smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

Do the people of our county know that they have accomplished a great deal by the slight effort they put forth Tn holding the recent County Fair? Do they know that it was the most important step they have ever taken toward building up solid and substantial prosperity? Wheth CT this is generally realized or not, it is so, and if the step IS followed up as it should and must be, it will not take great length of time to prove it. It will give us confidence in ourselves at home. It will invig- crate us to greater exertions, and elevate all our aims and purposes. It will give us tone and character abroad, and win for us that respect and attention whicu only live, en- ergetic people can have. The effort we made this year was an humble one but it was good beginning and we are proud of It. We hope to sec steps taken at once to form perma- nent Fair Association. Now is a good time. Our people all have more ready money to spare now than they will have at any other season 'of the year, and some money will be necessary if we wish to make our County Fair such an institution as it should be. We want our people to be ready when this matter is brought up to take stock literally in it, for it will pay largely. Here is what the editor of the Western I'm migrant, who publishes live paper in our sister county, says of our first effort:

 On Saturday morning last we mounted a seat by the side of Capt. B. H. Burnett, on the hurrican roof of the "big yellow wagon and took a whiz over the river to. Russellviile, behind "Hank's'' four wild untamed Arabian red mares. We enjoyed the ride 'exhaustively' and the fair which we had gone to take in Gin modern fair parlance) likewise. It was the last day and the fair was breaking up, most of the county agricultural exhibits having been withdrawn the day before. We saw some fine sheep,
Year: 1877

fat hogs, big chickens, huge turnips. immense corn, a great variety of handsome quilts, patch work, etc, a most complete ard elegant wagon, of home manufacture and some mag niiicent farming utensils, revolving harrows, and moline blows, gilpin sulky blows, etc, such are kept and IsoId by Messrs. Kimball & Perry, of this place. We understand that everything took the premium as there were no two things alike, this of course was right. We had but a short time to spend upon the ground and we tired to improve it, for we made this visit not simply out of curiosity, but with view to the ma terial interests of Yell county, by solving the problem whether or not it IS practicable to have county fair here and our conclusion is that we ought by all means to have had county fair in Yell county this fall. It simply requires somebody to lead out. At Russellville, there seemed to be no money invested in the en- terprise, the school buildings and grounds were occupied free of charge, and answered the purpose perfectly well. an open prairie adja- cent furnished track for the trot. ters and runners, the whole concern didn't appear as though it had nee essarily cost the citizens of Pope ten dollars cash outlay, and yet they may well congratulate themselves upon this initial and most important step in the direction of prosperity. Of course this far was not equal to the State fair, and perhaps inferior to many county fairs, in other words it was the biggest thing ever done in Pope county. It has walked up and stirred up an interest in the agricul tural and natural wealth of the county which nothing else could have done. We heard such remarks (from the farmers passing about as these why I've got a bigger tur- mp than that, ''or q potatoe larger than this.' five got colt at home

 

 which with two weeks attention would out show anything on the ground" and in fact all those who had come out of curiosity merely were sorry that they had not brought something. They intend to do it next fall, and mark our words next year Pope county will have fair right, and of which any county may be justly be proud. And now what say you fellow citizens of Yell county, shall we not have a fair next year2 Speak out, let us hear from you while there is ample time.

 Let us follow up the step which we have taken. And let us follow it up, too, with hearty good will, and not like q snail.
Year: 1877

The Pope County Fair was quite satisfactory success, but only q commencement, merely giving the people of that vigorous old county an idea of what resources It possess

 es, and what can be done with a proper exertion on the part of the people. The Fair will become a per
Year: 1877

would discard his other wives, which
he accordingly did. The new mar
rlage of course puts out of joint
the nose of the monopolizing Phil
adelphia wife, but the popular YER
dict is that it serves her right, as
she came out to Utah with the calm
determination of betraying her
own cousin by defrauding her of
her husband, and carried her point
with dogged pertinacity. She was
an Eastern born and educated girl,
had already once been married, and
conld not find shelter under the ex-
cuse that she was raised in Nor.
monism and had been taught that
polygamy was right, She may,
perhaps, have loved John W., but
most people believe that she was
actuated by pure selfshness.
Year: 1877

