smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

sowing, the crop will be damaged fully fif-
ty per cent, from this cause. There is no
question but that while there is some truth
in the fact that the lower grades are not fit
for seed, yet it is not reasonable to suppose
that the damage will be as great as some
anticipate, yet be this as it may, the ques-
ton is one of great importance, and as
there is no time to experiment it will be
advisable for farmers to SOW their best and
plumpest seed, and it would be as we'll, in
case that the seed is much shrunken, to
sow greater quantity per acre. 1t has
been asserted that this matter originated
entirely with the "bulls" of the wheat
market, or those who would be benefited
by raise in prices, should the impression
prevail, that short crop would result from
this cause, and it is easy to see that inter
ested and unscrupulous parties might raise
such a cry, and for the purpose above
mentioned. In any event it is but reasona-
BILE to suppose that the blight injured the
crops to greater or less extent, and it will
under the circumstances be advisable to
make allowances for the damage. Sever
al scientific tests are being made, but as
we said before, the time is too short to test
the matter thoroughly, yet these prelimi-
nary experiments prove that the damage
has been greatly over-estimated in so far
as the sprouting qualities are concerned,
but the yield, strength and condition of the
plant is vital point that we must leave
unsolved until another harvest. We there
fore would urge upon our farmers the ne
cessity of sowing their best wheat.
Year: 1879

An item which recently appeared in the
New York Graphic in regard to the 'seri-
GUS damage to the sprouting qualities of
last years crop of No. 2 spring wheat has
caused considerable excitement and dis.
cussion. The subject is one of great i'm.
portance for it Will directly effect US all,
and as seeding time is now close at hand il
will be well to look into the matter very
closely. 1t Is claimed that the excessive
heat which prevailed just before harvest


hurt the kernel and injured it to such al
extent that unless allowances arc made II
Year: 1879

STATE OF MINNESOTA, (ss


County Of Stevens


In Probate Court,


Special Term, Feb. 28, 1879
In the Matter of the Guardianship of Edward P.
LAGRANGE residing in Battle Creek, Calhoun
county, Michigan, a Minor


On reading and filing the petition of Matte L.
LAGRANGE guardian of the person and property Of
Edward p. LAGRANGE minor, for license to
sell the real estate of her said ward; and it ap-
pearng from said petition that it is necessary and
would be beneficial to said ward, that said real
estate, or part thereof should be sold;


1t is ordered, that the next OF kin of the said
ward, and all persons interested in the estate of
said ward shall appear before said Probate Court,
at the Probate Office in the Village of Morris in the
county of Stevens aforesaid, on the 18th day of
April, A. D. 1872 at O'Clock in the forenoon, to
show cause why license should not be granted
for the sale of said real estate
And 1t is further ordered, that a copy Of this
order be personally served on the next of kin Of
said ward residing in said Battle Creek. Calhoun
county, Michigan, and all persons interested in
said estate at least fourteen days before the hear
ing Of said petition aforesaid and by the pub
liCation thereof for four successive weeks In the
Stevens county Tribune weekly newspaper
printed and published at the Village of Morris in
said Stevens county, the last of which publication
shall be at least fourteen days before said day Oi
hearing.


Dated Feb. %, 1879


By the Court,
HEZEKIAH BRAGG.
46t5 Judge of Probate
Year: 1879

We hope the railroad company will run
an accommodation train between this place
and st. Paul, in the day time, during the
summer months. This being the north
limit of the lands controlled by the Benson
Land Office, such u train would be a great
convenience, not only to land hunters, but
the general public also.
Year: 1879

Volume No. /, of the Herman Herald,
has been received, and from the appear
ance of its columns we should Judge that
the business men of Herman appreciate the
value of both newspaper and printers
ink" We are glad to see that Bro. White
man has met with such generous patron
aye, and hope he will prove his motto
false, at least as far as starUing out the
printer is concerned.
Year: 1879

opened the kitchen door, and with her face
full Of wifely anxiety. and surrounded by
nightcap frill. and her mouth wide open,
she really looked like a saint or something,
but she was remarking "MurderI" at the
time, and her voice SO startled the hog that
he run over me before | could get out of
the suds. How he managed to step on me
thirty-two times In running over me once
Is q mystery both TO Maria Ann and my
self; but he did. for we counted the spots
his hoofs made


Amer running over me, he walked out
the front gate as solemnly as though he
were on his way to church, and il Is my So
lemn belief that he came into the yard on
purpose to run over me, aud tor nothing
else.


