smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874




OUR esteemed evening cotemporary
has closed on it's seventh volume. The
Express is a pleasant little sheet
which one can read through by q
lighted match. 1t is fussy, conceited,
superficial and politically unreliable.
1t claims to receive telegraphic dis
patches but unless there is some delay
in the mails the Bulletin which reach
es here at one forty, contains the same
dispatches only better arranged and
more in detail that appear in the
Erpress one hour and a halflater. It's
local news is a moderately we'll
condensed summary of the morning
papers. 1t expresses the opinion of
its publishers and its course is ap-
proved by the gentlemen who manage
it. 1t is not much of a newspaper and
its limited number OF readers do not
expect much of it. It's chief charac-
teristic is an inordinate jealousy ofthe
HERALD; still we like the Express.
Year: 1874

Kansas has . Patrons Life Assur-
ance and Protective Association. The
entry fee is So, and the assessment on
the death of a member $1.10, the ad.
ditional ten cents to cover expenses.
Why can not Minnesota have a similar
association! The Masons, Odd Fellows
and other societies have had such or
CARNATIONS for years, and we under
stand that they work well, and we can
not see why such a protective society
would not be Of great service to the
farmers. 1t would certainly lift heavy
burden off the heart Of many an over
worked tiller Of the soil, to feel. that in
the event Of his death, means would be
provided to lift the mortgage from the
farm, and to secure the family from
want. The paying Of a dollar by each
member upon the death Of q brother,
would certainly be considered no bur.
den. Such an institution would have
special fitness, in view of the benevo-
len+ teachings Of the order. -
Year: 1874

The present state of affairs in the
South shows the necessity Of further
Congressional action, and We hope the
Congress Of the coming winter will take
some notice of the matter; it seems as
though when State becomes powerless
within herself to protect the lives and
property Of her citizens the remedy
should be found in the general govern
ment, and if it is not there the sooner
it is placed there the better for our
reputation at home and abroad such
acts as have been perpetrated upon
peaceable and inoffensive citizens within
the past four years is a disgrace to Chris
tian.people, as we'll as a burlesque upon
q Republican form Of government. The


''Heathen Chinee" so extensively Carl


catlredin this country is head and
sho fs above US in protection from
thsaian element in it's midst, in fact
we4lEstion if there is country where
=or rg4nized bands Of public marauders
md murderers perform their imposi.
lions and crimes upon the people with


Is little opposition as in this; we think
it high time that civilization and moral
culture begin at home--let the heathcn
60 until we prove ourselves his equal.
Year: 1874

We have printed as news the glowing
accounts coming from time to time from
the Black Hills Expedition; but We ad-
wise our readers not to take too much
stock in those reports, nor to pack up
their bed and baggage at once to start
for this newly discovered Eldorado.
Better wait until spring at least. Prof.
Winchel1, our State geologist, confessea
that he saw np gold and he was along
to look aAfter. 81 such little matters.
Year: 1874

The GRANGE ADVANCE is the largest
Grange paper in the Northwest, and
contains more reading in its twelve
pages than any other paper in the
State. Get up club Of ten at once.
1t will only cost $3.50 year for each


member of the club, and the getter up
Of the club will get the paper year for
his trouble. Single subscribers 5000 q
year. We propose to live up to the
Grange principle, 80 send in your cash.
Year: 1874

The best sewing machine for all purposes made is, beyond question, the Remington. It will do 8 greater variety of work, with less noise and physical exertion, than any in the market. It is so simple that child can man. age it, and so durable that we can see nc reason why one, with ordinary care, should not last a lifetime. ,-Ts

 This point we desire to call especial attention to. The Remington is made by the Rem ington Arms Co.,, of Ilion, N Y., whose arms are known the world over.

 They have the entire confidence of the governments of the world, for the reason that they never turned out 8 poor weapon, nor indeed. any but the very best. Quality is what they pride themselves upon, for it was theil capital at the beginning. The same rigid honesty that they held to in the manufacture of arms, they have carried into their sewing machine. They are made of the best material attainable and no labor or expense is spared tc finish them in such way as to make them dc great deal more than is claimed for them The name Remington is sufficient guarantee to any one who knows the Company.

