smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

food for pigs, and should be avoided.
Brood sows may have the company of
the boar, if pigs are wanted in March.
The increased value of the first litter of
pigs will pay for pure bred boar
Nothing is more certain than that it
pays to breed only from pure blooded
males, Of whatever kind or breed they
may be-. But blood will not stand in
place of feed. Blooded pigs are most
profitable and thrive best where there
is full corn crib.


ROADS


Roadmasters should see that mud
holes and bad spots in the roads are
filled with broken stone. Mending
roads with earth at any season, is waste
labor. There should be Blake's Stone
Crusher at every country mill where
road material can be procured. One
years use would pay for it. In nothing
are we SO behind the times as in the
condition of our country roads.


POULTRY.


As this is the season for selling poul-
try, let there be a good supply kept for
home use, and those which are kept for
breeding, should be we'll cared for, so
that they may lay early. The poultry
house should be kept clean and we'll
whitewashed, if it has not been already
done.
Year: 1874

kindly treatment, and watchful care.
The farmers eye should ever be on the
alert to discover the first sign of dis
order, and when found, it should be
remedied at once.


No stock suffer more from damp close
quarters than sheep. They will winter
better in the open field than in a low,
damp, filthy yard. But they should be
spared either of the infections. An
open shed that may be closed in drv-
ing storms ought to be provided with a
roomy yard in which they may lie in
fair weather Oats and corn are both
dear this season, and bran, rye, or buck
wheat, may be given with equal profit.
A little variation of feed is good for
sheep, but the changes should not be
made frequently, or they will learn to
look for it and become dissatisfied
Frozen grass or any cold, watery feed
is bad for ewes that are to lamb early.
and yearling ewes that are not to be
bred from, may be put together and kept
separate from the other sheep. If any
of the focks have the scours, a table.
spoonful of mixture of prepared chalk
and peppermint in water, should be
given once day Costiveness is quick
ly remedied by little linseed oil-cake
meal


SWINE.


Fat hogs should be finished up as
fast as possible. Those intended for
home use should be finished upon dry
shelIed corn, with pure water only fol
drink. This will produce firm hard
pork. Store hogs will do best upon
cooked food, and in place of corn, boil
ed potatoes and bran will make excel
lent feed. Buckwbest is too beating
Year: 1874

PRESERVATION OF MANURE-Investi-
cations have been made by Professor
Way, of England, by which the in
creased value of manure kept under
shelter is accurately determined as
against that exposed in open yards
The following are the relative values as
determined by analyses of the dry ma
nures, the water being nearly equal in
each, and about II per cent:
Year: 1874

NOTICE. L. w. Pitcher takes
pleasure in announcing to all
purchasers of DRY & FANCY
GOODS that himself and hissssis-
ter have just returned from
the Boston market where they
have been making purchases
for the fall and winter trade.
It is useless to attempt to
enumerate goods or quote
prices. which will be given at
the counter. It is sufficient to
say that he is daily receiving,
by boat and rail, additions to
one of the largest and most
carefully selected STOCKS Of
goods ever offered for sale at his
place of business. All are in
vited to call, examine for them
solves, learn prices. and pur-
chase if salts fed.
Year: 1874

There is no pain which the
Centaur Liniments will not re-
lieve, no swelling they will not
subdue, and no lameness which
they will not cure. This is
strong language, but it is true,
rpl
Year: 1874

We learn that a force Of men are en-
gagged in preparing the road bed OF the
Somerset Railroad between Norridgewock
and Madison for the sleepers and iron,
which have been contracted for and on the
way hither The frogs, spikes, etc. for
laying the iron have already arrived. Our
people hail the renewal Of work and a
forward movement with great satisfaction.
We have near hundred thousand dollars
in the road, and the future destiny OF An
son, as well as the road itself, turns on its
completion to this village. No further de-
Law should be suffered, but the Directors
to whom the people have entrusted the
work should at once prepare to cross the
river and then move along keep moving
Union Advocate,
Year: 1874

