smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

In town of Northern New York a
of the brain, concerning which the local
medical authorizes differed wildly and
acrimoniously. In fact, two particular
physicians, who had long been profess
sional rivals, so radically disagreed as to
the exact character of the case that,
when he whose treatment prevailed could
not save the patient, the other did not
hesitate to allege that the sick man had
been destroyed by ignorant mismanage-
ment. When a respectable practitioner
casts such an imputation upon MEM
Der of his own professional school he
should be pretty confident of his ability
to prove it, and the accuser in the pres
ent instance was not unaware of his i'm
perative obligation to substantiae his ac-
cusation. But how wss that to be done?
He had firmly maintained that the dis
ease in question was caused by tumor,
and that the removal of the same by an
operation would save the patients life.
His rival insisted that there was no tu-
NOR, and, consequently, did not perform
the operation. Now, how was it to be
practically demonstrated that the tumor
did exist, if the patient was in his grave?
There was but one way of doing that,
and the doctor adopted it.


On Christmas Eve, near midnight,
/ br.ObfIxy from hOfaac
far and at hand, and the snow lay crisp
lily on the ground, the professional dis
putant whose truth and standing were at
stake, as he considered, in the matter,
took confidential student of his with


him in sleigh to the graveyard where


had been placed the hapless subject of
dispute, and rapidly and silently disin-


TERED the poor body and placed it in the


vehicle. Then whip was given to horse,


and away started the sleigh on the snowy


road back to the surgery.


But scarcely had the desecrators oi


mans last resting place got under way


with their ghastly prize, when the muf'


fed beat of horses hoofs somewhere in


the darkness behind them told that they


had been watched and were being pur


sued. Sharper fell the whip, and th'
spirited young animal before the sleigh
went like the wind; yet still the pursu
. ing hoof-beats sounded through the keeI
air, showing that the pursuer was wei
mounted. Turning from the main roa'
into by-way, or shortcut, leading thro
a swampy piece of woods, the fugitive
! managed to gain enough distance to stol
e the sleigh a moment just at the edge Q
5 a plank bridge over a frozen woodlan
D stream, and stretch a rope across tn
: dark and narrow road. This done, the
t were off again for the surgery close q
Z hand, with the gallop Of the pursue
b coming sharply again to their ears
e Pausing once again beyond the bridg
: to hear presently the collision of tn
r coming horseman with the unseen rop
# crash, and a cry of wrath, the two me
+ carried the body to the house and tr
e umphantly deposited il upon dissectir
Is table.


st Then, thinking Of nothing but h


own discredited diagonis of the disea
Year: 1874

jamestown was settled by the intre-
pid John Smith, May IS, 1907, and was,
as is we'll known, the first English settle
ment on this continent. 1t was a pen
inslla then; it is an island now The
water long since forced passage though
the narrow neck that connected it with
the main land and left it an Island
But the effect of attrition did not end
here. For nearly mile from this To-
cality "the noble James" had been gain
ing on the land. So much of the old
town is now under water, and, at low
tide, evidences of this fact have some
times been discovered in the debris that
is left there. The old tower and ruins
of the church are now less than fifty
yards from the water, and must, in time
be submerged unless some action be ta'
ken to prevent it. The tower, ivy. gowr
and picturesque as it is, lifts itself som.
thirty-five feet above the plain, and i
eighteen feet square. 1t is impossible t.
ascertain the exact date of the construc
tion of this old building, for it was no
the first church erected there, though
was doubtless built in the seventeenth
century. Steps should be taken by tn
State to preserve it from further demon
alization, and to prevent it from eve
passing under the absolute control G
private parties. The island is now own
ed by New Yorker, and hence tn
necessity for action in the premise
to preserve this memmorial of the fir,
settlement of Virginia.
Year: 1874

The pickerel is fish of the same
family as a voracious pike, with some
resemblance to a perch. 1t is a dark
green on the back, and is marked with
few yellowish, irregular spots on the
sides, those on the fins being dark. In
form it is shorter and deeper than the
pike, and the scales are rough. 1t has
spiny dorsal fin like the perch, and this,
as we shall see, proves often fatal to it.


