smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

A Salt Lake City letter to the Chicago
Inter Ocean says:


There seems to be a general impress
sion among strangers that the city of
Salt Lake is located on the margin of
the great Salt Lake, and the tourist on
his arrival here is surprised and disap-
pointed to find that it is not. The pop
ular visiting place on the lake is what is
called Black Rock, lying directly west
twenty miles distant from this city, on
the old overland mail road going toward
California. 1t is & most interesting spot
to visit, and it is very strange that out
of the many who travel across the con-
tinent, desirous of seeing everything of
interest, there are so few who will take
wonderful and beautiful sheet of water.
The size of the lake is about eighty
miles from east to west, and about one
hundred miles from north to south. 1t
is the great reservoir for all the waters
that empty into the surrounding valleys,
without any known outlet. except what
the gentle rays of the summer sun draws
up to the cloudy strata of the heavens.
The water is exceedingly salty; more SO
than of any body of water in the world,
and its buoyancy is fully 100 per cent.
more than that of the ocean. In the
crudest manner the Mormons make a
pail of salt from three pals ofwater; and
the buoyancy is very perceptible in
bathing, when the ordinary swimmer
finds he can float as easily and securely
as walking on the "sure and frmset."
Sinking is impossible. The water in the
lake is gradually rising, and some esti-
mates have put it at ten inches each
year; but no means have been taken to
measure it until about two months since
when a granite monument was erected al
Black Rock, short distance from the
shore.


The lake as thing of beauty is almost
unsurpassed. The water at times is Of
the deepest green; at others of the purest
blue; and, varying from the shallow tc
the deep water, from the lightest to the
darkest shades, and at all times like the
grand old ocean. The seagull and the
pelican scale just overhead, riding grace
fully the waves upon its smooth or roll
/ ing surface.


/ When the sky is cloudy and the all
dark with heavy storm clouds, you lool
across the lake at the widest part, anc
it will remind you of old Atlantic as yor
may have seen it from the Jersey coast
1t was about the middle of September
when Mr.. McCundy, of New York, ant
the writer saw the lake when a gale wa
rolling in the breakers on the shore no
unlike the waves at Long Branch, wher
the winds are blowing gales from tn,
coast. When the winds are still and tn,
summer sunshiae is resting quietly up
on it it is like mirror, with its island
rising up from it quite abruptly, severa
thousand feet, clothed with verdure


making, indeed, lovely sight.
Year: 1874

refusal and exclaimed to me, What shall
I do, my friend?' ] answered, lie de-
clines making an apology and refuses to
fight-there is nothing left for you aor
but to have your wounds dressed This
was done, and the gentlemen returned to
the city"


THE PARK THEATER DUEL.


The Park Theater duel was a very Pc
culiar affair, and seems more like fiction
than fact Stephen Price, native Of
an adjacent county, was a theatrical
manager in this city for many years.
After he had been here a few years his
brother BENJAMIN came to town, and was
a frequent visitor to the Park Theater,
then under Stephens control. One night
Benjamin Price was in private box ac-
companIed by young lady. In next
box sat British officer, who stared at
the young lady in rude manner. Price
entered the officers box and pulled the
latter's nose. In few moments the Of
fcer sent in his card (the first step to a
challenge), accompanied by statement
that he had intended no offence to the
lady, and was not aware that he had been
guilty of any rudeness. Mr.. Price i'm
mediately regretted his haste and apollo
gized for his violence, and thus the mat
ter rested.


Subsequently the officer went to Cana
da, whittier gossip soon conveyed a re-
port Of the scene at the theater. His
associates being strict constructionists OF
the law of honor, was forced to return
to this city and challenge Price or lose
caste A duel at Hoboken was the re-
suit. Price was killed at the first fire
and the officer returned to his regiment
with vindicated honor. One Of the act
i've promoters Of this bloody affair was
Captain Wilson, who afterwards came
to this city and stopped at the Washing
ton Hotel. While here he referred to
the affair, and his words were soon
brought to Stephen Price. The latter
repaired to the hotel and offered an in
suit which led to a meeting" and the
| Captain was killed. 1t is said that tho
affair was so private that the friends o.
Captain Wilson were fora long time un.
der the supposition that he had gone
suddenly to England.
Year: 1874

preston that could impart to it super
natural air. 1t was a plain recital of
the events of the morning. To
those who do not know the parties we
have only to add that they are entitled
to belief as speaking at lest what
they hold to be the truth.
Year: 1874

the House He Bought of Boss Shep-


herd.


