smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874


Nv father had fair-haired harvester.


Leaned behind him in the barley land;
And there he put red rose in my handi
O. cruel killing leaves those rose leaves Were
He suug to me a little Iovelorn lay.


Learned Of some bird; and while his sickle
Athwart the shining stalks, my wild heart
Beating the tune up with him all the way.
One time we rested by the limpid stream,
Ger which the lOose-tongued willows whls-


pered low;


All. blessed houri so long and long ago,
1t cometh back unto nae like dream.
And there he told me- blushing sOft-ah me,
of one that he could Iove-sO young and fair
Like mine the color of her eyes and hair;
o foolish heart thought that was she
Full flowed his manly beard; his eyes 50 brown
Made sweet confession with their tender look
A thousand times kissed him in the Drook
Across the Aowers-with hashful eyelids down
And even vet cannot heart the stir


of willows by the water but stop,


And down the warm waves all their length
MY empty arms Go find my harvester.
In all his speech there was no word to mend;
Whate er he said or right or wrong was best
Until at last an arrOw pierced my breast,
Tint with fatal peint--he called me friend
Still nextm nv heart the fading rose wore,


But ali so sad; fuHweH know, God wot,
That / had been in love and he had not,
And in the barley field Cleaned no more
Year: 1874

ALUM.-It is well known, says an Aus
tralian paper, that alum dissolved is very
effective in clearing muddy water. But
short time since some alum was applied
in manner which, from its novelty and
valuable results, is worthy of notice. In
a place where water is scarce at present
little alum was dissolved in hot water
and thrown into a tub of thick soapsuds.
In moment the soap curdled, and, ac-
companied by the muddy particles, sank
to the bottom, leaving the water perfect
ly clear, pure aud devoid of smell. The
water was found very useful for wash
ing clothing again, when poured off the
sediment. A similar result was attain
ed in a quick manner by filling boiler
with soapsuds, placing it on fire and
throwing bit of alum into it. When
! the suds boiled the scum went over and
left the water clear, soft and as useful fol
washing clothes as it had originally
been.
Year: 1874

Perhaps the most perfect form of
serene contentment known upon the
planet is that developed by the Todas,
people who inhabit the plateau of the
Nilghiri Hills. They live in small
communities of from twenty to thirty
persons. There life is purely pastoral,
and their sole dependence is upon the
buffalo. They do not practice agricul-
ture at all, simply cultivate their dairies,
which are held to be sacred, and keep
the buffalo and the cat as tame animals.
They neither fight with their neighbors
nor among themselves. Two men in
every village do the dairy work; the rest,
nothing. Having no politics to discuss,
the elder "toads" sit on rail fence or
under a tree all day and brood; the
younger branches probably stand on
their heads, or follow after the other
toadies. They are a fine looking race,
and having more men than women, the
creed of Brigham Young is reversed
and one woman has many husbands.
Year: 1874

Our city was honored yesterday by
q visit from the Chief of the Cabson
tribe of Indians, with number of his
band. This tribe has a local habita-
ton in the mountains towards the in-
terror of the State, east of Los Ange-
les. The party came in mounted on
their scrub, bronco ponies, looking
like anything but royal cavalcade.
One was attired in an army officers
blue dress coat, with prodigious brass
buttons and the skirts of a linen duster
peeping out from beneath. He was
gultlees of shoes, and altogether pre-
sented a semi i-barbariOus- military as
pect quite marvellous. Another had
on q large overeoat of Uncle Sans
pattern, faced with fur. Considering
the immaterial depression of the ther-
mometer, he was we'll protected from
taking a sudden cold. A third wore,
among other attirements of clvlliZa-
tion, q calico apron, of which he
seemed quite proud. But the only one
who made pretentions to anything
like gorgeous costume, was the
chief; and his style, like that of
many fashionable ladies of our day,
was all piled on his hat. That was a
triumph. 1t consisted OF an old
bruised and napless beaver, decorated
with high colored strips of cloth,
which gave it an appearance neat but
not gaudy, as was remarked of the
monkey with his tail painted green;
His highness, the Chief, looked
to be about twelve hundred
and ninety eight or ninety nine
years of age, and we doubt
not the number could be established
within wear or two of that if the
family Bible were produced. His face
was drawn into q labyrinth of FUCKERS
which would justify the belief that his
birth dated even thousand years
further back. When we saw him the
old Chief sat upon the curb-stone in
front of the city building smoking a
cigar which had been given him, and
looking extremely unassumlng as
though he was not aware of the TACT
that he was "big Injun." We learn
that the party make n yearly visit to
the city to show their good VIII to-
wards their white brothers. Many OF
the band come in at other times to


