smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

shore, with the boat in tow. The canoe
as well as the boat, has cable secured to
It, by which those ON the bank regu' ate
It's drift down stream. How strongly it
struggles up and out into the full flood
Both cables are secured round trees and
paid out by numbers.


Fighting up and across the tide, drift
ed dowl it as the cables slack their
length, watch--with what hungering
eyes! The canoe steals inch By inch to
where it and the boat holds it are in
line with my feet. The set Of some cur
rent drlfted me to the rock | stand on.
The boat is detached, straining on the ca
BILE, guided, too, by rope from the near
~ stationary canoe. The current sets it
toward me. It is brought up by the
strain of the cable ashore. Still it drifts
nearer and nearer.


"There are moments in life that swal-
low up all the rest of existence in our
memories. They haunt us awake. We
dream them always. If I should be
Methuselah with centuries of breath it
seems to me one thought would always
absorb all others, as Aaron's snake de-
voured Pharoah's magician's serpents.


l remember nothing else but that I
woke out of dream of hell in bed at
Forsyth's was told had been in death
agony with brain fever. What mattered
thats I was out Of the torment of the
damned. felt the blessedness of peace,
OF safety, of life wrung from death.


''They dared not tell me it was real
that all am now telling you had been
awful reality--that l had dared as the
boat drifted abreast Of me to risk leap
into it--that, on the very edgd and utter
Drink of perdition, the strength of scores
ashore had overpowered the rushing flood
that amid the shouts and tears and sobs,
not of women only, but of bearded, iron
nerved men, I had been lifted senseless
from the boat and borne to enjoy brain
fever safely in the hotel yonder.


"Do you think | have told you lie or
bellevable truth--the bare fact? know
it IS plain truth, and yet only half credit
myself. Well, stranger, dream or truth,
| never forget it; it's part of lne always


"God save any one from ever trying, in
fact or fancy, such an experience as mine!


"Now you know why | don't see any
thing of beauty in Niagara. leave that
to be discovered by those who never came
SO near to being real part of it as did.
Year: 1878

Springfield (Mass) Republican.


A thrilling occurrence is reported from
Evanston. H., and, as it is probably the
first instance on record in which the hustle
OF lovely woman became an implement
of crime, the case is thus immortalzed by
the Cleveland Leade1. There was boy
in that town named Daley. The boy had
dog, which he was accustomed to take
with him on his daily excursions to Ger
tain suburban pasture fields to drive home
the cows. On the 9th inst, young Daley
found, on his way TO the pasture, some
thing white and rufied and mysterious.
He did not know what it was, but it was
too beautiful to throw away, and the hap
py thought struck aim that it might be
intended as an ornamental portable avn
ing for dog. So he called his dog and
tied the gay device around his body Just
behind the fore legs. This held the wayv
frills of the tournure aloft like canopy.
Thus caparisoned the dog pranced along
gayly in front of his master to where the
cows were quietly grazing in the field.
Immediately there was a wild commotion.
The cows knew in a general way some
thing about dogs, but an animal half
dog and half bird, with towering ban
ner of whalebone and wire and muslin
floating in the aummer wind, was to
them new and terrifying spectacle.
They eyed the approaching terror mo-
ment, then tossed their heads, turned tail,
and broke in wild stampede for town.
The frantic herd burst from the end of
the lane into the main road just as grave
and serious ex-minister of the Gospel
whose sands of life had nearly run, etc.,
came driving along. Him the COWS heed
ed not. The dog, with his phenomenal
attachment waving up and down, was be-
hind, and they cared for nothing in front.
One jumped across between the horses
and the vehicle, two others dashed against
the wheels, capsized the Elder into ditch
full OF muddy water, and left the buggy
standing ON its beam end with two wheels
in the air Then the horse caught sight of
the dog ran after the cows, smashing the
vehicle to atoms and distributing it along
about two miles of the public high
way. The cows reinforced by the flying
steed, carried the village like an invad-
ing army, and such was the terror and
surprise OF the people that they have since
done little else but talk about it. The
minister crawled out of the ditch and be-
gan legal proceedings against the boy.
who came into town by side street and
slipped up the back stairs supperless to
bed. The dog with the hustle saw that
he had overdone the thing, and crept under
barn. The problem that absorbs Evan
ston is where to classify the crime of that
boy under the statutes of Illinois.
Year: 1878