Washington Correspondence of the New


York Sun.


Some very disreputable facts have just
been made public concerning the transac-
tions of Senator Dorsey, one of the carpet
bag Representatives from Arkansas. 1t
seems that Dorsey bought fine house last
fall from Boss Shepherd, and purchased a
large quantity of expensive furniture for
the same. He paid for the furniture,
or rather pretended to pay for it,
by giving draft on London,
where he represented that he had $780,
600 to his credit. Not long ago the
draft was returned with the unwelcome in
telligence that the drawer had no funds
there. The furniture man at once began
TO look after his goods, but he found that
the noble Senator had raised the wind by
negotiating loan secured by chattel
mortgage on his furniture. The merchant
was naturally very wrathy at this, and told
the distinguished 0hiOan who represents
Arkansas in the United States Senate, that
he meant business if something wasn't
done. Something was 0one by somebody.
The chattel mortgage was relieved, and the
furniture man was secured yesterday by
another chattel mortgage on the honorable
Senator'S household goods, his wagon and
horses.


dhorses, by the way, had just
been released from an attachment which
was placed upon them by a clerk from
whom Dorsey have borrowed $500 and fail
ed topay when the same was due. The clerk
dunned him two or three times, whereup-
on Dorsey put on dignity, and said if the
common clerk was not more considerate OF
Senatorial privilege he would have him dis
missed. The clerk, however, did not scare
worth a continental cent. He just went
and sued Dorsey, and got judgment, and
had the carriage and pair levied on. This
brought the honorable gentleman TO terms,
and he raised the cash and settled.
Year: 1874

Happy New Year to all! happy New Yearl


Let us shut out all clouds OF the past;
Let us look on the bright side Of Future.


And hope that the brightness may last.
Times sickle yet spares us for duty,


While many have crossed the dark shore.
Let us enter, with true manly spirit,


On the duties of 6eventy-Four.
Year: 1874

She was expecting him Sunday night; the
parlor curtains were drawn, the old folks
notified that it was healthy to 60 to bed at
8 o'clock, and Johnny bribed with cent,
to permit himself to be tucked away at sun
down. He sneaked up the path, one eye
ON the dog, and the other watching for the
"old man." who didn't like him any too
well, gave faint knock at the door, and it
was opened, and he was escorted into the
parlor. He said he couldn't stay but a
minute, though he didn't mean to 60 home
for hours. She wanted to know how his
mother was; if bis father had returned from
New York State; if his brother Bills rheu-
matism was any better; and be went over
and sat down on the sofa, so as not to strain
bis voice. Then conversation tagged and
he played with his hat, and she nibbled at
the sofa tidy. He finally said it was a
beautiful evening, and she replied that her
grandfather predicted a snowstorm. He
said he guessed it wouldn't snow as the
moon was crooked enough to hang powder
horn on, and she didn't believe it would,
either. This mutual understanding seemed
to give each other courage, and he wanted
to know if she had seen Bill Jones, lately.
She hadn't, she said, and she didn't want
to. Then they went to talking about the
donation visit which was to be given Elder
Berry, and be carelessly dropped bis hand
on hers-his right hand, while bis left arm
sneaked along the sofa, and got behind her
shoulders. She pretended not to notice ii,
and he looked down at bis boots and wanted
to know if she thought mutton tallow rot
ted out boots faster than lard and lamp
black. She couldn't say, but she had an
idea that it did. He had just commenced
to lock fingers with her when she discovered
something allied the lamp. She rose up and
turned the light down half, making the
room look dim. 1t took FIVE minutes to get
hold of her fingers again, and she pretended
to draw her hand away all the time. After
long pause he lowered bis voice to whs-
per, and said be didn't know what made
folks love each other. She bit her hand
kerchief and admitted her ignorance. He
said he could name dozen young men who
were going to get married right away, and
bis left arm fell down and gave her hug.
Then be went over and looked out of the
window to make sure that it was or was not
going to snow, and coming back, he turned
the light down little more, and then sat
down and wanted to know if she didn't
want to rest herself by leaning her head on
bis shoulder. si..s. ..,r


