smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1868

Take some meat from the coarsest
joints Of the OK, such as the leg, shin,
or sticking pieces cut it in slices of two
or three ounces each, dip each piece in-
to good vinegar, and then pack tbs
whole in stew pan, with onions, tur-
Dips or other vegetables, cut small, with
out water; cover it closely, and let it
stand by the side of the fire for six or
eight hours; it will the be found TO be
thoroughly done, and to have YIELDED
abundance of gravy, being as the same
time remarkably tender. The only
precaution necessary is that the heat
should never be suffered to approach
the boiling point. Or the meat, vege-
tables, and fiavoring materials may be
placed in an earthen-ware jar, which can
be closely tied down and then placed
in a large saucepan Of water or very
slow oven. This mode Of cooking is
applicable to any kind of meat, and will
be found extremely economical, giving
little trouble, and furnishing a very
nutritious, disgestible, and delicious
food. The acid of the vinegar being
volatile is entirely dissipsted during the
process.
Year: 1868

The Dubuque Herald is responsible
for the following humorous sketch Of
the misfortunes of an Iowa clergyman:


Thursday last, among the goods ex.
pressed from the West by the d. d 6.
B. r., were number Of baskets of hen
fruit. Two or three stations this side
of that at which they were placed upon
the car, an ex-minister of huge pIOpor-
tions stepped into the express car, and
our clerical friend accidentally took his
position in front of them, with his back
towards the eggs, While the twain
were conversing the train suddenly
started forward. The reverend gentle
man was taken unawares by the unex-
pected jerk, and lost his balance. He
found it in the basket Of eggs just in
his rear The result of this ministerial
onset-if we may so term it-baffles all
description. Of course the contents of
the basket came to an unlucky end.


Ike Partington once set hen on
ffty-two eggs, just to see her spread
herself. Here was man not used to
the business who had set himself on
ffty-two dozen, and successfully &C
complished the same result, as any one
could see. But though backward in
getting in that undignified position, be
was by no means backward in getting
out. He erected himself and examined
himself Any member of his church.
if present, would have recognized in
him not only a faithful fellow-laborer,
but an earnest yolk fellow. For min
ute he stood motionless, except as be
with spread and tremulous fingers, in
an undecided and uncertain way,
waved his hands with the air of man
who had been egged on to desperation.
He certainly presented ludicrous as
pect. As the precious ointment ran
down Aaron's beard, 50 tue albumin
Gus unguent ran down the preachers
trowsers' legs, spreading in translucent
iquidness upon the floor about his feet.
The express messenger took the stove
hearth and did what be could towards
cleaning his friend off-a novel way Of
scraping al acquaintance.
Year: 1868

A little boy in New Bedford, Mass,
in giving an account to bis brother of
the Garden of Eden, said: 'The Lord
made gardener and put him in the
garden to take care of it; and see that
nobody hurt anything or pasted aRy
bills on The trees.
Year: 1868

A Missouri paper tells the following
story about man who had never
travelled on the cars before: 'FThe con-
ductor came for his fare, when our Clay
county friend handed over a V and re-
fused to receive any change, in the de-
light of his situation. Let the thing
get said he, 4 don't want any change;
never rode in the keers before, and am
willing to pay something extra for the
fun
Year: 1868

The belief is gaining ground in Eu-
rope that Victor Emanuel will soon alb
dicate the throne of Italy. Itis pretty
certain that both from policy and from
choice he is ready to commit the Office
and its functions to .iis legitimate
successor.
Year: 1868

A REoElPE- WoRrH ONE TnoUsAsB Dol.
LARs.-The Ohio Cuitirator says the follow
ing receipt is worth one thousand dollars TO
every housekeeper;


Take one pound OF sal soda and half
pound of unslacked lime, put them in gal
lon OF water, and boil twenty minutes; let i.
stand till cool, then drain off and put m a
small jar or Jug; soak your dirty clothes
over night or until they are wet through.
then ring them out and rub on plenty OF
soap, and in one boiler of the clothes well
covered with water add one teacupfnll Of
washing fluid boil half an hour briskly,
then wash them thoroughly with one suis;
rinse, and your clothes will look better than
by the old way of washing twice before
boiling. This is an invaluable receipt. and
every poor tired woman should try i.
Year: 1868

A lady makes some sensible suggestions
in London journal on the subject Of Mar
riage or Celibaey, few ofwhieh we annex
and say that there is a great deal of truth in
them


"When girl marries, she ought, to a
certain extent, to giveup her acquaintance,
and consider the company of her husband
the best company she can have. The young
wife must learn cooking carefully, if she
does not already have a good knowledge Of
it. There are many excellent cookery books,
but she must not follow them implicitly.


