smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877




1t is curious fact that an eight year
old boy can't sit for FIVE minutes on .
cane-seat chair without getting the back.
ache, but be will walk right out aud cit
on the top Of hitching-p post for half an
hour and feel like peaches over it.


Extract from letter from Atchison,
Kan. 1.-THE ground is tremendously
dry here ; the big rain Of last week did
not reach the ground ; the grasshOppers
stood on their hind legs and drank the
water as fast as it fell. So l am inform
ed I"


An English bride walked from the
church door to the altar on a carpet Of
evergresns Howered with roses, lilies
and violets; but it won't be a year be-
fore she will be scratching her hus-
bands back with an old clothes brush
in the most prOsaic and satisfying man
ner.
Year: 1877

On WEUNESDAY 4, IuA 4 70, 1871.


This dryer was invented for the purpose Of
saving part of my own crop of peaches in
1875. Thousands of baskets of fruit had
rotted in my orchard. The Smocks and Late
White peaches were ready to dry when be-
gan, yet the peaches dried after that with
common stove without CRATE bars, sold for
two hundred dollars. improved the dryer
greatly in 1876 and this year, and claim that
It will dry fruits and vegetables so that they
will be nearly as lightand rich in color when
they are dry as when put fresh in the evapor
ator. That which darkens more fruit than
all else, is the vapor that is thrown off in
drying, and remains in the dryer until it
passes through all the fruit in the way to the
outlet.


Ny invention by the use Of tubes takes the
greater part of that moisture out of the main
chamber without its passing through the
fruit, and also supplies DRY HEAT to every five
trays continually, thus retaining the natural
color of the fruit by quick drying. When
the fruit is nearly dry it is slid into mIlder
heat in the finishing chamber.


The following certificates show what is
thought by those who have seen the fruit for
two years:
Year: 1877

A TERRIBLE AND STRANGE OUTRAGE
SacTumento, Sep. 27.-About noon to-day
an outrage was committed in the town of
Washington opposit Sacramento, which has
created much excitement Eta Freeman,
OF Washington was found III the orchard of
Capt. Hodgeson on the river bank opposite
the foot of \. street She was fearfuily
wounded In the face as If by some dull edged
implement or sharp piece OF wood. She was
also bruised about the head. She was lying
under tree among some young shoots and
was in furrow and covered over with earth.
A boy named Fay had been sent to market
by his mother, and on his way saw the child
and gave the alarm. A Chinaman was at
work in the orchard thirty fee. away. He
has been arrested, but the officers believe he
had nothing to do with it, and the child
nigh. have been placed where she was with
ont his seeing it. The boy Fay is arrested
and detained as a witness. He has aroused
suspicion by telling contradictory stories.
He Is about ten years old The child had
been absent fromits home only about twenty
minutes. When told of the occurrence her
father said ''This has been done for re.
venge," and gave no further explanation.
The case IN surrounded by singular mystery.
The child is still alive, but it is doubtful II
she will recover. She is now unconscious
No signs of malrreatment on the child, ex
eept those stated.
Year: 1877

RHEUMATISM AMONG FARMERS. There
is great deal too much carelessness gen.
orally among farmers with regard even to
ordinary precautions for the preservation
of their health, and yet after all, there is
scarcely any class to whom sickness is more
irksome and inconvenient. rheumatism
is frequent among them because they
wear wet clothing, heat and suddenly
chill the body, over-eat after very hard
work, and because they do not keep the
skin in a healthy condition If farmers
would avoid suddenly cooling the body
after great exertion, if they would be
careful not to go with wet clothing and
wet feet, and if they would not Overeat
when In an exhausted condition, and
bathe daily, using much friction, they
would have less rheumatism.
Year: 1877

A STANDING ARMY.-The CRY for an
increase Of the standing army goes up,
mostly, from radical throats. A stand.
ing army, it would be well to remember,
is standing threat against personal free.
dom, and in addition to that, Is the most
expensive luxury that a people can in
dulge in.
Year: 1877

