smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

We'll, perhaps it would acknowl-
edged the matron. You are looking
triae pale and out of spirits. Take
to- morrow, Miss Maddox, and I'll get
in woman from St. Matred's to help
with old Miss Blossom.


And so, with the early sunshine OF
the golden March morning, Matte
Maddox tied on her little straw hat
and look the earliest train out tc
Deep Vale Station on the Connecticut
river.


Oh the glorv of the spring woods
shceted over with crimson banners Of
blossoming naples, and embroidered
with the pale green lace work of bud
ding vines, Oh the murmur of the
warm wind in the tree tops, the gur-
ole of the clear strout stream over Its
bed Of stones, and the honey sweet
stars oc the trailing arbutus pushing
their pink clusters above gray moses
and layers Of dead leaves


And Matte Maddox cried a little
AS size remarked how she and CharI
ton Hall used to come to these same
woods for trailing arbutus in the gold
en- spring times that were past.


4 do think he loved me, thought
Matte, sitting on a fallen log, with
the skirt Of her dress full Of rosy buds
and blossoms, and her eyes shining
through mist Of tears. and I'm
afraid it was very foolish Of me to be
so cross and cXactin9 with him. !
shouldn't do it now.


And she had her cry ont in the
woodland soItudes, and felt u deal
better. And that night there was a
tiny bouquet Of pink arbutus beside
every pillow in the hCspitaI--a sweet
memorial of the spring that some OF
those dim eyes should never behold
more.
Year: 1878

Says the New York correspondent OF
the Philadelphia Ledger: There are
no Indications whatever that MIR.
Dennis Kc&rnev will be made much
Of lion Of in this city. The masses
Of the working people here arc men
Of Intelligence, and tAey can see as
we'll as anybody that the violent Ian
guage which he used on his arrival in
Boston on Sunday is calculated to
hurt more than it will help any cause
that has him for its standards bearer.
Certain it is there are no preparations
making as yet to receive him. There
is report this afternoon that he has
telcgraphed to some one here that he
intends to make his first speech IN
New York, from the steps Of the trea5-
ury building, in Wall street fright IN
the midst Of the Gibraltar Of the mon
eyed aristocracY Of the country. 1t
is to be hoped that the report is cor,
rect. The Wall street folks will all
be glad to sec Dennis, and if he
mounts the Treasury steps he Is sure
to have good audience.
Year: 1878

This holy priest held in the thirteenth
century the Office of sacristan in the Do
minican house at Santarem in Portugal,
and had under his charge two boys, sons
of poor parents, who daily served the
Masses of the fathers and received in re-
turn from them such learning as they could
afford, by which they 80 profted that they
held it their greatest privilege to assist at
the altar, and stand in the immediate pres
ence of the Lamb of God. 1t was their
custom when Mass was over to take their
morning meal in a chapel near the church,
in which was an image of the Infant Jesus,
to whom they would offer portion Oftheir
food and the Holy Child would come and
eat with them, teaching them the while the
hidden things of Divine Love. Which
when Bernard heard, he bade them pray to
Jesus thus: "Thou comest, o Lord, day by
day, to us /; grant that we too, and our
Father Bernard, may sit as guests at Thy
table," Then Jesus granted their prayer,
promising that they should keep the festi
val of His Ascension with Him. The day
came, aad the boys as usual served Ber-
nard's Mass. When it was ended the three
knelt for a moment before the altar and
as they knelt a sleep came over them and
to His house in heaven.


The monks buried Bernard and the two
servers in one and the same grave; but 80
sweet was the perfume that came from
their bodies that it rose through the earth,
proclaimiDg the holiness of these servants
of God. Such rewards are only for Saints;
but all who assist worthily at the sacred
mysteries obtain in this life purity of soul,
hidden intercourse with God, and in the
next speedy entrance into the Joys of the
bleSt.
Year: 1878

While the Erie lightning express train
was sweeping down the valley of the Del
aware a mile below Cochecton on WedDes-
day afternoon the engineer saw a little girl
walking the track. He was just rounding
a curve. The locomotive shrieked, but
within two seconds the child was overtaken
and the train passed the spot where she had
stood. The engineer looked behind the rear
car, expecting to see her mangled body. But
the track was clear. He stepped upon the
guards of the locomotive, and saw the
child plastered against the cowcatcher.
with great care, and succeeded in rescuing
her as she was about to roll to the ground.


