smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

NARROW ESCAPE FROM PUNrsHMEST-A
POSTAL CAsE.-About ten days ago news
paper was sent to the post-office to be mailed
to New York, but as a revenue stamp in
stead OF q postage stamp was attached to
the envelope, it was laid aside as "unmail-
able.'' When examined two letters were
found concealed within the paper, with a
message from the sender that t'this is done
to save postage" The package was trans
mitted to the Post-Office Department ct
Washington, and two days ago it was re-
turned with instructions to bring the mat
fer to the attention Of the District Attor-
ney. Yesterday the sender of the package
IA young woman) appeared before District
Attorney Lewis and Postmaster Forbes,
and entreated so earnestly and tearfully to
be excused that her appeal was complied
with.


This incident should serve as warning
to that large class OF persons who are ever
intent Oil avoiding the payment Of proper
postage on matter sent through the mails.
We learn that letters or notes are often
found secreted in newspapers and packages,
and when so found the persons for whom
they are intended never receive them.
Year: 1878

STRAWBERRY SHoRT-CAKE.-One quart -four,
one teaspoon salt. two teaspoons Dooley's Yeast
Powder, three tablespoons butter. one egg two ta-
blespoons white sugar, and about half-pint sweet
milk. Sift the flour, powder. and salt together; rub
in the butter, cod add the egg slightly beaten then
the sugar and milk and mix into a smooth dough,
Just soft enough to he easily handled; roll out In
two pieces quite thin to size required; lay one Gil
top Of the other and bake in hot oven, in we'll
creased pan, about fifteen minutes, and separate
while yet warm-not hot Use one for the bottom
crust cover with layer of berries, then lay Ga the
other piece and cover as before. Serve with pow
dcrcd sugar and cream. The above will make
large cake half the quantities will make fair-size
Year: 1878

The PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE COUNCIL
Ihe Committee on Finance met yesterday
afternoon and considered the resolution
from the Board OF Aldermen concerning an
appropriation Of $4,000 on account OF the
schooi fund. The question was thoroughly
discussed and unanimously adopted.
Year: 1878

DON'T co WHERE YOUR LOVE LIES DREAM
ING but go to any cigar store or restaurant and ask
for WHITLocK MODEL CIGARS, and dream the
happy hours away by yourself 1t will pay better In
the long run.
Year: 1878

WAFFLEs.-One quart sweet milk, three small
teaspoonfuls DooLEY's YEAST POWDER, little
SALT FIVE eggs the yolks and whites beaten separate
ly, a>small cup of melted butter, enough flour to
make not very stiff batter. Mix the Yeast Powder
with the flour while dry,
Year: 1878

II was cminently proper Democratic
majority should elect an cx-Confederate
brigadicr-gencrnl Doorkeeper of the House
Of Representatives of the United States of
America, although, at the first glance, some
people may not see it in that light A ma
iority of that body is supposed to represent
a majority of the Democratic party, and,
assuming this to be a fact admitted, the
peculiar fitness of such a selection is mani
fest, for is not large majority of that party
Of to-day composed of ex-Confederates and
those who sympathizcd with them in their
struggle to make slavery national, even If 1t
involved the destruction of the Union
Who, therefore, is more emincntly fitted to
act rs the "doorkcepcr' of such party
than one who, after having been educated
at the expense Of the Government, threw
OFF his allegiance as easily as thread-bare
article of clothing and became pre-eminent
in his efforts to destroy that Government
The whole case was aptly put by an ex-
Confederate brigadier NJ. c. in tho corridor
Of ono of our hotels last Sunday evening
the question of a doorkeeper being under
consideration-when he said to some ad-
miring auditors: by Gawd, sir, we are 60
ing to see, sir, if in the future the dog is
going to wag the tail, or the tail the dog,
sir" 1t is highly proper the tail should be
wagged by the dog in this case, even If
some of the feas or dough-faces are sacri-
Heed by their constituents, as they un-
doubtedly will be on the first opportunity
As Of yore, the Southern masters of the
party must be conciliatcd, for the sake OF
the party, at any expense; for the lessons
of the past seem to have been forgotten,
and the crop of Northern dough-faces in
official positions is rs large as before, when
they aided in crowding the country to the
brink of ruin, and from the effects of which
it is suffering to-day as no nation ever suf-
fered before.
Year: 1878

THE selection Of General FIELD for Door
keeper Of the House Of Representatives has
put some Of the Radical newspapers at the
North to belching up bilo again, in contem.
plation Of the Congressional elections next
fall There was no more gallant officer on
either side In our late war than this same
General FIELD, and as gentleman, m well
soldier, he Is the peer Of any man in this land.
Richmond Wing.