Alb, me! We have all been there, and
who of us cared cent when the old clock
struck twelve. and FIVE miles from home?
The old man was fast asleep, the watch dog
gone q visiting, and the handsomest girl in
the country didn't see why we need be in a
hurry. f'..,er t..,t.
70 Perhaps I should have written Of this,
but as was going by Saunders the other
day, thinking Of the night l heard him
whisper in her ear at spelling school, that
he "a love her very shadow as long as he
lived, he raised the window and called to
her, as she was picking up chips in the road:


"Sue Saunders, come in here and find
the bars grease for my sore heel, or Ill
break every bone in your body"
Year: 1874

One Of the most essential things in all
love affairs is entire and perfect frankness.
Both parties should be frank; true to them
selves and truthful to each other.


How many uneasy, troubled, anxious
minds, how many breaking and how many
broken hearts there are to-day, in which
content and happiness might have reigned
supreme but for a want of frankness.
A little concealment Of existing lowe
little covering up Of doubt ur -suspiicion
which a moments explanat On would have
removed little affected but uAfelt partial
ity for a third persona little cold dsdain
put on for effect-a little act of any kind
done merely to torment and see how much
true love would put up with-causes like
these have es,ranged those who might 9th
erwise have remained friends for life. con-
nected by the closest tie which can bind hu-
man beings together.


Repentance comes, inevitably for all
these things; but it often comes too late,
and only when the evil produced is incura-
ble.


In love, as in everything else, truth is the
strongest Of all things, and frankness is bu,
another name for truth.


Then be always frank. Avoid misunder-
standings. Give no reason or occasion fol
them. They are more easily stunned thar
cured. They leave scars upon the heart
You are less likely to be deceived yourself
when you never try to deceive others
Frankness is like the light of the clear day
in which everything may be plainly per.
ceived. 1t sheds light in which things
may be plainly perceived and thorough.
understood.


Never part with your lover for a single
day or night with any unexplained mystery
lingering between you to obstruct the cours,
of true love. Be frank.
Year: 1874

The AMERICAN GRL.-The American
girl is, like the rest of the creations to which
we have been referring, an ideal existence.
The real girl, who has just returned from
the country, and is occupying herself with
preparations for the approaching winter, is
not at all difficult to describe. She is girl
of immense energy and but little physical
strength. She has, if she can be judged by
what che accomplishes, noble digestion; or
perhaps. to be more accurate, shc has nobly


triumphed Over her digestion, and reduced
it to complete submission. She is not high
ly educated, nor does she speak all foreign
languages with smoothness and correct idi-
ON; indeed, she has been known to play
strange tricks with her own tongue. She is
lively, but not witty; she is fond Of laugh


ing, without caring very much at what she
laughs; she is noisy and loud when she


dares to be. AS general rule she knows
little or nothing of those matters which used
to be considered essential parts of a wo-
mans education, and intends, if she is rich,
to have housekeeping, when once she is
married, done for her by some one else; and
if she is poor she does not think about it
any more than she can help. Her notions
about marriage itself are curious mixture
of ideas derived from novels, poems, and
such acquaintance with the world as girls
get from the conversation of young men who
dance the German with them through the
winter, and walk on the cliffs at Newport
with them in the summer. Her life, if she
is rich, is in general one Of tboughtless
pleasure; if she is poor, her horizon is filled
with the mirage Of what she might be if
she were only rich. She has in her mind an
ideal husband, whom usually she does not
marry. But the ideal American girl--we
will not profane the memory Of the happy
age when all the world believed in her ex-
istence, by cynical comparisons. ns.-Galary.
Year: 1874

IN view OF the news from Vieksburg
this morning, we point with satisfaction
to the utterAnces of the Herald of that
city in its issue of last Friday. 1t said,
in replv TO the Oxford Ricochet:
Year: 1874

POPULATION OF CAscIAR.-Taking the
very complete register kept at the Ex.
press offices of Messrs. F. J. Barnard &
Co. in this city as the basis of calcula-
ton, nearly fifteen hundred persons
have already gone to the Cassiar mines
this year; and still they go. Has our
Government made adequate provision
for the maintenance of law and order
in that new and attractive gold field
COlOniSt.
Year: 1874

