smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

The celebrated GeorgeWhiteiield be-


gan his courtship in singular fashion.
His biogapher pronounced him one of
the oldest wooers that ever wooed.
When Whitefeld was i'll America, and
had under his charge the orphan house in
Savannah, sit was much impressed on his
heart that he ought to marry in order to
have helpmate in his arduous work. "
He had long fixed his mind on the young
lady whom he intended to ask to become
his wife So he addressed letter to her
parents, and inclosed another to herself.
In his letter to the parents he stated that
he wanted wife to help him in the man
agement of his increasing family and then
said: "This letter comes like Abraham S
servant to Rebekas relations, to know
whether your daughter Miss, is a
proper person to engage in such an under
taking; and if so, whether you will be
pleased to give me leave to propose mar
riage to her. You need not be afraid of
sending me refusal, for I bless God, if
l know anything of my own heart, l am
free from that foolish passion which the
world calls love-" He wrote in similar
strain to the young lady, asking her,
among many other questions, if she could
leave her home and trust in Him for
support who feeds the young ravens; and
bear the inclemencies of air both as to
heat and cold in aforeign climate; whether
having husband she could be as though
she had none. He also told her that he
thought the passionate expressions which
ordinary courtiers use ought to be avoided
by those who marry in the Lord; and
that if she thought marriage would be in
any way prejudicial to her better part,
she was to be so kind as send him de-
nial; that she need not be afraid to speak
her mind, as he loved her only for God.


The letters were not so successful as
Abraham's servant. The parents were
not very anxious to send their daughter
on such an adventure; and Whjtefeld
continued for longer space in his bache-
lor condition. Some time after he essayed
another courtship with widow in Wales
after the same style. The mode in which
Rebeka was chosen for Isaac seems to
have been Whitefelds S ideal of obtaining
wife. The week after he was married
he went on one of his evangelistic tours,
and left his newly welded wife to muse
alone to the Welsh hills in the second
quarter of their honeymoon.
Year: 1879

In Dublin young lady is educated
for music or matrimony-or both. She
is perpetual piano player or a constant
husband seeker. There are no longer
the Baby Blakes or the Lady Gay Spank
ers of yore; her follies as to field sports
are no more. The Irish girl of the pc
riod abhors declamations about "woman's
rights" She generally takes them--in
Platonic way. She is much more Irish
than the men, twice as witty and ten
times as intriguing. These girls have
an indescribable way of capturing you
(mentally, at least), before you know
where you are. They are fine looking
rather than pretty, and commanding
rather than coquettes, yet they have
their share of all that ubiquitous family.
In point OF education they are more
glittering than the English girls, and
more solid than the American. They
dress too much-an excess Of fall
lals. Frills and lace, bog bak and
ribbons, abound about these girls,
and their merry laughter and soft solder
dash of "grammachree ma cushla," serve
to make them intensely interesting even
at the respectful distance they invariably
keep you. The type of the Irish girl,
with her rosy and white complexion,
her largo blue eyes and auburn hair, in
her eighteenth year, is more of child
than an American girl of thirteen.


The Irish girl of the period has one
bright star ever before her in the heav-
ems of her hopes-a husband with a
title. She would rather be poor Lady
Splurge than parvenu Mrs. Shady. Yet
she is the most loving and devoted of
wives-when properly welded. The
Irish girl loves to make noise in the
word-has grand passion for dash.
She will leap social Gve-barred gates
and double stone walls TO get the right
man, while she would prefer to be an
old maid rather than he chained to the
wrong one. She disIikes tame man
and can control n wild one. In the
courage OF her opinion she excels both
as to quality and quantity. She would
rather rule in certain dreadful place
below than serve in better one above.
Baltimore Sun.
Year: 1879

TO all of our lady friends, who desire
to free their faces from those unsightly
blotches and pimples, we would advise
the use of Halls Sarsaparilla, believing
it to be the best preparation in market
for purifying the system from all NOR
bid, corrupt and impure matter, giving
that bright, clear and blooming appear
ance to the complexion, so much admir-
ed, but only obtained when the system
is in healthy condition.
Year: 1879

