smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874




The Rev. DR.. Chaplin preached yesterday
morning. at the Church OF the Divine Paternity. His
text was: "And another came saying Lord, behold
here is thy pound which have kept laid up In nap.
kin"


The parable said he. TO which this passage belongs il
applicable TO all features OF life and Is rich with useiul
suggestions. The idea OF the parable TO call our
minds the should make OF the opportunities and
powers with which we are endowed In the first place,
every man, no matter how humble his position, is
dowed with power by the Creator. What / wish
to bring before you is that this nrusted power.
The power Of nature Is one, superin-
tended by higher authority. Mans power is given
hun with full consciousness. and he stands in position
OF trust He do as he peases employ his gifts TO
good or bad advantage. In all this world there 10
alike. All gwen different powers. To one
10 given wealth. To another talent. aud through
the list OF endowmens Now each OF these be made
Year: 1874

d Sn PREMIUM TO THE PERSON WHO WILL BE
DCU the means of procuring advertiser Cwho Is a
well educated young man, eyed 20 years. position in
Wholesale house, where lie might advance himself
as a salesman; wiling to make himself useful in any
capacity in the beginning and furnish good security
Address e.. box 2lD Herald Office
Year: 1874

A citizen of Lansingburgh, N. T., has
completed toy, of which the following de-
scription has appeared:


1t is intended to represent, IN q measure,
the business portion of small village. There
are q series of houses or compartments, each
devoted to some special branch OF industry,
and the whole surm0unted by tower, ON
which there is a town clock and chime OF
bells. Commencing at the left hand side OF
machine is II lager beer garden, with ngures
sitting around table drinking AT intervals
they raise the mug to their lips, and :: man
stands beside a beer key drawing the lager.
TO the right is shepherd tending his flock.
Beside him is maiden, at whom he OCCASION
ally "makes eyes - and he is also perform
ing on fageolet held in his hand. The saw
mill is a fac smile of such a institution. The
log is in its place, and slides along to meet
the teeth of the saw, which is working up and
down, cutting it in two. The attendants are
all busy in their several duties. The grist mill
is also going. One man is tending and feed
ing the hopper. Every now and then he goes
back and forth with tray upon his should
crs. the contents of which he pours into the
mouth of the hopper. The great water wheel
is moving steadily under the pressure of the
water from above, and the elevator keeps up
its show of relieving canal boat Of it's load
of grain. The old mill is at work, and the
figures are all busy about it performing their
several missions. A carpenter walks up and
down ladder while ut work. The scissors
grinder is engaged at his vocation. An artist
looks out of the window of his house and
offers pinch of snuff to the miller's boy,
while the old miller sits on balcony reading
books and papers which an attendant from
time to time brings out to him. A woman in
one house hands q man q fiddle, on which he
il expected to play. Another woman watches
for her lover, but is watched in turn by
jealous villager. The blacksmith shop is in
full operation, the man at the forge blows the
bellows, and the sparks tiy from the fire as
natural as life. One man is engaged in shoe
ing horse, and another YIELDS on the anvil.
One man is cutting wood; girl is watering
plants, which gradually grow, bud and bloom.
Other figures are actively engaged, but they
are too numerous to mention, there being
over fifty in all. There are two fountains, .
music box, bells, etc., all of which operate
naturally. The whole forms most wonder
full combination cf machinery. and is oper-
ated by means of weights. When wound up
1t will run twelve hours.
Year: 1874

TINE subscriber has now on hand one Of the


i largest and test selected stocks OF goods in
his line ever offered in this market. which he
can afford TO sell at prices TO suit the times.
Year: 1874

The Washington Republican, a
staunch and true administration pa
per, makes the following honest
confession as to the material COM
posing the 43rd Congress:


There is no reason to fear the
people will make up their minds that
the Forty-third Congress is not made
of the right kind of stuff. A party
with a majority Of fully two thirds
of either House that cannot redeem
its pledges upon finance. polygamy
and civil rights, may we'll suspect its
representatives in the National Legis-
lature of being weak-kneed or shaky
The constituents of uncertain men
had better keep them at home
Congress is no good place for them. "


The Republican may rest easy as
to the stuff " that will make up
the next Congress. The people are
tired of his party and will make
their next fall selections from a
different class of men.
Year: 1874

