smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

would be useful in keeping away crows,
and looked real attractive besides. But
the neighbors made another row, and |
had to put her in the barn.
I'd bury her gladly,on l split up the
tcoffin for firewoo1, and it seems extrava.
CANT to go and buy coffin for corpse
that's been dead for going on three years
while there are so many charitable Oh
jects suffering for want of the money
So | keep her out in the barn, and for


what | see she'll have to stay there.
thought at one time | could work her up


for lime during our white-washing sea
son, but writing to the doctor about it.
he told me it was sacrilege, because there


wasn't any limestone about her, however


mnch she might look like it..


calculate, what with the cost of EN-.
Bballning her, the things she'd broke by
Ifalling oYer them, the cost of labor in


moving her backwards and forwards


she weighs six hundred weight easy
| the embalming has stood me at least
thirty dollars. / could have buried her


for twenty, and had none Of this bother


besides. And that's why want to tell
| you never to embalm deceased corpse
| in no circumstances. Never mind wha,
the papers say. I've had experience in
the business, and if / were to lose ter


wives I'd bury them every one cheerful


ly rather than be bothered with an en-


balmed one numbering up the house aud
fit for nothing whatever.
Year: 1874

A shrewd wife, who has forgetting
husband, has adopted method of jog
ging his memory, which is at once novel
and effectual When she desires him to-
bring her anything from the store, she
makes cross on the back of his hand
with lead pencil, When lie takes
drink at saloon, in extending his hanl
for the glass, he invariably sees that
mark, and remembers his errand. Being
thus reminded thirty or forty times a
day, it would be singular indeed if he
forgot what wasTctsisca Of him.
Year: 1874

Saturday, July 1lth, is
the time appointed by the Democratic Ey-
ecutive Committee Of this county to hold a
Convention for the purpose Of taking into
consideration the political status of the day
and what course will be best for tie Dem
ocrats to pursue in this county as regards
having candidates. We hope there VIII he
a full attendance from each Township, and
that there may be a full and free discussion
Of the subject.
Year: 1874


/ JUsTIcE.- 1t has I1een our effort ever
| since entering into the Journalistic profess


sion, to lie a fearless denunciator of public


wrongs but never to invade the sanctity Of
private conduct nor allow our journal to
be made the medium for personal abuse
Whether we have succeeded or not, re


mains with out readers to decide OF this


much we arc confident, that we have nev-
cr published q single word against the most


bitter partizan enemy knowing it 10 be
false. 1t is the most unpleasant part of a
Journalists duty to harshly criticise, but, as
the public acts of a public man are the
property of the public, he is recrcant to his
duty if he allows them to pass unnOticed.


We say this much on account of ry-
NOR that has reached us through several
different sources, to wit, that Mcssrs. Cobb
and McCabe say that they have never
favored Civil Rights . and the accusation
against them to that effect was but a con-
coction Of our own BRAIN There are sev-
eral things which show this statement to
be wholly untrue. In the first place, lcav
ing Mars Cage out of the question, Our
esteem for the respected relatives Of Mr.
Cobb, among whom we number many Of
our dearest friends, would make Us l0ath
to attach so great stain to his name, how
ever much party purposes may have de-
mandcd it. In the second place, we were
warranted in making the assertion because
both Nee abe sud Cobb voted for the bill
as members Of the last Legislature, en-
dOrscd it as members of convention that
met in this town to select delegates to the
GOldsbOro Congressional convention, and
have advocated it in various speeches in
the county. Neither one of them would
have dared two months ago to say lie was
not in favor Of the . Civil Rights" bill,
and only now repudiates it because it has
become dead letter in Congress and its
extreme Odiousness may prevent white
people from going on their bonds. The
game is rather too thin, and it is to be
hoped few white people can be deceived
by it.


