smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1865

They have some brilliant census takers in
New York. To the question, "what other
changes in the social condition of the people
have you observed since 1902" the numera-
tor of the town of Conesville returns the
following answer:


A majority of the people have not been as
sociable or as companionable as previous to
the commencement of the war. They charge
Republicans and abolitioDists of being the
cause of the war and prophesied their success
and divided country. But change has
come over the spirit of their dreams; they
now appear sullen and disappointed, and say
little or nothing about the war.
Year: 1865

Go TO CHURCH. There is no one
thing which helps to establish mans
character and standing in society more
than a steady attendance at church ,and
I. proper regard for the first day Of the
week. Every head of family should
go to church, as an example to their
children. Lounging in streets and bar
rooms on the Sabbath is abominable, and
deserves severest censure, because it
lays the foundation Of habits which
ruin body and soul.


Many young man can date the com
mencement Of his dissipation, which
made him burthen to himself and
friends, and an object Of pity in sight
Of his enemies, to his Sunday debauch
cry. Idleness is the mother Of drunk
enness. The sabbath is an idle day if
it were not properly kept, it were bet
ter struck out Of existence,


Go to church. Ii you are a young
man, just entered upon business, it will
establish your credit. What capitalist
would not sooner entrust new begin.
ner who instead Of dissipating his time,
his character and his money in disso-
Lutte company, attends to business on
business days, and on Sabbath appears
in the house Of God. Go to church
with contrite heart, and bending a
knee at the throne Of your Maker,pour
out a sincere thank offering for the
mercies Of the past week.
Year: 1865

VI.ANNER AND CURRIER, Mineral Point, Wis


Leather of all kinds also Hair for Plastering, al
ways on hand, cheap for cash dob Work done at short
notice and on moderate terms. Ln26-tfl
Year: 1865




The Chattanooga Gazette of the ilth instant
says:


"In the case Of the recent interference by the
military authorities with the execution Of an or.
der from the Circuit Court of this State, in the
matter Of debt for rent, owing by the proprietor
Of the Central House, in this city, matters remain
in Statu quo. We understand that the Sheriff Of
the county, who was obyructed In his duty by
bayonets, telegraphed TO Governor Brownlow at
Knoxville for instructions as to what he should
do In the matter and received for answer, orders
10 wait few days before returning the writ to
the court until President Johnson could be heard
from. We have also heard that In attempting TO
serve notice of ejectment upon negro woman,
who was occupying house, possession Of which
was desired by the owner, the Sheriff was ordered
by Captain to desist from proceeding further in
the matter. Some of the civil officers Of the coun'
ty are Of the opinion that if they cannot execute
the civil laws in cases arising between citizens
there Ia no necessity for their holding their Of
nnac
Year: 1865

The Rebellion is suppressed, and the Govern
ment has already adopted measures to reduce ex'
penditures as rapidly as possible to peace foot.
ing, thus Withdrawing from market as borrower
and purchaser.


This is the ONLY LOAN IN MARKET now offered
by the Government, and constitutes the GREAT
POPULAR LOAN OF THE PEOPLE.


The Seven Thirty Notes are convertible on their
maturity, at the option of the holder, into
Year: 1865

The Pittsburgh Chronicle, speculating
on the formation of petroleum, says


eve may set it down as an axiom that
nature is not only capable of producing
now all articles that she has ever pro-
duced, but that she is and will continue
to produce them until she substitutes
better. Perhaps our meaning
will be better understood by applying to
a single article. Suppose, for instance,
We take the one in which we all have so
deep an interest-petroleum. This is
known to be hydro carbon, composed of
two gases. These gases are primary ele-
ements, indestructible and inexhaustible
in quantity. One Of them-hydrogen-
is a constituent Of water, and Of course,
is as inexhaustible as the ocean. The
other is a constituent in all vegetable
forms and in many Of our rocks. One
hundred pounds of limestone, when burn
ed, will weigh but sixty pounds. The
part driven off by burning is carbonate "a
cid. Underlying the coil rock" is stra-
tum of limestone of unknown thickness,
but known to be upwards Of one thousand
feet in depth. The water falling on the
surface and perculating through the po-
rous sandstone that underlies the oil rock
becomes charged with salt, potash, salt
petre, and other chemical ingredients,
and finally, reaches the limestone rock
and decomposes it--thc carbon in the
rock and the hydrogen Of the water uni
ting to form oil, while the oxygen is set
free to ascend to the atmosphere to unite
with minerals and form oxygen. The re-
verse of this process is seen in burning
the oil in lamp-the oxygen in the at
mosphere uniting with the carbon in the
oil, forming a carbonic acid and with the
hydrogen forming water-thus compie-