The train wac stopped and backed up to
the residence of the girls parents. They
were poor people living in shanty on the
line of the road. The girl wac about
eleven years old. She was slightly cut
about the face, but escaped without further
injury. The passengers were delayed ten
minutes. When they left the child was
smiling in the lap of her mother.
Year: 1878

Stanislas was born in answer to prayer
when his parents were advanced in age.
Out of gratitude they educated him for the
Church, and from holy priest he became
was then King of Poland,-a prince of good
disposition, but spoilt by long course Of
victory and success. After many acts of
lust and cruelty he outraged the whole
kingdom by carrying off the wife of one of
his mobiles. Against this public scandal
the chaste and gentle bishop alone raised
his voice. Having commended the matter
to God, he went down to the palace and
openly rebuked the king for his crime
against God and bis subjects, and threat
ened to excommunicate him if he persisted
in his ain. Boleslas in revenge made a
false charge against the bishop, but on it's
being miraculously refuted he made show
for q while of better life. Soon, however,
he relapsed into the most scandalous ex
cesses, and the bishop, finding all remon-
strance useless, pronounced the senten ce
of accommodation. In defiance of the
censure, on May 8, 1919, the king went
down to chapel where the bishop himself
was saying Mass, and sent in three compa-
MES of soldiers to despatch him at the
altar. Each in turn came out saying they
had been scared by light from heaven.
: Then the king rushed in and slew the Saint
at the altar with his own hand.


To slander the Saints character, Boleslas
euporneo the nepheWs Oh obe fSul, lStely
dead, to swear that their uncle had
never been paid for land bought by the
bishop for the Church. The Saint stood
fearlessly before the kings tribunal, though
all his witnesses forsook him, and guaran-
teed to bring the dead man to witness for
him within three days. On the third day,
after many prayers and tears, be raised
Paul to life, and led him ia his grave
clothes before the king. Boleslas was only
hardened by the miracle; but Stanislas'
voice never faltered in it's warnings till his
courage won for him his palm.
Year: 1878

civilization shared by all parties IN
the North, where Justice and Human
ity are recognized and respected
Despite the boasttul pretensions o.
Southerners the larger mass OF them
are absolutely devoid OF . proper
sentiment of decency and Justice
and but Q short remove in the nob.er
characteristics of civilization from the
lords OF Fe udal days 1t might De
in place to state that the whipping
law was made especially for colored
people and with respect TO them, male
or female. true Southerner does not
condsscend to entertain any sentl-


mcnts Of decency and justice. His
claim to superiority rests en- the low
est instincts of barbarism.
Year: 1878

WAeHIEaros society is fastidious
and original. They arc carrying on
4 spirited and, We hope, edifying dis
cussi0n As to how many performers
were e,scored At one of the recent
Selika concerts. We can't sing, bu
the decision Of this question will in
terest US for the sake Of the auxiliary
ne,formcrs if for no other cause.
Year: 1878

OF all the exercises that a man can
take that of walking has justly held
first rank. Ii is one of the most natural
and, when taken under proper condi-
tions, one of the most pleasurable. 1t
puts in action all the organs and tends
to produce healthy blood. The lungs
become freshened with oxygen and the
brain grows clear. All the muscles are
exercised, that gentle degree of fatigue
is brought on which makes rest desir-
able, and ifa pleasant companion shares
the walk very agreeable stimulus is
given to the mind. But it is not every
man who knows how to walk, nor
every woman either, though Miss Won
lIillern's successful accomplishment of
one hundred and fifty miles in fifty
hours shows what women, properly
trained and with strong natural pedes-
trian capabilities, can expect TO do.
You should not walk just after Il meal
or without an end in view. If possible
select companion who enjoys pedes-
trianism and who is both intelligent
and good natured. Begin by walking
only little and extend your jaunts
day after day. The thing will pay in
the long run, Thousands of business
men might enhance their health and
prolong their lives by walking each day
to and from their places of business.
Year: 1878

