smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

Last, years cotton crop of Georgia is
estimated in value at forty millions OF
dollars, ana it was not a favorable sea-
son. No wonder the cotton lands OF
the State have run up. in price some fif-
ty, some one hundred and some two
hundred and even three hundred per
cent At this rate before the expiration


of President Grants term of Office the
wealth and prosperity OF our Southern
States will be the wonder of the world.
Year: 1869

The sweet potato is one of the crops
upon sandy, loamy soils, that yield in
credibly where attention is paid them,
and return fine profit selling usually
at the beginning of the year at from 81
to 81 90 per bushel, and from 50 to So
at bedding season. Great difficulty is
encountered in keeping them, as they
must be kept at uniform temperature,
and are very sensitive to frost. The
most successful mode for keeping them
is the old pioneer "dirt bank" or hill
covered with common boards to protect
from weather and rain. tt'hh
Year: 1869

Thousands of years ago it was writ
ten, "In the morning sow thy seed, and
in the evening withhold not thy hand,
for thou knowest not which shall pros
per, this OF thai" Will the great Pro.
fessors of the Science of Agriculture
tell us wherein in this respect the farm
ers of the present day are any better of
than their brethren Of the ages past.
Year: 1869

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The New York Herald, commenting
upon the recent decision of the Su-
preme Court of the United States in re-
gard to coin-contracts, says: w.


The court only decided upon the law
of the case and did not enter into the
question of the constitutionality of the
Legal Tender act authorizing the issue
of United States notes. We know not
whether the broad question of the con-
stitutioAaDity of the act will ever come
up fairly or be decided upon by the Su-
preme Court; but # it should there
need not be any fear that the decision
would be such Us to undo the work OF
the government and throw the whole
countryi into confusion. There is O law
of necessity before which even the high.
est courts bow. Before this, doubtful
quesfons of constitutional law or the
nice leshnicalities give way. The peo.
PIE inaAr rest perfectly easy. therefore


with ryard to the legal tender question


since THIS decision Of the court on coin
contracts. Nor need there be any con.
fusion of ideas or trouble about having
two kinds of money or legal tenders.
We have always had two kinds of mo-
ney-paper and specie. So has England,
and so have all great commercial ma.
tions. Indeed, it is impossible to dc
without paper money in some form OF
other. There is not specie enough III


the world to do fifth part of the bust


ness, to say nothing of the greater con-
venience of using or handling paper
representatives of value. The decision
of the Supreme Court may prove valu


able in facilitating coin transactions il
business and in tending to bring thu
country nearer to specie basis. Tha'
ought to be sufficient for the present
and the less Congress does with the cur


rency the better. The operation of nat


ural laws and of individual action il
Tho matter Of contracts and trade will


regulate the currency and bring us tt
specie payments as soon as they can bt
safely reached without creating revul


sion or disturbance in the values ant
business of the country. .,i. p '
Year: 1869

While there has been a good deal of complaint
OF dull times in Washington, as well as through
out the country generally, it is a noticeable fact
that those business men who advertise systemat-
ieally have had no special cause for fault finding
I'm that respect. For, no matter how duh a
season may be, comparatively speaking, the
absolute every day wants OF community req uire
that considerable amount of business shall
always be done; and those who keep themselves
hefore the public by constantly making known
The attractions they have to offer purchasers are
hound to do the largest share of it.


The most careless and superficial observer
cannot fail TO notice that. whether a season he
dull or active, the establishments which adver-
tire most are always fullest of customers. In
deed nothing is better understood now than that
.ome If not most of the largest fortunes accu-
mulated in this country during the last quarter
OF a acentury are entirely due to systematic and
extensive advertising-and the principle holds
good as well in a limited As in a wider sense.
This is a point which should not be overlooked
hy dealers struggling to build up a trade. II
Irinters ink is worth anything to such man as
N T. Stewart, for instance,-and he uses il very
ireely,-it is a hundred fold more valuable to
the business man who has not the hundre,ith
Iart Of MIR. Stewart's hold upon the trade of the
community in which he proposes to operate.
Year: 1869

