smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

Ny friends and tellow-sufsrers,
from the mince pic to the tomb is
bat step. If mlnce pies must be
made, demand In the name of the
youth Of our country that the people
who manufacture them be compelled
to take out license. II they must
be eaten, beg OF you, as you value
your souls salvation, do not eat them
straight. A serpent turks in every
one Of them. Ten thousand devils
lie beneath every crust be 1t baked
ever so nicely. Every currant hides
demon with forked tongue of
flame and q sevcn-pronged pitchfork.
The suet, the citron, and the chopped
meat are the broth of hell, and the
business from stem to stern Is a
mockery, and strong drink is raging.
In conclusion, my beloved hearers,
touch not, taste not, handle not, en-
ter not into temptation; or in other
words, look not upon the mince pie
when it is red, when. It glveth its
color in the cupboard. City Der.
rick.
Year: 1879

Boiling is the most abused branch of
cooking. We know that many we'll.
meaning housewives, and even pro
fessional cooks, boil things that ought
to be prepared otherwise with view
of economy, but a great many do it
through lazinoss, Boiling requires as
much care as any other branch, but
they do not think so, aud, therefore, in
dulge in it. Another abuse is to boil
fast instead Of slowly. Set a small
ocean of water on brisk FIRE and boil
something in it as fast as ron can, you
make much steam but do not cook fast
or; the degree Of heat being the same as
if you are boiling slowly. IF the object
you boil fast contains any flavor you
evaporate it and cannot bring it back.
Many things are spoiled or partly de-
stroyed by boiling, especially meats,
coffees, etc. Water that has been boil
ed is inferior for cooking purposes, its
gases and alkali being evaporated.
Year: 1879

For CRoUP.-In the far West they
have what they consider specific for
Group. 1t is very simple. Take =
piece of lard as big as a butternut,
rub it full Of sugar, divide into three
parts, and give at intervals OF
twenty minutes: the Group Will
disappear gradually, but surely.
Year: 1879

The indications of improvement in
the coal trede are everywhere visible.
The last local straws that tell which
way the coal currents are drifting are
the unwonted activity about the mines
that are now in operation +'Ao rre-
parations 10 start long 1T a3-aol
works the employment OF al. u
available mine labor the difficulty of
securing cars to transport the products
of the mines the orders for new cars
constantly teing made; the demand
for mine rails and mine timber the
scarcity CT idle men who are willing
to do manual labor, and that surest of
all indications ofreturning prosperity,
the cheerful talk of all who are in any
way concerned in the coal trade,
whether as owners of coal land, les
sees of the same, operators of mines,
or those otherwise interested, directly
or indirectly, in the output of the
staple product of this region.


As tangible proofs of the fact that
this sort of talk is not of the buncombe
variety, and uttered with the idea of
infusing little temporary cheer
among business men, we would cite,
rs among the other indications, the
immediate rebuilding Of the Stanton
breaker by the Wilkesbarre Coal and
Iron Company; also the Hollenback
breaker by the same company of the
Gaylord breaker, by Waterman &
Beaver, and the building Of an en-
tirely new breaker at Nanticoke, by
the Susquelanna Coal Company.
These are undertakings involving
large outlays of capital, and would
not be undel taken without good evil
dence Of prospective prosperity, re-
mote as we'll as immediate. That such
expenditure is warranted is sufficient
evidence of the confidence of opera
tors in an increasing and rising coal
market. and supplemented as they
are by the many other signs Of activity,
in coal, we cannot do otherwise than
own that we are upon the eve Of
comparatively good times again, with
a better basis for their perpetuity
than ever before.-Scraato'a Repelb-
@cam.
Year: 1879

When Damon, who was rec-rlb-
bon men, had yho ague Pythiaa used
to sit up with him all night and take
his bitters :or him, and Damon used
to lend Pythias his razor to cut his
corns with. They borrowed money
of each other, and never quarrelled
about it. They would play through
long game of oroquet and never tight
or call each other 'measurelefs liars