New York Cor Philadelphia Ledger


The effect of the death of M
Thiers upon the political situation
in France is freely discussed among
bankers and merchants having bus
mess relations with that country.
The opinion is unanimous with
men of close observation that ii
must prove very unfortunate event
for the republic and the Republican
party, inasmuch as in the pending
contest with the Monarchists and
Imperialists it will oblige them to
fall back upon the leadership OF
second or third class men like Gam
BETA. They have now no one whom
they can put forward as a strong
and safe man to take the place, if
need be, Of MacMahon, and as the
elections are approaching they will
be apt to find themselves at a great
disadvantage. An additional ele-
ment of uncertainty is thus in
fused into the European future,
and the effect OF this naturally is a
more cautious feeling on the part
Of the people here who have mate
rial interests in that quarter liable
to be affected by sudden political
changes.
Year: 1877

For the benefit of onr friends, and in order to encourage everybody to read and keep posted we have arranged so as to furnish the DEMO- GRAF in connection with the following papers at the price set opposite each name:
Year: 1877

The Post-office Department
has directed that all the. en-
ployes connected with the postal
railway service must be uniform
ed. The object of the order is
to secure greater safety in the
service, and is a very proper
one
Year: 1877

This time the tables are turned. The
husband sues for divorce on the ground
of cruel and inhuman treatment. Mr..
Dengle. of King county, New York. in
his complaint sets forth that his wife
has been in the habit of beating. kick
ing and dragging him over the floor as
if he were mop. He alleges, also. that
she frequently armed herself with .
and threatened TO use it
on him; in fact she was altoge heI too
lively for an sgres able life.partner.
Year: 1877

government to private corpor
alton, on condition of construct
ing a railroad on the short
est and most practical route be-
tween Lake Superior and Puget
Sound, the points understood and
implied being Superior Bay, on
Lake Superior, and Elliott Bay,
on Puget Sound, subject only to
engineering obstacles which a
more critical survey might de-
velope. Subsequent survey es-
tablished the fact beyond dispute,
that the points first indicated
were the most practicable not
only to the interests of the road
but to the interests of the public.
Both of these points were chang
ed in the interests Of an organized
combination of land speculators
bearing the same relations to the
railroad company that the Credit
Mobilier did to the Union Pacif-
ic-organized for plundering the
stock holders, the bond .ders
and the people. The eastern
terminus of the railroad was To-
Gated for the land ring upon the
bleakest and most exposed shore
of Lake Superior, with a land
locked harbor but few miles
below. The speculation being
over, the place is now practical
ly abandoned, it being impossible
to make a harbor there, and st.
Paul, nearly two hundred miles
in the interior, is now the OBJ
jectiye point connecting with
railroads to Chicago; the road to
Superior being only a branch by
which to ship wheat during the
summer months. The original
survey of 1,700 was extended to
over 1000 miles; not On account
Of engineering difficulties to be
overcome, but to cover that much
more government land and to
make towns upon lands owned
by the land ring. Instead of
commencing the construction of
the road on Puget Sound, it was
commenced on land owed by the
ring, l30 miles southwest of Ell
llott Bay, and 105 southwest of
the terminus on Puget Sound,
where it was located On land be-
longing TO the ring, no better
adapted to the purposes of a
commercial city than is Duluth.
The road thus far constructed
in this Territory has not advanc-
ed one mile towards LAX Superb
or; the divergence here and at
st. Paul making it the longest
instead of the shortest route
across the continent. The whole
power of the managers has been
used to subjugate the people, de-
press private enterprise, destroy
all established centres of trade
and routes of travel and COM


meIce, that all may be subjected
to their will and be made tribu-
tary to them, and with the power
that they WELD, they will
succeed if the people do not Or
ganize and unite for their own
protection.
Year: 1877

