smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

enough to sell three times the weight
bore, although it was breaking my back
almost. Good fish it was, and deserved
all the praise that ever l could bestow on
it, for keeping so well in such shocking
weather; and so sprinkled little salt in
some of the delicate places, just to store
the flavor there; for cooks are so forgetful.
and always put the blame on me when
they fail of producing a fine fresh smell.


Also knowing, to my sorrow, how sus-
picious peaple are and narrowminded to a
degree none would give them credit for,
was forced to do a thing which always
makes me to myself seem almost unchari-
table.


But felt that | could trust nobody to
have proper faith in me, especially when
the mighty behold the eyes of the fishes
retire a little, as they are apt to do when
too many cooks have looked at them. And
knowing how strong the prejudice of the
public is in this respect, felt myself bound
to CRAFTY it, though at some cost of time
and trouble. This method | do not mind
describing (as / am now pretty clear of
the trade) for the good of my brother fish
-ermen.


| When the eyes of fish begin to fail him
through long retirement from the water
YOU may strengthen his mode of regarding
the world (and therefore the worlds re-
gard for him) by delicate piece of hand
ling. Keep 4 ray fish always ready-it
does not matter how stale lie is-and op
the same day on which You are going to
sell voar bass, or mullet, or cod or what
ever it may be, pull Il few sharp splnes, as
clear rs You can, out of this good ray
Then open the mouth of your languid fish
and embOlden the aspect of either eye by
fetching it up from despondency with Il
skewer of proper length extended from
one ball TO the other. 1t is almost sure to
drop out in the cooking; and even if ii
fails to DO so none will be the wiser, but
take it from provision of nature-as in
deed it ought to be.


Now, if anybody is rude enough to gain
say your fish in the market, you have the
evidence of the eyes and hands against
that of the nose alone. Why. bless me,
madam | used to say, 8 Il lady like you,
that understands fish a great deal better
than do, His eyes are coming out of his
head ma am, to hear you say such things
of him. Afioat he was at four this morn
inc, and his eyes will speak to it And
so he was, well afioat in my tub. before
began to prepare him for a last appeal to
Tie puDllc. oHiS uicy lhu>e hot hO'tN ~
long, or the scales will not be stiff enough


Being up to a few OF these things and
feeling very keenly how hard the public
always tries to get the upper hand of me
and would beat me down to half nothing I
pound if allowed altogether its own way
/ fought very bravely the whole of that
Monday to turn few honest shillings
: Good old Davy, fine old Davy, brave old
Dayy," they said was every time | abat-
ed half penny; and I called them generou,
gentlemen and Christian minded ladie,
every time they wanted TO smell my fish,
which is not right before payment. What
right has any man to disparage the prop
erty of another? When you have bought
him he is your own; but when he IS yet IL
the scales remember nothing but good o
the dead" if you remember anything
From the ." Mud of Sker."
Year: 1874

\ SOLITARY TwIN.-The :. Fat Contrib
utor" furnishes the Utica Observer the
following strange story of . a twin"


g There was Il woman out west who
gave birth to one twin-juSt one, that's all
there was of him. She never had another
solitary twin so long as she lived. He
was a melancholy child from the first and
wore such Il lonesome look. He ALWAYS
seemed to be watching and listening for
somebody who never came. He appeared
to realize that he wasn't all together
he was a kind of parenthesis with one
bracket gone-animated dumb-bells and
one dumb-bell misSing-a pair that
couldn't beat deuces and hardly worth
drawing. He used to moan in his sleep
and paw around his pillow for his missing
brother. When that boy grew up he was
different from any boy | ever knew-that
is to say. any one boy. He seemed more
like two boys-st least he was altogether
two boisterOuS for one. If he had a fight
with one boy twice as big rs he was, he
always licked. for he seemed to feel, some
how, as though there were two of him, or
ought TO be. He always managed to get
two pieces of pie at the table, just as if one
was for the other of him who wasn't there
and there was thin pretense of taking
care of it for him, but he always took care
to eat, l noticed. He only half learned
his lessons and double entry bookkeeping
nigh about set him crazy. because, rs l
told you. there wasn't but half of him
there. and he couldn't double entry He
wouldn't sleep with any other, because,
he said, it crowded 'em. He grew up but
he never got married. Once or twice he
attempted to court a girl, but he left her
when it was only half done, as though that
other twin of his would be along and court
the other half | don't know what became
Of him. / heard that he died from sheer
loneliness. but | only believe half | hear
about that boy, anyhow. If he is dead
you can bet he is only half dead"
Year: 1874