1t is commanded that we - touch
not, taste not, handle not the un-
clean thing" and perhaps we have
suffered in not obeying this injunc,
ton and having anything 10 say in
the matter of the Judgeship for this
District. We are of course opposed
to both Of the candidates and favor
one over the other not because we
love Hilliard more, but Moore less.
We believe Judge Moore possesses
ability, but his nature is too passion
ate and tyrannical, and his passions
too little controlled, to make just
and honest Judge. His completely
too with an organization in Chowan,
gotten up as counter concern to
the Ku Klux, shows dangerous
disregard for law and partizan ha-
tired too bitter to dwell in the breast
of one who is to decide between man
and man his just and inalienable
rights. The conduct of Judge
Moore also in the Halifax Grand
Jury case was such as would not
have been tolerated for one moment
in England nor any other country
in which there was a semblance Of
constitutional liberty. The un-
thinking may regard this act as but
the emanation Of too feryent zeal,
but it was in reality high-handed
usurpation for which the Judge
should have been impeached, and
which should ever disqualify him
from holding any public office by
which the rights of the people would
be imperiIed. These things, and
the evidences of unoovernahlA ros,
sion that have been evinced in our
own county, as for instance in the
case of Mr.. John Knight, show that
whatever ability Judge Moore may
have he is not the man to whom
could safely be intrusted the rights
Of the people.


AS far as Mr.. Hilliard is concern
ed We know little. He has never
been public man and has no re-
cord, except that in the local polls
tics of his county he has, we think,
succeeded in making himself quite
odious to his people. He is not re-
cognized as a man of the ability of
Judge Moore, but that is a minor
concern if there are other natural
moral qualifications.


AS we said above, the whole mat
ter is an unclean thing" and no
Democrat should have anything to
do with it. 1t is family fuss, let
them fight it.
Year: 1874

There is danger that the people
of the End Congressional District,
knowing the fact that they are
hopelessly overslaughed by the
colored vote, will lose energy and
cease to work where their work
would be appreciatiVe and effective.
1t is true that there is not the
slightest hope of Their being able to
elect Representative to Congress,
but their vote for Col. Pool will
count as much as that from any
other portion OF the State and
should be polled. The Executive
committees in the counties compos-
ing this district have much more
arduous duties imposed upon them
than if they had full tickets in the
field. The whole work devolves
upon them, and they should see
that a complete organization were
kept up and that there were sub
committees in every township to
bring out the full vote. If these
committees are active and diligent
much more could be done through
them in this district than by a
contesting campaign with opposing
candidates.
Year: 1874

The Conservative ticket in the
State for Congress was completed,
with the exception of the Second
District which may or may not
nominate a candidate, by the re-
nomination at Wilkesboro last
Wednesday week of Hon. ". NJ.
Robbins, in the Seventh District:


The Charlotte Observer says: Hay-
ing said that he was the most popu-
lar man in the District, it onlv
remains for us to add his name to
tie the list composed of Ashe, Scales
and Vance, as the representatives of
the Conservative party from Western
North Carolina in the next Congress.
This is the strongest team we have
put In the field since the war, and
the mere mention of their names, in
connection with the candidacy, is a
synonym of Conservative triumph.
Year: 1874

Is the Ohio S,ate Senate Yesterday
the contested election of WEiNAR or
WELSH 10 the Office OF State Treasurer
was again urder consideration and it's
further hearing was postponed until
March 18th. The State is being ran
sacked for fraudulent voters, the theory
being that as many illegal votes were
cs:t on one side as on the other.
Year: 1874

THE Steubenville papers say that the
Knights Templar OF that city who Wis
tied Wheeling on the 25th are entau-
siastic in praise OF the hospitality exs
tended to them by their brethren in
this city.
Year: 1874

