smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1868

The Festival held June 9Th, under the auspices
OF the Young Mems Christian Association, was,
considering the bad weather. quite success.
The ladies from each CT the different churches
iabored zealously to make the tables attractive
and the room pleasant. Lemonade, ice cream,
cakes and confections were there in abundance.
The room was filled with the fragrance of the
flowers, and the beautiful music by Prof Willis
Band. The dishes were generously loaned from
the fine crockery establishment of G.. L. Thomp.
son. The ice cream was furnished by Henry
Walther and was superb as his always is. He
also presented the Association with beautiful
cake, which was sold at auction.


The Association thank the ladies and friend.
in general for their liberal and earnest support
and hope it may always merit their good will
and patronage.
Year: 1868

MASONIC PURCHAsE-The Free Masons of
this city have purchased the lot on the corner of
La Sale and Jefferson street. with the alley lot,
known as the Holland property, intending to
erect on it fine, large building, with store
rooms below, the upper part to be used for Ma
sonic purposes. We are not able to state, and
We believe indeed it is still undecided, whether
the erection of the building will be commenced
during the present season or not.
Year: 1868

1t is lucky JOHN STOUT is not a hcshy man,
else he must melt down such a hot day as this,
with the rush of customers around him. Johns
new dress goods have caused no little buzz among
the ladies, their fame having reached the whole
country around, and the ladies from all parts are
literally "going for Them 1t is not only their
great beauty. but the price at which they are
offered that makes them such rage.
Year: 1868

CHILD & BRo.--If yeu have any regard for
comfort, go to Child n Bro. and get you a pair
this hot weather. Let the ladies try their glove
morocco or goat morocco CATERS, or lace heel
slippers. They are not expensive and in hot
weather are comfort alive
Year: 1868

STop This is Halbert IL Megafins boot and
shoe store just the place you are looking for.
yet cheap. There is no other place where they
meet ell these conditions better than ut Halbert
& Mcgafiin's, corner Of alley, west side of Court
House Square.
Year: 1868

The man is green who will sweat and swelter
in his heavy woolen clothes, when he can buy
such elegant summer suits for next to nothing at
Ed. Armstrong; A suit fit to 30 to party in
for ten dollars Think Of that.
Year: 1868

Major Giles NJ. Hillyer has retired from
the edltorshlp Of the Nstchez Courier,
and Mississippi journalism loses his ready
pen and brilliant abilities. We were
prepared to learn that the people Of that
exhausted and impoverished State are
not able to maintain in Natchez daily
journal, In 8 condition Of respectable
prosperity. We are sorry to hear that
they also lack the disposition. It would
indeed be better, and we think wiser, in
the people of the South to maintain their
own home journals, that are struggling,
too often Intellectually, against advsrsity
and discouragement, with meagre sub
scription lists, and advertising bills an
paid to the amount of thousands, while
the editors ard proprietors live literally
" from hand to mouth than to help
swell the enormous subscription list of
the Lacrosse Democrat.


Msjor Hillyer takes leaves Of his read
ers in the following words:


The NatcheZ Courier, after this date,
passes into other hands. It has had g.
history and q record for over a third of q
century, fer upwards of eighteen years
of which 1t hes been under the control
Of the undersigned. He is not ashamed
of its political eT journalistic career.
Educated as an old line Wing, disagree
ing during all the trOublous times that
preceded the civil war, from the Demo-
cratic majority, he stood faithful to the
Union Of the States while there was
Union, and too often incurred censure
aud rebuke for warning the people that
constitutional remedies ought 70 be ex-
hausted before TesOrting to measures Of
more doubtful expedience or result.
When different cOunsels prevailed, he
knew no other first allegiance than to
the adopted State which protected his
fireside and claimed his feslty. During
the struggle, he endeaVOred to do his
duty with those who were cOntending
for the social Institutions and political
existence OF the South. Returning after
over four years absence from his home,
be again took charge OF the old paper.
He parts with it now with feelings of
pain and regret, and takes his leave of
Mississippi journalism. He does not find
in sn Impoverished community the dis
position and ability that can aid him in
restoring the Courier to the prosperous
condition it had before its recent reverses
and disasters. Others may be more for
tunate he trusts they will be. His sue
cess0rs are practical printers, men of
worth and experience, and he gives to
them all the good will, persOusl and
business, that the paper and Office have
long enjoyed, and earnestly hopes that
they may reap for themselves and theirs
s reputation and return that be thinks
the Courier had deserved and will con-
tinue to merit.
Year: 1868