Only few nights ago an accident oc-
CURED on the Northwestern road in
which a sleeping coach was turned over
on its side. As the car went over, a
lady i'm a berth on the other side was
hurled out and landed in the berth Of a
gentleman whose weight was about $50
pounds. She was sound asleep at the
time of the accident and so was he.
Both awoke, startled at the turning of
the car, and scarcely knowing whether
they would be hurried into eternity or
not. The clothing had fallen out of the
lady's berth and was almost suffocating
the gentleman. She heard his deep
breathing for a moment; then it sud-
denly ceased, and the horrible thought
passed through her mind that he had
been smothered to death. He recovered
himself, however, to find that his nose
was fattened against the cold glass
window. Not knowing what manner
of person had fallen upon him, he held
the lady up off his head, and at this
juncture, when the conductor asked if
anv one was hurt. he cried out BREATH
lessly: "Nobody's hurt, but | wish
you d come and take this fellow off my
head" The lady attempted to move,
but found she could not. Lights were
soon procured and both passengers were
relieved of their awkward dilemma.
Year: 1878

One Of the strange circumstances of
life, more like fiction than truth, came
to our notice recently. 1t seems
that several years ago family Of Ger
man people, consisting of father,
mother and two children, lived in New
ened and died, leaving the man with
but little money, and the two children
TO care for. The father had two sisters
in that city, who, like himself, were
strangers in a strange land, and TO each
he gave a child. The children, separa-
ted from their father and mother, and
from each other, fretted themselves
sick, and it was thought best to place
them in one of the various orphan
asylums in that great city where they
could be together. Here they seemed
TO thrive, and the father by his labor
was able to support them in a style that
guaranteed them home and comfort
for the time being. This was nine or
ten years ago, II d the children at this
time were about seven and nine years
of age. The father wandered out West
in hopes OF bettering his condition, aud
finally found himself in St.Louis, where
soon after his arrival, he was prostrated
with the typhoid fever, from which he
only recovered TO take the smallpox


He was long time in recovering, aud
found himself without money for his
own support, and in the long time in
tervening no money had been sent for
the support of the children, and the
managers sent them with hundreds of
others to Missouri and elsewhere ia the
West, finding homes for them wherever
they could in the best families. After
his recovery and when money matters,
were better with him, he wrote in regard
to his children, but could get no word
from them. As soon as possible lac
made his way back to New York, but
was refused information as To where
his children could be found. After
searching the city in vain he started
out West again, and finally found HIM
self ia Louisiana, where he undertook
farming, but was drowned out, his
partner losing his life. He sold his
farm for s., 900 and with the proceeds
returned TO New York. This time he
tried the potency of gold, and By the
offer OF $500 to the manager he learned
that the children had been sent out
West TO Ottawa, Iowa, where they had
found homes with man by the name
of j. W. Carpenter, This place he
visited, but without avail, and despair
ing of ever seeing his children again, he
vent to st. Louis.


In that city he was relating his life
history to some of his German friends,
when one of them suggested the idea
that as the names were somewhat SINH
lar Ottumwa, Iowa, was meant. He
Immediately wrote to j. W. Carpenter,
Ottawa. Iowa, and also to the same gem
tleman, Ottumwa, Iowa. In due time
the mail brought him the good news
that his children there here and in good
health. AS may be expected he was
not long on the way, and day or two
ago arrived in that city, where he found
his children, nearly grown, occupying
a good home with Mr.. and Mrs. Carpen-
ter, TO whom they have become greatly
endeared. Such Is the story he tells
himself. The children will remain
with their foster parents, while Mr..
Miller will probably make his home in
tn atpart of the country.
Year: 1878

Just as the bear was about to make a
Christmas tragedy, flea or something
attracted his attention in another direc-
tion, and Mr.. Regnier sprang to his
feet. For nearly half an hour they
Rugged each other, the bear continually
trying to paw the Frenchman's face,
until, while both were STOPPING low,


Regnier gave the bear a fair tumble,
and was awarded the first fall. This
decision, however, was not satisfactory


TO the bear, and he made a spring for
his antagonist, grasping him about the
shoulders and giving him a hearty
Christmas greeting. 1t was noticed
during the first round that the bear was
trying to beat the wrestler at his own
game, and was decidedly at a disadvan-
tage. He could not possibly know that
he must put his antagonist down on
three points at once, and it is doubtful
whether he cared to throw him at all.
His only movement was 10 grasp him
with his fore paws and lean his weight
on him. On the contrary, Regnier
tried constantly to throw the bear, and
the only real obstacle was the bears
weight-abOut 335 pound. The bear
was ready instanter to begin the next
round, but the Frenchman was out OF
breath, and, during the time allowed
for rest the two young gentlemen
with undeveloped calves settled their
little difficulty. For a few minutes
the air was full lOfrevOlving broOmstieks
and then somebody was pronounced the
winner, but the name was undistin-
guishable. The second round between
the bear and Regnier was so exact a
counterpart of the first that even the
bear found it a trifle mOnOtOnOus toward
the end. Regnier bore of the laurelS
and the bear was borne off the stage To
gnaw his Christmas bones.
Year: 1878

