smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

Please open the window and let the morning light
How I've waited for its coming through the long and


lonely night
Yes, waited by smoking lamps unearthly, fiiekering


glare,
That only made the gloom within grow deeper every


where
And all without silent save the patter of the rain
And wondered how the world could rest when l was


racked with painl
All even now how few that know another day is


born
Only the flowers and the birds are out to greet the


morn;
How few that know how full of gold the sunbeams


really are.
And how delightfully."- they rest upon the hills afar =
How rich the thrushs song, and more-how sweet the


morning breezei
Where is the painter that the emerald of the


trees,
Or sketch the wlIite-capped that dance adown


the Chippewa,
Each a minute mirror of the glorious god of davi
Ali Wonder comes a woman, with measured step
Upon the bridge-I too there but one short week


ago
Another still; this time man. How hasty is his


tread
He looks as if he murmured some to leave his cOzy
bed.



To bring faith and happiness, is Gods sweet boon
of health
For though marked the beauty of the sky and earth
below,
1 did not know how rich was just short week
ago.
Two dscontented laborers bound for their work are
they,
Yet gladly I'd exchange my couch for their long
ing-day,
If might stand upon the bridge sweet health upon
my cheek,
Instead of being Gagged up here, weary, worn and
weak.
Yes, open wide the window and let in the morning
| light
! We wOud not know how bright the day if twere not
for the night;
| Nor do We ever realize how health and strength car
Our souls with purest happiness, till We are weak
| and i'll.
Year: 1874

on it, making a gravestone for the de-
parted. Thus she began to carve out
her fortune. She finished the work and
learned the work of a stone-cutter at the
same time She soon did some other mar
BILE work and offered 1t for sale. Itproved
acceptable, and she was given perma-
nent place in a marble-yard. and is max
ing regular artisans wages and keeping
her family in good style. Sometimes a
husband does turn out a benefit to a
woman, though she may not realize his
use until she loses him.
Year: 1874

Flow OF SAP.-A Mr.. Phelps of Bur-
lington, has been studying the flow of
sap from trees. One Of his most inter-
esting experiments is the following: In
the time of the fow of sap, take fresh
green sapling or limb of birch, or some
wood which flows sap freely. of about
the diameter of the auger hole made in
tapping maple tree, AMI clear off the
bark for half an inch from one end, and
drive or press it into the augert hole, SO
that the shoulder of the bark of the
green stick viii fit against the bark Of
the tree, as in grating Then set a
bucket under the other extremity of the
limb or sapling. which is also cut off,
and the sap viii be found dropping from
the end fartherest from the tree. almost
instantaneously, no matter what may be
the length of the stick /; and it will con-
tinue to run as long as that days run
of sap continues, and asSfastEas through
common spout. In this way he has
brought sap from different trees into the
same bucket In using birch stick,
and tasting the first which was yielded,
be found it to have q birch taste. and
concludes that the maple sap, when com.
mencing to find its way through the
stick, as soon IS it is inserted in the
tree. instantly moves the whole body o.
the birch sap till it is exhausted, wher
the maple sap runs as freely through il
new medium as it did 10 the origina
| tree.
Year: 1874

We are permitted to publish the fol-
lowing extract from letter written to
Dr. t. B. Nichols of Plattsburgh, from
his brother, H. C. Nichols, dated at
Boulder. Colorado Territory, right among
the grandest scenery of the Rocky Noun
tains-P Pattsburgh Sentinel.


BOULDER, C. T.. Oct. 25, 1874.


Dear Brother: Your letter dated the
2lst of July. reached me about the last
of September, having gone on hunt for
me to several other offices, and finally
came back to me here. The cause eff it
was my absence from this place in June
and July-bcing up to the Ward Mining
District. Was very glad to hear from
you once more and learn of the contin-
ued welfare of the relatives so far away
East. Have been gone 50 ivus now I
hardly know how l should feel among
real friends once more and try the life
of ease and good clothes.


Most of the time spent out here has
been one of hardship, close pinching and
hard work, and all for very little in re-
turn. Yet | have succeeded better than
some who have all their faculties we'll
developed. My pocket is light but my
namesis respected by those knowing me.
would like very much to visit you,
though am afraid | should not want to
live there Think the climate here would
suit me very much better.