Maria Ann declares she wont wear that
polonaise any more. and | am tolerably
sure | shall net; not II know it.
Year: 1879

The hard times, and the comparatively


high wages Of teachers, bid fair to crowd
the profession with larger per cent. tina q
usual of candidates who are neither ntted
oy nature, nor qualified by experience or
mental training, for the difficult ard respon-
sible position Of teacher.


Already the number OF applicants for
schools is rapidly multiplying and school
committees, influential friends, and school
agents are being beseiged to secure school
for my daughter, or my son, or my niece
or nephew.


Now l would say that there is . reason
able extent to which all these appeals can
be made, but when they are pressed on the
score OF relationship, or simply on the
ground of being 4 resident OF the district
or town in which the agent lives, the mat.
ter becomes not simply amusing, but per-
nicious. The agent is sslemnly bound to
act for the highest interests OF the district.
and not to crafty his own wishes or feel
ings simply. and when he permits personal
feeling to bias his choice OF a teacher, he
proves himself unworthy the important
trust confided 10 him. Districts, however
Instead Of eondemning nepotism in the
agent have in many instances encouraged
1t by electing to the agency persons with
the assurance at least that they would em-
ploy some particular relative OF theirs. Ii
would be far better for district to express
its wish by vote, than to leave IL with the
agent TO draw n delicate inference, which
might encourage perniclous practice in
the selection Of teachers.


Our schools have suffered in many in.
stances from the feeling that there was
some needy person in the district who
ought to have the school, and who is not
sufficiently smart or successful to secure
school elsewhere, and to crafty this SYM
pathy the school funds have been often
worse than wasted


prearranged plan, is often Silently con-
cocted, TO shrewdly carry tn school meet
Ing against the unsuspecting majority, by
parties who have no interest In the school
funds, except what they can sponge out
-,
and in many Instances the intelligent and
really interested portion of the district
have only TO wake up and find that they
have been humbugged


This system OF abuse Is fraudulent and
wicked, ina'much as it Is cheating the In
nocent and helpless youth OF the land man
fold more than it IS benehtng any partlc-
ular individual, and deprIvlng nIne-tenths
OF them of the only Inheritance they will
ever enjoy, except /. be Industry and ma
tive intelligence


The only way 20 remedy this evil Is to
apply An Intelligent watchful public Inter
est to the affairs OF our school meetings,
AMI select for agents such only as are IN
terested In our public schools, and are rnen
OF shrewd Judgment. and sterling in.eg-
rIty. NJ.
Year: 1879

There is severe battle going on now in
relation TO public beer drinking There is
so much said about its mischief that when
any good comes from it it ought TO be told.
One of our very young men has been very
popular among our military. He belonged
to rich family, whose father was very
indignant He was a very fast young man
and spent his money more freely. He
treated everybody that would drink with
him. He got on the downward grade.
He was bleared and dropsical. Too late
commenced a temperance reform and alb
stained from all forms of liquor. Dropsy
set in. His doctors gave him up and said
he must die. WELL" said the young man,
Iii l am going to die, what is the use of
nv tempcranceg l might as well die
drinking as any other way" There Is no
use," said the doctor, You might as well
live one way rs another; you can cat and
drink what you please; you will die if you
do and you'll die if you don't" He rolled
cask of beer into the cellar and reveled
in the foaming tankard. He drank enough
weekly To kill ten men. All at once he
began to amend. His dropsy abated; his
appetite came to him. He ate like a
butcher and slept like child. He ate
everything that came to hand He can be
seen nightly at the Armory, hale and
hearty as any member of the corps, anC.
promises to live as lOng.-[N. Y. Cor.
Boston journal.
Year: 1879

