smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869




given q wonderful Impetus to land
speculations on the Sound. Town
sites are laid out in all conceivable
places, and towns on paper are all
the 90. So great is the excitement
to secure lots that even night aucS
tions are Held at which lots 10 the
prospective terminus are sold at any
figure from. IS up to $50. In Olym
pia there Is perfect mania for town
property, aud lots thst,a few months
since we're held at 5000 aud $500,
are now worth. all the way from
900 to $4,000. Not long since
Judge Wyche bought couple Of
lots on Main street for which be was
thought to have paid an exOr6itant
price, but previous to leaving for the
East be sold at an advance of 81 500
on the original purchase. The
prices that now rule are purely spec
ulative, and in ashort time | appre-
bend that there will be 4 fearful de-
probation 10 the value Of real estate.
Of all the towns on the Sound, my
own impression is that Seattle is the
place Of greatest promise, and there
| think will be built the commercial
emporium Of the North Pacific.
Certsinly if the Railroad crosses the
Cascades Seattle will be the place,
and in any event it is quite suie to
become a place of very considerable
importance. ALREADY more business
is done at Seattle than at all the
other towns on the Sound combined,
and this is thought to be only an
earnest of the future.
Year: 1869

This will impose needless expense
upon the county, and in view Of the,
fact that litigation is less now than
formerly, is clearly without justi6-
cation. The men who control the
present Legislature being thoroughly
corrupt, any measure that looks to
economy is secuted down, and ex-
travagance and recklessness rules the
hour.
Year: 1869

THERE is witchery, fatality, or curse
connected with the Tennessee School
Fund. 1t comes from the pockets of
the hard working yeomanry, and goes
mysteriously in every direction but that
for which it was intended. First we
learned that the $3.50, 900 in gold turned
over by the State bank, was reduced to
s618,0 900 in greenbacks next we hear
of the deposit of this sum in the Ten
nessee National Bank of Memphis then
we hear of its being disposed of-stolen,
in faet-and in dribs and drabs paid out
to keep alive the Radical party of the
State then a DIR. Faffts turns up, ask
ing some questions in justly impatient
spirit about his county's share of the
fund, which appears to be missing, (and
so far as we know he is without an an
swer to this day concerning iD, and now
We learn of the mysterious disappear.
anee of what of the unfortunate fund
belongs to Knox county, under circum-
stances as mysterious as any that have
attended the first loss. As the Knox
vile Press and Herald remarks, it does
seem that those wicked rebels who pre-
served the fund so long, impaired to it
some weird charm, some mystic power of
evil, to plague the honest loyalists who
are, par excellence, the guardians of the
poor children of the State. 1t seems that
neither safes nor vaults can eonfne it,
nor bolts and bars protect it from the
unseen and unsearchable rogues who
seem to have been specially commission
ed to gobble it up, either in small bills
or large, as their necessities may require.
When once it goes, too, whittier it goeth
no one can tell. Its farewell is a final
one, and those who knew it once will
know it no more forever.
Year: 1869

The crop prospects inl this and adjoin-
ing counties are good The season is
backward, and great demand exists for
farm hands, but there will be larger
amount of ground cultivated this year
than for many years previous.


Contrary to the fears of many, there
will be very good fruit crop throughout
this section. We hear of frequent in
quiries from st. Louis and other business
houses concerning the fruit prospects
throughout this section. They all ex-
press desire to purchase largely this
season. We solicit information upon the
subject from our readers.
Year: 1869

NEGRO OFFICIALS TO BE APPOINTED.


1t is stated that the President will APP
point number of colored persons to
responsible official positions in all the
Northern and Western cities in order to
offset the appointment Of 50 many of
that race in the South.
Year: 1869

PERIL FOR THE FILIBUsTERs.