Here were the mullet, with less of shine
than | always recommend and honestly
wish them to possess; here were the
prawns, with a look of paleness and al
most of languishing. such as they are
bound to avoid until money paid and
counted; and most of all, here were law
full bass, of very great size and substance
inclined to do themselves more Justice in
the scales than on the dish.


saw this would never answer to NV
present high repute. Concerning ques-
tions afterwards, the people being hard
upon me, out of thoughtless ignorance,
that was none of my affair. The whole of
that would 60, of course, upon the weather
and sudden changes, such as never were
known before And if good religious peo-
pie would not so be satisfied with the will
of Providence to have their fish as fish are
made. against them had another reason.
which never fails to satisfy.


The burning tide" as they call it. had
been heard of far inland, and with one
consent pronounced to be the result of the
Devil improperly Tipping his tail while
bathing. Although the weather had been
so hot, this rumor was beyond nv belief:
nevertheless saw my way, if anv old Gus
toner should happen, when it came to his
dinner time, to be ut all discontentet
(Which no man with fine appetite and 9
wholesome nose should indulge in)-I saw
nv way to sell him more, upon the follow
ing basket day, by saying what good peo
pie said, and how much had seen it.


With these reflections 1 reused nv spir


its and resolved to let no good fish be lost
, though it took all the week to sell them
For, in spite of the laws laid down in tn


books Cor young married women, and 8


FORTH there is scarcely any other thin
5 upon which men and women NAV be le
astray SO pleasantly as to buy fish, an
e when to buy fish, and what fish to buy.
:. Therefore started in good spirits on tn
$ Monday morning, carrying with me new
Year: 1874

The next letter from the emperor in
formed Alexis that his missing letters, par
tally printed, had been recovered, and the
Young gentleman was admonished to be a
little more careful of his love missives in
the future. Had these letters been pub
lished a profound futter would have been
created among the faircst, if not the best
of the great cities of the east, and the vol
ume would have met, of course. with a
prodigious sale. The erring ones will APP
preciate their narrow escape when they
learn that they were saved through the
menace of a general European war and
the lesson should serve them through life
Year: 1874

ney westward In due time Alexis re-
eeived letter from his august father,
announcing, among other matters, that
four sealed packages had been received
from him, but the messenger was missing.
Alexis ut once surmised that one of the
packages had been stolen by the orderly.
whose purpose was to make them public
Unwilling to have


THE REPUTATION OF MANY LADIES
of frespectability thus compromised through
his carelessness, Alexis promptly tele-
graped to the emperor to arrest the orderly
at any cost and seize the missing letters.
All the police appliances of the Russian
empire were at once invoked, but the Or
derly could not be found within the vast
dominiOns of the czar. He was at length
discovered in n town in Belgium, where he
was serenely engaged in making up the
letters in an attractive volume of three
hundred or four hundred pages, and the
book was on the point of being issued, for
the fellow who had made good use of his
time. No time was to be lost. But what
was to be done? Russia had no extradi-
ton treaty with Belgium, and the Belgium
authorities, although willing to accommo-
date the car, did not see how the publica-
non could be suppressed. Exasperatcd at
this state of affairs. the car


THREATENED TO INVADE BELGIUM


at once with powerful army, utterly
reckless of the peace of Europe, unless
the culprit was surrendered. Alarmed al
this extraordinary threat, the Belgium
king set about finding some pretext upon
which the orderly might be arrested. II
was finally ascertained that he was print
ing his book without the usual license, ant
he was promptly taken into custody. Will
his unfinished volume and stolen letters he
was hurried across the Belgium line into
Prussia, where the agents of the Russian
Government were ready to receive him
He was soon in St. Petersburgh, and il
twenty four hours after was on his way tC
Siberia under sentence of
Year: 1874