ACCUMuLATIvE PRopENsITIEs. The Provi-
Cence (R. L,) Journal of the 9th ult. gives
the following, showing the weakness of a ser
want girl 1.-THE employer learning that the
girl had given her notice. and was going to
leave the situation that night, he advised the
people to broach the subject to her at once, and
ii she did 20, own up to search her trunk. They
were Mortified at the suggestion, but at his ear
nest request they concluded to act under his
advice. SO the girl was questioned closely, and
to their surprise she did own up, and brought
in her valce to prove her guilt. lu it was a
little of verything-towls, stockings knives,
spoons, &C. Then her trunk was brought In,
aud in that was found collars, haudkerchieis,
ginger, sugar. nutmeg, and all sorts of things
Suspicion was now still further excited, and it
was discovered that that very afternoon she had
gone out to visit relative and had taken away
with her lamp and some other things. 1t is
probable that this system of stealing has been
going on for long time and there is no means
Of arriving at just estimate OF the loss there,
by, but in consideration of her long and faithful
service the family did not feel like Furnishing
her by prosecution, so she was allowed to de-
part in peace without even bringing back the
lamp.
Year: 1874

HARRINGTON ADDRESSES THE JURY IN HIs


owS DEFENsE-HE USES BITTER Ian


GUAGE-HE LEAVES HIS HONOR IN THE


HANDS OF THE JURY.


WASHINGTON, Nov. q.


In the safe burglary trial Harrington ad-
dressed the jury in his own behalf, saying
that he did so notwithstanding the adage
that he who is his own lawyer has a fool tor
his client. He protested his entire in
nocence, and said that he asked no
tayors, nothing but simple justice.
10 his argument he cited various cases and
decisions which have been made against the
practice of seizing private papers for the
past six centuries, and denounced the action
of the government Illegal, indecent and
infamous. In regard to the missing tele-
gram, he said that it was for his interest to
keep that telegram intact, for the govern
meDt did not know who wrote that dis
patch, and before they could introduce it.
they must prove that he (Harrington) wrote
it. He would have it destroyed under
any circumstances, and he had as much
right say that the counsel for the govern
ment had abstracted that telegram as they
had to impute its absence to him. They
might not have done it themselves, but they
we're surrounded by band of men who
were used to such capers, and they could
have picked up this dispatch and have eaten
it up as easily as they could have eaten one
OF Welken's dinners. He spoke about the
release of Benton, and said
that he only did what he
considered his duty and what he always
would do and what he would do again, and
that was to give every man his liberty on
bail when the case warranted it. At this
very time, be also suggested, Hayes could
procure his release on bail. Harrington
spoke nearly two hours and closed by urC-
ing his own vindication, and de-
claring his willingness to leave every
thing, his life and his reputation
and honor in the hands of the jury, and say
ing, that in all his official acts he had never
yet tarnished bis name or his honor. The
court here took recess. After the recess
the court was adjourned till Monday, when
Mr.. Davidge, of the counsel for the defense,
will decide whether or not he will address
the Jury
Year: 1874

ABSTRACT OF THE OFFICIAL REPoRTs-EsrI-


MATE OF THE NUMBER OF THE NEEDY


THEIR CONDITION.


ATCH1soN, Ks. Nov. 2l.-The Daily
Champion publishes from the advance
sheets of the official reports made to the
state board of agriculture some statistics
showing the destitution existing in sew
eral of the frontier counties of the
state. Seventeen counties in which an
aggregate OF 15S.000 acres had been planted
in corn produced not bushel of this cereal.
Five of these counties produced an average
crop of wheat, rye, oats, barley and buck
wheat, and are abundantly able to relieve
anv Individual cases of destitutiOn in their
midst. The other twelve counties having an
aggregate population of 23,SS7, as shown by
the state census, taken last June, are all on
the remote frontier. and the settlements
within them have all been made within the
last three years. The eight in which the
greatest 0estitution prevails have all been
populated within the past year or two, and
the greater part oil their population settled
within their limits either last spring or
the preceding fall. These show
an. aggregate population of 1896
settlers. Generally they had their first crop
planted. They had expended all their means
in building their homes and putting in crops.
The drought and grasshoppers wrought the
total destruction of everything they had
planted. leaving them totally destitute
They are without either food, clothing or
fuel, to sustain them until they can
produce something on which to live,
and must be sustained by the charitable
contributions ofthe people in other sections
of the state and the country at large. The
Champion computes the numbersof desti-
tute in the state at from 20. 000 to $4,000. But
of these many are located in the older
counties where the crops, with the exception
Of the corn were fair average, and the
more fortunate citizens are able and willing
to help their destitute neighbors. But in
eight counties the destitution is very general,
and almost the whole population will need
pie must be assisted during the winter, and
until another crop is grown.
Year: 1874

