smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

INTERVIEWED BY WAsPs Up A TREE \
gentleman OF Hartford. Conn, the other
day obtained access to a tree for the pur-
pose Of fastening rope at some distance
from the ground, with which to form a
connection with an upper window Of his
house, the objective point being a clothes
line. The tree standing on a neighbor's
land, permission was obtained to occupy
IL. In order to have no serious obstacle to
climbing, the gentleman stripped down to
pants and shirt, and 'harnessed' the tree
bareheaded He made a successful ascent
to an elevation of twenty feet at least, and
was about to tie a sailors knot when a
wasp interviewed him. He dismissed the
rope for a second and brushed the wasp
away, and turned his attention to the rope
again. More wasps arrived suddenly, and
several OF them stood upon his head, which
is slightly bald, and he dropped the rope
which was not yet tied. By this time there
We're 1878 wasps holding q convention
about his person. He thought he would
adjourn, and did, hurriedly fairly sliding
down the tree and leaving patches of his
trousers along at intervals to show that he
had been there. Some of the wasps come
down, too, but most Of them remained
around the rope apparently wondering
what it was for. There are times when it
is pleasanter to be a wasp than q man
''up tree.
Year: 1874

There was man in Oswego, Kansas,
who thought that he had fallen into a fat
thing. He discovered we'll full OF medical
water on his premises. He had it analyzed,
and it gave iodine, bicarbonate OF potash,
chloride Of lime, and compound extract Of
buchu, with trace of old DR. Townsend's
sarsaparilla. The fortunate owner began
to think of building hotel, and in his
minds eye he saw no end of rheumatic
and dyspeptic patients from all parts of
the country playing bluff and drinking the
water Alas! an enemy examined that
we'll q little closer Two defunct cats were
there, and an equally defunct rabbit added
to the potency. The hotel will not be built
Year: 1874

Traverse the world over, search the his
tory OF our race in all times, and wherever
you find a man truly superior t. his fellows.
a natural king Of men, born to command,
YOU will find him attentive to the interest
AMI to the feelings and to the dignity of
those who execute his will If he is not
man enough to be so from good feeling.
ne IS man OF business enough to do ii from
policy. IT there is any one who snubs
persons dependent upon him, begrudges
them their just compensation, cares moth
ing for their interest or their honor, that
man is not naturally a master; he is one
by accident only; he belongs by birth or
breeding, or both, to the class of the de-
teated and the servile He is merely a
beggar on horseback, and perhaps stole
the horse. Parton.
Year: 1874

A company has been organized near
Beloit, Wisconsin, tor the manufacture and
shipping of butter on an enormous scale
The butter is bought from farmers direct
from the churn, unworked aud unsalted.
From quarter to half ton of this butter
is worked at time. 1t is put into a square
box OF vat where it is washed and worked
with a wooden instrument resembling a
hoe IN shape. After being turned, washed
and pressed by the hoe until it is quite
free from buttermilk, it IS taken into an
other vat having a wire screen bottom,
through which the butter is pressed by q
strong lever at the rate OF 200 pounds per
minute. Ii is colored in winter and after
being salted. by still another process, it is
ready to pack for market From two to
three tons may be packed in day, requir-
ing the labor Of only two men. A good
deal of dish-washing is thus saved to the
farmers wives, while the butter, being OF
uniform color and quality. sells at better
prices, than if finished in the kitchens Of
the farm houses
Year: 1874

Sheep raising is undoubtedly looking up


Wool brings satisfactory prices. Early
lambs are in brisk demand, and the market
would take great many more. We can
have mutton, at least in the winter. and
farmers look cheerful in view OF the profits
of the flock at the close of the year. The
pastures, where the sheep have been are
blooming with white clover, and the in


crease grassland the reduction of brush are
strong points in favor of sheep husbandrv
But the dogs still worry the hocks and kin
the sheep, Notwithstanding the legislation
against them. Some of the States have
good laws for the protection Of sheep. The
owners Of dogs have to pay license for
every cur they keep, and the money Goes
INTO a fund to pay tor the losses of sheep
owners made by dogs This is a great
security. 1t not only reduces the number
OF dogs, but pays for the damage they do.
W hat Is now most wanted is the strict en-
iorcement of the law where one exists.
Make every man pay for his dog, and
xii the unlicensed. Am. Agriculturst
Year: 1874