Dn. DIo LkwIs says that when You
get anything in your eye, the best way
TO get II out is to pass the point OF q
blunt lead pencil under the eye lid.
There is n man in Burlington who is
now laying for DIR. Lewis. lie got a
mote in his eye yesterday morning. and
with feeling Of gratitude in his heart
that such men as DIR. Lewis are in the
world, he thrust his lead pencil in his
eye and felt around for the mote. He
got the pencil out. and was thankful for
that. The only wonder was that he
didn't get his eye out. And when he
went home with his eye swelled shut,
his wife said she always told him he
would blind himself with that lead PEN
Gil nonsense, although he had never
said a word about ii before in his life.
He hasn't been able to get his eye open
yet (you can't get an eye-oponer in Bur
lington now. and he only wants to live
long enough to meet Dio Lewis some
place whore there will be no interference
for about five minutes. and after that ho
will be willing TO die.
Year: 1874

It is not often that a prisoner is brought to trial upon the charge laid against Father Baronius, when he ap- peared before the tribunal at Treviglio, in Lombardy. This worthy ecclesiastic was accused, says the Pa1 AaW Ga- zette, of putting 8 strong emetic into the wine which some of his brother priests were about to use in the cele- bration of mass, and his only defense was that he wanted to play practical joke upon two of them who had recent iy come to Treviglio. They belonged to an opposite school of theology, and Father Baronius, who seemed surprised that his application of emetics to reh- zion should have caused so great @ scandal, thought that if he could not convert them he might at least punish them. It would have been useless for him to have denied the main facts of the accusation, as the dose was so strong that one of the victims was ill for week, while the doctors at Ire viglio, possessing but very elementary knowledge of the healing art, thought that he had been poisoned, and sub mitted him to so severe a diet that he was reduced to 8 skeleton. The offend ing priest was charged upon the double count of misdemeanor and sacrilege, and was sentenced to seven months inn ,,vicnpyoont
Year: 1874

The fourth of November came, and, in the meantime, I had ordered my servant to keep strict watch on Lieut.. Brown. He reported that evening that the foreigner was missing, and on in- quiry, this turned out to be true. still kept my own counsel, but as I halted near a ravine overlooking Sebas- | topel, I promised promotion to any man who should capture any person coming from the enemy's line, for I felt convinced the foreigner had gone over and would probably return under cover of night. At midnight Sebasto- pol was enveloped in dense fog. But throughout that ive-long night I was on the alert, encouraging the guards on my right to keep 8 sharp eye and cutter ear on Sabastopol. It was near the dawn when the bells in Sabastopol commenced to ring. The men thought they were the bells for church. This continued for some time. I applied my ear to the ground. Could I be mis- taken? The sound of wheels, as if muff1ed, caught my ear. Then the in- distinct tramp of numerous bodies of men.

 Before had time to rise, the report of 8 nusket from the outlying posts startled me.

 Another and another followed in rapid succession, the outposts fell back upon the rallying point had indicated, and I determined to show a front. Judge my surprise, when Russian officer, in dim outline, stood before me, and ih his rear were some half dozen staff officers feeling their way. Some thing was said in Russian, which I did not understand but the voice, there was no disguising that. It was the foreigner. My first intention was to shoot him down. In an instant I thought better of it. fell upon him afid disarmed him. Two men bound him, and in whisper, I gave him in charge of corporal and four men.

 Headquarters" I whispered to them, and they marched on with their prisoner. Why speak of what followed !? Is not the story of the battle of Inker. man and it's results known to all?

 On the same Sunday afternoon Lieu tenant Brown, alias the foreigner, alias Kirkoff-for it turned out he was a Russian by birth-was tried by drum head court-martial.

 At first he denied everything, but afterward made full confession. I recapitulated what is already known, and reproduced the slip from his note- book. His handwriting alone con- demned him. I was the chief witness. And almost instantly he was ordered then and there to be hanged by the neck.

 He pleaded to be shot. But the court scornfully rejected his appeal. He was flung off from neighbering tree on the heights of Inkerman. And on his breast, in English and Russian, were written those brief but terrible words" The fate of spy"
Year: 1874

New BEDFORD, August 5l.-President
Grant left Marthas Vineyard this morn
inr for New Bedford The committee Of
reception and of escort, representing the
Camp Meeting Association. waited upon
him at the cottage of Bishop Haven, and
he was addressed by Rev. DR.. Talbot a.
follows: We desire to express our graft
fication at Your visit, and we hope you
have enjoyed the hospitalities which the
VINEYARD has been able 50 offer to you.
II is our PRAYER that the blessings Of God
NAV attend you and bring YOU safely TO
your home" In reply the President said :
IL am very much obliged, gentlemen, for
the invitation which you extend to me; ;
I have enjoyed the trip With unusual
interest. as much as the excursion has
Carried me over territory with which !
was not previously acquainted. Ny re-
ception on this camp meeting ground, and
nv entertainment and exercises here
been very gratifying to me, indeed. l
am sorry that 50 much trouble has been
taken for nv reception, but it was the
fault Of the committee, and not any fault
of mine. as all the entertainments have





been forced upon me. have been met
a, every town Of my visit with the same
kindness, for which am deeply CRATE
ful.


