smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

when Pm dryer, my dear, if you
don't mind putting it off a little. | be
gin to realize that I'm slightly damp;
and think it might be as well to put
on few dry clothes. You shall tell me
all about it at dinner, my child;;" and
gently touching her forehead with his
lips, he made his escape.


Meanwhile, though the rescued man
had given to the experienced eye of the
doctor the welcome promise oflife, there
was much still to do to win him back to
conscious existance. Still the resources
of skill and science were applied with
unremitting energy and after awhile
the watchers were rewarded by the pa
tient opening his eyes, and saying in a
feeble voice:


"Dick, dear Dick Where's Dick?
want to speak to Dick


What took place at that interview
between the two old friends, so long
severed, none know save themselves, but
when some hours later We gathered
round the Widespread board, Philip
Trefusis and his daughter sat on either
hand of our generous host.


And surely such dinner never was
chronicled. Pen and ink would fail me
to tell how the two ancient friends,
warmed into youth again under the
sunshine of love renewed, We'd with each
other who should best recall the memory
of youthful pranks, and genial recollec-
tons of happy boyish DAYS and
how Uncle Dick sitting with Edith's
little hand in his, AID stroking her
silken hair, told her what a gay young
dog her father was in those merry days;
and Sir Philip, not to be behind hand
recounted daring exploits and hair
breadth escapes of which Uncle Dick
had been the hero. And now Cousin
Howard seated on the other side of
Edith, artfully got possession of her dis
engaged hand; and how their respective
fathers cheerfully smiled approval. And
now, as all too soon the clock struck
twelve, Richard Polwhele stood up, and
hand in hand with his old friend, trOlled
out, in a deep, rich voice, the good old
song of "Auld Lang Syne:"


should auld acquaintance be forgot


And never brought to mind?


Should auld acquaintance be forgot


And days Of lang syne?'


And how, when the song was ended,
dear old Parson Pentreath, always an
honored guest at this Christmas festival,
folded his hands, and with tears in his
happy eyes, said:


"For these and all His other mercies,
God give grateful hearts"


And with all our hearts we said:


"Amen."
Year: 1878

1t is hardly necessary to remind re-
asonahIe men that if they wish to be
sad and sour, TO grumble and complain,
there is always a chance. Reasons for
being cast down and detected ARE as
plenty as blackberries in the hight OF
harvest. If one thing goes right, YOU
may be sure there is always som hing
else going wrong; and if one thing
is in order, something else is out OF
Joint. or at any rate soon will be.
The chief difference in the feelings
and dispositions of people result from
the different ways ofl,oking at things
Few nights are so dark that no star:
are to be seen. The thing is to look
them out and keep our eyes on them
and make the best of what light you
Year: 1878

First, proper feeding pail is an alb
solute necessity to successfully prepare
the refuse of the table and kitchen, to
make it proper food tor fowls. Get a
hard wood pail, or ask your grocer for
hardwood butter firkin shaped like a
pail. Cut board to fit into the chine
firmly on the whole bottom of the pail,
and thick enough to project an inch or
more beyond the ends of the slaves
Fasten it i'll place by few nails driven
through the staves into this false bot
tom, which may be Of pine, as it is only
to keep from bursting out the bottom
of the pail by chopping in it. If you
cannot get hardwood pail, put an
other false bottom of hard wood inside
of a pine pail, nicely fitted and secured
like the under one. Grind the edge of
common spade sharp, and you have
an admirable ehopping knife, and will
be surprised to see how quickly you
can chop fine all scraps and waste Of
every kind, cooked or raw vegetables,
chicken bones, every rything except beef,
pork or mutton bones; these save hy
themselves and put into a soup kettle,
with all pieces of raw meat, or cheap
from the market, and keep il on the
kitchen stove az much of the day as
you can Induce your ''better half to
let it remain. After boiling several
days some Of these large bones will
chop up fine with the other waste, and
can be used as fast as they become
soft. Chop up the waste each morn
ing adding meal and shorts enough
for a breakfast for the fiocks; scald
the whole with the soup from the stock
kettle, adding once each week one of
the following articles for each twenty
i've hen-: One teaspoonful pepper,
six onions, one half pint charcoal, one
teaspoouful pure vinegar, and two
teaspOonfuls sulphur, etc. The above
will produce breakfast that will make
your poultry house and its occupants
az lively and musical az a first class
| Opera house.
Year: 1878