comes for. . picture the negative is turned
the Other. side, the collodion put on and
the glass put in the camera. In this
manner the portrait of the sitter is on
one side of the glass and what is intended
for the spirit on the other. When the
negative comes 10 be printed tho paper is
placed against the side of the glass having
the portrait of the sitter and exposed to
the light. The spirit being on the other
side of the glass has To strike through
1t which gives it the hazy appearance,
while the portrait, being on the other side
next the light, comes out clearly defined.
Any one who is desirous of doing SO can
test this for himself, and the illustration
shown by the photographer explained the
matter fully to the eyes of the inquiring
newspaper man. The more artistic 4
photographer is, of course, the more un-
earthly he can make the work, and the
gentleman in question said he could pro-
duce picture of the most ghastly de-
scription.-[R Rochester Union
Year: 1879

Flour is peculiarly sensitive to atmos
pheric influences, hence il should never be
stored in a room with sour liquids, mol
where onions or fish are kept, nor any ar.
ticle that taints the air of the room in
which IT is stored. Any smell perceptible
to the sense will be absorbed by flour
Avoid damp cellars or lsffs where a free
circulation of air cannot he obtained. Keep
in cool, dry. airy room, and not exposed
to freezing temperature nor to intense
summer, or to artificial heat for any length
of time above zoe to rs : Fahr. It should
not come in contact with grain or other
substances which are liable to heat Flour
should be sifted and the particles thor
oughly disintegrated, and then warmed
before baking. This treatment improves
the color and baking properties of the
dough- The sponge should be prepared
for the oven as soon as the yeast has per
formed its misslin, otherwise fermentation
sets in and acidity results.-IAmcrican
Miller.
Year: 1879




The black smoke which pours from the
chimneys of manufactures, disfiguring
houses and making life in such cities as
Pittsburg disagreeable, represents great
waste offuel Part of this loss can not be
prevented, though some of it can but it is
practicable by the use of an English in
vention to wash the smoke and make it so
clean that when passing from the chimney
ton, it will no: soil a white handkerchief.
The washing is done by passing the smoke
through the spray caused by paddle wheels
revolving in tank of water holding soda
ash in solution. The tank and wheels are
placed in the hue, between the furnace
and the chimney, and, the wheels being
made to revolve in the direction Of the
chimney, the draft is increased. tits said
that the saving in the cost of constructing
lage chimney stacks now necessary, but
which can be replaced by smaller chin
neys, will cover the cost of the apparatus.
The Impurities of the smoke collected in
the tank can probably be utilized as arti-
cles of cpmmercial value. At all events
they are much better in the tank than
floating about in the atmosphere. Atten-
tion has been heretofore directed to inven-
tions desig1fSd to secure a more perfect
combustion OF coal in order to save money
and get rid of the smoke nuisance, but
there are more limits beyond which such
inventions can not go, and when these
have been reached, the washing of the
smoke and detention of impurities must
be great boon to manufacturing cities--
Philadelphia Ledger.
Year: 1879

The Syracuse Courier has the following
A rare instance of nerve and GOODNESS, un-
der trying circumstances recently came TO
our knowledge. A few weeks ago two
sisters were jOurneying over the Central
railroad en- route hOmeward tO Albany
from Colorado. They belonged to wealthy
Albany family, and one of them, for whose
health the journey to Colorado had been
undertaken, was dying of consumption.
anxious only to die at home. The two
sisters occupied compartment in draw
ing room car. Just before reaching Syra-
cuse the consumptive's life went out, and
the surviving sister, who was attending
her, was left alone, in the compartment
with her sisters corpse. She was aware
of rule of the railroad company
that in case of death on the cars, the corpse
must be removed from the cars at the first
station thereafter. To avoid the delay that
this would entail, she resolved to conceal
all knowledge of her sisters death until
they should reach Albany. To the fire.
quent inquiries made at the door of her
compartment of sympathizing fellow
travellers as to her sisters condition, she
gave evasive replies, as also she did to
train officials. She telegraphed at the
first opportunity TO her brother to meet
her at Schenectady. not, however, men,
tiOning that her sister was dead. He met
her there with her sisters corpse. At
Albany they called hack and assistance
to carry Every sick lady," closely veiled.
They drove to their residence and called
an undertaken. The lady certainly show
cd nerve equal to the requirements of the
battlefield.
Year: 1879