A little girl was visiting the country
and for the first time witnessed the ope1
alton of milking. Watching the pro
ceeoing intently for a while, she inspected
the cow minutely, and then launched out
the poser. "Where do they put it ing"
Year: 1878

We make room sor all the above
with the same degree Of pleasure
that we did tor the Furbush letter
or any other matter in which there
arc not even thanks, much less pc.
cuniary considerations; but solely
TO do justice to ali parties interest
Year: 1878



 DR. STEvENs:-

 Dear Sir,-I feel it my duty to say one word in regard to the great benefit l have received from the use of one of the greatest wonders of the world; it is your Vegetine. l have been one of the greatest sufferers for the last eight years that ever could be living. I do sincerely thank my God and your Veg etine for the relief I have got. The Rheumatism has pained me to such an extent, that my feet broke out in sores. For the last three years I have not been able to walk; now l can walk and sleep, and do my work as well as ever 1 did, and I must say owe it all to your blood purifier, Vegetine.

 IMAGERY WELLS. VEGETINE.-The great success of the Vegetlne as a cleanser and purifier of the blood is shown beyond doubt by the great numbers who have taken it, and received immediate relief, with such remarkable cures.
Year: 1878

This splendid specimen of the hls. trionic witness now reappears, and says that she and her husband were not attacked by Democrats, but by a negro who had threatened to kill her husband. She also states that she received five hundred dollars for her testamony, and that she was car fully instructed what to say; that the laying on the sofa was all ar. ranged for dramatic effect, as she was perfectly:able to walk and sit up. Her present husband, Prtchard, testfies that this is the story she had qeen in the habit of telling him. Put Eliza with Jenks.-I Capital.
Year: 1878

I propose to pen down a few thoughts relative to a subject which 1 think should be deliberately and maturely considered by our voting and taxpaying constituency, at this political crisis. l believe that it Is q generally conceded fact, that one of the main topics to come before the next General Assembly for leg islation will be a revision of our School Law.

 Now the question naturally sug- gests itself, What revisions or amendments will affect the most good, and rebound to the interest of the commonality of our State? That the present method of raising school funds by special taxation upon each individual school district, subject to q vote of the district, is an errone- ous method, is an obvlous fact, that needs only to be mentioned to be condemned. Then how shall we supply our Treasury with school funds? thls is the question to be solved; this is the question that should be propounded by our con stituency and expounded by our would-be legislators. But it seems that our candidates for Representa- tive are quite backward in defining their positions upon the school ques- tion. Come, gentlemen, mature your plans and positions, for they will be publicly demanded in your political canvass.

 That a system of public schools is an essential part of our State govern ment Is so transparent that it be- comes at once an undeniable, self. evident fact. And further, that there is no way given under Heaven nor among men whereby an efficient public school system can be sup. ported except by direct taxation upon real and personal property is an inrefutable fact.

 am fully aware of the fact that there arc great many large proper ty owners that are strenuously op- posed to supporting a public school system in this way. Some are in favor of raising school funds by a per capita tax-and we understand that one of our candidates for Rep. reseutative advocates this theory. Is this so Mir. H. Clabe2 We Griffin ties would like to hear from you on this point. We had by far better have our school law wholly repealed than try to support system of pub lie school by per capita tax.

 beg leave to lay down the follow ing propositions for consideration, and hope that you, Mir. Editor, or somebody will give us some com ments on the same:

 First-That Q system of public schools is an essential part of a State government.

 Second-That there is no efficient method of supporting such system except by direct taxation upon per sonal and real property.

 Third-That the present modus opcrandi is ncfarious Tn it's nature.

 Fourth-That our school tax should be levied at the same time and in the same manner that our county tax is levied, and thus have it uniform all oyer the county.

 Fifth-That it should all be col lected as other taxes are and paid directly into the County Treasury and held subject to the order of the school directors.