SENATOR BoGY, of Missouri, whose death
is announced, although not what is called a
great man, viii prove loss to the senate and
the country. His large business experience
was very much needed, especially at the
present time, in body made up of so many
lawyers. He was conscientious, honest
legislator, and deservedly popular among all
who knew him.
Year: 1877

ALWAYS take a receipt when you pay
out money Though honest and fair deal
ing may be intended, a mistake may occur,
or through forgetfulness the proper credit
may not be given, and thus dispute or
quarrel may ehsue.
Year: 1877

THOMSON is not going to do anything
more in condrums. He recently asked
his wife the difference between his head
and hogshead, and she said there was
none He says that is not the right an
swer.
Year: 1877

WHEN a young woman makes up her
mind that hen shall not set, and the
hen makes up her mind that she Will, the
irresistible meets the immovable, and
every law of nature is broken or perverted.
Year: 1877

WASTE NO TME.-Time lost can never
be regained After allowing yourself
proper time to rest, don't live on hour OF
your life without doing exactly what is to
be done in it and going straight through
with it from beginning to end What
ever it is take hold of it at once, and
finish it up squarely, then to the next
thing without moment dropped out be-
tween. 1t is wonderful to see how many
hours prompt people make out of day !;
it is as if they picked up the moments the
dawdlers lost If you ever find your
self where You have so many things press
ed on You that you hardly know where to
begin, let me tell yon secret. Take
hold of the first one that comes to hand,
and you will find the rest will all fall in
to file, and follow after like company of
well-drilled soldiers, and though work
may be hard to meet when it challenges
you in a squad, it is easily vanquished if
you can bring it into line.
Year: 1877

The night is come hut not too soon,


And sinking silently,
All silently, the little moon


Drops down behind the sky.
There isno light in earth or heaven,


But the cold light of stars
And the first watch OF night is given,
To the red planet Mars.
Is it the tender star of love -


The star of love and dreams'
o no from that blue tent above,
A hero's armor CLEANS.
And earnest thoughts within me iise,
When behold aiar
Suspended in the evening skies


The shield Of that red star.
o star Of strength, see thee stand
And smile upon my pam:
Thou beckonest with thy mailed hard,
And | am strong again.
Within my breast there is no light,
But the cold light Of stars;
give the first watch Of the night
10 the red planet Mars.
The star of unconquered will,
lie rises In my breast,
Serene, and resolute, and still
And calm, and self possessed.
And thou, too, whosoe'er thou art
That readest this brief psalm,
AS one by one thy hopes depart
Be resolute and calm.
0 fear not in world like this
And thou shall know ere long,
Know how sublime thing it's
To suffer and be strong.
Year: 1877

are having trouble The enforcement of the
excise law has been put in the hands of the
captains of police, and they are going for the
rum mills severely. Last week over two
hundred arrests were made, and there was
trouble. Such thing had never been done
before The shops were entered. and if the
proprietor did not have Il license, he was
summarily arrested, no matter what time
of the afternoon it WIS. Very many
were taken in when it was too
late TO procure hail, and had To languiSh
all night in the tombS. The movement is
being made at the instance Of the temper
ance alliance, the object being to 50 harass
and worry the liquor-dcalcrs as to drive out
all but the strongest, and to make their con-
tinuance very expensive aiiIir to them.
The movement thus far has been directed
against the 'bucket-shoIs. to make the
sale of liuror to the poor UNI pleasant. The
best men in the city are behind it. The
wcrk is going right along, with cords of
money and any amount oi Influence behind
it. The societies are all very active, and the
temperance people are III ,aln'>t.
Year: 1877

One who knows what she is talking
about says this of a prevalent vice:


Don't be tempted to purchase things
because they are cheap. The shop.win.
dows and the counters fairly overflow with
a bewildering tide of loveliness, marked
down, every wave and ripple of it, to prices
which are amazingly low. But nothing is
really cheap to you if you are not in need
OF it. If in drawer or closet or wardrobe
you have a dress which little skill and
management can freshen up and renovate,
don't buy another. Some ladies never
have any rich and handsome dresses
because they spend their money con.
stantly on cheap fabrics or on the thousand
tempting trinkets, ties, laces and articles
OF ornament which are spread out in
witching variety in the fancy stores
Every summer brings with it quantities of
imitation stuis, which look very pretty
when first made up and which have the
eiiect, for a little while, of better goods
Alas it is only for little while.


