smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1861

One thing more. Parents visit the
school; why are you such laggards in
this duty? Children never see their
parents in the school room, and they
begin to think that their teacher is the
only individual intrusted in their i'm
provement, and that he is only so because
he is paid for it. Then visit the school,
if not for your own sake, for the sake Of
your child; be assured it will increase
your own interest, and rcdouble theirs.
You commit to the teacher your greatest
earthly treasures, and who if not you
should take an interest in your guardian
ship; your presence will encourage the
teacher, animate the child, and lead to
the happiest results. Parents, try it and
see
Year: 1861

Out off the Back Legs OF your Chair |:


Twill tell you secret worth knowing A
thousand things not worth half as much have
been patented and elevated into business.


II Is this: If you cut of the back legs Of
your chairs go that the back part of the seat
shall be two inches lower than the front part, it
will greatly relieve the fatigue Of sitting, and
keep your spine in much better shape. The
principle fatigue in sitting comes from your
sliding forward, and thus straining the liga-
ments and muscles in the small Of the back
The expedient have advised will obyIate this
tendency, and, as have suggested, add greatly
to the comfort and hesltbfulness OF the citing
posture. a..q --ia- r. eo,a ~ ~


The front edge Of chair should not be more
than fifteen isches high for the average man,
nor more than fourteen for the average woman
The average chair is now seventeen inches high
for all, which no amount of slanting in the
seat can make comfortable. .--Le,ois's GynnG.
sium rfs
Year: 1861

A PURITAN THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.
In the contemptuous epithets which the
Southern chivalry apply to the people of the
Eastern States there IS an affectation of the
insolent swagger that distinguished the cava-
liers in the English civil wars. The curious
and characteristic document in the form of a
thanksgiving proclamation by Governor An
drew, Of Massachusetts,, reminds one as foTci-
bly, of the religious zeal and uncompromising
determination which constituted the strength
of their antagonists, No one who has
watched the course of the people OF Massa-
chusetts, and of their Governor, since the
commencement of the present struggle, can
doubt their title to the possession OF all the
qualities that distinguished their Puritan an
cestors. They have thrown themselves into
the contest with an earnestness and a deter
mination which are beyond all precedent.
Not only have they contributed q larger
number of regiments to the army, but they
have sent them to the field better disciplined,
better equipped, and better organized gene
rally, than those Of any other State. 1t has
been remarked of them, as they passed
through our streets, that they seemed to
carry the Union in their hearts and the Bible
in their hands, SO earnest, 80 enthusiastic,
and so determined was their aspect. Instead
of relaxing her efforts after all this exertion,
we find the Old Bay State straining every
nerve 10 preserve the pre-eminence she has
won. The proclamation of Governor An
drew may be taken as index of the intensity
of the feeling which still peTYades her people
on the subject of this rebellion, and of the
sacrifices they are prepared to make to put il
down.-NeU York Herald, 8h.
Year: 1861

THE BEST BREED OF SWINE Agricola,' who says
he has had considerable experience with most not all
of the breeds now known in the West talking of the
best breeds says in the Valley Frumer:


First on the list without hesitation place the Ches-
ter county white breed. l have found hogs Of this
breed to be perfectly hardy prolific breeders and good
nurses; thriving well in climate and under
agefnent attaining weight of four five hundred
pounds with good treatment at the age of trom twelve
TO eighteen months, and being in fact all that could be
desired of hog. They are quiet and peaceabe, and
good grazers and fatten at any age you may desire


Tie next breed on the list would place therecent-
Iy imported Berkshire. They taten readily a small
amount OF food are good breeders, attain good aver
age size and great improvement on the old mpOr
ted stock their solar black is objection but this IS
only skin deep and some think that black hogs are less
liable to skin infections than white hogs.