IN trying to snicksr over the State debt,
which Is no laughing matter with the Demo
cratic politicians, the Dela,oarean says:


=, The Times is evidently under the impression
that the money on deposit has TO remain 40
Won't some child help its understanding


No, sir. You purposely misinterpret But
no portion of the debt is paid because the State
has money on deposit, and it is deceitful in YOU
to pretend that the debt is being liquidated at
the rate OF 100000 per annum by reason of
said deposit. Is it not my child?
Year: 1874

ramblep by night have often been described HIS
friends sometimes encountered him in the oddest
places and the most incomont weather. lie was
equally at home in the intricate by-ways Of narrow
streets and in the broad thoroughfares His acute
sense of enjoyment gave peculiar zest to hIs
social qualities. No man, not n great wit or q
profeSsed talker. ever left dep blank on leav
ing n social circle. His versatility gave unique
charm 10 his conversation. On the whole, Mr..
FOrster's portraiture OF his friend makes his
exuberant vitality the secret OF his character He
was % man of so ardent temperament az to impress
the pictures Of imagination with the stamp OF
reality. His wonderful creations are not 80 much
the product OF memory, artistic conception as OF
actual vision. He saw almost with the bodily eye
the scenes which were clothed with life at
the touch of his magic PEN His power OF
assuming the nature, of feeling tho pas
sons, of living tho life Of 70 many
distinct individuaties, made him a consummate
actor and formed the basis of his dramatic tri-
umphs 1t was no face trick Of superficial imta-
ton but the strange gift of Transforming his iden-
tty into the person of another His grand vitality
could not be exhausted by the manifestation OF his
own nature. but required a perpetual change OF
identity to give it full scope. The extravaganza OF
his caricatures in novel writing, as well as his
fierce contention with the elements in bodily exer-
clse proceeded not from waywardness OF genius, but
from plenItude of life.
Year: 1874

There is no change to note IN money the supply
being still excessive. and the turn of the market
fayoring the borrower. Accommodations were re-
ported to-day at g. and per cent on call. Dis
counts were in slow offering, but active demand at
per cent The legal tender circulation is un-
changed


Government bonds were little firmer, as though
buyers predominated after the late decline. We
annex latest street ouOtatIons:
Year: 1874

A stranger sauntering in and out among
the lime trees of Berlin, may chance to
meet two men in earnest talk, on whom his
eyes will fasten with start. A plump aud
venerable mana soldier from the tip of
his gilt helmet to the spur Of his cavalry
boOt-salutes with military quiekness as you
touch your hat. Sedate, little in advance
and listening with curious strain, he has
the outer presence Of a man to whom
the weight Of life is not alone the load of
time. Though swart with sun and toll,
his features have a something in them
weird and mystical. 1t is a martial and
imperial face, vet in the lofty lOOk-tOO
lofty for a trace Of ordinary pride-yoU
catch, by a surprise Of the Imagination,
something Of the pensive and accusing
spirit of a monk. But even this fine figure
cannot keep your eye from wandering
TO the partner Of his walk. Straight as
pine and rugged as a larch is he; man
in plain attire, yet martial in his stride
and gait as though he also passed bis
life in camp. A man with ample brow,
firm and massive chin, head all brain, a
trunk all nerve, he seems to pour out floods
of strong speech, yet with an eye so open
and a face so frank that he who listens
would not have him spare one word. No
dreamer, no Self-searcher, no idealist is ne;
but one who clings to fact, 10 science, to the
rule Of three. No weakness fingers on that
face, no doubt, no superstition,
no remorse. When laughter rippleS down
his cheek. it is the flash of light
on metal, rather than the play Of flesh and
blood. You feel at once that what he doe
is right, in his own eyes; that he will never
need to Justify his actions to himself. That
elder parsonage, martial, medtative, doubt
full of himself, dependent on unseen powers
is Wilhelm of HOhenzOllern, victor o
SadOwa and Sedan, first Evangelical EN-
peror on this planet. That younger, though
mature and sturdy parsonage, is Bismareki
Chancellor of the new secular empire II
Germany.
Year: 1874

BERLIN, Oct. 3e.-The trial of Kullman
was resumed to-day. After testimony as
to the mental condition of the prisoner,
the president of the court summed up the
medical testimony to the effect that al the
time of the assassination, as well as at
present, kullman was accountable for his
acts to but little or limited degree. kuli-
man was fonnd guilty as found in the in
dictment, and sentenced 10 imprisonment
FOR fourteen years in the hope Of eoFTec-
tion, and to remain under police sur
veillance for life.


