smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

When silver is remonctized, there is
nothing more certain than that the
government will never 90 to the
trouble aud expense of collecting Mt
one place millions on millions of sill
yer dollars with which to pay princi-
pal or interest Of the public debt.
which alr,ost Of necessity will contin.
ue to he paid in gold. The remOne-
tiza,ion will give the people more
money. and the money they prefer to
any other.-m0ney as good as gold
and worth as much as gold-and it
will be kept among the people, me-
dunn of exchange in tie local and
smaller affairs of business, while the
gold will go to the custom houses aud
the public creditors. The money Of
The country will be increased by the
greater value Of The silver coins, by
the additional coinage. and by the
substitution Of silver for grcenbucks
in the bank reserves ! ut there will
be no initiation in the srnse in which
that word is now used. Why banks.
or bankers, or bondholders, or any
bodyelse but spectators in gold,
should oppose the silver bill pending
in congress is past all comprehension.
Selma argus.
Year: 1878

4 tool shed is a necessity on every
farm. Here should be kept machines,
implements, tools wheel-barrows, and
all spare things of every sort that
usually lie around loose Everything
shoId be kept in its proper place, so
that it could be found in the dark If
needed. Habits Of nea,ness aud reg
ulari,y are learned in keeping a tool
shed IN proper order. more perhaps,
than in any other place on the farm.
When neatness in little things Is
learned, greater things are always
taken care Of
Year: 1878

The undersigned wishes to inform the
people Of Canton and vicinity that he can
be found at the Harlan House, on Saturday
of every week. Is prepared to do all work
in his line at reasonable rates. Satisfac
ton given in every case.


FRANK DUNLAP, Dentist.
Year: 1878

RESUMPTION is n measure apart from the
interests Of tho bond ndholders-apart from
the interests of gold-brokers-an looks
solely to givinga more absolute and un-
changing value to the money which passes
from hand to hand and which the working
men of our country are compelled to receive
for their constant toll. Ii is good money
for the people as well as for the bond holder
Hon. J y. Morrill,
Year: 1878

around the yard three times more in the
opposite direction, with four kinks in
his tail. I am slow to wrath, but am
afraid was beginning to get mad, and
when [ went around behind the house
and got hatchet, | am obliged to con-
fess that it was with a firm purpose to
kill that hog or die trying to. | don't
think the hog had noticed the wood
shed until I went there for the hatchet,
but when I returned to the front yard,
he Immediately retired to the wood-shed
and then I knew I had him cornered.
Maria by this time recovered her pres
ence of mind, and had got her head out
of front window, up stairs, and was
yelling "Fire," with all her might, and
in way calculated to be of inestimable
service to me. All needed to spur me
on to glory was some one to yell "Fire."


I entered the woodshed cautiously,
and found the hog completely at my
mercy, unless he made hole through
the kitchen door and escaped that way.
He did not do that. On the contrary
he rushed right at me. | stepped back
rather hastily, not because he scared
me any, but to prevent him from tearing
my pozoaaaise. I am always careful to
keep hogs off my polonaise, SO far as is
possible. There was wash tub full of
suds behind me, and as stepped back
out of the way of the hog, in tit of
absent mindedness, I sat in that tub.
It may seem curious, but my recollection
now is that the tub fitted me a good
deal more snugly than the polonasse
had, and yet had never tried that tub
on before in all my born days. The
only way out of the tub was to tip it
over, and float out on the suds, and that
| at once did. Maria still true to me
in my aff1ietion, opened the kitchen door,
and with her face full of wifely anxiety,
and surrounded by night cap frill,
and her mouth wide open, she really
looked like saint or something, but
she was remarking murder" at the
time, and her voice so startled the hog
that he ran over me before I could get
out of the suds. How he managed to
step on me thirty-two times IN running
over me once, is a mystery both to Ma
ria Ann and myself, but he did. because
we counted the spots his hoofs made.
After running over me he walked out of
the front as solemnly as though he were
on his way to church, and it is my sober
belief that he came into the yard on
purpose to run over me, and for nothing
else. Maria Ann declares she won't
wear that polonaase any more. and | am
tolerably sure [ shall not s; not if know
it.-SttNacdter Latnabermdn.
Year: 1878