ting the circle. The question is frequent


" asked, "When will the oil become cx


hausted 2" We may answer when the 0


cean is, and not before"
Year: 1865

A true tale is told of Mr.. Slipheimer,
the famous Saxon dentist. He had val
liable tortoise-shell cat that for days did
nothing but moan Guessing the cause,
he looked into his mouth, and seeing a
decayed tooth, he soon relieved it of its
pain. The following day there were at
least ten cats at his door, the day after,
twenty and they went on increasing at
such rate that he was obliged to keep a
bulldog to drive them away. But moth
ing would help him. A cat that had the
toothache would come any number of
miles to see him. 1t would come down
the chimney even, and not leave the room
till he had taken its tooth out It grew
to be such nuisance at last that he was
never free from one Of those feline pa
tients. However, being one morning We
ry nervous, he accidentally broke the jaw
of an old tabby. The news Of this spread
like wildfre. Not q single cat ever came
to him afterward. This is related as true
Do you doubt? OF course not.
Year: 1865

Ny attention was once called to con-
irmed loafer, who was the pest of the
neighborhood where he resided, and of
whose boyhood friend related to Inc
the following circumstance


When Dick R was about eleven
years of age he was one day in the field
with his father and workmen. It chan
ced to be in the haying season, and they
were provided with bottle of rum, ac-
cording to custom. After drinking a
round, his father passed him the bottle,
saying, "Dick, put that in the SPRING
meaning for him to set it in the water to
keep the contents cool


About an hour afterward Dick was
summoned to bring the bottle. His father
took swallow, while Dick stood near with
a broad grin on his face. 1t contained
nothing but water. Turning to his mis-
chievous son, he exclaimed in an excited
tone,


"Dick what did you do with the Ii
quor that was in this bottle %


81 poured it into the spring, Sir" he
replied, in hesitating tone, fearing that
he had carried the joke too far for he
was in hopes one of the hired men would
take the first drink.


"Well, Dick, the the parent continued,
with a significant flourish of his scythe-
rife, "you did right: but don't never do
SO again p


My friend remarked that Dick had
evidently followed this advice ever since
for he had never done anything that was
right from that day to the present time.
Year: 1865


A WoRD FOR NEwsPAPEns.-We clip
the following article from an exchange. It
is true, and We commend it to every man
who has an interest where be resides;


Nothing is more common than to hear
people talk Of what they pay newspapers
for advertising, &C., as so much given in,
charity, Newspapers by enhancing the
value OF property in their peighborhood,
and giving the localities in which they ara
published a reputation abroad, benefit .all
such, particularly if they are merchants; or
real estate owners, thrice the amount yearly
OF the meagre sum they pay for their sup
pot. Besides, every public spirited citizen
has laudable pride in having a paper of
which De is not ashamed, even thsugh he
should pick it up in New York or Washing
ton.