For nearly two years they belonged
TO the same choir and never had row.
They used to meet each other nearly
every rainy evening up here at Dar-
ling's, grocery, ard tell each other
funny stories about the neighbors
while they browsed out Of the cracker
barrel. They wero always careful OF
each other feelings. Pythias had a
foot like snow-plough and his boots
used to frighten the cattle, but Da-
mon always professed to admire it
and used to sigh and say, "Oh. Py-
thias, if I only had such foot as that
I'd marry scme girl that could sup
port me out of her own incomeT +
But Pythiss would smile and say he
was not proud. if nature had built go
much of lin on the ground that he
always felt like a land-grabber every
time he stepped Burlington Hack
Year: 1879

The Catholic Bishop Fabre, of Mon
treal, has given up his episcopal
palace and taken a house in the
suburbs of the city on account of the
hard times, saving $4,000 year to
the diocese.
Year: 1879

socially. jackson sympathized with the Ea-
tons, and with his usual passionate prejudice
whenever his feeling had been enlisted swore
by the Eternal, his favorite oath, that they
should recognize her. The matter caused a
great commotion at the capital, and even as
sumed political Importance 1t was charac-
terized as the woman's war, and ragged long
and fiercely. jackson could coerce men, but
he failed completely to carry his point with
the other SEX He raved like hungry lion,
he employed his utmost power but he was
obliged to surrender at last to petticoats the
only time, it is said that he ever did surren-
der to anybody or anything. Mrs Eaton's
third marriage was when she was not far
from 20, with II youthful Italian dancing mas
ter who might have been her grandson, one
Buccignani, a graCeless fellow, as the sequel
proved, for he subsequently eloped to Eu-
rope with her granddaughter, Emily Ran
dolph, girl of Is, and carried off most of
his aged wife's property. OF late Mrs. Eaton
has been very poor, and has lived in retire


ment in Washington, where she once made
tempest in a teapot and where her name,
through ridiculous quarrel caused by Jack
son, arose to national notoriety. II she had
any sense of satire or contrast it must have
been stimulated of recent years in her old
home, where she had been not so much for
Cotton as never known by the present pOpu-
lation. In her youth she had physical attrac-
tions, but she was never burdened with com
nonsense Tragedy, comedy and farce were
mingled in her career, which WAS so varied
and singular that, if it had been narrated in
a work of osteusiblo fiction, it would have
been pronounced grotesquely improbable.
Year: 1879

Important if true-a wife.


The hackman's business is driving,


The Chinaman is not the only All Sin
the country


Pumpkin pies are cut bias this season and
scalloped on the edges.


What kind of men is it that must always
"have their glass" before they begin days
work Glaciers


1t is wonderful how silent a man can be
when he knows that his cause is just, and
how boisterous when he knows he is in the
wrong.


The just published report of an Irish be-
nevolent society says Notwithstanding the
large amount paid for medicine and medical
attendance, very few deaths occurred during
the year"
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR HERALD:-


would like to ask through the columns of the
HERALD it those who go to the organ recitals at old
Trinity. Thursday afternoons to listen to the music
cannot be allowed to do without interruption
Last Thursday the audience were annoyed by
q constant procession of people passing down
the aisles, until the programme was half
finished. Why cannot people be made to wait at
the back of the church il they come late, and be
seated between the music, at the Phhar les
Again, there were some persons who talked
through the whole programme. They chatteret
while the work of q Beethoven was being played
They not the only offenders. nor was This the
first recital at which this has happened. Whether
these evils be the result of ignorance or rudeness
they should be stopped for they insulting TO the
Church. the organist. the people. and last but not
least, the composer H.
Year: 1879

from the Port Jervis Union, Feb. IL


very singular accident occurred last Saturday
which resulted in the death of little daughter of
Thomas NJ Davis, resident of Upper Pittston, Pa.
The little girl, probably not than six years of
age. had been either washing playing in a basin of
water and stepping upon chair to dry her face with
O towel, which encircled q roller behind the door
she in some manner got into the folds of the linen
entwned about her neck. and in trying to free her
self she lost her balance. and falling the chair
In the room at the time of the occurrence the
little allowed to strangSto death. What the
mother experienced when she aiterward discovered
the lifeess body of her little girl be easily
imagined than described
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


like the omnibus. I was happy when the elevated
railroads took large portion Of the stages passen
gers. Since then have ridden up and down town in
comfort. No crowdihg in of thirteenth person.
stepping on bunions probing umbrellas into one's
eyes in the act Of hanging to the rail. But
now l am miserable again. While l could
heretofore ride in comfort for ten cents am
before the elevated railroads inaugurated.