President Grant and party arrived
here in a special steamer from Vineyard
Grove this morning. As the boat came
up the hsrbor salutes were fred from thf
forts. bv the Yacht North Star and BY tn
light ARTILLERY The party was received
bv the city official, and escorted by th'
military and Grand Army Of the Re,
public TO the hotel Thence they drove
through the principal streets TO the CITY
Hall. which was handsomely decorstcd
Mayor Richmond then Introduce
the President in brief speeci
of welcome. The President responded
expressing hi. thanks more briefly still


About 1000 people then shook hand xitl
the President. After which the part,
took dinner at the hotel, and this after
, noon left on a special train for Newport
Year: 1874

LvPArETTE, August Sl.-Jp to nine
o'clock this evening the entries for ihe
county fair were s26, fully 100 more than
for the same date last year. There Is
now upon the grounds the finest Collec-
tion Of thoroughbred cattle ever collected
in the State For the fast pacing match
today there are entered the fastest PAGERS
in the West. The track is in splendid
condition, and some fine sport is looked
for. Should the weather prove favor
able and the prospects are now good, the
fair will be the most successful ever held
in ths State or West
Year: 1874

A man in a rural town had a pet
calf, which he was training up in
the ways of an OK. The calf walk
ed around very peaceably under
one end of the yoke, while the man
held up the other end. But in an
unfortunate moment the man con.
ceived the idea of putting his own
neck in the yoke, to let the calf see
how it would seem to work with a
partner; this frightened the calf,
and elevating his tail and voice, he
struck a "dead run" for the vii lage,
and the man went along with head
down and his plug hat in his hand,
straining every nerve to keep up,
and crying out at the top of his
voice, q" Here we come! Head us
somebody"
Year: 1874

setting on it's lower step, like one
who waits for another. AS she
came slowly forward, he sprang
from his seat, and with outs tretch-
ed arms barred her way, as he said :


"Jessic, | have come for you! /
demand my own-that for which l
have 50 long patiently waited"


There were no "whispering
bonghs," among the silent green
trees, to tell us what the lovers said.
Enough for us to know that three
months later their was quiet, but
very happy wedding at the old
country seat, and after that Give
Dee and Jessie went over the ocean
to their new Eden, leaving behind
them all the sorrOwful past.


A CORRESPONDENT of the Scien-
tifc american writes as follows:


"For the last twelve or fourteen
years ] have been employed in a
shop where there are over three hun
dred men at work, and, as is the
case in all shops of this kind, hard
ly day passes but one or more of
us cut or bruise our limbs. At first
there were but few that found their
way to my department to have their
wounds bound up but after a while
it became generally known that a
rag glued Oh a flesh wound was not
only speedy curative, but form
idable protection against further in.
jury. l was soon obliged to keep a
supply of rags on hand, to be ready
for any emergency. will cite here
one among many of the cases cured
with glue. A man was running a
boring machine, with an inch and a
quarter auger attached. By some
means the sleeve of his shirt caught
in the auger, bringing his wrist in
contact with the bit, tearing the
flesh among the muscles in fright
full manner. He was conducted to
my department (the pattern shop)
and | washed the wound in warm
water, and then glued around it a
cloth, which when dry, sunk into a
rounded shape, holding the wound
tight and firm. Once or twice a
week, for three or four weeks, l
dressed the wound afresh, and it
was we'll. The man never lost an
hours time in consequence. The
truth of this statement hundreds
can testify to. | use of course the
best quality of glue"
Year: 1874