 The Company desire Agents in every county in the United States. We can say that the 1 machine, because of it's excellence, is good one to handle. and of the Company that theil employees are certain of fair and liberal treat ment. Write to Remington Arms Company, Iion, N. Y.-Con.
Year: 1874

The watchmen in the powder maga- zines of France use safe and beauti- full little phosphorescent lamp which any one can manufacture at trifing cost. It consists of piece of phos- phorus not larger than pea, placed in phial of the whitest and dearest glass, with enough boiling-hot sweet oil poured upon it to fill third of the bottle, and 8 cork then put in and dramatically sealed. To use it, remove the cork and allow the air to enter the phial, then cork it again. and the part of the vessel not filled with oil will be- come as luminous as large lamp. It can be used for six months without re- plenishment, E
Year: 1874

The Grand Revolution IN MEDICAL TREAT MENT which was commenced in 1s6o is still in pro. g-szA Nothing stop it, for it is founded the principle, now universally acknowledged, that physical vigor is the most formidable antago list of all human ailments, and experience has shown that PLANTATION BlTTERs is peerless invigorant as well tho best possible safs guard against epidemic diseases.
Year: 1874

To have the money needlessly spent every year would give substantial comfort to almost every person. To have the money saved by buying SILVER TIPPED boots and shoes would buy each parent every year 8 new pair of .shoes. s.-Conl.
Year: 1874

Sam Wilcoxe l., OF the Eagle brewery
has a small meuagerie Of monkeys. badg-
era foxes, coyotes and the like. He also
has large Newfoundland dog, on whose
blcs he sometimes place one OF his pet
monkeys when he is going for walk about
tho town, the monkey fastened to the col
lar of the dog by a string. AS general
thing The monkey enjoys the ride, but we
saw him day or two since when he would
willingly have traded himself off for some
less privileged specimen Of his species.
His canine steed being allowed to roam
through the streets at will, saw another
dog that he thought he could whip, and
forthwith went for him like airy hur-
ricane. In a moment both dogs were en-
their hind legs and going for each other
like two sausage manchines. TINS maae
things very lively for the monkey, as the
stranger dog evidently considered him as
part and parcel of his antagonist. Such
walls of despair as that monkey uttered,
and such hideous faces as he made we never
heard or saw. He would climb down the


side of the dog he bestrode opposite to
where the war was going on, and thence
peep over occasionally, his jaws quiveriBg,
visage distorted, aud his eyes starting from
their sockets with terror. AS the dogs were
constantly changing sides, it made times
awfully lively with the monkey. When
he Jumped to the ground the string held
him, and he found himself trampled under
the feet of both friend and foe, and he was
glad 10 get again upon the back of his s'eed
and face the battle. The poor monkey was
in a worse fix than the boy who stood on
the burning deck, and had not the dog


been separated he must soon have beer


rendered fit subject for the Stockton Insane
Asylum. As it was he did not get ovei


examining the end of his tail for wounds


for four hours after the battle; perhaps hi


had fears of hydrophoba.
Year: 1874

There are occasionally little incidents in
real life, which foreibly illustrate the evils
of intemperance. If these were widely
spread before the people, especially the
young, they would make more lasting con-
verts to the cause of temperance, if not
more in number, than any peremptory law
that can be enacted We Remember story
told by the Post, short time ago, in sub
stance as follows: A rich man, the owner
of very fine team, called one day on a
printer and invited him to take ride The
printer gratefully accepted the invitation,
and as they were dashing along over the
fine road, to the great delight of the printer,
he exclaimed, GLOW NICE it is to own such
team? | wish could afford to own such
pair of spankers" "You could if you
wish to-" said the rich man. 81 don't
know how" "Well, will tell you" says
the owner of the trotters; "you drink and
don't. And if you will count up, you will
find it costs you as much for your drinks as
it would to keep this team" The printer
sat awhile in reflection A new idea came
across his mind lie has since made the
calculation, and found what the rich mar
told him more than true, and by acting al
become sensible man, he now rides be-
hind his own horses


