smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

Tn the town of Marion there is


perhaps the only living specimen OF


person with a broken neck. The


wonderful subject of this sketch is a


little boy, the son of Southern pa


rents who are visitors to the town


mentioned. Several years since by


accident, the particulars Of which


we have not been able to obtain. the
chiId's neck was broken aud the
genius of a surgeon was called into
requisition to supply some means
by which the little fellow could live
in his unfortunate condition. Iron
or steel bars were arranged, running
up the spine aud claspiDg on either
side of the face, thus holding the
head in its Wonted position, and thus
lives on the little boy, now ten or
Twelve years of age. Sometime
since the frame work used to sustain
the position Of the head was broken
and the head fell TO one side, cut
ting off the power of speech. The
mother took the little one in her lap
and held its head in a natural posi-
ton until the clasp was mended,
when all went well as previously.
We had never imagined such q thing
as a person living with a broken
neck and presume there never was,
at least in this country, and instance
such as the one just related. We
get our information direct from Ma.
'ion and can vouch for the veracity
Of our informant, to whom such par
.iculars as we have related were
given.
Year: 1879

Let it never come upon you. Live
so that good angels may protect you
from this terrible evil-the winter of
the heart.


Let no chilling influence freeze up
the foundation of sympathy and hap
piness from its depths; no cold bur.
den settle over the withered hopes,
like snow on the fading flowers no
rude blast of discomfort moan and
shrek through its desolate cham.
bers. n


Your life-path may lead you amid
thorns which for a time seem utterly
to impede your progress. and shut
out the very light of heaven from
your gaze.


Penury may take the place OF
ease and plenty; your luxurious
home may be changed for a single,
lowly room-the soft couch for a
straw pallet, the luxurious fare for
coarse food of the poor. your friends
may forsake you, and the Implying
world pass you with scarcely word
of compassion.


You may be forced to toll wearily
and sadly on to obtain a livelihood
You may encounter fraud aud base
avarice which would extort the last
farthing, till you we'll nigh turn in
disgust from your fellow beings.


Death may sever the dearest ties
that bind you to the earth, and leave
you in fearful darkness. The noble,
manly boy, the sole hope Of your de.
clining years, may be taken from
you, while your spirit clings to him,
with that wild tenacity, which even
the shadows of the tomb cannot
wholly subdue.


But amid all these sorrows, do not
come to the conclusion that nobody
was ever SO deeply afflicted as you
are, and abandon every sweet anti
cipation Of "better days" in the un-
known future.


Do not loose your faith in human
excellence because your confidence
has been betrayed, nor believe that
friendship is only a delusion, aud
love bright phantom which glides
away from your grasp.


Do not think you are fated to be
miserable because you are disap-
pointed in your expectations, and
baffled in your pursuits. Do not de-
clare that God has forsaken you,
when your way is hedged with
fhorns, or repine sinfulIy when He
calls your dear ones to the land be-
yond the grave.


Keep q holy trust in heaven
through every trial bear adversely
with fortitude, and look upward in
hours of temptation and suffering.
When your locks are white, your
eyes dim, and your limbs weary
when your steps falter on the verge
of deaths gloomy vale. still retain
the freshness and buoyancy of spir,
it, which would shield you from the
winter Of the heart.
Year: 1879

What we want now all over this land
is fearless. prosecuting attorneys and in
flexible judges. The men that flourish
shot-guns and knives must be made to
know that the gibbet is swift and ter
rible reality. Let public officers who
shrink from duty share the infamY Of
the criminals whom they encourage by
their cowardice.
Year: 1879

was told that some very grave
charges have been made against
some prominent citizens of Austin
as being connected with the great
land forgeries. A committee ap-
pointed by the last Legislature was
then in session, but none could tell
what they were doing. Among the
many who were sent to the peniten-
tiary two years ago on account of the
land forgeries, the learned profession
of law and medicine were represent
ed. 1t was whispered very cautious
ly that the committee might look into
the issuance of a patent, by the
present land commissioner, which
was refused by mis- predecessor.
This patent grants salt lakes, and
will add very much to the large es-
tate of the patentee. don't think
the people have much faith in the
committee.
Year: 1879