''My own plan of some time after / was
married, was to take some dish and prepare
it once according to the receipt given, and
note carefully what ingredients could be
dispensed with. The second time / gencr-
ally managed it at half the expense. A
useful plan is to keep blank book in the
kitchen table drawer, and whenever a deyia
ton from the orthodox cookery book i
made to jotit down. Do not wait till yor
have washed your hands; let the book b
finger marked rather than lose an idea.


you will thus learn more of household
economy than if you trust to memory alone,
and when you daughters grow up, what .
fund of practical information it will be fol
them. To great extent the cclibacy o.
our young men is owing to the way in
which girls are brought up. Through
mistaken kindness mothers often do them
selves what they ought to make theil
daughters do. Let them teach them house
keeping, on a fine methodical plan, anc
they will then learn their history, French
and music all the better


1t is natural and right that a mothe
should wish to see her daughters well ed
ucated, and even highly accomplished, anC
it is mistake that good and careful educa
ton would unfit girl for the homely duties
of cooking, busting &C. On the contrary
those duties would be better performed, anC
if mothers would, at the same time that the,
seek talented instructors for their daughters
impart to them some of their own culinar,
talent, there would be more good wives an,
more marriages.


Little girls should be taught, as early a
possible, to perform simple household dutie
neatly, and as they grow older let them be
come gradually acquainted with the theor.
of housekeeping in such amanner that whel
they are married they will be able to adap
themselves to their circumstances, and b.
useful as well as pleasing companions t
their husbands
Year: 1868




Do not be continually finding fauH.-It
is at times necessary to censure and to
~, uisJs y al ,liey dU Ven De
ever more careful to express your approba-
ton Of good conduct than aisapprobation Of
bad. Nothing can more discourage a child
than a spirit of incessant fault.fadinq on
the part of its parents. Ard hardly any
thing can exert more injurious influence
upon the disposition both of the parent anu
the child There one two great motives
influencing human action, hope and fear.
Bat who would not prefer to have her child
influenced to good conduct by the desire of
pleasing, rather than by the fear Of offend
ing? IF a mother never express her graft
fieation when her children do well, and is
always censuring when she sees any thing
amiss, they are discouraged and unhappy.
They feel there is no use in trying to please
The disposition becomes hardened and
soured by this ceaseless fretting. At last,
finding that, whether they dowell DRILL, they
are equally found fault with they relnquish
all effort to please, and become needless of
reproaches.


But let mother approve of a child con-
duct whenever she can. Let her show that
his behavior makes her sincerely happy.
Let her reward him for his efforts to please,
by smiles and affection In this way she
viii cherish in her child heart, some of the
noblest and most disirable feelings Of our
nature. She will cultivate in him an amiable
disposition under cheerful spirit. Your
child has been during the day very pleasant
and obedieut Just before putting him
asleep for the night, you take his hand and
say. My son, you have been very good
boy to-day 1t makes me very happy to
see you so kind and obedient God loves
little children who are dutiful to their par
ents, and he promises to make them hap
py. This appreciation from his mother is
to him great reward. And when with
more than ordinary afectionate tone, you
say, Good night, my dear son, /" he leaves
the room with his heart full Of feeling. And
when he closes his eyes for sleep, he is hap
by, and resolves that he viii always try to
do bis duty.-1Hotber's assistant.
Year: 1868

The wide-awake, hard-working men are
the most successful business men of our
large cities. Neither wealth nor honorable
positions can be picked up in the streets ike
lost money. They must be obtained by
steady, uneompromising labor. The New
York correspondent of the Boston Journo
shows how young man of that city WORKED
and persevered until he became cashier 0
the bank where be was first employed as al
L ne JasuIer VI Ung Oh our Ieaulug DanKs
resigned some time since, and the paying
teller was Immediately elected to fill his
place. He was quite young man, and was
promoted over the heads Of those who had
been in the bank many years in subordinate
positions.


