smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

k6S-A gentleman of our acquaintance has
a-good cow, which is in the habit of ''stay-
ing away" day or two every week, and
has to be hunted up. On Monday last, she
disappeared, and a part of Tuesday and
Wednesday was spent in hunting for her,
but without success. On Thursday evening
as our friend was returning from tiresome
and bootess search, he found his COW near
a house in this vicinity, where abe was
standing quietly with some cow company
He did not at first recognize her, as some
one had cut off q part of her tail Just as
he was starting of, man aocosts him with
--"Is that your COW, mister p eyes; why2'
swell, didn't know She hasn't been a
quarter of mile from here for about four
days and as ] seed you looking at her
half dozen times before, and going of, ]
thought she didn't belong to you-thats ALL -
1t was true the owner had seen the COW
and noted her close resemblance to his own
but the MANNED tail had misled him. We
learn that it is usual thing for persons to
cut off the tails of COWS hereabouts, and take
them in charge, trusting that they will moi
be recognized by their owners. These ras'
Gals ought to be caught at It.
Year: 1859

GREEns, PoLITIos, ETo--We were out on q
stroll about the suburbs Of the city yester'
day-in the vicinage of the truck patches
and took view Of vegetation on the ground.


It would surprise very many Of our market
goers to see the large amount Of table veget-
ables that are being grown Tor the tables OF
this city. The small samples they see in
market do not give them any thing like an
adequate idea of the vast supply in this
neighborhood We saw lot after lot acre
after acre of "green stuff which was stand
ing SO thick that we could not see the
earth upon which it was growing. The
truckmen were in good humor,as well might
they be, and conversed with us freely sbout
their crops what they hoped to realize
what they proposed to do with their earn-
iDgs; about the improvements they contem-
plated making, when they become able to do
so; and we were treated to interesting treat
ises on growing greens, etcl Nearly every
man we met inquired about the war all
seemed to take lively interest in what was
in the neighborhood Of their faS
and they were, indeed, better
posted than we were upon the condition of
affairs in the old world We noticed one
in the work-the females worked
while the men rested, We win have
"world Of plenty" this season.
Year: 1859

The following, says the National Inteligen.
Ger, is taken from manuscript entitled Boke
Of COurtdsye, written five hundred years ago,
before the invention of printing, but still pre-
served in the British Museum:


"Pare thy bread in two, the upper crust from
the under. Out the upper portion into four
quarters and set them together as if whole. Cut
the lower crust into three, turn it down and lay
II before thy trencher Sit upright, nor touch
bread or wine, drink or ale, until thy mess of
meat be offered thee, lest men say thou art a
glutton. Keep thy nails clean, lest thy neigh.
Dor be disguised.


Bite not thy bread and lay it down,


That is no courtasye TO use in town;


But br eak as much as thou wilt eat


The remnant Tor the poor thou shalt let.


Eat in peace, and avoid disputes and games.


Get never thy cheek be made too great


With mors0l Of bread that thou sh alt eat


An apes mouth men say he makes


That bread and flesh in his cheek bakes


"Do not laugh or speak with thy mouth full,
nor sup thy pottage noisily Let not thy spoon
stand in thy dish. nor lay it on thy dish side,
but cleanse it.. Soil not the cloth with thy fin.
gers. Wipe thy mouth ere drinking. Call not
for a dish that has been taken from the board
Spit not on the board, nor play with thy dog /"


Prom the dirhction relative to cleaning The
nose at table, it seems pocket handkerchiefs and
napkins were not in fashion, as the diner is di,
rected to wipe his fingers in his tippet or his
skirt


"oleanse not thy teeth at meat sitting


With knife nor straw stick nor wand;
Whilst thou hold meat In thy mouth beware


To drink: that is unhonest cheer;


And also physic forbids it,
And says thou mayest be choked by that bill


II 1t go thy wrong throat into,


And stop thy wind, thou art fordo."


