smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

The New York Express charges the Ia
dies with over-dressing. Miss Flora Nc
Flimsey sends letter in reply. We
quote:


Il call upon you first, sir, to look at me IN
nv balldrcss; and l select that because it is
supposed that woman in a ball dress is
the costliest dressed of all women. Sir, L
have not clothes enough on, as everybody
can see, to keep a woman warm, to say
nothing of what propriety and decency re-
quire. There is not beggar in New YORK
who does not 90 into the street with more
clothes than l have on; and yet you have
the impudence to abose me, when | reiter-
pte, with solemn truth, my Nothing to
Wear There is nothing on my arms; look
at them, sir, for you may as we'll look at
them as any other body in the street
There is nothing on my arms, from my
wrists and upward, as you can readily see
Eve herself, in Paradise, was scarcely with
less clothing than have here on these two
arms. Then, there is nothing on my neck,
or next to nothing; and if poor, humble
woman of this world can wear less on her
shoulders than l, the Belle Flora, wear, l
Ill t. - - eoo ond oil tho nnvprtV of
that helpless woman. My robe is lOOped
up over my shoulders; and hence the neck,
bust; arms, &C., that God blessed me with
when 1 came into the world, are just as he
gave them to mel Now, sir, if you do not
blush when you see this or when tell it
to you, all can say is, blushing is depart
cd from man.
Year: 1859

A Boston writer, commenting upon
the present general awakening to the
Impotence of better balancing the edu-
cation of youth. by judiciously cult
waiting the body as well as the mind,
and urging the fact that even much may
be done in after years towards restoring the
lost balance, holds the following sensi-
bic opinions couched in these vigorous
terms:


Rude strength is not what is wanted, so
much as muscular training, and regular
physical discipline How much better our
ministers would preach, our lawyers would
plead, and our authors and editors would
write, if they could only be free from the
bothering pain in the side, the. eramping
ails in the chest, the heavy heads in the
forenoon, and general lassitude all the while.
We do not require lifting tuggng, Samson
like strength, so much as physical develop
ment, and that development, again, should
only proceed in harmony with the mind and
the spirit. For example, man ought not
to pay all attention to the development Of
the animal, or physical part of his na-
ture, important as that point is, he should
seek merely to put his body in condition to
answer without the least sluggishness or
hesitation to the calls of the soul When
the spirit gives precedence to the physl-
cal, the man has lost his balance, and can
not of course be healthy; it is the same
when the body yields itself up to the de-
mands of an over active spirit. The exis-
tence is doubtful one at best, and each
branch ofit requires attention
Year: 1859

WHAT DANCES WILL BE FASHIONABLE
THE COMING WINrER.-The New York
correspondent of the Charleston Mercury
writes that grand revolution is about to
take place in the TerpsichOrean world
The round or polka redowa dances are to
be utterly tabOOted, in Difference to hoops
and middle aged ladies. The old or state
" quadrille will assume its sway, in ''our
best sociecy.''
Year: 1859

A Boston paper tells US that the coun-
try has been cursed with the slavery issue
more than twenty-five years The Gospel
mentions the case of woman who had an
tissue eighteen years, and she could be
cured only by Divine interposition-
Year: 1859

FooLs.-We may like young fools, but
it is impossible to express the contempt
We feel for old ones.-Ptaach.


Why are ripe potatoes in the grOnnd like
thieycse-Because they ought to be taken
Year: 1859

all Righteousness He ratified this institution
BY submitting to it. fit had been an insli
tuition previously existing ard observed BY the
Jewish people a ratification must have been
unnecessary. But in his character as man
he STOOD as tho representative Of his people
He had no sin of his own, but his people
had, and their sins were laid upon him as
! their substitute. He therefore not only en-.
! dorsed and sanctfied the baptism Of John
but set an example 10 bis followers through
out the world Of going down into the water
and coming up straighway out Of it. 1t is
! right for all Christians to submit to it, be.
cause Christ has commanded it..