The secret of the promotion is well worth
knowing:


He entered the bank when quite young.
He resolved to make himself useful. Liv-
ing farthest away-some miles out of the
city-he was the first at his post in the
morning Having the farthest to go, he
was the last to leave. He never was afraid
to work, and never hesitated to lend hand
when his own duties were done. Others
would go out to restaurants and hotels for
their lunch. He brought his with him and
ate it in little closet.


For his own pleasure he never left the
bank during business hours. Ifany of the
clerks wanted TO go away he was alway:
ready to take their place. He could always
be found and was prompt at any call. His
spare time was devoted to an intelligent
study of his business. As paying teller he
was very popular He was never snap
pish or ungentlemanly. Growing, grum
bling, unreasonable customers could not
irritatc him, He overstayed his time to ac-
commodate men who were belated with
their checks


As cashier, hei the same genial, agreea-
bic, prompt officer that he was in subordi-
nate life Men disappointed in their dis
counts take arefusal from the cashier will
better spirit than they do an accommoda-
ton from some men. He still keeps up bis
habits of close attention to business, and
takes his frugal lunch in his closet, as he did
when struggling for position. Those who
fail in life, or are desiring success, bad bet
ter look at this incident and copy the exam
ple.
Year: 1868

WHAT BREAKS Down YOUNG Men,
1t is a commonly-received notion that hard
study is the unhealthy element of college
life. But from tables of the mortality Of
Harvard University, collected by Professor
Pierce from the last triennial catalogue, it is
clearly demonstrated that the excess of
deaths for the first ten years after gradua-
ton is found in that portion Of each class
inferior In scholarship. Every one who has
been through the curriculum knows that
where Esehylus and political economy IN
lures one, late hours and rum punches use
up dozen; and that two little fingers Of
Morpheus are heavier than the loins of Eu-
cid. Dissipation is swift and sure des-
troyer, and every young man who follows it
is as the early flower, exposed to untimely
frost. Those who have been inveigled in
the path Of vice are named LEGION, for
they are many-enough to convince every
novitiate that he has no security that he
shall escape similar fate A few hours of
sleep each night, high living, and plenty Of
'smashers, make war upon every function
of the human body The brains, the heart,
the lungs, the liver, the spine, the limbs,
the bones, the fesh--every part and faculty
are oyer-tasked worn and weakened by
the terrific energy of passion and appetite
looscd from restraint, until, dilapidated
mansion, the earthly house of the taberna
Gle falls into a ruinous decay. Fast young
man, right about l-Erchange
Year: 1868

NEWSPAPER LAws.-We would call the special
attention Of Post Masters and subscribers to the
ISoUIRER to the following synopsis Of the News
paper laws;


j. A Postmaster is required 20 give notice BY
letter. (returning paper does not answer the law
when a subscriber does not take his paper out of
the Office and state the reasons Tor its not being
taken; and a neglect to do so makes the Postmas-
ter repsonsiBte to the publishers for the payment


2, Any person wko takes paper from the Post
Office, whether directed to his name OF another or
whether he has subscribed not is responsible
for the pay.


8. If a person orders his paper discontinued, he
must pay all arrearagcs, OF the publisher may
continue to send it until payment is made, and
collect the whole amount ohefher Il Be taken from
the Office or not. There can be no legal diseontin-
uence until the payment is made


4. If the subscriber orders his paper to be
stopped at a certain time, and the publisher con
tinues to send, the subscriber is hound to pay for
It, # he takes It out Of the Post Office The law
proceeds upon the ground that a must pay
for what he uses.


5. The courts have decided thatrcfusing to take
newspapers and periodicals from the Post Office
or removing and having them lncalled for, is
prima Jcleia evidence Of Intentional fraud.
Year: 1868




SOCIAL INTERCOURSE. Without friends
what is man? a solitary oak upon sterile
rock, symmetrical indeed in its form, beau
tiful and exquisitely finished, out-rivaling
the most lauded perfection Of art in grace
fulness and grandeur, but over which decay
has shaken her black wing, and left its
leaves blighted; its limbs contract as they
die; its roots, rottenness, and its bloom
death; seathed, lifeless monument of its
pristine beauty. When the rebuffs Of ad
versity are rushing US earthward, when the
clouds are black above, and the muttering
thunder growls along the sky, when our
frame is palsied by the skeleton hand of dis
ease, or our senses whirled in the -U1ale
are torn by the separation of some beloved
object, while our tears are yet flowing upon
the fresh turf of departed innccence-in
that time it is the Office of friendship TO
shield US from the portentous storm, to quick
en- the fainting pulses Of our sickly frame, to
bring back the wandering star of mind
within the attraction of sympathetic kind
ness, pourthe 'oil and balm" of peace into
the yet fostering wound, and deliver the
achiRgheart from the object of its bleeding
affection.
Year: 1868