The pasienger train lesTfus KoLomJ
this morning at two o'clock for Indianap-
oils on the I, P. & c., road, broke frog
of the track. The engine, baggage Car
and a passenger coach went of with
general smash al material. and a stirring
up of the passengers, but Done were seri-
ously injured An engine was telegraph
ed tor at indianapolis which arrived at
full speed aud ran into the wreck, greatly
increasing the damage, and the alarm.
AS the passenger train leaving the Indi-
ahapplis at IL M. reached sharp curvo
juyt north of Cicero the engine above re-
ferred to was suddenly met coming Soush
and, as supposed, too late to avoid COLI
sion. The engineer and fireman of both
engites jumped of. Those on the wild
engine reversed before jumping, and the
Iocoraotives stopped with no, two feet be-
tween them. The engine coming south
instantly started north without engineer
and fireman and with rapidly accelerating
speed was soon out of sight. The train
gave chase but although at least thirty
miles an houi was made the fugitive en-
gine was soon out of sight. The engine
rushed through Arcadia, the first station
north of its starting point, unannounced
and unexpected. like ball, from a cannon
and on towards Buens Vista At Arcadia
the conductor Of the passenger train, ar
riving soon after, tsfegrsphed to Upton
to open the switch and let the flying ell
gine out rather t.ssn dash iuto the regular
| freight to be met ttcre.. At Buena Vista
. wood train was leisurly switching out
of the way of the passenger train nearly
due. when the wild engine rushed up the
road. The train was nearly on the switch
wher The engine came upon it. The rear
car was yet upon the track, and was
struck siding blow by the engine, and
with its load of wood, distributed over the
road. The blow forced the engine side
Ssts, pushing out a rail and let the runa-
way off into ditch, where its career
came to an eud The excitement at Tip
ton on the receipt of the dispatch was
great The switch was full of empty box
cars, but it was opened ready for the en-
CINE should it come.-L0gansport Star.
Year: 1874

TRY n.-Soms Indiana Legislator will
stand good chance Of imnIortalizing
himself by proposing the adoption of
q Constitutional amendment making it .
felony for candidate for office TO direct
ly OF indirectly pay money beer or prom
iss Of reward % IN inducsment for his pc
litical support, and rendering the candi-
dsts who does In ineligible for the Office
to which he aspirss. The present statute
u not strong enough to meet the require.
nsnts of the case-LopoSss Hrrss
Year: 1874

DENTIST. once ID story Post once Building
~ Teeth extracted without pain, by the use Of
Nitrous Oxide Tor Laughing Gas). TEETH; from
one tooth To full sett 40 cheap that the rich ant
poor can all get them. Once open all day excep
Mondays and Tuesdays. lS4ul
Year: 1874

CLEVELAND, o., May 26, 1874


To the Editor If the woRKIS0MASs ADVOCATE


| expected by this time to have been able
to chronicle settlement of the Newstraits-
vile difficulty, but III this much am dis
appointed. Last Saturday | had advice
that the employees have had very stormy
meeting, and those Of the Shawnee district
have got disgusted and gone home and
settled with their wOrkmen. This was ex-
pected TO result in a general settlement
and we hope may do SO yet before long.
Messrs. Brooks and few others Of New
straitsville, still hold out, and maintain
that no union men can be employed by
them always excepting their own union
men ] suppose), and says when their
workmen are ready to ren0unee the union
and start to dig at 60 cents per ton, they
are ready to commence operations. This
is 81 cents per ton less than the men are
holding out for, and the latter have Of
fered to compromise by granting the price
fixed on basis of 66 cents per ton, 70
advance 30 cents with the selling price at
the Hoppers. These were the terms the
other bosses and their men have settled
on, but they seem to be too liberal for the
narrow minded, soul crushing and mans1
killing dispositions Of these naughty lords.
There is little doubt now, however, from
that large portion of the men have OBJ
tanned a permanent settlement, but those
others will come ere long to time, and
make a settlement with their men. The
men who are now started, and those who
are preparing to do 50, willcertainly render
material assistance to those Of their fellow
workmen who are out, whilst their bosses
relieved from all obligations to the others,
by the disrupting Of the union, will seize
every contract they can lay hold Of
Thus the two influences win 50 tighten the
screw, that something ere long is bound to
yield, and can hardly think it will be the
Miners National Association.