Then there is another story, from New
Orleans paper, which tells of printer who
when his fellow work men went out to drink
beer during working hours, put into bank
the exact amount be would have spent il
he had gone out to drink. He thus KEPT
his resolution for five years. lie then ex-
amined his bank account, and found that
he had on deposit s52l sc. In the five
years be had not lost day from i'll health.
Three out of five of his feow-workmen
had, in the mean time, become drunkards,
were worthless and were discharged. The
water-drnker then bought out the printing
office, went on enarging the business, and
in twenty years from the time he began to
put away bis money, was worth 500 900
Year: 1874

bered that on no previous occasion have the
authorities of Franklin taken the slightest
cognizance of these unreasonable, inexcusa-
BILE assaults upon the liberties and existence
of Republican newspaper. 1t is fair to pre-
sumo that their criminal neglect of duty
has given license to the present assault.
The officials of Franklin are conservatives
and the town is intensely Democratic. Can
it be expected that the outrage upon the
Register will be properly investigated and
prompt reparation offered to Mr. Joiley for
his pecuniary loss!
Year: 1874

hOY, OF Sampson, the candidate O
: our party for Judge in this Ju,Lcia
District. is about forty eight years o
age, and has filled many high places O


honor and trust in his native county
: He was the Attorney for the county


under the old County Court system


During Governor Bragg's term o1


Off ce he was one of the Counsellors OF


State. He served with credit tc


himself for several terms in the Senate


OF North Carolina and as also mem


Der Of the Reconstruction Convention


of 1865, assembled under orders from


Andrew Johnson. In word, in


whatever position in life he has been


placed, Colonel MCKoY has acquitted


himself with credit to himself and to


his people. A man of varied and ex-


tensive legal learning, of spotless


purity and irreproachable integrity,


polite i'll his manners and courteous in


his demeanor alike to rich and poor,
and possessing both their confidence


and their love, Colonel MCkoY is well
worthy Of the high honor that has
been conferred upon him.


Nor was the Convention less fortu-
nate i'll its selection of a candidate
for the office offs olicitor.


Captain WILLIAM S. NoRMENT, of
Robeson county, is a gentleman of
whom v e may well be proud. Gradu-
ating at Chapel Hill in the year 1857,
he commenced at once the study
of the law, and came to the bar
during the next year. just as he had
aid the foundation of good practice,
the war came on, and he straight
way. took up arms in defence of his
State. First, as q member of the 18th
Regiment and subsequently as Cap
tain i'll the 5lst Regiment of North
Carolina Troops, for fours years Mr..
MOMENT proved himself in camp and
on the battle field to be gallant
soldier and officer, faithful and true in
the discharge of all his duties. His
Immediate comrades say that where
danger was greatest there NoRMENT





was sure to be. But it is not merely
as soldier that Captain NoRMENT de-
serves commendation. He is a good |
lawyer, a man of fine mind a forcible |
speaker, and withal man whose pri- |
vate character as we'll as his political |
record is without spot or blemish. AT
ter the war he was the Attorney for the |
county before the County Courts were
abolished. He is at present a member
of the lower House cf the Legisla- |
ture, where he has earned a truly en-
vlable reputation.


With such candidates as these and /
presented to the people under such |
encouraging auspices, there can be no
doubt OF success if our party friends
shall only do their duty. We have
clear Conservative majority in both
the judicial and the Congressional
Districts. We have only to poll our
strength and the victory
will be ours.
Year: 1874

"Jess so, Josiah" And that is ex-
actly what is the matter, may it please
your Honor. The people are terribly
afraid that in what you intended to say
in the last sentence of your letter you
told the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth; in a word, that
if reelected your future conduct will
be as bad as your past. And that is
the very reason they do not intend to
re-elect you.


The people do not want man on
the bench who disregards judicial
propriety by going out of his way to
make public proclamations to the ne
groes that he will sustain them in as
serting their "right" to go wherever
the white man goes; nor one who sus-
pends judgment upon a convicted
rogue for stealing a farmers hard
earned crop; nor one who suspends
Judgment on a man convicted of
taking forcible possession of the house
of poor old widow woman and leaves
the man in possession; nor one who
has the Sheriff of county arrested
bocaner that Sheriff required him to
pay his taxes; nor one who seeks to
bring the law-making power of the
government of the State into disrepute
by denouncing an act of the Legisla-
ture as worthy of no more respect
than a resolution of a set of cross
roads politicians; nor do they want
a man on the bench who insults, with
out provocation, venerable old men
who have nearly reached their three
score years and ten!


But let us leave your Honor for
moment and consider your Honor's
letter-a most unique production,
that it may be safely said has few
EQUALS and no interiors unless it be the
work of some other Radical North
Carolina Judge who rose with your
Honor to the bench on Canby's certlfi-
cate.


