smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

Many Of our people have expressed de-
termination TO leave nothing undone IN their
mower TO secure the building of a Railroad
through this county, and thereby open COM
munication to market for the resources OF our
mountains. All are unanimous in acknowl-
edeing the necessity of such work for the
development of our natural wealth. All ad-
nit that with d railroad the value of prop
erty within our limits will be increased sew
eral hundred per cent, and our prosperity
for the future placed on permanent basis.
1t will be found that those communities who
have looked to the future, by providing easy
means Of transportation, even at immense
cost aud heavy taxation, are the wealthiest
and farthest advanced. The policy of deriv-
iay nll the profit at once and letting the fu-
ture take care of itself will impoyerish and
depress any country. Few railroads have
been built in the United States, that have not
been the cause of increased taxation for
time, and none have failed to prove the
means of the great prosperity that followed
their construction Some of the States were
burthened for several years with immense
debts incurred through their railroad systems
which for while seemed to overwhelm them
in bankruptcy. But soon as they began to
derive the benefits Of easy and cheap commu-
ncation they rapidly discharged their indebt-
edness, decreased their taxes, and found
permanent prosperity for their future. The
building of railroads has done more, for the
advancement of our whole country, than any
other means for progression that has been
put in practice by our people. Many roads
that are now in operation promised no better,
and were surrounded with as many or more
difficulties when first projected than the one
that the people of this county now desire
built. If some think it cannot be built in
consequence of the great cost, that should
not deter others who think it can, from using
their Efforts. A work of such magnitude as
this proposed, under most favorable circum-
stances requires great exertion In order to
accomplish its success. The friends of this
project must not allow any objection, if there
should be anv made against it, to dampen
their energy and efforts in their endeavors to
examine into all the preliminaries necessary
for commencement. We are Informed that
il is the intention of our citizens to meet in
this city, at ;he Court House, on Saturday
the first day of May, ut noon, for the purpose
of taking the proper measures to obtain the
requisite information that beginning may
be made in this all important matter. 1t
is desirable that our people generally through
out the county should attend this meeting,
none of our farmers and lumbermen should
fail to be present, as it will be cf greater inte-
rest to them than anything that has ever
taken place in the county.
Year: 1869

PRorEsr.-We learn from the TWolumne
City Nescs, that the District Attorney of
Stanislaus County has entered protest
against the Attorney General bringing suit
on behalf of Tuolumue County for the dis
nutel in6eb edness between the two counties.
Undoubtedly the protest IS right and should
have been made. The Attorney General
does not appear to be the proper person to
conduct suit against any county unless it
be where the State is party. Oar Super
sisors in their wisdom saw fit to ignore our
District Attorney in the matter, 10y making
an order requesting the Attorney General OF
the State 10 commence legal proceedings
asains, Stsnislaus County, with what right
to expect he would conform to the. request
has not tran.plred.
Year: 1869

gravity, the elasticity of springs, magnet
ism, &c. but however we NAV conceal il
from ourselves, and even from others. by
the ingenious complication Of our contri.
vances, gravity will never act unless it has
first been overcome the spring is inert un.
less it has been previously bent or straight
ened by force and a magnet, if in any way
it aids US at one time, will to an equal ex-
tent oppose us at another. A weight will
not move clock unless it has been first
lifted from the ground and having once
fallen it will act no more until it has been
raised again. All that a fallen weight
would do, were there neither friction nor
resistance of the air, would be to raise a
weight equal to itself Once the spring
has regained its normal state, it can pro-
duce no further effect until its tension is
again violently overcome. In q word, we
obtain from machinery only the motion we
have impaired to it; and even that subject
to the diminution inseparable from the cir
cumstances in which we are placed. The
whole question, then, regarding perpetual
gFs9ipn, as has been long since shown, re-
ss..ss into that Of finding "a weight
heavier than ITSELF" or ''an elastic force
greater than itself"


The search for a perpetual motion pos
sesses great fascination for the young and
ingenious, but still more to the avaricious,
as it is very generally supposed to offer the
chance of a large pecuniary prize. This,
however, is not the fact. No government
Year: 1869

vessel is to duid--a mere receptacle for it.