Don't tell scandalous tales at table. Don't
stroke the cat. Avoid fouling the board cloth
with thy knife. Blow not on thy meat, nor est
with thy knife. Wipe not Thy teeth with The
board cloth. Lean not on thine elbow, nor dip
thy thumb into thy drink. Dip not Thy fish or
meat into the salt cellar. Spit not in the basin
where thou washest after meat, nor spit like a
Vagabond At any time"
Year: 1859

"oUR FLAG Is THERE "A lady friend sent
us en- exquisite bouquet, yesterday evening, ex
ceeding any similar floral demonstration made
upon our sanctum since genial Spring gave Ii
cense to the flowers. This fragrant offering
was accompanied by 40 aquatic curiosity IN the
shape Of mammoth flag stalk. having. upon It
aud in full bloom, eight flowers This exceeds
anything in that line We ever saw before. The
fair donor will accept our thanks for the pleas'
ure her beautiful gift afforded US. "Our Flag
is there
Year: 1859

one TO honesty, aud all his boasts Of
being good counsellor, we must say he
is like an empty bag, Il is hard for him
10 stand upright.


When we see politician haranguing
crowd Of eager listeners, in language
glowing with eloquence and pathos, upon
the great and glorious institutions of this
free aud enlightened republic and the sa-
cred obligations resting upon those who
are entrusted with the ship Of State to
guide her securely along, avoiding the
quicksands Of corruption and the rock Of
disunion, and boasting loudly of what he
will do for his beloved constituency, if
elected" and after a successful campaign,
forgetting his pledge to those who delight
ed 10 do him honor, suffer himself TO be
bribed to do the dirty work Of corrupt
factions, and become cats paw for mug
house wire-pullers, regardless of every
principle OF obligation and moral honesty,
we set that man down as one OF the first
TO realize the truth, alt is hard for an
empty bag to stand upright"


When we see a young man Of eighteen
summers trying TO coax the furze on his
upper lip in vain TO assume the size and
dignity Of mustache, and on every occa-
sion, whether in season OF out Of season,
talking long of the merits of pretty faces
and crinoline, the latest style Of coat or
hat, and totally ncglecting the culture Of
his intellect small though it be, he soon
will find that alt is hard for an empty
bag to stand upright


When we see young lady boasting of
her powers Of conquest over weak hearts,
whose whole study is to attract the all
miration Of every young fop who can sport
goatee, and render herself generally ri
diculous, instead of exhibiting that mod
est department and purity Of mind, COM
bined with large fund Of general IN
formation-the basis of true love and es-
teem-we pity the simple creature, as
sured that she will soon, very soon know
by woful experience, 1t is hard for an
empty bag 20 stand upright"


April. 1889. T. a. w.
Year: 1859

What blessed order Of nature il is
that the footsteps Of time are inaudible,
and noiseless, and that the seasons of
life like those Of the year, are so indis-
tinguishably brought on in gentle pro-
gression, and are so blended, the one
with the other, that the human beings
scarcely knows except from faint and
an unpleasant sensation, that he is grow
ing old!


SO day steals into night through the
crimson curtains Of twilight. So the
golden gates swing round noiseless as the
portals Of heaven. Even the beat Of the
heart is muffled, that we may not know
how fast it struggles out. From the
building Of the oak TO the rolling of the
world, there is no elink in the machinery.
There is no noise save Of healpless waves,
or the rent air grooming with the light
ning's bolt, or now, and then the play of
volcanoes valves, or Of the puny cries of
insects, or Of men in all this world Of ours.
The past is dnmb-the future silent, and
the present makes but slight ripple, like
the trailing Of steamer on a quiet sea.
Year: 1859

AS ITEM FOR SMoKERs.--Life Illus
trated contains the following relative to
the statement that tin-fail, used for wrap
ping tobacco, is infinitely more poison in
one package Of tobacco than in the tin-foi
that surrounds hundred. "lf any body
doubts this, let them hold sheet Of white
paper over the smoke that curls up from
the burning tobacco, and after pipeful
or cigar has been devoured, scrape the
condensed smoke from the paper, and put
a very small amount on the tongue Of a
cat, and they will see her die by strokes
Of paralysis' in fifteen minutes"
Year: 1859