Save all the bones for homemade
fertilizers. Take tight barrel, box or
hogshead, cover the bottom with four or
five inches Of unleached ashes; upon this
place layer of bones as close as they
can be packed together. covering COM
pletely with unleached ashes then
another layer of bones, and thus alter
nate layers Of ashes and bones until the
box or barrel is filled. Pour on it a
couple of pailfuls of water or place the
vessel in the yard where it will get suffi-
cient moisture from occasional showers.
In few months it will be found that
the bones are dissolved.
Year: 1878

A strip of land bordering the Medit-
erranean, somewhat less than 100 miles
in length and in width not exceeding
or 6, is the raisin producing territory of
Spain. Beyond these boundaries the
Muscatel grape, from which the raisin is
principally produced, may grow and
thrive abundantly, but the fruit must &c
to the market or the wine press. When
the grapes begin to ripen in August the
farmer carefully inspects the fruit as 1t
lies on the warm dry soil, and one by
one clips the clusters as they reach per-
fection. In almost all vine yards slants
of masonry are prepared, looking like
unglazed hot beds, and covered with fine
pebbles, on which the fruit is exposed to
dry. But the small proprietor prefers
not to carry his grapes SO far. 1t is
better, he thinks, to deposit them nearer
at hand, where there is less danger Of
bruising, and where bees and wasps are
less likely to find them. Day by day
the cut branches are examined and turn
ed, till they are sufficiently cured to be
borne to the house, usually on the hill
top, and there deposited in the empty
wine press, till enough have been collect
ed for the trimmers and packers to be-
gin their work. At this stage great
piles of rough dried raisins are brought
forth from the wine press and heaped up
on boards. One by one the lunches are
carefully inspected, those Of the first
quality being trimmed of all irregular
tiles and imperfect berries and deposited
in piles by themselves; SO in turn are
treated those of the second quality, while
the clippings and inferior fruit are re-
ceived into baskets at the feet of the
trimmers and reserved for home con-
sumption. A quantity of small wooden
trays are new brought forward, just the
size of common raisin box, and about
an inch deep. In these papers are neat
ly laid SO as to lap over and cover the
raisins evenly deposited in the trays,
which are then subjected to heavy pres
sure in rude press. After pressing,
the raisins are dropped in the boxes for
market.-.Scientitc american.
Year: 1878

Life's milestones. marking year on year,
Pass eveE,swifter as we near
The final goal, the silent end
To which our fated footsteps tend.
A year once seemed a century.
Now like day it hurries by,
And doubts and fears our hearts oppress,
And all the way is WEAKNESS.
All mel how glad and gay we were,
Youths sap in all our veins astir.
When long ago with spirits high,
A happy careless company,
We started forth. when everything
Wore the green glory of the Spring.
And all the fair wide world was ours,
To gather as we would its flowersI
Then, Life almost eternal seemed
And Death dream so vaguely dreamed,
That IN the distance scarce it threw
A cloud-shade on the mountains blue,
That rose before US soft and fair,
Clothed in ideal hues of air,
To which we meant in after-time,
Strong in our manhood's strength. to climb.
How all has changedl Years have gone by,
And of that joyous company
With whom our youth first journeyed on,
Who-who are left? Alas, not one!
Love earliest loitered on the way.
Then turned his face and slipped away;
And after him with footsteps light
The tickle Graces took their flight.
And all the careless joys that lent
Their revelry and merriment
Grew silenter, and ere we knew
Had smiled their last and said "adieu."
Hope faltering then with doubtful mind,
Began to turn and look behind,
And, we, half questioning, were fain
To follow with her back again;
But Fate still urged us on our way
And would not let us pause or stay.
Then to our side with plaintive eye,
In place Of Hope came Memory
And murmured of the Past, and told
Dear stories Of the days of old,
Until its very dross seemed gold,
And Friendship took the place of Love,
And strove in vain to US to prove
That Love was light and insincere-
Not worth mans regretful tear.
Ali all in vain-grant twas cheat,
Yet no voice ever was so sweet
No presence like to Loves. who threw
Enchantment over all we knew;
And still we listen with sigh,
And back, with fond tears in the eye,
We gaze to catch a glimpse againl
OF that dear place-but all in vain.
Preach not, o stern Philosophy
Nought we can have, and nought we see
Will ever be SO pure, so glad.
So beautiful, as what we had.
Our steps are sad-our steps are slow
Nothing is like the long ago.
Gone is the keen, intense delight
The perfume faint and exquisite
The glory and the effiuence
That haloed the enraptured sense.
When Faith and Love were at our side,
And common life was deifed.
Our shadows that we used to throw
Behind us, now before US grow;
For once we walked toward the sun,
But now, Life's full meridian done,
They change. and in their chill we move,
Further away from Faith and Love.
A chill is in the air--no more