We may withdraw the liquid slowly or
suddenly, but the emptying Of the vessel is
mere question Of time ; we may take from
a machine the motion we have stored up in
it, either instantaneously or by the slowest
degrees, but sooner or later the whole Of it
will have been exhausted The force we
impart to a watch or a clock, during the
short time we are winding it, is given back
in form more suited to our purpose but
however long it may 20 without being
wound again, it will stop at last, merely
from friction of its parts, and resistance Of
the medium in which it is placed and SO il
must ever be, whatever the mechanism
employed.


Those who have attempted the discovery
Of perpetual motion. have, indeed, sought
to attain their object by calling in the aid Of
Year: 1869

A CHEAP AND DELICIOUS PUDDING
Take four table tablespoonfuls Of -four,
which NIX gradually into quart Of milk f;
add the yolks, well beaten, of four eggs, re-
serving the whites Of the same uutil mo
ment before placing in the oven; grease
your dish and pour in the above mixture
and bake in quick oven fifteen or twenty
minutes. Eat with any kind Of sauce you
choose.


Snow FLAKE CAkE.-One and half
tumbers Of powdered white sugar, one OF
flour, one teaspoonful of cream tartar, one
tablespoon Of soda, and the whites Of eight
eggs


A STRONG PASTE FOR PAPER.-To
two large spoOnfuls of fine -four putt as much
pounded rosin as will lie on a shilling; NIX
with as much strong beer az will make lt of
due consistency, and boil half an hour
! Let it be cold before it is used.


To FIX CoLoRs.-The following very
useful suggestion from the Ashville Netcs
ana WesteT7s Farmer, will be acceptable to
our lady readers:


Put three cents worth of sugar of lead in
a washtubful Of water, put the dresses to be
washed in ii, and let them remain twelve
hours then take them out and dry
thoroughly, washing them in the usual
way.


APPLE-BUTTER.-The finest relish for
the tea-tahle il made BY boiling apples. that
have been pared and quartered, in thin
sOrg hum syrup. ApPle-gathering and
sorghum boiling are done at the same time,
generally in October Put two bushels Of
the fruit into about eight gallons Of the
syrup, and boil slowly. When nearly done,
the mass must be stirred constantly.


THE white Of an egg has proved, Of late,
mostthe etficacious remedy for burns. Seven
or eight successive applications Of this sub
stance soothe pain and effectually exclude
the burned part from the air. This simple
remedy seems preferable to collodion Or even
cotton.
Year: 1869

Irish discomfort. We do not know how


many tenants there may be On I,ord Te;.


trims estate, but we are quite sure n ono


POint-whether they are many or few The


land upon which they, and their ancestor ,s


before them, were for the most Dart bred


and born, is the sole fund to which thew can
reasonably look for support. They must


either starve or else live by its cultivation
or else attempt to get work as labOrers or 10
emigrate. The demand for labor is scantv
and uncertain. Emigration is not only
very expensive, but it is to the last degree
repulsive to their feelings. Practically


therefore, they are forced to cultivate Lord
Leitrim's estate on the terms which Lord
Leitrim chooses to impose. Ws see by
this lease what those terms are. They are
in substance that Lord Leitrim and his
agents are to be their absolute masters"
Year: 1869

From the London WoxkingmAn.


The discovery of a perpetual motion is a
problem which has puzzled the ingenious
for more than 1000 years. We do not
mean by it the invention Of a machine that
will act forever, but one that will continue
to move, and even be source of motion,
without the aid Of any external agent, until
it is gradually worn out in consequence Of
the natural destructibility Of its materials.
Perpetual motion, far from being an impos-
sibility in itself, is illustrated by numerous
examples on every side Of US; for the heav-
enly bodies are, in the strictest sense, in
stances of it since they move at this very
moment, by virtue of impulses which they
received, it is impossible to say how many
thousands or millions Of years ago. Indeed
motion is never lost it is merely transferred
from one body to another, or neutralized by
union with motion Of an opposite kind. But
for friction and the resistance Of the air
even the machines that we construct would
move for ever-but for friction and the
resistance of the air these are simple
words, but they express obstacles that never
can be overcome.


