failed to as
certain hls whereabouts. A report is cur
rent that he has lost large sums of
money at gambling tables in New
York, and became SO Infatuated with the
game, that after borrowing all the money he
could from his friends he resorted I'D system Of
swindling. He pretended that he had accounts
with certain Brooklyn banks, and gave checks
upon them to different parties for sums of from
SaCO TO 500 each. To the great surprise of those
who had advanced the money on these checks,
they found no funds at the banks to redeem
ihem. Not bank on which he had given
checks had ever received a penny on deposit
from him. One of the gentlemen who held his
paper sued and obtained judgment against him
last week, and placed the matter in the hands
OF the sheriff. Some Of the gentlemen who hold
his signature for money have preferred the
charge OF swindling against him.-N. I. E1-
press, 5N inst.
Year: 1868

THE WHITE HoUsE.-There was large
number of visitors AT the Executive Mansion
to-day, nearly all Of whom were admitted to
see the President General Hancock had an
interview with the President this afternoon
Year: 1868

AN ACT to Amend Chapter 4G of the


Revision of 1850, in relation to State


and County Roads.


IL. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly Of the State Of Io,oa, That Sec
ton $50 of chapter As, Of the Revision
of 1868, be and the same is hereby
amended by adding thereto after the
word execution" nor through any
garden, orchard, or ornamental ground
to any dwelling house so as
to cause the removal Of any dwelling
house, or other building, without the
consent Of the owner, provided, that
such garden, orchard or grounds are Of
more than two years establishment
Of growth.


90. That section 067 Of chapter As Is
hereby amended by striking out all of
said SETON after the word provided" :"
and inserting tho following, to-wit:
That no road hereafter located shall
pass through any burying ground, nor