1t was rumored on the streets vester-
day afternoon that some one flad gohe
over the lower falls IN q boat, but the re-
port seemed to lack authenticity and very
little credence was given il. An investi-
CATION by our reporter, however, reveal
ell the fact that the story was not without
foundation, and as nearly as could be
gathered from the many conflicting sto-
rles. the facts in the case are as follows:
About two o'clock In the afternoon
German boy about seventeen years OF
age was fishing in boat above the lower
falls, while companion was engaged in
the same occupation upon the shore.
Wishing to change his position, the boy
In the boat pulled further out in the
river, when his boat was caught bv the
current and hurried down the stream.
He immediately seized the oars and com
menced pulling for the shore, when one
OF the treacherous blades broke in his
hand and he fell backwards to the bot
tom OF the boat. Quickly recovering
himself, he tried to paddle the boat with
the remaining oar, bnt with this he made
little progress, and every moment he was
drawing Eear the fatal precipice. His





slstance, and at last, seeing that he never
could get the boat ashore he jumped in
to the water, and bravely struck out for
shore. He made gallant struggle at it,
but ne had waited until it was too late.
The force of the current was irresistible,
ana when within ten feet of land he was
carried to the brink, where he paused
for moment, and then disappeared down
the awful depths.


This is the story as it was told, brt
Coroner Danninburg, who was notified,
was unable to find anything of boy or
boat, although he met a number of peo
pie who said they were eye witnesses of
the scene. Tbcse acquainted with the
water around the falls say that the press
are from the fall is so great that it will
hold body under until the force has
somewhat abated. This may be, and
may be that the body has already been
carried to the lake. The namo of the
unfortunate young man is said to be
Gossner, but further particulars in regard
to his identity VIII probably be revealed
to-day, When his absence from home is
noticed, and inquiries made by parents
or employers. rs.-R0chcste Dem.
Year: 1879

AS we paid our four cents for paper
in the Office of one of our largest dailies.
the other morning, a pleasant Thank
you from the clerk greeted US. We
have thought much of it since. We
should not have considered it discourte-
Gus if our money had been taken me-
chanically; four cents is a small sum.
But it was very much pleasanter as it
was, and the little incident set us 10
thinking on the subject we have put in
the head of this article


Would it not be much better all around
if there were more of courtesy introduced
in our business dealings? We go into
some shops and Offices where there seems
to be the most utter indifference whether
your wants are supplied or not. We
sometimes meet officials on railroads or
steamboats, who are almost brutal in their
manner, as if gold band around the
cap gave them the right TO be insolent
and overbcaring. And then we find 9TH
ers quite the reverse, ready TO answer
civil questions civilly and to promote the
comfort of those who are temporarily un-
der their care. 1t is needless to say that
little courtesy goes great way in
making things smooth and agreeable"


This lesson of courtesy is one, it seems
to US, that young persons entering in
any capacity upon a business life ought
to learn. There need be nothing fawn-
ing or simpering about it. 1t is the best
when thoroughly manly or womanly. But
it certainly is most easily acquired in
youth and it will stand its possessor in
good stead in all after years. The court
eous clerk will rightly be the favorite
clerk. We know that the homely old
proverb is in one sense true, that fine
words butter no parsnips,' words do not
take the place of things or actions. But
it is also true, as the Scripture says.
that "a soft answer turneth away wrath
This politeness in manner and in words
will be like the oil that prevents the fric-
ton to the machinery. 1t makes every
thing easy,-Christian Weekly
Year: 1879

To the Editors of the Lerciston Journal:


Not wishing to weary the reader, we
wish simply to call the attention of the
voters of Maine to a few important facts
connected with Maine politics; facts
which should invite our inspection, and
cause us to reflect upon the general color
ing which now infects our organization.