totlldJOl 1ulGCIlGll Hts III Uuu-
ced a resolution calling upon the
Northern Pacific Railroad Co.
to report the amount of land to
which it had acquired title under
the grant, the amount realized
from the same, and the present
assets and liabilities of the com
pany, or in words to that effect;
all of which the Oregonian re-
CARDS as declaration of hostili-
ty to. the company and its pro-
jects, saying: "Just so soon as
the statement regarding the
amount Of land patented to the
company, and the other facts
called for, obtain publication, a
text will be furnished to those
who oppose aid for railways and
to all enemies Of this particular
enterprise, from which they will
begin to preach a fresh crusade
against all grants and all renew
ais, and to urge the old non
sense that lands must not be
given even in part for construc-
tion of thoroughfares through
them, but must be kept exclu-
sively for settlers, though in
fact settlers can never use or
even reach these remote lands
unless railroads are built"


There could be no more def
mite admission that the previous
management of the grant will
not bear investigation; that the
truth must not be told lest it
should ruin the credit Of the
company and defeat its projects
for the future. 1t will not be
claimed that the facts called for
are not necessary to a proper
understanding of the merits OF
the proposition for a renewal OF
the grant to the same company
which had the management OF
il heretofore. The renewal Of
the grant without full investl-
CATION OF the manner in which
the trust has heretofore been ad
ministered, and how it came tt
be forfeited, would show reck-
less disregard for the public in


terests, and afford strong pre-
sumptive evidence of bribery anc
corruption in Congress, and tt
protest against such investiga
ton is to admit faithlessness OF
the part of the company.


But we allude to this matter
mainly for the purpose Of pro
testing against the sentimen


which characterizes as cold non
sense opposition to the gran


Of the public domain to private
corporations. The unoccupiet
lands are the natural heritage o
the people; as inalienable as th'
right to life, liberty and the pur
suit Of happiness; as free to al
as the air we breathe or the wa
ter we drink. When the AL
mighty sentenced man to till th'
soil by the sweat Of his brow, h
! gave him soil to till, and it is a
much his by divine right as th'
: right to live. Any convention
al system which permits "a mo
nopoly of land, or establishe
the relation Of landlord and ten
ant is as much adverse to human
equality and popular govern
ment as the system of Africa1
servltude, which it cost rivers o
blood and millions Of treasure tt
abolish. The slavery of necessi
ty-wages slavery-has causel
much greater human suffering
than chattel slavery. In one cas-,
the property is solely in the la
bor, and the motive is to pro
cure the greatest amount of tot
from the smallest amount of ex
penditure, with no responsibility
Year: 1877

for the care or keeping of the
laborer or his family; in the 9th
er case, the property is in the
person Of the laborer, and the
motive is to maintain the proper
ty against such physical want
and suffering as would impair it's
value or usefulness. The monOp-
oily Of the soil, as in England
or and in portions of New Eng
land, is the surest means that
can be devised to reduce the
masses to the condition of slaves
Of necessity, dependent for their
bread upon the arbitrary will Of
those who monopolize the means
Of subsistence.


"Agrarianism' excIaim the
advocates of special privilege
Nothing of the kind. We ask
no division of the property ac-
cumuluted by industry and thrift
with the indolent and improvi-
dent. We but ask that every
man be secured in his natural
right not olny to live, but to a
portion of the common soil, not
already occupied by another
from which to make his living
President Jackson truly said: cit
is not in a splendid government,
surrounded by aristocratic priv
ileges that the people are to find
happiness or their liberties pro-
lection" If the Government de-
sires to do anything for gran
deur, let them supply the means
from the surplus accumulations of
the rich instead of alternating the
heritage of the poor; from the
abundant f1oeks and herds of the
wealthy, rather than the one
eve lamb of the humble citizen.
Congress has more right morally,
more. legal authority under our
constitution and system Of gov
ernment, to levy a forced contrl-
button upon the capitalists of
the country to construct rail-
roads, than it has to vote away
to private corporations, the pnb-
lie domain held in trust for the
use and occupancy of the peo-
pie.


