smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

He was small but muscular boy, and
the calf was probably two months old,
with development Of unalterated cuss-
edness that would 10 credit to Geor.
gia Ku Klux-Klsn Captain. There wns
a rope between them, and as they went
down South Third street bets were about
even as to whether the hoy was leading
the calf or the calf leading the boy
The calf made dash for the Central
Express office. The boy pulled him
back. and he made d dash for the boy,
who ran around wagon and fell over
a watermelon pile, the proprietor where.
of swore cupiously.


"Come back here, you internal clod.
buster. and pay for this melon"


Say, M'hister! whoa-give me my
thunderation on you--hat, won't yer ?"
And the calf kicked up his heels and
b-a.a-d, and tried to run into a store,
hut the boy sat hack on the line Hish all
Ehissstrength and suddenly sat doHns il
the mud as the calf altered his mind
and turned around to look at him They
went quietly ten steps till dog barked,
when it took four circles around the boy
in as many seconds, tying his legs up in
the line, bringing him down in the mud
again and dragging him around until be
looked like an old hat that had been run
over by the ice cart for two seasons.
A philanthropic fat man by the name
of Wilson. lawyer, went to the boys
assistance, but the calf kicked him on
the shin and butted him in the conden-
ser, so that he sat down on the curbstone
and tried to die easy. Then the boy
and calf entangled themselves and star.
!! ted down the street like mail train be-
hind time, until the calf, soaring at some
thing, stopped suddenly, and the boy
fell over 1t and lost the rope. The calf
at once took to his heels, every boy In
the street running after and grabbing at
the rope, until it got tangled in the
bridge, when his conductor caught him
by the ear and tail, and lively fight
took place all across the bridge and out
of sight. Mhile everybody along the
street proceeded to tell how easy it is to
lead calf If you only 60 their way
about 1t.
Year: 1878

DANGEROUS. That portion of the
wharf at the Custom House steps has be
come very unsafe in consequence of the
supports having been knocked away dur
ing the late gales. Several persons have
narrowly escaped having their legs broken
by stepping on the loose planks. This is
the very place where Fitzgerald, OF
Sequim, fell Off and broke his neck, ow-
ing to the fact that the railing had fallen
down. After his death the railing was re-
paired. We trust we shall not have to
wait till some one gets a leg broken be-
fore this dangerous portion of the wharf
Is made safe.
Year: 1878

WE are told that Mr.. Warren, who re-
Gently removed here from Utah, bringing
with him small stock of dry-goods, is
kind of an advance agent for a company
of immigrants who propose to take up
quarters somewhere in this part Of the
country.
Year: 1878

AS a railroad train was passing
through the forest, about thirty-fve
miles from Rangoon, India, short
time ago, driven by Mr.. Stone, loco
motive superintendent, assisted by
Mr.. Stewart, locomotive fireman, q
large elephant was seen to break
through the fence and get on the line.
Steam was shut off, and Mr. Stone
tried to open the waste cock, which
being in front Of the engine, would,
by ejecting hot water some distance
ahead induce "tusks' to leave tue
track. 1t could not bercadily opened,
and the engine was soon upon the un-
fortunate beast. The buffer beams of
the engine being very low, the beasts
hind legs were taken from under him,
and ne was forced to sit down, as it
were, with his hindquarters against
the smoke house door, which was, of
course, red hot. The poor beast man
aged TO keep his fore feet going,
though hustled along faster than ever
he had gone in his life before, and in
a few minutes the train came to
standstiIl, and he got away. He
moved of the line at the double, up
rooted a clump Of bamboo, then
wreaked dire vengeance on tree, and
was last seen rushing through the
Jingle, tearing aud smashing every
thing in his path. He was sadly cut
and bruised in the headquarters, and
will probably never be of any use
again The mahout luckily escaped
with his life, while those on the en-
gine may safely Congratulate them
selves on their escape.
Year: 1878