If you are going to pant your house,
barn, wagon or machinery, the wonder
full Imperishable Mixed Paint is surely
the best, for it is warranted by their
agents in your own town not to chalk,
crack, peel or blister; to cover better and
work easier than any other paint. Toe lmper-
ishable Paint was awarded The first premi um
over all other paints, NJ the California State
Fair, l6S. and the Gold Medal at the Oregon
Agent, which explains this wonderful discov-
cry. Try the paint and you certainly would
have nO other.
Year: 1879

The true reason of the present out
break of yellow fever is not so much in
the filthy streets and alleys of the city,
but in the cupidity of some of our people
who could not get their consent to de-
stroy even the bedclothes upon which pa
tients died of the fever. 1t has never
been demonstrated that the yellow fever
germ can be preserved through the frosts
and freezes of Winter in the foul air of a
vault, but it has been shown time and
again that wooden goods, especially
blankets that have been saturated with
the yellow fever poison, will retain it
for very long period even in cold
weather. 1t is we'll known that many
persons in Memphis did not hesitate to
preserve and even to sleep upon beds and
bedclothing that had been poisoned by
the infected air of sick room or by di-
rect contact with the yellow fever patient.
These articles have been kept of course,
in bedrooms where the heat of fire dur
ing the day and the warmth ofthe sleeper's
body at night prevented the germ from
being frozen out. In many instances
WOODEN clothing, that had been hanging
in the sick room, where the air was reek-
ing with the foul fumes of the fever, was
packed away in trunks, or, with the
poorer classes, in wooden boxes. Here
it remained during the Winter The
warmth generated by the fabric was
amply sufficient to preserve the germ in
oil It's former vigor; and there it lay like
deadly serpent, only waiting for the
heat of Summer to warm it into life
Mulbrandon's coat, which, like the shirt
Of Nessus, carried death in every fold, is
now matter OF history. Another is
that of South Memphis woman who
has kept in wooden box all the cloth
ing Of her late husband, who perlshed
by fever last wear, and even the bed
clothes upon which he died, stained all
over with black vomit. One of the ablest
physicians in Memphis said, not long ago,
that there was not house in the city,
whether occupied during the fever or
not, that had not been thoroughly infect
ed by the yellow fever poison. 1t should
be remembered, also, that even those who
fled from the city when the fever broke
out left behind them their carpets, bed
ding and Winter clothes, to receive IN
trustfor them the insdious poison which
they were trying to escape. This rea-
soning may not he founded upon the
principal of medical science, but 1T Is
certainly justified by common sense, and
by getting up all the evidence to be had
IN regard 20 the matter, the medical ira
ternity may be able to throw some light
upon the origin of the present outbreak
OF yellow fever in our Memphis
Appeal.


A San Francisco woman calls her hus-
hay. j 1 4
Year: 1879

Lucy Hooper writes from Paris; Mark
Twain called to see me yesterday and to
say good bye. He left with his family
this morning for Holland and London,
en- route for home. He looks exceeding
ly well, has finished his book, and was
as solemnly humorous and languidly de
lightful as ever | was very sorry to
say good bye to our gentle, genial, un-
spoiled humorist, but hope that it is but
au revoir, for whoever has once trodden
the asphalte of Paris needs no draught
from any especial fount within her walls,
like the fountain of Trevi at Rome, to
lure the wandering footsteps thither
again. As he was about to depart dis
covered that the wind and rain had
loosened the silk from two of the ribs of
his umbrella and insisted on putting them
to rights for him. "Thank you," he said,
in his drawling, melancholy accents, as
he took the umbrella from my hand and
sidled out the door, ''those two bare legs
Of my umbrella quite distressed me as L
was coming up the street, they seemed
to want pantalettes so badly, and, in fact,
| didn't think they looked decent" The
natural bang of parting was dissolved in
shrek of laughter I should think
that if Mark Twain had taken to the
stage he would have made his fortune as
comedian. The settled sadness of his
aspect makes everything absurd that he
says irresistibly funny. He had great
success as lecturer in England, l am
told. An American gentleman who was
present at one of the lectures that he de-
livered in London says that there was
one part about his manner of delivery
that was very amusing. He stood on
the very edge of the platform, and in fact,
with at least one-half Of his feet project
ing over the edge. Thus insecurely
perched he would at certain points of his
discourse, sway slowly forwarduntil three
fourths of his audience were fully con-
vinced that he was about to fall, and
were waiting round-eyed, open-mouthed
and breathless for the catastrophe, when
he would bend his body suddenly back
ward and deep drawn All! would testify
to the relief of the spectators. This pro-
cess he repeated some two or three times
and always with the same result. am
told that this habit is not trick, but
arises out of his constitutional restless
ness, which renders it almost an impos-
| sibility for him to stand still for any
length of time when on the lecture plat
| form, and which still makes the formali-
ty Of a long dinner party a very trying
ceremonial to him. Well, he has left us
now, leaving behind him store of pleas
ent memories that will make his books
all the more delightful to us, And long
may he live to awaken the laughter of
the world Reversing the remark made
by DIR. johnson respecting the death of
Garrick, we can say that his life has in
creased "the harmless gayety of the
natiOn"
Year: 1879