!. We do not deny the right Of
the people, in cases where there
is a necessity for improvements
to make the lands available for
settlement, to condemn or appro-
ate the proceeds of the sales of
such lands to the needed i'm
provements, and confining the
sales to actual settlers in limited
quantities; all other public lands
to be absolutely free to actual
settlers. The people Of the COM
munlty, State or Territory in
which such improvement is pro-
iected should be the sole judges
Of the necessity and have the
absolute control of such improve
ment. The first grants of land
made by Congress for purposes
of internal improvement, were


uniformly to the State or Terri


tory in which the same was stu
ated, to be regulated by local


laws by which the rights of the
people were protected. For Con


gress to concede the right of en-
! inent domain over one half Of


this Territory and a considerable


portion of Oregon to foreign


corporation, is a monstrous in


vasion Of the rights Of the people
to control their own domestic


government.


The Post office Department
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Year: 1877

Umatilla and Portland is to re-
main a common road for the use
of both companies upon terms to
be fixed, if necessary by the ar
bitration of a commission, to be
appointed by the President of
the United States. 1t is provid-
ed that the extensions and priv
leges to be granted to the N. P.
Co. by this bill, shall be upon
the express condition that it
shall within six months of the
passage Of the act commence the
construction of the road either
at Portland or at some point be-
tween UmatiEla and the mouth
of Snake river, and construct
and equip eastward in one year
thereafter not less than 40, and



at least so miles each succeeding
year until completed. If these
requirements are not complied
with, the Oregon corporation is
to have the right to build the
common road above referred to,
and be entitled to the aid now
provided, by building 20 miles
within the year after three
months failure on part of the
Pacific road to commence it and
25 miles annually thereafter
The bill further provides that
all lands thereafter earned by
the Co. shall be sold by Govern
ment, and proceeds placed in the
U. S. Treasury to constitute a
sinking fund with which to pay
accruing interest upon the first
mortgage construction bonds
that shall be hereafter issued by
the company for construction of
any portion of the road. The
moneys thus accumulated are to,
be paid out semi-annually as the
road is completed and accepted
in sections, as provided for by
the existing laws, and limited in
amounts to the value Of the land
grant opposite to and eo-termi-
nous with such completed and
accepted sections of the road
valued at So so per acre, which
payment shall be made by the
Secretary of the Treasury to
holders of the interest coupons
of such construction bonds pro
rata if the sinking fund is def
cient; bat it IS provided that no
thing herein contained shall be
construed as creating any liabil-
ity upon the part Of the United
States to guarantee or pay any
interest on any Of the bonds of
said company in excess of the
moneys arising from pre-emp-
tion and sales of lands granted
to such company and actually
paid into the treasury as afore-
said. A preceding section of the
bill provides that during five
years after the expiration of the
time prescribed by the existing
law for the completion of the
roads. all lands heretofore grant
ed shall be disposed of only to
pre-emption settlers at 50 so per
acre, but after these five years
have elapsed, the Government,
if the company so request at any
time during the further period
of five years shall offer the odd
numbered sections opposite any
portion of the completed road
for public sale to the highest
bidder, with a limitation of 81 25
per acre as to price, and 160
acres as to the quantity purchas-
able by any one individual. The
bill in other sections protects the
rights of all persons who settled
upon lands within the railroad
limits prior to the receipt of
withdrawal at the respective
land offices.


On introducing the bill Mr..
Mitchell stated that he expected
that some of it's provisions would
Year: 1877

Mrs. Blennerhasset, the wife of Blenner-
hasset, who came over from England seventy
five years ago, and settled on 4 beautiful Is
land in the Ohio, and who was ruined by his
conspiracy with Aaron Burr against the Uni


ted States, was in all respects very accom-
plished lady. Her figure, tall and command
ing, was nodded in the most perfect proper
tions. Her features, over which Was spread
a most brilliant complexion, were beautiful.
A strong mind, highly cultivated, gave to
those features that inimitable grace which in
telligence alone can confer. Brown hair,
profuse and glossy, dark blue eyes, and man
ners both winning and graceful, ever attrac-
ted attention to her, even in the most brilliant
circles. She was very charitable to the sick
and poor in her neig ghbCrhood, often carry


