smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1862

the oven. l would not, If | could, de.
scribe its appearance when il came out.
| did not wait 10 test its quality, bu,
threw it, almost kissing hot, into that
long suffering ditch. l am afraid it is
there now. 1t is many years since | left
the place, but l often fancy half dozen
ducks hard at work upon it.


went back to the house, and for the
first time sat down to have a hearty cry
ing spell. It was no gentee sniffle
with just tears enough to add lustre to
my eyes, but downright sobbing, that
would have done credit to any whipped
youngster Of ten. was utterly discour-
aged. In this condition my husband
found me when he came down to dinner.
There was no dinner cooked, and the
breakfast table stood just where we had
left il.


At first he looked much alarmed, but
soon comprchended the state of affairs.
He came and sat down by me, and drew
my head from the hard table upon which
it had rested to his shoulder. How sooth-
ingly and encouragingly he talked 10 me
He seemed to have quite forgotten my
provoking language to himself, and only
to be anxious to comfort ME.


After time | told him the sad expe-
rience of the morning the long, fatiguing
walk, the attempt TO obtain instruction,
and the hopeless result. 1t was anything
but funny story to me; but l felt him
tremble rs | proceeded, and when l had
concluded with the amiable wish that
those ducks might be choked TO death il
they ever brought up that bread to the
light of day, he broke out into fiji Of
laug liter such as had never seen him
indulge in. 1t was long time before he
was sober enough to speak.


II think, Hattie" he SAID at last,
I" that you have taken at least one step in
the right direction"


How? :"


"Why, after coniding in old Mrs. Lee,
it will not now be difficult TO tell her OF
your failure, and to ask for the privilege
of mixing few loaves under her direction
You will easily get the art in this way,
and she is too kind 10 care for the
trouble"


"To be sure, Frank, l wonder | did
not think of that. / shall try very hard,
and YOU will have n housekeeper yet"


And YOU will not sigh for convent,
Hattie?"


All, Frank, it is fortunate that have
n considerate husband. Everybody wo'd
not forgive such temper as | exhibited
this morning"


We extemporized lunch to serve for
a dinner, and then | again set of to visit
Mrs. Lee. At last ] learned 20 make
bread.


l could gil many pages with such dole
ful "reminiscences, and should be willing 10
do so if / could convince one young girl
of the Importance of practical household
knowledge, or make her understand how
much the comfort and grace of a home
depend upon the domestic habits of its
mistress.


But l will only indulge my vanity by
stating what is really true, that l can
now cook dinner, starch and iron, pre-
serve and pickle, knit stockings and darn
them, all in unexceptionable style. II
any one doubts il let him or her conc
and pass week at the pretty parsonage
in the rural village of Lanswood.
Year: 1862

AN INFAMOUS WRErcn.-A plowman
was hung at Warwick, England, recently,
for shooting his fellow servant in the back
while bent over the wash tub, according
to his own confession, because she never
would draw him enough beer! He also
stated that, before he committed the crime,
he tossed up" whether he should kill
the girl or not, and the chance lighting of
the instrument he tossed decided the poor
girls fate.
Year: 1862

CoM1Na TO THEIR SENsss.-The
prompt publication Of the 'sneak list" in this
paper has had one good effect. 1t has brought
several aliens to their senses. On Saturday
not lees than twenty-one of that class Of
people presented themselves At the Commits
sionsr's office aad took back their papers like
men, declaring that they would not subject
themselves to any such iguominy. They did
not fully understand what the7 we're doing
when they thus turned their backs upon Uncle
Sam. We forgive them the people will for
give them. We advise others to turn from
the error Of their ways and once more stand
up to the pledge Of manhood-once more de-
clare their noble intentions to be men among
men. Take it back oil you Who have taken
the false step. Take it back and declare anew
that you came 10 this country and welded
her - your bride, and renew the oath before
God and man that you will defend her till
death sundsrs the sacred bond. Let no one
hesitate. Az you value your happiness. 80 you
esteem your manhood. - you hope ito be res
psetsd among your fellow men. 60 back and
erase the foul blot that now stands against
you and which II permitted to stand will fol-
low you like the curse Of Cain. g" and r.
deem your honor while there 10 chancs-go
to-day.
Year: 1862