work for farmers in the nelghborhood
and to drink the Los Angeles whisky
and lodge in the calaboose
Year: 1874

Do The tide ofimmigration is steadily set
ting in, and the first thing eastern people do
is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
a new one of DESMOND. They say there is no
com parison between the two. 2lIo
Year: 1874

YACHTING on THE SOUND.


REGATTA or THE MANHATTAN YACHT CLUB-THE
MARY GIBSON AND THE SKIP JACK THE WINNERS.


The fifth annual regatta of the Manhattan
Yacht Club was sailed Long Island Sound yesterday
afternoon fresh breeze blew from the southwest,
the tide favored the both on the outward and
inward course and thus the regatta OF the most
successful IN the history OF the club though the list Of
entries was smaller than former years. The course
Was from an anchorage foot OF ghty ninthst,
Last RIVER 70 and around the Throgs Point buoy and
rcturn-l6 miles. The entries were az follows:
Year: 1874

quist, and part Of the land that would be
flowed would be on Norrelius and the
upper part Of the reservoir would be on
some other party not known to me.


The next fall or rapids commences, L
think, about half a mile below the above
site and runs in continuous rapids
through three forties, owned by Nils
Swanson at this point the water runs
about due north. The west bank is a
very high rock bluff, with every appear
ance of splendid building rock cropping
out all along the bank short distance
above the water; great number OF blocks
of rock have tumbled off the bank and lay
in the water and along the shore.


The east bank is of (apparently) coarse
gravel and much higher than the first
mentioned site. I did not measure it.
It is what would be called a bench, run
ming to high bluff: Whether it would
be better to improve this site in one,
two or three powers I could hardly de-
eide; there is fall enough to do either
way nature has done all that man
could ask, reasonably, without building
the mill. It is one Of the best water
falls in all my knowledge; below these
falls the character of bottom and banks
change, but what I saw of the stream in
passing down to VIM. Grows there was
great deal of fall, but it was getting late
and could not make critical examina-
ton. I know there are several parties
that claim to have good water powers all
along the creek. Mr. Grow claims
first rate power.


Take Belle Greek from Boyntons mill
down to Grows place, there is more
good water power than on any other
stream of the size in my knowledge, and
all the timber and stone for dam on the
ground: &c. This is all I know about
Belle Creek, and you are at liberty to
make any use Of it you may think best,
in the waste basket or otherwise


Yours truly,


r. H. KNOX.
Year: 1874

70 The Editor Of The Grange Advonce :


Seeing something in your paper
about nearly every town in our County
and State, I take the liberty to send
you the following, which if it is worth
your time and the trouble please sprint
in your paper. Ours is not an incor-
porated city, as yet, though it is hard
to say how soon it may become such.
1t is situated on branch Of the Zum-
bro river bearing the same name as it.
SELF 1t was first settled about the
year 1858, and since that time has con.
tinued to thrive and grow perhaps at
an astonishing rate Of speed. The
steamboats, do not run on our river
though there is enough water for them,
aud to run fourishing grist and saw mills,
(while the snow is going off in the
Spring, provided there is enough snow
and it thaws fast enough.) Yet, never
theless, we are in flourishing condition
and perchance shall make famous city
by the year 5000 if not providentially
hindered, especially if the Wabasha &
Faribault Narrow Gauge railroad will
carry our produce cheap enough, and
not take all our property to build with,
and leave us all beggars as I fear it
may. But never mind, so long as We
get a railroad what becomes of our
money. We are going in for rail