RAILROAD WoRK.--We we're out this
morning examining the work on the
Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad, and
find the work progressing in the most
satisfactory manner. Yesler & Co. have
undertaken the construction of five
miles of the road, including all the pill
ing and trestle work from deep water
across the mud flats of Duxamish Bay,
which they propose to finish up in the
shortest possible time. The piles and
sawed timber have all been contracted
for to be delivered as fast as needed,
and the work of driving the piles is be.
ing rapidly prosecuted. The Renton
Coal Go. will construct three miles, and
the other seven of the first section of
fifteen miles will be chiefly graded by
volunteer labor and finished up BY the
Directors. The construction of the fif-
teen miles is provided for against any
contingency, and there will be no delay
for want of means.
Year: 1874

Judging from the paragraph below,
the Memphis Appeal is not particular
ly in love with the independent ele-
ment," as it is sometimes called:


I'm politics we have about as much
respect for Office seeking independents
as the brave and loyal soldier has for
the guerilla in time of war. When a
man is seized with a morbid lust for
office, he takes to that hacknied word
independent, just as natural as young
ducks take to the puddle in the yard.
When man once gets taste of office,
he walks around nominating conven-
ton, and looks at every vacant office
as wistfully as hungry horse looks
into his master S green pastures. In
dependent candidates have been sing
ing the same song since the organiza-
tlon of our government, but in nine
eases out of ten the independents fall
between the two organized parties, re-
ceiving the contempt of both. If, by
the few votes they generally receive,
they succeed in defeating the party
they pretend to favor, they immediate
ly sink to oblivion, amid the scorn of
the party they have betrayed and the
contempt of the party that profit by
their treachery."
Year: 1874

The Poughkeespie. Eagle, in an ar
ticle on "How mistakes happen in
newspapers" figures up the number of
types used in a newspaper the size Of
the Eagle at 600, 900, the actual num-
Der of bits of metal arranged and re-
arranged every day in preparing news
paper the size of the Eagle for the
press. We suppose few people think
of the printing trade as the most ex-
act and particular business, but it is.
In making type, variations that might
be allowed in the machinery Of the
finest watch would render the type
useless. 1t is very rarely that type
furnished by two separate foundrIes
can be used together without a good
deal of trouble, though they try to
make it after the same standard. We
read once IN a while of a wonderful
piece of cabinet work or mosaic work,
containing ten, twenty or fifty thous-
and pieces. the maker of which has
spent months or even years of labor
in producing it, and people go to see it
as a great curiosity, but the most elab-
crate and carefully fitted piece Of work
of this kind ever made does not com
pare with that which the printer does
every day. The man who does the
first is looked upon as an artist-a
marvel of skill, and if a hundred Of
his pieces are put in wrong side up, or
turned the wrong way, it is not OBJ
served in the general effect--but if the
printer, in fitting ten times as many
pieces together in the same day, puts
one where another should be, or turns
one the wrong way, everybody sees 1t,
and is amazed at the stupid careless
ness of those stupid printers.
Year: 1874

The following communication was
sent to this Office yesterday by woman
whose pathway through life has evil
IDENTIFY not been strewn with roses to
any serious extent:


Trouble and pestation to woman is
a drunken Husband a woman thinks
when she is Marrying she is entering
into piece and happiness but she is
looking toward the Road that leads to
purgatOry that bitter cup you call
whisky was put before Man like the
forbidden fruit that was placed In the
garden off Eden before Adam and
Fave whisky is temptation to Man he
Must tuch the bitter cup whisky is
dam nation to his soule it leads him to
death He'll and the grave What is Man
Nothing but sin and vanity look How
Nanny souls has gon all ready to Eter-
nifty look what dark and dismal cloud
follow them that takes their own life
they will never take the bright wings
and take the Morning fight off isriel
and sail to paradice whisky causes
woman to shed tears man was for help
mate for woman where is Her friend
she Has non but her self if woman
follows a drunken Jealous hearted
Man he will lead Her to death He'll
and the Grave man think more off
whisky than his wife wat is friend ship
But name charm that lulls to sleep
a shade that follows wealth or fame
But leaves the wretch to weep please
publish for Broken hearted wretch.
Year: 1874

In our younger days we played keep
house, hide and seek, marbles, town
ball; and little later in life we COM
menced playing the fool and many
other things, but we never tried to play
editor before, and if the good Lord
will forgive, we think this will be the
last game of this sort we shall ever
attempt to play. Each successive day
adds new and iDdubitable evidence
that we have been a mOnstrOus fool
for at least twenty years. The truth is,
we always had an idea that any ordina-
ry man could edit newspaper, and have
frequently been surprised to see real
talented men in this profession, when
we now see that this profession de-
mands the very highest order Of tai
ent-a versatility of talent that is not
required in any profession-and par
ticularly to edit daily paper.