SEVERAL OF our citizens have reques-
ted us to publish the names Of all those who
have claimed exemption from draft. We can.
not zee any necessity for such . proceeding,
or the possible good to result from It. Hs
man is physically incapscitated for military
duty he certainly should claim his exemption,
and not wit for the inspecting surgeon to
throw him out after he is placed in regi-
nent. We don't think It best to publish the
1isk
Year: 1862

| The man that will take newspaper fol
length of time, and then send it back
refused aud unpaid for, would swallow ;
blind dogs dinner, and then stone the dog
for being blind-EfcAange.


He would do worse than that. 1lc
would marry girl on trial, and send heI
back at the end of the honeymoon with
the words Don't suit chalked on her
back.-Fon City.


He would do worse than that. He
would steal the chalk to write it with, and
afterwards use it on his shirt, to save the
expense of washing. and sue his wiie's
father for a months boarding ng.-Adoertis-
er.


Worse yet. He'd chase sick rat ten
miles over a corduroy road, and institute
a post mortem examination after he had
caught him, in order to recover a stolen
grain of corn. -llorganto,on Star.


We endorse every word of the above.
He would steal the rotten acorns from a
blind pig, and steal all the winter meat
from an edtor.-.Somerset Herald.


All too mild. He would 60 and join
the Southern Confcdcracy, which is about
the lowost depth a man could reach. IN.
J. Leader.


Stronger yet. He would sponge liv-
ing from the hard earnings of his poor
old father until the old gentleman became
unable to work, and then let him die in
the poorhouse, aud afterwards sell his re-
mains to the medical students for anato-
matical purposcs.--Bannef.


lie would be as mean as the man who
cursed his poor old blind mother for stop
ping i'll his door-yard to beg for bread,
and who gave his only child a penny for
going supperless, and the next morning
charged him penny for his breakfast
Torch Light.
Year: 1862

We have had a long conversation yester-
day with one OF the Lieutenant ColoGels Of
our Western Army, who was just from Ten-
nesSee, on visit to his family. In reply to
our question as to the feeling governing tn g
people of that State, he said it was worse
than any religious faEaticlsm he had ever
read of. The same feeling pervades men,
women and children. 1t is one of deadly
hostility to the North, and of determine :
tior never to yield. They regard the inva-
sion OF the South as a design to rob them Of
their property, and TO reduce themselves t,
sutjugation. and they, therefore, consider
that they are fighting for their property, their
homes, their lives and liberty. 1t is useless
10 assure them OF tbe contrary. for they i'm
mediate " produce The New York Tribune,
the Cinciuna att Gazette or Comm ercial, or
the Chicago Tribune to prove that they are
correct. And our informant added they are
In most cases too successful with their proof
ii what is to be found in these papers is any
evidence OF the objects of the war. He says
that, somehow or 9th er, the rebels get holG
of these papers, and then carefully preserve
them for references to show the bad lLten-
tions OF the North in prosecuting the war
ii e assured Us they had done infinite mis-
chief TO the Union cause in Tennessee and
Southern Kentucky by giving to the people
these wrong impressions as to what the OBJ
jects of the people Of the free States are IN
prosecuting the war. They have poisoned
the minds ol the people. have put weapons
INTO the hands of the Dsunionists per Sc to
operate upon those honestly in favor of the
Union, and, with the Abolition measures Of
Congress and Abolition proclaim atoms of
Generals, they have hardly left Union man
in the whole country through which our in
formaut was.