road whether we live or die. The Mar


row Guage We must have, for it will


build our city up. As regards stores
and factories, We are blessed with one
Of the former in prospect, which is liza.
BILE to be built within the next one
hundred years: if the firm do not smash
Gas one Of your merchants did, short
time il since and as I fear they may
unless 1'' s. they, get help fro from the poor
house: But if they fail some beggar,
who is enterprising enough, may take
pity on US and build sod shanty, buy
keg Of beer, barrel Of whiskey and
water, and 60 into business. Nov
do not think for one moment that w
are Incorporate, for we are not inclined
to strong drink in the least.) We have
one newspaper which would be perfect
success , and jewel, apriceless one to on,
town, but for one thing, which is this: the
editor is one Of those persons who car
never bear to know anything which his
neighb,ors and friends do not know.
90 as soon rs he hears anything of import.
ance he tarts;and tells it far and nea,
before his paper goes 70 the press, f.,
Year: 1874




We've got \" Danbury" man in our
town. We think we've got him. Won
derfully prosecuted is he at times, no
relief only to stare said grievances in
the face then advance. Not long ago
this man in a case of discontinue of
previous arrangements, harnessed the
oxen into the cutter, Gone of his own
pattern,) and started for the Grange
meeting. Snowbanks ! there were a
few. His wife, patient creature, sat
beside him with form erect, and visage
clear and happy, Notwithstanding the
awkwardness Of the situation. Each
time as the heavy whip vas raised
would she raise her voice in an extra
effort to {: haw or gee" said oxen, caus-
ing them to lunge into the drift off to
the west nearly upsetting the anxious
wife and half frantic man. One mile
had they to travel thus. Time between
starting and arrival is not on record and
never will be. The many windings in
that road can't be told; no language is
capable of so much twisting. They
were landed safe at the meeting, wife
with look of relief. and q all is WE'LL"
out that mans face wore the expression
of disappointment, grief, madness,
which only disappeared at the sight of
friendly faces, and sound of social greet
ing with which he met and which we
are sure to meet at the Grange. It was
an inkling of foolish pride that possessed
the man. Many have been ruined finan-
cially by the desire to outvie neigh
Dor, in the accumulation of machinery,
stock, &c., when their means would not
permit. The result has been they have
gone in debt, have become insolvent,
and made themselves slaves to men that
laugh in their sleeves over their chances.
We have resolved, that is, husband and
I, to abide by the precept, Learn to
labor and to wait," with an imaginative
view of good times coming, and if we
have to endure an occasional bit of in
convenience like our cutter ride we must
be stimulated to the right kind of inde-
pendence !; something showing us the
difference between ease and roughing it
is good stimulator. Besides my
friends, little episode now and then
like that ride, affords little merriment
and is sure help for digestive organs
out Of sorts" If the Danbury man
survives and holds out faithful we shall
hear more of him. ALICE.
Year: 1874

CANNON FALLS, March 24th, 1874.


Grange Advance, Red Wing:


According to promise I will now write
you what little I know about the water
power on Belle Greek in Vasa, Goodhue
county.