THERE is great rejoicing in the land over
the adjournment Of Congress and there
would probably be an immediate revival of
business, but for the thought that in six
months it will be in session again. The
House has shown itself to be one Of the most
incapable and reck less houses that has ever
ent time. 1t has spent eight months in al
most absolute neglect of its legitimate work,
holding an attitude of constant menace to
the material interests Of the people. Most
of the important legislation ccomplished by
it was of an injurious character. and it would
have been worse but for the checks applied
by the Senate The House did not originate
single valuable measure. 1t devoted days
to pushing through bill to pay mai[car-
riers in the Southern States who became
rebels when the war broke out. even when it
was shown that MANY Of the claimants bad
been paid. 1t refused to make provision for
the distribution Of the balance Of the Geneva
award to men and women who lost their
property because they were too patriotic to
sail their vessels under foreign flag. 1t has
kept the manufacturing industries of the
country in state of uncertainty fo- months,
BY its persistent purpose To fOist upon the
people tariff which set at defiance the the
a-iac of protaatinn fraa trade and enmmnn
sense. By solid Democratic vote that bill
came near becoming a law.


The Senate was almost crippled by its
want of working Republican majority, and
did nSt accomplish all that it might have
done. The session was valuable chiefly as a
warning to the country of what may be ex-
pected if the Democrats get entire control of
both branches Of Congress.
Year: 1878

JuDaE DAILY, President of the Ameri-
can Geographical Society, recently made
his annual address before that learned
body, in which he reviewed the advance
made during the year in geographical
knowledge. He alluded to she careful OBJ.
servations recently made ly a scientific
observer in Iceland on TIE ice and snow
surface Of that country, from which the
result is reached that both on that island
and in Greenland, the masses of ice and
snow are increasing, and that large por
ton of the former is yearly precipitated
into the Northern Atlantic, which is slow.
ly but surely DETECTING and pushing the
gulf stream further south; and that this
will gradually bring on the approach Of e
glacial epoch.


Judge DAILY alluded to the opinion now
generally accepted that there have been so
many successive glacial periods with semi.
tropical intervals, an opinion fully sus-
tanned by the prefuse fossil vegetation
found in the Artie regions, proving the
existence Of former luxriant vegetation in
that present land of ice: However correct
all these theories may be, it is some con.
ISOLATION to the present generation that this
approaching glacial epoch is coming along
very slowly, and that fully ten or twenty
thousand generations must come and go
before the calamity will fall upon our sue.
eessors. There is no immediate occasion
for timid men to make their willie, Or pc.
iitical candidates to forego their lor gsoher-
ishsd aspirations. Ample time ren aims ia
the latter to run for Office ever 81 oftea
and to meet with success or encounter de-
feat to their heart content There6 ~,
while the southern emigration must some
time set in, no immediate exodus to the
tropics need be apprehended.
Year: 1878

THOSE innocent and amicable soyereigns
who imagined that the Russians made war
upon Turkey for the purely benevolent
and disinterested purpose of releasing the
Christians from Mahomedan tyranny, and
that the Gear would stop short at the gates
Of Constantinople, without having the
curiosity to look in, are likely to be dis
appointed. The latest accounts state that
the Russian army has camped in the
suburbs of the Turkish capital and it is
not yet ascertained when it will suit the
convenience of the Gar to retire.
Year: 1878

Pore LEO XIII has practically signifed
his purpose to abandon his claim to tenn
poral power over the late States of the
Church; and it is said that q recognition
Of the sovereignty Of King Humbert will
be, given This will be wise and will
promote peace on earth and good will to
man 80 t',r Z. n.
Year: 1878

DEADwooD, June 26.--Last Sunday
the Indians made their first demonstra-
ton of hostility of the season by firing
upon citizens of Deadwood who were on
a hunting trip near the Redwater. thir-
ty miles from here. The men had kill.
ed an antelope and were fastening it on
ponies when two shots were fred and
struck in close proximity TO them. They
quickly dropped their antelope and made
their escape, followed by several more
shots from the hostiles, five OF whom


were in view. Yesterday the three men
made their appearance in Galena City


at Bear Buttes, and reported that q
band of about fifteen Indians had run
them in. Gen Bradley and command
are in the vicinity Of Redwater, and will
doubtless soon come in contact with
some of the roaming bands of hostiles
Year: 1878

ing him Of doing mischief. He feels
very sensitive to such suspicious and
the treatment he receives in conse-
quence. lie says there are so many
stories afoat about his going to fight
that he can't act as he would otherwise
He feels afraid some one might shoot
him down if he should 60 out among
the whites much. The whites noticing
that he stays away more than formerly,
attribute it to bad feeling Each being
suspicious Of the other, the fact has
much tendency to cause the trouble
both desire to avert.