GROWING WHEAT.-The prospect for
the growing wheat crop throughout the
State is represented TO be better than at
any corresponding period for ten years.
In this vicinity, on sandy and gravelly
soils, good judges say they never saw Il
look better, but on clay soil it did not
come up well, and does not now look so
well. Adrian Watchtower.
Year: 1859

SUPREME CoURT.-The Supreme
Court rendered decision a few days
since which is somewhat important to
Supervisors of. counties. 1t is in eff
feet that the Tax Collector is the per-
son to contract and pay for the pub
LEGATION Of the delinquent tax list. A
contractby the Board of Supervisors
with Prieters for publishing the de-
linquent tax list need not necessarily
be regarded by the Tax Collector
who may contract with other parties
for the work if he chooses.
Year: 1859

f5We are requested by the Temperance Commit tee appointed on the 3lst December, to give notice that eeting will be held at the Lecture Room of the Congregational Church on Friday of this week at o'clock, at which time said Committee will make report on the matters referred to them, and recommend measures for the enforcement of the statutes against the traffic in intoxicating drinks. It is hoped there will be full attendance on the casion and that the Committee will be sustained in the recommendations they may see fit to make, in which, we are told. they entirely unanimous.

 We are grated to learn that the sale of spurious liquors has been discontinued by both the hotel keepers in this village, and it is believed that all others who have been engaged in the traffic will yield If they have not already to the voice of pub lie sentiment this subject; and that this move ment at the center will be followed by similar ef- forts throughout tLe town, and that Itchfeld may become thoroughly temperance community.
Year: 1859

Correspondence of the Lichfield Enauirer. ,

 My DEAR MEssRs EDITORS Having read in your columns few weeks since complimentary notice of Mr. George Bacon's Lectures on China, Japan and Siam, trust you will feel gratifed to learn that your neighbors in New Milford have had the pleas of listening to these Lectures and ost sincere y commend your taste by desiring to express, pub licly, their high appreciation of Mir. Baccn's per- formance.

 1shal not speak of the Lectures in detail as you have already done that but will simply say and by it mean to say great deal that for three success sive evenings, when they were given in New Milford they kept more than one hundred ladies perfectly quiet for the space of one hour each evening am quite certain that this compliment was paid to the Lecture rather than the Bachelor, as but few of these ladies were privileged to know Mir. Bacon in the latter capacity.

 All who listened to him as Lecturer must be con- vinced by most pleasant evidence that he tells his experience quite too well to ever being danger of be- coming old bachelor. Since he takes the hearts of many listeners by storm it is but reasonable to infer the battery would be altogether irresistible turned against one-especally if that weakeaed by the customary siege Let me just hnt to the ladies' that he tells story in private almost better than r public, and they will do we'll, if they so happy as to have the chance,) to bid him " sraM into Ms partors.'

 He is truly young man of fine parts-that is o New Havcn--and of pleasing talents | In short, I can recommend him most heartily tt societies, and individuals, Lecturer, and Gentle man but am sure, that nowhere can he find { more appreciative (publie) audience than in New Mil ford. am, Messrs. Editors, l with great respect ability, 1 A MAIDEN LADY.
Year: 1859



 The feeling with which Mir. Douglas is re- garded by the Southern ultras may be judged of, by the following from the Jackson Missis- sippian. What terrible paper that must be

 "Covered with the odium of detestable her. eses-- stained with the dishonor of treache- ry without parallel in the political history of the country-fresh from the warm embraces of Seward, and Greeley. and Giddings-this man has dared to present himself in the South, to look her honest sons and daughters in the face, and ask their hospitality. We would not arouse the violent passions of men. We would stay the averaging rod of justice rather than the chivalry of the South should be tar nished by single rash or unseemly act but yet, if smarting under the keen sense of cruel wrong-if goaded by the conviction of outra- geous injustice, she were to welcome her be- trayer with bloody hands to hospitable grave"-to the gibbet or the faggot-there would be strong array of irresistible facts in the case to extenuate the act"