Sunset Cox bit the nail on the
head last Tuesday when he told the
House that the growth OF the news.
papers had dwarfed the importance
of the right of petition; that the
people were coming more aud more
to see in the newspaper the most
convenient channel for bringing their
wishes and grievances to the notice
of the lawmakers. - Springfield
Republican.
Year: 1874

A Washington correspondent says:
A strong effort, in which the President
will cooperate, will be made At the
forthcoming session Of Congress to SC:
cure an appropriation for the purpose
Of building new executive mansion IN
the western section of the city. made
:omcwhat: famous by the district real
estate pool. in which Hallet, Kilbournc,
Boss Shepard and Senator Stuart were
interested. The expense Of the annual
repairs to the present headquarters, for
the past several years, approximates a
sum which would amount to enough to
build new. and pretentious home for
the President: It is the design to have
the present building used as the exeeu-
tive Office for the transaction Of business
and the proposed structure for q resi-.
q
Year: 1874




Mrs. swis,helm in the Chicago Tribune: j


OF all the moral lessons ever Henry
Ward Beccher taught, the most impress
siye is contained in those. words which
Mrs: Stanton truly says must have fall
en- with "withering cruelty" on her
whom he ''casts aside like = withered
flower" ''She thrust her affections on
me unsought.' These are the most in
structive words; this is the greatest
sermon that ever fell from the lips Of
the great preacher Let all women read
and ponder. They teach an old, old
lesson, with new and mighty force.
They say to every woman: The man
who would induce you to do that for
which you would hide your head in
shame, if known to the world, is sell
fish cgotist and coward! No matter
how gracefully he may kneel, how elo-
quently and passionately he may plead;
no matter how thickly he may paint his
purposes with ooatings Of piety and
philosophy, his nature and his purposes
are base. It is himself he loves, and,
under sufficient pressure, he will sacri-
fee and trample upon you. The man
who can get his own consent to live a
life he dares not acknowledge, confcsses
himself coward; and coward, in
presence Of danger would betray any
trust. A man who would make dishon.
orable proposals, under the plea Of love,
to woman, is SO essentially sneak =,
that sacrificing her to save himself is as
much necessity Of his nature, as truly
part Of his make up, as are claws to a
lobster.


One must pity poor little Mrs. Til
ton. Think Of tho great mesmeric
force which holds hundreds of thous-
ands in spell, which makes right wrong
and wrong right with q word, a look
and gesture; think Of the power Of
Beecher being concentrated in one hu.
man. soul--a soul made for devotion,
predisposed to believe in anything which
took the form Of piety-and what result
could be expected? What man could
resist Beecher if he would concentrate
his power upon him? Mr.. Tilton is
surely right in feeling that his wife't
fall, under the circumstances, is no evi
dcnce of unusual weakness, and he may
wen pardon her on the ground that hi
himself committed a blunder worse than
a crime in consenting to the unusual in
timacy in his family Of such man =.
mar who had long been charged will
immortality. The world can we'll alfort
to pity and pardon poor little Mrs. Til
ton. Those who were at all familiar
with the fragile, nervous, sensitive, af
fectionatc little creature may we'll cove1
her with a mantle Of charity. Tn
;, strong can afford to love and, trust her
) when not under the baleful influence
that wrecked her life but she is n
pattern Of womanhood to be held "
!: for other than condemnation.
Year: 1874

1t is mans own fault if he is un-
happy with his wife, in nine cases out
of ten. 1t is very exceptional woman
who will not he all she can be to an
attentive husband, and more excep-
tiOnal one who will not be very dis
agreeable if she finds herself wilfully
neglected. 1t would be very easy to
hate a man who, having bound a
woman to him, made no effort to make
her happy; hard not to love one who
was constant and tender; and when a
woman loves she always strives to
please.


