smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

DEAR FRIENDs:--You have had many private ap-
pea you for help for churches and you have given
freely, and God will bless you for so doing. Now
make public appeal to all the friends of Gods Zion
for help to quidate our church debt There are three
hundred dollars now due and must be paid and if it
Is not paid, Heaven only knows what will become of
the church. We have done and doing all that we
can to raise the money but poor and have not
the money to meet the payment. Dear friends, you
the condition that the church is in please have
mercy on Are there any lovers of GCdS cause in
Smyrna who will sympathZe with our conditions and
helpuS in this our time Of distress. May God help
you to help u.s.


In the Tane of God, 1 earnestly appeal to every
Methodist in and about the to vn of Smyrna to help
WtO the Centennial Methodist Episcopal Church
Of Smyrna. Now, who will be the first to do a noble
act for God by helping us. Dear friends, remember
that cannot help ourselves at this juncture and
shall We look i'll vain to you, our white friends for
help in this great peril.


Our Grand Rally will come off on the Goth of
October 1878 and if white friends of all denOmi
nations will help us TO raise the above slid money,
will promise that this shall be our last appeal to
you for money to pay off our church debt.
All donations Will be kindly received for us by Mr.
VIM. H Baggs Postmaster, who will give you credit
for the We also intend to put out few books
for subscription.


Yours in the cause of Christ


E. LUM,


]. MILBURN,


J. GIBBS and others,


Trustees.


W. II. COFFEY, Pastor.
Year: 1878

DOVER March S, 1S78.
David c. HoiIecker Dear Sir-This is to certify that
have used Iubbard's Standard Phosphate Cor two
successive seasons on wheat, and it has done for
all that could ask expect have also used it for
potatoes with success. am so well pleased with it
after the repeated trials have given it, that do not
feel willing to exchange it for any other. bought
last Fall for Wheat about eight TONS and my wheat is
doing finely. Yours respectfully,


ROBERT WILSON.
Year: 1878

brought about by s variation of culture,
aud we have no reason to suppose but
that fiat culture of potatoes, under
some circumstances, may be successful.
Admitting this to be so, We should Sc
lect sandy or very porous land as the
field on which to try this mode of eul-
| ture; while on q tenacious, clayey soil,
or stiff, loamy one, that requires
much working to keep it in friable
condition, should continue the old
system of plowing out, pulycrizing the
soil and hilling up, for the following
reason: Where such soils are fiat cul-
iured, they will become compact by
the rains and by the atmosphere, so
that they become impermeable to the
influence of rain and air-two valuable
elements of growth-consequ quentiy the
size of the potato is diminished, and
its quality impaired, by its being de-
prived of two essentials of healthy
growth.


Ireland, with soil moistened by the
saline bTeezes of the sea, is famous for
potato-growing and her stalwart sons
who come to America ale uniformly
successful in its culture here, and often
raise fine crops of potatoes under most
unfsvorable circumstances. What their
practice may be in other localities, l
am not informed; but here, where they
form numerous class, their uniform
practice is to hill largely, or, if they
plant in drills, to bring the earth into
ridges along the growing crop, and
their crops are large.


Just when TO form the hill is an inn
portant consideration IN securing
crop, and is better done after rain
than when the ground is very dry; for
by hoelng in moisture, u supply is Sc
cured to counteract the effect of the
dry weather.
Year: 1878