A good locking, thriving sheet helps to
sell property. gives character to the locality,
aid in all respects is desirable public con-
venlence. If from any cause, the matter
in the local or editorial columns should
not be quite Up to your standard, do not
cast 1t aside and pronouucs it Of no account,
until you are satisfied that there has been
no more labor bestowed upon it than is paid
for. If you want a good readable sheet it
must be supported. And it must not be
Supported in a spirit ofcharity, either, but
because you feel a necessity to support it.
The local press is the power that moves
the people. IN. 7. Tribune.
Year: 1865

NEVER apologize for what you set before
your friends. If tits bad taste for host
to praise the dinner on his table it is still
more inconsistent and ridiculous for him to
make excuses for it. 1t is taken fol. grant
ed. as a matter of course, that yon give the
very best at your command and within your
| means. ...
Year: 1865

A DOWN east editor was in boat when
the wind blew hard, bur he was not alarm
ed, because he had bis life insured. and
said .'he never had anything happen to him
by which he could make any more money"
Year: 1865

TIE SHIPBUnDMo TRADE.-Although the
effect of tho war was injurious to the ship
building interest by transferring most Of our
carrying trade to foreign bottoms, It was COM
pensated for by the activity impaired to 1t by the
orders Of the Navy Department, which kept It
busily employed during the last four years. On
the whole We believe that the business was
never better than during that period. Now it
is experiencing a revolution which win produce,
for a time, distress among it, operatives. The
reduction which the government ID making In
the navy L. throwing on the market larger
number Of sea-going steamers than the exist
ing demand calls for. This Is shown by the
low prices obtained for them at our leading
ports, the amounts realized In many instances
mot equalling the cost Of their engines. OF
course the effect Of these forced sales has been
to put an almost entire stop 10 shipbuilding,
and to keep large number Of operatives out
Of employment This state Of things, how
ever, win be but temporary, a. the number Of
new lines Of transportation. which the revival
Of our foreign commerce and resuscitation Of
trade at tie South will call for, will speedily
absorb all the vessels that are for SALE The
depression of the shipbuilding trade Is, there
fore. not D thing to bs concerned at 1t has
been brought about as we have shown, by Ne s..s
reaction Of its own excessive activity, and will
revive with the exhaustion Of the supply Of
vessels which the Navy Department has for
ssle. We are satisfied that In q few months
from this there is net yard in the city which
will not 30 in full employment
Year: 1865




may accept as covering the whole area Of the
rebellion, from the Potomac river to the Mexi-
can frontier.


What, then, il the law of restoration which
he has submitted as his ultimatum to South
Carolinaf 1t Is very simple and very strong.
He holds that, as no State can 60 out Of the
Union, mono have gone out and that accord
ingly oil that is required of him in the late re-
bellious States is to put their loyal people in
the way to the full restoration Of said States in
their constitutional rights and privileges as
members Of the Union. Thus he starts from the
law OF suffrage existing In each of said States
just before they plunged into the morass Of
their experimental Southern eonfeteracy All
that they have done since in disregard Of the
constitution and laws of the United States Is
null and void, and in law goes for nothing.
He puts them back at the point where they left
off in 1861, and tells them they must recognize
the practical consequence Of their subsequent
course of folly, and shape their conduct to
suit the actual state of things existing In 1865.
They cannot be indemnifed for their losses in
Cured in their desperate struggle to over
throw tho general government, and they must
assist in repairing the losses entailed upon the
government In Its struggle to hold them TO
rightful allegiance. All this is involved in the
simple statement that no State can 90 out Of
the Union. ~ .A"


President Johnson thus logically sustains his
position that as slavery arrayed itself In arms
against the government of the Union, and has
been vanquishod II has ceased 10 exist Gall
institutions" he says, ''must be subordinate to
tho government, and slavery has given way."
Hc evidently regards It's downfall, too, as that
of an arstocratic establishment, incompatible
and at perpetual war with popular rights.
Now he intends TO use his power and influence
in favor of popular rights. He holds that the
great masses OF the people "are not the mush-
rooms about q stump which wet weather sup,
Year: 1865

SALUTARV THoUSHT.-When was a
young man there lived in our neighborhood
a farmer, who was usually reported to be a
very liberal man, and uncommonly upright
in his dealings. When he had any OF the
products of his farm TO dispose of, he made
1t an invariable rule 10 maks good measure,
rather more than would bs required of him.
One OF his friends observing him frequently
doing SO questioned him as TO why he did il,
he told him be gave loo much. Now, dear
reader, mark the answer of this good man
"God has permitted me but one journey
through the world, and when am gone,
cannot return TO rectify mistakes" Think
OF this. There is but one journey through
lie.
Year: 1865