l, along with several onlookers,
yesterday observed a swallow enter an
exhaust pipe in the roof of the Grand
Trunk workshops, evidently for he
purpose of building her nest in it Un-
fortunately for her she could not get
out again, and her partner entrred the
pipe also and backed out again with a
feather in his beak. Three times did
he Intellectually attempt to Rescue his
mate, when the work was resumed at
1 p. LII. the swallow was blown out of
the pipe by the force of the steam aud
lay dead on the roof of the bu l.ling,
the survivor standing by showing signs
of intense distress.
Year: 1878

An indianapolis barber who abandoned his
business and went into the ministry was sud-
denly called upon to baptize three candidates
he got along very well, but after baptizing
the first he astonished his congregation by
Justify shouting, next p
Year: 1878

certain parties employed by the Gov.
ernment to execute the revenue laws,
and whilst it is true we have been
badly treated and have suffered what
is unbearable, yet for all this (I write
with empbasis) we have sonnet thing
else and higher obligation to fulfil
than the mere promptings of the
natural inclinations. | do entreat
the people of this section of the State
to refrain from carrying into effect,
in any manner, such intentions as are
most naturally aroused. We do not
think it either expedient or policy to
attempt anything that would tend in
any manner to furnish the party at
the North with material to work up-
on during the coming campaign.--
They are waiting and watching ca
gerly and anxiously for something to
turn up i'll the South, that they may
use it towards arousing the feelings
of the Northern people once more, in
opposition to the South. The bloody
shirt has been waived until it is all
most too late to give it shake, but
If the people in the South would only
give it patch, they would be the
gladest people in the world. We
have had enough of it long ago, and
it is within our power to keep it dow II
while ii is down. We should be en>
tirely reserved and attempt to put
mp, for the present, with existing
evils. The times will begin to be
better when our rights shall have
been fully vindicated at the seat of
Government. Therefore l say unto
each and every citizen of the coun--
try that, as patriots and lovers of
your homes, citizens liberty, let us.
act well our parto, a:.d that intefE
mingled with discreet II, and *Sthe
victory is snrely ours. ModSfatiun
in all things, Justice to every ones
ard then we will have zNado Wd
home rule forever. a. ...


Yonr obedient Bervant.#


AUNT JEeusuA.
Year: 1878




The second and sober thought''
comes oftenest to man on Sabbath IS
holy morn. When retiring he thought
he wasn't; before he arises he knows
he was. ~f


Our early training has taught us not
to go into bankruptcy without assets,
even If we must purchase $40, 900
worth of dead railroad bonds for five
dollars. t3.i 10


By o strict observance of the forms
Of religion we escape much inquiry
into our mode Of application.


Oft in the deadly calm of midnight
there steals over the thoughtful one the
conviction that there were several oc-
casions in his youth when he might
have detected missionary pennies into
a confectioner's till without detection.
Economy is the watchword of the
age. Even our religious thinking and
praying is done by paid agent. We
form syndicate, as 1t were, and it
saves US time and doesn't cost much.
We may not admit it just now, but
then most of us lean slightly on the
hope that our future life will be all
right under general amnesty.


"a mans own conscience is his sole
tribunal. But oh, how often do we
ask for a change Of venuel


Sufficient unto the hour is the conso-
lation that if we are not as good as we
might be, we are far better than many
others.
Year: 1878

Washington, Aug. BAH matters
pertaining to the public lands are get
ting delayed by the short-sightedness
of Congress in refusing to appropriate
enough money to maintain the already
scant force in the General Land Office
here; seventy-Hve clerks must be dis
charged next month. The reduced
force will be utterly insufficient to do
the daily work of the Office, and it must
continually grow and accumulate.
Year: 1878

EIGHTH AVENUE. BETWEEN TWENTY.



