smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

on after nay horse, but in this was doomed
to Disappointment G,


"They turned aside after me, and came
plunging on through the snow. d, d., .r...


al caught up the dead branch Of tree,
which had fallen on the snow, and plunged
onward.


al struck the ice, with the bowling brutes
not dozen yards in my rear.


"The floating cake, on which my saliva
ton depended, was little below me, and
to my horror, l saw that the current was
carrying it away toward the opposite side,


"With every nerve stretched to its utmost,
l sprung toward it.


" A fearful chasm of black water lay be-
tween; but the leap must be taken, or
horrible death was mine.


Summoning all the strength I could
command, sprung above the dark water,
Just as the foremost wolf made o snap at my
heels ,..'


al planted my feet upon the cake of ice,
but it was only by the greatest effort that
stuck to it, instead of sliding into the water,
as for an instant it seemed that l must do.


"The dead branch of the tree l carried
saved me, and, owing to the impetus gave
my frail raft, il moved toward the opposite
shore, and was saved.


"Several of the bowling brutes sprung
after me, but only one obtained footing
upon it, and that one l sent into the water
after its comrades, with my club, which had
already done me much service.


"The motion l had given to the raft of
fee, and the current setting toward the op-
posite shore, both combined to aid in my es-
cane. The dead branch Of the tree also rem
dered me good service, and, in few min
utes, l landed safely upon the other side,
while the bowling, disappointed brutes
gnashcd their teeth in impotent rage, not
daring to venture into the water after me
not liking the looks, perhaps, of those who
had sprung in, and who now did their best
to Chamber out among them.


Thankful for my escape, followed on
down the river. My enemies for long
time kept abreast of me on the other side ;
but, at the coming of daylight, they skunk
away into the depths of the forest, and
saw no more Of them.


at was good walking on the ice, and so
made good time, and at last arrived at my
place of destination, which my horse had
reached before me."-Chicogo Ledger.
Year: 1878

sweetest dream of her life, and to
know that by her own folly she had
lost it all.


Before she went to bed she took the
letter and enclosed 1t to Dora. She
wrote only q few lines:


Professor Lee left letter for you
one day when you were not at home,
and I did not give it to you. found
it to-day, and send it to you. / have
read it. and know how near happiness
came to me-


She could not bring herself to con-
fess In plain words, why it never had
been given. But her heart accused
her bitterly enough, and she slept up
on pillow wet with tears of sorrow
and repentance. Hard, indeed, was
the punishment of her wrong-doing.


n


1t was peaceful Sabbath day. The
air was sweet with scents of new
mown grass and clover, and the birds
sang in the elms outside the open
windows of the little church, and all
the world seemed In Sabbath mood.


Lucia Dare heard little ripple of
surprise run over the congregation
just before the sermon began, and
raised her head to see, coming down
the aisle-Professor Lee.


He came straight to her pew. She
made room for him, while her heart
was in wild fiutter of hope and love
and gladness, and he sat down beside
her, reaching out his hand in a word
less greeting, which held a powerful
eloquence in its long, close clasp.
Lucia heard not word of the SER
mon. Her heart was too full of many
emotions for that. She was glad when
it ended.


When the benediction was over he
turned to her.


i have come to ask you a question ]
should have asked long ago. May ]
walk home with you and tell you
what 1t is?'


At last they were free from the
crowd of old friends who clamored
for hand-shake with the professor,
and he drew her hand within his
arm.


L received letter from your sister
two or three days ago, and the few
words she wrote sent me here he
said, when they were out In the
pleasant street alone. You know
now what the question is / have come
to ask


Let me tell you what I did, she
said while her eyes filled with tears of
shame and her cheeks burnt; and
then she confessed the disgraceful
deed which had kept them apart SO
long.