supposed no was trying to get TO
Cassville IN time to cross the river
that evening, but the colt gave out
and iell down in its tracks. In this
fix and while trying to revive the
much abused animal, he was overta-
ken 10y his captors, He acted ugly
when arrested and was ewice chokel
INTO submission. He was brought
here Tuesday and lodged in jail He
is dark, dirty, hidcous looking fell
low. The sheriff had him stripped
OF his filthy clothing, which wero
full of pediculidn, The clothing
were saturated with kerosene and
burned. The dirty man was placed
into bath tab and required to wash
himself. He is a sullen, ugly fellow,
ana appears to feign insanity. He
was taken yesterday before Justice
Shriener, but would neither plead
guilty nor not guilty, and would not
give his name. Testimony was Of
ferred which satisfied the Justice of
his guilt, and he was committed TO
jail to appear at Circuit Court, charg-
ed with horse-stealing --Uerald.
Year: 1879

WE heard lately of joke on an
editor, who, going away, left his
paper in charge of minister. Dur
ing the minister's stay in his sane
tum the following letter came from
a country subscriber: "You know
d well | paid my subscription
to your paper the last time | was in
town. If | get any more such letters
as received last week, | viii come
down and maui h out of you y
The minister answered: 81 have
been trying to maui that thing out
of the editor for ten years past and
if you will really come to town and
maui it out of him, then, my dear
sir, | have twenty members of my
church | will also get you to oper-
ate on"
Year: 1879

DURING the Institute at Dodge
vile the bachelors Of that place come
out every day in their best, with
side board collars and a smile from
ear to ear, according to the Chroa-
icle. Unlucky for tn N the school
marms are not there for the purpose
of making arrangements to "sette," F"
Year: 1879

Ladies: enter what articles you in
tend for exhibition at the fair at
once and thus avoid the bussle and
confusion incident on the regular
entry days. The Secretary may be
found at Dir. Nivian's drug store in
the evenings.
Year: 1879

TOMORROW is the day set for
holding the union picnic at Linden.
The hearty and accommodating peo-
pie will exert every effort to have
this one of the most pleasing and
enjoyable occasions ever had in that
village. Everybody invited, no one
excepted.
Year: 1879

The Streator FIRE. Press intimatcs that lady
who died in that village some days ago was at
fected with trichina. The foundation for the
statement was partial paralysis Of the muscles
OF her body and the presence of other symptoms
No autopsy was made that we know Of The chill
dren of the lady-a Mrs. Fogler-are affected as
was their mother,
Year: 1879

wish to say to my cid friends
and customers that am prepared
to sell all goods in my line cheap
er than all others. TO ascertain
the truth compare prices. Re-
member the place when You want
to buy groceries cheap for cash.
Year: 1879

Mr.. James Brown, who was so ruthlessly
driven out Of house and home by fire last Thurs
day morning. desires US on his behalf to thank
all those who assisted in removing his household
goods and in cndcayoring to stay the flames.
Everything was taken out in excellent manner,
without damage to anything for which he is
very grateful.
Year: 1879

"Momus" furnishes US the fol-
lowing amusing story from Vale
Mills: An old bachelor in this
neighborhood has almost given up
the idea of going 70 see the young
ladies. He says that the visions OF
his youth are past-too bright, too
beautiful to last. He went out to
Mr.. IS few nights since, and
being from his age a. privileged
character, he went into the cook


room where the young ladies were
While sitting near the stove he un-
thoughtedly ran his fore finger
through the hole in the handle of
the muffin irons. While in this po


sition supper was announced, and
of course he had to refuse any. al
though-he was very hungry. After
supper he was invited into the par


lor, but, alasI his finger was still
through the handle, and worse still,
it had swollen to frightful proper
tions. At last he made the desper-
ate resolve to either pull it out or
break it of. With this resolve he
put his foot on the handle and
brought his finger out minus the
Year: 1879