Uncle Sam should stand up like 8
little man and bravely pay that debt OF
honor to Great Britain. 1t is just ten
times more than we should pay, but
we selected our arbitrator and sub
mitted the case, and are bound by the
award. We made a good thing of the
Geneva business, which Mr.. Secretary
Evarts managed most adro,tly, and
when we won Great Britain never halted
or hesitated, and the fifteen millions
were given us without grimace.
We have said that at least one-third of
the extravagant concession should have
been refunded to England. But Grants
government was not over nice in
matters of conscience, and Mr.. Hayes
is 10th to administer the re.
proof to Grant involved in prof
fering that which his predecessor re-
fused to concede. Great Britain evil
IDENTIFY thought that the excess of
the extravagant Geneva award should
have been returned, and there.
fore, when this misunderstand-
ing about the fisheries occurred,
coolly calculating John Bull proposed
to submit it to another high joint com
mission, and resolved not to be cheat
ed or outwitted even by the courtly
Mr.. Eyarts. Therefore, arbitrators Sc
lected to adjust the matter in dispute
were especially looked after. In fact,
the sum conceded British claimants is
so eXtravagant that it might be shrewd-
ly suspected that the umpire in the
case had reason to believe he would gain
a round sum by the unjust adjudica-
tion. This there is no reason to believe,
and If it were true the government of
the United States SO greedily accepted
and so shamelessly retained the whole
of the sum won at Geneva, that it
would be absolutely disgraceful to hes
itate in executing the liberal terms of
the agreement affecting the fishery en-
broglio. When, in future years, we
tackle dried cod or John Randolph's
effervescent 'mackerel by moonlight,
let US not forget that they stink of dis
honor to the country's fame, and shine
as gilded with gold from the Federal
treasury. There is no ''moonshlne"
about it.
Year: 1878

There are counties and villages in
this State in which such reprobates
live, controlling courts and juries and
officers chosen ID enforce the laws, and
there is such demand for whisky in
these localities that the prohibition act
cannot be enforced. Then it is we'll
enough to rescind it. Public morals
and decency cannot be made worse.
Referring to these facts the Gonzales
Inquirer says:


Let US vote for local option and rid
ourselves from this odious partnership
in the destruction of the lives, bodies
And snnls of eur follow men. If men
VIII sell and drink, let them do it ON
their own responsibility, and not by
our authorization or the licenses given
by our county officers. Let us desert
the dram drinker and dram seller and
leave them alone in their dark dens
dispensing distilled damnahon.


Counties and towns that adopt and
enforce the prohibition law should ad-
vertise the fact. 1t will make them
rich, not only because an average coun-
ty would save a quarter of a million
dollars worse than wasted annually In
whisky guzzling, but because decent,
prosperous, money-making classes of
immigrants will seek homes in such
towns and counties and evade those
that persist in the maintenance of the
license system. The result will be
that those towns and counties
which cannot adopt or enforce the law
when adopted will grow steadily worse
IN morals and constantly more murder
Gus and brutal and the true and wise
and good will as steadily move towards
the more enlightened and moral and
Yirtuous community. The Inquirer il,
wise in advocating the adop-
ton of the prohibition act II the law
did not prohibit the retail sale Of native
wine and lager every county in Texas
would adopt it. If men must have
these mild beverages they can be kept
at their homes. To this German social
habits win not assent and, therefore,
the Law may De 80 modified that it will
be finally approved By all good citizens.
Year: 1878

Editors Democratic Statesman See
ing a piece in your paper from the pen
of Mr.. Berry, about the overflow OF
1852, recalling instances that hap,
pened years ago in the old Burditt
prairie, will relate an occurrence that
happened to me a mile distant from
the old Rowe place that Mr.. Berry
alluded to. / was born and raised in
that nelghborhood, and, like all small
boys are wont to do, very often went
rabbit hunting with my dogs. Now.
Mr.. Editor, for the snake story, for
snake story it is, but verify true one.
In the bottom, or woods below the
Rowe place, there were some largo
cottonwood trees that had been felled
or burned down, and one day myself
and some other boys living ON the
same place with me were passing near
those trees, when the dogs jumped a


rabbit, and the rabbit run up the hol-
low of one of those large tiees, and |
concluded to go up the hollow after
him; so in l went. l had gotten
about twenty feet in the hollow of tho
tree, when all at once l heard the
dogs set up terrible barking
on the outside, and / heard one Of
the little darkies cry out, "Dars great
big snake coming in dar whar you is. y
l raised up as well as l could on my
hands and knees, and looked back be-
tween my legs and sure enough there
was avery large rattlesnalSe coming
right along up the hollow towards me-
with his tail raised, making his rattles
fairly sing. ] fortunately had presence
of mind to remain perfectly still, and
the snake passed between my knees,
and on his passing between my hands
he had his tail crooked around little
and his rattles touched one Of my hands
and l jerked it back, and as / did 30
he jumped into coil as big seemingly
as a bucket, and darted his tongue out
at me and played some sort of tune
with his tail. thought there was no
end to the variations. Tremained per-
fectly motionless for some little time,
/ would not undertake to say how long
it was, before he moved on up the hol-
low, but l will undertake to say, Mr..
Editor, that l got out of that hollow
tree quicker than you could say Jack
Robinson with your mouth open. II.
Year: 1878

Already the proposition is made to


retire a sum in greenbacks or legal


senders equal in amount to silver certi-


fcates of deposit issued from the mints.