find the stages crowded. the people less cleanly and
discomfort altogether. What am l to do? shall be
obliged to walk, take coupe and pay 81 or suffer
others do and ride in over-crowded omnibus.
Will not some livery stable establish rate of fifty
cents for single coupe to Wall street, Seems to
it would pay. OLD FOGY.
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


With reference to your views the projected
waterway connecting the Hudson and Harlem rivers,
in the HERALD of Saturday, permit an interested
party the privilege of word. You favor the taking
Of any property required at fair valuation for
the land. but allowance for improve
ments. I have six lots. with residence (buld-
ings cost between $4,000 and Ss,OOO), directly
the Tubby Hook route Colonel Newton
wants all the land except small fraction that would
form scalene triangle having hypothenuse of
seventeen feet. which remnant would be utterly
valueless for any purpose. Now. sir, do you think
would be either equitable just other than an
outrageous wrong the individual to condemn such
property for the public benefit without giving the
owner full compensation? J.B
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD


Are the people of New York aware Of the fact that
the harbor is being ruined by the reckless criminal
ity and mbecility of the Board of Police? Let the
people rise against this outrage there is use in
looking to the authorities. The Pilot Commissioners
look with perfect complacency. l hear
nothing from the Chamber of Commerce. In the
meantime the work OF destruction goes six to
eight thousand cubic yards OF filling is dumped into
the harbor each day. The Mayor seems to be power
less the United States authorities say they cannot
interfere. The Coast Survey aud Lighthouse Board
are in the same category COMMON SENSE,
Year: 1879

[NorE.-Letters intended for this column must be
accompanied by the writer's full name and address to
insure attention. Complainants who unwilling to
comply with this rule simply waste time in writing
Write only side of the paper.-ED. HERALD.l
Year: 1879




To THE EpIroR OF THE HERALD


Our Postmaster refuses to receive pocketknives to
60 by mail. saying such the orders from the Post
Office Department. There is nothing in the laws
to cover this. unless the department classes them
under sharp pointed Instruments, and pocket
knife when in shape for mailing, is about as much
of sharp-pointed instrumt mt as an ear of s.
Will you please shed some light on it :? What do
they do In New York :? MAG.
Year: 1879

CONFUSION ON THE EAST SIDE Il" ROAD.
To THE EDITOR THE HERALD


Please use the influence of the HERALD in persuad-
ing the IL" roads to adopt some plan by which the
trains going to Harlem may be distinguished from
those going to Fifty ynnth and Forty-second streets.
Could not the be painted different color and at
night have different colored lights? think, by this
plan the delay and often great Inconvenience could
be avoided. G. 4. G.
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD;-


As the police do not notice the condition of Forty
second street. from the northwest of Seventh
avenue to the Riding Academy, which is in very
filthy state unpaved. and Of the cellars always
wet from the CUTTERS desire to call tho attention of
the Board Of Health to the same, as 1t is now
breeding spot for scarlet fever and kindred Diseases


A FATHER.
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


wish to call attention to the fact that the Second
Avenue to Astor place and Broadway have
stopped running during the last few weeks. would
like TO know why. large number of persons in
quire the at my place Of business but can
not give them any information. II. A.
Year: 1879

To THE EprToR THE HERALD:


In justice to the police and fremen of this city
would say that the attempt to cut down their sala-
ries is an outrage. especially in the of the
former when we take into consideration the many
hardshps and dangers they are at all times exposed
to at the hands of ruians and pretended unatics.
cite for instance the fate Of that brave. fearless
noble hearted and much lamented officer. Asa II.
Furniss. And again. the of the officer who but
a few weeks ago had his collar bone broken by
prisoner who. when brought before one Of our
iudres, was discharged with himsy fine.
Had it been the prisoner who received the injury the
officer would undoubtedly have been dismissed the
force and in all probability made to suffer for his
crime II there il a reduction to be made let it be
done with such men accompanied the brave Fur
Miss on his errand of DEATH who when the shot was
fred fed like so many cowards and left him to die
like a dog. With such as they let the reduction be
made, or better, weed the department Of them alto
getbcr II. II. NJ.
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD:-