Our thoughts with joyous impulse soar,
But creep along the level way,
Waiting the closing of the day.
The future holds no wondrous prize
This side deaths awful mysteries;
Beyond, what waits for us, who knows?
New life, or infinite repose?
Year: 1878

A New York paper gives the informa-
tion that there are scarcely any old maids
in Russia, and we do not wonder at it.
Russia is cold and disagreeable country.
Most any man would forswear his liber-
ty sooner than get up and kindle fires in
a climate where the mercury remains
CONCEALED nine months in the year.
Year: 1878




THE CHINAMAN's BELOVED LILY
The Chinese residents of this citv, to a
man and to a woman, are now diligent-
ly engaged in cultivating what appears
to be their national flower; certainly a
flower loved by all OF that nationality.
Tt springs from bulb somewhat resem-
bling an onion, and has leaves resem-
bling those of the wild flag found grow
ing in swamps. From the top Of stem
rising through the centre of the tuft of
leaves are put forth considerable num-
Der of blossoms somewhet resembling
small lilies. No soil is required in the
cultivation of these flowers. All that is
necessary is to place the bulbs in shall
low earthen vessel and pile small frag-
ments Ofrock about them and then keep
them well watered. The Chinese plant
them in season to have them bloom on
their New Year. The bulbs are all
brought from China. The Chinese say
that there is but one place in China
where they grow wild and naturally.
The Chinese not only love the flower
themselves. but are also pleased to see it
growing in the houses Of their employ
ers. They say it will only grow and
blossom well for the good, and have
many superstitiOus notions in regard to
it. The Chinese laundrymen frequent
ly present these plants to their custo-
mers, and at every visit after they have
seen them properly planted stop to trim
them and give them some little atten-
ton. To forbid the importation of these
bulbs would probably drive all the Chi
namen out OF the country. It might be
tried if all other means fail. Todeprive
John" of his beloved lily would surely
make him quite sickat heart. - Virginia
city ChrOnOcle.
Year: 1878

when mown it will take less time to make
hay of it than will be required if it is tull OF
water. Clover needs longer drying than
sedge grass or even red top. In good wea-
ther grass dries faster than it can if the sun
is frequently clouded. If there is a large
quantity of grass it will dry more slowly
than it will if very thin. The farmer must
when it is fully cured.


4. Foreign moisture dries out Of grass
more slowly than it's natural juices, and is
far more injurious to the hay. When grass
which is partly dried is exposed to rain,
great deal of care should be used to get all
the water out before the hay is carted to the
barn. / would rather have a good deal OF
the natural moisture left in grass than a
very little rain water.


5. Frequent stirring will make grass dry
rapidly. Hence the great value of the ted
der. BY golng1over grass three times, on
good day, with one of these implements, it
can be dried as much as in two days if turn
ed only once by hand.


6. When begin haying I NOW the grass
one day and get it in the next. Now in the
morning, turn after dinner with tedder,
rake before much dew falls at night, and it
cloudy put it into cocks. Open it the next
morning. turn before dinner with tedder or
by hand according as horse power or man
power is most convenienD and cart directly
after dinner Later in the season, when the
grass is ripper, / NOW in the morning, go
over it with tedder before dinner, after dim
ner twice, and towards night cart the hay
to the barn. This is the fair weather sys-
tenn. If the days are cloudy, or there are
many trees which shade the grass, or there
comes up a shower, the course Is modified
to suit the circumstances. do not like to
have grass out very long, as consider rap
id drying much the best for the hay, but
never mean to get it in until it is well cured
Cor. Dirigo Rurat.
Year: 1878