Just received a new supply Of non-fad-
ing Flannel Suits in all styles, at \. Whit
locks.
Year: 1874

CHANGE OF BAsE.-Why did the RAIDS
favour "Civil Rights all over the county
in their primary meetings and then in Con-
vention oppose it? The whites were afraid
they could get no one to stand their bond,
and we hope they are correct.
Year: 1874

To cue Cough to relieve all irritation
OF the throat, to restore a perfect s0undnesS
and health to the most delicate organizations
OF the human frame-the lunes-use DR..
Hjstoys Balsam Of UM Cherry, which is Stl!
prepared with the same care in tie selection
and compromising of its various Ingredients
as when it was introduced to the public by
Dr.. y ist&r, over forty years since
Year: 1874

VALUABLE PEOPERTY.-As will be seen
elsewhere Judge Howard offers the old
bank property for sale. The house is
large and commodious, and was built when
houses were put up to last. Let those
desiring town property read the adver-
tisement.
Year: 1874

A WoRD.-The good and honest coIored
people of the county should submit no
longer to be dictated to by men that have
no interest in them save for their votes
They get everything from you by your
votes. You get nothing from them but
abuse if you don't vote like they say, "To
be free is to act freely
Year: 1874

From all our exchanges: The dread
ed Americanization of England goes
steadily on. 1t is only little while ago
that voting by ballot was introduced, and
now London is complaining that the
New Jersey mosquitoes have made their
appearance in that city. The wretched
Londoner lies at night listening to the
singing of the mosquito and oppressed
by fearful looking for Dio Lewis and
female crusaders as the next on the list OF
probable American plaques.
Year: 1874

At abont 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon,
during the progress Of the races at the
Southern Park a storm came up. In the
hurry and skurry of securing shelter, a
party of boys took refuge on the outside
of the telegraph Office, one of them taking
hold of the Telegraph wire which runs up
the side of the building. He had hardly
done so before the lightning struck the
wire which prostra.ed the whole party
and killed one Johnny Shea, Sun news
boy. His mother Is widow and hel
grief is almost inconsolable. The Other
boys have ell ecovered.-In IndidnapoIi,
Sun.
Year: 1874

One of the saddest things that ever
came under my notice (said the banker S
Clerk was there in Corning during the
war. Dan Murphy enlisted as private,
and fought very bravely. The boys all
liked him and when wound, 10y and
by, weakened him down till carrying a
musket was too heavy work for him, they
dubbed together and fixed him up as a
sutler. He made money then, and sent
il always to his wife to bank for him.
She was washer and ironer, and knew
enough by hard experience to keep mon
ey when she got it. She didn't waste a
penny. On the contrary. she began to
get miserly as her bank account grew.
She grieved to part with cent, poor
creature, for twice in her hard working
life she had known what it was to be
hungry, cold, frien6less, and without a
dollar in the world. and she had haunt
ing dread of suffering so again.


Well, at last Dan died and the boys,
in testimony of their esteem and respect
| for him, telegraphed to Mrs. Murphy to
knowif she would like TO have him en-
balmed and sent home; when you know
the usual custom was to dump poor
devil like him into a shallow hole, and
then inform his friends what had become
of him Mrs. Murphy jumped to the
conclusion that it would only cost 50 or
So to embalm her dead husband and so
she telegraphed Yes" it was at the
wake" that the bill for embalming ar.
rived, and was presented to the widow.
She uttered a wild, sad wall. that pierced
every heart, and said "Siventy- -foive
dollars for stooffin' Dan, blisther their
sowlsl Did thin divils suppose 1 was
goin' to shtart musaim, that I'd be dalin
in such expensive curiassities?


! The bankers clerk said there was not q
dry eye in The house.
Year: 1874

The rigidly righteous of the present


day, who think that the world is growing


wickeder every day, and pine for return


of purity in church and state, might save
themselves much groaning and sorrowing
by carefully studying the history of the
pure patriots of the revolution. They
were good men for the times, and they
added materially to the happiness and
prosperity Of the human race; but like
politicians of the present day, they had
their faults. Drunkenness was quite as
prevalent then, as now, among the
wealthy and educated; but it was not so
generally condemned Alexander Hamil-
ton, it is said. was defaulter, and not
altogether free from immoral practices.
Aaron Burr, murderer and traitor,
filled the office of Vice President. He
came very near filling the Presidential
chair, and afterwards barely escaped being
hanged for treason. Other instances are
numerous to prove, that even in this free
country, where no despo.ic power is ex-
ercised to prevent, or to punish crime, the
moral standard is gradually, but surely
being elevated. The people of the United
States certainly have good reasons for
being hopeful, notwithstanding the fact
that perfection has not yet been attained.
Year: 1874