The Cubans, it is said, are now hold
ing back for yellow fever, intending
upon its advent, to initiate an active and
vigorous campaign against their inva-
ders. They say that they can stand the
pestilence, but the Spaniards cannot
This may be true, but what do the fill
busters, the Cuban allies from the United
States, think about the matter Is it
probable that they can stand the deadly
fever any better than the Spaniards?-
Does it seem to them that tie season for
the initiation of the big war is chosen at
all in reference to their health and well
fare Hadn't they better take cool
second thought and defer their expedi-
tions until after the next frost? Win it
not be more prudent for them to be upon
the ground too late to save the Cuban
cause than too soon to save them?
Year: 1869

Grant is reported as treating the Sena-
tors who voted against the conviction Of
President J ohnson on the impeachment
trial very cavalierly, and even with dis
respect. Senator Trumbull left Wash
ington for his home in Illinois, and Is
said to be a disappointed man. He has
secured little or no important patronage
from the administration, and attributes
the fact to his vote against the conVic-
ton of Andrew johnson. Grant shows
how exceedingly small he is in just such
eases as this
Year: 1869

The opinions gains ground in New
York that the government is not very
anxious to prevent aid being given to
the Cuban insurgents Monday the
Spanish Consul called at the District. At
torney's office with batch of testimony
showing that expeditions have sailed
from New York for Cuba, but he was
unable to find that official In the mean
time, the Spanish Minister at Washing
ton is reported pressing the administra-
.ion to issue neutrality proclamation.
So far he has Accomplished nothing.
Year: 1869

The Upton RECORD says: "The farm
ing interests in this county have been
materially retarded in consequence of
continued wet weather during the past
four or five weeks. Since the first of
April we have not had three successive
days of dry weather. Many farmers have
not yet planted any GOTTEN, while others
who put seed in the ground have had to
plant over again. The wheat crop is as
good as was ever known in the country.
Most farmers planted large crop of
wheat, and the luxuriant appearance of
the fields now give promise of abundant
yield. In this respect we commend the
wisdom of our farmers, The motto now
should be, Cereals first, cotton after
wards"
Year: 1869

Not long ago there occurred in Prus,
sia one of those cases of detection of
crime by scientific means which inter-
est large and intelligent class of read.
ers. A quantity OF gold packed in
boxes, was despatched by railway
train. On arrival at its destination, it
was discovered that the gold had been
stolen from some of the boxes, which
were reflled with sand to make up for
the deficient weight. Measures were at
once taken for the discovery of the
thief; and that no chance might be lost
Prof. Ehrenberg, was requested to make
microscopic examination of the sand
The Professor, who is member of the
Academy of Sciences at Berlin, we'll
known for his researches into minute
objects, and his comparisons Of volcan-
ic dust from all parts Of the world, ask
ed that quantity Of sand from every
station by which the train had passed
should be sent to him. Examining
these one after another. he at last come
to sand which was identical with chat
found in the gold boxes. The name Of
the station whence this sand had been
collected was known: inquiries were
| set on foot at that station, and among
the persons there employed the thief
vas detected.
Year: 1869

"Men as well as women" says the
Pail Mall Gazette, in an article on the
the dress of English women, "some'
times dress in an eccentric manner from
caprice, or from an idea that it is un.
worthy Of a sensible person to take any
trouble whatever about They think il
is creditable to them to say, i do not
care how dress In reality, it only
shows that they are untidy by nature.
No man pays his brains compliment
by going about the streets a slovcn.
Men Of talent, great writer's and great
orators, must cherish the belief that
they are superior to dress or the shah
biest men in the community would not
lie found so often in their ranks. Clev-
er women usually show the same con.
tempt of dress. If untidiness were
confined to them it would not be of
very much consequence, but it is more
general with their sex, strange to say
than with ours. And yet very few wo-
men can prudently disregard the at
fractions which they might derive from
dresses of grateful tints and perfect
shape. The draggle- tailed appearance
ofmarried women of the poorer class
is, we do not doubt, one cause of the
preference which their husbands show
for the public house. 1t must be mis-
cradle thing to live in the same house
with woman who is, fguratively
speaking, down at heel all over"
Year: 1869