This autumn has been very fine, al
most every day-the very acme of an
Indian summer. The grand old Rockies
look very fine now with the varied colors
of their vegetation. and farther back the
high, grand peaks show an unbroken
line of glistening white, altogether as
beautiful picture as any one would
care to see While up at Ward this past
summer l was near the snowy range,
and so high up the whole valley was
spread out before me like vast piano.
rama. On clear days | could distinctly
see prominent lines and points which
were over hundred miles away, and
with the naked eye alone. From the top
of Bald Mountain, back of Ward, with
good glass, Grand Island "a point on
the T. r. r. in Nebraska) can be dis
tinctly seen. 1t is at least $50 miles
away. Can Vermont atmosphere equal
that for clearness? Then think of all
the intervening beauties to be seen in
such deep picture of nature. | can sit
all day and enjoy the sight. How long
our good weather will last there is nc
telling We only have short spells Of
bad weather and long times of the very
best kind of weather. This year the
hoppers bothered the farmers exceeding.
ly; some crops were nearly ruined, corr
in particular. Their eggs were deposit
ed in plentiful quantities here this fall
and all expect to see fine crop of then
in the spring. 1t is hard, uphill work
farming with such pests to contend with
Business seems to be pretty good for al
classes, though money is awful scarce
find it almost impossible to get enough
to do with. Most all pay is trade Tht
money going to the States to pay fol
things imported. You ought to come
out here next summer and see thes,
things | tell of for yourself. Such trav
cling gives more of charity to those whc
try it-more real knowledge of natur'
and humanity than can be got by con
fnement to such narrow limits as mos
people coDfne themselves to. | am onl,
sorry cannot travel more than | dc
Nothing would please me so much.
Year: 1874

yyTOCLD ANNOUNCE TO THE PEOPLE OF


w Barton and vicinity that she is now prepared
do all kinds of Plain Family Sewing such Shirts


Pants Vests, Dress Making. &c. Please give her q
call House over WOodman's boot and shue stOre3-20y
Year: 1874

THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY. LY.-According to our
latest news the French Assembly has come 10
the conclusion that it cannot do better than
adjourn. 1t has not done much this session,
if we except the vote in favor of the Septen-
nate. and it is still questionable whether the
Septsnnate is not q living source of trouble.
MacMahon does well-does his very best; but
somehow his best does not help towards
solution of existing difficulties. As
the report from the Committee Of
Thirty, which promises to live in history
as one Of the fruitless institutions of the
nineteenth century, has not proved acceptable.
the government has, we think, done we'll in
consenting to recess. France is allowed time
to think, and it is to be hoped that when the
Assembly resumes its sittings something prac-
teal will be laid before the country. For the
time peace is preserved But who looks for
trouble before Dec cember2
Year: 1874

Just es in England when the practice of gar
rotng came into vogue there was no law TINT
could in any way arrest it We are quite sure
that if tho kidnappers of Charley Ross could
be arrested and within twenty-four hours of
thor condemnation taken out and hanged to
o tree the universal sense Of the community
would be that they had swift and speedy
justice. If there were any possible case in
which we should be disposed to regard Lynch
law as ''higher law" in criminal juris-
prudence it would be in that of these nefari-
Gus men IN Philadelphia. But as that is not
to be considered, then we should take lesson
from the English. AS soon as it was found
that there were villains capable of assaultinS
peaceable men on the highway for pur-
poses of robbery law was passed
declaring that all prisoners convicted
of the offence should, in addition
to Imprisonment, be aogged. The re-
suit of the law has been that the crime
is almost extinct Experience shows that
foggng is the one punishment that the GRIM
inal breads We should be far from welcom-
ing the return of this custom, or of anything
that looked like the pillory or the whipping
post, but law flosging men found guilty of
kidnapping, and in addition imposing upon
them q long term of Imprisonment at hard
labor, would do more to suppress the crime
than any other expedient. We think also that
nothing should be done in Philadelphia to in
terfere with justice The first duty of the
officers of the law ia to discover these offenders
and punish them. However painful it may be
to the family, nothing could be moro unwlse
than for the officers to make such terms with
the kidnappers that they could escape with
impunity. If this is once demonstrated then
no child in the community is safe. Let every
effort be made to restore the boy, but none
that will in any way compromise the crime
or permit immunity to the merciless scoun-
drels who have committed it.
Year: 1874

