smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879


A crimson leaf and golten leaf,
With sunlight all aglow,
Drited away from tie Ia ent EN-
To the untried realms below.
A light wind caught the go den leaf
And carried it out f. sea
But the crimson leaf lay sale and warm
Beneath the mo her tee.
Softly the silver dews came down
When the rose tins left the sky,
And the evening stars smiled down or'them
With tender watchful eye
Then the morning sunlight kissed awake
The leaf beneath the tree,
And lightly touched The gold2n flake
Adrilt upon the sea.
The cold wave tossed the tender thing
To and fro on its breast,
And dashed it against the sharp shore rocks
And would not let it rest
Then il sighed, "Ah me, for my quiet home
From pitiless waters free p
And the crimson leaf in its sheltered nook
Cried, "Oh, for the sunny sea p
1t longed to wander away, away,
Over the waters wide
But instead of the oceans spray, for her
Was the dew of the evcntide. [bloom
SO the days slipped by with beauty and
Scattered on every hand
But the crimson leaf saw only the sea,
And the golden leaf the land.
Hearts, like the leaves, unsatisfed,
Yearn for that which is not,
And in their pain and bitterness
Cry out against their lot,
Nor dream that in their daily path
Gods choicest blessings lie;
So, longing for days that never come,
The wasted years slip by.
Year: 1879

Two Illinois deacons turned
some calves loose in the same
pasture. Two Of the calves hap
pcned to be so much alike that
no man could tell one from the
other. One of these two disap-
peared. Each deacon thought
the remaining calf his own. AT
last ore Of them sold the calf,
and the other insisted that it
was his calf, and that the pro-
-ceeds should be paid TO him.
There was a stormy dispute be-
tween the two deac0ns, and each
threatened to go TO law against
the other. After letting the
breeze blow for aN lille, they con-
cluded to refer the matter to
the minister, with power to make
a satisfactory settlement. The
minister advised them to put the
SIG which the calf brought in'o
the missionary treasury, and az :
sured them that if they had any
doubt in their minds as to which
of them it was who was giving
the money, the Lord knew all
about it, and he would settle it
justly and cquitably. I h e
Board of Missions got the SIG
and entered it "call money"
The deacons were happy over it,
and the minister was pleased to
have been the means of settling
what might have riponed into a
congregational squabble a n d
split the church in pieces.
Year: 1879

A Palmer (Ohio) youth took
a minister TO the house of his
intended b. ide the other day, TO
have the ceremony performed,
but the tickle girl preferred one
of the guests to the bridegroom
and wanted to marry said guest.
The guest procured q team to
take The girl TO ride and think
it OVER. lie concluded he was
not ready for matrimony ard
proceeded to get drunk. The
girl did not get husband, the
bridegroom did not get a wife,
the guest lost his reason in drum
ken stupor, and the minister lost
his fee. The least loss of all
was sustained by the intended
bridegroom.
Year: 1879

In a Hart county, KY, church
the question whether minister
should have a salary will be de-
bated next Tuesday. After that
they will decide whether the dea-
con who takes up collection is
entitled TO a return of his hat.
Year: 1879

A spelling match in Pelton-
vile, Miss, ended in row. One
contestant said that p-l-o-u-g-h
was alone correct, and another as
exclusively maintained pillow.
The schoolmaster ruled that both
were right, but, in the absence
of a dictionary, the prevailing
sentiment was that there could
not possibly be two correct ways
of spelling one word. A book
was thrown at the schoolmaster's
head, and a general fight ensued.
Year: 1879

G. F. Thomas Il Co., announce that
owing to the rush which attends the sell
ing of seats for the Boys and Girls
Commencement, and the trouble and
dissatisfaction caused thereby, they will
this year sell from their front door and
take no names, requiring everyone to
form in line, and be personally response
BILE for holding their own places.