The New Orleans Bulletin complains
of the conduct OF Judge Woods and Gov
ernor Kellogg sitting in a back room
playing 'set back euchre," while the jury
in the Grant parish trials were out trying
to agree on verdict. "The lives of eight
men" says the critical Bulletin, "were
being balanced between life and death at
that very time, in the neighboring jury
room as the Judge watched for ace and
right bower to turn up"
Year: 1874

Tor mountainous regions the mar
row gauge has an immense adyan-
! itags over the wide in respect OF
It's superior facilities for taklns
! trains over sharp curves and W
ascending grades. Indeed, trains
can be run over a narrow-gaugo
road with comparative ease where
it would be impossible either to
build or operate a road of the com
mon kind.


Whatever opinion railroad men
may unite on IN respect to narrow
gauge tracks for the great estab.
lished thoroughfares OF traffic,
there can be no doubt that their
introduction will be of immense
value in developing new sections
Of the country where railroad
facilities are required, but where
the capital is wanting to bnild
roads on the expensive plan IN
general use.
Year: 1874

A little tale in a Detroit pa
per illustrates the noble ambi-
ton Of the unfeathered biped
when he is animated by great
purpose and inspired by lofty
determination.


Some time agD four men seat
ed dthemselvesaround a table i'll Il
Larned street saloon, to play 81
game of cards for a half starved
turkey that none Of them would
have accepted as a gilt, paying
fifty cents each for the privilege
the loser to pay the drinks 10.
six persons. At midnight each
couple had owned that turkey
seven times, the bartender had
collected $1O.40of the quartette,
and the turkey was SO near dead
that he couldn't say "quit."
Year: 1874

A Missouri paper says: The
custom ofputting powder in sticks
of wood for your neighbor 10 steal
is an old and barbarous one. and
when we passed by house the
other morning and saw the family
shivering out in the yard over
broken stove, and heard the chill,
dren crying for breakfast, our heart
was filled with bitter reflections
Oh man ) inhumanity to man.
Year: 1874

Aldrieh, in his new story gets
off pretty good thing on arlsto-
cratic circles, as follows: lone
is panied to find that the most
exclusive folks have frequently
passed their early manhood selling
tape or West India goods
in homeopathic quantities. This


is not an immoral thing in itself,
but it is certainlylllogicaI in these


people to De so intolerant of those
less fortunate people who have
not yea disposed OF their stock.
Year: 1874

A steamship came last week into
port, which, if we mistake not. will mark
an era in the food question, and help to
cheaper beef for the poor man more
than the most careful marketing. We
allude to the North, which has Just ar
rived from the River Plate with many
hundred head Of cattle, all in good con-
dition, and brought across from the
Argentine Confederation in "a days.
How excellent the condition of these
South American beeves was, may be
judged by the fact that after few days
test and fresh food they have all been
sold to Berkshire farmers for store
beasts, at an average price of E16 a
piece. Now the supply Of these oxen on
the River Plate and adjoining terri
tories is simply enormous they are
killed by ten Of thousands for the value
of their hides and fat, and the very best
Of them may be bought, brought over,
and landed at an outside cost Of G7,
excluding freight. Here, therefore, is
Il plOAC oA lOO PEI CehC. W StI Ou lOOC
mighty live stock trade with South
America. Not oxen only, but horses Of
an excellent breed are running wild in
thousands upon the estancias Of those
boundless plains and uplands.