You have had your punishment
he answered, gravely. If what you
did was for love of me, 1 am sure that
I may hope you will not say No when
1 ask you to be my wife. That is the
question that l have come to ask.
What answer have you to give meT


What her answer was, you know,
o reader, as well as if 1 were to tell
you.
Year: 1878

A young man engaged in making
himself attractive to young lady on
Elm street, on last Monday evening,
was taken with a violent fit of cough.
ing, and brought up two marbles he
had swallowed when a boy. The
young lady dismissed him. She said
she didn't want to marry a stone
quary.-Dan6etry Ne,Os.
Year: 1878

The Dutch. il pauper Is able and
refuses to work put him into a deer
cistern and let In a sluice Of water
1t comes Must so fast that by brisk
ly plying pump with which the els
tern is furnished, he keeps himself
from drowning.
Year: 1878

1t takes great moral strength and
tenacity of purpose to enable man
to sleep till In the morning when
an industrious fly has decided that
he had better get up at half-past A.
NeaO HdUen Register.
Year: 1878

THE ADVERTISER is on sale at the Drug and Book
Store Of A. w. NIckeIl
LOCAL NOTICES. set as ordinary reading matter
will be charged ten cents per line each insertion
Set in display type, fifteen cents line.
Year: 1878




It was two years after that when
Lucia came across the letter that Pro
fessor Lee had written that Summer
afternoon for Dora-that letter which
he had left with her to give to her Sis
ter, but which she had taken care hel
sister should not get.


She was moving the oak cabinet
and found it lying where 1t had fallen
when it dropped from her fingers. A
hot flush of shame dyed her face al
sight of it. Il wonder what is In it,
she said, picking it up. 'Dora's mar
ried and gone away, SO there's no harm
in my reading it now. 1t was just al
honorable in my reading it then as te
do what did with it,


She opened it and read 1t through
with a face that was very pale before
she finished il.


Miss DARE-I called to see you this
OuL Jus oloSCA oahu bhdb w
were away, and would not be home fol
day or two. wanted to ask you
something, and perhaps it is better fol
me to ask it in this way than any 9TH
er. think you must have seen that
l love your sister. But have never
told any one so before. 1 have never
hinted It to her in any words, but she
has probably understood me we'll
enough. 1 heard yesterday that she
was engaged. ask you frankly to
tell me if this is so? If she is, OF
course shall never tell her what 1
have hoped might be.


II there is nothing which should
keep me from seeking to win her for
my wife, let me hear from you at once.
If there is, shall understand it from
your silence. Yours. truly,


STANwooD LEE.


Lucia Dare got up, with very pale
face, and a great ache at her heart.
She had been guilty of doing a dis
graceful thing, and that very act had
been the means of bringing to her the
one great sorrow of her life.


You are terribly punished, Lucia
Dare, she said to the white face in the
glass that stared at her as she crossed
the room. by that one dishonorable
act you destroyed your life's happi-
ness.'


She sat alone that night when the
house was still, and thought about 1t.
1t was torture to think how near she
had come to the realization Of the
Year: 1878

dueathed them by their late master for
this purpose. A young man was found
who agreed to take charge Of their
school. 1t required great moral courage
for him to do this, as there were at that
day strong prejudice against anything
which looked like elevating the colored
race. He served out his engagement,
winning the gratitude of bis pupils and
the respect of those who had at first
made him the butt Of their ridicule.
This interest in education has been
maintained by this colony of colored
Virginians to the present time.


The older members have all died and
the second generation has taken their
places. They have been pushed forward
BY kind and interested friends and
teachers, and have done much better
than they probably would have done if
left to follow their own bent. While
some have learned trades and few
have shown aptitude in business, the
majority have been content to remain
day-laborers, and not one has accom-
plished anything of note. 1t would be
unreasonable, however, to expect much
from a generation but one degree re-
moved from semi-barbarism. Their mum
bers have slightly decreased.
Year: 1878