/ am horse conductor. and find it very diff
cult to make time in running account of the de-
lay caused by lady passengers in removing their long
trails from the As you have done much in rem
edyng the existing evils of the day wish to ask you
to suggest to railroad companies to alter their
time tables 10 make it within our power to run
on time. unless our lady patrons will curtail their
dresses somewhat, for it usually takes them from
two to three minutes to their entire wardrobe
from the As particularly instructed not
to start until the last end of their dresses
clears the STEP find ourselves losing time and the
driver cursing US for keeping the Car standing so
long and besides, are threatened with immediate
discharge unless we make time. Please do what you
can for us. Mr., Editor, and oblige


CAR CONDUCTOR.
Year: 1879

TO EDITOR THE HERALD:


Why is it that the conductors on the Broadway
have to begin to reckon up their fare books at
Forty-seventh street when on their up trip? daily
passenger this line OF cars have nine times out
of ten to ring the bell myself rush to the rear
door, where the conductor is so busily employed,
and then find myself deposited in the mud half way
the block between Forty-eighth and Forty ninth
streets, when I wished to get off at Forty-eighth
street. On New Years Eve complained to the con-
ductor, SAYING objected to his inattention, which
caused to be carried block beyond my destination
told that ''f wanted to get off the car was
not so long that could not call ont and be heard
As the weather requires closed doors think he
would hardly have heard me; neither is it agreeable
for passengers TO so signal. LADY PASSENGER.
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD


Can you spare space enough in your Complaint
Book to insert a statement of the wrongs imposed
upon seafarng people of this city. for there is a
custom here not practised in any other ctythat of
extorting blood money from sailors. No person
of any capacity whatever can ship board Of any
vessel without paying from IS to SIS bonus. or
rather blood money for the chance Is this right?
rather. is it allowed by law that we should pay
these nearly all the wages we make in order to
get ship? II you will please insert this you Will
greatly oblge the seafaring men OF this city.


BLOOD MONEY.
Year: 1879

[NorE-Letters intended for this column must be
accompanied by the writer's full and address to
insure attention Complainants who unwilling to
comply with this rule simply waste time in writing
Write only on one side of the paper.-ED. HERALD
Year: 1879

no scream, no sign Of fear All as yet had
gone well, when a gleam Of moonlight lii
up the scene, and revealed a party of horse
men some thirty yards distant. There was
no lime for deliberation: the young chief
tain dashed his spurs into his horse, and
with a bound the noble animal was crossing
the now moonlit moor at full speed, hotly
pursued by the chief and his party.


Capture, but don't fire, " was the brief
command.


AT first, the lovers outstripped their pur-
suers; but the double burden began to tell
on the young chieftain's horse, and the dis
tance between them lessened. The chief
was gaining on them at every stride, and
the pale moon still shone on the scene
Suddenly, rs if the earth had opened at their
feet, over the precipice that Overhangs the
Lochan kin DhOan, leaped the horse and
its riders. An exclamation of horror, a
viii yell of agony from the chief as he be-
held this fatal leap, dull, heavy splash in
the deep water beneath was all that re-
sponded. From that hour it was Stunned
as fatal spot. The story of the treasure
had been handed down from father To son.
aad party of stout hearts again resolved
to brave the dangers that surrounded the
scene of the hidden gold. \ night was
fixed. But scarce had the task began ere
an arm and hand, holding naked dirk, is
said to have risen from the water, and an
unearthly voice to have calculated ''For-
bear. Such is the story of the haunted
loch as told long years after on his death
bed by an old and wrinkled man, the last
of the band that met that night
Year: 1879

n nObieman residing at a castle in Italy
was about to celebrate his marriage feast.