AS l passed through Ellis county
there was very great excitement, oc
casioned by the trial of Parson Veal,
for alleged attempts of impropriety
towards a very estimahle lady-a
member of his church. The Parsons
counsel tried to change the venue,
but failed. Then they attempted to
prove choreG on the part Of the lady.
This last plea is, 1 am told, a second
cousin to the plea of insanity. The
jury returned a verdict of guilty.
and it is not thought that the church
will raise his salary, as was done in
the case of Beecher- Some one told
me that Veal is a native of Knox
county, Tenn.
Year: 1879

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 1, '79.
70 the Editor of the Morristown Gazette:


Six weeks drumming through the
northwest and eastern part of Texas
in the months of July and August
gives a man an opportunity of see
ing great deal of the farming por-
ton of the State. II was


4aH A RELIEF


to me to find the MoRRIsTowN GA.
zEFTE at several stopping places,
and your subscribers seemed to ap-
preciate it very highly.


THE SUNNY SIDE.


When 1 was last in Tennessee
several persons remarked that the
writer's from Texas always gave the
sunny side view of the great Lone
Star State. But this is not so, The
half has not beeu told. The sun
goes to rest later in the evening
and gets up earlier in the morning
than it does in any other State of
the Union. Although it rests for
SO short time, it is ready in the
morning for real hard days work.
To get good sunny-eide view of
Texas, a man should travel from
johnson county to Waco, and in
getting out of his buggy he must be
very careful not to touch the tire on
the wheel. as it feels very much as
if the blacksmith had put in the tire
without taking time to cool its Some
of the corn fields looked as if a
lighted match wou Id set the whole
field in a blaze. Persons designing
moving to Texas this season should
first find out how they are to get
supplies for stock through the win
ter. The sunny-side of Texas is
not very agreeable to one who has
to travel in July or August. All !
such, who hail from East Tennessee, |
will often wish for the shady side of
the old oak that stands over the
cool pebbled spring.
Year: 1879

In South Carolina a negro was on
trial for burglary, but it was proved that
he crawled into the mill through hole
in the wall, unfastened the door, set the
-four out, fastened the door again, and
crawled out through the same hole.
The jury was instructed to acquit, as
there was no breaking, so they brought
in verdict: "We find for defendant.
but we believe he stole the -four"
Year: 1879

In the Eastern part of London on a
recent Sunday, fifteen churches belong
ing to the establishment, and having q
seating capacity of l4,47S, were visited,
and exactly 905 persons present in the
fifteen; in four Of them only l56
persons were found About the same
time eleven nonconformist churches in
the same part Of the city were visited
and $500 worshippers were found. A
correspondence based on these figures,
and touching the question of disestab-
lshment has been started in the Times
of London. The last Spectator, in q
long article on this extraordinary in
difference TO religion, makes the start
ling assertion that "the working classes
Of East London do not 60 to church or
care about religion in any way" and
adds as 'the most striking fact OF all"
that no movement or cry Of prayer
comes from them for places to worship
in or for men TO preach TO them; 'thsse
vast masses Of English folk, male and
female, no more ask for clergymen or
churches or religious teaching Of any
kind than fishes ask for fshcmen;" and
again: "There are more than million
Of people upon whom circumstances
have laid what used TO be called in
Catholic countries AS Interdict, silencing
all bells, Withdrawing all priests, shut
ting all sacred buildings, and not one in
hundred cares, nor Is one in ten so
much as fully aware Of the difference
between the region he lives in and the
rest Of the world 1t is this which
strikes us as so wonderful and so little
noticed. No other people, except the
Chinese, seem TO be in that frame Of
mind"
Year: 1879

II is very remarkable fact that one
of the four pre-eminent generals OF all
time should have nearly reached middle
age before he ever commanded an army,
or even witnessed a regular battle.