The wear and tear of farm machinery and
implements amount to a heavy annual tax
on the farmer. It will pay him to study
economy in taking care of them. Some far


mers will use up a good wagon in two or
three seasons, while we know OF wagons
still good which have been in constant use
ON the farm for over thirty years They
were well made out Of good, Well-seasoned
material, and then were we'll painted. No
general repairs have been necessary, for as
soon as bolt was broken it was replaced,
or If burr became loose it was frightened.
It is the running of wagons and machinery
when they are out OF order that destroys
them. The wheels and axles are important
parts of the wagon. The loss from the fail
ure to keep them well creased amounts to a
large sum in the aggregate. And with light
wagons, neglecting to put leather washers
on the arms to make the wheels run steady,
subjects them to unusual strain and permits
them to wear rapidly. Paint is a far more
important preserver Of wagons than of
buildings. We have had long-continued
wet weather followed by a dry, hot spell.
Loose tires and rattling spokes are heard OH
every hand. A day s use of wagon in this
condition is more hurtful than a months
! work when it is put in good working order.
| Some farmers are natural machinists and
seem to keep stheir implements in order
with little trouble and small expense, while
others are always doing imperfect work and
destroying their machinery by useing it
when it is needing repairs. The great fault


with most OF our moving machines is that
they are not used with sufficient care. They


work well when new but soon get out of or


der. A burr works loose at a vital point
\ permitting wear, eor Tie frame or some por:
Year: 1878

In sections of the country where wheat is
the staple crop, and has.been through long
series of years, it is reasonable to suppose
that the farmers, from long experience,
have learned better how to cultivate it than
those who only raise it incidentally or as an
outside crop The system most generally
in vogue is to break the stubble or other
lands upon which it is designed to sow
wheat as early in this month as practible,
and then re-break and harrow prior to drill
ing in. Stubble, weeds, grass and growth of
every kind plowed under in the warm
months of summer soon rot and furnish
rich plant-food of quality we'll adapted to
to the growth of wheat. Those who remain
idle now, and at seeding time ploW under
heavy coat OF grass and weeds. SOW broad
cast, and then expect good crop, are gen
orally disappointed. We have often stated
that the wheat yield can be doubled by SOW.
ing on clover sod properly broken and pre-
pared we go further and state. that with
proper preparation, even without the clover,
the yield if not doubled will be largely in
creased. That drilled wheat can be success
fully cultivated, is thought to be question
no longer Of debate. The practice, howev-
er, has been experimental rather than gen
eral, yet in many instances the reports are
very favorable. Aside from spring cnltiva-
ton, the proper preparation OF the soil,
sowing With good well matured seed Of we'll
tried and popular varieties, add much to the
quantity and quality OF the crop, as wen as
to the certainty OF better pay than is com
mon with the inferior system alluded to. In
drilling in the seed we prefer that our rows
run from east to west. The SHOWS will re-
1 main longer on the ground, neither does it


freeze and thaw SO easily as when the rows


run north and south. This may be consid-
cred small matter, yet it has often saved
crop.-Jomnal Of 4agrs,cu1ture.
Year: 1878

TO Remove Mildeao.-Take equal parts of
lemon juice, salt, starch and soft soap; rub
on thick1y, lay on the grass in the hot sun.
Renew the application two or tire times q
day.


Fig Candy.-Take one pound of sugar,
three-quarters of pint Of water, and set
over a slow fire; when done, add few
drops of vinegar and lump Of butter, and
put iuto pans in which slices of figs are laid.


10 D,-ive off Rats.-Rats will leave the
premises if chloride of lime is dropped
where they run. If they get it on their feet
they will be careful not TO travel again on
the same track. 1t possible to reach such
places, they can be driven out by means Of
it.


English Mullins, Time, twenty to thirty
minutes. Ingredients, one and 2 half ounces
OF German yeast, quart of warm milk, a.
teaspoonful OF salt. and some flour. Add
the milk and the salt to the yeast !; then mix
it into rather soft dough with sufficient
quantity of flour for that purpose; cover it
over with thick cloth and set it to rise near
the fire. When risen divide it into as many
pieces as you please, and form them into a
round with your hands; spread a thick lay
er of flour on wooden tray; put the muf-
fins on it and let them rise again; then bake
them on a hot stove or plate until they are
lightly colored, turning them once. When
done pull them open, butter them, lay them
on-a hot plate and cut them across. '''s'
Year: 1878


hrmer must have a fine quality of grass.
4 do not gather grapes of thorns or figs
histles. neither can they make a nice
Hw of hay from an inferior quality of
Is. But great many men who have
GRASS do not convert it into the best
and many whose grass is not first rate
not make as good quality of hay as
could if they were more skillful Or
teGretul.