The sudden shower, the insinuatipe
moisture of damp day or the inevitable
crowding of street car, does for them
Their tiimsy and forlorn appearance, when
the first gloss has gone, is an offence to all
people of taste. 1t is economical to bpv
the best you can afford. A good, strong
article in woolen or silk can be worn wear
after year, turned, redyed, combined with
something else, handed from mother 70
daughter and from sister to sister, remain.
ing presentable through all changes of
ownership, till it finally gladdens the heart
of the washerwomsn's little girl. If Won
cannot compass the means to procure n
really good material, eschew a sham. Let
what you do get be good of its kind. A
well-printed calico respects itself. A sleazv
poplin or berege is a begger on masoue
rade, and is soon found out. The tawdrv
the meretrieious, or the vulgar in clothing
is an index to the lack of refinement in
those who possess it,
Year: 1877

Judge Pitman has habit of slipping his
watch under his pillow when he goes to
bed. The other night somehow it slipped
down, and as the Judge was restless, it
gradually worked its way downward toward
the foot of the bed. After bit, while he
was lying awake, his foot touched it, and
as it felt very cold, he was surprised and
scared, and jumping from the bed, he
said


" BY gracious, Maria there's a toad or a
snake or something under the covers. /
touched it with my foot"


Mrs. Pitman gave a loud scream, and was
out on the floor in an instant.


Now, don't so to hollering and waking
up the neighbors," said the Judge. "You
go and get the broom or something, and we
will fix this mighty quick.


Mrs. Pitman got the broom and gave it to
the judge, with the remark that she felt as
if snakes were creeping all up and down
her legs and back.


SO, nonsense, MariaI Now you turn
uO"H inc covers slowly, while ! hold the
broom and bang it. Put bucket of water
alongside the bed, too, SOS we can shove it
in and drown it,"


Mrs. Pitman fixed the bucket and gently
removed the covers. The judge held the
broom upliftcd and, as soon as the black
rib Of the watch was revealed, he cracked
away three or four times with his broom.
Then he pushed the thing off into q bucket.
Then they took the bucket to the light to
investigate the matter When the Judge
saw what it was he said


" might have known that! Just like
you women, 60 to screcching and making
fuss about nothing! Who's going to pay
me for that watch? It's utterly ruined"


" 1t was you made the fuss, not me, said
Mrs Pitman. "You need not try to put
the blame off on me-"


80 hush up and go to bed! I'm tired of
hearing your blathcr. Pears to me YOU
can't keep your tongue still minute.
Blame if amt going to get divorce and
cmigratc!"


And the judge turned in and growlcd at
Maria until she fell asleep.
Year: 1877

that peaches would prove for many years
to be a most profitable crop, and as
result every section of the Peninsula, which
comprises Delaware, the Eastern shore of
Maryland and of Virginia, is more or less
interested in the cultivation of peaches,
and it may safely be calculated that there
are now growing on that Peninsula upwards
of six millions of peach trees. The result
of planting this immense number of peach
trees has been most disastrous, and very
many farmers have been financially ruined
by it.
Year: 1877

A successful business man told me there
were two things he learned when he was
eighteen, which were ever afterwards of
great use to him, namely; "never to lose
anything and never to forget anything"
An old lawyer sent him with an important
paper, with certain instructions what to do
with it.


but, inquired the young man, suppose
lose it; what shall do then?"


The answer was with the utmost EN-
phasis, ''you must not lose it."


" / don't mean to-" said the young man,
but suppose should happen to?"