WM. WARNER, tavern keeper at Clark's
Ferry, died this morning of tooihache. He
came TO this city yesterday TO have a very
painful tooth extracted, but the gums being
much swollen, he was informed by the den-
test that it was impossible to extract i
while in that condition. He returned home,
and suffered very severely last night, the
pain increasing until il crazed his BRAIN
Death relieved him of his sufferings this
morning al 8 O'Clock Patriot Union.
Year: 1865

Not long ago was found at Toledo, in
Spain in monastery, a paper containing
the following prophecy:


In the far West beyond the ocean will
rise naiien which will be great in power
and wealth and satan, in one of his walks
to and fro in The earth will obserEe this ma
tion,and determined to destroy their happi
ness, will there send two monsters, one TO
the North, and the other 10 The Sonth, and
ne will give them strawberries, and they
will eat them and after they have eaten,
they will feel great thirst, not 10 be quench-
ed by anything else but blood. They will,
therefore, cause the brother to slay the broth
er, father to sIay the son and they will drink
the blood of the slain, and it will bring lam
sn,ations and wailing throughout the land.
And when the time is filled, there will rise
a strong man in the North who will take the
monsters and bind them and draw them
into the sea, where it is deepest, and peace
and happiness will again prevail through
oct, and the people will praise the Lord.


II is said The monks IN the monastery
maintain that this prophecy was written be-
fore the discovery of America by Christie
pher Columbus, that Ferdinand and Isabel
la were, in the main, induced by il 10 fit
out the ship for Columbus, and that the first
part OF i, is fulfilled in America, and that the
other part will soen come TO pass.
Year: 1865

Jarvis, the painter was painting like
ness Of ,Bishop---and. the venerable
prelate began to demonstrate with him
upon the dissipated course into which he
had fallen. Jarvis dropping his pencil
from the forehead OF his portrait, to the
lower part Of his face, said, with slight
motion to the sitter, /" Will you please
be good enough to shut your mouth, bisi-
op I" By painting the feature of the
Bishop, he changed the subject"
Year: 1865

cannot stay the fight of years, but they can force
back, and hold aloof, disease that might triumph
over the aged and the young. Let none hesitate
then, but seize at once the favorable opportunity
that offers. When taken as prescribed,
Year: 1865

for in every case they add new life and vitality
and restore the waning energies to their pristine
state To the young and middle aged, they will
prove most invaluable, as ready specific and ster
ling medicine Here is dream realized, that Ponce
de-Leon sought for three hundred years ago, and
never found. He looked for fountain that wonld
restore the old vigor, and make youth ever
Year: 1865

vs been used with the greatest success. TheiI
mission is not only to prevent disease but to cure
They Sc rch out the various maladies by which the
patient is suffering, and reinvigorate the failing
system. To the eyed and infirm, a few doses Of
these valuable PILLS will prove to be
Year: 1865

Oar emiab!e young friend I. w. Ver-
nenan, in his card in the JOURNAL Of
yesterday, falls into a mistake that
vitiates the shrewdness of bis proposi-
ton to Auditor Bisch, that both with.
draw from the canvass and give place to
some wounded or disabled soldier. The
mistake consists in regarding himself
and Mr. Bisch as similarly situated with
respect TO the Office they are seeking.
This ia, in no degree, correct, Mr.. Bisch
is the nominee Of one of the largest
Conventions ever held in the county.
The delegates were largely made up of
returned soldiers, who were enthusiastic
in favor Of his serving a second term as
County Auditor There was no disabled
or returned soldier who seemed to think
himself competent to fll the position Of
Auditor who presented his claims, or
the Convention would have selected
him, as it did Mr. Biscb, By acelamation,
in accordance with its AvoWed doctrine
that the men who saved the Government
are entitled to the Offices So far from
presenting one Of their own number, the
soldiers appeared 10 think that il was to
their interest, and the interest Of sol
diers' families, that Mr. Biseh be re-
elected. They know that he has been
untiring 10 contributing to the comfort
Of those whose protectors were in the
army, and that he has always been atten
tive to their requests and kind and po-
lite. in disbursing the funds placed in
his hands by the County Commissioners
for their benefit