\ gentleman of Missouri informs us that
the case is the same in his State. These pa
pers and theirike have done irreparabIe mis-
chief TO the Union cause in that State. We
have no doubt Of the strict truth Of all that
our inform ants tell Us of the perniciOus in
fluence of these papers Gu the Union cause
in Tennessee and the border slave States
Tney can not be otherwise than injurious to
the ood cause in those States. We have
had, time and again, repeated evidences OF
the fact. They are good at exciting the
North to a vigorous prosecution of the war,
aud good also at exciting the people OF the
South to a more determined resistance ofour
efforts to put down the rebellion.
Year: 1862

all our ends we must be directed by that
great principle; upon it we must stake our
selves, and with it stand Or with it fall.
Again rendering you the assurance of my
entire confidence in your ability, energy, and
patriotism, and Of my determination to sus-
tain you, to the extent of my power, in your
efforts to preserve the peace of Kentucky.
and maintain the constitutional integrity of
the Union, am.


Most truly and respectfully,


Your frierd


JAMES f. ROBINSON.
Year: 1862

HAVING reftted and newly furnished the
Ill house on Main street, recently occupied
by R. Rice, is prepared to accommodate the
travelling public in as good style as can be had
IN town; Nothing that can in any way in
crease the comforts of the guests will be ne
elected. DecslllaSy
Year: 1862

TnE OPFlcERs elected al. the village
election on Monday last should bear in
mind that they are required to qualify.
within ten days from the time they re
ceived the notice Of their election
Let every one attend 10 this duty
promptly. that something may be done
the ensuing year. S
Year: 1862

More Shooting "A gentleman informs
us that on Friday last some white and negro
boys were fighting somewhere in Oregon,
when a negro man fred = pistol at the boys
hitting one of them in the leg, and making q
dangerous wound
Year: 1862

Complete Surprise One Of the
most brilliant features Of the war has been
the presentation of trinkets by subordinates
70 their officers. These ''rose-colored affairs"
are well enough in themselves, but the claims
set up for the complete surprises" they have
given the gallant recipients" have had the
effect Of bringing the whole thing into ridi-
cule and nov, instead Of the idea Of an honor
being conveyed to the public by the presenta-
ton Of military equipments to popular Off
GERS, the reverse is the case. A "presenta-
ton" nowadays is humbug whose proper
ton is estimated by the amount Of "surprise"
expressed on the part of the recipient


We have received a lengthy account Of q
'sword presentation" with request to publish
IL We respectfully, though firmly" decline
to DO 90. Our reason for refusing to do so
may be tolerably easily gathered from what we
have already said But for fear we have not
ssid enough to break the force Of the request,
we will state that the account goes on to say
among other things, that Capt, Soand-so twas
taken SO completely by surprise as not to be
able to make any reply for few moments
and when he did recover hisspeech, his whole
frame trembled with emotion" Poor fellow
We happen to know that This case of sword
presentation was gotten up--put in motion
by the Captain aforesaid; that il has been in
progress for some months; and that II would
have fallen through long since, had it not
been for the persistent drumming up Of the
man most interested


We have hadquite enough of such stuff,
and the public is nauseated with it.
Year: 1862

Lieut.. Capps, who was sent out last
week IN quest of the Indians who shot
Walby, the packer, returned on Tuesday,
bringing with him the chief of the tribe.
and a man named Gordon, who keeps a
house at Wild Horse creek-the latter
charged with selling liquor to the Indians


Being unable to find the guilty Indians,
Lieut.. c. did the next best thing-arrested
the man whom it is supposed sold them
the liquor, and the chief Of the tribe. Cor
don hid an examination before Justice
Horton and gave bail for his appearance at
the next term of the District Court. The
Chief is now lodged in the guard house at
the garrison, and will be held as hostage
until the guilty Indians are brought into
the post, A little bit of Sharp practice
used by Lieut.. CappG in the arrest of Cor
don il worthy Of mention: Having heard
that Gordon had sold liquor to the Indians
he required proof positive of the fact to en-
able him to make aa arrest He accordingly
disguised one of his men a. an Indian and
sent him with bona fde son of the forrest
to the house of Gordon, providing the In
dian with bottle and wherwith to purchase
whisky. The Indian went to the window
of the house and presented his bottle and
money and in return received his whisky.
They then returned to Lieut.. C's camp, and
he Immediately proceed to arrest the of
fender. By what kind of principle the
guilty party (who lives in Oregon was per-
mitted to go by merely giving bail for his
appearance at the next term of the Court
we are unable to see A friend in relating
the circumstances to us called it 'hocus
pocus." Hocus-pocuS or what not, in our
judgement, the sooner such things are ban
ished from the country by the lAw-msking
power the better it will be for it.
Year: 1862