The baptism Of John was therefore sane.
toned in manner awfully solemn by the
three persons of the adorable trinity. And
it Is this solemn endorsement, as well as the
circumstances which so clearly indicate the
mode, that create such secret uneasiness
| and res,lessness in the bosoms Of many oil
| those Christians who have not been i'm.
mersed. And these who are not afraid TO
whisper their doubts and fears concerning
sprinkling to their Pastors and Elders, and
seek divine authority from them for it, find
but little satisfaction in being referred only
, to q practice which has no otbe, authority
than the commandments of men. For nc
man ever has, and no one ever will produce
divine authority for sprinkling or pouring al
a Church ordinance. Many Of the hundred
who are are annually flocking to ou'
churches from o-baptist communions
say to us that they were never satisfied with
their so called baptism. They have moi
the answer Of coed conscience because
they have not submitted to tie ordinance
rs required by the Head Of the church. But
has IN immersed believer ever felt any
doubt concerning his baptism9 Never
Christ is our authority for immersion. Tne
church Of Rome the authority for sprinkling
But shall notice this in its proper place.
close this article with the following ex
tract. Showing the object Of Christs bap.
,ism.) from a sermon of Rev. Chas. Bradley
; IA peds .'aptis,) vicar Of Glasbury minis
ter If the church Of England. He speaks
of Christ as he stands at the Jordan. lie
stands here as the representative Of his peo
pie. Now they are unclean people. And
now look at the holy Jesus. 1t matters
not how pure he may be in himself. H.
| comes forth as the representative of the im,
pure and as such be must submit to that or.
dinance which is emblematical Of the clean
ing they need. Is there in the wide crea
ton some being constituted the head Of this
peoplel Then it is meet and right that he
should 60 down into the water through
which they have to pass, that he should
sanction the ordinance Of his appointment
that he should teach all who came after him
to reverence and obey it."


Ninety Six::sE B. F. G.
Year: 1859

loung man. are you poor and without the means of
Pf"g"g in las you launch upon its biows Is your ater
poof and unable TO you outfit Be shearened on
account OF this Take hold e and never reprd
yourself any other light than that being destined 10 6ph
and noble purpose Study ceey the Of your own mind
Tor aoor or profession. Whatever you resolve upon do
early follow 1t steadily and uniringIy never look back to
what you have encountered but always forward to what
within your grasp The world every uan comfortable
living and respectable position in society are abun
dant 10 every mans and have onv 10 ADOPT
will and action to Ihem


re?ne over want Of money and property in
he "ord win and over The props influential rrla
u'tS' Is unmanlY Let young strive y fortune
rather Than seek to inherit 1t is grobe spirit shat
leads man 10 borrow rather than bquea hing means Go
orh INTO The world young God within YOU
and His providence and fight your way
TO honor and to comfort Pity your the Young
man who without any change, unable support himself
and is whining around begging the influence of others to
get him into employment


Feel under all circumstances, that it is more noble more
honorable to eat the crust you have earned than 10 ush
with Golfers Inherited You may h yonr head proudly to
lace and confront the mobiles amongst when you are
sclous o being the architect Of your fortune Young
men, are poor BE honest be vruous hold ur your
heads and by actions and ooss what the poe. has
said in words =


Il scorn the man who boasts his birth,


Aud boasts his titles and his land,


who takes the name and heritage


From out fathers driving hand"
Year: 1859

LET no man deceive your mission i
think that you were destined figure the legislative
rather than Inquire up tte ae grocery store.
the tact that you better than
lomn when your voice pronounced b> all Your friends
between that of choked
There's nothing like having realizing you can
Year: 1859

TRUTH-A great truth brings along with great
The that our fathers gathered The
good but does not that which equally good tall
Every ruthhke has s Stages
and the end o both is


u in blade, still in tho flower oveiest of all hen
full when is ready fulfill great function for
which The benfcent Creator designed it,
Year: 1859

GENUs-What is genius Crartaiuy a patent to exempt
from application but rather do which all otea
bend to task to have pedsposon by nature to some
thing and glorious that pour time and
strength and even life tsse batons smile
And the wine cup the paso of what
avail will be the radiant gf make NAV
there the charmed and the more uersua
deain - Preebury
Year: 1859

A Cool INvENTIoN.-An ingenious Yankee has
contrived chair for hot weather, which in eco
nomical point of view may be considered a do
nestle sine qua non for fat people. If we are to
believe the advertisement, all corpulent individ
ual has to do when the mercury is at fever point
is to seat himself in the chair close his eyes, when
he will feel as if he had been transported to the
sea shore, where the zephyrs play merrily and
gracefully with the rpets that break on the beach
Connected with the chair, placed each side, are
two pair of bellows. These, by pressure, produce
an artificial breeze as refreshing to the cutiele as
the aroma which floats upon the atmosphere from
the Spice Islands is to the nostrils of the weary
traveller on the seas.
Year: 1859