On the other hand, Mr. Yenneman, as
he himself has stated, is only making the
race because he has nothing else to do
just for the fun Of the thing, we suppose.
We confess his candidacy has in it many
of the elements Of which farces are
made, and by the time the canvass is
over, he will himself come to regard bis
race as one OF the best Jokes OF the sea-
son. Under such circumstances bis
proposition to Col Bisch 70 Withdraw in
favor Of some soldier was very nearly
cool enough to enable the people to do
without ice, notwithstanding the ther-
momeler has ranged from So to 90' in
the shade. No, no, Theodore, it is not
for Col Biseh to say whether he win be
candidate or withdraw in favor Of
somebody else. The Union men of the
county have unanimously decla.ed that
be must be their candidate, aud it is for
them to say when be shall withdraw
When they conclude to accept your
proposition, they will notify you prompt.
ly. At present, however, SO far as we
can learn their views, they seem to en-
joy, with you, the fun arising from your
becoming candidate.
Year: 1865




BITTEN By MAD Yesterday
morning, between seven and eight
o'clock, two children of Mr.. Joseph
Schueister, residing on Market street,
near Davidson, were bitten by dog sup
posed to be rabid The boy is about
eight years Of age, and was coming down
from his bed room, when he was attacked
by the dog and bitten completely through
the wrist The dog then left him aud
attacked his little sister, only one and
half years old, lying in the cradle, but
was beaten off before he bad done any
thing more serious than scratch her in
several places. DIR. Otto was called in,
and hopes to expel the virus from the
wounds, and arrest all danger in the
cases. The dog belonged to q neighbor
by the name Of Fogle,--I indianapolis
Journal


We have been fortunate thus far, in
that our several thousands Of dogs have
been exempted from the disease that is
40 terrible to them aud to those with
whom they come in contact 1t is a
good luck with which We will not always
be favored.
Year: 1865

A conservative majority has been rs.
turned to the Constitutional Convention
in South Carolina. Among the number
is General Wade Hampton Boonvilis
Enquirer.


The conservative party that numbers
Wade Hampton among its leaders seems
to be the Enquirer's ideal Of healthy
political organization, and ii Is working
in weakness to build up the same party
in Indiana, for the purpose of defeating
candidates who have shed their blood in
defense of the Government under whose
benign influence It enjoys protection
and support.
Year: 1865

The loss of life in two Of the recent
railroad disasters-that at Oil Creek
and that on Long IsIand-was owing in
both cases to the passengers being
crowded on the platforms of the cars
Exchange.


We were under the impression that
the loss of life was owing to the collision
of the trains. .
Year: 1865

The Indianapolitans have organized
stock company to build Eve story Opera
House. The capital stock is estimated
at $500, 600, exclusive of SIS, ,000-the
cost Of the ground on which to place the
building. With their usual sagacity they
have made ample arrangements for the
Free Masons in all parts Of the State to
contribute literally toward the enter
prise. We wish it success, though we
would much prefer seeing the money
spent in building good hotel.
Year: 1865

R6~ A band of armed men, says the
Louisville Democrat, numbering near
dozen, have been prowling around the
edge of Dayiess county, KY, during the
past week. Yelgington has been visited
by them, but az far as we can learn they
have done no hurt to any one in person
or property. Their intention Is not
lawful, we are fully persuaded. They
had better make themselves very scarce
if they have any regard for their health,
or desire to die a natural death. They
were commended by one King White,
who gained some notoriety as g guer-
rilla IN that section last winter.
Year: 1865

San FRANCISCO, Jan. l3-Eforts are
making to open direct trade between
San Francisco and Salt Lake by road to
the Colorado River, and thence by steam.
er This would give Salt Lake nearer
source of supplies aud market than al
present.


Subscriptions TO the Sanitary Fair and
representative es of the Christian Commits.
sion are coming in very briskly from all
parts of California
The monitor Camanche will make her
first trial trip next week