At Johnstown the situatiOn seems little
changed. The men stand true to their
post The company learn, have offered
the price basis asked by the workmen, but
would not remove the iron clad as the
men call it, the obnoxious rule requiring a
full and complete surrender Of their union
and its principles. The men in mass
cautiously but firmly declined to accept the
price on the conditions offered, and It has
been withdrawn and the old terms sub.
stltuted- The workmen feel very confident
Of success complete and thorough before
the lapse of many weeks. The miner
claim that the strike has been prolonged in
consequence Of other points, sending in
coal TO keep the furnaces running, and tc
prevent if possible continuance of thil
thing, they had prepared the following
circular and sent it out. II explains
itself


To all Coal Miaers .phom Il may Concern
JoHNsIowN, May II, 1874.
"SIRs You all know that the miners Of
Year: 1874

have the soft and silken hand of THAR ann
ployer rubbed on their dirty heads.


When | am gone, the editor NAV saw
what ne pleases about me. / AJAX nSthiD,
from such presses, only that when nv re-
marks are reported, they will give me evan
handed justice and nothing more. sin I
know it will not be granted, for they dar,.
not discuss the question between the en-
ployers and = employed.


If the enemies Of the cause could arrest
me for conspiracy, as many of them would
# they dared, and could find anything
against me, then they would glory in my
defeat and humiliation, but then Trad, :
Unions everywhere would be in arms, they
would send in their aid, and JOhnstown
would be free.


The editor Of the Tribune may wax very
eloquent about petty assault on the part
Of Trades UniOnist, but says nothing
about those bloated rascals who are sup
piled with rot-gut whiskeY, and with weap-
ons by the company. If you should search
many Of them to-day, have no doubt you
would find them walking arsenals, ana
only few days ago we heard Of one If
them drawing a weapon on q Union man


And now, in conclusion, / ask you az a
favor, to be united on this question.
am going away, and will do all / can ID
help yon, but when you think that you are
defeated say so in your meeting like men.
and submit yourselves in a body, and sink
OF swim together


But ] know that you are not defeated,
and believe you will not be. The meii
Of Schuylkill stood thirteen months out Of
three years without help, the men Of
Braidwood, ILL.,, and the men Of the Belle
vile track, have also had their troubles.
but they fought for principle, and gained
their ends. You can do the same, you arv
made Of the same material, many Of you
came from the same cline, but when you
find that you can stand no longer. W i'll
altogether, and not one by one, and You
Wa be thought more Of by your bosses,
and those who are over you, instead ~
being distrusted by every one as traitors
and knaves. Be firm and united IN all yoLr
actions, and whether victorious or defeat
ed, you will win the esteem and the good
will Of workingmeu everywhere.
Year: 1874

The convention Of Pig-iron Manufac-
turers, which was held iii Philadelphia last
week, was an important event. The meet
ing Was attended by manufacturers from
all parts Of the country. Resolutions, en-
bodying the views Of all present, were
reported by committee and unanimously
adopted.


The resolutions premise that in conse-
quence Of the decreased demand for iron
more han half the rolling mills and nearly
3U0 furnaces are idle in consequence Uf
the panic 6OO, 900 men are out Of employ
ment and there is nothing i'll the present
condition OF the country to justify the
hope that there can be any revival Of busi-
ness unless Congress adopts prompt and
vigorous measures to secure 1t, but, on the
contrary, there is every reason to believe
that the present distress will become even
more general, entailing an amount Of suf-
fering during the coming winter and de-
gree Of discomfort which it is difficult to
realize.