As no one will get ticket under any
pretence whatever who is not in regular
ine, there will be no occasion for crowd
Ing to the front. The suggest that the
line extend around Fifth street to avoid
the Market street travel.


On former occasions of this character
they have had glass broken and goods
injured ami lost, which neccessitateS this
arr ansement on occasions of such large
salts of tickets.
Year: 1879

Mr.. p. Soma, who came home on the
stage Tuesday, informs the Boise City
Statesman that while coming down the
road on the south side of Snake river in
company with Mr.. Hayne, the Division
Agent, little girl got on the stage at the
crossing OF Salmon Greek, who told them
that few days before an armed Indian
came to the house where she was stop
ping. The Indian said he was one of q
party who had come from the head of
Salmon Creek and that they were hunt
ing deer. This Indian inquired if there
were any soldiers in that section or
whether they had passed that way.
Other parties along Snake river report
having seen Indians on the bluffs near
the river, OF different times. The miners
along the river are well provided with
arms and ammunition, but they have the
careless habit of leaving the same in their
cabins and tents on the bluff while en-.
gagged in working on their claims some
what distant. At Paynes Ferry Mr..
Soma learned there was quite large
amount OF arms and ammunition stored
or deposited, belonging to various parties.
At this point on the river, where there is
but little travel now, there is but one
man stopping and he is absent from the
house during the day at work on the
roads mile or so distant from the ferry
house, These prowling Indians are very
reasonably believed to be scouts and
spies, watching the road and the settle
ments along the river in the interest OF
the hostiles. If an opportunity allowed
they would doubtless raid the camps and
cabins thus left unprotected, and carry
off whatever they might find. The In
dians, it is thought, must at this time
be short OF ammunition and many of
them in want of arms. A little prudence
and caution on the part of miners and
others might prevent the beginning of
what might prove q serious outbreak.
Mr.. Fred Philips of Salmon City. in
formed Mr.. Soma that nearly all of the
people of Lemhi county anticipate GER
tain trouble with the Indians in that
section the present season. Very much
indeed depends upon the safety Of travel
and trade on the overland road, and
while there may be no immediate danger
threatened, it would be nothing amiss
for every one interested to be on the
lookout, and exercise all the prudence
and caution possible. The people oi
Southern Idaho cannot afford to risk the
danger Of another Indian raid this season
if it can be avoided.
Year: 1879

Lovely woman at Washington is hav-
Ing very unlovely contest all to herself.
The custom has been to admit the wives
OF members OF the House to the reserved
galleries OF the Senate upon members
card. but the Senate ladies began to OBJ
lect to the crowd, finding that it didn't
allow their new Spring toilettes to show
off to the proper advantage. They fin
ally got things fixed to suit them, an
order having been issued ON the Senate
side not to recognize the cards Of mem.
bers of the House.
Year: 1879

Newfield has como to the front with a
hairy wild man, 80 awful mysterious, and
formidable that he opens un new field for
thought and investigation. He has been
seen by some of the most unimpcachable
residents OF, and visitors to, South Section.


lie is described as over six feet tall, clad
in rough and scanty attire, and wearing a
grizzly beard that reaches almost to his
knees. Although he has chased several
fisherman who have invaded his secluded
domain in quest of brook trout, and shot
pcaceablc farmer near Newficld station, no
active steps have been made toward his
capture, and he yet roams at large. His
latest and most daring exploit occurred
about week ago, when he left the gloom
of the forest and actually entered an unoc-
cupicd dwelling in the broad light of day.
Large and heavy rs the wild man Is, he
gldcs so swiftly and silently that he fre-
quently is at hand before his coming has
been observed. In this silent, ghost-likc
manner he is said to have floatcd into tho
house of farmer named Payne. The far
mer and three companions were engaged in
an interesting game Of euchrc and were not
aware of the wild untilans compmany
Payne felt something bushy touching the
back part of his head, when, looking up,


he found it to be tho great beard of tho
strange hermit. Payne jumped to his feet,