Some days after the one of the En-
glish steamers had left Liverpool, says
the Boston Post, bright looking boy


about eight years old, was found aboard


who had been concealed in the vessel


since she left port (Which by the way,


is common occurrence. He WAS


questioned by the officers as to how
he came there. He stated that he was
an orphan, and had an aunt living in
Halifax. and that his uncle living in
Liverpool being poor and unable to
support him, had hid him in the vessel
just before sailing so that he might go
to Halifax and live with his aunt. 1t
seemed like the old story to the officers
of the vessel, and they accused him of
being helped by the crew, and tried
their utmost by coaxing and threaten
ing to have him divulge that some of
the sailors had taken him aboard and
gave him food. But they availed moth


ing-the little fellow would tell no 9th
er story. At last one Of the officers,


feeling sure that the boy was dccciving


took him by the arm, and said, II am
going to make you tell the truth"-tak-
ing him to what is called the bridge
says, "In one half hour l shall hang
you unless you tell me which one of the
sailors has been feeding you" 1t was
ofno use-the boy would not lie; and
when the officer told him sternly that
he had only two minutes to live, the
little fellow said, "Sir may ! pray 9"-
and Immediately sunk on his knees, and
lifted his little hands in attitude Of
prayer, slowly repeated the Lords
Prayer" amid the upturned faces ofthe
passengers and crew of the vessel who
had been anxiously watching the result
Of the officers experiment; but on
seeing the brave boy whose love Of
truth was stronger than that of life,
and hearing him so warmly repeat his
prayer 1t was too much for their doubts
and caused very affecting scene, aud
the apparently rough officer burst into
tears and caught the little fellow in his
arms and Rugged him as though in re.
ality he had just escaped death. After
this event the boy was q young hero in
the ship. He was praised aud treated
with dainties, each one anxious to do
something for such a noble boy; and
when he arrived in Halifax he was ia


ken by the same officer who had doubt
ed him, and fitted with q nice suit of
clothes and carried to his aunt, With a
hearty Gods blessing tor his future CO.
reer. - - .,t.
Year: 1869

There are a few things very essential in keeping
flock of sheep in thriving condition during the
wiuter season. The first will mention, and by no
means the least in Importance, is comfortable shell
ter. Stock of any kind, subjected to the cold and
storm, require greater amount Of food to keep up
the animal heat, and are much more liable to dis
ease and death than those who have comfortable
quarters; and setting aside the pecuniary interest
to the farmer whose stock is well housed he has the
satisfaction of knowing (when he sits down of an
evening III his easy chair and hears the cold, pierre
ing wind whistling outside) that his animals are
not hudded together under the lee of some fence,
or the run OF stack, being covered by the drifting
snow but are in warm barns or sheds chewing
their cuds. bidding defiance to the wintry blast
without. If we were to estimate the surplus of


feed that is required in wntering stock in the rough
outdoor style, the figures would no doubt astound
many.


Regularity in feeding is quite essential to keep an
animal quiet, and greatly assists in improving the
condition and preserving the health of the same
They will do better on inferior keep if fed with strict
regularity However abundantly provided for when
e flock are foddered sometimes at one hour and
sometimes at another, then again three times day.
and sometimes once, some days grain and others
none, they cannot be made to thrive. One thing,
which is overlooked by many, is in not feeding nc
cOrding to the state Of the weather. the keener the
cold, the more the sheep will eat. The inattentive
feeder will allow hay to accumulate in the racks, to
the detrment of the flock while the judcious feed
er will give no more than will be eaten up WELL A
constant attendant flock of sheep can soon tell
what that flock require In mild or cold weather and
feed accordingly. Many think sheep will do as well
without supply of water, but find they will do
much better with it. Unless they have access to
succulent food or clean snew, water is indispensa
BILE. 1t is well where one can, to have sheepbarn
located in a small-sized lot, with brook or creek
running through it. Extra care taken with sheep
will pay ample returns of heavy feeces, fine SYM
metry of form. and healthy animal to look upon.
IT. j. w., In Country Gentleman.
Year: 1869

| OXYGEN. This simple element is an invisible
gas ike the air, and takes its name from word
| meaning to make sour; because this gas, uniting
with certain things is the cause of nearly all the
| acids in the world


II is never found in nature by itself, but mixed


with other things for so great is its affinity or like
ness for most Of the other 60 elements that it is Of
ten hard to prevent the union All your contri-
vances to keep metals from rustng, meat from
spelling, cider beer and bread from souring, is on


y to keep the oxygen from entering and effecting


those changes in the things; and when it does thus
unite with any thing the process is called oxidation
and the thing is termed oxide.