1t is contendcd by many that the Port
land convention was not the result of a
trade conducted by a fusion ring in the
interest of a few democratic wire pullers
and hungry officials. They claim that
this is a mere Chronicle assertion without
proof with which to substantiate its
charge We are unable TO vouch for the
Chronicles ability to prove farther than
as it comedies with our own observations.
But we do know that the editors of that
paper are as true to the principles that
they advocate as any one upon the Amen-
can continent.


1t is simply fool hardy to ignore such
facts as may conflict with our wishes or
ideas of what should have been, simply
because we are ashamed to acknowledge
ourselves outhanked by an unseen foe. 1t
shows better generalship to acknowledge
defeat and Immediately set about to
right the wrong by repelling the traitors,
regaining lost ground, and strengthening
the bulwarks around the fort of safety
and principle.


Be not deceived, God is not mocked.
Whatsoever We SOW that shall ye also
reap" While you are endeavoring to
strangle your own conscience for the sake
of killing the republican party, another
enemy far more deadly than they comes
in and carries away the plunder. Which
is the easier method, to dislodge the re-
publican party by uRadulterated ''hat'
principles, or to dislodge them by demo-
cratic principles, and then be obliged to
rout the democrats on fiat principles
before we can have those principles en-
acted into law:


"Out of the frying pan into the fire. "


Again, does any one claim it to be alb
solutely impossible for ring to control
political convention. If it is not the
position of the Chronicle may be true,
who shall say?


"What are the "signs of the times ?


Was not our last Legislature fusion
body: Did any permanent good come of
it? Not a single law asked for by genu-
inc greenbackers in the interest of the
poor voter, was considered worthy of
notice.


If there was trade then would it not
be natural for the present campaign to be
laid out by the same ring and on the same
plan?


l tell you that the people are sold out
in the interest of few fusion office
holders.


The general coloring which permeates
the whole State is plainly illustrated in
the city of Auburn.


In the spring, before election, our club
raised committee for the purpose OF as
certaining who were available as candi-
dates for city positions, and present them
before the club that they might ascertain
! for Themselves phether those men Were
| qreenJackers or not, and thus be sure Of
true men with sound principles.
Year: 1879

The following story comes to the
Rochester Express from over the water;
Mrs. Muriel took great interest in parish
affairs. Last year she promised to assist
in decorating the parish church. One
Illuminated text she thought would look
well over the chancel screen, and she re-
quested her husband TO bring it from
town. As might have been expected, he
forgot the text, and wired to his wife for
particulars. To the surprise of all the
telegraph clerks, this message came flash
ing over the wires: Unto Us child Is
born, nine feet long by two feet broad" ."
Year: 1879

A JOKE on A PHYsIcIAS.-We heard
an anecdote recently concerning one of
our eminent physicians which is too good
to keep. The doctor took a six-year-old
girl into one of the cemeteries in the city,
and in the course of their rambleS they
came across grave on which the little
one read the inscription, and then the
doctor told the child that the person buried
there had been one of his patients IN life.
The child stood a moment and looked at
the grave indicated, and then at the many
others around, and ingenuously asked,
"Were all these your patients, too"-
NeO Bedford Standard.
Year: 1879

"A wealthy bachelor who recently
went to the other shore from Manchester,
England, bequcthed his fortune in equal
portions to thirty women who had re-
fused his hand in marriage at various
times of the early stages of his earthly
career. In his will he pleasantly re-
marked that he owed to these ladies a
boundless debt of gratitude, for to their
rejection of his suit he attributed all the
happiness he had enjoyed. So everybody
was pleased; since each of the women
received more than he ever would have
given her as a wife, to say nothing of
her escaping SO unpopular husband.