The trial proper of Count Won Arnim
will begin within two weeks.


The Emperor and Empress have sent a
personal letter of coincidence to the Roman
Catholic Bishop at Breslau, who was badly
hurt by being thDwn from his carriage
Year: 1874

In connection with the article copied
from the Virginia Independent, charging
Judge Mexican with aFpropriating the Sill
yer Shield and other mines. The grand
Jury find the allegations are utterly ground
less. and while they condemn the attack on
the Chief Justice, yet the freedom of the
press is 50 essential TO the general welfare
they do not deem 1t admissible 10 indict
la a1f
Year: 1874

MAJOR G. a. HENRY, President of
the late Democratic State Convention,
one of the purest of the party leaders
in those glorious old days before the
war, and as eloquent an orator as
Tennessee can boast, has consented,
at the soliciticn of the State Democrat
5c Executive Committee, to address the
citizens Of Nashville at the courthouse
tonight. We hope to see an attend
anee worthy of the distinguished
speaker, and the'eau of which he is
so able an exponent.
Year: 1874

The situation OF affairs at Little Rock, can
be gathered from the very full reports which
We publish. from day to day. The most i'm
portant move, is the proclamation OF Cover
nor Baxter. assembling the Legislature on
the llth Of May next 1t Is to be hoped that
every member will be present promptly, that
the work they have to do may dc done speed
lily. and the people of the State relieved from
the disordered state of affairs which they now
suffer. There is no use of dodging the ques-
tion there will be no peace in Arkansas until
it is settled, Let the Legislature say whether
1t is Brooks or Baxter, and if they are not
able to come to conclusion satisfactory to
all. let them at once refer it back to the people
by calling a Convention-which will settle
this and many ether questions to the interest
Of the State.
Year: 1874

From private letter to gentleman in
this city we learn that large majority OF
the good people Of Crawford county are
in favor Of Brooks and OF sustaining
the will Of the people expressed at the
ballot. box, over and against usurpation,
the statements Of the Press to the contra
nv notwithstanding. Crawford county
is all right.-F. S. Herald.


The gentleman writing to Fort Smith,
Is Just mistaken in regard to the senti
mcnts OF the people Of Crawford Coun.
ty in this matter In which Powell Clayton
aud Joseph Brooks are parties on the
one part and Elisha Baxter and TIE people
Of tho State on the other, that is all. We
have not met but two or three, that were
really In earnest for Brooks, Clay
ton 4 Co in the position now occupied
by them. One of them We are satisfied
writes the letter Let him show his
hand. This is matter in which no one
should be afraid to speak out. 1t is q
time when Arkansas should know her
friends. We sincerely believe it to he fol
the best interest OF the people Of Craw
ford County. as we'll as the State at large
that Gov. Baxter he sustained, and w
cannot doubt he ultimately will be.
Year: 1874

The character of the United States Of
fcer in charge Of the federal troops n,
Little Rock, during the excitement the
past week, may be judged Of from the
following card he publishes in the Repub
lican We venture to say blush oi
shame tingled the brow of every private
soldier in his command who read it. To
this low bred, vulgar fellow, is Little
Rock indebted for the death one OF hen
best citizens and the wounding of several
others:


LITTLE Rock. April %, 1874
Editor Little Rock Republican:


would most respectfully call your at
tention to the following sentence, which
appeared in the Gazette Of this morning
"When " the firing commenced. Col Rose
wheeled his horse and rode rapidly tc
the city hall" / claim the right to sa,
to your readers that the author OF The
article TO which said sentence belongs is
liar and coward; a low hind, proba
bly, born in a hovcl where the swine made
his mother take back seat The ladie,
of Little Rock will tell him that he had
not even the courage to wait long enough
to see where 6rare man dared TO stay.


r. T. ROSE.
Year: 1874

heart of a child and interpret it, and


show forth the new nature to us in the


subtle cross lights of contrast and sug-


gestlon. Imaginatively thus, wrinkles


of age become the dimples Of infancy


Wordsworth was not very young man


when he held the colloquy with the


little maid who insisted in her childish
logic that he was one of seven. Mr..