You know you get no fire without the free access
Of air to the fuel This is all owing to the oxygen
of the air. ahont Oneffth of it being pure oxygen.
This burning, fire or combustion, as is yarously
called, is all owing to the attraction between the


fuel and the oxygen, heat being set free by the act
of their union; just when lime and water, how
ever cod unite, great heat is evolved. So that
every time o:tygen unites with any thing it is a
true burning. If with substance where the affln-


ty is very great, AS gunpowder, ntro-glyeerine,


&c, you call it an explosion when it is less with
oil. rags, &c, flame; when less STILL as with
wood and con IA fire; when less still, acting by
slow degrees, with ron you call it rust for all
the rusting of metals, the slow decay of animal or


vegetable matters the souring of things is nothing
but slow burning or combustion; simply oxida-
ton. This explains spontaneous ignition or com
bustion. A compound of oil and cotton wool or
rags mas so strong affinity for oxygen, that they
often take fire and consume buildings The same
is true of dry charcoal and wood ashes; many
buildings in this way have been burned, as many
m will he and pyrpDt this Simultaneous
one, been near them. There is great risk of this
in very dry and cold weather. us the oxygen being
then more condensed. all the conditions for this
spontaneous ignition in the same ratio increas
ed And here, think, lies the of ouI
beautiful Indian summer. Each leaf and tender
vegetable thing having by frosts their own matur


ty their affinity for xvgen greatly increased, under
goes slow burning, each sending into the atmos-


phere its little heat the aggregate of which gives
the warm and mellow glow we call =" Indian sum


mer." 1t is the funeral pyre of nature.


And everything on the surface of the globe--the
hardest minerals and rocks all vegetable and ami


nal things--is ever undergoing this oxidation or
burning, the material world is vast furnace for
| furnishing perpetually terrestrial heat; and so
wisely arranged as to mitigate both the heats OF
summer and the rgors of winter for while the
former rarefying the air make the oxygen and SC


the heat less the latter condensing the air augment
both the oxygen and the heat.
Year: 1869

Gather up and save all the leaves possible. If
you have garden and any flowers Or other things
to protect from the cold, nothing equals covering
Of leaves-for this is the blanket nature spreads
over them; and in the spring they are very yalua-
Bile as dressing. If not wanted for this purpose,
they make the very best bedding for stock and ma
nure. In villages and cities thousands now
being driven about by autumn gales, to be lost for
ever unless utilized; in country woodlands they
wait in myriad numbers some industrious hand to
gather and convert them into money.
Year: 1869

&oR REwARD--IF THE YOUNG GENTLEMAN
Do with the shawl bis left or his companion,
Who sat next the victm will the gold watch chain
and key which they relieved the gentleman who sat In the
efthand the front Of Sixth avenue its
70 the park the sfsfnccn Of SATURDAY January 81 said
designate hous The above reward win be given and
questions aaked. The mentioned young geneman got
and hs companion left after riding short distance further
Please return 10 communicate with Thomas L. Aster.
street.
Year: 1869

Latest Importation


100000


CHI ES r


Tea Plantation


OF AR.HUM


To his brother BUG, the largest Tea
Merchant in the known world in the
city Of Boston.


This tea was first brought to this
country by the Pilgrim Fathers for
their own use and the use of their fami-
lies and friends. This celebrated tea
was first raised By an old Chinawom-
an. She never divulging where she
obtained the seed. it remains secret
to this day. The old lady cured il by
putting it in saucer. and holding it
over patent nurse lamp TO slow music.
Her friends, after her dcceasc tried it,
and found il superior to anything ey
had tasted. They found small
amount of the seed in an old stocking,
and succeeded after much time and
toll. in raising enough to give all the
crowned heads taste. They soon
sold their right 10 rai-e the same TO
AR-IlrM. who cgardle-s OF the press
ing call from all the palaces OF the
old world. sends it nil to his brother,
AR-BuG < Co. of Boston. who lets
us have small amount for our trade.
This tea has all the flavor OF rum. gin
and brandy. We warrant il to suit.