Aldridge's and Tattersall's will shud-
der to hear that herd after herd of fine
shaped mares and foals are annually sold
there for few shillings head, and
slaughtered wholesale for their SKINS
After SO successful an experiment, moth
ing prevents the regular importation into
this country of the La Plata horse. 1t
is by no means Of bad breed, and might
be landed here at half the price of a
grocer's pony. But the actual landing
and sale of 800 live beasts from those
exhaustless pastures ought really to be
regarded as an event in the economic
history of the two worlds and we sin
cerely trust that it may lead to a steady
and established trade with South Amer
ica.-London Paper.
Year: 1874

simple and humane treatment is pretty


generally employed by native Califor-
mans, and is always accompanied with
success: Take an ordinary packing
rope, pass the same under the horses
belly; let a man take hold Of each end
Of the same and draw it aw.iashion
against the inside Of the fore.legs. No
sooner will the horse feel the saving of
the rope than he will commence step
ping forward. Follow him up a few
steps, continue saving his legs with
the rope, and he will 90 ahead without
further trouble.-Phizadelphiu Gazette.
Year: 1874

From the Delevan Bee.


The doctrine which Grantism inl-
presses upon the mind is that there is
no important difference between right
and wrong, morality and corruption,
manly industry and larceny, truth and
falsehood, honesty and fraud, veracity
and perjury. Get money is the maxim
of Grantism and if you are caught
stealing it, Grant will write you GER
tifcate that you are true Republican,
and that he is your friend.


How TO BREAK A BALKY HORSE.
"A balky horse succeeded in blockad-
ing SAMSON street, Wednesday week, and
had to be taken out Of the shafts of
the wagon to which he was har-
messed before the blockade could be
raised. Few persons engaged in hand
ling horses know how to successfully
treat balky animal. When he evinces
his obstinacy, loss of temper, impreca-
tions and liberal beatings and kickings
are the customary applications, all Of
which tend to increase rather than d.
minish his obstinacy. The following
Year: 1874

GETTING BApr1zED.-Joe Blank
was hardened sinner, and during the
late revivals was earnestly beseeched by
all to mend his ways Finally he re-
solved to join the Baptist church, and
when it became known that he was to
be baptized, dozens that had never been
to church before went to see him. The
service was concluded and two had been
baptized when it was whispered that
Joe's turn had come. Stepping up to
the platform, beside the pool, he stood
there while the minister asked the usu-
al questions. Stepping down and feel
ing the water with his hand, he inter-
rupted the minister with this exclama-
ton: "Thunder and molasses that
water aint warmed to suit me! I guess
III wait 1t is not necessary to say
that Joe still follows in the paths Of the
wicked.
Year: 1874

been sown at the same time. The glass
of the frames were respectively trans
parent white, dulled white, black, red,
yellow, green, and blue !; and the whole
greenhouse was shielded from the di-
rect rays Of the sun. The observations
commenced on the goth Of June; on
the 24th various seeds were sown which
all sprang up at the same time in all
situations. On the 18th of July the
plants requiring the sun were all dead
under the black and green frames, and
we're very sickly under the other COL
ors, especially the red The other
plants were all declining. The mortal
ity continued to increase, and on the
End of August all were dead under the
blackened glass, except the cactus, the
lemna, frs, and maiden-hair: Under
the green glass nothing was lett alive
except the geraniums, celery, land house
leek, besides those that were not dead
under the black; but all were in bad
state. The mortality was much less
under the red glass, and still less under
the yellow and blue. On the goth of
August the acotyledons alone we're still
alive. though perishing under the black
and green; and as to the rest, the red
had proved more hurtful to them than
the yellow and blue. The stalks were
much taller, but also much weaker than
the red; blue seemed to be the color
least detrimental to the plants-their
greenness had remained natural, and
even deeper than under the yellow.
The plants sown on the 24th of June had
all died off very quickly under the
black and green, later under the red,
and had thriven better under the blue
than under the yellow. AS for the
plants under the white glass, they all
continued to live, though less luxuriant-
ly under the dullcd than under the
transparent glass.
Year: 1874