EVERY LADY IN NEW YORK CITY OUGHT. At
MENT IN OUR ESTABLISHMENT. AT ALL EVENTS
is DESTROYS OF OBTAINING A RELIABLE ARTr
SHOULD FEEL IT A DUTY TO EXAMINE WHAT
WHERE. OUR ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE "sUN-
TICE TO OUR STOCK. WE DO NOT EVEN FIND
WE ENDEAvoR SIMPLY TO BRING EACH IN
MENTIONING FEW OF THE MORE DECIDED
FERs FOR THE WEEK. NOTHING IS OVER
ARTICLE WILL BE FOUND EXACTLY AS AID
UNDERSTAND THIS AND APPRECIATE IT. THE
ESPECIALLY DIRECTED TO OUR UNRIvALIED
GOODS. MARKED REDUCTIONS WILL BE FOUND
EKY DESIRABLE SHAPE. STYLE AND QUALITY
EVERY WEEK. NO MATTER WHAT YOU WANT
PLEASE YOURSELF AT OUR COUNTERS. AND
PRICES TO BE. WITHOUT EXCEPTION. THE
THIS WEEK, OF MISSES FANCY COMBINATION
AT STARTLING PRICES.
Year: 1878

FOURTH AND TWENTY FIFTH STREETS


LEAST ONCE WEEK TO VISIT EVERY DEPART
LADY WHO WISHES TO PRACTICE ECONOMY AND
Gle AT THE VERY LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE.
WE OFFER BEFORE RAsHLY PURCHASING ELSE
DAY HERALD" CANNOT POSSIBLY DO JUS
SPACE TO MENTION ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS.
TURN BEFORE THE ATTENTION OF LADIES.
ATTRACTIONS WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF
STATED NOTHING Is MIsREPREsENTED. EVERY
vERTIsED. WE BELIEVE THAT THE PUBLIC
ATTENTION OF LADIES IS THIS WEEK MORE
DEPARTMENT OF HATS AND MILLINERY
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT. Ev.
Is PRESENTED. NOVELTIES ARE INTRODUCED.
IN HAT OR HAT TRIMMING. you WILL
REMEMBER THAT WE GUARANTEE OUR
LOWEST IN THE CITY. SPECIAL SALE,
HATS. IN ALL THE MOST UNIQUE DESIGNS
Year: 1878

One OF the pleasant sensations OF this
life is enjoyed when, as you arc walking
homswards in the edge Of the evening.
and get nicely out Of the settled parts,
q big. Misunderstanding tramp suddenly
crosses the street. with buy lead
pencil to help poor man along" and
alowsrs at you like cormorant at hsh.
You will at once conclude to move to
New Hampshire.
Year: 1878

ADVERTISING Is business u Is neither
more nos less with established journals
than Offering the most 10 business for
the least outlay. and its judicious en-
ployment Ia one of the arts that needs
to be much more thoroughly studied by
our business men Of all classes.
Year: 1878

THE New York EVening Express draws
forcible contrast between the tramps that
infest the country, and the demagogues
recognized as their leaders, and the stu
dents, male and female, in some of the
Eastern colleges, who in order to secure
the means for obtaining an education have
hired themselves out as walters at the
hotels of the White Mountain region.
These young men and women, scorning to
be dependent upon others, have been will
ing to do that which those less wise would
regard as menial, and from which the
tramp turns in detestation as he does from
employment of every other kind by which
livelihood may be earned.


If all the idle ones of the day were in
spired with like spirit, and would strive
to adapt themselves to circumstances al
these New England students are doing
there would be fewer unemployed. We
should have no tramps, and Western farm
ers, who have been offering to pay from
three to four dollars day for field hands
and found them scarce at that, would no
have the safety of their moving and reap
ing machines endangered.
Year: 1878

SENT TO JAIL.-Nathan Demby was yes.
terday, in default of 800 bail sent to Dover
Jail by Alderman Budd. He had been at
his old tricks of breaking into houses. He
spent several months in there prior to the
last court for the same offence and was re
leased after q whipping by the sheriff. He
has spent good part of his time for the
past two or three years in the jails of New
Castle and Kent counties. His moral anc
mental perceptions are not as bright al
they might be, but are good enough for al
ordinary work if he chose this in preference
To STEALING
Year: 1878

DIsGUsTED DEMoCRATs.-Many Western
Democrats are becoming utterly disgusted
with the inhationists and repudiators who
run their party in the Western States. 1t
is reported that in Illinois the hard money
Democrats are bound to ally themselves,
party or no party, with those who will fight
for a sound and honest currency.
Year: 1878

THE prevalence of the yellow fever in the
South has ruined the fall trade as respects
that section, to say nothing of the difficulty
the planters and brokers will experience
in moving the cotton crop. One effect of
the plague has been the transfer of a large
amount ofbanking capital from New Orleans
to st, Louis.
Year: 1878

Years have gone by since we met by the sea,
The kiss that you gave, love, fingers with
me;


Thrills in my heart like an angels tune
Perfume distilled from the rose of June,
Slvery light from the face of the morn.
Lnlled to rcpose by moan of the ocean,
Clasped in thrill of blissful emotion;
Sunlight and starlight we catch but a


CLEAN,


And things are not surely all that they


seem!