A private letter received from Hon Ly-
man Shaffer, now in the Boise mines, con-
tains the following:


The diggings here cover an unknown ex-
tent Of country, and will rank among what
is called dry diggings, extending over low
hills, says and gulches in beautifully
rolling country with no underbrush, and
tall frs to make comfortable shades and
woods pastures in summer. The dry local
tiles will prospect from one to ten cents,
and in places as high as fifty cents per pan.
Some of the boys have got to rocking in
choice spots on the hill sides and make
from IS to $l6 per day to the hand, and
sometimes as high as $50, carrying the dirt
fifty and one hundred yards. But it is i'm
possible yet to give you any definite idea
of the mineral character of this country,
for gold is scattered in small quantities all
over this section as far as prospected, which
has been done only to a very limited ex-
tent. The main creeks have not been pros
pected as much as the hills and sulches, as
the loose gravel is too porous and drives
out the prospector from the great quantity
Of water which rises in the hole


A BIG ScARE.-Considerab excitement
was created in thi. city on Tuesday last by
the circulation of report that the Yakima
Indians had murdered Mr. VIM. Ish and a
number of men whom he has employed on
= hay ranch at the mouth of the Yakima,
above Wallula. It seems that some men,
either employees on the ranch, or a party
who were up the river, saw the grass on fire
near Mr.. Ish's ranch, and party of Indians
engaged in trying to put out the fire. They
-'instinctively," perhaps, came to the
conclusion that the Indians had "broken
out, and we're engaged in burning Mr. Ish' $
hay, and posted down to Wallula making
this statement, together with one that Mr..
Ish and party were no where to be found,
and were supposed to be murdered by the
Indians. We are informed that a steamer
went up from Wallula the following day
with the intention of visiting the supposed
scene of devastation, and on its way met
Mr.. Ish coming down with load of hay,
and from him learned the above particulars
of the cause of the scare We publish
these facts merely to correct any impress
ions that may grow out Of the circulation
of the former report
Year: 1862

AUBURN, Nov 10Th, 1862.
EDS. STATESMAN We have, as yet, had but
little rain this fall scarcely enough to lay the
dust. We have now as fine weather as l ever
Witnessed at this time of the year.


The large ditch that has been under construc-
ton is not yet finished, but is progressing finely.
Many miners are now waiting for water, but all
seem satisfied, and are in high anticipation of the
good time coming and well satisfied that they
will be paid for their time and patience. The
grouad in the guches upon which water is now
obtained pays well particularly that of French
Gulch.


Recently some men sunk a Shaft in some
ground owned by Captain Johnson, and found
orferous dirt of almost fabulous richness. The
Captain anticipates a rich yield as soon as suffi-
cient water can be obtained to sluice his ground
The city election held here on the 4th went
strongly Union.


The Boise excitement continues A great
many who vert from this place have returned
to lay in their winter supplies bringing in favor
able reports, and goodly quantity of the dust,
which is the best recommendation for the mines.
Shepherd, Cooper & Co. have started an express
to these mines and expect return in few days,
when l will again write you.


Yours CORRESPONDENT.
Year: 1862

To SUBscRIBERs.-Subs to the
Statesman who commenced with the first
number of the paper are notified that the
year will expire on the 18th of next month
Those wishing to renew subscriptions will
please notify us by that date.
Year: 1862

GOLD DUsT.-The Times says the am t
of gold shipped from Portland on the steam
er of the II 5th was ''rather small, not amout-
ing to over $1OO,OOO| The immense
business which the Times has been doing
in the putting line during the last year must
have been lucrative to have so elevated the
ideas of the publishers on the subject of
money.
Year: 1862

A large assortment of Blank Books, full and half


bound of every description, constantly hand.
Just received choice lot of 1000 Novels, Of the
latest editions and by the most popular authors Whck
will be sold at wholesale or retail.
Year: 1862