The great men of this world have
often been wretched in their domestic
relations, while mean and common
men have been exceedingly happy.
The reason is very plain. Absorbed in
themselves, those who desired the
worlds applause were careless of the
little world at home; while those who
had none of this egOtism strove to keep
the hearts that were their own, and
were happy in their tenderness.


No woman will love a man the better
for being renowned or prominent,
Though he be first among men she
will only be prouder, not fonder; and
if she loses him through this renown,
as is often the case, she will not even
be proud. But give her love, appre-
citation, kindness, and there is no sacri-
flee she would not make for his content
and comfort. The man who loves her
well is her hero and her king No less
a hero to her thought he is not one to
any other; no less a king though his
only kingdom is her heart and home.
Year: 1874

A cultivated taste marks woman OF
elegance and refinement as decidedly
as a knowledge of classical literature
does gentleman and there is nothing
in which female vnlgalarity is more
clearly shown than in want OF taste.


This is an axiom that We think VIII not
admit of dispnte but it is question
how far taste is natural, and how far 1t
NAV be acquired. A delicate taste
must, to a certain extent, depend upon
the organization of the individual and
it is impossible for any rules to be laid
down which will impart taste to persons
entirely devoid of it. But this is very
seldom the case with women, as 1t is one
of che few points in which women natu-
rally excel man. Men may be, and
probably are, superior to women IN all
that requires profound thought and
general knowledge but In the arrange
ment of house, and the introduction
of ornamental furniture and articles OF
biiouterie. there can be no doubt OF the
innate superiority of woman. Every
one must have remarked the difference
in the furnishing of bachelors house
and one where a lady presldes the
thousand little elegancies of the latter,
though nothing in themselves, adding,
like cyphers, prodigiously to the value
of the solid articles they are appended
Year: 1874

All SOuthey's thoughts, all his wishes
all his hopes, were centered within the
four corners of his library. This library
was all in all to him. Coleridge called
it his wife, and De Quincey has given a
description of 1t which is too well
known to need quotation. Southey
knew all his books by heart, kept them
all in perfect order, well classified,
marked, and indexed E; and here, with
these books for his companions. "the
pride of his eye and the Joy of his
heart" he spent most of his time.
"Imagine me in this great study of
mine, from breakfast till dinner, from
dinner till tea, and from tea till supper,
in my old black coat, my corduroys,
alternately with the long worsted pan
falcons and CATERS in one, and the
green shade, and sitting at my desk.
and you have my picture and my his
tory" This is Southey's own descrip-
ton of himself at work, in a note to his
brother, and it tallies to a L with De
Quincey's account. 81 rouse the house
to breakfast every morning, and qualify
myself for boatswain's place by this
practice and thus one day passes like
another, and never did the days appear
to pass so fast. - My actions are
as regular as those of ST. Dunstan' S
quarter-boys Three pages of history
after breakfast, equivalent to five In
small quarto printing, then to tran
scribe and copy for the press, or to
make my selections and biographies,
or what else suits my humor, till dinner
time from dinner till tea | read, write
letters, see the newspaper, and very
often indulge in a siestd for sleep
agrees with me, and l have good sub
stantial theory to prove that it must ;
for as a man who walks much requires
to sit down and rest himself, SO does
the brain, if it be the part most worked
require its repose. After tea L go to
poetry, and correct and rewrite and
copy till am tired, and then turn to
anything else till supper; and this is
my life, which, if it be not very merry
one, is yet as happy as heart could
wish" | take these sentences from his
letters at thirty and forty, but they may
stand for a description OF his life at
forty-fiye, at fifty, and even within four
or five wears of his end for although
his tasks varied from year to year, his
habits were as fixed rs the habits OF
pundit. What they were at fifty they
had heen at thirty, and you may take
his own account of his life at thirty as
a representation in miniature OF his
whole career and of all the habits of his
life.-Ismplc Bar.
Year: 1874