"as hereinbefore provided, designating the cleo
" tion precinct OF the District in which The vo-
" ters are or shall be respectively entitled 10
g vote" 1t is then provided that the county
commissioners shall appoint three judges OF cleo
ton for each precinct, &C., that it would seem
there was no possible way of evadng the law or
of voting this fall, save in the election precincts
established by the act in question.


The registers of voters are allowed only three
days in which to complete their lists in OCTOBER
but, according TO the decision of the Attorney
General they are privileged to employ necessary
clerical help, and the work Of carrying out the
provisions the law may be done within Inc
prescribed time. In the registry law, too, the
change in our places of voting is recognized, ana
provision there inserted authorizing and requlr
ing the registers to set opposite the name OF eacf
registered voter the precinct in which he resides
where precincts exist in Il district We do no
| suppose it is intended that the law shall always
remain II dead letter; it will be enforced at SOM
time a commencement must be made, and on
registers might as we'll have the hard work nee
essary to put the law in operation now as al an.
other time, and we earnestly hope they will Sc
| To
Year: 1868

about one half cleared and the residue in Tim
ber The improvements consist of a


SUBSTANTIAL STONE HOUSE,
with all necessary out-buildings and in good
condition The land is in fair state of cult
walton and enclosed with good fences.
Year: 1868

Unless You are in favor of C0MPELL-
ING the little children of the country,
whose parents are too poor to educate them.
to associate with little negroes, go to the
polls on the 18th day Of March, with your
certificate Of registration and vote
AGAINST Constitution.
Year: 1868


: During the late war, coffee, sugar
and -four were things of the past in
Southern Texas. A soldier stayed
allnight at a house on the Nueces,
and finding q large hard biscuit in
his haversack, he gave it to a little
four year old boy playing before the
door. Half an hour afterwards he
saw the boy with the biscuit on the
ground and a coal of fire upon it.


"What are you doing that for, SON.
n.y." he inquired.


"Trying to make the plaguy thing
poke its head out.


Southern Home Journal
Year: 1868

THE New YORK CONSTITUTION
A singular fact of the political oc-
cprrences Of the day is that the Le.
gislature of New York has adjourned
without providing for submitting the
Constitution recently framed by q
convention of the people of that State
to the popular vote. A bill for the
purpose passed the lower House, but
the Senate, with a Radical majority,
tabled it. So that after six months
of labor upon Constitution it is left
like a vessel ready to be launched
upon the stocks, there to rot.


The leading Radical paper of Al
bany states that the Senate failed to
submit it to the people because of the
apprehension that it might embarrass
the issues of the Presidential election.
It proposes negro suffrage, and al
though it was intended to put that
question separately to the people, tho
Radical party at the North are get.
ting so much afraid of agitating it,
that they desire 10 avoid. it at least
until the Presidential election is over.
The Republicans of,New York who
! opposed the vote on the Constitution
at this time, admitted that if pressed
now it wonldlos the Republican par
ty fifty thousand votes. So that no
matter how important the new Con-
stitution may be, and although Gov
ernor W ellis assumes that the Almighty
is fighting on the side Of negro sui
frage, they must, in New York, give ',
way to party expediency. We'll,
since the peace and prosperity OF the
nation are considered by the Radical
leaders Of less Importance than the
interests of the Radical party and
their own claims for Office and emolu7
ment, we cannot see why the New
York Constitution may not be made
to wait a little. Indeed, Constitu-
tions are of no consequence at the
North with regro suffrage, they are
only fit for Southern people Rich
mond Dispatch. s'';.t7@
Year: 1868