The Democratic party will be taught in
good time that when it elects perjured
traitor to Office in the House of Representa-
tives over a battle-scarred Union soldier,
who has never foresworn or betrayed his
Government it treasures up wrath against
the day of wrath. 1t is an insult not only
TO General SHIELDS himself. but to every
Union soldier who followed the stars and
stripes through the fire and smoke of battle
| to victory


The gallantry of General FIELD rs n per-
jured rebel military officer gives him no
credit as an American citizen, Neither
does his using the military education the
Government and the laws of the United
States has benevolently conferred upon him
to destroy the Union and overthrow the Re
public make him the peer of any man who
is not also traitor. The Cancellation sham
is over, and the time has come to call thing,
by their right names once more. Rebels or,
rebels, and treason is treason, now that both
have become impudent again.
Year: 1878

THE public is informed by the Demo-
cratic organ in this city that "thc average
Radical meaning Republican, voter of
" the rural districts of the loyal North Is an
"ignornnt, bigotcd yokel, who derives most
" of his knowledge of current events from
I" an almanac" This is sad but how much
sadder, as it were, is it to contemplate the
condition of the average voter of the loyal (?)
South, who cannot read even an almanac.
No allusion is made here to the blacks of
the latter section, who are so thoroughly
Conciliated that they do not vote at all so
their average intelligence is not brought
into question by this comparison. And yet,
the Yankee "yokels" did some very fair
things by way OF illustrating their devotion
to the Government q few years ago.
Year: 1878

THE Kansas contribution of q statue of
JOHN BROwN to the National Statuary
Hall at the Capitol is offered, as Egyptian
Doorkeeper FIELD the living statue of the
deiunct Confedcracy was, in the spirit of
true Cancellation. There is nothing sec
tiOnal in the selection of Mr. BROWN to rep
resent Kansas for his public services were
rendered alike for the East and the West
and the North and the South. Now let
Virginia, as soon as possible, get some Yam
kee artist to eHecute-that's the wOrd-a
statue of her Governor who hung BROWN,
and place it alongside of this, Kansas con-
tributiOn Let Us Have Peacs~
Year: 1878

EX-DooRKEEPER POLK will not down at
the bidding of his co-partisans 1t is true
be never ranked higher than a colonel, and
he was removed to make place for general
but the discipline of the Confederate army
never was very strict, and, regardless of his
own inferiority, this POLK pokes ghost-like
about the corridors of the Capitol, harrow
ing up the souls of tho Democracy by
frightful tales of their ingratitude and COM
plicity in his irregularities"
Year: 1878

Much to the chagrin of the Opposition,
Wednesday nights Republican Congress
sional caucus passed off harmoniously.
There was no acrimonious opposition to the
Administration simply dignified and
courteous declaration of a difference Of
opinion regarding the practical workings Of
the present ciyil-service system, and moth
ing more
Year: 1878

wHAr n satisfaction it would be if it
were possible that the voters of the District
could elect tho man of their choice to sue
ceed Governor DENNIsoN as Commissioner
Of the District?
Year: 1878

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE


Second Judicial District Of the State of Nevada, in
and for the County of 0rmsby.Lester Haskell plaintiff
US. Sarah NJ Haskell defendant Action brought in the
District Court Of the Second judicial District Of the State
of and for the County Ormsby, and the
plant filed in said County of Ormsby in the office of the
Clerk of said District Court The State OF Nevada sends
greeting Sarah NJ Haskell defendant You hereby
required appear action brought against by the
above named plaintiff in the District Court of the Second
Judicial District Of the State of Nevada and for the
County of OTmsby aAd to answer the complaint filed
therein Ga copy of which accompanies this summOns)
within exclusive OF the day OF service after the
service you of this summOns-if served within this
county served out of this county but in this District,
within twenty days. otherwise within forty judg
by default will be taken against you The said action
brought dissolve the bonds Of matrimony existing be
you and said plaintiff the ground of adultery,
an8 alleged against you by said plaintiff all of which is
fully and specifically forth in the plaintiffs
plant file i'll my office. And you hereby
notified that you fail to appear and the said COM
pnt above required the said plaintiff will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in his said complaint.
-. Given under my hand, and the Seal of the Dis
i trict Court of the Second Judicial District of the
HAb State Of Nevada in and forhe County of Ormsby
this 18th day Of November, i'll the year Of
Lord thousand eight hundred and seventy eight.