1t is generally taken by trolling, but
does not bit readily. 1t is essentially a
game fish, and is highly priced, though
many object to its muddy favor, ac-
quired by its haunting sluggish water
and basking among water plants.


Every country boy has caught them
with his impromptu fishing-pole of hick-
ory and worm-bait. But it is not only
in this way that they afford sport. Pick
erel-shooting takes its place with pick
erel-fshing. AS soon as the Northern
Lakes and streams are clear of ice, the
pickerel make their way into the warm
shallow water of marshy spots in order
to spawn. Here they can be seen lying
the back fin treacherously betrayine
them. The shooter quietly paddles, hi
boat or wades into close range, and, j
anything of a shot, will bring up thre'
or four pickerel at time.


This strange cunning makes some o
the stream quite lively, but leads to thu
destruction of great quantities Of thi
fish, which is to good too be exterminated
Year: 1874

The ear is about as easily deceived a.
the eye, and one by little practice can
80 change his voice as to make it appear
as if proceeding from some distant OBJ
ject. To perform in the general line OF
ventriloquism, a large room is best, but
for producing echoes a small one will
do.


To produce a mountain echo turn your
back to the listeners; whistle loud sever
al short, quick notes, just as if you were
whistling to a dog; then as quick as
possible after the last note, and as softly
and subdued as possible 20 be heard,
whistle about third the number ofnotcs,
but it must be in the same note or pitchi
this will cause the last whistle TO appear
Just like an echo at great distance.
This imitation, if we'll performed, causes
much surprise to those listening.


The same thing can be done by shout
ing any sentence, such as "Halloa, you,
therel,' "ship ahoy" Let your voice
be formed close TO the lips then quick
Iy, in the same pitch or tone, speak the
same words very subdued, and formed
at the back Of the mouth. This is very
simple, yet effective.
Year: 1874

The following story of the achieve
ment in respect Of speed in an ice-boat
on the Hudson in the vicinity Of Stats


burg last week is told by the Pough-


keepsie Eagle: "Thursday last the wind
blew very fresh from the south, and the
owner of the new boat Cyclone de-
termined to take advantage ofthe favor
able opportunity Of timing his yacht
The Hudson at this point il very vide.
and at the coRrse selected IT, breadth IL
one mile. Having made every prepara-
tion for the feat to be accomplished, the
reef points were shaken out of the sails,
and every stich Of canvass spread 10 the
gale. With two meh on the windward
runner to keep the boat down 10 The ice,
the helm was turned, the sails filled, and
in a moment, with every inch Of canvass
drawing, she was under full headway.-
Like an arrow from bow she darted
away on the course, clouds Of pulyerized
icefollowIng in the track other runners as
they hummed over the surface Of tho
river, and in what seemed but an instant
the river had been crossed and the mile
accomplished in the almost incredible
time Of thirty-one seconds, being at the
rate of two miles in a minute and two
seconds. Persons on shore compared
the speed of the flying racer to that OF
a meteor flashing through the sky, and
watched her movements with eager in
terest. The owner afterward put the
boat through some movements on the
ice, and astonished, as well as paralyzed
the lookers-on by sailing all the way
across the river on one runner, the force
of the wind throwing her on her beam
and raising the windward runner
twelve feet above the ice. Although but
few were found willing to partake Of the
amusement, all seemed disposed to CO.
incide in the opinion that ice catching
is the most exhil irating Of sports and
the evolutions Of which one Of these
yatchs is capable, the most graceful Of
anything they had ever witnessed"
Year: 1874