The hOrseman of Winnipeg is thus
described. Mounted on little wiry
ash-colored pony, he rides with that
free swinging motion peculiar to the
practised equestrian. And he is, per-
haps, one of the finest horsemen in the
world. His long dark-blue eapote, and
jaunty fur cap with pendent tassel, i'm
part something Of military air 10 his
appearance. He sits squarely upon a
small pad of deerskin, and rides with a
long stirrup. Every melton of the
horse, guided more by the pressure of
the knee than the bridle-rein, is antici-
pated and met intuitively by the rider.
There is no halfway gait with this i'm
pulsive horseman; he goes either at a
walk or a mad gallop, and seldom ex-
changes this method of lOcomotiOn save
for a canoe, the snowshOe or a dog
sledge. Common pedestrianism is to-
him lost art. The fact that he could
walk to his next door neighbor's house
never seems to occur to him. His little
1.-the, sinewy ponies are faithful beyond
description, yet fine-lOoking one is
seldom seen. They stand about the
doOr-yards with discouraged, heart
broken air, and will take considerable
pounding without much exhibition of
life. Yet they endure privations and
hardships better than their more deli
cdtely nurtured brethern. True, if you
ride them about the settlements, you
are at first nearly pitched over every
gate and fence you come to. When
your pony catches sight of one of these
he makes for it, and suddenly stands
stock still, as hint to you to dismOunt
and tie him up-an illustration of the
gossiping habits of his late owner. But
out on the plains the daily distances
compassed by these ponies without
breaking down altogether under it
seems scarcely creditable; still less does
it appear possible upon the food which
they have to eat. Neither hay nor oats
Is given them-nothing but the prairie
grass, often dry a. finder, and eaten
only during the frosty hours of the
night. From forty to fifty miles day,
stopping only for one hour at midday,
aud going on again until late at night,
is but average travel. OF course the
stranger Journeys on in constant fear
less the game little limbs will grow
weary and give out; but no, not a bit
OF it. An Indian pony does not die of
hard travel. His shaggy coat roughens
and his flanks grow a little thinner,
but still he goes on as pluekily as ever.
If very tired he sometimes lags behind
until his companions have disappeared
behind some distant ridge in the prairie;
then he begins to look anxiously around
whinnying and trying to get along
after his comrades, and suddenly breaks
into a wild dash down the trail until
he regains his fellOws-far-away specks
in the great waste before him. When
the night camp is reached, the little
animal is stripped, the throng of soft
buffalo skin united from his neck and
twisted well about his forelegs a.
hopple, and he jumps away into the
darkness to find his nights provender.
He feeds and lodges himself and car
ries his master; all Se gets in return is
"A water hole cut in the ice for him in
winter, and not always even that.
Year: 1878

saddles, and on either side of them her
bride maids; the bridegroom, on an
exceptionally fine horse, surrounded
by his friends; and then the rest of the
company, most of the men riding singly,
but many riding as | have described,
with a girl on the saddle-a bright gilt
tering mass of ribbons, flowers, bright
beads, gold-lace; the women in satin
dresses and slippers, the men in the
dress of the time in California, which
is exactly what we see in Spanish pic
tures-short velvet jackets, covered
with braid and gold embroidery, the
velvet trousers open over the full whits
drawers, while string of bells down
the seam jingled even more than do the
bangles of ladies in church.


The starting-point was almost facing
my place of observation. They would
form in great order and quiet, the
horses knowing the order of the pro-
ceedings evidently as well as their mas
tiers, and the signal for starting was
the exploding of fire-crackers by the
hundred boxes under the feet of the
horses. What with the sparks and
noise, it looksd as If the whole thing
had gone up like the end of pantO-
mime.