Thus it appears that our exports to Europe Of
flour, wheat and corn for the past seven months,
have not been an eighth part of what they were in
either of the three preceding years. There is no
reason then for the recent rapid advance in prices
here, based on any present probability of export
demand, and those who speculate on such a pre-
sumption will certainly ''burn their fingers" I'M
less, as before said we have not suciency of the
old crop to last till next harvest.


As to future-it is supposed that the arming of
so many men as are now engaged in the game of
war, will take so many hands from agricultural
pursuits as to insure short crop, which we shall
have to make up. There are three objections to
this reasoning. First, it is not true that these
men are taken from agriculture to any appreciable
extent. Second, large portion of the crops are
already in the ground; and third. there is an
abundance of the last crop still hand, not only
sufficient to supply the demand in Europe, but
with a surplus which will come to US whether we
want it or not, if We keep our prices where they
are
Year: 1859

Hoes vs. Docs" What dog lives upon will
keep hog" If anybody doubts the truth of the
saying, let him kill his useless dog, and put pig
in the pen and give it the dogs allowance He
will find in a few months that he has a fine, fat
porker, fit to be eaten-a use the dog could not
be possibly applied to by any Christian. There are
too many. If they had all been killed year ago,
there might be two hundred pounds of good fat
pork in the country, to balance against every dog
So set aside, which would be no inconsiderable
item in the present scarcity of supplies. Dogs
are a nuisance, and should be taxed. While every
farmer keeps his dog and every free negro his two
or three dogs, sheep stand poor chance to get
through the world, and yield their annual fleece
with untorn throats. The increase of the dog
population accounts for the scarcity of sheep.
Year: 1859

The tomb Of Moses is unknown, but the
traveller slakes his thirst at the we'll Of ia.
cob. The gorgeous palace of the wisest and
wealthiest of moDarchs, with the cedar, and
gold, and ivory, and even the great temple of
Jerusalem, hallowed by the visible glory of
the Deity himself, are gone, but Solomon 8
reservoirs are as perfect as ever. OF the
ancient architecture of the Holy City, not
one stone is left upon another ; but the pool
of Bethesda commands the pilgrims rever-
ence at the present day. The columns of
Persepolis are moulderng into dust ; but its
cisterns and aqueducts remain to challenge
our admiration. The golden house of Nero
is mass of ruins; but the Aqua Claudia
still pours into Rome its limpid stream
The temple of the sun at Tadmor in the
Wilderness has fallen but its fountain
sparkles in its rays as when thousands of
worshipers thronged its lofty colonnades.-
1t may be that London will share the fate of
Babylon and nothing be left to mark its site
save mounds of brickwork. The Thames
will continue to flow as it does now. And
if any work of art should rise over the deep
ocean of time, we may we'll believe that il
will be neither palace nor temple, but
some vast aqueduct or reservoir and if any
name should flash through the mist of anti.
guilty, it will probably be that of man who
in his day sought the happiness Of his fellow.
men rather than glory, and linked his mem.
ory to some great work ofnational utility or
benevolence. This is the true glory which
out-lives all others, and shines with undying
lustre from generation to generation, i'm
parting to works something of its own i'm
mortality, and, in some degree, rescuing
them from that which overtakes the ordinary
monuments of historical tradition or mere
magniicence.
Year: 1859

Every man must patiently abide his time.
He must wait, not in listless idleness, not in
useless pastime, not in queru!ous detection,
but in constantly and steadily fulfilling and
accomplishing his task +; that when the occa-
sion comes, he may be equal to the occasion.
The talent of success is nothing more than
doing what you can do well, without a
thought Of fame. II it comes at all it will
come because it is deserved, not because it
is sought after. 1t is a very indiscreet and
troublesome ambition that cares so much
about fame about what the world says OF
us 4; to be always looking in the face of 9th
ers for approval to be always anxious about
the effect of what we do or say to be al.
ways shouting to hear the echoes of our own
voices.- -Lonqtellow.
Year: 1859

met girl the other day,


Some twelve years old or SO,
The image Of a nymph loved


Some twenty years ago.
The blushing cheek, the sparkling eye,
The hair Of raven how--
All, how they set my heart s-blase
somc twenty years ago.
spoke, her answers did not much
OF wit or wisdom show
But thus the lovely Mary talked
Some twenty years ago
What! could shallow heart like this
My heart In tuiault throw
must have been little green