From the RoliVer Bulletin: Cur
rency contraction has robbed real
estate of its value and given money
quadFupled worth. The federal
legislation that gave birth TO this
fruitful source of all our woes, is
nursing into life silent but terri
BILE revolution. The people cannot
stand idly by and see the immense
landed property of the country
stricken as with the blight OF death.
Since the crisis OF 1873 down, down
have gone all property values, while
money as a commodity has CORES
pondingly enhanced in value. Under
the policy of contraction which was
then instituted in the interest of q
monied oligarchy it was soon seen
that the mortgage Indebtedness of
the country would involve in hope


less bankruptcy millions OF hereto
fore solvent and responsible per-
sons. The public fears in this di-
rection are being bitterly realized.
Not a sale Of real proper y occurs
that we do not witness a shrinkage
in value thereof which IS tanta-
mount of robbery. Little did the
late deceased and thrifty Amos
Black, who, through q life of hon
Year: 1879

skin. When the time for retiring
came Mr.. Bachelor was shown into
his room He was making ready to
retire when he discovered that. a
pane of glass was missing. So, as
he was in the habit of doing at
home, he put his pants in the place
Of the missing glass. He slept very
well all night, and got up early next
morning. to find to his great hor
ror that his pants were gone. He
looked around for them until he got
cold, and then went back to bed.
In short time breakfast was an
nounced, and again he had to re-
fuse. After breakfast the girls went
ont to milk. After they had fin
ished milking they brought the milk
and set it down in the hall and went
back to separate the COWS and
calves. While they were thus en-
gage they found one of their miss
ing calves enveleped in a large pair
of pants minus one leg. Mr.. Bach
took advantage of their absence,
went out into the hall to get some
milk, as he was very hungry. About
the time he got to drinking in a
good way the girls returned to get
their milk. In his hurry to get
away before the girls came back the
bail of the bucket fell over his neck,
and thus he carried the bucket of
milk back into his bed. In his
fright he tore the bucket to pieces
and threw the milk all over the bed.
just at this moment Mr., - en-
tered the room, and you can imag-
inc how lovely the poor old fellow
looked with milk all over his head
and in his eyes and among his mus
tache with the bail hanging around
his neck. Mr.. soon got him
quietel, and sent off to borrow an
other sewing machine, and all hands
went to work to fix up the unfortu-
nate mans pants. Ittook two pairs
of Mr.. IS pants to replace the
missing leg in the bachelors pants.
After they had finished the pants
they found that the new leg was not
the same color of the rest, but it
answered for Mr.. Bach to get out
into the cedars with, and stay until
night came on, and then he went
home. He has not been seen since,
but he is too old to yield to mistor
tune.
Year: 1879

est endeaver, had accumulated a re-
spectacle competency, dream that
the earnings of lifetime OF labor
and economy could be so pilfered
and plundered under the direct ac-
tion of a condition of financial af
fairs inaugurated by government
which was solemnly Instituted TO
protect the rights of property
Their heirs sold the decendents
property last week for a division
and that which in the aggregate
cost ten Thousand dollars in 1873
only brought. about thirty-three
hundred dollars.


Here is sample of the trait OF
contraction. That sale is only one
among millions of instances where
in the dead and the living are be-
ing robbed by the formal sactum OF
legislative enactment.


This torturing screw of contrac
tion must soon cease. Sherman is
about to give it the last turn, and
then all labor and property values
will be at the mercy of gold, which
will be found snugly ensconed in
the vaults of the bondhoiding gen
try. Under contraction tradesmen
may, perchance, live but labo- is
impoverished Thrice fortunate is
he who is an office holder or sal
aried man, or who is installed as a
pensioner for life in executing the
will of rich testator. These class
es do hot feel the robber- hand of
contraction tightening it's fingers
around their throats, but all outside
of those charmed circles have to en-
dure the sacrifices of a merciless
contraction of the currency. If the
American people be not slaves oi
fit for serldom they should should
un -Shermanizc national financial
legislation. To reach this goal will
require, the combined and deter
mined effort of an outraged people
Year: 1879