For these causes the convention appeals
to Congress for such legislative assistance
to the Industries of the country as will aid
in relighting the fires which are now
qlenched, and III giving employment to
our unemployed workingmsn. The con-
vention believes that this assistance can be
most promptly rendered by stimulating
the completion of the present authorized
Continental lines Of railroad between the
Atlantic and Pacific, and by improving
and increasing the facilities for cheap trans
portation by water for the traffic Of the
country, thus giving employment to our
mines and furnaces and rolling raills.


The convention urges the speedy adop-
ton by Congress of financial policy which
shall beget confidence and encourage home
production, either in the shape Of the free
banking bill before the House Of Represen-,
tative or the Senate finance bill.


The working classes are requested,
through.their organizations and otherwise,
to call mass meetings Immediately, and
urge upon the present Congress not to ad-
Journ until it has acted upon the financial
questions before it, as well as upon other
measures, the adoption Of which will tend
TO re-establsh confidence and infuse new
life into the industrial interests Of the coun-
try, thereby averting want and suffering
during the coming fall and winter and
the manufacturers promise thorough Co
operation.


The convention recommends, as a meas
ure Of self-preservation, all the manufac-
turers Of pig iron in this country, to cur
tail production by stopping the mining of
coal and ore and such other work as is
necessary in the preparation of stock, and
by putting out their fires as soon as possible,
until such time az an increased demand will
justify a change Of policy.


Finally the convention re-affirms the
following resolution


THAT we regard the power given to a
single creditor, under the present bankrupt
Year: 1874

law to force debtor into bankruptcy.
against the will and to the injury u ali
others having claims upon the estate, as
unjust in principle and disastrous in prac-
tice and in the opinion ~ this association
the law should be so amended As TO give to
three-fourths Of the creditors in interest
the right to control the settlement of the
affairs of an insolvent, and to prevent them
from being subjected to proceedings in
bankr
Year: 1874

From the Washington County Post.l


The simple fact that such nomination sets
before the country a dangerous precedent, With
out any good reason why 1t should be done, ia
suf1clent. A tradition OF the Republic, almost as
sacred rs the constitution, should not be set aside
except for the most urgent reasons. We nave
confidence enough In that good sense for which
President Grant has been distinguished to believe
that II he has not already determined to retire 81
the end OF his present term that he Will see t in
time 10 relieve the party that has twice honOred
him with It's sullrages from any embarrassmcnt IN
the premises.
Year: 1874

JOB WORK.
Done at the RECORD Office in the best style
known to the art: and must be paid for on de-
livery. unless persons having the work done
have standing accounts with the Office. No de
Walton from this rule.
Year: 1874

There is much said about ewes being too
fat to breed we'll In my experience Of
twenty years, have never seen anything
that led me to think so, providing the flesh
was put on with good pasture during the
summer, and few roots with good hay in
winter. The fatter sheep become under
these circumstances the more valuable l
should consider them. There is no time in
the year when it pays better to feed small
allowance Of grain daily than in the fall, af-
ter the feed gets frozen, and it is not neces-
sary to bring the flock to the barn.


1t is an old saying, that "sheep well No.
vembered are half wintered." Keep the
ewes fat, and the lambs will be fat and the
feeces heavy. do not say whether it is
better to have the lambs come early or late,
but l do say it is best TO have them fat ;
then, whether early or late, they are salea-
Bile. All ewes that with good care, will not
raise lamb and shear four pounds washed
wool, should be sold. have them in my
flock that will shear nine pounds, and raise
pair of twins, and it costs no more to keep
one than a sheep that shears only three
pounds. l think no one will hear the man
who keeps his flock in this way, complaining
because his sheep are "run out" and do not
pay, and the like.


Ticks must be kept out of the flock they
are the worst enemy of the sheep. If they
are not killed they will destroy the sheep.
For killing them have never tried anything
better than strong tobacco juice.-COr. Conn
try Gent.