ALFRED HELM, Clerk.
TRENG0R COFFIN Attorney for Plaintiff


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Year: 1878

Several Of tho prominent active republicans arc
greatly exercised by the rumor circulated yesterday
the effect that the leaders OF the party in this city
and John Kelly had come TO an understanding about
the conduct OF the campaign. Further inquiry among
the rank and 6lc OF both parties-Tammany and re-
pubican--discloscd the existence Of very strong
suspcion tha there were grave grounds Tor such an
apprehension. very prominent republican stated 10 u
HERALD reporter last night tbst agreement had been
or the eve OF being made TO get the party 10
nominate a ttstraight republican ticket" which
would virtually give the county to Vammnny. Mr..
Kelly Is alleged promises to secure the election OF
the publican ddate Tor City Judge and many
OF the Assem- o possible ior the 0oncht o Mr..
Conkltng leaving the Dlstrict Attorney aud other
Offices his party. Much uneasiness is mani
tested by the honest republicans VINO have heard the
the
Year: 1878

In view of the approaching cold, dark
days and nights of winter, we sheald like
to put in plea for warmth and light in
the household. If economy is necessary,
as it will doubtless be in many homes, let
it take some other direction, and though
there be fewer pies and cakes, less trim
ming on the children's dresses, and pipes
are smoked instead of cigars, let there be
good fire on the hearth, and let the sit
ting-room lamp burn brightly. Economy
In these experimenting stinting them
is no economy. Eyesight injured by a
dim light may never be regained, and shiv-
ering over an insufficient fire often causes
sickness or death, ten times as expensive
as the fuel saved would have been.


Fires in sleeping-rooms for young peo-
pie in good health are, we believe, wholly
unnecessary. Plenty Of cover and carpet,
at least at the bedside, will keep up whole
some warmth even with the thermometer
down to zero. But good fire in the sit
ting-rOom in cold weather is essential both
to health and comfort. Well-meaning
men, who do not intend to be unkind, Of
ten grumble over the quantity of fuel con-
sumed, and still more over the cost of it,
forgetting that to "cherish" wife she
must at least be kept warm, and anxious
wives, dreading such grumbling, shiver
over 4 few Goals, hoping to save the ex-
pense in fuel. To what good? Their
work is half done, with numbed fingers,
neuralgia probably sends them to bed if
pneumonia does not, the children are cross
and crying with blue noses and chilblains,
and the comfort of the family is wholly up
set. Sift the elders, save the chips, burn
the corn-cobs, which make a splendid fire
by the way; be as economical as you like
in fuel, but not at the cost of health.
And men and boys, see that the wood is
hauled and cut. 'He that provideth not
for his own household is worse than an
infdel, and the wood pile is as important
as either the pork barrel or meat tub.
There is little choice between being hungry
and cold. Even green wood makes a good
fire if split fine enough, and the boy who
looks out for it is an unspeakable help
to his mother.


Who can tell how much of the fascina-
tion of the country tavern or the city bar
room is due to their bright light and blaz-
ing fires. Think of that wives and moth
ers, and eight the devil with fire."
Year: 1878

We take note of all the rascality which
comes to the surface in public and bust.
ness life, but little account is taken of the
sterling honesty, without which the gigan-
tic business operations of the community
could not be carried on a day. Here aud
there are breaches of trust, but as few,
perhaps, in proportion to population and
the magnitude Of the business conducted
as in any former period. Every day mil.
lions are changing hands on the simple
faith in the verbal promises of men. They
make their promises good. One cannot 20
amiss Of men who have made their prom
ises good when the immediate losses in
CURED thereby have ranged from fifty
thousand up to a quarter of a million oi
dollars. No note is made Of such instan-
ces. But when some petty rascal, or a
great one, possibly, commits a breach of
trust, everybody is made acquainted with
that fact; and not few raise the question,
sis there any honesty in the community
Yes, there is great deal of honesty and a
great deal of morality, and these are at the
foundation of the vast business which is
conducted from day to day. Moreover
there Is great deal of honesty in the
ranks of laboring men, in which may be
included all the wage earning class. Any
person who is experienced in business, EN-
ploying large numbers of men, can testify
to this fact.
Year: 1878

The principal thing in curing hams ;s
to get then. just salt enough to keen. and
not so salt as to injure che favor and cause
them to become hard.