If the SufolkS had little more hair and the pigs
were not quite tender, they would strongly
the first ranI--we mean the last mportations This
breed has been greatly improved within few wears.
The crosses Of this breed the Irish grazors and
common breeds make decided uproytlent The crosscs
will keep much fattcr and mature earlier than the
mon breed and an inexperienced person may 20 among
large herd Of the age, having the care and
very readily pick out Of the half breed Suoks by Eeir
being in much better condition. The Essex are poor
breeders to raise as pure breedbt cross we'll other
large coarse breeds But taking Ill things into consid
Grafton, it will be difficult to find breed possessing
more good traits for the western men, than the Chester
white. And those who raising hogs would find the
cross of this breed Of inestinahe value 1t would in-
crease their sex improve their FORM hasten their
turity and what is more important than all else,
rally lessen the amount Of food for given number Of
pounds.of pork. This would be the case with all
the breeds meutioned--but OF the ether breeds
combine so MANY excellent qualities
Year: 1861




It must be matter for congratulation with
every true Canadian, to observe the deeply root
ed feeling and strongly manifested desire on the
part of our brethren and former fellow oitiz ems
In Maine, to reunite their fortunes with our own.
The severance of that valuable district from the
British North American Provinces, was proof
of the truth of that oft repeated expression
"John Bull does all the fighting but invariably
gets the worat in diplomacy" A considerable
number of the citizens of that prosperous dis.
trict were sorry to part from US, and now that
the right of each State to secede is at least
tacitly acknowledged by the Washington Cab
met, why should we not show our sympathy
with the popular (and If Il succeeds, to US profit
abln) movement at work In the State of Maine


Winter annually closes lupon the only door
through which We can reach the Atlantic sea-
board through our own territory, and now that
the key Of winter seaport, the "open seasame"
which we have so long and ardently wished for,
Is almost within our grasp let US at least endea-
vor to secure this priceless boon. How would
IL answer to hold meetings In the principal cities
of the province, and appoint delegates to confer
with the leaders Of the Maine movement. New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia might take simi-
lar course without loss Of time, 90 that the del
egates might all meet In Halifax, Montreal or
Quebec, before the first of March. think this
would be the best answer We could give to Sem
ator Seward and the New York press; and
should the State of Maine decide for annexa-
tion to the British North American Province,
she might rely upon the active support of thou.
sands Of brave young fellows from these Pro-
vinces, II such support were unfortunately rem.
dered necessary by any attempt at coercion on
the part of the federal authorities at Washing
ton. II the people Of Maine are in earnest their
motto should be "now or never. Cor. Of Que
bto Chronicle. . seasa
Year: 1861

The funeral honors that have attended
Gen. Lyon from the battlefield where he
fell, across one half a continent, taken up
from State to State, from city to city,
from village to village, and carried for
ward for near two thousand miles amid
the fearful eyes, the bowed heads, and
the deepest expressions of personal sor-
row of hundreds of thousands of grateful
people such honors never before, per-
haps, paid to so young General, came
to their solemn conclusion yesterday 10
this city. Dulce ct decoruna est pro pa
tria mora, said the Latin poet great
many hundred years ago; and surely,
though the sentiment be old and the line
as trite as household words, not less true
is it now than when Rome sent ont her
armies to conquer the world, that it is
sweet and beautiful to die for ones coun-
try This young soldier, ike more thau
one other, has laid down his life in this
war, and has by his courage, his devotion,
and his patriotism, done his country q
service by his example, to be preserved
ever fresh and green with his memory,
that is not often vouchsafed to the wisest
and the best of men to do in centuries of
time. Not without reason are such noble
lives laid upon the altar We garner up
the remembrance Of them--how this one
saved a State, how that city, and we
crown ourselves with the names of heroes!
Not in vain have these young men fallen
for other young men shall reverently lift
the crown and remember that such death.
as theirs is dulce ct decorunl, If their
couLtry needs more lives!


And let us not forget this price which
this war has already cost us. The prec-
ious blood that has been shed let US weigh,,
drop by drop, as precious as our priva Q
honor, and our public name. The COSTS
not too much for the country's salvation
priceless as it is, il is given freely TO pur.
chase the od-given rights of free pee
pie. But the least drop of it all should
never have Redeemed the ground if the
sword is sheathed till treason is driven,
bowling from the land, and that peace
shall come that shall bid all future gen.
erations bless the memory of the men
who died for Liberty. When Lyon and
others are laid with bloody wounds upon
the bosom of their mother land, it shall
be as a pledge that she shall be redeemed
from the stain of treason, and made free,
and they therein avenged.--Tribune. 81.
Year: 1861

County papers are of much more use
than people imagine.