Plain people have an idea that
Judges know something about gram
mar as well as law. It may be that this
notion is a mere delusion left over
from the times when Canby's certifi-
cate was not necessary to make a
Judge-in short from the times In
which your Honor's official life would
never have begun. However that
may be, the idea exists, and lest the
rising generation, without regard to
race or color may be misled by the
fearful and reckless manner in which
your Honor uses your parts of speech,
it may not be out place to ask by what
authority your Honor makes the plural
| verb approve, agree with a singular
Year: 1874

nominatige. The rule if We remembe


Alright, reads as follows


4 ncs'G must agree aCiM its nonai,aa


ticc in number and person..


The use of the word ecesy preclude'


the possibility of a plural nominative


for eUeyy is a distributive pronoun


the grammar says, and while relating


to several persons or things "signifies


each one of them separately


viii your Honor rise to explain this


little matter, or does your Honor hold


that it is one of the inherent rights OF


your Court that no power on earth Can


control, to violate the laws of grammar
as we'll as those of North Carolina, and
| that this time IGNORED old rule, like
| the solemn act of the General Assem-
bly, is entitled to no more respect than
| q resolution of set of crossroads poll
ticians


And while your Honor is up will you
be kind enough to explain also by
what authority you make those and
them refer to o"every true Conservative? d?
The rule reads, if we remember Alright,
that


PrOnOn,as naustogrcc aoith the nouns
for which they stand, IN gender, num-
Der and person.


Does your Honor think this rule
also worthy of DO more respect than
resolution of set of crossroads poll
ticians ? Does your Honor think it is
exactly consistent for one so tenacious
and solicitous aboat contempt of court
as yourself, to be so very reckless and
Indifferent about contempt of gram
mar?


Poor old Lindley Murray Who
ever thought he would be dragged
down to the level of crossroads
politicians


These little matters of grammar
doubtless seem trifiing to your Honor
compared to the weightier matters of
the law-an 05ite1. dict,tDa on negro
for instance. And it may be
SO, but really it does seem that a
Judge on the bench, and especially
one who IS a candidate for reelection,
ought not to send out electioneering
letters so full of errors that even a
small school boy would be spanked for.
But this is not all.


"J elected," says the Judge, "and
IF =
is not to be denied that "it," or as
some people say 'NU' means almost
and possibly we ought there
fore not to be surprised at any use the
Judge might make of the word, but
surely this is the first time we ever |
heard that "it" meant of eicctcd." If |
we recollect Alright, "it'' is q prOnoaoa
and the grammar says "a pronoun is
word used instead of q noun to avoid
a disagreable repetition of the noun"
Will your Honor explain by what pro-
cess "if elected" became noun


"My future conduct will DE what it
las been in the past" says the Judge
This caps the climax Did ever any
body before Judge Russell have any
'utatrc conduct in the past'


And does Judge Russell think such
etter as this will fool any "true Con-
,ervative and lover of law"


Leave the bench Dan. and go to
school again, or people will think you
ire in the wrong place and that you
ought to be q candidate for the Leg
stature on the same ticket with Bill
Moore, Brewington and Banks and the
est.


Bad law, bad manners, bad politics
md bad grammar do not mako good
Judge !
Year: 1874

Remember that the election lar re-
q,ti7'es ''THAT WHEN A VOTER IS CHAL-
LENGED AT THE POLLS UPON DEMAND
OF ANY CITIZEN OF THE STATE IT SHALL
BE THE DUTY OF THE INSPECTORS OF
THE ELECTION TO REQUIRE SAID VOTER
BEFORE BEING ALLOWED 70 VOTE TO
PROVE BY THE OATH OF SOME OTHER
PERSON KNOWN TO THESE JUDGES THE
FACT OF HIS RESIDENCE FOR THIRTY
DAYS PREVIOUS THERETO IN TIE CoUN-
rY IN WHICH HE PURPOSES To- VOTE.