My plan of curing is as follows When
the hams are nicely trimmed rub each one
with tolerably fine salt, and pack in tight
casks holding about 140 gallons. Make
sweet pickle by using one and a half
gallons of New Orleans molasses or its
equivalent in sugar, and six ounces of
powdered saltpetre to forty gallons of water.
with salt enough added to make the pickle
float potato when its made. Let it stand
until the scum rises and is skinned off.
Have the hams in the cask weighted down
SO they viii Hot rise when covered with
the pickle. They should remain in the
pickle from five to six weeks, according to
the temperature of the place. IF exposed
to freezing weather, they viii cure much
slower than In 4 cellar Some persons
take their hams out once or twice and stir
the brine; this is good plan when one
can spare the time, as by long standing it
grows weaker towards the top. When the
hams are finally taken out rinse them in
clear water and hang up to dry ready for
the smokehouse. Smoke them with hick-
ory wood. Hogs weighing about $50 lbs.
when dressed, are the best for family use.
They should be as near uniform weight AZ
possible in each cask, as larger hams re-
quire more time in pickle. Canvazir.g has
little q nothing to do with the ham, ia
yori 1t IS only necessary as a protection
from insects, and should be done in all
cases before the weather is warm enough
for their appearance. Soon after smoking.
wrap each ham in coarse brown paper and
sew it up in cotton cloth cut to suit the
size of the ham, or tie up in cotton bag.
that may be used the next year. The
canvased hams of the west are sewed mn
closely, showing the shape of the ham, and
dipped in wash made of lime and water.
colOred with yellow ochre. When hung
up they soon dry, and the wash closes the
interstices of the muslin, the whole form
ing perfect protection against flies, bugs,
etc. For the farmers use, the bags are
quite safe if made Of firm, thick muslin
and tied securely.-N. y World.
Year: 1878

STORING CELERY ToR THE WINTER
The keeping Of roots, celery, &C., is not to
be commended where other arrangements
can be made, but dry cellar may be used
for keeping celery by digging trench as
if out of doors and packing the celery
cOmpactly in it and covering it with dry
land. In this quarter, however, long ex-
perience has demonstrated that the best
plan of preserving celery is to keep It out
Of doors, earthing it up gradually from
about the first Of October. IF the celery
has been planted in rows, say five feet
apart, commemorate the middle Of the open
space between the lows, and, leaving a
space Of eighteen inches each side of the
row, gradually build up the bank of earth
as nearly perpendicular IS possible. This
is best done by having two men working
together, one on each side of the rows.
Each row viii then stand in a bank of
earth about a yard wide, and the top of
the bank should be kept as level as posi-
bic. At each earthing up there should be
allowed to remain above the surface about
six inches of the tops of the plants until,
in this latitude about the first of Decem-
Der, when they should be entirely covered
with earth, and over that straw or corn
stalks enough to prevent hard freezing.
In the place of either, boards may Se used,
and they are perhaps more easily removed
and replaced when the celery is only to
be dug in small quantities at time.
Year: 1878

INGRowING NAILs.-0ne of the deserv.
ed punishments which people suffer from
squeezing their feet in narrow shoes and
boots is an ingrowing nail The following
treatment is recommended for its cure =
First get rid of the narrow shoe, so that
the toe may be unconfned, and the nail
allowed to recover its natural breadth
which, however, it does not do very quickly
Then proceed to relieve the sore skin by
the side of the nail of its pressure. It is
of no use, however, merely to cut away
the pressing nail even freely, and then
to press a piece of lint under its edge
which is as painful as it is useless; for the
nail, if it is not otherwise managed, will
drop, in the course Of a few days, upon
the old spot, and again render it 'angry. u
The proper treatment is thinning the whole
length of the middle of the nail, from its
root to its end, as much as possible, and
this is best done by scraping it previously
with the sharp edge of piece of glass
again and again, till the middle of the mai
is as thin as writing paper, and win readily
bend under the pressure of the finger nail
This is, at first, rather painful operation
but the scraping must be done with q
light hand.
Year: 1878