On Monday an old gentleman from
Washington county came to this city for
the purpose of collecting the interest on
two bonds of the Washington Branch
Railroad. lie went TO the chief clerk at
Camden station, and the clerk filled up a
check for six dollars, the amount Of in
terest due ON the bonds for six months
The check was given to the gentleman
from Washington county, who carried il
to the treasurer Of the company for the
purpose of having it signed. II happened
that when the cheek was presented for
signature the treasurer was busily en-
gagged in signing number Of others lie
took the six dollar check and laid il upon
his desk, but before signing il, he crossed
the room to get drink of water. lie
then returned TO his desk, and, signing a
check, handed it to the old gentleman,
who took the check without examining it
and went down stairs, where he handed
it toMr Cornell, the ticket agent, asking
him to cash it, Mr. Cornell took the
check, examined it, and smilingly asked
the old gentleman when he supposed
there would he money enough in the
Office to cash check like that The old
gentleman, supposing from Mr.. Cornelrs
manner that he was making sport Of him,
snatched up the check in a rage and left
the depot. An hour or ~ later several
clerks might haze been seen flying
around, hunting an old man from Wash
ington ounty, who had received check
signed in the railroad office The old
gentleman, however, was not found until
yesterday morning, when he visited
Camden station for the purpose Of going
home As he was going through the
depot he was stopped by an excited rail-
road official, who inquired il he had a
check ON the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road. The old gentleman said he had,
and on opening his pocket book he was
astoni,hed to find that the check that he
supposed was for So was really one for
$4,000. Explanations followed, and il
appears that the treasurer had signed and
given him the wrong cheek. The old
gentleman then visited Mr.. Cornell and
appologized for his rudencss on the pre-
vious day .-BditimOre .imeric1.
Year: 1874

Az eminent French physician claims
to have discovered that fddling will cure
nervousness. and that a trumpet -olo will
cure catalcp~y. ! have not yet tested
the accuracy of thesc statements, but !
know a man who is learning to play the
ACCORDION who has ~ completely cured
everybody in the neighborhood Of home
sickne. that they are perfectly willing
10 remain away from home for any length
of time while the ACCORDION fiend j.
practicing. lie is also curing the hou-c
rents in the vicinity by driving them
down. | have al~o known singing To re-
lieve acute attacks of rhcumsti-m. Old
Jones, who used to live near me, was dis
turbed one night by glce club which
was serenading his daughter. lie suffered
n great deal from rheumatism but he
managed to hobble To the front window
with his gun, and while he was leaning
out 10 take aim at the man who sang base,
he lost his balance and tumblcd out on
the pavement lie never suffered again
from rheumatism. He was buried on the
following Sunday.
Year: 1874

A correspondent Of the London Daily
News. writing of the increased Difficult.
ties of navigation off Venice, says:
There goes from her moorings off the
Riva de Schiavoni, opposite to my win
dow. the Peninsular and Oriental boat
starting or her trip to Alexandria, as
punctual to her hour as if she were a
component part of the planetary system
She moves off with majestic slowness;
and we watch her stately progress, ex-
pecting to see her rate OF speed in
creased in a minute or two. But mol
She continues to move out towards the
open lagoon at the rate of some two
miles an hour or so. Open lagoon,
auoth / Yes; it may look such now
that the tide is in, with its beautiful ex-
panse dappled with thousand reflections
and smiling softly in the brilliant sun
light to the eyes OF landsmen. But there
;s not seaman on board that boat who
Joss NOT know right well how delusiye
,ba annearance is. And il the landsman
Iii onlv look out over the same expanse
son,e half dozen hours hence, he too will
bog;n N understand why that huge
steamer moves so slowly and so eau
,;ousIv II is bound for the port OF
Malamocco, where it will hnd the open
ing in the embankment of the Lido
which will give it egress to the open
Adriatic. But for the whole OF that dis
tance the big ship must cautiously grope
;ts devious way among shoals, many oil
which VIII be absolutely dry at low wa
,ar and ali Of wbieh-this is the terrible
mart Of the matter-are larger and high
er this year than they were last aud vi,
be yet more so next year. She may wei
move slowly and cautiously. 1t Is a. a,
much as she can do TO get ont at all
And it has more than once happcneSS
that she. or her sisters, have felt the sol
bottom in doing so.
Year: 1874

worse superstition still is, that all the
hives must be Immediately removed TO
another stand on the death of a member
of the family; and another, that at the
moment the corpse is taken out of the
house the hive must be turned over.
They don't have movable frames, or they
could not do it.
Year: 1874

We are in continual receipt OF large and fresh ad
ditions to our stock and purchasers assured they
can always find n full and complete assortment.
which, we offer low for cash. une7 73tf