1t is insisted that tie volume of eur


rency shall not be augmented and on


this issue will arise the next exciting


contest in the Senate and House.


While the United States have not SIS


of every description of currency for


each inhabitant of the country,


France has $S5, and thus money


hoarders absolutely own the United


States and have crushed the life out of
the people and filled the land with
idlcness and beggary. Bondholders'
selfishness still asserts itself and value
must not be given to property at the
cost of the value of money. The less
the money OF & country the more prop
erty this money will buy; the more
money that exists, the greater the rela-
tive value of farms and railways and
town lots. When currency abounds
people build houses and industry
and trade and speculation are
active. Bondholders and bankers
of the East are most unwilling 10 see
this change wrought in the country's
Their money will begin to
lose, as they confess, share of Its
unnatural purchasing power though
the United States will be blest in I6-
produced prosperity and active indus
try of the people. There are Congress
men who represent the few and not
the many, and therefore this PROPOSE
lion that the sum of greenbacks with
drawn from circulation shall be equal
to the amount of certificates of deposit
issued by the minis. The sllyer bill,
as enacted and restricted in operation
by representative of the bondholders
in Congress, is shorA of its capacity TO
serve the people as it was designed,
and the necessity for remedial legisla-
tion is immediate and ahso'ute.
Year: 1878

one Of the most curious facts connect


ed with madness is the utter absence Of
tears amid the insane. Whatever the
form Of madness, tears are conspicuous
by their absence, as much in the del
preston Of mcancholia Or the excitement
Of mania as in the utter apathy 0f dencn-
tia. If a patient in lunatic asylum il
discovered in tears, it Will be found that
it is patient either beginning to recover.
or an emotional outbreak in an epilep-
tic who is scarcely truly insane, while ac-
tually insane patients appear to have lost
the power Of weeping it is only return
Ing reason which can once more unlo0Se
the fountain Of those tears. Even when
lunatic is telling one in ferycnt language
how she has been deprived Of her children,
or the outragcs that have been perpetrat-
ed on herself, her eyes are never even
moist The ready gush of tears which
accompanies the plant Of the sane woman
contrasts with the dry eyed appeal of the
lunatic 1t would indeed seem that tears
give relief to the feelings which, when
pent up, leads to madness. 1t is one o.
the privileges of reason to be able tc
weep. Amid all the misery Of the insane
they can find ne relief in tears.
Year: 1878

Pork can be made cheaper in summer
Dian in winter


Thorough culture is worth three mort
cages on farm


The safest bank of deposit or loan for a
farmer is a manure bank.


Half bred Jerseys or Attorneys are
among the best for dairy cows.


Liquid manure does its work at once
solid manure requires time, but yet is
certain in IFS effects
Year: 1878

Dearest he mumured, ccstatically as he
folded her in his arms for the first time, 'let me
sample the nectar of your lips Take whole
schooner Of it, she family whispered its all on
tap
Year: 1878

AGAIN IN WALL STREET.-John Sher-
man, the old silver demonetizer, is again
in Wall street, with part of the Hayes
Cabinet, trading with the brokers. 1t
looks exceedingly bad to see the chief
secretary of the Treasury of a great gov
ment running after common brokers,
the lowest order of men known to re-
putable society-such as the money
changers who were beaten out of the
Temple. When Sherman demonetized
silver he executed crime against the
people, for which he should be made to
suffer. He is now trading to keep gold
up. If he were to commence paying out
specie from the fund of S135, 900 900
which he says are in the Treasury, green
backs would go to par at once. Two
hundred millions Of gold and silver will
keep our paper at par for five years AT
least, and in that time two hundred mil
lions more Of silver dollars can be
coined.
Year: 1878