Hawthorne was not II young man when


he painted "Pearl" by the side of the


brook IN the forest and he waU middle
aged and more when he drew PAn3ie, :"
the most exquisite child that lives in
English words, And when speaking of
middle'age, of its peculiar tranquility
and humor, why not tell of its peculiar
beauty as we'll? Men and women make
their own beauty or their own ugliness.
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton speaks in
one Of J hS 4Ry2&Sd 4RSy 2&ad ca any Business to be-
and, if he could but read it, every hui
man being carries his life in his face,
and is good looking or the reverse as
that life has been gool or evil. On our
feature the fine cbisels of thought and
emotion are eternally at work. Beauty
is not the monopoly of blooming young
men and of white and pink maids.
There is slow-growing beauty which
only comes to perfection in old age.
Grace belongs to no period of life, and
goodness improves the longer it exists.
[ have seen sweeter smiles on lip of
seventy than ever saw on lip of
seventeen. There is beauty of youth,
and there is also the beauty of holiness
"a beauty much more seldom met and
more frequently found in the armchair
by the fire, with grandchildren around
its knee, than in the ballroom or the
promenade Husband and wife who
have fought the world side by side, who
have made common stock of Joy and
sorrow, and aged together, are not unfre-
quently found curiously alike in person.
al appearance ard in pitch and tone of
voice-just as twin pebbles on the
beach, exposed to the same tidal inhu.
ences, are each others after ego. lie
has gained a feminine something which
brings his manhood into full relief
She has gained masculine something
which acts as foil to her womanhood.
Beautiful are they in life, these pale
winter roses, and in death they will not
be divided. When death comes, he
will pluck not one but both.


And in any case, to the old man, when
the world becomes trito, the triteness
arises not 50 much from cessation as
from II transference of interest. What
is taken from this world is given to the
next. The glory is in the east in the
morning, it is in the west in tho after
noon, and when it is dark the spIendor
is irradiating the realm of the under
world. lie would only follow.-Iicr.
0Ndcr NmNA.
Year: 1874

"Don't, Charley" came to my ears in
sweet. musical tone, whilo | was
seated in u railway car, last sum-
mer I should not have heard the soft,
touching voice, had it not been very
near me. / looked to see who ID was
that had spoken, and saw n sweet,
beautiful woman upon the seat in front
of me. A half-sad look rested upon the
young face that was all aglow with love
and tenderness. A young man was
seated by her side whose face wore a
restless dISSfgefs}l,i disSifgeaftss}al look, and and in mo,
was flushed slightly, and l knew why
it was thus. He was talking very fast
to some one in advance Of him, and
once / heard low oath. "Don't,
Charley" she said again, in the same
sweet voice. But Charley did not seem
to heed the words, but went on in n
half wild way to the man. Several
more oaths came from his lips but the
woman remained silent, yet looking so
pleadingly ut the erring one that
thought, if he had been half human, he
would have needed tho mild, loving re-
proof that was so visible in her tear
dimmed eyes.


A friend by my side whispered in my
ear. "They have been married just
one year"


/" He is n BRUTE" only said in reply.


At that moment | saw the young hus-
bind wink slyly to the man, and then
they both arose and went into the bag
gage-car. understood the movement
when | saw bottle protruding from the
husbands coat pocket.


"Don't Charley; don't CO." the
young wife had pleaded before he got
beyond her reach; but he tore himself
from her light grasp, and rushed along.
Her eyes filled with tears, and low
moan came from her pale lips, and then
she bowed her head and wept silently.


He came back in few moments, his
face flushed still more, and his voice
Il key or two louder than before. lie
brushed rudely past the wife, evidently
to get near the car window.


"Let me alone, Mag" he said as she
laid her white hand upon his arm.
"Women are always in the way he
said, again turning to the man in front
of him.