AT the celebration at Newport on the
I'd inst, the most notable event of the
day, which preceded all the others in
order and interest, was the presentation of
an elegant life boat to Miss Ida Lewis as a
token OF appreciation of her heroism in
rescuing two drowning soldiers near her
fathers lighthouse, in March last The
presentation took place in Washington
square, an open green, shaded with trees,
and filled with a crowd of enthusiastic
persons of both sexes. The boat is called
the Rescue, and is of the finest workman
ship. The material is oak, cedar, and
black walnut, not pound of iron being
used in its construction. tits ID feet long,
feet 2 inches beam, and 16 inches deep.
The interior is finished in the most per-
feet manner, and does great credit to the
taste and skill of the builder. 1t is valued
st $500. 50 e E


Miss Lewis was tastefully attired in
brown silk gown with black lace trim
mings, and hat of same material She
wore lace veil, but at the end of the pre-
sentation speeches she removed this for a
few moments at the request Of some of
her friends, to allow her face to be seen.
Her demeanor was very lady-like and
composed, alike free from embarrassment





The boat was afterwards drawn through
the streets, number of bouquets being
thrown into it as it passed. is
Inthe afternoon the Rescue was launched
from the Long wharf in the presence of
vast crowd on the pier, while the waters
of the bay were dotted with row boats,
and innumerable sail boats darted about
Ike swallows on the wing. The sun was
shining brightly at the time, and the
whole scene was exceedingly gay and ami
mated.


Miss Lewis was dressed in black gown
and red Garibaldi sack, fastened by
leather belt round the waist, and appeared
little fiuttered at the trial she was about
to undergo. 1t may be mentioned here
that she is of a slight figure, and has never
weighed more than 103 pounds, even when
in the best condition, so that her endu-
rance and strength are the more remarka-
BILE. At the hour appointed, the Rescue
was carried from the boat house and
placed on the dock, where a Photographic
view was taken of it, with Miss Lewis
seated at the oars. After this slight delay,
the launch took place, and, amid cheers,
waving of handkerchiefs, and booming OF
cannon, the beautiful vessel glided through
the crowd of other craft, and, urged by
quick but vigorous strokes of the fair oars
woman, who guided it with firm hand, it
sped rapidly toward its destination, the
Lime Rock light. house, where our hero
ines father, who was unable to leave
home during the day, awaited in expecta-
ton her return. The crowd waited until
the flag of the Rescue was mere speck in
the distance, and then slowly Dispersed
Cor. N. Y. Iri6uns.
Year: 1869

DECISION has recently been given in
New York against two insurance compa-
nies, in cases the circumstances of which
are as follows: Goods were insured in q
store running from street to street, but
numbered only on the street on which
was the front entrance. On that street
the house was three stories high, on the
other only two. Because the policy de-
scribed the house as three stories high the
companies argued that they were only
liable for the space so far back as the
three story part ran.r
Year: 1869




AN AERoLITE, OR METEoRIo Ex-
PLosIoN.-On Monday, the 1lth
inst, a singular phenomenon occur
red between Placerville and the
Payette, and one not often witnessed
in a lifetime. About 8 o'clock in
the evening persons living in that
section of the country were startled
by q tremendous explosion which
shook the ground like an earthquake.
The first impression on the minds of
the people at and around Placerville
was that the boiler of the quartz mill
on Granite creek had exploded, but
such not proving the case, specula-
ton was rife as to the cause Of such
a terrible explosion aud shock, espec


tally as the sky was clear and the sun
shining brightly. We are informed
by Mr.. Miner, who was at his rancho
opposite Horse Shoe Bend, on the
Payette, that the explosion sounded
to him as though it took place on the
divide between tbe hesdwaters of
Granite creek and the Payette. Other
parties with whom we have conver-
sed, among them Mr.. Abbott of the
Middle Payette, agree upon the local>
ity of its occurrence. Maj. r. G.
Allen informs US that be was coming
down the mountain, on the Boise
City road about three miles below
Judge Stringham's, and that be not
only heard the explosion but felt the
ground shake under him quite plain
ly, and if we are correct as to the
place where the explosion occurred
he was at least thirty miles from it.
He also conversed with a gentleman
at Thorn creek, about ten miles from
here, on that evening, who said he
saw something like meteor-appar-
emily huge ball of fre-in the di-
rection of Placerville ; that it was
some distance up in the air above the
mountain, and suddenly exploded
and disappeared. 1t was from three to
four minutes from the time he saw it
burst until he heard the sound. Sew
eral parties in Idaho City also say
that they felt the shock, but as it
was not very severe they paid
little attention to it. We do moi
know how to account for the matter
on any other theory than of its being
a meteoric explosion. Il may have
been the bursting of an erolite, bui
we have not yet heard of any stones
or debris of the exploded matter hav
ing been found, but as it appears tt
have taken place on the mountain:
at a point seldom if ever visited