The TIMES are hard, and every one
seems willing to acknowledge the fact.
But great many people fail to appreci.
a,e the truth that it is necessary TO be
active, energetic and prompt in order to
make an honest and decent living. This
Is especially the case with many men who
have been favored with constant emDlov-
ment-they are too frequently found lott
ering the timeiof their employers in idle
ness, when they should be performing
faithfully the service they draw their
weekly pay for; and not unfrequently they
are found absent from their posts of duty
until after hours. Such persons are very
apt TO find themselves classed among
those who have Sighted Industry and
treated her with contempt until the mod
est maiden has turned her face toward
some who are more worthy of her favors
Young mon should remember that indus
try is one of the greatest virtues; very
little sclf-denial will often be the means
OF great reward.
Year: 1878

man who had won upon the turn Of a
roulette, the toss of dice, or trick of cards,
or he who had ventured to invest on the
rise and fall of the fancy stocks. In this
case it appeared that Mr.. McComb had
forwarded to Hon. James A. Bayard
letter in which he solicited in mild way
the propriety of that Senator taking
shares of the Credit Mobiler stock, init
mating that it was likely to become i'm
mensely valuable. If we remember right
ly the honorable sentiment of "Delaware's
favorite son." was Immediately awakened
and he returned for an answer that he
thanked him for the consideration but
he could embark money in no institution
of that kind, as it might be that he would
be called upon as Senator, through his
vote, to pass judgment upon it, and thus
compromise his own honor, How the
ex-Senator's position and his letter was
extolled our readers will no doubt remem-
Der. Another remarkable instance of the
feeling of our people on this subject may
be found in the fact that by Legislative
enactment our judiciary were made TO
dispose of their interest in Railroads and
United States Bank Stocks, or like corpo-
rations which might be brought under
their judicial notice. This was especially
marked in the fact that the late Chief
Justice, 1--WE had it by authority had TO
resign the Presidency of the Bank, and
we presume also dispose of his interest in
all railroads within our State. No Sena-
tor or Representative to Congress can
take fee for services rendered for claims.
1t will not do TO say that it was taken
us an Attorneys fee; it will not do so say
it was received even as a present. The
old Southern Senators would have scorn-
ed such an act and refused TO associate
with one who thus compromised his hon
or, rs they didrefuse TO recognize the con-
duct of Senator Simmons. No wonder
then, did Senator Edmunds, if he is an
honorable Senator, in matters of this
kind, and Il fraud on the Presidential
question, evince an indignation and scorn
for Blaine and his advocacy of the Pacific
railroad swindle, in the Senate yesterday


Mr.. Thurman's bill was passed by vote
OF 40 ayes to - nays.
Year: 1878

The counterfeit silver dollar of the
new issue is described as good in manu-
facture but slightly short in weight. The
piece is reported as having dull, soiled
appearance, not the clear, bright look
of the mint production. The officers of
the division profess to be aware of where
they were made and by whom, and de-
clare that the parties guilty of the ne
farious work will soon be in the hands
of the law.
Year: 1878

WE are indebted to DR.. e. f. Kunkel
for box of fine old sherry and hook. 1t
is healthful and agreeable; but our friend
must know that our advocacy of the
dollar of the fathers was only from a
sense of right and justice to the thou
sands of honest and intelligent men to
whom the GAzETTE is daily forwarded.
Year: 1878

An important svictory was gained by
the people yesterday in the Senate by
the passage of the bill compelling the
Pacific Railroad companies to make pro-
visions for the payment of their just OBJ
legations to the government. Two bills,
one OF which was a sham and fraud,
were pending, but the fair and honest
bill was passed. The vote stood forty to
nineteen, and of the forty twenty-nine
were democrats, There is no doubt that
the bill will pass the House.
Year: 1878

WE WE'RE UTTERLY SURPRISED at the
scene which took place in tho Board of
Education on Monday night. 1t was
more to be regretted there than if in the
City Council, because the youth in the
schools are supposed to have an eye upon
the members of the Board, and the ex-
ample was very bad. 1t was departure
from dignity simply disgraceful to the
city; and the whole cause may be safely
traced to shy effort in member to
make small steal without knowing it
but the parties to lt-aye, there were
several, if not an expert who denounced


the Republican for taking dollar of the


taxpayers money while he was taking
hundreds. The expose by Col. Eckel was
quite right, if he did allow his dignity to


pass into passion tor few minutes. 1t
requires strength to subdue the feelings
when such scandals are brought to light.
Year: 1878