have closely examined the fall from
Boynton's mill more than half way down
to the did Fish place. About three
quarters of mile below Boynton's mill
I found one of the most beautiful sites
for mill on the creek. l found the
bank on the south side % feet high, by
level, and on the north side is very
high rock bluff: The mill would have
to be built on the south side Of the
creek, .,, on a beautiful dry, level flat Of
several acres, covered with tall, straight
timber. Immediately above where the
dam would have to be built, is low,
wide bottom which would be all over
flowed by the dam. Whether there is
fall enough from where the dam would
be built to allow dam to be built as
high as the bank would allow I do not
know, as / did not level it, but I know
!, there is a good deal Of fall. I have no
doubt that there is from Is to 20 feet
fall ); all the fall from there to Boynton's
mill would be available. The reservoir
would be very large. The site is owned
BY 2, Q. Tlderquist and John Nor
relins. The dam would be on Tilder-
Year: 1874




am glad to see the vigor with which
this pioneer sheet is pushing its way
along over the rough roads that necessa
rily lead on toward all reforms.
A vanguard leading the way through
the exposition Of wrongs to knowledge
Of the individual aud collective rights
of a class Of people that have been to
this nation what the children Of Israel
were to the E Egyptians, nominal slaves
to the power Of a nominal aristocracy,
that has used their service without Civ
ing value received.


History both sacred and profane is
replete with this kind Of service, and it
would be as intolerant to-day as in past
ages were it not for the growth Of in-
telligence that the presses are develop.
ing among the masses, and still tile com.
munities Of laboring men are not free,
and never will be until they have presses
of their own that are not subsidized to
the interest of capital that seems to hold
with grip of iron the moral status Of
the newspaper world. AS agricultural
lists we have few papers that have VOL
unteered as forlorn hope to lead us out
of the network with which the monopo-
lies have entangled us that they can the
better subserve their own interest,
though it be at the expense Of our vitali-
ty as a producing class, without whom
the world would be a vast poor house
filled with pampered thousands from the
haunts Of what is now termed genteel
life. Now ask are we doing anything
worthy the name Of support toward these
few papers that are fighting almost single
handed these cormorants of human in
tegrity. I tell you We have got to meet
them with press Of our oa0n, and if we
can find intelligence that is willing to CO.
operaee with us we must NEE; it with a
recompense sufficiently respectable to
enable it to make a fair fight and not
die in the ditch a still born effort
Our ADVANCE is an effort of the Grange
movement, and SO far as 1 can Judge is
every way worthy Of support, and if
Oranges let it die for want Of patronage
they ought to be ground into oblivion
by monopolies, and every other system
Of swindle that human depravity can
devise. I am not advertising for it but
simply talking what I mean. So trun-
die up with your money, and your sharp
sayings if you have any, but with the
money at least. E. B. CARTER.
DAR1EN, WIS.
Year: 1874

The growth Of intelligence ever demands
respect, and the rural communities are
fast awakening to the fact that their
sons and daughters are being educated
in all that is Of practical utility in the
furtherance of ife's plans, and with
that intelligence comes the redemption
of this class from the impositions with
which it has ever been stigmatized by
the wealthy. In conclusion, let NE say
to my fellow Grangers, let US improve
all our opportunities that we may be
qualified to meet any demands that the
future may have in store for US.


f. s. CARTER.
Year: 1874

The British papers are aghast at a
murder of o peculiar character recently
committed in London. Two respecta.
BILE and sober men, one of them a
tailor, long mutual friends, sat in q
tavern of an evening and, the converse
tion taking a metaphysical turn, be.
came involved ir an inquiry as to the
seat of life, one placing it in the brain,
the other in the heart. The inquiry
became discussion, the discussion a
dispute, the dispute a personal quar-.
rel, and the personal quarrel resulted
thus, according to the ante-mortem
statement of one of the parties: "He
swore that he would throw me over If
repeated the statement that the seat O1
life was in the heart. I repeated it,
when he caught me around the neck,
put his foot behind me, and threw me
heavily on my back, falling on my
stomach. I felt very much hurt at the
time. We were previously hail friends,
and bore no ill.wiil to one another.
And before the doctor could read ovel
to him his confession, the champion o1
the heart as the seat of life was dead.
Year: 1874

From tho watsonville, Cal., P.jaronian.