ne of the most important things in max
! as good quality of hay as the nature
he grass will admit is to dry 1t properly.
not only possible, but it is very easy to
grass either'too much or co little. Some
hers dry nearly all of their grass too
Eh, others do not dry theirs enough,
e many go to either extreme which
. pens to be most convenient. This, not
! ause farmers are unusually careless or
fprant, but because it is difficult matter
Dry hay Just right. Some days are so
fh brighter than others-the ground is
nuch dryer and hotter at some times
= lit is at others-and some kinds of grass
50 much more readily than others, that
requires great deal of skill and good
Ement to tell just when the hay is right
gong into the barn. Then, too, it is not
lays possible for farmers to manage their
wing, turning and raking just right 50
\ they can 60 to carting their hay just at
right moment. Thus it comes to pass
great deal of hay is not properly cur


Therefore it is not rs valuable as it
bit to be, and so a great deal of money,
is equivalent, is lost to the farmers Of the
tntry.


4 trying to dry grass SO as to convert it
the best quality of hay which 1t is cap
Of making, certain things should be
stantly kept in mind.


Its possible to dry grass great deal
much. 1t is often done now, but not as
|e'ally as twenty years ago. What is
pted is not to evaporate all the natural
yes from the grass, but merely and only
POsh so that the hay will not heat in the
"' The greener and fresher the grass
De got Ill and not hurt, the better the
Elty Of hay which it will make.


But it is very important that hay bt
eo enough. Otherwise it will be injured
reat deal more in the NOW than it coulC
W Ner-drying in the field. | am very
L aware that some men claim to make
may without drying grass at all. Some
less 10 succeed invariably, while other
WI sometimes, and at others do not
o'llers say the plan is failure. Ihavt
81 'fied 1t, but Ihave tried as little dry


- possible and injured some good ha,
l'aAins the experiment. Have come t,
-. sv'l'ius'on that ordinary grass need
laderable drying.


N tne - amount of drying will largely de
y :. upon the ripeness of the grass, til
4 ~ ''e sun, the dryness of the ground
~ ne i quantity of grass per acre. If til
l., : very ripe it will dry in half the tim


'Au Do required if tits. green. .esH Dir
Year: 1878

A great portion of the misunder.
standing in the world is caused by
the confounding of ideas-calling the
different results of turns of thought
by the same term.


knowledge and belief are used as
meaning the same thing, while they
are widely different. Great caution
should be used in making the dis
tinction. knowledge never leaves a
doubt In the mind, concerning a mat
ter about which it has made a conclu-
sion, whereas, belief, In any form al
ways leaves more or less doubt.


A person cannot changs his opinion
about what he knows; but may often
change in his belief of a matter. 1t
is sometimes said a man should not
believe what he does not know
Now no one can know what
be believes; as soon as a
matter is knowledge, 1t ceases to
be a belief. Therefore a man may be
very positive about that which he
knows, and "teach with authority" I"
But in matters of belief. great modes
ty should be observed, and much eau
tion in advancing them as facts.


How black is the record of human
ity in this affair of belief. Certain
minds come to a certain belief, then
claim for IL the divinity OF truth, and
require all men to embrace 1t or re-
ject it. at the peril of their souls.
Other minds have come to different
belief. about the same matter, and de-
mand the same acceptance of it as the
other minds, with the same justice,
too but justice is what they both
lack.


Then should not men have any be-
lief in any thing2 Most assuredly
they should, and what is more, they
must have a belief If they think at
all, but then 1t should be treated as
such, and not urged upon the people
acknowledge. Every mans belief
should be treated with respect, how
ever widely it may differ from our
own. The one who is revolving
around In his own belief, or creed,
and cannot see any beauty or truth
In his neighbours creed, is retarding
his own growth of soul. stultifying
bis own powers of mind, is blind to
all the beauty of earth aud glory of
Year: 1878

The Inter Ocean gives the following
instructions how to construct tele-
phone: "On the pole or poles of any
form of electromagnetic, of which the
core consists of a bar, or U-shaped
permanent magnet, lay a small disk
or sheet of very thin iron or common
tin. Inclose the whole in cardboard
cone, the small end Of which is open,
an is placed In the ear so as to act as
speaking trumpet, to convey the vi
bratious Of the thin sheet of iron or
tin, which faces it, to the drum of the
ear. This completes one telephone,
for one end of the line, and the other
telephone, for the other end Of the
line, should be made just like it; and
the wire which forms the electro-mag-
net should be of the same diameter
and length in one instrument as it is
In the other. 1t is better to have sup
ports of glass"