DECEPTIVE FIGURES. When Comptroller
Green, usurping the powers and duties OF
the Board of Apportionment made the final
estimate for the present year before the
meeting Of the State Legislature, he put into
the appropriations nine hundred thousand
dollars more for payment of interest On
the city and county debt than was
required, and he stated the amount to be
derived from city and county revenues for the
year, and deducted from the estimate, at one
million dollars less than the revenues would
yield. When he made the revised estimate.
authorized by the special law of last session,
he took of the amount in excess of
the interest and added on the amount
by which the revenues had been previously
understated He then claimed to have ''re-
duced taxation" by one million nine hundred
thousand dollars The action of Messrs
Vance and Wheeler in the Board Of Appor-
t,onment exposed and defeated such charlatan
tricks, and secured o small but real saving
to the taxpayers
Year: 1874

testimony will be at least conflicting" what.
ever other character it may bear. Brooks
men are ready to testify by the score to tbs
brutalities practised by the Baxter men, and
the latter, in their turn, are prepared in equal
numbers to prove the savage conduct od
the Brooksites. On this point we would
advise the committee to decide that the battle
Is q drawn one. The editor of the Little Rock
Gazette testified to the intention displayed BY
Governor Baxter to act for the best interest Of
the people, and referred to the Governors
statement to the HERALD as giving full and
correct account Of the split in the Brooks
party. The testimony was generally unim-
portant, and the committee will soon adjourn
until September.
Year: 1874

The STORY OF THE Alb VOYAGE with the dar-
ing Donaldson, as told by our correspondent
in to-day's HERALD, will be read with interest
The balloon assembled from the Hippodrome
last Friday. and as newspaper correspondents
go everywhere, of course the press of New
York was literally represented 1t reads like
a romance or fairy tale, this record of day
and night among the clouds, with
its well painted pictures of the grand
panorama passing beneath the eyes OF
the aeronauts. The trip was, however,
reality and success, and it will add to the
reputation of the aeronaut by whom it was
conducted
Year: 1874

The OPENING OF TEE SARATOGA RACES yes
day gives promise of grand success for the
season. Splendid weather. with large and
fashionable assemblage and good attendance
of horses, are tho elements that speak success,
and the events that are on the card are guar
antee that the interest shown on the opening
day will last until the close. The three races
Yesterday were oil well contested, and the de-
tails, as given by our correspondent, will be
found fully up to the expectations OF oil the
lovers Of the noble sport.
Year: 1874

THE MAYOR Has Nor yet put in his defence
called for by Governor Dix. 1t is barely pos
sible that the Mayor, who has pronounced
the Governor-well, something which
the Mayor is and the Governor is
not-will end by treating the charges
with contempt and neglecting to reply to them
at all. At least it is certain that he would
take such course, if fear did not restrain
him. But he is in no hurry about his answer
any way.
Year: 1874

The MORMON CELEBRATION AT SALT LAKE
CrTY.-The twenty-seventh anniversary of the
arrival of the Mormon pioneers in the noun
tains Of Utah was celebrated in grand style by
their polygamic descendants on Friday last


Brigham Young's big tabernacle in Salt Lake
City was crowded, and all Mormondom was
enthusiastic and happy. When polygamy
shows such significant signs of vitality, it
would appear as if the efforts of the national
government against ''the twin relic of barbar-
ism" have SO tar proved futile. This demon
stration, the Beecher-Tilton scandal and the
steady emigration from Europe to the land Of
many wives are very consoling to the prophet
and his multtudinous family of saints