The London Lancet says: "Some few
years ago one of the London hospital
physicians called attention to the fact
which had come under his notice repeat
edly among the out-patients under his
care, that the use of the sewing machine
was injurious to the health of those who
habitually employed it for many hours
together. The patients suffered from
nervous debility and other symptoms re-
ferable to its Employment, and admitted
that the constant exertion which neces-
sarily occurred in using heavy double
actioned machines had an exciting and
exhausting effect upon them. These
statements were somewhat strongly de-
MED at the time, but we think the almost
universal adoption of hand-worked ma
chimes in family life since that date shows
that there was a pretty general feeling
among the profession, and probably the
public, too, that the exercise required
for young ladies in order to work the
treadle-machine was not calculated to
improve their health. FactS Wnlcn nave
recently come to our knowledge show
that the evil was no imaginary one, and
that many workers at the sewing ma
chine, or machines of similar charac-
ter, do suffer very materially in their
health. One of the heaviest forms of
machines is, we believe, that employed
in 'braiding,' and young women work
ing in this department have suffered
very materially, and have been compell-
ed to discontinue the employment. But
the distress is not confined to one class
of employees; it seems to affect pretty
generally all those who use the feet al
ternately as the motive power of their
machinery. If the workers themselves
or their immediate supervisors, were tc
speak out, there would, we believe, be
abundant evidence found that 'machin-


ing is most exhaustive employment


and one which gradually breaks dowr


the health
Year: 1874

81 married widow who had a mar
igable daughter. My father who often
came to sec us, took fancy to my step
daughter, and married her. Thus my
father became my son-in-law, and my
step daughter became my mother,
since she was the wife of my father
Some time afterward my wife had a son;
he was the brother-in-law of my father
and also my uncle, as he was the brother
Of my mother-in-law. The wife Of my
father-my step daughter-also had a
son; of course this son was my brother
and at the same time my grandson, since
ne was the child Of my daughter. My
wife was my grandmother, since she was
the mother Of my mother. For myself
was at once the husband and the grand
son of my wife; and of the husband ot
a persons grandmother is his grandfa
ther, I was my own grandfather
Year: 1874

There is something extremely sadden-
ing in the sudden extinction of a cher
ished illusion. A certain Professor in
Vermont, who always maintained that
the magnetism of the human eye would
subdue the most ferocious of wild beasts,
lately took company Of unbelievers
out into pasture to show them how he
could subdue a savage bull. He fixed
his awful eye upon Mr.. Bovine for an
instant, but the next his friends saw the
owner of thatseye about twenty feet in
the air, where his arms, legs, head, and
coat tails pointed in all directions. Bu
he landed on the safe side of the fence
and when picked up he concluded tha
his eye wasn't working well that day.
Year: 1874

When we walk near powerful ma
chinery, we know that one mis-step and
those mighty engines will tear us to rib
bons with their flying wheels, or grind
us to powder in their ponderous jaws
So, when we are laundering across the
land in a railroad carriage there is moth
ing but an inch of iron fange to hold .us
on the line. So, when we are in ship,
there is nothing but the thickness of a
plank between MS and eternity. We inn
agine, then, that we see how close we are
to the edge of the precipice. But we do
not see it. Whether on the sea or on
the dry land, the partition that divides
us from eternity is something less than
the oak plank, or a half-inch iron fange
The machinery of life and death is with
in us. The tissues that hold the beating
powers in their place are often not thick
er than sheet Of paper, and if that thin
partition rupture, it would be the sam'
as il cannon ball had struck us. Deatl
is inseparably bound up with life in on
bodies. Struggle as he would to wider
the space, no man can at any time g


further from death than the thickness O
sheet of paper.
Year: 1874

WE rejoice to notice that the Cry
of distress and suffering which has
lately come from Nebraska is being
promptly and generously responded
to in every part of the country. In
the districts which have been de-
vastated by the grasshoppers an al
most incredible amount Of suffering
prevails, and it is stated on good
authority that, unless relief is
speedily afforded, hundreds may
starve before the winter Is half over.
The contributions in money and
provisions which are daily pouring
in must, Of course, render such a
dire contingency impossible, but it
is well to make assurance doubly
sure, and continue our exertions
in behalf of the unfortunate settlers.
However keenly the average Amer
lean may appreciate the value Of
money, he is no niggard in spend
ing it. Appeals to his charity and
benevolence are never or rarely in
vain. Every year millions are de-
voted to philanthropic objects, and
even the Patagonian and the Cafiir
are made the recipients of this mu-
nificence. 1t is, therefore, but nat
ural that the suffering at our own
doors should receive the speediest
and fullest relief possible.
Year: 1874