and would have struck the silent visitor
with chair, but he avoided tic blow, and
with mysterious steps made his way to an
adjoining room and stretched himself upon
bed. Payne followed him and again
raised the chair to strike him, but again he
seemed to glide from beneath 1t, and this
time he made his exist through the window
by gliding snakc-lke motion, but as 81
lcntly as q wreath Of smoke ascends to the
blue ether. The farmer watched him and
saw HIM lcavc his premises and enter q
patch of woods near by, and supposed he
had disappeared for good, but during the
evening OF that same day he returned and
was seen standing under tree near the
house rs though deliberating whether to en-
ter the house. After standing there short
time he turned around suddenly and ran
rapidly back to the woods Next day ono
of the farmers cows straycd away and ho
started off to look for 1t. Shortly after he
left the house his family heard the sharp
report of a rifle, and in few minutes back
camc Payne, pale and brcathcss, and well.
nigh done for. AS soon as he could set tho
In graphic language the cause Of his excite
ment. 1t was an encounter with the wild
man. He said he was walking through o
small clearing calling s'ko boss, ko boss, :"
when without warning he heard q rifle dis
charged close by and fclt the wind of bull
let as 1t whistlcd over his forehead through
the rim OF his felt hat and through his erect
hair. He fell flat Upon the ground, par
TALLY stunned, and 1t was well he did, for
the wild man, thinking his first shot had
proved fatal, !shoultercd his piece and strobe
off into the underbush. This strange epis-
ode Is at present the theme uppcrmost al


through South Section, and 1t Is said that a
posse of hunters are preparing to track the
wild man, and If possible effect his capture
alive or dead. 81. S. .Ss Il.
Year: 1879

ELEVATED RAILwAYs.-The great
success attending rapid transit by elevat-
ed railways in New York, and that easy,
safe and delightful mode of travel as
compared with the base line roads, has
caused their introduction in Philadel-
phia to be desired and impatient at the
delay in securing charter from the
Pennsylvania Legislature, gentlemen of
that city are about to apply for charter
under the general law for the organiza-
tion Of corporations. Certainly Phla-
delphia ought to have rapid transit
road from the Delaware to the Schuyl-
kill-to West Philadelphia and to and
around her great Park. The immense
travel in this direction would certainly
pay. The numerous accidents that oc-
cur to those who drive splendid equip
ages would be diminished, while ten
visits would be made to the Park in a
rapid transit road where one is made
now. In fact of the great travelling
population that visit Philadelphia very
few visit the Park because it is so diff
cult to get there and get away again in
comfort on pleasant day. In New
York, the elevated rapid transit roads
are so crowding the city, that Mayor
Cooper is turning his face against them.
He objects to building such road over
59th street. As they are profitable tn,
Mayor urges that no more franchises fo
elevated roads should be granted withou
proper renum Grafton to the city and t.
private owners of realty, and that al
franchises sh ould be put up at publ
auction and sold to the highest bidder
He prefers subterranean rapid tlansi
roads, and says the present roads do al
the work now wanted, and if there is +
be another it should run underground
adding that by the time there is real nee
for a third road, or by the time it coul
be built were there even unquestionabl
need for it already, the appertaining an
much talked ofterors offulignous dark
ness will have faded away. Smok
consum .rs and electric lights will the
be in order, and, with their help, til
chief prejudice against subterranea
rapid transit may be heard of no NOR
1t would be very nice thing to have
rapid transit road in our own city,
order that the elevation on Market sire
might be overcome. But we presun
we shall have to be patient about Il
matter; at all events we shall not &
tempt to agitate such a project until Il
new Court House is finished. Our sire
road is very well managed and it wou
be pity to destroy the splendid pre-
poets that the stockholders have for
s'rise" by introducing such subject ju
yet. Nevertheless, President Bradfo
il not the man to but his head agail
the engine progress, let it come in wi
shape it may
Year: 1879