 These are presented as mere hunts but are thought to be Tn the right direction-they are presented for the purpose of bringing out some of our thinking men upon the school oueetion. NOVICE.
Year: 1878

"Well may I smile," says a poet in Harper's for June. "Well you may," retorts the prose writer of the Hawk eye, but you want to hide your breath in some lonely cavern before you go around singing about it.
Year: 1878

The contest for U. s. Senator, in our opinion, now rests between Bell and Walker. Both are sound, competent gentlemen, and either will represent our state creditably in the Federal Congress.

 The man who aspires to office un- der q pledge to the payment of the Holford bond debt should not only be ignominiously defeated, but out. lawed and driven from the presence of honest men. The man who advo- cates tho payment of fraudulent state debt is an enemy to the people and curse to mankind.-Hot Springs Sentinel.
Year: 1878

About this time of the year, whenever an
important election is coming on in Maine,
the political weather prophet begins to warn
us to look out for squalls in the fifth Con-
gressional District 1t has been prophecy
never fulfilled, but all the same we look for
it with each recurring campaign year. Ever
since Mr.. Hale has represented the District
his first election occurring in 1S6S-his de-
feat has been foretold with the highest conf
dence by men who have wanted him out of
the way, and just as often he has come out
of the contest in better condition and with a
more hearty endorsement by his people than
ever before. In 1868 it was said that he
would lose the District because he was a
new man. In 1872 we were told that he
could not survive the combination of Greeley
against him; and even SO late as 1876, when
common observation was all the other way,
the newspaper correspondents-including the
New York Tribune s-announced that the
9Th was the one most doubtful District in the
State. The majority in the District that
year on the Congressional ticket proved to be
Poll, bringing the District fully up to the
level of the old banner Districts, which had
formerly beaten the 5th two to one. 2911
would seem to be pretty fair margin upon
which to 60 into new fight, but the old cry
of the hard fight in the Fifth District is up
again, and the Bangor Commercial lays out
programme in which Mr.. Rust is to figure as
the head piece of the Greenbackers, and
Munroe Young of Ellsworth is to lead the
columns of the reform Democracy. The
Commercial says this will make the contest
the very hottest that will be waged in any
one of the 2s3 Congressional Districts,
and that MI. Hale will go under. Our
information is the other way. That the
Greenbackers, or Nationals, have quite a
large following to-day in Knox and Waldo
counties is no doubt the fact, but their ranks
are recruited in nearly even numbers from
both parties, and the Democratic local lead
ers who have gone into the movement are


fully as set in their determination to stick to


the new movement as are those Republicans


who have been drawn in. Indeed we are
told on good authority that where the new
organization shows signs of weakness
is in the fact that many honest and sensible
Republicans, who allowed themselves to be
captured by the specious watch words and
crafty miss.atements of the Greenback ora
tors and press, have already seen their mis-
take and are heading back to their old organ,
| ization.
Year: 1878

We do not hear of any opposition to Mr..
Hae's denomination, and we understand
that he proposes to conduct his campaign
almost entirely upon the currency and finan-
cial issues, in which we believe him to be
both shrewd and wise. We shall be disap-
pointed if this does not tell upon the Green
back clubs, which need the presentation Of
sound truths to Offset the absurdities and
misstatements with which they have been
filled for the last six months. Setting aside
the Republ cans who remain alienated by
the Greenback movement, on the day of elec-
tion Mr.. Hale will command the unbroken
vote of his party which has more reason-and
realizes ito stand by him to-day than ever
before. The ambitious. aspiring men who
desire to represent the district. hereafter are
allpressing Mr.. Hale's denomination and will
earnestly support him in the canvass. Be-
sides these things it is difficult to see where
the honest, sound money Democrats can 60
except to Mr.. Hale. Mr.. Murch, who was
nominated yesterday at Belfast, is rabid
greenbacker of the most advanced school with
strong tendencies toward communism and
kindred doctrines, so they cannot touch
him; the Hancock county Democracy last
year, under Munroe Young's lead, adopt
ed platform so wild and insane upon
the currency question that nobody then or
since has ventured to urge its adoption out
side of that county where it was buried under
majority heavier than had been cast for
ten years; and Mr.. Young's sentiments have
spectacle will then be presented of the Green
back and Democratic candidates struggling
to secure the votes of the Greenbackers,
while there will be but one ticket that will
old parties. That this view is taken is appar-
ent from the position of leading Democrats
and newspapers in the District who
join with Mr.. Hale in denouncing the ''abso-
lutte money" the. "irredeemable currency"
heresy early and late. His position on this
question, we are glad to say, is uncomprom-
ising. He will stand or fall with sound, hon.
est money, with the greenback at its present
issue, made and kept redeemable in coin.