Remember also that the election
laaO says "NO ELECToR SHALL BE EN-
TITLED TO REGISTER OR VOTE IN ANY
OTHER PRECINCT OR TOWNSHIP THAN
THE ONE IN WHICH HE IS AN ACTUAL
OR BONA FIDE RESIDENT ON THE DAY OF
ELECTION, AND NO CERTIFICATES OF REG
IsTRATION SHALL BE GIVEN.
Year: 1874

Rapid Transit.-The Transit OF tho
teeth from soundness to decay is under the action
OF gritty powders The only salvation fragile
teeth Is that pure. delightful vegetable uid FRAGRANT
SUZOUONT,
Year: 1874

A Gp,Np SETTLING OF THE GROUND AT
Corn Hu1.-It has just been discovered
at Cold Hill that an immense crevice has
opened in the earth to the eastward of
the town. This crevice is over q quarter
of a mile in length and varies in width
from an inch to two feet. The crevice
starts near Fort Homestead and running
south in a straight line cnts off ten or
fifteen feet of the east end OF the Fort
Homstead railroad tunnel; we say cuts
"a the end of the tunnel, though, as yet,
If ia only cracked through, but will even
tually cave down. As the crevice runs
sout6yard from this point it passes on
the east side of large hill which stands
inst east of the town. The big crack gets
bigger as it goes southwark, and, cross
ing ravine, it runs squarely into a big
hill on the other side, where it is fully
two feet in width. This great crevice is
doubtless caused by the settling of the
ground under the town, where all is
scooped out by the mines. That a whole
huge hill should have moved westward
upon its foundations is somewhat start
ling phenomenon. The town stands in
deep and narrow ravine, and it is not
pleasant TO nave mountain moving
down as though with the intention of
taking up its quarters where the inhabi-
tants now reside. That the site Of the
town is constantly settling is shown by
the frequent pulling apart Of the water
pipes, and the fitting out Of the fouDda-
lions Of engines and other machinery,
The mines are all well timbered, and in
most places the space between the tim.
bers is filled in with waste rock, there.
fore, there is no danger of any sudden
sinking of the surface into the depths
below. Some years ago an almost equal
ly portentous crevce opened to the west.
ward OF the town, but no harm ever came
of it. 1t was much wider than the pres.
ent crack, but was not of so great length
The present instability of the founda
tions of the earth down about Gold Hill
will no doubt give some of the NOR,
tmid of its inhabitants considerabl,
fright, but in the course of time they viii
become used to having the ground crawl
ing about under their feet.-[Virg. En-
terprise.
Year: 1874

The Baltimore american thus describes
the process of making shot in that city.
One of the "secrets" of the manufacture is
the mixing of the lead with certain pre-
portion of combination Of mineral sub
stances called "tempcr." The 'temper''
is fused with lead, and gives the molten
metal that consistency which makes it
drop. If it were not for the '1tempey"
the lead would not moulden by the sieve.
and would fern little pencils instead of
round shot. When "BB" shot, for in
stance. are to be made, the lead is poured
into a pan perforated with holes corres-
ponding to that size. The little pellets
come pouring down in continuous shower,
and fall into tank filed with water oa
the ground floor In their descent of two
hundred feet they become perfect spheres,
firm and dense. and they are tolerably
cool when they strike the water, although
the swift soncussions make the tank foam
and bubble as if the water was boiling
furiously The shot must fan in water,
for if they would strike any firm substance.
they would be Aattened and knocked out
Of shape To get the little pellets per-
fectly dry after they have been IN tho
i" well is the most difficult and trouble
some process Of the whole manufacture.
An elevator with small buckets Every
much like those used in -four mills) carr
rics the shot up SO fast as they reach tho
bottom Of the % well" and deposits them
in the box 60 feet above the first floor.
The water drips from the buckets as they
60 up, and not much is poured into the
receiver above, although it is intended to
be sort of dripping machine. From this
receiver the shot runs down spout into a
drying pan, which greatly resembles .
gigantic shoe. made of sheet iron. This
pan rests at an angle which permits the
wet shot to roll slowly down to the cham
ber below, and the pellets become perfect
ly dry as they pass over the warm sheet
iron.
Year: 1874

A HINT ew Two.-It is the penny
saved more tl1an the penny earned that
enriches; it is the sheet turned when
the first threads break that wears tho
longest; it is the damper closed when
the cooking is done that stops the dol
lars dropping into the coal-bin; it is
the gas or lamp turned low when not
in use that gives you pin-noney for the
month; it is the care in making tho
coffee that makes three spoonsful 60 ~
far as teacupful ordinarily; it Is tie
walking one or six blocksinstead Of TAX
ing car or omnibus that adds strength
to your body and money to your purse /;
it is the careful mending of each week Q
wash that gives ease to your conscience
and length of days to your garments;
and last of all, it is the constant csss
exercised over every part of your house.
hold, and constant endeavor 70 improve
and employ your best powers to Your
work that alone give peace and pros
perity to the family.