"A WAsHINsToN dispatch says the
impressionSamong Southern men there
that the gathering of ex-Confeder-
ates at the White Sulphur Springs,
in Virginia, Is for the purpose of issu-
ing some kind of an address 10 the
South on the political situation-advis-
ing the extreme men Of both parties
against measures calculated to create
violence and bloodshed; depreciating
all political societies, and urging that
a peaceful election be secured. So far
as General Rosecrans' name is coupled
with any conference with these men, In
any public capacity, it Is said to be an
entire mistake Notwithstanding the IN
timations held out to the contrary In
the kilograms from the White Sulphur
Springs. BE is simply on visit there
for his health.
Year: 1868

the R1nE against hoAttnSs


wAsHIEaroN, August 25.-The ring
which is fighting MIR. Rollins has al
lowed part of its mode of working to
get out. A party connected with iE has
been fixing up certain charges in New
York, based on tue forgery OF a check
for a large amount drawn in favor OF
Mr.. Rollins, on which he passed in reg
ular order of business. The man met
Senator Fowler, who obtained an
interview for him with the President.
The latter had the whole statement
of this man taken down, and then he
spent three hours with Blnckley, TO
whom the President sent him, and
those parties, with Fowler, are trying to
work up a case on which the President
can be persuaded to act. Fowler is
working in the interest OF General
Burbridge, as is nearly the whole OF
the rebel element of the Washington
lobby as now constituted, However,
Gen. Burbridge assures his Republican
friends that he will never consent to
use the office in favor of Mr.. johnson
and the Democracy, even If he is ap-
pointed,
Year: 1868

IL We are fighting Republicans


in the North; we ask YOU of the


South to endure but not indorse the


party that would murder you and rob
us. We have as Democrats-as peo.


ple-no bitter words for the past.
We are working for the future. as our
torelathers did. We ask you to raise
corn instead of cotton. We ask Won
to endure, to live poor, to support
your families, TO honor your dead, to
obey such laws as are III force till tbe
coming sense of the land will do
away with the illegal and make bet.
ter ones. We ask you to raise for
consumption more than export. IL
yOu send nothing to New England
except negro paupers she will soon
let YOU alone. j would, if | had the
power, blast your cotton crops for
the next five years till the hum of the
cotton mills of New England had
stilled. and till her voice was one of
fer fibre TO make her
profitahle.-LaCrossc De.
porrrf
Year: 1868

The local influence of the La
Crosse Democrat may be inferred
from the fact that there was not q
Democrat elected to any office. with
in one hundred miles of the place OF
it's publication.
Year: 1868

And all interested will please bear this in
mind. This, after all, is the only true way
to do business and adopt it because. it is
necessary, and will prove of mutual inter-


est. Being greatly in need of
Year: 1868

@he meeting Of the soldiers of the
late war at Turner Hall last night
vas the most significant meeting of
the campaign. The large numbers
which responded to the call of their
comrades to enroll under the banner
of their old leader, General GRANT,
was most gratifying; and the spirit
and enthusiasm of the meeting was In
the highest degree satisfactory. 1t
revived the memory Of the stirring
campaign of 1864, and proved that the
soldiers Of the war for the Union were
still united, faithful, and true to their
country and the principles for which
they fought Let the meeting of last
night only be followed up by prompt
organization and earnest work, and
we viii achieve a glorious victory in
Vanderburgh County and the First
District.
Year: 1868

A meeting ii tAe Gorao2rators of the She

 pang Valley Railroad and others interest

 ed therein, was held at the house of T. H

 Woodruff, on Friday, the aOth ult. All the towns on the route were represented. II appeared from the discussion, which was full and interesting, that the road can be built if the right of way be given, and each town will take it's share of stock. A committee was appointed in each town to ascertain the feeling in regard to it, and present the facts of the case. It seems that this is the last and only chance we shall have of getting 8 road And now the question is, can it be built without laying too heavy burden on us, and will not the increased facilities for business and conse- quent rise of property pay the expense and leave 3 surplus on hand? What is the general history of railroads in this respect? A question requiring mature deliberation, and one regarding which,a judici ious con. clusion will inure to the benefit of all con cerned. W.
Year: 1868