nothing of that kind would be dis
covered unless party should visi


the place in search of it. We should
like very much to visit the spot ant
see what We could find /; for should
we discover any such stones Or mater
ial evidences of the explosion, it nigh


be an interesting subject for examina
tiOn by mon Of science. Idaho World
Year: 1869

A DIRTY LIAR.-If old Baker
was looking for a dirty liar, he
struck the right man when he got
Baldy Ross. Take Baldy's story
about the dog law as a specimen.
The bill originated in the House,
and when it came up 10 the COun'
Gil the writer opposed it, and as
Chairman Of the Committee made a
report against it, all of which az
pears in the Council Journal; but
with the knowledge of these facts,
Baldy asserts to the contrary. DR.;
Baker pays Baldy for lying, and
the dirty scrub in his feeble way en-
deavors to earn bis wages.
Year: 1869

BROKEN PRoMIsEs.-The repub-
lican party Of the present day may
be well styled the party of broken
promises. Scarcely promise made
10 the people prior to elections has
been kept after attaining power. The
Pittsburg Commercial indirectly ad-
plits the fact, for it says, "the repub>
lican party will correct its own errors
and respond honestly and fully to
the requirements of public sentiment
if the people will only continue them
in Office" We think it is too late
in the day to make such promises;
they have been made and broken so
often that the people have come to
the conclusion that retrenchment and
reform can only come through dem.
ocratic administration, and they are
determined to try the experiment.
Capital Reporter.
Year: 1869

cisco Bulletin advocates the justice
and equity Of taxing those large land
spectators who are holding immense
tracts at prices which virtually
exclude small farmers. 1t says these
lands shave been taken up and held
in largo quantities to await the ar
rival of immigrants and that COM
petition which iusures high prices !"
aud it thinks there is justice in tax
ing an individual who holds $4,000
acres of land worth 81 per acre as
much acre for acre as the owner of
16O acres of the same quality of land
are taxed.


As a matter of public policy, it is
becoming of very general belief that
these large landholders are a nuisance
that ought to be abated, and we are
glad to see the Bulletin assisting in
reformatory counsels. There is no
other way to reform the evil, SO far
as it has gone, than that suggested.
1t may be prohibited from future
expansion by such wholesome chang
es in the land laws as will prevent
the absorption of large estates by a
single individual at the Government
minimum price, and these we are
assured will be brought forwards by
the Chairman Of the House Cons
mittee on Public lands at an early
day of the coming session Of Con-
gress. But, after all, our best rem
edy lies in county taxation upon
these overgrown properties. If the

Constitution did not prohibit it, we
are sure that an issue made on this
question and fairly presented to the
people, would result in legislation
adopting a discriminating scale of
taxation on land which would make
it very expensive to own over 600
acres fit for cultivation, and if the
monopoly continues, we are not sure
that the constitutional prohibition
against such discrimination will be
long allowed 10 stand. Next to the
security given for personal liberty, it
is the greatest boast Of American
political institutions that they offer
the best possible advantages to the
poor to obtain lands on which they
can earn their living and add some,
thing to the general wealth. Our
Presumption and Homestead laws
have contributed millions to our pop.
ulation and thousands of millions to
our taxable resources. They form
the ground,sill of our educational
system and general prosperity.
Wherever they have been least OBJ
structed in their legitimate opera
ton, there will be found most of
comfort and intelligence generally
diffused in society, and least of pow
erty and crime. And wher-
ever there rises a class mimi
cal to this social condition, pursuing
with a deliberate purpose a course
calculated to render these laws mug
atory, it is the right and the duty of
the common people to combine for
their own interest in putting it down.
The greed and avarice of these land
spectators are wholly out of SYM
pathy and in direct antagoniSm with
the public welfare. They want im>
migration, not to augment the general
stock of wealth, intelligence and
morality, but to speculate upon its
necessities. They are, therefore,
public enemies, and ought to be re-
strained by wholesome laws.
Year: 1869