The Maine Farmer says hens can
be made to lay eggs all the winter
This is the plan: 'sKeep them in q
warm light place; give them warm
water to-drink: change their food
twice a week; give occasionally q
feed of mashed, boiled potatoe:
with meal and little black pepper
added, and throw into their pen
once a week a cabbage head for
them to pick upon" We think il
would be well to add some pebbles
and little chalk OF pounded egg
shells. II this simple plan will
make hens lay throughout the cold
winters in Maine, it would be an
easy matter to effect the same re-
suit in our much milder climate.
Year: 1879

No we don't want to be rich.-
We thought we did, but thieves
and scoundrels have changed our
minds. A. t. Stewart was worth
his millions, but he died as
men die. His relations have
been busy trying to break his will,
while his administrator has been
trying to carry it out, ,and occasion
ally turning up his rich nose at
poor women and taking vengeance
on the Jews, and the thieves being
very industrious, have stolen the
body of the great dry goods king.
Vanderbilt died possessed of his
Millions and now there is no end
to the scandals and effort to break
his will. No, we believe we don't
want to be rich. Then when we
turn our attention to banks there
we see the mighty fallen. Some
kill themselves, others are put in
the Penitentiary, others have fled
the country, others have gone to
the insane asylum, others have re


tired on the money that honest
people had deposited in their
banks, others have forsaken their
families and taken strange women
abroad. We have concluded not to
get rich. Again we take a look in
the direction of Life insurance
companies and their presidents
and directors have taken off their
broad cloth and clad themselves in
beautiful stripped cotton. This
fixes it, we never did care to be
rich any way, and pow we shall not
furnish a dead body for thieves,
nor wear pretty stripped clothes
Year: 1879

Bronze green gloves are fashion
able in England, and the Times re-
lates the experience OF girl of IL
whose hands were so severely poIs-
oned by the srsenie in the dye that
for tnree weeks she was compelled
to carry them in a sling, suffering
acute pain and being unable either
to feed or dress herself, and at the
end of that period they were still
swollen to double their natural
oiza
Year: 1879

When the evening shades have gathered o'er


And the birds are hushed in sleep;
And all is wrapped in silent gloom,


As silent as the misty deep.
Then memory often wanders back


To the sunny days long since flown,
When my heart with rapture beat,


When claimed you as my own.
Such joys for me could never last;


A sad and lonelier fate is mine;
gave to thee my hearts pure love.


In deceit thou gavest thine.
But go thou false and fckle one,


give thee back Thy vows.
The heart that loved is cold to thee,


Thy smiles no more its fame can rouse
Year: 1879

Courier Journal: The census of
1880 is looked forward TO by the
Radicals with much apprehension.
because the great increase Of popu
lation in the South and Southwest
will increase the number OF Repre-
seutatives in Congress from that
section, it is estimated, thirty or
more, most OF whom viii, be Demo
Gratis. The taking Of that census
should be carefully watched. for tho
Radicals may attempt TO make IL n
false count.
Year: 1879




Courier Journal: On the 4th of
March the Republicans will cease
to control either branch of the Ma
tional Legislature. Their majority
in the House terminated in 1875.
Their majority in the Senate they
have held since 1861. The Demo-
Gratis will have a majority in both
houses in the Forty Congress,
not two thirds majority however,
and cond consequently, the Presi-
dent being Republican, they will
not be able TO control the Gov
ernment as is desirable. This year
the Radicals, enraged at the power
they have lost, after bowling that
the Democrats are disturbing the
peace of the country, propose to
open a series of Investigations INTO
Democratic rascality" on their
own account, and they also propose
to day to commence their "Mexi-
canization" process by taking
steps" to reduce the Congressional
representation of the Southern
States on the ground of NEGRO dis
franchisement," by which they hope
TO cut off seven Congressmen from
the Democratic side. These Simon
pure Mexicanizers had better not be
in too much of a hurry, for there is
God IN Israel vet.
Year: 1879

The pencil marks you see around thi
paragraph (thus) mean That your sub
scription Is out or unpaid, and that you
are requested to pay up at once. We
would take great pleasure in extending
credit to our friends and patrons. but
cash alone win Yay our expenses, and
we are forced to adhere 70 a strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity Of such a
course, and renew your su scription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


EB- We enter no new names on our
books without the money in advance