 This must be pleasant reading to the mass of the Democratic party at the North who are disposed to make an idol of the Illinois Senator about these days. It shows what treatment Northern man may expect, who does not render devout and unswerving hon. age to the rnling institution of the country.
Year: 1859

Buchanan's Message, with the following paragraph

 We have said enough to show that we ought not to be too much dazzled by the moderation of the President and that if his voice is the voice of Jacob his hands are undoubtedly the hands of Esau We will only add one other reflection Can it be that the whole American Continent has entered into . vile conspiracy to insult despoi, and ill-use tls United States; that the weaker is in all cases tEe aggressor and the stronger in all the attacked and injured Is it not at any rate, very remarka- ble that the United States should be at this moment provided with bell, against almost every Stmto from the Gulf of Mexico to Cape Horn. and tlat. though in spirit of tolerant moderation they ca tent themselves for the present year with mer, v seizing two provinces of Mexico, taking armed ps- session of the Transit route from ocean to ocean, ard sending otilla up the Parana to invade the dreah repose of Paraguay they have grievances and claims in store for any number of Presidents Messages and for any number of strictly defensive expeditonsi ls the wolf always so entirely in the righti Are the lambs always so completely in the wrongi
Year: 1859

lS-After an adjournment over the holidays Con- gress came together on the 4th The Senate took possession of their hall and have been discuss ing the Pacific Railroad Bill for the past week-and that is probably all that will be done about it this session, The introduction of sundry bills and reso- lutons and their reernce to appropriate is all that has been done in either House,
Year: 1859

ig The skating pond in the new Central Park in New York, is entirely frozen over, and on Sunday last four or five thousand persons assembled there to indulge in the sport of skating.
Year: 1859



 to Kent Plain with the intention of sending his money to the .Litchfield County Bank at New Mil ford to purchase draft for that purpose. He was accompanied by his brother Joseph and another per- son. They went into Treats office to write a letter and enclose the money. Treat, ascertaining their business asked permission to write the letter which was given him. The money was enclosed and direct ed by Treat, and the letter then taken and mailed by Mir. Burroughs. who made an arrangement with MT. St. John of the Post Office, that when the draft should be received, to remail it to Samuel.

 MT Burroughs sometime subsequently,, ascertain ing that his remittance had not reached it's destna- tion went to the post office to inquire into the cause of the delay, and was informed by Mr. St. John that Treat called the next morning. before the mail was sent and while his, MT. St. Johns sister was in at tendance and demanded a letter, which he descri- bed and which he claimed to have mailed. The letter was given him. It may be proper to remark here, that the law makes no difference whether a letter is obtained suh sehoM the consent of the crime punishable by imprisonment at hard labor, not less than two, nor more than ten years.] Mir. Burroughs then went to see Treat who pretended to explain that he had seen an officer of the bank in question, and that said officer not vory accom- and that he had taken the money and sent it to the Iron Bank, had obtained draft and mailed it to Samuel on the 9th of March. At this time Treat wrote to Samuel, giving him pa ticular directions how to proceed in collecting his draft II The next day Treat mailed letter to the postnas- ter at Mitchell, Iowa. requesting hin to return the letter directed to Samuel and signed it with the fc
Year: 1859

How TO KEEP BABIES QUIET. An old bache.
lor having been seduced against his will into the
commitment of matrimony, and being troubled
alter certain length of time with a posterity OF
young ba chrIors, contriyed the following plan
TO keep them quiet