Congress must try another plan to pu. down
the patriarch of Salt Lake City or his doctrines
may reach those eastern communities where
free-lovism prevails and violations of the
tenth commandment occupy public attention
Year: 1874

swiss were sold TO be soldiers TO the BOurbOnS
and to be massacred in the Louvre courtyard
Hessians were sold to die on American soil
under the English standards We do not
know how many thousands of various races
England purchased to fight Napoleon, as
England never sends her own sons into the
front until she fails to hire other nationalities
to take their place. 1t is not very long, as
many OF US who are young enough remember,
had no higher object than to protect large
number of fellow citizens in the right to
take and sell from their mothers arms chill
dren who were as dear to the mother as this
poor little Charley Ross is dear to the unhappy
woman who mourns in Philadelphia. In the
time of James H., according to some histo-
riaEs, the child stealers were permitted in
England, and not until William Ill were they
severely punished. SO that from being new
crime it is really an old one. The difference,
SO far as we see it, is that there is no motive
in this offence but the obtaining of money. In
the olden times a sentiment surrounded the
crime, and, as we see so often in history,
atoned for its existence, just as, in our own
country, sentiment, custom and law atoned
for the kidnapping Of children and sending
them into slavery


There comes also very serious question ns
to what is best TO be done to repress
this new crime. We have no law on our
statute books commensurate with the offence,
Year: 1874




New York in its new undertakings The ac-
tion OF the HERALD in running lis Sunday
train to Saratoga has proved q revolution in
its way in journalism Steam now waits upon
the newspaper instead of the newspaper wait
ing upon steam. And in this relation we have
also humorous side to the HERALD enterprise
as crisply told elsewhere in an article we re-
print from our able and courageous contem-
porary the Commercial Advertiser. This narra-
tive tells us how one OF our city journals
which prints story paper on Sunday morn
ing has instituted also its Saturday night
"Sunday express" The process is a simple
one, and shows how easy and cheap it
is to initiate genuine enterprise. Instead
ing it by special train it prints one the day
before and sends it up by Saturday evening
train. Even this is not without its value, and
shows the presence of On enterprising spirit,
for our contemporary could just as well print
an edition week ahead and send it by the
slow freight lines. The fact that it really
waits for the midnight express and pays the
passage of an attendant to carry the premature
edition to Saratoga and bring it back
again is in itself worthy of commentator,
and our contemporary, the Complaciai which
is just if at times severe paper, should
havo drawn attention to this circumstance.
1t shows that the Times is advancing in the
true road, and We DO not know but that as cur
Year: 1874

tion In supplemental proceedings, under the code
OF procedure. The defendant In failing TO appear
for examination as . Judgment debtor, was Or
dered 10 show cause why he should not be at
tacbed as Tor contempt, and on the return uay
OF the order to show cause a nnal comlnlfm ment
was issued against the defendant unuer tne
statute as for contempt OF Court.


Mr.. William Ii. Gale, on behalf oil the defendant,
argued that under the statute no nnal order
adIudging a party guilty OF contempt would ne
until the party was drst brought before the court
under an attachment TO be issued Tor tnat pur-
pose. aud that wnen brought before the Court the
party had The right either TO purge himself OF the
contempt or TO deny ~; tnat II he denied IT, that
under the statute interrogatores should De neu,
and the defendant had the right 10 answer them
before the Court would nave the right 10 adJuuge
him guilty OF the contempt that IN the case before
the Court the relator had ialeu to comply with tne
requirements of the statute ana that therefore the
Court had no power To commit him Tor contempt.


on the part or the relator II was argued that
under an order 10 show cause the Court hau the
right 10 adJudge the party guilty oil contempt, ana
that IN such a case the reator was not required 70
file the Interrogatores IN provided Tor by the stat.
ute, ana that interrogatories were only required
10 be tled where an attachment was issued In the
first instance. The Court reserved lie decision.
Year: 1874

The case OF the People on the relation Of Charles
Tun w. Peter Kenny came up yesterday before
the General Term OF toe supreme Court on an
appeal from an order denying motion made
by The deIen dant TO dlscharge final order adjudg-
ing him guilty OF contempt In falling TO appear be-
lnxA ths Conrt an an oroex issned tor his examna-
Year: 1874

yvANTBD--A MALE TEACHER. TO TAKE CHARGE
w of a Catholic school In the country must have a
good tenor voice and be able TO read music well as he
will be required in the choir. Address TENOR, las Her.
aid office
Year: 1874