We have often grumbled at paying
one dollar per month for daily paper,
and we now see what a breadth
escape we made from the fOOl-killer.
We think it would be IA good plan to
have all business men in our towns
and cities-lawyers, doctors, preach
ers, etc-try to edit daily paper about
two weeks; newspaper men would
have a good time forever afterwards.
Jefferson Dailg Democrat.
Year: 1874

We admire the benevOlence of those


who laid the foundation, and reared


the temple of Odd Fellowship in our


own country. We glory in their per-
| severence, in their indomitable zeal.
and fortitude, which covered not when
obstacles arose, and enemies multi


piled. They we're few yet We venerate


their names-we glory in their prinei-


pies, their virtues, ike the great lights
In the constellation above, continue to


glow In the breast of every true Odd


Fellow. III we would be true to the


principles in cur duty to the Order, We


must not merely declare ourselves Odd


Fellows, and think we have nothing


more to do, because so much has been


done by the venerable founders of our


Order.


In order to be true and faithful we
must carry forward the work they so
wisely marked out for the accomplish
ment of the institution. We have n
great work to perform. The salutary
principles, which they embodied into
a system, we are to cultivate and ex
tend-to clear away the rubbish; pre-
serve the valuable, the good, the true,
and transmit it unsullied, to the hosts,
that after US, shall meet in our Lodges,
To be true and faithful, we must be
influenced by the great principles Of
our Order-Friendship. Love and
Truth. We cannot fail so long as we
are moved by these. Let them be i'm
bedded in the deep recesses Of our
hearts, and their fruits shall be such
as shall glorify God, and mOralixe and
bless humanity. The charity of be-
nevolenee, which we are required to
exercise consists not alone In paying
benefits" No, it has power to i'm
prove the moral, as we'll as to support
the animal nature. 1t involves the
doing all we can for our brothers and
fellows. Under its influence we shall
endeavor to protect the good name OF
fellow-man, to bear with his faisings,
and cover,his faults rather than bring
before the gaze of greedy wOrld-to
win him from the error of his way,
and rejoice with him when he comes
up from the murky pit Of iniquity. and
puts on the spotless robe of virtue.
and encouragement may be
the means Of reclaimlng many who
have erred, and Is we desire the great
est good of the greatest number, let
us be true and faithfal.-O. T. ChroB-
icIo
Year: 1874

Never giver give up old friends for
new ones. Make new ones if you ike.
and when you have learned that you
can trust them, love them if you will,
but remember the old ones still. DO
not forget they have been tried and
found true; that they have been mer-
ry with you in time of pleasure, aud
when sorrow came to you they SORROW
ed. No matter if they have gone
down in the social scale, and you up ;
no matter il poverty and misfortune
have come to them, while prosperity
and plenty to you, are they any the
less true for that? Arc not their
hearts as warm and tender if they do
beat beneath homespnn instead of
velvet? Yes. kind friend, they are a.
true and tender, and loving. aud don {
forget old friends.
Year: 1874

The sudden and brilliant fortunes
made by Western speculation will
cease. Wealth must be by slow and
patient industry, and great caution
and judgment. We doubt If, this
year, we have the usual autumn strin-
geney or panic, because of the aceu-


mutation of capital here on account
of the dread of the Granger move
ments. In time, of course, this ease
of the market and accumulation of
money here will lead to speculation
again, but for many years, in our opin-
ion, the Grangers will have brought a
certain calm to the fcvere1 speeula-
tious of our Eastern capitalists. The
East will show more regular and
measured growth.-Ne,o York Times.
Year: 1874

Jota HaIlis cut IN a bitter trying 10
cast off The odiam Of the endorsement Of
the White Sulphur Radical Convention
fais, 1t as he slc.ses, he is The Radical
candidate for Congress IN Ibis District.