THE Philadelphia Bulletin which is
printed upon paper made of wood, States
that in the boat race upon the Schuylkill,
some of the skiffs used were built of paper.
Fifty years ago the man who would have
ventured to foretell the use of paper row.
boats and newspapers made Of wood would
have been deemed fit subject for an insane
asylum.
Year: 1868

THE New Y York merchants are talking
again o. cutting off credit from South
ern customers. The same kind OF talk
which preceded the rebellion Is now
heard so frequently from Southern
orators that cautious merchants can
not help being alarmed at it.
Year: 1868

FrS o-NioHr.-Every body and all Of
their relations are going Of course tonight
to hear the famous Arlington Minstrsls At
the Opera House. They stand at the head
Of tho profession in the burnt cork bust
ness. The biggest kind Of fun is ahead,
and . rare treat to al thesc who wish to
damsge their vest buttons for an hour or
co.
Year: 1868

IL rot know Of friend suffering from
irritation of Throat, Lungs. or Chest, or
IN any way troubled with Kidney com
plant. advise them to try the White Pine
COMPOUND They will never regret the
trlsL but vii ihank Won for the ad d1lce
Year: 1868

DUBUQUE, Iowa, June 1.-THE steam
boat Ocean Wave, belonging to the
Peoples Line, took fire this morning
while on Lake Pekin and burned to
the waters edge. She was engaged In
transporting a Circus troupe up the
river The boat and cargo is total
loss. No lives lost.
Year: 1868




GRAND DIsPLAYs.-rhere is motive for
everything, and when you see the people
fockipg to certain dry-goods store, lC
purchase what they need in that line, Il
is evident that they have some particular
motive in view. Such is the opinion We
have come to when seeing such large
crowds of people constantly in the dry,
goods house of J. A FsLToE. The motive
evidently is, that they can get what they
want there, and at lower prices than else


where; beSause be has just returned from
the city with a most complete lot of tb,
very latest styles Of Goods of every des


Cription-- better than to be had else where
Year: 1868

The variegated assortment of Hardware,
Tin, Copper, and Sheet Iron Ware, Wooden
Ware, etc., at the we'll known establish
ment of STRONG & GIBBONS, is being sold
at very low price in order to make room
for new lot Go and examine goods and
learn prices particularly the Fine Fruit
Cans,
Year: 1868

IxPRovEMEErs.- is worthy Of remark
that the present year will record much
greater improvement in our town thar
for many years previous. Several larg'
and substantial and creditable buildings
are in course Of construotion--among
which is the fine business house Of ]. X


WILL, which will soon be completed I. d


DAVIS is also making preparations TO
complete his fue building which will
greatly improve the appearance Of hain
Street. II this town was only blessed
win Few more such enterprising men
as Messrs. r. B. Dave and ]. X. Will,
how much better off it would be.
Year: 1868

LET our Irish friends read the article in
another part of this paper headed "Colfax
as KnOw Nothing" Talk then about q
Black hearted Radical being friend to
an Irishmaul Why, they are the black
eat enemieg Of all Catholics
Year: 1868

Where Goods are sold as Cheap as they
can be purchased at any House outside


the City


EM The falling leaves reminds US oil
~ the approach OF Winter, and that 1t
Aa0 is high time to lay our summer ware


aside, and provide for the chilling
blasts that must come with the approaching
season. To meet the demands the undersigned
has made every arrangement and have just re-
turned from the City with a .NEW IND GEN
ER.9L ASSORTMENT OF GOODS embrac-
Ing every thing usually found in County Store.
And we are determined TO sell. Numbers have
found this cheap side No. l, and The cry is still
they come. The demand for goods however
does not as is generally the case increase the
price but the more goods sold, the cheaper we
sell. We therefore cordially invite the Citizens
of Dufield's and vicinity to give us call and
see that what We say is correct. Thankful for
past favors. We solicit and hope to receive
share Of Public patronage. Respectfully.