Some twenty years ago.
; met the lovely Mary since


Her charms have vanished though
Her wit and wisdom are the same
As twenty years ago.
looked upon her faded cheek,


Until my feelings glow:
And thank her that she scorned my love
Some twenty years ago.
Fond boy who now wouldss badly die
Te please some simpering miss
Who knows what thou witt think Of her
Some twenty years from thsl
Year: 1859

Why is the gallery Of all public places
hotter than the lower parts of the build
;ngi Because the heated air of the build
ing ascends, and all the cold air which can
enter through the doors keep to the floor
until it has become heated.
Year: 1859

- '"e L'sposer OF human events should
permit this world to stand tho usand
years longer, the time will surely come
when e"efy man who tilIs the earth will be-
compelled to he good farmer or siarve
to "euth. This is a strong expression, but
as true as it is strong. Old fogyism may
continue to dcnounce those who labor TO inn.
prove the agriculture Of the South but the
time Will come when their posterity will see
their stupid folly, and be forced to improve
the soil which their ancestors butclered.-
The day has already come with England.
France, Germany and Ireland, where agri-
culturists are compelled from true necessity
to study their profession, and improve their
systems of farming economy, to an extent
limited only by their power to do so. If
tLey were to pursue the course that plan.
ters Of the South are now pursuing. in less
than twenty years, they would either starve
to death, or be forced to leave their own.
their native land"


But the question arises, what is "a good
farmer? There is much diversity of opin-
ion on this question. Sometimes the men
who run over the most land per hand, and
drag out of the soil the most money, re-
gardless of the wear and tear of land, and
team and force, are called good farmers, yea,
the best farmers. But that is not true ad-
init it not. To do so would be equivalent
to admitting that the doctor who made the
most money, regardless of the lives he de-
stroyed, was the best doctor. The one
would be about as true as the other-both
are utterly false.


A good farmer according to the best
and most intelligent agriculturist Of the
South, is the man who improves his land,
and the appearance of his place, improves
his stock and takes care of hss force. And
| think this definition of the term is COR
rect.


No man, however intelligent on other
subjects, no matter how much money he
may be making for the time.being, should
be considered good farmer, in the strict.
est sense of that term, who grossly neglects
the improvement of his soil and force and
stock. No man who cultivates the bills
and permits his fields 10 wash into yawn-
ing gullies. and turns them out for his chill
dren to reclaim, at the cost of much labor
and expense, or leave their old homes, or
starve, is to any extent, whatever, a good
farmer. No man who denonnces agricui-
tural improvement, and agricultural jour-
nails, totes corn IN one end of his sack,
and rock in the other end to balance il
because his daddy done, it can possibly
be good farmer
Year: 1859

CCRr FOR SORE THRoAT.-This is about
the season for sore thaoats. We give a
cure which we find afloat 1t reads like
one which would not be hard to tax e, and
therefore hope that some one Of our read
ers, on a proper occasion, would try it.
Take the whites Of two eggs, and beat
them with two spoons-ful of white sugar;
CRATE in a little nutmeg and then add a
pint Of lukewarm water.-Stir well, and
drink often. Repeat the prescription if
necessary, and it will cure the most obsti-
nate case of hoarseness in short time
Year: 1859

TnE most amusing man in the world is
Frenchman in passion.-'By gar, you
call my wife woman two three several
times once m ore, an | will call you the
watch house, and blow out your brains
like a candle"
Year: 1859

A CORRESPONDENT of the Leayenworth
Times, speaking of a recent massacre on the
Santa Fe road, (already noticed,) says:


Beside the body of the woman sat a dog,
watching eagerly her face, as if to catch a
smile or word of recognition. Encircling
his neck was neat collar bearing the name
of "lIaase"


The officer in command of the escort that
accompanied the mail, took the dog bv force
away from the place where they had buried
the dead, and was bringing him in with the
intention of keeping him; but when they
had proceeded about twenty five miles he es.
capped, and started back towards the place
from whence he had been taken. When the
mail again passed, the faithful creature lay
dead on the grave of his mistress
Year: 1859