THE CoMPLExIoN.-It will, no doubt,
be of great interest to many ladies TO
know that "magnesia," ian article used
by many as toilet powder in the firm
belief that it is harmless, } is pronounced
by chemists to be very injurious to the
skin. Used for any length of time it
dries the cuticle, and causes the face to
become trough" and "scaly." For the
benefit of those who may have been in
duced to use magnesia we append the
following simple but eficacious remedy /:
One ounce glycerine, one-half ounce
cologne spirits, six and one-half ounces
orange flower water. Apply to the face
morning and night. AS toilet powder
is almost a necessity, and as many Of
the preparations in the market contain
magnesia, as well as other injurious in
gradients, ladies would do well to apply
the following simple and convincing test
before using. To teaspoonful of the
suspected powder add the juice of q
lemon, mix slightly, and if eherves-
cence ensues the powder is dangerous,
and its use should be avoided, as it will
ultimately injure the skin, and destroy
the beauty Of the complexion.
Year: 1878

Mr.. EWING is so anxious that the people
of the United States shall have plenty of
paper money that he has introduced a
Constitutional Amendment, which is to
compel the increase of greenbacks in ac-
cordance with the increase of population
and which shall be legal tender for all
debts public and private, and provides for
Withdrawing from circulation all bank
notes now outstanding. This goes to show
that the silver innationists have in their
heart the destruction of the National Banks.
and the substitution in their place of an
lrredeemable paper currency, and when
arriving at its legitimate results, must be
reputation. Is the country ready to fol-
low the lead Of these Western inAationests ?
Year: 1878

He stands in a store with his back
to the stove and tells how he could
run n newspaper how he could be as
independent as hog on ice, and call
thingsby their right names; how he
would expose corruption in high
places; how he would write good COM
mon sense, and none Of your frivolous
try.to.be.funny stuff. Then he crit
icises other peoples methods Of con.
ducting newspapers, and just wishes
some one would give him a chance to
show his journalistic ability. The
way to cure one of these chaps is to
get him to agree to write a sensible
article every day for n week, Before
the week is out he is sure to bo
pumped dry, and viii gapo worse for
an idea than a chicken with the pip.
Year: 1878

A clergyman who was recently
called up to hold services in the
State prison at Sing Sing prefaccd
his remarks to the prisoners by
saying that he was "glad to see so
large a number present"
Year: 1878

The boy should have known better at
his age, says the Free Press, than to
let out family secrets, buthe felt CRATE
full to the other boy for the use Of his
stills, and he softly remarked:


"FatheI wasn't home all last night,
and he hasn't come home yet"


" Gone off p queried the owner of
stills.


" He's downtown somewhere, we eX-
pect, and ma says she amt going to
run after him if he don't come homs
for a month"


did they have fuss p


Kinder. You see we had to let the
coaChman go, cause its hard times.
Yesterday afternoon ma wanted pa to
black up and drive her out in style. lie
kicked at first, but when she got mad
he caved in and fixed himself up so you
couldn't tell him from a darkey. When
he drove around ma called him Peter,
and ordered him to back up, and go
ahead, and haw and gee around, and he
got up on his ear and drove back to the
barn. Them duds came Off'n him like
lightning, and he was so mad that lie
didn't stay long enough to wash the
LlaOk OFF his ears.


" And what did your mother say 2"
asked the other.


Nothing. She looked a little sad
around the mouth, but she'll fetch him
to it if it takes all winter. He might
as well come home and begin to learn
how to burn cork
Year: 1878

The Gilroy, Cal. Advocate says


While one Of cur sportsmen was hunt
ing, lately, il the Tres PinOs country,
be killed a fawn, and left it on the
ground to go in pursuit Of other game.
Returning a short time after, he found
to his amazement and horror, that a
huge serpent was coiled around its
body. Judging from the mischieYOus
irOk Of the reptiles eyes, the nervous
CurYing Of hisReck, and the threaten
ing poise of its elongated head, that it
would not surrender the prize without
a fight, the hunter concluded to retreat,
and take aim at the glilttering thief at
long range.