A PoCKETBooK FULL OF MONEY FISH ED UP BY OYsTERMEN.- Tuesday, the l7th inst, during a remarkable low tide, two brothers, Ira and Asa Curtiss, oyster men, residing in New Haven, were engag- | cd on tie east side of the harbor, near the lighthouse, digging for hard shell | clans, Q work pertaining to thelr line. The water was several feet deep, and their | attention was attracted to peculiar look ing object within the teeth of the tongs l as they were raised up to the side of the boat. An examination disclosed the fact that 1t was Q pocketbook, within which were several pieces of American gold and silver coin, in Q good state of preservation and Q large roll of bills. These, as is thought, will amount to $1,00O, and to- day an attempt was made to separate them-not an easy task, as the pocket book had been under water at least ten years. The bills, so far as determined, are of large denominations, mostly green backs of the earlier issues and State bank bills. They are reduced to Q mass of pulp, and must be handled with the greatest care. Remains of paper docu- ments once written on were also found, but nothing by which the name of the loser or the exact date of the loss could be | determined.

 The general supposition is that the pocketbook belonged to passenger on some steamer plying between New Ha- ven and New York, and that he must have accidentally dropped his treasure overheard. This idea is strengthened from the fact that the book was found near the channel where the steamers of the New Haven line pass up and down the harbor. The Messrs. Curtiss are con- fident that the bills can be successfully separated, and that they will be redeem able, in which case they can say to their fellows that Tuesday gave them the big gest ''fnd" ever known in the history of Connecticut fishermen, inasmuch as it is doubtful if the unfortunate loser will ever appear to claim his property.
Year: 1874

selves with a brief paragraph, headed Extraordinary Affair on the M and D. Railway" instead of the columns on col umns which would have been required under other circumstances.

 For the share which had the good for tune to have in the matter, and for saving them so much valuable property, and so many thousands of pounds in claims for compensation, received handsome ac- knowledgement from the directors, and have risen rapidly from one position to another; so that, although it was long be- fore I quite recovered from the nervous state into which sank after the occur renee, have had no reason to regret that I was on the runaway train, and that I did my duty to the passengers, and to the company whose servant I was. I am thankful that had sufficient courage and strength of purpose to do that duty satis- factOrily.
Year: 1874

CHARLES o. BROWN has our thanks for a pocket cabinet of gold, silver and copper ores from various mines in Pima county and the noted Tiger of Yavapai. We shall take pleasure in exhibiting the sam pies to eastern men with mining tendencies as well as others curious to see evidences of Arizona's wealth. IL is only question of time when Arizona will be the equal of any Territory or State in the production of the precious and base metals. In every direction from Tucson, large veins of ore rich in gold. silver, copper, iron and lead are now known to exist.
Year: 1874

A. HAZARD returned this week from Pueblo Viejo and reports the MOntezuma ditch company at work widening their ditch, also that good many were coming in there to settle from New Mexico, and that large crop will be planted this year.
Year: 1874

THE weather this week has been quite warm which gives evidence that Summer is fast approaching. The top of the old santa Rita mountain is still white with snow, and presents 9 striking contrast with the valley, bat few miles below clothed in perpetual green.
Year: 1874

FOUND DEAD-W Walter Mifiin, who was
living near Wyoming, this county, was found
dead near Todd's Mill, about two miles from
that town, last Saturday night about eleven
o clock. His horse was found near by, and it
is generally supposed tha: ne fell out of his
wagon and broke his neck whilst in state of
intoxication, as a bottle of brandy was found
in his possession. The Coroner held an inquest
last Sunday morning, but the jury were unable
to decide the cause of his death, so they post
poned rendering verdict for a week. Many
suspicion that he was murdered and robbed,
but, as he was unfortunately given to excessive
drinking this is not the generally received opin-
ION. Mr.. Mitf1in was somewhat advanced in
years, and owned the farm upon which be
lived