They very naturally aid in directing
public attention to matters in which every
citizen in the county is more or less inc
terested


They contribute in variety of ways
to the formation of public opinion, on
subjects of public interest.


They furnish very convenient mediums
for the discussion of matters of local in
terest.


They aid in giving character and inn
portance to the county in which they are
published. i
They stimulate taste of reading, and
disseminate, in the course of a year, vast
amount of information, much of which
would not reach POI tion Of their readere
through any other channel. X


They are of essential serveefin pub
fishing various items of local Intelligence
in which the citizens are more or less in
terested, but of which they would remain
uninformed, if it were not for these pa
pers. -. q,


In short-country papers add in a.
great variety of ways to the character, in,
telligence and prosperity of the country
in which they are published and, there
fore, have strong claim for support up.
on all who are directly or indirectly bene-
fitted by them.


As to the objection we not unfrequent-
ly hear urged against the support of coun-
try papers that the price charged for them
is too high, it may be replied, the p.ice
at which they can be afforded depends
mainly on the number of subscribers.
The publisher of spectacle, veil filed
paper, having ten thousand subscribers,
can furnish it to single subscriber at
one dollar year; if his circulation is five
thousand copies, ten shillings must be
charged; if one thousand, twelve shil.
ings, else he throws in his labor, time,
and capital without any pecuniary re-
ward, not a solitary thank, but many era.
tuitouS curses.
Year: 1861

"Beautiful indeed, but cold as marble"


My companion spoke in reply to my eX-
clamation of admiration, las my eyes, fell for
ahe first tune, on Leonore Bachc. see
her now as she stood under the large chan
delier of Mr.. Wilett's parlor, the full
light showing only beauties, revealing no
defects. She was very tall the black
velvet dress, which fitted her superb fig
ure 70 perfection, fell in heavy folds to
her feet, uurelieved by one inch Of trim
ming 1t was closed to the throat with
diamond buttons, and a small diamond
star fastened the soft lace collar. Her
round, white arms were bare, without any
any bracelet to break their pure out
line Her hair, black as mianig ght, was
simply parted from the forehead, gath
cred into heavy knot behind, and fast
ened by silver arrow studded with dia-
monds. But the face who can describe
her face? Pale as marble, the regular
features were perfect as those of statue !;
the eyes were large aud black, and full of
intelligence. When | looked at her, she
was leaning against tall marble pedestal,
upon which stood basket of crimson
flowers, and their vivid coloring height
ened the effect of her pale beauty.


"Who is she p I asked.


"Our new belle, Miss Leonore Bache.
She is the rage just now don't you see
how the ugly girls ape the simplicity of
her dress Sometimes it is white lace,
but always high in the neck, and in that
style of simplicity.


i'Introduce me -


"Wilhngly! Guard your heart"


Vain warning: it was already gone,
and an hours conversation, revealing the
mine of RICH thought under the impulsive
exterior, oAly fascinated me still more.


Weeks passed, and found me still the
ardent lover Of Leonore Bache, yet with
out one ray of hope that | could ever
touch her heart. Always gentle and
courteous, she seemed cold, hard and i'm
penetrable as marble Nothing touched
p her. l had seen her escape death in a
frightful form, by just missing heavy
stone which fell from an unfinished house;
and her eyes never moistened her step
was still firm and steady; and her hand
did not tremble on my arm. While my
whole soul sickened at the thought of the
fearful peril, she continued her quiet flow
of conversation, as if pothing had occurred
to interrupt it. | had seen her firm hand
raise from the ground little child, whose
cries of pain, from severe fall, filled the
air and while her musical voice soothed
it, no touch of pity, no softening glance
came into those dark, melancholy eyes.
If merriment was all around her, she
smiled cold, forced smile with her lips;
but it was evident her heart was not in it.