But | say you must not happen to;
shall make no provision for any such oc
currence; you must not lose itr'


This put new train of thought into the
young mans mind, and he found that if he
was determined to do a thing he could do
1t. lie madesuch provision against every
contingency that he never lost ANYTHING.
lie found this equally true about forget
ting. If certain matter of Importance
was to be remembered, he pinned it down
on his mind, fastened it there, and made
1t stay. lie used to say, "When man
tells me that he forgot to do something, |
tell him he might as well have said, l did
not care enough about your business to
take the trouble to think of it again."
once had an intelligent young man in my
employment who deemed it sufficient
excuse for neglecting an important task to
say, 81 forgot it." told him that would
not answer. If he was sufficiently in.
terested he would be careful to remember.
1t was because he did not care enough that
he forgot. l drilled him with this truth
He worked for me three years, and during
the last of the three he was utterly changed
in this respect. He did not forget any
thing. His forgetting, he found, was a
lazy and careless habit of the mind, which
he cured.-COmtry Gentleman.
Year: 1877

HOPE FOR THE HUMAN FAMILY.-The re.
turn of the slipper to the feet of the ladies,
supplanting the closely .buttoned boot of
the last few years, is considered by con-
temporary as giving assurance that the
next generation will show an improvement
in morals and manners. The slipper in
the maternal outfit during the youthful
and impressionable years was a handy
thing in the household, and it is aptly re.
marked that as the regulator of the family
nothing ever equalled it, and "now that it
is being restored, after long demoralizing
absence, there is now hope for the race"
Year: 1877

The Rev. Peter Lockwood, one of the
early pastors of the First Presbyterian
Church at Binghamton, N. Y, last Sunday
preached from that pulpit the same sermon
he had delivered when assuming the
pastorate of the Church, fifty years ago.
He was behind time in entering the
Church, but walked quietly up the aisle to
the pulpit, where he had a short talk with
the officiating minister. He soon afterward
stepped to the desk, and taking the time.
worn manuscript from his pocket, sur.
prised the congregation with the announce.
ment that he would read it. No one
present knew of his intention when he
entered the Church. Several persons
present were members of the Church when
the sermon was preached the first time.
The text was: "Her ways are ways of
pleasantness and all her paths are peace"
Year: 1877

One day three or four weeks ago boot
black who seemed to have no friend in the
world, was run over by a vehicle in
Detroit and fatally injured. After he had
been in the hospital for a week, a boy
about his own size and age looking as
friendless and forlorn, called to ask about
him and to leave an orange. lie seemed
much embarrassed, and would answer no
questions. After that he came daily,
always bringing something, if not more
than an apple. Last week, when the nurse
told him that Billy had no chance to get
well, the strange boy waited around longer
than usual, and asked if he could 90 in.
lie had been invited to, many times
before, but had always refused Billy,
pale and weak and emaciated, opened his
eyes in wonder at the sight of the boy, and
before he realized who it was the stranger
bent close to his face and sobbed:


Billy, can you forgive a feller? We
was allus fghtin', and l was allus too much
for ye, but I'm sorry! Fore ye diewon't ye
tell me ye haven't any gcudge agin me?"


The young lad, then almost in the
shadow of death, reached up his thin white
arms, claspcd them around the others
neck and replied:


Don't cry, Bob-don't feel bad | was
ugly and mean, and was heavin' a stone
at ye when the wagon hit me. If ye'll
forgive me, I'll forgive you, and I'll pray
for bote O. usr'


Bob was half an hour late the morning
Billy died. When the nurse took him to
the shrouded corpse he kissed the pale
face tenderly and gasped


Did he say anything about-about
me?"


He spoke of you just before he died
asked if you were here" replied the nurse.


And may go-go to the funcral?'


You may"


And he did. He was the only mourner.
His heart was the only one that ached.
No tears were shed by others, and they
left him sitting by the new made grave
with heart so big that he could not
speak.


If, under the crust of vice and ignorance,
there are such springs of pure feeling, and
true nobility, who shall grow weary of
doing good.-Detroi Free Press
Year: 1877