If, out of these conditions in his District,
Mr.. Hale does not come with an increased
majority, the PRESS is bad political guesser.
His good fortune has not failed him thus
far, and his constituents know that he comes
to them this year with the record of faith
full and valuable service to them and large
ly added national reputation. His abilities
as a leader have been tested many times
during the last Congress, and have been equal
to the most trying emergencies. We have
confidence in the Republicans of the Fifth
District; they will see to it that the party
shall not lose one of its ablest leaders and
one of its most skilful debaters in Congress.
We predict Mr.. Hale's election by majority
larger than ever before.
Year: 1878

The Greenbackers of the eleventh dis.
trct of Indiana have nominated David Moss
for Congress. One of the speakers in the
convention said that he had more respect for
jeff Davis than he had for John Sherman,
and that if the latter had his deserts he
would be hanged to the first lamp post.
Year: 1878

THE Oregon papers explain how the Re-
publican defeat in that State was brought
about. The Democrats owe their triumph
to the treachery Of a portion of the Green
back organization. That party nominated
candidates and the candidates were loyalty
supported by the Republican Greenbackers.
The Democratic Greenbackers protested up
to the day of election their intention of vot-
ing for the Nationalist" nominees, but on
election day went back to their old party
allegiance and secured Democratic victory.
The dogs returned to their vomit. Repub-
lcan Greenbackers in Maine will do well to
profit by this lesson. They, too, may be
left in the lurch by their Democratic allies.
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous etters and communi
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve CON-
muDications that are not used.
Year: 1878

Rev. John lnskip visited North East
Nd, a few days ago, and preached il
the M. E. Church to a large and at
tentlve congregation, from the text
"But ye shall receive power, after thai
the Holy Ghost has come upon you
and ye shall be witnesses unto me, .
etc. A correspondent of the Ceci


Wing gives the following notice of it.


His discourse was both interesting and


instructive. In the course of his re.
marks, he said Himself and grand


son, quite recently, concluded to spend
a Sabbath in hearing other denomina,
tions expound the Scriptures. In tho
morning they visited Presbyterian
church, whore they heard an excellent
sermon, which was either Pres by teriap
or Methodist, Methodist or Pres by
terian, he didn't know which, but q
good deal Of both. In the evening
they attended an Episcopalian church
where they all read their prayers from
a book, and when they said amen, he
said amen, and when they said glory
to God, he said glory to God; his grand.
son gave him nudge, lest he should
make an indecorous outburst of praise
to God. He said it was about the first
time he happened to he where they all
had such a systematic mode Of eaculat
ing at once. He said he was in favor of o
spontaneous outburst of praises, such
as emanated from such power as was
indicated in the text, and believed if
there had been about half dozen more
like himself, there would have been
regular explosion.
Year: 1878

Heaven was the subject Of Mr.. Moody
at his meeting in Eutaw Baptist church
yesterday afternoon. Heaven, he said,
was a city without cemetery, and il
was a place Of endless joy prepared es-
pecially for 's'people. 1t was not
that they would See the golden streets,
the crystal river, and rest under the
shade Of the tree of life that was going
to make Heaven sueh place OF Joy to
the redeemed ones from earth. 1t was
BECAUSE Christ would be there, and
they would see Him face to face. 1t was
not the grand pictures upon the walls
and the magnificent furniture that
made home SO attractive; it was the
loved ones that dwell there. Take
away the wife and children and what
barren place home would be. The
rich who dwell in gilded palaces and
ride in magnificent turnouts are not al
ways the happlest. Often when pass
ing such places he thought to himself
what skeletons may be hidden there.
He would rather take his chances for
happiness among the meek and lowly,
though they might live in novels.