After seating himself behind a rock
one hundred feet distant, and getting
his nerves somewhat steadied for work
he blazed away, and spent about TWEEN
ty pounds Of treble B shot without any
visible effect, Feeling his pulse, he
concluded from its rapid run he must
be nervous. The snake by this time
had uncOiled itself from the carcass,
and twisted itself in the form of a co k
screw, ready for a spring. With a
manly effort our hero controlled him
self, and gave a firm and steady pull at
the trigger. The serpent's head was
nearly severed from its body by the
shot, and its form was at once relaxed
and stretched out prone and powerless
upon the ground.


When the hunter considered it safe
he advanced to get a closer view Of his
victim, and in stepping over the ground
found it measured twenty feet in
length. The body was as large around
as child's waist. While looking on
and wondering 20 what genus of large
serpent it belonged, he was Mortified TO
see about one hundred and twenty
small snakes twisting, kissing, and
emerging from a nest close by. Each
particular hair Of his head stood on
end. and his legs were suddenly elec.
trifed with wOndefuI motion as he
skedaddled like a race-horse from the
scene.


There is a nOn-YenOmous serpent Of
the boa family in California, but it at-
tains full growth only in warm eli
mates. This one was Of uncommon
size, al Il some Of its offspring may yet
attract the attention of naturalists.
Year: 1878

A confirmation Of the strange reports


that shower of fish had fallen on the


fourth concession of Harwich township


Canada, is given by a school teacher of
the neighborhood, who testified to what
he saw as follows:


Having dismissed the children for


the day, was returning to my board


ing place, where, with a side glance, I
discovered something in the grass. At


first thought it was a species Of rattle


snake, but upon more careful scrutiny,


l found it was fine, firm fresh fish of
the piekerel species. Having been


brought up at the seashore 1 knew at
once that the fish was good, andpicked
it up, while wondering whence it came.
Ny astonishment was increased, how
ever, when stepping on a few yards
furtherf found another equally good.


A few steps further and one more, and
then thought 1 ought to return to the
school room for some paper in which to
wrap them. On entering the room
seized (rather thOughtlessly you will
sayl one Of the pals, and proceeded to
collect fish. When 1 had more than
half filled the pail I saw man in the
distance carrying some fish, and sup
posing the mystery was about to be
solved, awaited his approach.
dropped the pail and felt somewhat
guilty for having appropriated the
fish, till relieved by his assuring me
that he had gathered up also those he
had in the same way, and that he had
just been culling the largest of them.


He observed, "These are as good and
fresh as money could buy" Iflled the
pail not only to the brim, but up the
whole height of the handle, and having
deposited my burden naturally in the
farm house where 1 board, I went to
collect the remainder. When I had
finished my task I assure you I felt IA
tigued. The work had occupied half
an hour. This fall Of fish extended
about three-quarters of a mile. On the
same evening one Of the maids was
sent for the COWS to a field about halfa
mile from my boarding place. She also
returned laden with fish that she had
picked up i'll a similar way. This girl
reported that she had left others behind
her which she could not conveniently
carry to the house. The lady, with
her maids, prepared the fish the same
evening for drying and smoking, and
they were subjected to this process
next day. The circumstance, you will
admit, IS unique, apart from its strange
surroundings, and I cannot but think
the correspondent of the Rondeau
News did not err much in reporting it. !
AS to whether these now famous fishes
fell six feet or six thousand I knoWnot.
One thing I know, that they were scat
tered fora distance Of about three-quar-
ters Of a mile, and that, at least, to my
knowledge, three persons gathered
them.
Year: 1878

Humming birds are very find OF
dowers. The Middletown (GaI.l Press
tells Of one Of the little fellows that
went off on a new scent" decidedly.
"A young gentleman Of this village has
one Of the rarest pets, a humming bird,
which has a nest near his home, and
which has become so thoroughly tanned
that it readily feeds from his hand. a
laughable incident occurred, recently,
while he was feeding it. He had been
holding fuchsias and other flowers in
his hand, from which the little beauty
was enjoying a fine repast, and he had
also given it some syrup. Suddenly a
blossom, which has lately appeared on
the young gentleman's prObOscis, at
tracted the attention Of the bird, and
he made dive for it, finding it fraud
when it was reached. When a nose
gets so attractive with blossoms that
even humming birds go for it, it is time
the owner of such a nose donned the
blue ribbon"
Year: 1878