The Engineer gives this example of the
value Of blackened lead as lubricator -
"a fy-wheel shaft bearing, eight inches
in diameter and ten inches long, carried a
load of nearly ten tons. The bearing was
supported on a box-girder and was lined
with good brass. The engine could not be
run, as this bearing invariably got nearly
red hot after a few revolutions; various
oils, taliOw, sulphur and gunpowder were
tried with Indifferent success. BY using
a mixture of tallow and sui phur the engine
could be run half an hour at time, and
once or twice was run q whole day, the
shaft making sixty revolutions per minute
1t was determined to have new crank
shaft with a longer bearing, but as at the
last moment the use Of blacklead and tai
low was suggested, package of the ordi-
nary blacklead used for stoves was worked
up with some tallow, the bearing carefully
wiped, and the grease box on the cap filed
with the mixture. The bearing never
heated again unless the oil was allowed to
get access to it. The success of the plum
bago as lubricator was perfect"
Year: 1878

CURIosITIEs.-A plate of butter from
the cream of joke. The original brush
used in painting the sign of the times. A
bucket of water from Calls we'll" Soap
with which man was washed overheard
The strop which is used to sharpen the
waters edge. The pencil with which Bri.
tannia ruled the wave. A portion of the
yeast used in raising the wind. A dime
from the moon when she gave change for
the last quarter. The saucer belonging to
the cup of sorrow. A fence made of the
railing of a scolding wife, A buckle to
fasten laughing stock Hinges and lock
from the trunk of an elephant. A sketch
from a politicians views Rockers from
the cradle of liberty. A feather from the
wings of flying report.
Year: 1878

The world is full Of homes where these
pictures viii be recognized and hung up
as family portraits-homes where there are
no sounds of young voices now. They
grow away into the great world so soon,
and We put away the nameless feeling of
desolation as we do the cast-of toys of
their childhood; and when the evening of
life approaches the heart goes back along
the track Of time and is once more with
the children in the dear old long ago.
Year: 1878

Farmers should be prepared for freezing
weather. 1t is likely to come upon US at
any time. The fall has been q warm one.
We have scarcely had an intimation from
the weather that winter is near at hand.
There is on many farms much work to be
done. It is better to hire extra help and
hurry it forward so as to be in entire read
iness for winter. Potatoes should not be
left in the ground day.. Corn husking
should be closed up al soon as possible.
Year: 1878

If you want to keep your hogs, horses,
cattle and sheep healthy, give them salt
regularly. There is no better vermifuge
than salt. Much of the sO-called hog chol-
era is due to intestinal worms. Plenty of
salt would prevent the accumulation of
these worms. All animals desire salt,
showing that it is want of their nature
and undoubtedly for wise purposes.
Year: 1878

The champion parliamentarian is un-
doubtedly a member of an Iowa board of
supervisors, who, as one of the three men,
bers of the board, brought up a measure to
which his two associates were opposed.
He called one of them to the chair while
he discussed the question, and called for a
vote, which was a tie; resumed the chair
and declared that as there was tie he
would now give the casting vote; gave it
for the measure, and declared the motion
carried.
Year: 1878

When man is hanging by his toes
from the cornice of a high building, and
expects momentarily to drop, nothing so
completely reassures and so thoroughly
satisfies him as the sudden discovery that
he is safely at home in bed.
Year: 1878

1t is said by farmer who has tried the
experiment, that buttermilk poured over
the back Of scurvy pig win entirely and
speedily remove the scurf. The remedy
is simple. Almost every farmer can boast
of one or more scurvy pigs, and if butter
milk will cure it, it should not be spared.
Year: 1878

Here is a way we see suggested to de-
stroy stumps Bore 4 hole with two.
inch auger to the depth of six or eight
inches into the stump to be operated on,
and place therein two ounces Of saltpetre;
then fill the hole with water and plug it
up perfectly tight. Next spring take out
the plug, pour in a gill of kerosene oil and
set it on FIRE. The stump will be entirely
consumed, even to the smallest roots, thus
doing away with the trouble Of removing
the debris, which would be scattered about
by the other method.
Year: 1878

They were talking about the weight of
different individuals in a certain family,
and the daughters young man, who was
present, spoke up before he thought, and
said 81 tell you that Jenny isn't so very
light either, although she looks So" And
then he looked suddenly conscious and
blushed, and Jenny became absorbed in
studying a chrome on the wall.