Both parties need to pay less atten
ton to unfounded rumors and be more
open and frank. CHAs. r. MCKAY,
Year: 1878

4 farmer friend had occasion to


write the local editor of a paper a
aofe the other day. In closing his
note be asked 'Urb, can you tell
me the way out Of the present hard
times OF course we can,' he
said. Keep pegging away-liva
within your income, and save a lit


tie tor rainy day-sell your sur
plus stock and grain if you can t
get your price, take what You can
get; take the money and pay your


honest debts and if you owe no
debts, put the money at interest
and don't give credit any more ::
work steadily and be economical
MAKE no bad or foolish trades, and
you will be sitting up cross,legged,
with peace and plenty. Now we've
lold you the way out, and if you
don't 60, it is your own fault.
Year: 1878

I do not think we fully realize.
any Of US, how much worship there


is IN the mere act of creating


beauty not only the beauty of Low.
ing looks and deeds; but beauty of
form and color and proportion.
God loves beauty. Every star that
slll"es, every flower that blooms.
every dew-drop that glistens in the
sun, proves this /; and I believe that
every woman who strives to make
her own home and her own life
beautiful, serves God in this as
truly as she serves him upon bend
ed knees or in the holy services Of
the sanctuary. And in just so far
as she fails Of making that home
and that life as beautiful as she
can, in just SO far does she fail OF
her duty to God and man.
Year: 1878

This observation applies with ten
fold force tn young men and those


who are in the prime Of manhood.


For, after a certain time Of life, the
literary man may make a shift "a
poor one, [ grant to dc Without
the society Of ladies. To : young
man nothing is so import ut as a
spirit Of devotion, next e his


Creator, to some amiable VIZ I'm,
whose image may occupy his 81 ast
and guard it from pollution, W. II
hesets it on all sdes. A ntan
ought to choose his wife, as Mrs.
Primrose did her wedding gown,
for qualities that wear WE'LL One
thing at least is true, that if matri-
mony has its cares. celibacy has no
pleasures. A Newton or mere
scholar may find employment in
study a man of literary taste can
receive in books powerful auxii-
Iary ; but man must have q bosom
friend and children around him to
cherish and support the dreariuess
Of old age.
Year: 1878

4 new novel is entitled, why
Ills Wife Came Home It is hard
y necessary to wade through three
hundred and fifty pages to discover
why she returned. The probabil-
tiles are that one of her female
friends informed her by mail that
her husband was seen at the opera
with another woman.
Year: 1878

The frat one, which. . division was asked,
was the one increasing the clerical force in
the Office Of the surgeon general. The
amendment was resisted generally on the
democratic side, and was supported on the
republican side - beng necessary for the
quicker dispatch Of business in the decision
Of pension claims. ,5
Year: 1878

stunned me into insensiblity. BY the
time rose the bear was upon me, but l
had my knife in time and gave him a
thrust that made him growl with anger
and howl with pain"


The old man then proceeded to relate
to the reporter the several details of the
fight and its result. The contest lasted
ten minutes, the bear getting in blow
upon blow, knocking his antagonist
down, but never succeeding in getting in
a hug upon him. In the meantime Nee
hoo used his knife in savage desperation,
though for long time unable to touch a
vital part of the monster. Finally ne
managed to stab the bear in the heart
and kill him.


Meehoo now owns forty acres Iof land
and lives with his squaw in very primi-
tive cabin. He is an inotfensive old man
now, and continues his daily avocations,
molesting no one.
Year: 1878

The death of John Morrissey elected
elaborate eulogies in several of the first
pspers in the land. Unquestionably John
Morrissey deserved certain degree of
C. edit for his political and legislative in.
tegrity, and we desire not only to be just
but to he generous to the memory OF the
deceased.


it is universally conceded that in his
legislative course he was never swayed by
pecuniary considerations. He could not
be bribed. In this respect, he set good
example.