Your secret and gem still fondly keep,
SO close to my heart, awake or asleep,
The world has no prize more dear unto me,
Unpurchased, unsought, Above without fee
Was that soul thrilling gift down by the


sea!
My darling! while mem'ry clings to this


brain,


I'll fondly look back DER mountain and


plain;


The dews of the morn and mists of the


night


Shall watt me away to the couch of the


light,


Drowned in the waves of your hair. out OF


sight.
Absent and lonely, my soul flies to thee;
L. ~
A land where the vine and orange doth


bloom,
And silver and gold It's mountains entomb,
A paradise planted, rich with perfume.
Deep in my heart have built pure shrine,
Where can worship your love, so divine,
To which can turn in moments of sorrow,
Kneeling to one from whom | can borrow,
Pleasures and peace to bless me tomorrow.
The fruit timely plucked from ripe sun


ny tree,


Is sweeter than all the "grcen cages " to


me;


Solove freely given, heart full with mind,
Leaves nothing but glorious mem'ries be-


hind


A vision of beauty so noble and kind.
Sadly sigh for your loving embrace,
Fancy awakens the light of your face;
Out through the mist of your echoless shore
Angels are calling my lost, loved Lenore ;
Weeping, pine for your love evermore.
Year: 1878

As the ruth comes out day by
day, the opinion is rapidly becom-
lag unanimous in the minds of the
republican party that it made a
grave mistake in placing in the
presidential chair a man who was
never electcd.-Readiag Eagle.
Year: 1878

This world is not well arranged.
For instance, who ever saw a rab-
bit chasing three men and a carload
of boys around for three hours for
thr sake Of fifteen cents worth Of
l,lt pic
Year: 1878

the said Hospital to the cost of the main
tainance in the said Hospital charged to the
County of Dodge, of which last named coun-
ty the said Holy at the time of his commit
ment was a resident
Year: 1878

The District Attorney will have to make
still another effort before the much indicted
EARLY can be securely bound by the tolls of
the law, and it is not certain that even then
he will succeed. We give in another col
umn the opinions of prominent lawyers,
among them the Distric. Attorney himself,
ON the point raised by ex-Judge Often
hoefer, counsel for Early, and the gist
of these is that in this and SINH
depend upon the agreement Of jury, in
stead Of following as matter of course
upon mere proof of the sale of liquor The
practical benefit to dealers of this new
phase Of the struggle between law and
liquor is stated by Judge Dittenhoefer to
inhere in the hope of the enactment of a
common sense law regulating the sale of in
toxicating beverages, but the District At
torney suggests some obstacles in the way
of such an enactment, and those who
have had any experience at Albany in
affairs of this sort, no matter upon
which side, will sorrowfully admit
that Mr.. Phelps has fairly outlined the
difficulties to be met 1t will be possible,
however, to pass a law the application Of
which can be secured by persons with a
fair knowledge OF ordinary English, and
this is more than can be said of the present
one. Meanwhile the temperance people
will do we'll to bear in mind.the wisdom OF
the adage that half loaf is better than no
bread, and to accept such assistance as the
better class of liquor dealers are willing to
give them.
Year: 1878

There can be no good excuse for tho
tumbling down of house in the course Of
erection. If a capable architect makes the
plans and specifications and sees that they
are properly carried out IL capable work
men are employed and good materials used
building must stand. When IL falls to
pieces and tumbles into the cellar there
must be fault somewhere, and as such acci-
dents are likely to cause a terrible loss Of
life the law properly steps in to guard
against incapacity, carelessness or greed In
the ERECTION of buildings. The character of
the foundations, the thickness Of walls, the
quality of the mortar and all details are
specifically laid down by the statute. and n
Department of Buildings Is created and
maintained ut cost Of seventy or eighty
thousand dollars year for the purpose of
seeing that these provisions are thoroughly
observed and enforced. When an accident
like that on Broadway and Fifty-third
street occurs some one must be to blame,
and it is most important to the public
safety that in this case the responsibility
should be placed just where It belongs, and
that the culpable person or persons shoul d
be punished.