For 3 Button undressed Kids 60 to
Year: 1878

AcoUT HOME PoLITBNEss. That
man who is scrupulously polite and re-
spectful to all women in public but
habitually saves his coarse manners
and vulgar language for his Wits and
daughters, is no gentleman. He is only
an lmposter. The young man who oils
his hair, puts sweet odors upon his
pocket handkerchief and bows with
charming elegance to Miss Arabella
Sprigsin. and her lady friends and goes
home to sncer at his mother, and treat
her with familiar dscourtesy, is a
pinchbeck imitation only ofa gentle
man. Genuine good manners and
gentle breeding should begin at hoHe.
As rule the men in a community who
are the most trusted are the men at
home. When man opens his front
gate, only to meet his wife's face at the
door radiant with pleasure, and hears
the shout from the eager children
Papa is comingu it is safe as rule
to lend that man money. He is honest
and will repay it if he can.
Year: 1878

Boys said school teacher, know
ledge never comes without seeking
stick pin there and as he shot n
from his seat like a jack in box, b.,
offered a reward OF five dollars for thes
boy who stuck a pin there, and enc OF
the boys held up his hand and said the
teacher was wrong. He had no know.
ledge Of fthatpin in his chair, had not
sought it, and yet it came.
Year: 1878

Religion and money are more closely
related than many people think. II
your religion makes you feel like giving
your money as well as your sympathy
il is safe to conclude that you have
been Thoroughly converted, but il 1t
makes you feel like giving your SYM
pathy and keeping yOul money you had
hnt.er try. try aoain.
Year: 1878

Be severe to yourself, and indulgeut
to others; you thus avoid all resent.
ment.


Tie wise man makes equity and
justice the basis of all his conduct
the right forms the rule of his beha-
viOr; Difference and mOdesty mark
his exterior; sincerity and fidelity
serve him for accomplishment.


Love virtue, and the people will be
virtuous the virtue of a great man is
like the wind; the virtue of the hum
BILE is like the grass; when the wind
passes over it the grass inclines its
head.


Children should practice filial piety
at home, and fraternal deferen ce
abroad; they should be attentive in
their actions, sincere and true in tn ell
words. loving all with the whole
force of their affection.


Return equity and justice for evil
done to you, and pay goodness by
goodness.


Without the virtue OF humanity,
one can neither be honest in poverty
nor contented in abundance.
= Real virtue consists in integrity oi
heart and loving your neighbor as
yourself.


What [ desire that others should
not do to me, l eqally desire not to do
to them.


Think not of faults com mitted in
the past, when one has reformed hi:
conduct.
Year: 1878

Says the Indianapolis Sentinel. A
pork packer of this city is entitled to
credit for the discovery of new swim
die. While bartering for carload of
hogs yesterday he noticed that the
backs of his favorite staple were COW
cred with mud, and an examination
of the floor of the car revealed to him
the fact that the alluvial accumulation
was not a matter of accident, but of
design. several hundred pounds of
clay of wonderful adhesive properties
having been Systematically thrown
upon the floor and dashed with water,
to which the. hogs with their we'll
known propensities for wallowing
had gone with a relish. He did not
buy, but later in the day be hsard
that the drover had sold to another
packer, and was Dragging loudly that
he not only saved shrinkage, hut re-
ceived S37 for the mud that incrusteC
the backs of his porkers.
Year: 1878

The water at Mackinaw is very
clear and cold-so cold as to be almost
uncomfortable. A gentleman some
years ago amused himself by throw
ing a small gold coin in twenty feet
of water, and give it to any Indian
who would bring it up. Down they
plunged. but after decending ten or
twelve feet, they came up SO chilled
that after several attempts they gave
it up. A Yankee standing by, observ-
ed that if he would give it to him for
getting it, he'd swing it up quicker
than lightning, to which he consent
ed when Jonathan, instead of plum
ging in. as was expected. quietly took
up a setting pole, and dipped the end
in tar barrel. reached down to the
coin, brought it up, and slipping it in
to his pocket, walked off, to the maze
menJ of the Indian divers. and the 10
small chagrin Of the donor.