Alexander, Hannibal and Napoleon
were students of war from childhood.
and were prominent actors and leaders
in it while still mere youths. But Jul
ius Cesar, their equal and sole equal in
military ability and fame, saw only
some trihing combats in his early days,
and then waited for his thirty ninth
year before be headed the legions in
Spain, and for his forty-third before he
commenced his astonishing career in
GauL 10 many Romans of that day it
must have been a great surprise to learn
that this late scholar in most difficult
art had gained decisive victories over
the dashing Lusitanians and the stub
born Helvetians.


1t is still marvel. Very few cases
at all like it are recorded in history.
Cromwell, indeed, was forty-three years
old when he became soldier; and
Marlborough was tifty-two when he first
commanded large army. But Crom-
well was three years in growing up to
leadership, and never once had to wres,
tie with a really able captain; while
Marlborough was aided in his opening
campaign by the abundant experience
and brilliant talents of Prince Eugene.
Here, moreover, our list of parallels with
Cesar in this particular must end. All
other eminent generals have seen much
| military service in early life, and the
majority Of the most eminent have come
early to command.
Yet here is novice in warfare, well
| on toward unpliable and cautious middle
age, who exhibits every military quality.
How could it be 500 Of course he had
drawn some soldierly education, both
| moral and intellectual, from the circum-
! stances of his time and race. The hui
man breed of which he sprang was emi-
| nently martial in history and character.
Nearly every young Roman felt bound
to be more or less of soldier, and
nearly every young gentleman of Rome
sought to fit himself for an officer.
Cesar, like Lucullus, had no doubt stud
led the campaigns of great commanders,
and had also, no doubt, learned some
thing from his intimacy with military
leaders. But for all that, when he en-
tered upon his life as a general he was
little more than a civilian. Pillow at
Fort Donelson and Butler at Fort
Fisher had seen at least as much Of war
as the greatest of Romans when he set
4orth to arrest the Helvetic avalanche.
How is it that he was instantly able to
show himself mightier chief than the
world had seen since the days of Hanni-
bal, or than the world was destined
again to see until the days of Napoleon2
The only possible reply is that every now
and then nature makes man who is
marvel and can do everything. -Septem-
her Atlantic.
Year: 1879

A young man writes to inquire if it is
proper to take hold of n young ladies'
arm in prolnenading Certainly it is.
Nothing looks so nice as to see tall
youth walking with little lady who
comes not up to bis shoulder with his
arm hooked INTO hers, lifting her half of
her feet every time he steps. The nearer
you can reach the appearance of taking
a lady into custoday like a policeman,
the more genteel it is, you know.
Year: 1879

Cincinnati Enquirer: The news of the
restoration to reason of poor Carlotta, the
widow of Maximilian, which the "En-
quirer's" cable specials gave yesterday,
will be gratifying information to every
one. 1t is said that she is already so far
recovered that she has been able to take
up the story of events as they occurred
while she and her husband were playing
bhndly at the game of Imperialism here
on the Western Continent, and that her
narrative, so far as it has been written,
gives much that was hitherto unknown
to the world of that lurid tragedy. There
are few chapters in the history of the
Western world that will be read with
greater interest in the future than the
short one in which Maximilian's name
occurs as the chief figure. There are
few tragedies in the history of the entire
world which viii stand out as coldly as
did his death. There are no sadder stor-
les in modern history than that of the
sorrow Of his loving wife. her distraction,
and her long night ofs absolute blank.
With her it was the aftermath of great
and consuming sorrow, and fox more
than ten years she has held her Court an
insane Queen, the pity of the entire
civilized world. Her entire restoration
to reason, which is now confidently ex-
pected, viii be pleasurable news to every
one.
Year: 1879

1t is well to look all sides of subject
before you indulge in an opinion. Cur
ran once said to father Leary: 81 wish
reverend father, that you were st. Peter
and had the keys of heaven, because
then you could let me in." The shrewd
and witty priest saw the sarcasm, and
turned its sharp edge on the skeptic by
replying. "By honor and conscience, sir,
it would be better for you that I had the
keys of the other place FOR then could
let you out.
Year: 1879