LARGE EGG.-Mr. VIM. Black, of this city,
laid tremendous egg on our table yester
day, which had previously been laid in his
stable by an ordinary hen. Longitudinally
it measured seren and half inches, and in
circumference SIR There is not the least
eggs.aggeration in this statement, as We
measured the fruit ourself If there are any
ambitious hens in the State, either Shangh@
bunty tail, feather.leg, top knot, or hook bill
that think they can clay over" the above egg
we would like to see them spread them
selves"
Year: 1859

We have been requested to suppress the
names in the following curious history,
which has recently transpired. or rather,
the last chapter which rec -ntly occurred in
this county.


A farmers son, some twelve years ago,
married neighboring girl-the daughter
of very respectable family. They re-
moved Immediately to a distant place,
where they had been living but few days,
when, upon his return home one evening,
the wife of week was missing. She did
not return that night, during which he felt,
of course, the utmost anxiety, and in the
morning he started in search of her. He
could only learn that she had taken the
stage alone, which led to railroad station
some miles distant. He followed. but at
the depot lost all traces Of her. He wrote
to her former home, and published notices
in the newspapers-but could obtain no
clue to her whereabouts. He grieyed in
loneliness at her supposed criminal act, ard
to escape the scene where this week Of m
sullied happiness had been followed by 50
great grief, he removed to this then
sparsely settled wilderness. He here set
tied upon a promising piece of land, and
in its cultivation and the cares Of life,
sought forgetfulness of the past. He sue
ceeded measurably-has filled Offices Of
trust, and grown wealthy. After few
years, his home requiring attention, he
married-but his wife lived only long
enough to bear him a son, and witness the
first year of the little ones existence.


A few weeks since, as the well-to-do
man of the world was sitting by his fire.
side, there entered the house q woman well
clad, of fuller form, and twelve years older
but the picture of the long lost bride of
a week, and she was accompanied by n
girl of dozen years.


The sober man of forty was startled,
but asked the stranger visitor to be seated.
Then came her long and agonizing story.
All was oblivious to her for the first ten
years of their separation. She could tell
nothing, except of one hour of returned
reason, when the little girl beside her-his
daaghtep-was brought into the world.
After that long time ftfully and at periods
remote from each other, came back reason
and memory. She had wandered to dis
tant city, in q state of mild insanity
there she fell among kind people and was
installed in an insane asylum. After the
birth Of the daughter, aud ten years more
spont within its walls. thoughts Of her
youth, her home and husband came back.
She slowly recorersd---then visited her pa
rents, learned where her husband was, and
few to him. Be sure be clasped her in his
arms. and they wept upon each others
neck. Again going before the altar, they
were united, aud she nov presides with
careful dignity and ease over his house
hold.


But little is said about it 10 the neigh
borhood, except expressions Of wonder at
Squire DIS sudden and unexpected mar.
riage, to one whom they suppose TO be .
fair widow with whom he had recently be-
come acquainted.-Aad;soa Argus, Apra
l9M.
Year: 1859

HA letter from Camp Floyd informs
US that quite number of the United
States soldiers have Joined the Mormon
Church. The Saints arc in many ways
making good thing ont Of the Mormon
expedition.
Year: 1859

BF An annexationist suggests new
way to acquire Cuba, to which he thinks
Spain would knock under" His PROPOSE
ton is to purchase the British claims upon
Spain, which amount to one hundred mil
lion dollars, which he calculates can be OBJ
tanned at a discount of fifty per cent, and
then foreclose the debt upon Cuba. Offer,
in the first instance, a friendly settlement,
by taking Cuba in payment. f'this be re-
fused, take the Island. Spain is in duty
bound to pay her debts, and no foreign
power could interpose to prevent the United
States from enforcing the payment of any
Just claims which they might hold. Eng
land and France could not object to our TAX
ing the same steps to enforce claim against
Spain which they have adopted towards
Mexico England, at least, could not inter
pose to stop the collection of debt she had
assigned. The obstacle iu the way of this
plan is the lack of constitutional authority
in any branch of the Government, to specu-
late in the obligations of foreign nations
This difficulty would be overcome by Mr.
Buchanan, if Congress would pass Slidelr'
measure