We have no right to pass this occurrence
over lightly because, through the interpo-
sition of Providence, it was not the occa-
Year: 1878

raised on the subject. However IL may be
intended. we find nothing to admire in this
latest stroke Of policy. To dignity il As
resumption of specie payments Is absurd
Specie payments must be resumed by Law
and not by caprice. Mr. sherman will be
just as free to stop this experiment any
time between now and the lat OF January
as he is TO begin IL. and IL II is cried
up as resumption Of specie payments
the country may BE- mortified with new
suspension. II will not do to play iast and
loose with SO important a measure rs r.
sumption. We do moi see that single adj
vantage will result from the Substitution of
silver Tor gold in the pay ment Of duties, ana
this is ali that Mr. Sherman's new expert
ment can amount to.


II it were true that the Secretary intends
it as means OF accommodating grecnbacks IN
the Treasury il would be mistimed and ill-
judged. as we'll as Illegal The domestic
business OF the country will always be
mainly transacted in some form OF paper
currency, and as trade seems 10 be rcvring
the Secretary should watch ns progrcss
during the present autumn ~ith ~
little interference rs possible. IL "A
important Tor him 10 be able 70
judge how much paper currency is neces-
sary for the convenient transaction Of onsi-
ness in the season when large banking
facilities are needed for moving the crops
This is just the season OF the year when the
paper currency should not be contracted,
even if the Secretary Of the Treasury had
authority to contract il. lie should watch
the course Of business anil try 20 learn
what it teaches. He has an ample stock of
coin for successful resumption and he
should exhibit no fdgety anxiety TO antiei-
pate the operation Of the law. But We are
confident that he means nothing more than
to get some of his silver coin into circnla-
ton, without any purpose TO force con-
traction of the greenbacks against the letter
and spirit of the unwise law which Congress
passed in May.
Year: 1878

sion of fearful loss of human life. The
criminal capacity or carelessness OF some
one caused an accident which might easily
have killed forty or fifty people, and II the
offence should be suffered to go unpun-
ished it Will be followed by similar
occurrences whose results will not be SO
harmless. Indeed, many lives have al
ready been sacrificed by the fall OF unsafe
buildings in this city, and this is by no
means the first instance in which the care
lessness or incapacity of builders and OF the
department have been made evident We
insist, therefore, that a complete and search
ing investigation into the causes OF the
Broadway and Fifty-third street accident
should be made by competent and inde-
pendent persons, to be named by the
Mayor, and not by the Building Depart
ment. Let the people know whether the
architect is to blame, or the owner, or the
Superintendent OF Buildings, or oil these
together. 1t is all very we'll for the Buiid-
ing Department to say that the law was
properly carried out and the duty Of the de-
partment properly discharged. What, then,
was the cause Of the accident? Nothing is
more certain than that somebody must be
to blame when a house tumbles down as if
it was built Of cards. and the public safety
demands that the censure and penalty shall
go where they are deserved.
Year: 1878

The Elevated Railroad on the east side of
the city has succeeded in disappointing
nearly every one and in almost every pos
sible way. It does not give rapid transit,
properly speaking, at all, for horse car,
making as few stops, could make about as
good time The stations are few in number
and so far apart as to deprive many people
of such benefits as the road claims to offcr


while such as exist are ugly, difficult OF ac-
cess, and as inconvenient and badly APP
pointed as many one on new railroads in
Year: 1878

THERE Is FRESH DIFFICULTY in the Han
lan-C Courtney match. AT II meeting in Montreal
it has been decided not to raise the money for
the rhce at Lachinc unless the contest shall be
for the championship.
Year: 1878

The MAYOR AND ALDERMEN have done their
part toward the erection Of the barge office ut
the Battery. II the Sinking Fund Commits
soners will hurry up now We shall have the
masons ut work in II few weeks
Year: 1878

A LANDLORD AND TENANT DECISION of con-
siderable Importance given in the courts
yesterday. The point that would seem to be
established by it is that landlord cannot eject,
even after suit and Judgment provided the rent
in maid