Nor would we condemn man with
undue severity, born with such surround,
ings as those of John Morrissey in his
childhood, for the. errors OF his youth.
But, on the other hand, when we are told
that he began life as prize fighter, and
afterward reformed, we ask what sort OF
reform it was2 Aud we are assured
that he became gambler. Reforming
from pugilst into q gambler strikes us
as very doubtful kind of reform. A
professional pugilist rs bad enough, but,
as it appears to us, professional gambler
is much worse. His occupation is more
noxious to the community. He does
more harm to others. 1t is his business
which leads hundreds of young men
astray. Defalcations, frauds, flight, sui
eide follow naturally in his wake. Fam
lilies are beggared and shattered by the
losses incurred at his illusive games.


If all who have been made wretched
10y single gaming establishment had
followed John Morrissey to his grave it
would have made an unusually long fun
eral procession.


1t is not pleasant to make these re-
marks. But the Ledger would not be
true to the duty it owes to the young men
of the country, just coming on the stage
of action, if ii did not caution them
agains. the lure of false light like that
which shines in the inconsiderate, un-
qualified culogies upon John Morrissey
We cannot feel that things are just as
they ought to be when we read that the
Senate Chamber of the State OF New
York and noted gambling house in
Twenty. fourth street are both draped in
! mo- ming for the same man, and for the
le1so that he had seat in the one, and
was proprietor of tile other


We nave no idea that better gambler
ever represented us in Congress or in the
State Senate than John Morrissey; but
we hope no professional gambler will ever
represent US again.-Neso York Led0er.
Year: 1878

A young man stood listlessly watching
some anglers on bridge. He was poor
and detected. At last, approaching a
basket filled with wholesome. looking
fish, he sighed, ''If, now, l had these l
would be happy. l could sell them at a
fair price, and buy me food and lodgings.'


81 will give you just as many and just
as good fish," said the owner, who
chanced to overhear his words, "if you
will do me a trifling favor"


sand what is that9" asked the other,
eagerly.


"Only to tend this line till I come
back. l wish to go on short Grand"


The proposal was gladly accepted.
The old man was gone so long that the
young man began to be impatient.
Meanwhile the hungry fish snapped
greedily at the baited hook, and the
young man lost all his depression in the
excitement Of pulling them in; and, when
the owner Of the line returned, he had
caught large number.


Counting out from them as many as
were in the basket, and presenting them
to the young man, the old fisherman said,
Il fulfill my promise from the fish you
have caught, to teach you, whenever you
see others earning what you need, to
waste no time in fruitless wishing, but
to cast line for yourself"
Year: 1878

in the afternoon, to witness the exit OF
the multitudes on their nightly search
for food. They commenced leaving the
cave about 4:90. First came a small
detaehmentof of thousand or two, as a kind
of advance guard, ard after an ititeIva
ofsome minutes the flight commenced by
the millions and billions--numbers
so great that no huu.ar arithmetic could
compute them.


For two hours and hslf the stream
was incesssnt, filling the mouth of the
cave com pletely.


There was no confusion ia the fight,
but as if the matter had been settled in
mass meeting be ore it commenced, every
bat followed the lead OF the advanced
guard, going straight toward the east.


The flight is, sometimes. 50 our guide
told us, in other directions, but the maiu
body invariably follows the rear OF the
advanced guard.


On our way 20 camp ou the Cibelo, st
sundown, on looking back toward the
cave, we could see the undiminished
stream of animal life still flowing always
in the same direction, and looking in the
distance not unlike long lines of black
smoke from the chimney of a sea steamer
as it floats of to the leeward in the even
ing breeze Philadelphia Telegraph.
Year: 1878

The young men of Portugal have one
occupation more portant than, wearing
tight boots, and which almost, in fact,
goes with it-that Of making the very
mildest forms Of love known among men.
The young gentlemen pay their address
es by simply standing in front OF the
house occupied by the object Of their
affections; while the young person IN
question looks down approvingly from
an upper window, and there the matter
ends. They are not within speaking
distance, and have to content themselves
with expressive glances and dumb show,
for it would be highly unbecomiug for
the young lady 10 allow billetdoux to
Autter down into the street, while the
laws of gravitation stands in the way OF
the upward fight of such document,
unweighted, at least, with a stone, and
this of course, might risk giving the
young lady a black eye, or breaking her
fathers window-panes. So the lovers
there remain often for hours, feeling no
doubt, very happy, but looking unutter-
ably foolish. These silent courtships
sometimes continue for very long periods
before the lover can ask the fatal ques-
tion. or the lady return the final answer
Year: 1878