AssEsr. On Saturday and Sunday
the editor was absent on pleasure
jaunt in the country. Owing to this
absence we are unable to do full justice
to the thieves, perjurers and bigamists
who run DR.. Bakers Onion. Baldy Ross
and the balance Of the NANCY pack are
assured that in due time their cases will
be attended to, and a full expose made
of their multitudinous Tillsinies.
Year: 1869

A DRUNKEN man stopped at no.
tel in Homer, Illinois, few days ago
and deposited S54 with the porter
for safe keeping. He returned to bed
and that night the porter fed for
parts unknown, taking with him the
money and fine horse belonging to
the proprietor of the hotel.
Year: 1869

VERY TRUE.-The Springfield Re-
publican very truly says that "the
supremacy of the party that elected
General Grant is fast passing away
in the South, and is growing weaker
all over the North"
Year: 1869

RICH WITHOUT MONEY. Many man is
rich without money. Thousands OF men with
nothing in their pockets, and thousands with
out even pocket, are rich. A man born with
good sound constitution, good stomach a
good heart and good limbs, and pretty good
head piece, is rich. Good bones are better than
gold, tough muscles than silver, aud nerves
that fash fire and carry energy to every iunc-
ton are better than houses and lands. 1t Is
better than landed estate to have had right
kind Of father and mother. Good breeds and
bad breeds exist between herds and horses.
Education may do much good to check evil
tendencies OF to develop good ones, but it is
great thing to inherit the right proportion OF
faculties to begin with. The man is rich who
has good disposition-whO is naturally kind,
patient, cheerful, aud who has flavor OF Wit
and fun in his composition.
Year: 1869

PRESIDENT JOHNSON. Of our Presi-
dents have ever retired from the White House
with less of real regret than will accompany
Mr.. Johnson farewell on the 4th of March


And with equal truth it may be said that few,
i'm retiring, have ever better deserved the
thanks and good wishes of the American peo-
pie for sincerity of purnOse and an honest
desire TO administer the Office for the best in
serests of the country. In saying which do
not mean to be understood as expressing the
belief that the United States has never had
a better President-but, that Judged by the
purity of his motives and his unseh5h iuten-
lions to do his whole duty, he far surpasses
any of our recent Executives. That he has
committed great errors, he himself will, |
suppose, not be disposed to deny. 1t could
not have been otherwise with man surround
ed by the adverse circumstances that have be-
set him since the beginning of his administra-
tion For some of these he is responsible
as, for what may be called the father OF them
all, which was the failure to surround himself
with Cabinet of strong, vigorous men IN
hearty accord with him. instead OF retaining


the evil counsellors OF his predecessor. But 1t
IS easier to criticise now than it would have


been to act then. Judging his administration


as whole, the conservative people OF the


country must thank.hm for it.-C0r. On. Eng.
Year: 1869

MAJ. HARNEY. We have already given an
account OF the brutal murder of this gentleman
by the Arkansas colored militia. The body
vas brought to Memphis for burial, and the
Memphis Avalanche has the following:


The funeral of Major Harney took place
from the Peabody Hotel about two o'clock yes
.erday afternoon A large number of our best
people were present to participate in or witness
the sad ceremonies. A long procession OF citl-
zens followed the remains to ElmwOod, where
they were laid away with becoming respect and
ceremony From what We can learn, Major
Harney was native OF Virginia-at least his
family are of Virginia stock, and he once went
20 school in Alexandria. He has been about
Memphis frequently since the close Of the war.
lie once lived in Missouri or Kansas, and was
well acquainted with Gov. Clayton, when the
latter was an engineer Major Harney was the
partner of Senator Mcdonald, of Arkansas, in
the cattle business. He brought drove of
three thousand head from Missouri year or
two ago, and has Eeen living at Marion over q
year. He had an Indian employed to herd his
cattle, and was doing prosperous business =
He had plenty of money, lived well and quietly,
and was very popular. He had been a captain
in the Federal army, and was major by brevet.
He was so quiet that his neighbOrs knew but
little of his antecedents, except what they
gathered by accident. The Major was the vic
tim of curious case Of mistaken identity in
this city year or two ago. 1t was his fortune
or misfortune, 10 strongly resemble somewhat
desperate character named Beers, against
whom there were serious charges, and he was
arrested as that individual, but subsequently
released"
Year: 1869