However ingeniously a machine may be
devised, or however skilfully constructed,
placed or It will sooner or later cease %
move. There is no such thing on earth a
perfect smoothness; there is no such thing,
therefore, as machinery without friction.
All the motion we produce takes place In
resisting medium-even that which is ef
fected in our so-called vocuun1, and the
moving this medium out of our way re-
quires an effort. There are, therefore, two
unavoidable destroyers Of force always in
operation, which will infallibly absorb II
however great it may be; and hen }, Il
keep machine in motion, we must eithel
act upon it externally-in which case tn
motion would not be PerpetaGt-or W
must have recourse to some arrangement o
the parts, which is the method adopted


But the very attempt reveals an Ignorance
of the fundamental laws of mechanics.


Since machine will modify force. bu
cannot create it, it will enable US with
} certain power to move large weight slowl..
J or small weight with great velocity; bu
: We cannot by means Of it add in the leas
, degree to the amount of motion at our dit
) posal--on the contrary, from the function
} of the parts and the resistance Of the air,
cannot return to us even as much motion
( we impart to it and, therefore, it is Loo
to us to be obliged to use it, however sin
? pie it may be. As well might we expect
. vessel, from which the fluid is continual
( flowing, to remain constantly full, as q mi
b chine to remain Of itself constantly in me
ton. The machine is to motion what tt
Year: 1869

have been severe. So well did he behave that
he was let out with lariat rope and hopples on
to craze.


The other day it was determined TO remove
the horse to Fort Bridger, and he was secure
~ tled behind government wagon; but the
soldiers only succeeded in getting him twelve
miles when he broke his ropes and escaped
into the hills. So ends the story of the wild
horse OF Wind River. He is once more at
large, and no effort will be made by the troops
to recapture him, for it is the opinion of all
that, if it had not been for the chain, they
never could have taken him, and now that he
is freed of that encumbrance his capture is
deemed impossible.


Capt. Charles F. Larrabee, of the 7th U. s.
Infantry, now stationed at Fort Augur on
Big Popoagie river, gives the sequel to this
interesting narrative in letter to his father
S. W. Larrabee, Esq, of this city, dated Nov.
1st.:


Tie celebrated wild horse whose history
forms-the subject of the above article is once
more in durance vile. Not more than two
weeks after his escape he was discovered by
sentinel on post, grazing with the stock be-
longing to the camp; the entire command
was Immediately turned out, and chain of
men soon completely surrounded the herd,
each armed with club or other weapon, to
prevent his breaking the circle. The herd
Was then driven slowly toward the corral.
When about five hundred yards from the
main gate, to the astonishment of ALL in
stead of trying to- escape, the animal broke
from the herd, and with the speed OF the
wind ran for the creek which flows within
twenty yards of the corral; with one bound
he cleared the creek at point where it is
over twenty-feet wide, and dashed into the
corrall, creating great confusion amongst the
few horses and mules kept up for general use.
After some little difficulty the untamed was
securely fastened with halter and hopples.
on the following day "straws" were drawn by
the officers Of the For: tor the ownership OF
the horse, and L was the fortunate winner.
by gentle treatment l have since been able
to saddle and ride the horse-sometimes four
or hive miles at time once 1 rode him a dis
tance OF sixteen miles. | confess l took but
very little pleasure on these excursions. An
occasional "back," warning me of the un-
safety OF my position, made the ride any
thing but pleasant.


Lieut. Breslin, of the 4th Infantry, who is
here in charge Of party consisting of five
Arapahoc chiefs, who have come into the val
ley to treat with the snakes-induced me to
try tie Rarey system of treatment with my
wild horse. We had a great deal of difficult
ty in adjusting the tackle necessary for a sue
cessful trial, but finally succeeded and the re-
suit OF our first experiment is truly wonder
ful. In less than two hours the horse was
completely under my control and would fol-
low me without rope or halter, as willing as a
pet animal. l keep him in close stall, and
have his food and water carried to him. He
will not allow himself to be groomed, and
whenever a person approaches him he inva-
riaby manifests a very wild disposition.
think however, with care and patience he can
be made serviceable animal.
Year: 1869