THE House Pacific Railway Commit
tee yesterday agreed upon Sinking
Fund bill for the Pacific railways, the
terms of which are described as the same
as Senator Thurman's bill for the same
object, which is now being considered in
the Senate.
Year: 1878

They had discussion over ct Miller's,
the other day, about bulls. Mr.. Miller
said it was all nonsense to talk about
bull beng excited and made furious by
z red rag. He aaid he had an ugly. tenn
pered Devon bull over in the next Aeld
who would take it like a lamb if you
should shake the flags of all nations in
his face. Dr. Robinson said that Miller
daren't try it, and then Miller bet Rob-
inson that he would So Miller went
into the house and loaded himself up
with red flannel rndershirt, and we
all walked out to the field. The bull
was there, looking as calm as summer
morning. Miller climbed the fence,
and went toward the animal, keeping
the shirt behind him. AS he came close
to the bull he suddenly produced the
shirt and firted it in the bulls face.
The beast jumped back yard or two in
establishment, and kept his eyes on
Miller, while Miller waved the old YER
million garment vigorously. Then the
bull shook his head several times as if
he declined to have anything to do with
the business; and Miller turned toward
US and put his thumb to his nose and
wagged his fingers. While he was max
ing his signal Of victory, an idea seemed
to strike the bull. He put his head
down and moved swiftly forward.
Miller at first thought there had been
an earthquake. He was hurled up
twenty feet, and, when he struck the
ground, he made another ascension.
Upon his descent he thought he would
run, but q Devon short-horn w8s in
serted in his trousers, and again he went
up high enough to take bird 's-eye view
of the surrounding country. On the
twenty fifth descent he fell on the other
side OF the fence from the bull, and we
picked him up. His clothes were in
ribbons. His nose was furled and
bloody, and his mouth was full of grass
and mud.


We asked him how he felt, but he
said nothing. We inquired concerning
the condition of his bones, but he made
no reply. We asked if his views about
bulls had undergone any change, but he
walked silently along. We wanted to
know how he enjoyed the scenery the
last time he was up, but he would not
say. He merely went into the house,
filled up both barrels of his gun with
old nails and screws and scraps of iron,
and then he went out to interview that
bull The animal was a corpse in ten
minutes, and then Miller peeled his un-
dcrshirt and went upstairs to bed.


We know what his views are now, al
though he doesn't express them freely
-Nor Adeler.
Year: 1878

Mr.. Gladstone's recent visit to Ire
land was the leading event of the year
in that island He went everywhere,
talked everywhere, mingled freely with
oil sorts and conditions of men, and cap
tiyated all with whom he came in con-
tact. Gladstone's style of speaking is
described as eninently simple. He
trifes with q bit of paper while he pours
cut sentence after sentence in clear
cut fashion which leaves nothing unsaid.
Sometimes be is involved, and speaks in
parentheses, and these he makes in a
lower tone of voice. He seldom raise 8
his hand, and never raises it above tie
level of the listeners eye. He has a
peculiar trick of tickling his thin hair
with single finger, and this happens
mostly when he is about to say some
thing not altogether agreeable. His
pei oratior, which was long and not Ia
bored, was spoken with the arms straight
down ana the head thrown up and back.
His voice is strong and resonant, and
perfectly under control. He was very
kind and soothing to the IRISH, and they
cheered him miphtily"
Year: 1878

Senator Conkling, when at college, is
said to have had manners SO reseveed
that they provoked his fellow students
to tease and torment him He was then
tall, slender youth, and not strong,
and feeling his inability to protect him
self properly, he quietly procured a
teacher in the art OF self-defense, and
soon became an expert boxer. After
he had held few emphatic interviews
with divers aggressive students, they
concluded it was the better part of val
or to let him alone, aad he finished his
colIege course with 10 more molesta-
ton. It is added that the Senator takes
pleasure in putting on the gloves when
ever he can find anyone to spar with
him.-NclU York Tribune.