All the elements were prOpitiOus except the
ocean, which had been so bOisterOus as To
deny the very necessary appendage of fish


On the very morning Of the feast, however.
poor fisherman made his appearance with
turbOt so large that it seemed to have been
created for the occasion. Joy pervaded the
castle, and the fisherman was ushered with
his prize into the saloon, where the noble
man, in the presence of his visitors, request
ee him to put what price he thought proper
on the fish, and it should be instantly paid
him. One hundred lashes, said the fisher
man, on my bare back, is the price of nv
fish, and | will not bate one strand of whip
cord on my bargain. The nObleman and his
guests were not little astOnished, but our
chapman was resOlute, and remOnstrance
was in vain. At length the nObleman ex-
claimed, Well, well, the fellow is a humOr-
ist, and the fish we must have, but Law on
lightly, and let the price be paid in our
presence After fifty lashes had been ad-
ministered, hold, hold, exclaimed the fish
erman, | have a partner in this business,
and it is fitting that he should receive his
share. What, are there two such madcapS
in the world, exclaimed the nobleman.
name him and be shall be sent for instantly;
you need not go far for him, said the fisher
man, you will find him at your gate, in the
shape OF your own porter, who would not
let me in until promised that he should
have the half of whatever | received for my
turbot. Oh, oh, said the noblemau. bring
him up instantly, he shall receive his stipu-
lated moiety with the strictest justice. This
ceremony being finished, he discharged the
porter, and amply rewarded the fisherman.
Year: 1879

Charles Dickens beloved home - the
dream of his youth, the delight of his prime
-Gads Hill place, is now for sale. He
bought it for $3.50, but improved it so much
that it will now bring five times that sum.
When he died a reserve price Of $50,
was put on the property, at which il was
secured by his eldest son Charles, who now
offers it to the highest bidder. In addition
to the associations connected with it, Dick
ems practically rebuilt the house, and added
considerably to the land originally pertain
ing to it. Among other things which Dick
ems did for the house was to make a well,
the progress of which was somewhat a
serious matter for hial. He used TO say,
1T is quite a railway terminus; it is so
iron and so big" Dickens made under
meath the road the famous tunnel which
connected his lawn with the shrubbery, in
which was placed the still more famous
chalet presented to him by Mr.. Fechter.
Up to the last Dickens was improving his
beloved residence. The last thing he did
was to build conservatory, and it was on
" on the Sunday before his death that he
had the great satisfaction of seeing it COM
pleted. He said to his daughter, swell,
Katie, now you see positively the last i'm
provement to Gads Hills.
Year: 1879

\ man of the name of ROwaieff lived
with his family i'm a small building
which had been erected in the neigh
hood of an exhausted naptha spring,
for the storage and refining of naptha
As is the custom in Russia, ROwaleff
was in the habit before going to bed OF
closing all the doors and windows of
his house, so as to exclude as much as
possible the external air. This lie did
on the evening of the accident. At
four O'Clock the next morning, his wife
having occasion for a light, Rowaleff
rose and struck a match, The next
moment the air was on fire. The gas
from the old naptha spring had risen
through the intersticeS of the floor into
the house, and finding no means of
egress, had filled it with Inflammable
fumes. In few seconds all the eight
children of ROwaleff were either stifled
or burnt alive in their beds, and the
wretched father and mother managed
to crawl 10 :he door, their skin hang
in shreds from their scorched bodies,
only to die miserabiy few hours later,
The entire stock of naptha was of
course destroyed and the building burnt
TO the ground.
Year: 1879

Choice flowers have been sent across
the continent from California by nov
ell method, which is described as fol-
lows: a large potato of a California
variety, the largest in the world, was
cut in two and part of the pulp scOoped
out of the centre of both pieces. Into
the halves were laid the Occidental
bloom," and the potato was Joined to-
gether again with a strip of thin pa
per about the edges. The moisture
from tie potato kept the flOwers fresh
during their journey, and their color
was as beautiful on reaching their deS-
tinatiOn as when first plucSed. The
odor, however, was gone from the flow
ers, and they gave forth a decidedly
s'PotatOish" scent. We presume a
scooped-out pumpkin would answer
the purpose equally rs well, and afford
greater room for storage.