The wife turned away, and / did not
hear her sweet, reproving voice again


How | ptied that Young, loving wife,
and how often | wonder if her sensitive
heart must suffer and bleed for many
long years | think not; for her ten
der, loving soul, and fraiI, slender body
will not bear such unkindness. Strange
how soon liquor will transform human
beings into unfeeling monsters, and chill
the ardent, loving nature of 4 tender
husband and trusting wife
Year: 1874

A HARD CAsE.-More than week ago a
man named James Downey, laborer living on
Munjoy Hill, had his fingers badly jammed
while at work loading scrap iron at Galt's
wharf. He hal no money and did not know
his hand was seriously injured, SO he did not
attempt to have it dressed by a surgeon. But
as time passed it continued to pain him severe
ly, and yesterday he set out to have it dressed.
But as he had nothing to pay. he says that he
could not find a physician that would dress it,
although it was paining him fearfully AT last
some one sent him to the city physician, who
dressed his hand, which was in a fearful condi
ton. 1t hardly seems possible in this city thai
there should be physician SO inhuman as te
turn man away, refusing to relieve him, be
cause he had not the money to repay the servi
ces We discredit the whole story
Year: 1874

Music HALL-To say that Wards variety
troupe is meeting with unusual success seems
like telling an old story, but it is true neverthe-
less. The tricks performed are all new and
good. The reserved seats are sold every day
early, and those who wish good seats have to
be at the box Office when it is opened.
Year: 1874

DAVIS & Co.'s advertisement will be read
with interest, after which we advise our lady
readers to visit their store, where at all times
they offer the best goods at reasonable price,
Year: 1874

Mechanic Arts, and that alone, created by
the necessities of the times, to supply a new
demand of the times, will meet this require
ment-and for this alone, it will be worth all
its cost.


This institution of our state, should not
be regarded as rival to its other colleges
Were it not in existence, the majority of its
students would be outside CT college walls,
and therefore their accession 10 the domain of
letters must be considered clear gain. Without
doubt the sons of farmers in narrow cir
cumstances, are encouraged to begin a
course of study by the offer of free tuition and
room-rent. and board at cost. The differ
ence between the 121 students of our col
lege and the 33 of the New Hampshire col
lege may be accounted for when we see in
their last catalogue that their tuition is fif-
teen dollars per term, and the cost of board
and rent is the same as in the other depart
ments.


Although we have just remarked that
there need be no rivalry between the colleges,
and although our personal loyalty attaches
us by willing bonds to another institution,
yet after an examination of the State Col
lege, we say to the others as a stimulus and
warning, look out for your laurels! With
all energetic and ambitious faculty, course
OF study giving symmetrical development to
body and mind, and fitting the young for the
average duties of life better than any others,
graduating scholars who secure positions
from government over score or two of
competitors, with the harmonizing and hu-
man:zing influences derived from the ad-
mission of woman, with the pleasant re-
lations existing between the town and the
college, and with larger classes thai its
contemporaries while yet in its infancy, it
is safe to predict its ultimate and complete
success.


Ii the farmers and mechanics of Maine
will give strong support to their own col
lege, they will find it in the end to be their
strength and support. tg.t
Year: 1874

The following mixture is recommended for
this purpose in the Scientific american: Mix
together one pound OF resin and eight ounces
OF sulphur, and keep it either in bars or re-
duced to powder; mix one part of this powder
with half part of iron filings, fine sand, or
brick dust, and the cavity of the handle is to
be filled with this mixture. Heat the stem
OF the knife or fork and insert it hot, and
when cold it will be found tight.
Year: 1874

If one portion of vegetables is boiled in pure
water, and another in water to which a little
salt has been added, decided difference is
perceptible in the taste and odor, and especi-
ally in the tenderness of the two portions.
Vegetables boiled in water without salt are
vastly inferior in flavor. This inferiority may
go so far in case OF onions that they are al
most entirely destitute of odor or taste,
though when cooked in salted water they
possess. besides the pleasant salt taste, IA pc
cular sweetness and strong aroma. They al
so contain more soluble matter than when
cooked in pure water. Evidently the salt, by
adding density to the water, hinders the So
luton and evaporation of the so.
luble and favoring principles of
the vegetables. This explains the
advantages of an addition CT salt to the boil
ing water. And it is impossible to correct,
by after additions of salt TO the vegetable,
the want OF flavor in such as have been
boiled without it. 81. - Az r1