Some villain set fire to the Noxentown n
Bridge on the Delaware railroad below
Middletown on Tuesday morning, and
the trestle work was considerably dam
aged. Luckily the fire was discovered
by the men on passing train, when a
halt was made, and the flames extin-
guished. The construction train was
afterwards sent down and the necess
ary repairs made. 1t is to be hoped
that the william may be arrested and
properly punished.
Year: 1879

Last evening a party appeared at the
police station and informed the Chief
that man was lying on the pavement
at Second and Market, so drunk that
he was unable to walk. Officers Payne
and Taylor, started at once to the place,
but before they had gone far, they no.
ticed officers Brickle and Carey bring
ing the man to the hall in a wheelbar-
row. At the hearing this morning,
the prisoner was fined so cents and cost.
The prisoner, addressing His Honor,
said, "This is the first time have ever
been arrested and if you please sir
will leave town if you let me co." His
Honor informed the prisoner that he
would be locked up until he became
sober.
Year: 1879

The Alumni As5c citation of the Boys


High School will offer its prize Tor eIo.
cuticn to the scholars OF the Boys High
School in September. 1t will be solid
gold medal Of an intrinsic value of S25
he plan proposed is to hold a public
entertaiument about the first Of Jrp-
at the Opera House when the competi-
tors, the best elocutionists Of the school
will deliver orations; and committee
will al the close of the evening award
the prize to the successful competitor.
Year: 1879

For the Republican.


MEssRs. EDIToRs You have assumed d
the responsibility to say that your in
iormant gave you incorrect information
in reference to the butcher fight in the
Second street market house. Now your
account was true, and as to blows being
struck, both butchers went sprawlipg
on the ground, Beste on top, and he
was pulled off by another butcher. If
there was no truth in your article, SO
far as blows being struck and violent
demonstrations being made, how is it
that they were required to pay between
seven and eight dollars fine and cost
each ? 1t looks bad to contradict your
own local item, more especially when
II was true. AN EYE Witness.
Year: 1879

When the sea-shell is held up to the ear there is peculiar vibratory noise, which the children assure each other is the roar of the sea, however distant they may be from it. Philosophically investigated, the peculiar sound thus recognized is Q phenomenon that has puzzled scholars for long time. The experiment. is easily made by simply pressing a spiral shell over the cerebra of either ear; the sound is very much like that of @ far-off cataract. Now, what causes it? Every muscle in the body is always in state of tension. Some are more on the stretch than others, and particularly those of the finger. It is conceded that the vibra- tions of the flores in those fingers being communicated to the shell, it propagates and intensifies them, as the hollow body of violin does the vibrations of it's strings, and thus the acoustic nerve re- ceives the sonorous expressions. Muscles of the leg below the knee are said to vibrate in the same way, and if conducted to the ear produce the same results.
Year: 1879

An observant spectator will notice that the frst-hoor windows of large house at the corner of Norfolk street. London, present @ peculiar appearance. The shutters are up, and they are covered thickly with dust, whilst through tke chinks can be seen blinds, also moulder- ing away with age. These shutters and blinds have been in exactly the same position, untouched, for more than forty years. During that time no human foot has entered that room. And the reason is this: Forty years ago-more thar forty-Lord Dysart was engaged to be married, the day was fixed, the wedding morning arrived, the breakfast was laid out in tho spacious and handsome room, the bridegroom was ready to proceed to church, when it was discovered that the bride was missing. A note in her hand. writing was found addressed to the bride. groom, briefly informing him that she had eloped that morning with his best man, gay and gallant captain ol dragons. The tilted bridegroom did not say much, but he went alone to the room in which the wedding breakfast was laid out, with his own hands put uE the shutters and drew the blinds, locked the door and took the key. He gave orders that the door should be nailed ur and barred with padlocked bars, and that no one should enter the room again. When the house was let it was stipulated that the room in question should remain untouched, and the sum of e20O pe1 annum WAS paid to the tenant to com, pensate him for the deprivation of the use of the room. The room has never been entered since the day he closed il and there are the wedding meats, J mouldering silently away, and the orna, ments crumbling into dust in the funeral gloom.
Year: 1879