Happy is that human being who has
the tact to do adisagreeable thing beau
tifully. Here are the men of America
continually ababbling concerning the
aggravating height of feminine hats IN
theatre audiences. And yet no manager
in the land has had the wit to remove
these tOrments in the simple manner
adopted by the functiOnary of French
provincial theatre. He made no bOis-
ferrous observations; he gave 10 stern
orders; not he. He merely printed in
large letters on his playbills this mas
ter-piece of genius "The manager begs
that all goOd-lOOking ladies will remove
their hats for the accommodation of
the rest of the audience. The Aged,
the Bald, and the Plain are not expected
to comply with this request" From
that auspiciOus night the soaring bonnet
and the mountainous hat were invisible
at that wise mans theatre.
Year: 1874

1t is a common mistake to suppose
that eating before sleep is injurious.
Not at all unfrequently does it happen
that people are sleepless for want of
food, and little taken either when
they first go to bed or when they thus
awake sleepless, will be generally
found far more efficacious, and of
course infinitely less injurious than
any drug in the chemists pharmaco-
pia. These are the physical remedies
for sleeplessness which have the best
recommendation. As for the moral
ones, there is certainly good deal
more to be said. Perhaps the most
stringent of all rules are; "Avoid
anxiety and Don't go to bed owing
anybody grudge.' Chewing the
bitter cud of quarrel is a thousand
fold more injurious to repose thaa swal-
lowing whole teapOtful of the very
greenest of green teal
Year: 1874

Muslin dresses, even of the most del
icate colors can be cleaned in ten min
utes or quarter of an hour without
losing their color. Melt half a pound
of soap in gallon of water, empty it
into a wash-tub, place near two other
large tubs of clean water, and stir into
one quart of bran, Put the mnslin
in the soap, turn it over and knead it a
few minutes squeeze it out well, but
do not ring it, lest it get torn rinse it
about quickly in the bran for couple
of minutes. Rinse again well for a
couple of minutes. Squeeze out dry
and hang it between two lines. A
clear, dry day should be chosen to
wash muslin dresses. Half a dozen
may be done this way in half
an hour. This last rinse may be pre-
pared in the same way as the rinses for
woolen fabrics. A colored pattern on
a white ground must not be blued.
The bran may be dispensed with.
When the dress is dry make the starch I;
for colored muslin white starch, for
a colored muslin white starch, and un-
boiled but made with boiling water, is
best for muslin dresses. Stir the starch
with the end of wax candle; dip the
dress hang it to dry again. When dry
rinse it quickly and thoroughly in clear
water hang it to dry again sprinkle
and roll it mp afterward iron it with
very hot irons. Hot irons keep the
starch stiff. This rinsing after starch
ing is called clear starching none of the
stiffness, but much of the unsightli-
ness of the starch is removed in this
way. The advantage of thus cleansing
dresses instead of washing them is, first,
if colored, the process is so rapid that
there is not time for the colors to run ;
secondly, the fabric is not rubbed, and
therefore not strained and worn ont ;
thirdly, the process saves nearly all Ia
Dor, and is so quick done that any lady
may manage it for herself in the absence
of a laundry-maid or a lady's maid
Household Gsids.
Year: 1874

He offered kiss in the morning
coldly turned away,
For an idle word that overheard


Had ranked night and DAY.
! knew. in truth. it was nothing


That he would have blushed to own
That point and sting of the trifilng thing
Grew out of my heart alone
But vexed, unquiet spirit


Weighs no matter Alright
And the sore smart Of jealous heart
Puts reason out of sight
| let him 90 III the morning


Without the kiss he sought:
And the day was long, but nur=ed nv wron;
With many bitter thought.
one bitter thought, God help me-


Did not enter my brain,
That kiss of mine, by word or sign,
He would never seek again.
But as evening shadows gathered,
My heart began to burn
With quickened sense of his influence.
And / lohged for his return.
Leaning against the window


That overlooked the street,
l strained my ear his step to hear


In the crowd of hurrying feet,
Far of, in the dimmest distance,
should have known il well;
But there came instead a muffied tread
And the sharp alarm of the bell.
Some griefs though deep and bitter,
Find at last their cures,
Bat some retain the old. old pam


As long a. life endures.
l did not know in the morning


When l coldly turned away,
That | should miss and mourn that kiss
Down to my dying day