FRU1r As MEDICINE Ripe fruit is the medI-
cine OF nature nothing can be more whole
some for man or child, though green fruit Is,
of course rank poison. Strawberries are ia
vorites with all classes and constitute popu-


lar luxury. Who can tell the number OF dis
ordered livers aud digestive apparatuses gen.
orally restored by that fruit I After them,
we do homage especially to peaches, and ap-
pies, and grapes We once knew person
who, believing himself in Decline determined


to eat from four to six ripe apples day, and
note the result in three months he was well


We know of another who was in general i'll
health that commenced the habit of thinking
glass of plain cider every morning, and
never had Gays illness in twenty FIVE years
thereafter. Such remedies are simple enough.
Year: 1862

MILITARY PREPARATIONS IN CANADA.-Some
curiosity has been created by the transfer Of
large quantity Of ammunition and military
stores from Quebec to near the United States
border line, and the despatch of an additional
regiment from Halifax to Canada These move
ments are looked upon by the timid as indicat-
ing On apprehension on the part OF the Cana
dian government that the present amicable reia-
tions between England and the United States
are likely TO be soon interrupted. We do not at
tach any such Importance to them. The arrange
ments in question are merely the execution Of
the plan Of internal defence agreed upon at the
time Of the Trent difficulty. and have not been
influenced by recent considerations. But, sup.
posing they were, we have no occasion to quar-
rel with them. They will only serve to place
within our reach, in the event of war with
ENGLAND, large dcpots Of military stores and
ammunition. AS to the actual military force of
Canada being strengthened by further additions
from the English army, no fears need be
entertained on that score. The authorities In
England had enough Of the expense incurred
in sending out eight or ten regime nts on tina
occasion, and they accordingly informed tho
Canadians that they must for the future pro-
vide for the defence Of their own territory.
After all, what could the small additional num-
ber OF troops that England might spare from
her limited army eflec. IN a war with us! We
surrendered, without missing them, at Harper's
Ferry. az many regiments as she sent out to
carry on war with the United States II is
tho annreciation of these facts that renders The
Canadian authorities alive to the necessity Of
carrying out the plan originally agreed upon
with the home government. The movements
referred to are, therefore,. to be attributed
rather to motives Of prudence than to any pre-
sent apprehension Of q rupture between the


United States and England.
Year: 1862

SPACE ANNIDrATED.--On Thursday telegra-
phic despatch from this city was sent to San
Francisco between the hours Of four and five in
the afternoon, the answer to which was received
between six and seven that evening. Taking into
consideration the fact that there Is difference
between the cities of New York and San Fran
cisco of three hours and = quarter Of time, we
literally find space overcome by the telegraph.
Year: 1862

SUICIDAL WoMEN.-Unwise above many is
the man who considers every hour lost which
is not spent in reading, writing, or in study +;
and not more rational is she who thinks every
moment of her time is lost which does not find
her sewing.


We once heard great man advise that a
book of some kind be carried in the pocket to
be used in case of any unoccuped moment
Such was his practice. He died early and
fatuitously.


There are women who, after a hard day s
work, will sit and sew by candle or gas-light
until their eyes are almost blinded, or until
certain pains about the shoulders come on,
which are almost unsupportable, and are only
driven to bed by physical incapacity to work
any longer. The sleep Of the overworked, like
that of those who do not work at all, is unsat-
isfying and unrefreshing, and both alike wake
up in weariness, sadness and languor, with the
inevitable result, both dying prematurely.


Let DO one work in pain or weariness.-
When man or woman is tired they ought to
lie down until he or she is entirely rested /;
when, with renovated strength, the work will
be better done, done the sooner, done with a
self-sustaining alacrity


The time taken from seven or eight hours
sleep out Of each twenty-four, is time not gain
ed, but time more than lost we can cheat
ourselves, We canaot cheat nature 4 certain
amount Of food is necessary to a healthful body,
and if less than that be furnished, decay com
mences. It is the same with sleep those who
persist in allowing themselves less than nature
requires. will only hasten their arrival at the
madhouse or the grave Halls Journal Of
Health.