A few weeks ago Dr. Swain, of this
place, went on hunting expedition to
q point about one hundred miles from
here, in the eastern part of Monterey
county. In the company was an old
mountaineer, called i" Rocky" who
had become quite famous as q bear
hunter. One morning Rocky started
out Of camp, and was laboriously toll
ing along narrow trail on the side of
steep canon, when, in wild portion
of the mountains, he saw on the oppo-
site side of the canon two young griz-
zlies playing on grassy beach of land.
Immediately his splendid revolving
rifle was at his shoulder, and he fred.
One cub he killed instantly, but the
other lived long enough to cry, almost
like a child, for the mother bear.
Soon cracking of bushes
was heard behind, and Rocky
turned Just in time to see the
mother, enraged and excited, almost
upon the slayer of her offspring. The
bold hunter again raised his rifle, but
before he could use it the bear, by one
stroke of her powerful paw, hurled it
from DIS grasp lar OUT OF H1S reach. a
hand to hand encounter was now the
only way out of the difficulty, and
Rocky drew his huge knife. He raised
it, and swiftly it descended, cleaning
through the air into the heart of the
bear, and none too soon, for, as he
struck, the bear also dealt him q pow.
erful blow on the side, which stretched
him insensible some distance from the
scene of the encounter, the knife re.
naming buried to the ii in the bears
side. After time the hunter recov-
cred sufficiently to drag himself to the
camp, where he was obliged to remain
for several days before he recovered
from the terrible blow he had received.
Other members of the party went to the
place and found the cubs dead, and q
short distance from them the old bear,
also dead.
Year: 1874

when the sheet has been printed it is folded
down through this space, so as to bring
the title, ETC., partly on each page. The
sheet, when ready for printing, is pasted
face downward on smooth block of wood,
made usually from the pear or plum tree.
AS soon as it is dry, the paper is rubbed of
with great care, leaving behind an inyert-
ed impression of the characters. Another
workman now cuts away the blank spaces
by means of sharp graver, and the block
with the characters in high relief. passes
to the printer, who performs his work by
hand. The two points that he has to be
most careful about are-to ink the charac-
ters equally with his brush, and to avoid
tearing the paper when taking the i'm
preston. From good wooden block some
$4,000 copies may be printed, and when the
characters have been sharpened up a little,
it is possible to obtain 5000 or 10000
more impressions.
Year: 1874

IERE in the dear old orchard


CCe little year ago,


Robert and together


Were wondering to and fro
only year 1t is not long
ana the birds are singing the same sweet songI
asked him remember,


Had he ever loved before


And Re closed my lips with kisses


ELL ] could not question more
But who would have dreamed there e'er could b.
A man so tickle and false Us he


The songs that sang last summer


Are turned to notes of woe,
And my heart hath learned lesson


Unknown but year ago;
ana the days that then were sunny and bright
seem suddenly changed to darkest night;
And even this dear old orchard


Seems hardly the place to me
1t was when we were together


Under this sam old tree
All me F! Is it only a year ago2
How weary the days the time, how slow
Year: 1874

Printing book in China is done some
what as follows: Two pages are written
by person trained to the business, on
sheet of thin paper, divided into columns
by black lines and in the space between
the two pages are written the title of the
work and the number of chapter and page;
Year: 1874

A little cock-eyed fellow strolled into the office of an exchange the other day, with piece of manuscript in his hand and merry twinkle in his eye, saying Say, Mister, will you put our game in the paper ?" "What game, my son ?" Why, I belongs to the Arrow Base Ball Club, and we had match with the Gem for forty cents, and after we licked 'en they stole our bats from us, put a head on the umpire, and took the forty cents" Well, what do you want to mention that in the paper for?" "Oh, we don't want anything sed about that, but we wants to challenge 'em for square game of forty mine innings" Just here an elderly lady, with an umbrella un- der her arm, came creeping slowly in the door, and caught the youngster by the left ear and waltzed him off down the steps. The boy said nothin', neither did the old woman. Both thoroughly understood each ether.