The San Francisco Bulletin says: !:
Just now there is a curious mosaic Of
customs in California in respect to
change. In early times no miner or
business man expected to give or take
the exact change. Anything less than a
quarter was too Insignificant for any
Californian to recognize. A New York
newspaper was sold at two bits. A
quarter of dollar was recognized as
change. Finally dime came to be re-
cognized as small change, although it
was very hard for the Forty'niner to
come down. He was willing to sleep in
his blanket and do his OWE cooking, but
to recognise small change was too much
for him. In time the Scent piece made
its appearance. 1t was sn honest silver
coin, and was gaining ground rapidly
But after while Scent nickel made
i!s appearances base, bastard coin
well calculated to excite contempt
There are now two ussges in this State
one of which is OF pioneer times, anC
the other of more modern date. One
discards any less sum than a dime, ane
on all small transactions will take fitl
per cent. additional rather than mak'
the exact change, The other recognize
the fact that times have changed tina
an article cold for dime is not fifteel
cents, and that it is not honest to tax
| it.n
Year: 1878

a New York paper suggests that the
young ladies Of Vassar College, having
successfully wrestled with Greek roots,
now turn their attention to che art of
boiling potatoes. To boil potato pro-
perly is thought very simple affair, and
yet there is not one table in fifty where
they appear in that perfection which
makes potato "boiled with its jacket
on' one OF the most delicious of escu.
lents. People who do not know what a
boiled potato is, in that high state when
it appears smoking from the pot, and
bursting like cotton pod, into mealy
whiteness, neither too wet nor too dry,
but always piping hot as it is stripped Of
its skin and prepared for its gsrnish of
salt and butter, with pepper according
to taste people who do not know the
boiled potato in that state of perfection
content themselves with the esculeut
sliced and fried IN grease Can abOmina-
tion to the cultured palate and terror
to delicate stomachs), and think they
know what potatoes are Next to a
potato baked, potato boiled properly
touches the gastronomic economy in its
tenderest region, and does not pail upon
the taste though it be served at table
365 times a year. Whoever does not
relish the potato boiled in the manner
we Shave described, but must have it
sliced, fried, stewed, or mashed, with ad-
dition of parsley or other savory things,
should suspect the condition of his
palate and stomach, and consult physi-
clan for some remedy for a morbid ap..
petite. The Lord made the potato with
jacket on, that was not intended to be
taken of, until the process of cooking is
completed, and all that is delicate and
sweet in its flesh is preserved to tickle
the palate of the eater thereof Gin
cinnati Commercial.
Year: 1878

Never fear, young man; never


falter. Press forward with living
courage burning in your heart /;


there's room at the top" No. 2s49,
five stories beyond the elevator, right
under the tin ROOF, thermometer 1922 in
in a cool place, no fire escape, no bell, no
water in the pitcher, only one towel and
no soap, and the only window in the
room opening into a dark hail. Yes
young man, there is always room at the
top, and the dnstier you are, and the
more weary and travel worn ycu look, the
more absolutely certain is the clerk 10
send you there Burlington Hawkeye.
Year: 1878

him up there, and took his money and
went down into the valley and bought
him farm. Then the unhappy miners
arose, leaving their old claims and dotted
the hillside for many days. But there
were no more pockets anywhere. The
whole thing reads just ike traditional
fairy story. But then 1 saw the gulch
Much more unbelievable things have
happened in the mines.-ISan Francisco
PulIetiD
Year: 1878

Ir Is always safe for q young man.
who has not fully made up his mind to
vote, to notice carefully on which side
are ranged the rum-guzzlers. the gam
bier. tho defrauder OF soldiers, the
squir,er Of tobacco juice on sehool'house
fioors, aud other loose eharaciers-and
then vote just in the opposite direction
lie will be right every time.
Year: 1878

Tur Car and Czarins are sick. The
Sultan Is greatly afflicted with pneumo'
mia and fears OF treason. The Emperor
Of Germany is still extracting shot from
his countenanee. And here, merciiul
heavens here comes n person with an
evident determination to borrow our best
exchanges. IL is bad to be great.
Truly the post Of comfort is the private
station