FASHIONABLE TAILOR. ALL GOODS
r made by the subscriber are warranted to fit
tie form Prices, reasonable, and am bound TO
please those who give me their custom. shop
on York Street, two doors West Of the Windiate
House.
Year: 1879

EDITOR HERALD: The Supreme
Court of the United States, now In
session in Washington City, has
decided that a mortgage can only
be taxed in the county or State in
which the owner of the mortgage
resides, and that mortgage can
not be taxed to O nonresident. The
practical outcome of our new Con-
stitution in this connection seems
to be, that foreign and nonresident
mortgage holders will pay no tax
at all, and that our citizens will
have to pay the mortgage tax. The
worst feature of this muddle is that,
If the amount of a mortgage is to
be deducted from the assessable
property of the mortgagor, Los An
geles county will, by this decision,
lose two million dollars of taxable
property; and, consequently, our
tax rate will be proportionately in
creased. San Francisco capitalists
and savings institutions being the
owners of those mortgages, they
will be the gamers and aug
ment their taxable property in pro-
of the Legislature of the several
counties ought to lose no time in
preparing the necessary legislation
on this tax question, which ought
to be acted upon as soon as the leg
islature has assembled and is ready
for business. eI. w. ii.
Year: 1879

The celebrated Beau Nash, in the
early history of England, and the
no less renowned Beau Brummel,
in the reign of George w., proved
that good clothes are often the
making of man. Aided only by
the fact that they knew how to
dress, they lived on the fat of the
land. Had they lived in Los Ange-
les, in these days, they would have
bought their clothes at the store of
the urbane l.. Harris, No 63 Main
street. By dealing with this enter
prising trader the male public are
not only sure of goods of the best
quality but they have guarantee
that the price will be surprisingly
low. Elegant style and durability
are what Harris aims at in his pur-
chases, and his customers are cer-
tain to get the benefit of his tact
and judgment.
Year: 1879

EDITOR HERALD: / suppose the
safety of our country is now fully
secured since we have elected such
an effective city government; and,
with the late refreshing showers
added, to increase the growth of our
prosperity, we may say that we
are now beyond the fears of any re-
lapse. Mr.. O. Fl. Bliss is man
that sees visions and receives
dreams from beyond; and thus, in
spired by the spirit of the i'm mortal
Machiavelli, the departed italian
statesman, he will prove, in the
hands of the immaculate Work.
man and Beck,a most effective
officer In the Council. Mr.. II.
Schumacher is man with great
moral force, though rather dwarf
ish in his physical frame, yet, L
think, with the small expense to
the city of q high chair for him to
sit on, and few hoops to prevent
his bursting from an overflow of
explosive gas, he will make an in.
vulnerable warrior in the ranks of
our City Dads. Again, we have
DIR. Lindley, who has strenuously
labored, for whole year, to i'm
prove the sanitary condition of our
city, now elevated to take charge
of the education of our children,
and this is worth something, you
know. Now, it appears to me that
the qualifications to fill an office
run in this family. The Doctors
father is going to take charge of
our county funds for the next two
years, so we are safe on that score.
But there is one still left-the Doc
tors mother is not yet in Office.
Now, as the Doctor is the Health
Officer, l would suggest the ap.
pointment of the lady to take
charge of the Pesthouse, and thus
she can cooperate with her son In
ameliorating the sufferings of poor
invalids, thus allowing ell the fam
lily to have an office.


l am, sir, your respectfully,
KITTY TEASER,


President of the Woman's Rights
Society.


TIT is hardly necessary to say
that the editor of the HERALD does
not desire to be associated with


the foregoing. We give it place
merely, according to rule long
ago adopted of allowing a pretty


liberal discussion in these columns.
-EDIToR HERALD |
Year: 1879

The ladies of the Christian
Church desire to return their sim
yere thanks to the public for the
very liberal manner in which they
patroniged their Thanksgiving
dinner and entertainment. They
would especially thank Mrs. North
craft and Mrs. Orr for the valuable
services rendered by them; also the
ladies who volunteered their ser.
vices to aid them during the day.
Year: 1879

A number of desirable rooms to
let ut No. 7 Third street. The loca-
tion is accessible and desirable
from every standpoint. The neigh
borbood is good and the house Is
barely five minutes walk from the
Court House.
Year: 1879

rhe Herald Steam Printing House Is
not surpassed by any Job Printing once
on the Pacific Coast. outside of san FRAN
cisco, in facilities for doing job work.
ow prices. good work and expedition
nav he relied upon at this office
Year: 1879

township would be rejoiced 10 see Gen.