Cold as marble she was called, and my
heart echoed the euniversal sentiment. Her
small fingers drew music from the piano
Year: 1861


Brothers though we strive full braYely,
In the fierce and bloody fight,
God will never let We conquer,


Till ye battle for the Right
When We write upon your banners
Freedom unto men enslaved,
Tyrant hordes will feel the fury


Of the storm that they have braved
What and shall nation glorious
AS these proud United States,
Have plague-spot on its forehead
In the sight of heavens own gates:
Have brothers blood forever


Crying upward from the sod,
And not feel the special anger


Of a sim avenging God?
What and shall a people conscious
Of a heaven n-annointed birth,
Cringe beneath their tyrant masters,
Proudly stalking DER the earth
Cringe, and never once look upward
rs brightly beaming sky,
Bending DER them in its beauty,


Painting still for liberty?
Out upon We, men and brothers,


That we have faith so small
As to think Fathers blessing


Cannot we'll encircle all
All in whom his own blest image
Is enstamped in living light,
Till they stand within his presence
Robed in pure and spotlesS white
"AIl men," says our Declaration,


"Were created equal" he
Who denies so true statement


Casts contempt on Deity
Were endowed by their Creator


With the right to love and bless;
Seeking each his own subsistence


And his highest happiness
Up then with the Flag ef Freedom,


Forward, brothers, to the fight; /.
Tot our vatchword be the 'Union,"
God is ever with the Right
Let US neither faint nor falter


Till the "stars and stripes" shah be,
Waving over every fortress,


Floating over every sea!
Year: 1861

quell riot, from reaching the scene of
disorder, is really foe to the best inter
ests OF society, and an enemy of peace,
although he may pretend that his chief
desire is to avoid a collision between the
violators of the law and its supporters.
Year: 1861

NEW ANECDoTE OF THE GREAT BEAR.-As Dr.
Johnson was riding in a carriage through London
on a rainy day, he overlook poor woman carrying
n baby, without any protection from the weather.
Making the driver stop the coach, he invited the
poor woman to get in with her child, which she
did. After she had seated herself the Doctor said
to her, " Ny good woman | think it most likely
that the motion of the coach will wake your child
in a little WHILE and wish you to understand that
if you talk any baby talk to it, you will have to get
out of the coach"


As the Doctor had anticipated, the child soon
awoke, and the forgetful mother exclaimed to it ::
"Oh the little dear; is he going to open his eysy-
pysy"


- Stop the COACH driveri" shouted Johnson :;
and the woman had to get out and finish her Jour
ney on foot.-Notes and Queries.
Year: 1861

An EGG IN BoTTLE.-To accomplish this
seemingly incredible act requires the following
preparation: Take an egg and soak it in vinegar,
and in process Of time its shell will become quite
soft, so that it may be extended lengthwise with
out breaking; then insert it into the neck of
small bottle, and on pouring cold water upon it. it
will assume its former figure and hardness. This
is really curiosity and battles those who are not
in the secret to find out how it is accomplished.
Year: 1861

WUTHdHdIUIU


vT,HE UNDERSIGNED BEGs TO INFORM THE PUBLIC


that which these Lots now be purchased OF
leased have modified that under certain restrictions
and description of Building may be erected
thereon Il being desire and object Of His Maesy GoV
ernment 10 have the occupied quickly pose
every facility will be granted intending Occupers and by
consulting with the undersigned they will find that their views
be met in respect as far as consistent win s pu'
a.


Ten of said Lots having engaged only few OF the
choice situations be disposed Of so that an carry p
plcation will be necessary To secure them


W. L. GREEN, Agent for the sale


I9a and lease of the Wakahalulu lots
Year: 1861

WHEN, in lie course Of human events, It be-
comes necessary for one people 10 dissolve the
political lahds which lave connected them
with another, aid 10 assume among The pow
ers Of The earth, tie separate and equal station
TO which The laws Of nature and ofnatures God
enli,e them, o decent respect 10 the opinions Of
mankind tquites tint they should declare the
Year: 1861