The above shows total net white gain
on the new registration Of 4O4. Deduct
the black majority of 36 on the registra-
tration of 1868; and we have clear white
majority now of 3Gs. But these figures do
not indicate the true strength Of the white
vote in this city. 1t is well known that the
losses by death and removal from the city
of the blacks are nearly four times greater
than the losses of the whites from the same
causes, and we believe from information
received at the City Conservative head
quarters, confirmed by the fallingotf in the
number of blacks on tue City Assessors s
books, that our majority n this city will
not be less than from 500 to 900.
Year: 1869

a nice way Of overcoming bash
fnl scruplos' has been found in
North Carolina. At n recent
wedding q guest proposed that
one man in the company should
TO selected "a president; that this
president should be duly sworn
to keep entirely secret all the
communications that should bo
forwarded to him in his official
department that night that zach
unmarried gentleman and lady
should write his or her name on q
piece Of paper, and under it place
the name Of the person they
wished to marry, then hand it to
the president for inspection, and
If any lady and gentleman had
reciprocally chosen each other,
tho presidout was to inform each
of the result, and those who had
not been reciprocal in their choice
wore to be kept entirely seoret,-
After the appointment Of tho pres
don't, communications wero ao-
cordingly handed up to tho chair,
and it was found that twelve
young ladies and gentlemen had
reriprocally choices, and eleven of
the twelve matches wero solem-
nized.
Year: 1869

CAST LINE FOR YouRsELr.-A
young man stood listlessly watching some
anglers on bridge. He was poor and de-
jected. At last approaching a basket
filled with wholesome looking fish, he
sighed: eff, now, had these would be
happy. 1 could sell them at fair price,
and-buy me food and lodgings" III will
give you as many, and just as good FISH,"
said the owner" who CHANGED to overhear
his words, "If you will do me triains "a
vor." "And what is that?" asked the
other eagerly. "Only to tend this line
till come back, l wish to 90 on short er-
rand" The proposal was gladly accepted.
The old man was gone SO long that the
young man began to be impatient. Mean
while the hungry fish snapped greedily at
the baited look, and the young man lost all
his depression in the excitement of pull
ing them out; and when the owner Of the
line had returned, he hsl caught large
number. Counting out from them Is
many as were in the basket and presenting
them to the young man the old fisherman
said =" l will fulfill my promise from the
fish you have caught, to teach you when
ever you see others earning what you need,
to waste no time in fruitless wishing. but
to cast in line yourself" Home Month.
Ia,
Year: 1869

The latest dodge of the scoundrels who
plunder farmers is thus commented on by
the journal Of Chemistry:


sThe need of the diffusion of more prac-
tical scientific information among all classes
is clearly shown in the readiness with which
people become the victims to some OF the
most absurd tricks and schemes which the
fertile brain of cunning men can invent.
The most recent of these tricks surpasses
in audacity all others which we have heard
of. A Patent Butter Company have
opened Offices in number of our cities to
show people how to make pound of good
butter out of pint Of milk, and to sell
them rights to make, and also little white
powder, which is the agent used to perform
the magic work. At the office of the COM
pany they do not ask the eager purchasers
to believe their statements but they churn
the butter before thcireycs. "A pint ofmilk
with half pound of butter is put into a
little tin churn, with Il spoonful of the
powder, the whole is warmed, and then
five minutes churning brings out one and
a half Iounds of COOL butter! Here is a
demonstration. What can be more con-
vincing? No one suggests to the enter
prising company that nearly nine-tenths
of the milk used is water, and if they per-
form what they allege, they are changing
water into butter. This would indeed be
miracle equal to that Of our Saviour,
who changed water into wine. We have
been asked many times by intelligent gen
tlcmcn how this can be explained. Very
easily. BY the process, the whole of the
pint of milk (mostly composed of water) is
driven into or blended with the half pound
of melted buttcrput into the churn. There
is no important increase of real butter in
the churn, although the watcry mass, which
looks like inferior butter, weighs more.
Put the mass into dish and heat it, and
the true butter will separate from the milk
or water with which it is blended. This
is the method by which butter and lard
are greatly adulterated. Nearly all the
lard sold by grocers contains from % to
~ per cent. of water The adultcrators
have not been able, until within year or
two, to combine with genuine lard more
than - per cent. of water; but recently,
by the use of the alkaline carbonatcs, part
ly saponifying the lard, they force into as
sociation more than forty per cent. What
Il shameful fraud this is. and how hard
it falls upon poor people, who mostly con.
sumo the attenuatcd fat. We shall wage
unccasing war upon these wicked frauds,
and schemes. and We ask all honest men
and women to aid us in exposing, and thus
preventing. the evils
Year: 1869