Garfield elected 70 the Senate. Not that


the General needs TO 90 there as matter


Of promotion, for really the place


he holds in the House Is a


more commanding one than the Senator.
ship, but II Is the fashion Of The country


toset a,hisher estimate on a membership
In the Senate than in the House. and most
men who have served In the House aspire
as matter Of advancement N go to the
Senate. 1t affords them a season OF rest
from the auxieties Of reelection every
two years TO the House, and also coniers,
what Is especially valuable to many minds,
an opportunity for the exercise Of larger
measure Of political aud personal indie.
pendehce. To send a Congressman to the
Senate Is Interpreted by the public as a
high honor conferred upon him. and as a
matterot course gives him weight through.
out his State. For this reason the friends
Of Garfield would take great pleasure in
seeing him rewarded for his brilliant
services 10 the country In war aud peace.
Year: 1879

AS rule, wealth is the result of in
dustry, economy, attention to business,
and as rule, poverty Is the result of
idleness, extravaganza and inattention
to business, though to these rules there
are thousands of exception. The man
who has wasted his time, who has thrown
away his opportunities, is apt to envy
the man who has not. For instance,
here are six shoemakers working in one
shop. One of them attends to his busi-
ness you can hear the music of his
hammer late and early: he is in love
it may be, with some girl on the next
street he has made up his mind to be
man, to succeed, to make somebody
else happy, to have a home; and while
he is working. in his imagination, ne
can see his own ireside, with the light
falling upon the faces Of wife and child.


The other Eve gentlomen work as lit
tie as they can, spend Sunday in dissi-
patton, have the headache Monday. and,
as result, never advance. The indus
trious one, the one in love, gains the
confidence of the employer, and IN
little while he cuts out work for these
other fellows. The first thing he know
he has shop Of his own, the next a
store, because the man of reputation
the man of character, the man of known
integrity, can buy all he wishes in the
United States upon credit. The next
thing you know he is married, and he
has built him house, and he is happy
and his dream has been realized. After
while, the same FIVE shoemakers, haV-
ing pursued the old course, stand on the
corner some Sunday when he rides by,
He has got carriage, his wife sits by
his side, her face covered with smiles,
and they have got two children, their
faces beaming with joy, and the blue
ribbons are futtering in the wind. And
thereupon these FIVE shoemakers adjourn
to some neighboring saloon and pass a
resolution that there is an irrepressible
conflict between capital and labor
Col. Robert IngerS0M
Year: 1879

It was once Causeur's good fortune to
spend a few days in the modest home of
a friend of slender means, a home that
was all that its owner could afford to
make 1t, yet lacked many things that
would have made it more comfortable
and convenient. During Causeur's stay
two guests were entertained at tea, both
Of them men of means and wide acquain-
tance, accustomed to all the luxury that
wealth can give. But they were widely
different in their behavior.


The first dwelt upon the fact that the
house was in an f-the-way spot,
and that there were few or no neighbors.
At the table he told of the delicious tea
he had drank at the house of one friend,
| of the rich tea service that he had seen
upon the table of another, of the rare
old china that was used in his owr
household, and of the dainty meals be
had eaten from it. In the cramped
little sitting room, after tea, he sat BY
the stove and talked Of the delights o.
an open wood fire, of his enjoyment o.
rare and costly books and pictures, ant
of twenty other things that the host o
whose hospitality he had partaken die
not and could not possess.


When he had gone, it was clear, al
though nothing was said, that his visl
had caused pain, that it had made tn
wife feel her straitened circumstance
more keenly than ever, and cast shad
ow over her husbands thoughts.


The next evening came the other Wis
itor. He brought good cheer in his YER
face. The room, he said felt SO war;