The Democratic papers of Iowa
announce that hereafter they want
no more "AntiMonopoly" in theirs
1t must be straight Democracy, and
nothing else. So is it in Wisconsin
since election. Democrats wish
they had taken their Bourbon
straight, while the few honest men
who have been caught in their tolls,
find themselves homeless and drift
back into the old Republican home
stead. The fraud is now pretty
well played out.
Year: 1874




THE wind storm which passed
through our city last Saturday night
accomplished numerous sleight OF
hand performances in this locality.
The fence surrounding Mr. Ross
orchard was completely demoliehed
the haystack of Mayor Cooper was
taken from its abode and spread
over many an acre, and several
barns and sheds became scalpless.
Rumor has it that the roof belong
ing to some barn or shed called on
the city, and from whence it came
is a problem. Other minor DANA
ges were enacted, such as lifting
trees out of the ground, sweeping
chimneys from off the houses, &c.
Fortunately it did not last long, and
since then we have enjoyed such
weather as we might expect if
"'Twas in the mild September
Year: 1874

THE ladies of the M. E. Church
of this city are laboring arduously
for the Fair and Festival, which
they will hold ON Thanksgiving
evening, to surpass anything Of the
kind heretofore. To have them ac-
complish their design all interested
should do something for the en-
terprise.
Year: 1874

THE following is what the La
Crosse Democrat has to say about
election: "The greatest insult we
have received for some time was the
receiving from some cuss-d type
foundry aspecimen sheet of rooster
cuts the day after election in this
state. 1t might have been in order
in any state but Wisconsin"
Year: 1874

During his speech accepting a renomi-
nation by the Republican Congressional
Convention of the XIXth District, at
Painesville on Thursday, General Car
field made few remarks on the curren-
cy question. lie said;


DRAW line, and ON one side are
those who are in debt, who are obliged
to borrow money in order to carry on
their business; on the other side are the
creditors, those who furnish the capital
to the other class, and those who neither
borrow nor lend Would you legislate
solely for the benefit of the debtor class,
to the detriment of all the other side of
the line; or, on the other hand, would you
help only the lending class at the ex-
pense of the other! 1t is almost impos-
sible to cast vote in Congress on this
question without hurting one or the other
You ask why this is 50. 1t is because
the currency is in an unnatural and arti-
fetal condition. | am in favor of such a
policy as will make it impossible to toss
the business Of the country up or down
whichever way it may vote. Our cur
rency should stand upon the basis Of
trade, and be adjusted to meet the ne
cessities of Ike business of the country
1t should be so fixed that no Congress OF
President can come in and change il
from time to time, causing tiuctuatior
and uncertainty in all the channels o.
business. This point can never be
reached in my estimation, until our cur
rency is restored TO the solid value es
tablished by the Constitution and the
world. l am in favor of legislating slow
ly-it must not be attempted suddenly
and gradually bringing our currency VI
to the money standard of the world
when you can say to Congress: "StanC
out of our daylight; we can transact oul
business without your interference"


In conclusion he challenged the fulles
investigation of his career, and promised
to meet the accusations of his enemie
on the stump.