The returns show Republican victory, even more complete than the October cleo tions had entitled us to expect. We have carried every Northern State except New York, New Jersey and Oregon seven of these New York and New Jersey are fairly ours, but we have been cheated out of their electoral votes by fraud
Year: 1868

CHIEF JUSTICE CHAsE.-By private let.
ter received last evening We are advised
that Chief Justice Chase will be IN Rich
mond on Monday next to hold his Circuit
Court. He will be on the bench with Judge
Underwood for several days, and will have
an eye on the whiskey ring.
Year: 1868

was important to know the connection between tht
aequitta Of the President and the blood of the Ten
nesseans The President was very much interest
ed in this, and said the matter ought by all means
to be brought to the attention Of the Court


REVENUE MATTERS.


"Another matter for which I have been blamed
and denounced" said the President ''is corrup.
ton and crime in the revenue department Well,
if that's true, why has not the Senate acted upon
the cases of suspension for cause that have sub
mitted to it. There are great many Of these
cases now pending, but they won't act on them.
They have taken no notice Of any but the triaing
case of some postmaster I have never failed to
do my part by suspending persons accused of crime
or corruption. Why don't the Senate act in what
have already called their attention to?'


MACK
Year: 1868




We do not eat horses and mules, and we eat
only portion of cattle, sheep and swine With
out considering the immense waste of ofal which
takes place in the slaughter houses all over the
country, from the little ''onehorse" affairs Of the
villages to the monster abattoirs Of the cities,
where good sized brooks of blood flow out to be
lost, think of what becomes of horses, etc., the
whole number of which, in the United States, may
be established at ten millions.


Their average agcis, say l2years and the weight
of those that die, about three to the ton. We
have then, annually, the immense amount of $780,
900 tons of dead horse-hesh, nine-tenths Of which
is worse than wasted being left on the surface, or
so slightly buried that it is dug up by dogs, and
polutes the air for miles around Its value, where
barn-yard manure is worth 81 load is not less
than $40 per ton for, if properly managed it will
make not less thap Is loads of good manure, and
where manure is worth more, the value is of course
proportionally increased The way to save this
waste and economize it as manure, is as follows:


Take three loads of dry, weathered swamp muck
mixed with lime, in proportion Of one bushel of
Stacked lime to the load, as bed-on this, kill the
old horse, or drag the dead one. Then skin him !;
remove boots and shin bones, if you have mar
ket for them and cut him up with axes and knives
into pieces weighing six to eighteen pounds, leav
ing the big bones uncut, but dividing the princi-
pal joints. Spread the pieces evenly, sprinkle
we'll with lime, cover six inches deep with muck
and add more lime. Then cover with foot or
eighteen inches of muck, and leave it. Look out
for dogs (they will frequently dig out the bones)
and see how many you can add to the heap. At
ter about three months of warm weather, or six
months or more of cold weather, examine the heap
to see if it is well decomposed and as soon as it is
in such condition as not to be particularly offen-
siye, work it over, adding more muck, without
lime. A new fermentation will commence, and
when this is over the manure will be fit for use.
In shoveling it out, the big bones should be thrown
to one side, to be put into another compost heap,
or into the horse manure heap, where they will
gradually decay, 80 as to be easily broken up with
Year: 1868




The California Teacher, monthly educational
journal, contains the following remarks on popular
modern education: . ..' .-" a.'ff $500 .