FROZEN FACTs.-Besides the fact that
ice is lighter than water, there is another
curious thing about it which most persons
do not know, perhaps, namely, its purity.
A lump of ice melted will become pure
distilled water And when the early
navigators of the Arctic seas got out Of
water they melted fragments of those vast
mountains flee called icebergs, and were
astonished to find that they yielded only
fresh water. They thought that they were
frozen sea water, not knowing that they
were formed on the land and in some way
launched into the sea. But if they had
been right, the result would have been all
the same. The fact is, that water in frcez-
ing turns out of it all that is not water
salt, air, coloring matters, and all impuri-
ties. Frozen sea water makes fresh water
ice IEyou freeze basin of indigo water
it will make ice as clear and white as that
make from pure rain water When the
cold is very sudden, these foreign matters
have not time to escape, either by rising or
sinking, and are thus entangled with the
ice, but do not make any part Of it.
Year: 1869

A DROP OF OIL.-Every man who lives
in house, especially if the house be his
own, should oil the various parts Of it once
in three or four months. The house will
last much longer, and will be much more
quiet to live in. Oil the locks, bolts,
hinges of the street door, and it will shut
gently, with luxurious ease, and with the
use Of small amount of force. A neg
lected lock requires great violence to cause
it to shut, and with so much violence that
the whole house, its doors, its windows, its
very floors and joists, are much shaken,
and in time they get out of repair in all
sorts Of ways, to say nothing Of the dust
that is dislodged every time the place is so
shaken. The inoessant banging of doors,
scraping of locks, creaking aud screaming
Of hinges, is great discomfort Even
the bell-wire cranks should be sometimes
oiled, and they will act more certainly and
with such gentle force that there will be
little danger of breaking any part Of them.
The castors of tables and chairs should be
sometimes oiled, and they will move with
such gentle impulse and SO quietly, that
sleeping child or old man is not awakened
A well-oiled door-lock opens and shuts with
scarcely any noise. Three pennys' worth
of oil used in large house once year,
will save many shillings in locks and other
materials, and in the end will save many
pounds in even the substantial repairs of a
house; and an old wife sleeping in quiet
repose will enjoy many more years of even
temper and active usefulness. House
keepers, pray do not forget the OIL A
stitch in time saves nine, aud drop in
time saves pounds
Year: 1869

BtAcKBrnRY wISE.-There is 10 wine equal to
the blackberry wine when properly made either
in flavor or for medical purposes, and all persons
who can conveniently do SO. should manufacture
enough for their own use every year, as il is in
valuable iu sickness a tonic, and nothing is a
better remedy for bowel diseases


Measure your berries and bruse them to eyety
gallon adding one quart of boiling water. Let
the mixture stand twenty-four hours, stirring
occasionally; then strain off the liquor into a
cask, to every gallon adding two pounds Of
sugar; cork tight and let stand till the follow
ing October; and you will have wine ready for
use without boiling or straining. This makes
most palatable wine.-Country Gentleman.
Year: 1869

stood by the marge of the summer sea.


As the day was quietly dying,
"hen me waves were lulled in dreamless sleep
Ana the seamews plaintively crying
The broad red disc of the setting sun


Was poised on the mighty ocean
And the wavee's We're breaking one by one
On the sSpre, with dreamy motion.
But a gorgeous curtain of blue and gold -
Now fell OH theAsleeping bilew,
And the sun, like monarch ihfirm and old,
Keclihei OIL his glowing pillow.
But again change as he sank to rest,


On his couch OF SURPRISING glory
For the hews that trembled oceans breast,
Mocked the wonders OF Eastern story.
Slowly these beauties all passed away,


As saw Nights shad descending
And deemed it we'll, such a perfect day


Should have such i perfect ending