We would state we have
Year: 1869

On Friday afternoon, after the neat
of the day was past, Mr.. Bonner drove
the famous Dexter in a roadwagon over
the Fashion Course to give him 1ast
brush on the track. He found the course
like plowed field, in consequence OF 1t
being deeply narrowed for the running
meeting held there next week, so that
fast driving was out of the question.
John Murphy, the famous trottlng
iockey. who rode Dexter in his memora-
BILE match against time over this track,
when he went in 2:1s Is, observing
that Dexter was moving freely. and
fast, asked Mr.. Bonner's permission
to breeze him around under the sad
die, which was given. Procuring an
old and heavy saddle. Murphy mount
ed his old favorite, and sent him around
the track. He found his little horse ex-
tend himself in his long vigorous stride
so fast and freely, that he requested Mr..
Bonner and the lookers-on to time him
a mile from stand to stand. The track
had been deeply narrowed five feet
from the fence, so that he had to go out
wide on the track to get tolerable going.
A fair seud-off, and the white-legged
equine locomotive shot forth on his mile
career at marvellous rate of speed, and
when the watches were stopped as the
horse crossed the score again, their
hands showed the time of two minutes
and seventeen and hree.quarter Sec
onds.-New York Sun, Aug. 80.
Year: 1869

WHEN Queen VICTORIA was in the
Highlands single suggestion from the
London Times, that there was feeling
among the people that she was neglect
ing her duties as Chief of the State, was
sufficient to bring her Immediately back
to Londen. 1t is different with GRANT.
He is not only dead to suggestions but
impervious to censare.
Year: 1869

Why don't the Radicals point the
farmer to the high prices he is now en-
joying for his grain and other products,
as evidence of the good times brought
about by Radical rulef This used to be
a good argument for the farmers.
Year: 1869

THE Executive Committee Of the
Relief Association, at indianapolis,
yesterday adopted aIresolution that
relief should be extended to all suffer
ers without,reference 10 their inten-
ton to bring suit or not, against
SINKER & Co. This is in obedience
to very eommendable aud generous
note from that firm. The action of
the committee will relieve the yolun-
teer movement in aid of the sufferers
by the late calamity of any embarrass-
ments,. and we do hope to see the
fund made worthy Of the object, and
creditable to that city and the State
at large,
Year: 1869




How RUSSIAN PEASANTS HOARD
MONEY "A letter from Russia to the
New York Post says that few weeks
ago a peasant, shabbily clothed and
illiterate, came into the Treasury at
PoltaVa, and asked if they could
change some old paper money for the
new issue. He was asked how much
he had, and he said he did not know;
that he and his wife had counted all
one day and all the day after, and had
not finished. An officer was sent to
assist, and the peasant took up board
from the floor and showed bundles of
notes packed away in various things,
which on being counted amounted to
about eighty-six thousand roubles.
There were some five thousand more
in geld and silver. He was asked
where he had got SO much, and he
said that his grandfather had saved
up, that his father had saved up, and
that he himself had saved up. Suspi-
cions were of course entertained that
he had come by his money dishon.
estly; but the whole family had borne
a good character, and on inquiry there
was no reason for OBTAINING him. and
his money was changed for him into
new note5- Such cases of boarded up
money are said to be quite common
among the peasants.
Year: 1869

The total Of the auction sales during the past
week exhibits the increased activity OF the market
az compared with that Of the previous week. n
will he noticed that the principal sales have been OF
New Jersey property. These were each held on the
ground disposed Of, with the accompaniments Of an
excursion and lunch. AS some structures have at
various times been made upon the management Of
sales Of this Kind is but just to say that the most
recent ones have been especially noticeable in the
completeness Of all the arrangements and the erec


tive manner IN which they were carried
out. The result In each case has likewise been
equally ustiyiDg and sstisfsctory. The at