This story has fOated into our cores
pOIdence, and it is the best one of its
kind that has been told since the lyric
one was invented which Barnabee in
terprets so cleverly: I remember going
to an old fashioned Methodist dip
ping" Among those to be washed was
a maiden of some thirty summers, not
to speak of winters. She had a cork
leg-and when I say leg mean not
limb. She was rather sensitive regard
ing the possession Of the cork append
age. andin getting religion did not get
rid of that desire TO l0ok her best, i'm.
planted in the breast Of every well-reg-
ulated female, ani would not remove
it. The result can be imagined. I feel
sore when I think how l laughed Ev-
cry time she was ducked, up popped the
leg, like an exclamation.
Year: 1878

D


In Columbus, the Temperance re
form, in all its phases, is increasing
rapidly in interest. And we find the
Murphy movement to surpass all
other Temperance organizations here,
as well as throughout the entire
land, wherever it has been inaugural
ed. In this city, over 1900 signers
to the pledge have been obtained,
through the agency of the "blue RIB
bon movement.


The enthusiasm is not Of course
so great as it was during the earlier
stage of this reform, but the work
that is now being done is more bene-
fetal, as it is reaching that class OF
men that most need it. During the
week we have four regular meetings,
and a prayer meeting on Sunday
forenoon, for the benefit of reformed
men. We have engaged in the work
some very able, efficient, and earnest
workers-such men as Col. I. ".
Tucker, E. D. Kingsley, P. B. Case,
W. D. Chadwick, DR.. Bowman and
others, who are always to be found
at their post; not only working in
their own city, but in the surround
ing towns, and wherever duty calls
them.


One of the most active workers,
Col. Isaac ". Tucker, formerly of
Hillsboro, has recently returnedfr
the State Temperance Camp Meet
ing, held in Newark; where he had
been laboring successfully through
out the meeting, making some very
able and eloquent addresses. On
Sunday afternoon he addressed an
audience of nearly 25OO people, de-
ivering one Of the ablest and most
eloquent discourses ever delivered to
the people of Central Ohio.


The Colonel, as a Temperance
speaker, is justly classed among the
first of the present day; and as a
successful worker he is unsurpassed.
His Efforts put forth in this cause,
are not confined alone to eloquent
speech-making, but working private
Iy as well as publicly, for the restora-
hon of downfallen humanity; ever
ready and willing to give a helping
hand and kind word 10 all. His
greatest aim is in the good that he
can accomplish in this great work.
He has the respect and esteem Of all
that know him.


We are sorry to say that the Tenn
perance and Christian elements are
not as closely allied as they should
be. We hope the time may soon
come, when the Christian element
will awake to a sense of duty, and
see that the salvation of all mankind
depends upon the united power Of
these two great clements. REX.
Year: 1878

Jorn Walsh, minister to England, is
a somewhat tail and slender person,
with a pleasant face, half hidden in
gray beard; with large blue eyes, and a
weIl-shaped head covered with prOfJse
gray locks. lie has the air and manner
Of an educated merchant, and has, in
deed. been for the most Of lis life, a
very successful business man. lie is a
lavish host and has wealth to support
his disposition. 1t is remembered OF
him in Philadelphia that when, during
Exhibition times. he gave q reception
so large as to overflow the limits Of his
own house he provided another apart
ment for his guests by opening to them
the new Academy of Fine Arts, to the
fund for Whiehinstiludou be was one Of
the largest contributors.
Year: 1878

The good people of Yuma having become discusted with the hero of the Jones darce house, one James Riley, who places his name at the masthead of aninfamous paper called the Expositor, have given this hero a warning by merely breaking the windows of his abominal den wheFeIn is kept few type and other mechanical appurtenances for the purpose of blackmailing and de- flaming the good name of honorable people. Beware. you impostsr upon an honorable profession, the next remedy the people take may be something more formidable. They may consign the dirty concern to a waterv resting place-the Colorado river.