We must continue in the good


work so earnestly begun. We must


work zea!ously and continually to
enlist under our banner every


farmer aud planter of Mississippi,
and if all true friends of reform will
give US an honest and steady support,
we can save ourselves and redeem
the State. Nothing has ever been
developed that is doing so much
good for the farming community, as
the Grange. Let us increase its uses
fulness by organizing Oranges until
they become as numerous as the
grains of sand upon the sea shore.
There must be no standing still-no
folding of idle hands, no lettering in
pleasant places. Organized is the
cry organize is the motto--organi re
the purpose. In the association Of
the Oranges lies our only hope.
We are in a woful condition. Now
all is dark, very dark. The only
distant light is the Grange. Then
let the work of reorganization 90
bravely on in this section of our
State, and let the Oranges in this
State act together for their mutual
interest, and make our power for
good felt everywhere. Let us at
this late day organize one thousand
Oranges all over this State f; let
the noble women Of Mississippi
enter these Oranges and become CO.
workers with the men in this great
movement, and encourage the men to
keep up with the spirit and progress
of the cause.
Year: 1874

The following is the platform of the
Farmers and Peoples Apti-Monopoly
Party of Livingston county, Illinois.
Every farmer and workingman in the
country can stand upon it and make a
successful fight against all opposing
classes and interests. We endorse every
word aud sentiment of this platform


DECLARATION.


This organization is opposed to railroad
steals. tariff steals, salary grab
steals, bank steals, and every other
form of stealing by which the farmer and
aboring classes are robbed of the legiti-
mate fruits of their labor.


PLATFORM.


l. We are in favor of controlling by
law the railroad corporations Of our state.
.. We submit to tBxatiou and duties
to meet the necessity OF the Government,
but denouDce as npjHst and oppressive sli
taxation for the benefit of special classes
3. We ere in favor of tue present bank
ing system being so made that all men,
by giving the proper security, should
have equal privileges, 80 chat supply ana
demand shall regulate our money market
4. We are opposed TO ali future grants
of land to railroad or osher corporations,
and believe tnat the pubic domain should
be held sacred to the actual settlers.


5. We are ia favor OF a true system Of
civil service reform, making honesty and
capacity the only valid claim for pubic
employment and believe that the office
should seek the man, and not the man the
office.
Year: 1874

The Radical Republican press Of
the country are blowing fearfully
about what that party has done
for the liberty of the press. They fail
to tell us that the party unanimously,
at the close Of the last session Of Con-
gress, passed an act which Is the gag
of the press for the purpose choking of
theitruth. A special to the Chicago
Tribune thus gives its working.


Ex,Gov. Shepherd appeared be-
fore the Grand Jury in this city to-
day, with number of editorials in
the New York Sun, treating Of his
public acts, which he solemnly made
oath we're untrue, and upon this he
asked that Chas. A. Dana, the edi-
tor of the Sun, be indicated for libel,
and brought here for trial. This, it
is presumed. is the beginning Of the
programme to be carried out urder
Mr.. Poland's new libel law, which be
claims cannot be used in retaliation
by offi,ial gentlemen who feel ag-
grieved at the criticism made upon
them by the press. No action was
taken by the jury to day, but it is
thought that they will prepare the
Indictment before they adjourn. The
hope is expressed here that Dana
will accept the fight aud allow the
case to come to trial here. All the
resources of those who propose to
thus muzzIe the press will be made
use Of to secure his conviction and
Imprisonment, and it is urged il
might be as well to let the people
know, once for an, what desperate
measures can be restored TO by the
men who find il disagreeable 10 be
exposed 10 their official misconduct.
Ii is argued that, if Mr.. Dana should
be convicted and imprisoned, which
is altogether unlikely ex ept with
a packet jury, the fact and the meth
cd by which it would be accom-
plished would make apparent to the
country how Infamous this under-
hand attempt to cnrsaii the freedom
of the press really is, aud its authors
would, Ia the storm OF condemnation
that must iollos, receive such a re-
buke as would forever alter prevent
a similar attempt.
Year: 1874

In a moral point Of view, the life
OF the agriculturist is the most pure
and holy of any class of men pure.
because it is the most healthful, and
vice can hardly find time to contami-
nate it F; and holy, because it brings
Deity perpetually before bis view,
giving him thereby the most exalted
notions of supreme power, and the
most fascinating and eudearing view
of moral benignity.-Lord Johr
Russell.