ing to them those little delicacies which could
nowhere else be obtained. She had been
brought up by two wealthy maiden aunts,
who had taken great care to instruct her in
all the useful arts of housewifery, which
education she found to be of inestimable val
ue in her new home She invariably dressed
like lady, in the most elegant manner. Her
ordinarily head dress consisted Of turban
folded very full, in the Oriental style. 1t was
of rich silk, sometimes white, which was her
favorite color in summer; in the winter, pink
or yellow. A very intelligent lady, who was
familiar with society in Washington, and who
had visited in the courts of Europe, writes,
Il have never beheld any one who was equal
in person to Mrs. Bennerhasset in beauty of
person, dignity of manners, elegance of dress
in all that is lovely or finished in the female
personals she was when queen of of the
fairy isle. When she rode on horseback her
dress was of fine scarlet broadcloth, orna-
mented with gold buttons; white beaver
hat, on which foated the graceful plumes of
the sostrich, of the same color. This was
sometimes changed to blue or yellow, with
feathers to harmonize. She was perfect
equestrienne, always riding very spirited
horse with rich trappings, who seemed proud
of his burden. She accomplished the ride to
Marietta of fourteen miles in about two hours,
dashing through and under the dark foliage
of the forest trees, which then covered the
greater part of the distance, reminding one
of the gay plumage and rapid flight of some
tropical bird winging its way through the
ods.-Ho'peer's Weekly for February.
Year: 1877

The most serious drawback to the utility
of iron in the arts and industries has always
been its liability to deterioration or destruc-
tion by rust. Ever since the application OF
that metal to shipbuilding invention has been
racked for preventative of this insiduous
enemy, but without avail, and OF late re-
turn to timber has been seriously contempla-
ted by ship-builders. 1t is now, however,
announced by the London Times that al
English chemist, Professor Bartf, has dis
covered what is believed to be a complete
cure for rust Ii the facts as alleged are
borne out by further experiment 1t is unneces-
sary to state that this will rank as one OF the
most important discoveries of the age, and
that it will have absolutely incalculable ef-
fects upon commerce, navigation, archltec-
ture, man nufacture, and every branch OF i'll
dustry Professor Barff is said to have dis
covered that when iron is exposed at a high
temperature to the action of super-heated
steam, black oxide is produced upon its
surface, which is harder than the metal
itself, which adheres to it as closely as its
own particles, and which completely resists
the effects of water, weather and acids. In
the experiments already made it has been
found that by the exposure of iron to the
action of superheated steam at 1, 200 degrees
Fahrenheit, for six hours, an oxide is pro-
duced which defes the rasp, and which no
amount of exposure to weather will affect in
any way. 1t will be at once apparent that
the practical results of such discovery must
be bewilderingly important. 1t will not
only remove all the drawbacks upon iron as
at present employed, and enhance its value
with its durability, but it will open to it new
avenues of usefulness which have hitherto
been closed against it by its tendency to
rust. In increasing the permanence of iron
it will increase its strength, and thus render
public travel safer under a variety of cir
stances, both by land and water. In fact
there is nothing into which iron enters as
material the condition of which will not be
improved by Professor Barff's discovery. In
the language of Colonel Sellers "There's
millions in it,"
Year: 1877

Grace Greenwood doesn't have much
faith in the Southern talk of peace and
union. Writing from Waghington she says
the spirit of the South g is like that of a GER
tain belligerent old Yankee, who, in fair
fight with neighbor, was so seriously hurt
it seemed likely that he would never recover.
His old antagonist visited him and by his
bedside expressed wish that there might be
peace between them. Yes, neighbor,' was
the reply, I've buried the hatchet. but I've
left the handle sticking out, and if l get
well, all this goes for nothing" I'll.
Year: 1877

THE newest novelty in gloves is the out
growth of model which has been recently
patented, and for evening wear bids fair to
supersede all Others 1t is made without the
slit in the palm of the hand, and is buttoned
on the outer side from the seam which u.s.
ally occurs there. 1t is an improvement on
the old style, inasmuch as the glove is re-
lieved of the gap, which greatly disfgures
the fit of the glove, particularly on plump
hand. ... ....