That condition of things referred to b!
General Garfield, so far as the Genera
Government is concerned, existed 70
years under Democratic Administrations
The financial policy of the General Gov
ernment sought no interference with val
ues. In obedience with the United State
Constitution the policy was to keep ou
currency to the specie standard withOu
uncertainty and without fuctuation, an,
hence without detrimental interference
in the business of the country.
Year: 1874

for his life. In every point OF view this
is well. If the ship must sink, better let
her go down in the explosion Of battle,
and at MONDAY, rather than be scuttled
privately in the twilight.-At5J York
SfH
Year: 1874

OTTAWA, August I7.-1he bush fires
about here are becoming very alarming.
The village of Aylmcr is threatened
with destruction, and all the male popu-
lation are fighting the fire, There is a
large fire in the woods four miles above
this city. Engines and men were sent
up from here to render assistance. The
atmosphere is filled with smoke, and the
wind is blowing hard.
Year: 1874

FURTHER IMPORTANT SURVEYS OF THE IsTHMus


OF DARIEN.


Lieutenant Frederick Collins, OF the United
States Navy, who is one OF the most distinguished
explorers OF the time and an active Fellow OF the
American Geographical Society, Is about to make
his fourth journey to the Isthmus, through which
an interoceanic canal will eventually be con-
structed. The object Of the expedition is to make
o more careful and extensive survey Of the Naptpt
route than has been accomplished by previous ex-
petitions. The explorers who have gone there
feeling every step as they advanced slowly and
lnborlously, through the country, without maps,
roads or means OF transportation, Inhabited only
BY few struggling families OF Indians and marked
with almost lmpenetrable prlmeval forests.
The present expedition, equipped with maps
thus constructed by the former explorers, VIII
be enabled TO go directly to the spot where they
wish to commence their WORK, and BY cOnfnlng
their lab0rs to compa ratively limited area It Is
time all the data required Tor the construction Of
the projected canal. Members OF the expedition
will start on the 2d day OF January, on a Pacific
Mail steamer tor Aspinwal, where they win take
the United States steamer Canandalgua, which
will convey them to the Gulf OF Uraba ana furnish
them with transportation up the AtratO River to
Napipi, where they will begin work. Their return
may be looked for In May next Lieutenant Col.
Inns has already had much experience as q naval
traveller and by his success in telling wnat he has
seen has revealed considerable literary capacity
1t IS believed in all quarters that this will be
OF the most successful expeditions ever sent out
by the United States government
Year: 1874

GovERNoR-ELECT TILDEN TO LEAVE FOB AL


BANY TOMORROW.


Governor-elect Tllden, accompanied BY his stan,
will leave this city tomorrow forenoon on o spe-
cal train for Albany. The Inauguration cere-
monies are to take place at the Capitol at noon.
1t is not as vet definitely known what the cere.
monies will be. but it is understood that they
will be devoic Of all pomp and show, and
that the programme wul be as nearly as possible
like that adopted In 1872, which consisted In the
outgoing and the incoming Governors proceeding
together in an open carriage to the CAPITOL where
neat little speeches were made full OF cOngratua-
tions good will and non-partisan sentiment; after
which the one went to work at once
in his new office as II he had been
Governor for lifetime, and the other
took the cars hOmeward bound possibly cOnsOled
with the thought that one good term might, in the
time to come, deserve anotner few OF the As
semblymen. elect Will accompany the Governor.
As the Legislature does not Degin Its until
the 6th pr0x., the majority OF the members
from this county and the adjoining districts Will
not leave until sunday evening.
Year: 1874

This mo ito the undersigned will adhere to irr
the sale of his numerous articles: notwi.hstand-
ing the public may receive much of the latter
the former is guaranteed when stated SO to be-


He has the following to dispose of:
Year: 1874

A GOLDEN CHICKEN. The Vallejo
(Cal.) Independent describes the follow
ing singular search for gold mine: A
short time ago Smith & Barr sold a
chicken to customer. A day or two
ago the customer returned, and was anx-
ious to learn from whom Smith & Barr
had purchased that chicken. At first he
declined to tell why he wished to know,
but finally told that he had found pieces
of gold in the chickens crop, and wGs
satisfied that there must be lenty of it
where the chicken came from. The
chicken was traced to a man and his
wife who brought down a lot from Lake
County, and the gold-hunter started off
in quest of the chicken raisers. He is
going to scour the country until he finds
them, and then he expects to see gold
lying around upon the ground loose and
in great abundance.