SNYDER, LINK & OSBOURN.
Duffeld's, Oct. "a 1868.
Year: 1868

DEATH FROM THE BITE OF A RATTLE
sNAKE.-A few months ago Charles E..
Becker, man of about thirty-fye years of
age, and German by birth, opened q Zoo
logical garden in Philadelphia. He had
quite collection of beasts, birds, and rep
tiles, and many persons were attracted
there to see the show. p He was regarded as
snake e-tamer, and apparently had com
plete control over the monster reptiles that
he had on exhibition. A few days ago he
purchased rattlesnake about three feet in
length, which had been quite pet with its
former owner. Mr.. Becker placed the
writhing serpent in cage which he had
expressly prepared for. it. On Thursday
afternoon o number of men who were in
Mr.. Becker's saloon intimated that they
would like to hear the snake rattle, and in
order to crafty their wish Mr.. Becker took
stick and pushed thereptile about, causing
it to become very angry. Afterwards ne
lifted it from the cage, but had scarcely
touched it before he received its fang in the
index finger of his right hand. He imme-
diately dropped the monster and hurried
across the street to q neighboring druggist,
who cauterized the wound. This had no
effect, for the finger commenced to swell,
and was soon discolored. al. s..


Mr.. Becker returned to his home and
told his family. that he was, about to die.
His wife and two little children could
scarcely realize, the painful announcement,
and were heart-stricken at the terrible Ca
lamity, for it,did mot appear possible that
one SO robust, 80 full Of life a moment be-
fore, could be passing SO rapidly to the
other world They stood motionless by the
side of the dying man, who wrote hurriedly
his last will and testament, bequeathlng his
estate to those hesloyed so we'll, and whom
he had to leave so soon. Physicians who
had been summoned were by this time by
the unfortunate man, watching him as his
life rapidly ebbed, away. They could do
nothing whatever for him, for the poison Of
the serpent had permeated through every
vein in his body, and he was swelling and
becoming discolored more and more every
moment. Stimulants were administered,
but water would have, had as much effect
under the circumstances. In thirty mi
nutes from the time the reptile inflicted
the fatal sting Mr.. Becker was unconscious
he had bade his wife and his dear little
ones the last farewell, and had grasped his
friends by the hands for the last time. He
sank rapidly, and in forty-fye minutes he
was a corpse. Phhiiladelp kia Post =
Year: 1868

MATEIMoNIAL.-The matrimonial docket
of the Hastings Court for the last month
shows that seventeen white couples and
twenty-one black couples have been joined
in the precarious band Of wedlock. lid s
Year: 1868

vations and hardships of military life,
and from month to month drilled in the
skilful use of the implements of death,
and made familiar with wounds, and
blood, and slaughtered friends and foes, we
could not nationally look for any thing
else than for the army to be greatly de-
moralized, aad many of the soldiers to
return to their homes hardened and al
most heathens. And when war was the
great subject that was the most thought
of, and the great topic that was most
talked of, on the hustings, and at social
gatherings, and in the quiet of the do
nestle freside, we could hardly hope that
civilians would escape the general conta
gion, and come out of the strife with
their characters improved and their hearts
more accessible to the claims of the Cos
pol.


I Nor has the excitement -esasea~witA
the war. Strife, and bitterness, and hate
have not yet quieted down into peace,
and good will, and love. Discord is still
rampant, wounds are still ranking, ami
mosities still rage. The condition of our
country is truly deplorable.


All my friend, we need the Gospel,
if possible, more than ever. The Cos
pei alone can be an efficacious remedy
for all the evils under which we groan.
Political Justice, even if it could be Sc
cured, would be but partial relief to
the burdens under which we labor. -
More than all else, we want the quicken
ing, sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit
working in the blessed Gospel of peace.
Our ruin cannot be repaired by the fee
bic arm of man. Onr desolations can
not be changed into fruitful gardens but
by the hand of the living God.


Let every minister of Jesus, then,
awake. Let him hear the solemn voice
of duty calling to him from out the wreck
of these sad days, and grid himself with
new zeal and new energy to the great
work in which he has been enlisted
And as Christians look round upon the
perils that stretch before us, let them
pray the Master to recruit his band Of
warriors with other leaders who shall
conduct the host of God against his ju-
bilant, defiant foes. And let the piety
of the Church feel that, in these our sur
roundings, God is making fresh demands
upon its consideration, and summoning
it to enlarge the ranks of these who are
now proclaiming the glad tidings of eter-
nal life. Your friend as ever,


VERITAs.