By its charter. the company is permitted 10 issue its own First q Mortgage Bonds to. the same amount as the Government Bonds, and no more These bonds are first mortgage upon the entire road and all it's equipments

 They have thirty years to run, at six per cent, by special contract and both V
Year: 1869

A gentleman writing from the far west says: " must have Renne's Pain Killing Magic Oil in the house. It is the best fam lily medicine for curing all kinds of pain have found, and cost what it will I must have it." And who planes the man? Do you use it reader?
Year: 1869

Any druggists in the country will tell you. take the troubleto enquire, that every one

 that buys bottle of Goes Dyspepsia Cure for them !!N speaks in the most unqualified praise of
Year: 1869

Do not delay procuring and immediately taking Goes Cough Balsam, when troubled with any of the above named difficulties. They are all premonitory symptoms of Consumption and if not arrested, will sooner or later sweep you away into the valley of shadows from which none can ever return.
Year: 1869

A CONTINENTAL DANA correspond
ent in Atlanta, Ga. offers the following
plausible explanation of this term. Those
who are familiar with American history
will know that, during the Revolution of
1776, the Continental currency became of
little value. This currency was counter
feited to such an extent, that it became
necessary for the Government to take some
steps to ascertain what was genuine. To
this end, they required that it should all
be brought to the common treasury. Here
the spurious were distinguished from the
genuine notes, and such conterfeit notes
had the word dans-an abbreviation of
the Latin word neutrality-suspicious.
stamped upon their face. When the very
small value of the genuine Continental
notes and the utter worthlessness of
those marked dans. is considered, it will
be easy to assign a source to this phrase.
The addition of the letter n to the abbre-
Walton requires no explanation.
Year: 1869

A WRINKLE ABOUT TIE AGE OF HORSES.
"A short time ago we met gentleman
from Illinois, who gave us piece Of in
formation in regard to ascertaining the ago
of horse, after he or she has passed tho
ninth year, which was new to US, and will
be, we are sure, to most of our readers.
1t is this: After the horse is nine years
old, a wrinkle comes on the cyelid at the
upper corner of the lower lid, and every
year thereafter he has one well-defncd
wrinkle for each year over nine. If for
instance, horse has three wrinkles, he is
twelve; if four, he is thirteen. Add the
number of wrinkles to nine, and you will
always get it. So says the gentleman
and he is confident it will never fail. AS
a good many people have horses over nine,
it is easily tried
Year: 1869

In manuring, top dressing is generally
the best because no manure can act on the
roots of growing crops till it is dissolved.
When dissolved, the water holding plant
food in solution should be brought in con-
tact with the greatest number of roots.
When the water thus charged passes by
gravity through foot of soil from the sur
face downwards, it visits greater number
of rootlets than when it passes down from
a depth of four or FIVE inches from the
surface.
Year: 1869

New PLAN FOR RAISING PoTAToEs.
correspondent gives the following as his
plan for raising potatoes: Plow your
ground deeply, harrow down smooth, mark
ont three feet apart, drill or plant in hills
as you like, cover shallow with dirt on top
of which place straw (if partly rotted all
the better) ten or twelve inches thick.
You have now nothing to do in the potato
patch until digging time, when you raise
the straw and take out the potatoes, which
will be found in large yield, and nice and
clean.
Year: 1869

William Cullen Bryant, the poet, is now
scventy-three. His eyes are little dlmmed
by age, and he has few of the iufrmities
of old men. He will walk four miles on
the stretch with loss signs of fatigue than
are displayed by younger men; will leap
a fence breast high with ease, or ascend a
flight of stairs with great rapidity, step
ping occasionally two or three steps at a
time. He is apparently good for ten years
more of busy life.
Year: 1869

CURE FOR FouNDERED HoRsEs.-Take a
lump of alum the size of walnut, powder
it and dissolve in warm water. The horse
must be drenched with this liquor, and It
will throw him into a profuse perspiration,
and he will soon be as we'll as ever; it
should be done as soon as you ascertain
his condition.
Year: 1869

Rabbits and Pigeons multiply rapidly.
When animal food grows scarce and dear
in this country, as it will when population
grows moro dense, more attention will be
paid to the production of these animals for
market.