"As soon as the sweet little creature awakes
and begins to squall sit up in bed, propped up
by pillow if it can't sit alone, its fingers
with thick molasses; then get half dozen feuth-
ers into its hands, and it will a once commence
picking the feathers from one hand to the other,
until it drops asleep. AS econ as il nwakes
again more molesses and feathers should be ap-
piled Immediately, and in place of the nerve
astounding yels of the little dear, there will be
a sweet and calm silence producing the most
profound enjoyment and rapturous domestic
felicity. A tea cup with molasses can be kept
at the head of the bed in a stand dra wer, ready
for use. Syrup is said to be preferable to com
mon mplasses'
Year: 1859

That adventurous little Frenchman
Monsieur Biondin, ,trundled a wheel
barrow over his rope across the Nj
agara, on the l4th inst. He stopped
frequently on his way and lay down
on the flat of his back, holding fast,
of course, to his barrow. Another in
cident is related of the feat. Captain
Travis, of Kentucky, the famous
shot. was present on the OCCASION
During the passage OF the rope, the
Monsieur held his hat over his head
and Travis blazed away at it with Il
rifle. Whether or not the shot struck
it is not stated. But we are certain
that between water and fire this bold
little man will presently come to an
untimely end.
Year: 1859

| MAY NOT LOVE THEE.
Imay not love thee-but within my heart,
When night and darkness setmy spirit


free,
And sit musing from the world apart,
There is low deep voice that tells Of


thee
That voice is sweet and mournful as the


tone
OF far Nolan music heard in sleep,
Or the wild cadence of spirit lone,
Der the hush'd waters OF the midnight


deem
Year: 1859

g present last evening in salon full of persons
of all opinions when the Journal du Sor was brought
in A deputy (of hitherto governmental tendencies


took he paper and read what regards Hayti. The
began thus AT last, then, we breathe freely
the Emperor is overthrown!' Throughout the salon
people laughed and evidently applied the words The
reader, after looking the account, said Well,
here is how it ends :: The Emperor himself has been
Gefrard best ally not hand has been raised in the
tyrants defense he regned by compression ard terror


he has fallen, surrounded only by public contempt
When the deputy have mentioned had finished this
sentence and laid down the paper he added in loud
voice, Take my word for it, those are the words that
will be printed here the day Soulouque is over
turned repeat it. there were thirty people or more
present many genuine Imperalists; not voice pro-
tested, and the Only remark made was, Yes! it will
perhaps be The Constitutional that will print it. and
Walewski may be the author Of the paragraph pr =
Year: 1859




Mrs. Sickles left for New York in the train Friday.
She was accompanied by her mother Madame Bajioi,
and two gentlemen friends of the family Her depar-
in which, ever since the sad event which has excited
much public attention. she has spent her weary hours
The rghtfu condition of nervous prOstration into which
she thrown when the dreadful truth burst upon her
that she dshonOred and more than widowed produ
ced an illness which has been very severe.


From day to day her friends have strven to rally her
strength but without until Wednesday last when
it became evident that she would be able to endure the
journey the next day. Although importuned to do so,
Mr. Sickes has from first to last kindly but resolutey
refused to grant her personal interview He has pa
ced his country seat, Bloomngdale the Hudson, at
the disposal of her parents with the understanding that
Mrs Sckes may occupy it so long as she remains under
the protection of her proper guardians AS he has
duty heretofore he is determined that in the future
while he cannot consent to pardon her offence yet no
want shall ever justify second yielding to temptation
Their little daughter placed temporarily in the care of
Madame Baiioli who will reside with Mrs Sckles, and
thus for the present enable the latter to enjoy the society
of her child. Even this concession is prompted by
tves of humanity for poor mother, whose agony is
greater than she can bear.


On Wednesday evening Miss Laura was taken to the
jail to her father and the aress pratte of the child
in that gloomy place was very touching indeed, but not
more than when, she about to depart with q
little boquet, which her father had given her, some
dark ndefnable dread seemed to her. and she
burst into uncomfortable tears for which she could give
no reason Those who were present say that the emo
ons of Mr.. Sickes when his child took her leave,
more poignant than be has ever before exhibited The
second act closed let us draw the curtain over the
drama,