Of all the humbugs of our sham-ridden race,
that of finished education at boarding school Is
the greatest And of all the ludicrous objects next
to dandy pedant fresh from college, a young Ia
dy-there are no girls-sent home according to
order, is the most supremely ridiculous. Is the
training of such schools calculated to give mental
vigor and independence Of thought How many
of the girls who study French and Spanish ever
acquire more than mere smattering? Nine out
Of ten never wade half through "Olendorf 8 First
Lessons If young girl is to have the advan-
tages Of liberal education, and expects to pursue
regular course Of study, let her study the. Ian.
guages; but if she can attend school only limited
period of time, it is more than useless A girl,
too, must be fitted with an education as the MILL
ner fits her with dress. Education is growth
a Development 1t does not consist in long array
of studes in '.going over 80 many pages in bota
ny, astronomy, and ''dear, delightful French"
True, many parents Judge of the progress Of their
daughters only in this way. No wonder they have
become dissatisfied with the plain. schools Of less
pretentions. Mental growth and strength Of mind
cannot be measured by the volume. Young girls.
who are on the point of finishing your education,
exercise your common sense. Which would you
prefer, to be able to write correct elegant let
ter in English to your future husband, or to favor
him with an exquisite little French billet. t.dou1f
Would you have the power Of educating your chill
|dreninoommon things, or would you prefer to teach
them painting2 Do You imagine thatyour finished
education will be of much service to you in real
life? If you think to dazzle young men with
boarding school accomplishments, most certainly
you are laboring under an egregious error. Think
you that man with his eyes wide open viii mis-
take peacock for q nightingale? You may be
aattered by society, but those who esteem and
love you would really wish to win, viii never be de-
ceived by the Aimsy veil of accomplishments. Girls
be sensible. Don't imagine that you can be turned
out finished scholars at the advanced age even Of
Is or l6. If you wish to be women, acquire the
education of woman. If you wish to become
bellies and butterflies, make use Of the quaek nos
trums of education which are paraded rightly in
the same column with patent medicinea Don't
think of finishing your education before you begin
Year: 1868

A contributor to the Shoe and Leather Reporter
gives some valuable hints in relation to the preser,
vation of Leather. The extreme heat to which
most men and women expose boots and shoes du,
ring the winter deprives leather of its vitality,
derng it liable to break and crack. Patent leather
particularly, is often destroyed in this manner
When leather becomes so warm as to give off the
smell of leather it is signed. Next to the singeng
caused by fire heat, is the heat and dampness
caused by the covering of rubber Close. rubber
shoes destroy the life of leather. - ...


The practice of washing harness in warm water
is very damaging. IF coat of oil is put on i'm
mediately after washing, the damage is repaired.
No harness is ever so soiled that damp sponge
will not remove the dirt; but even when the sponge
is applied it is always useful to add slight coat
of oil by the use Of another sponge.


All varnisbes, and all backing containing the
properties Of varnish, should be avoided. Ignor-
ant and indolent hosters are apt to use such sub
stances on their harness as will give the most i'm
mediate effect, and these, as general thing, are
most destructive to the leather.


When harness loses its lustre and turns brown,
which almost any leather will do after long expos
ure to the air, the harness should be given new
coat of grain black Before using this grain black,
the grain surface should be thoroughly washed
with potash water until the grease is killed, and
after the application of the grain black, oil and
tallow should be applied to surface. This will not
only "fasten the COLOR" but make the leather Aex-
ible. Harnesswhich is grained can be cleaned with
kerosene oil or spirits of turpentine, and no harm
will result if the parts affected are washed and
oiled Immediately afterward.


Shoe leather is generally abused. Persons know
nothing or less about the kind Of material used than
they do about the polish produced. Vitriol black
ing is used until every particle Of the oil in the
leather is destroyed. To remedy this abuse the
leather should be washed once month with warm
water, and when about half dry, coat of oil and
tallow should be applied, and the boots set aside
for day or two This will renew the elasticity
and life in the leather, and when thus used upper
leather will seldom crack or break.


Band leather is not generally properly used
When oil is applied to betting dry, it does not in
corporate itself with the fibre, as when partly
dampened with water. The best way to oil belt
is to take itfrom thepulies and immerseitina warm
solution of talow and OIL After allowing it TO re-
main few moments the belt should be immersed
in water heated to one hundred degrees, and in
stantly removed. This will drive the oil and tai
low all in, and at the same time properly temper
the leather. '
Year: 1868

been swaIowedintentonally or by accident may be
rendered almost instantaneousy harmless by swal-
lowing two gills of sweet oil. An individual with
a very strong constitution should take twice the,
quantity This oil will neutralize every form Of
vegetable or mineral poison with which physicians
and chemists are acquainted.