from which mankind suffer over a large part of the globe, is the consequence of diseased action in the system, induced by the poisonous miasm of vegetable decay. This exhalation is evolved by the action of solar heat on wet so and rises with the watery vapor from it. While the sun is below the horizon this vapor fingers the earths sur face and the virus Is taken with 1t through the lungs into the blood. There it acts an irritating poison on the internal viscera and excreting organs of the body The liver becomes torpid and fails to secrete not only this virus, but also the bile from the blood Both the virus and the bile accumulate in the circulation, and produce violent constitu- tional disorder. The spleen, the kidneys, and the stomach sympathize with the liver, and become disordered also Finally, the instinct of our or ga11ism, as if in an attempt to expel the noxious infusion concentrates the whole blood of the body in the internal excretories to force them to cast 1t out. The blood leaves the surface, and rushes to the central organs with congestive violence. This is the CHILL But in this effort it fails. Then the FEVER follows, in which the blood leaves the cen tral organs and rushes to the surface, as if in another effort to expel the irritating poison through that other great excretory-the skin. In this also it fails and the system abandons the attempt exhausted, and waits for the recovery of strength to repeat the hopeless effort another day. These are the fits or paroxysms of FEVER AND AauE. Such constitutional disorder will of course under mine the health if 1t is not removed.

 We have labored to find, and have found, an
Year: 1861

FOR THE SPEEDY CURE OF ti Nt Intermittent Fever, or Fever and Ague, Remittent Fever, Chill Fever, Dumb Ague, Periodical Headache, or Bilious Headache. and Bilious Fevers, indeed for the whole class of diseases Origis mating in biliary derangement, caused by the Malaria of miasniatic countries. No one remedy is louder called for by the necessities of the American people than Q sure and safe cure for Fever and Ague. Such we are now enabled to offer, with a perfect certainty that 1t will eradicate the disease, and with assurance founded on proof, that no harm can arise from its use in any quan- tity. ~

 That which protects from or prevents this disorder must be of immense service in tho communities where 1t prevails. Prevention is better than cure, for the patient escapes the risk which he must run in violent attacks of this baleful distemper. This sCURE" expels the nliasmatic poison of FEVER AND AGUE from the system and prevents the develop ment of the disease, if taken on the first ap- preach of its premonitory symptoms. It is not only the best remedy ever yet discovered for this class of complaints, but also the cheapest. The large quantity we supply for dollar brings it within the reach of every body; and in bilious districts, where FEVER AND AGUE prevails, every body shouldsha it and use it freely both for cure and protection. It is hoped this price will place it within the reach of all-the poor as we'll as the rich. A great superiority of this remedy over any other ever discovered for the speedy and cer- tain cure of Intermittents is, that 1t contains no Quinine or mineral consequently it pro- duces no quinism or other injurious effects whatever upon the constitution. Those cured by it are left as healthy as If they had never had the disease. .&.s. ss581as

 Fever and Aguei not alone the consequence of the miasmatic poison. A great variety of disorders arise from its irritation, among which are Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Gout, Headache, Blindness. Toothache, Earache, Catarrh, Asth- ma, Palpitation, Painful Affection of the Spleen, Mysteries, Pain in the Bowels, Collie, Paralysis, and Derangement of the Stomach, all of which, when originating in this cause, put on the intermittent type, or become period ical. This "CURE" expels the poison from the blood, and consequently cures them all alike. It is an invaluable protection to immi- grants and persons travelling or temporarily residing in the malarious districts. If taken occasionally or daily while exposed to the in- lection, that will be excreted from the system, and cannot accumulate in sufficient quantity to ripen into disease. Hence it is even more valuable for protection than cure and few will ever suffer from Intermittents, if they avail themselves of the protection this remedy af- lords. F's.
Year: 1861

Y AM offering my entire stock of DRY l. GOODS at cost and ten per cent. Everybody is invited to call and see for themselves My goods are inferior to none in this market, and my object in selling of at cost and carriage is to enable noe to re. plenish with stock which will be bought exclusively with cash. .ss'o...s t.4r

 aug1 If LEVIN HARRISON.
Year: 1861

has won for itself such a renown for the cure of every variety of Throat and Lung Complaint, that it is entirely unnecessary for us to recount the evidence of it's virtues, wherever it has been em- ployed As it has long been in constant use throughout this section, we need not do more than the people its quality is kept up to the best 1t ever has been, and that it may be relied on to do for their relief all it has ever been found to do