The first thing to be done is to catch him. Having done so, the mode of cooking him so as to make good dish is as follows: Many good husbands are spoiled in cooking. Some women keep them constantly in hot water, while others freeze them with coniugal cold ness; some smother them with hatred and contention, and still others keep them in pickle all their lives. These women always serve them up with tongue sauce. Now it is not supposed that husbands will be tender and good If treated in this way, but they are, on the contrary, very delicious when managed as follows: Get large jar, called the jar of carefulness (which all good housewives have on hand) place your husband in it, and set him near the fire of conjugal love; let the fire be pretty hot, especially let it be clear above all, let the heat be constant, cover him over with affection and subjection; garnish him with the spice of pleasantly, and if you add kisses and other con- factions, let them be accompanied with sufficient portion of secrecy, mixed with prudence and moderation.
Year: 1879

Burdette of the Burlington HaWkeyc,

 thus describes a snow storm in Maine:

 My personal experience during this. storm was extremely pleasant. left

 Rocklard, Maine, with just the smell

 and taste of snow ill the air. At Bath the white flakes began to tintter down in

 lazy, lounging, uncertain kind of way as though they had no particular pur- pose in coming down, but were bored to

 death where they had been, and just

 came down because there was no place

 else to go. Before we reached Portland

 we were bowling along through splen-

 did snow storm, and I think ono never

 sees a snow storm Ill its perfection until

 he has seen the curtain rise upon the

 Maine spectacle. Over frozen lake and

 wind-swept hill, crowning the rocks and

 clinging to the dark branches of the

 patient, faded pines, it was a picture of

 enchantment to watch the white flakes

 gradually shutting out the gray rocks,

 the brown meadows, and the tufted

 marshes, wrapping all the earth in the

 still, colorless shroud of winter, and

 even draping the arms of the pines in

 the same mantles of purity. To one un-

 accustomed to the scenery there is an

 indescribable pathos in these great pine

 forests, standing so motionless and

 patient under the clinging snow that

 contrasts so brightly with the dark

 foliage it cumbers. The leafless trees

 about them seem to be ready for this !; they are a part of tho winter landscape; , there is no feeling, no sensibility ;n their l bare, ungraceful branches; they have gone out of iifo with tho breath of the summer, and tue kiss of the south wind , or the blast of the north is alike to them. But theRe patient, changeless pines r the same arms they reached out to the B summer birds, and bathed in the glow 3 ing splendor of the sun of June, they ' reach out to the eddying snow flakes

 and the fierce breath of December. storms. They stand in the midst of tht

 desolate landscape, as though summer

 had forsaken them while they were . dreaming that summer birds and sun ,s shine were as changeless as themselves /. and, still clad in the green robes o 9 spring, they seem to be waiting, mutely IF patiently, trustfully, for the summe days to come again, bearing in patheti ,- submission and touching patience tn o reign of the winter they never locke o for, as man faints when he sees tn

 baggageman throw out five trunks bear :, ing the initials of his mamma-in-law.
Year: 1879

THE NEW YORK TRIBuNE's advertisement appears in another column, and we invite the special attention of our readers to its extra. ordinary premium of Websler's Unabridged Illustrated Quarto Dictionary. This is un' doubtedly the most valuable and liberal news paper premium ever offered. TIE TRIBUNE is now generally recognized as the leadiHg Re publican journal of the United States, and its weekly edition as news and family paper is without an equal. Send for specimen copy, which will be sent free.
Year: 1879

IF you are satisfied to have a poor organ, or run the risk of having poor one, take any organ that is offered you. But, if you desire to be sure of having tho very best, insist on having a Mason X Hamlin, aud do not be per suaded to take any other.