1t was point of honor to show which
horse behaved best under these circum-
stances. The horses were trained in
the way that has always been favOrite
with Spanish people, to make any
number of dancing movements in imi-
tation of progress, while in reality they
do not go forward at all. think they
are trained to this by having weights
tied to their legs.


Each one was perfect horseman.
Each man did not simply ride his horse,
but was in the habit of living with it
and upon it, and was consequently in
perfect rapport. Each one of these put
in force every art known to him to eX-
hibit the spirit and the beauties of his
horse. As they passed down the one
street of the town the correct thing was
for people from the side to advance and
throw fire-crackers in mass under the
horses feet; the firing of pistols was Of
course; no end of little shrill screams,
laughter, voices in every varying into
nation, couplets sung to the air which
was being played, and taken up with
shouts of laughter; the chorus by every
one who took the local allusions. With
all this the musicians played with as
much steadiness and animation az
though seated on platform instead of
the saddle.


The third day | feel myself incompe-
tent to describe. They had their field
sports for that day on the large open
green just by my perch in the ham
mocks. And here the evolutions in a
small space-the rush with which they
would go, as though shot from a bow,
across the plain; the bringing up all
standing. without any Stacking of the
speed, leaving them motionless as an
English horse-guard on duty; the con-
tinuous whirls in small circle, wind
ing nearer and nearer in towards the
central point, until it seemed as though
man and horse must fall from sheer
dizziness; the mounting of vicious,
screaming young horse, which would
spring like cat into the air, with all
its legs stiffened out and its back bowed,
making one jump this way, another
that, until it would seem as though
every thing would dislocate in its rider
were a part of the exhibition which
perfectly fascinated me.
Year: 1878

TIE late Sir Titus Salt, the famous
alpaca manufacturer, though immense.
ly rich and generous, had the habit OF
economy. He was always careful moi
only of his money, but Of such lriaing
thing as blank leaves Of letters, which
were not thrown into the waste basket,
but laid aside for use. When he began
10 make money be thought of buying
himself q gold watch, but be resolved
that he would not buy 1t till he had
saved thousand pounds. How proud
he was OF that watch in his after life |
Il was worn by him till the close OF bis
life, aud when bic own hand became
too feeble to wind II, he handed It to
others to be wound Ia his presence. He
had little knowledge of literature and
little love Of II. "His library" as hls
biOgrapher records with pride, twas
large aud we'll selected bat his
knowledge of boOks was limited, aud


the range o. bile reading confined TO
religious publications aud the daily
presS." In HE old age some one asked


bin what books he had been reading
lately. "Alpaca," was the quiet reply ;
then after . short pause be added, al
you had four or Eve thousand people
to provide for every day you would
not have much time LETT for reading"
Year: 1878

FACE TO FACE WITH DEATH-Noue OF rs can
know how We might act in a supreme moment
OF revealed fate. John Conlan OF Nary tch. a
pistol maker. was walking on the railway track
at Norwich Falls, ontFriday night, al a point
~ had one loot caught in a frog I'm such a
way That he was unable TO eNtIicate IL a
northern bound train was coming at fun speed
and Conlan, finding himself unable 10 e,s.ane
his doom, half turned. in his chained position
ana laced the engine in DEFIANT way and al
most smiled as il struck him His body was
frIghtfully mangled.-[Hasffo,d Times
Year: 1878

they will be increased two miles.
Houses mile away were heated in the
cOldest weather as readily as those near
at hand, and there WAS not an instance
of grumbling on account of the cost.
Experiments have shown that an area
of more than four miles square in any
city or village can be warmed with one
set of boilers. Rights have been sold
for New York. Chicago, Detroit and
other places. There seems at present
nothing to prevent the general intro
ductiOn of the system into the business
places and dwellings of our city. The
expense of fitting with pipes and appa-
ratus is less than putting in an ordinary
fuinace, and in regard to the running
expense it is understood that the COM
pany will guarantee it shall not be
more than the consumers average coal
bill for the past three years. But aside
from the question of expense, the new
system does away with all labor and
dirt of stoves and furnaces. The steam
is serviceable at the same time, any
where on the route, for power. 1t is
claimed that engines can be run eco
nomically half mile or a mile away,
and Superintendent Dwight of the gas
company says it will he quite handy to
use when we get the electric lights fer
the streets. Altogether the system
promises to work il revolution in the
use of steam, in more than one direc-
tiOn.-Springftetd Republican.