Charles F. Brown--otherwise Artemus
Ward-once wrote bright letter to little
eight-year old friend of his in Elmira, and
the Gazette of that town now prints this
letter for the first time. He tells his
"dear Amelia" how much he misses her /:
why didn't l put you in bottle and
bring you down with me2" he says, "But


am always forgetting something. The
other day went off and forgot my Aunt
Sarah, and she's good deal bigger than
you are. Mr.. Ramsey is also very for.
getful man. He frequently goes off and
furgets his washerwoman. n like
you very much. l should like you Just as
we'll if you were twelve years older. l am
very singular about some things. You
spoke to me about boy who is my rival.
| should feel very sorry to kill that boy,
but he may drive me to it. am in hopes
that he will take himself into premature
tomb-that he may choke himself with
large slice ofpudding-but if he does neither
l shall feel forced to load him with chains
and read all my lectures to him. That will
finish him. His boots may remain, but the
rest of him will have perished miserably
long ere have got through ~
Year: 1877

The Post calls attention to An inn


portant matter, which must be as ap-
parent to people here as in Boston,


viz: that young men at this day are
| TOO much in the habit of spending
money as fast as they can earn it. The
Post says with great force:


There Is no royal road to success of
any kind, but every one must travel it
tor himself and step by step; and i'll


he simple habit OF using money pru-
IDENTIFY and practicing self-denial is il'-
| volyed pretty much the whole prob
lem. That habit secretly stimulates
virtues to growth in the character
| that soon give it tirmness of shape and
enduring quality. To see lavishness
in those " ho as yet have nothing> to
/ lavish, suggests but too plainly what
The end will be and how soon it will


come. Let the first serious obstacle
throw these young men out of their
clstomed employment, and they are
ooIiged to fall back on their parents it
they have any, after having contract


ed spendthrif, habits which incapaci-
tate them for shaping or executing any
| plan of life hereafter. Something is


in the times, some faulty in the young
nature that seems to inculcate q sc0rn


OF the old methods by which success


has always won, and to spread the
| hollow belief that the world is not con.
uuered by system but by rueh of
luck and the way to make fortunes is
TO act as if they were already in hand.
And the wild notion prevails, too, at
time when business is consuming its
capital, and money earns the very


lowest interest, and debt and taxation
acts like paralysis on the nation.
The manner of doing business may be


much changed from former days, but


true knowledge of the uses of money


is lust as indispensable as it eyer was.
| Where this is lacking, the first step


toward success has not yet been taken


and it's primary condition has been


disres arded. The fact that the rela-


,ions of employer and employed have


so greatly change ed only makes more


necessary the saving habit on the part


of the latter which now seems to be


among young mems discarded virtues.
Year: 1877

Most of us have had troubles all our
lives, and each day has brought all
the evil that we wished to endure.
But if we were asked to recount the
sorrows of our lives, how many could
we remember? How many that are
six months old should we think wor-
thy to be remembered or mentioned :?
To-day's troubles look large, but a
week hence they will be forgotten and
buried out of sight< Says one writer !:
8" If you would keep a book, and eve
ry day put down the things that wor-
ry you, and see what becomes of them,
it would be benefit to you. You al
low thing to annoy just as you allow
a fly to settle on you and plague you ;
and you lose your temper Cor rather
get it; for when men are surcharged
with temper they are said to have lost
iD; and you justify yourselves for
being thrown Off your balance by
causes which YOU do not trace out.
But if you would see what it was that
threw you OFF your balance before
breakfast, and put it down in little
book. and follow it out, and ascertain
what comes of it, you would see what
a fool you were in the matter" The
art of forgetting is blessed art, but
the art of ol erlooking is quite as im-
nOrtant And if we should take down
the origin, process and outcome of a
few of our troubles, it would make us
so ashamed of the fuss we make over
them. we should be glad to drop. such
things and bury them at once in etcr.
nal torgetfulaess. Life is too short to
be worn out il petty worries, ,frettings.
hatreds and veXations. Lst us Danish
all these, and think whatsoever things
are pure and lovely, and gentle, and Of
good report.
Year: 1877

There is no word that is more light
lv used than the word FRIEND and
there is no sphere SO difficult to fill as
tha, of friendship. 1t IS generally re-
garded either as matter of sentiment
or seifishness. In youth We regard it
sentimentally or romantically. Woe
be to the young woman or young man
who has not some poetic thought of
the greatness, The beauty, and the de.
sirableness of true friendship! And
alas tor them when they have worn
Oft the gilt and found nothing but
brass in the coin which in youth pass.
ed with them for gold!