smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

NOC AUnVttCcO 20 CNNTcR FeftOiVSIIID ut the


''Hub"


Albany Evening Journal.


The fourth estate of Boston is unusually ex-
cited. It is not Forefather's day that is the
moving cause although this is about the time
that ''the breaking waves dashed high" and
the same with intent to shipwreck the May.
flower in the year 1920. Neither is it another
band of temporary Indians, unduly sleeping
tea in the waters of Boston harbor, that is max
ing the current fuss. The Old South is not
Threatened, Mr.. Barnum has not bought
Faneuil Hail. Mr.. Hale's MAN without coun-
try has not been seen on the Common,
Plymouth Rock has not been slipped into a
the bloodhounds and detectives. And never
theless the Hubs newspaper press trembles
with emotion from devil to editor, and has
pulse that accomplishes not less than 1000
beats q minute.


1t is because ''the moral character Of a
large number Of newspaper men have been as
sailed by Bostons Young Mems Christian
associations that the local fourth estate has
flown to arms, The incident that led to the
unpleasantness, as related by the Boston Id
| uertiser, was this: "a gentleman prominently
connected with one of the daily papers, having
moved from the neighborhood Of the church to
| which he belonged, took letter to church of
| the same denomination and asked to be ad-
mltted. The standing committee refused his
application on the ground of notwithstanding
his business requiring him to spend a portion
of each Sunday in preparing matter for his
Mondays paper. This action of the standing
committee come up for discussion at meet
ing of the association, and was indorsed one
brother who raised the question, being advised
to vote no every time on such applications for
church fellowship" Having thus stated the
issue we will leave the matter to be settled by
parties involved. 1t is fight which primarily
interests on the side of the defense, the morn
ing papers of the country, and they are abund-
antly able to take care Of themselves. AS to
the good moral character of morning news
paper men it, of course, depends. Here in our
own State that character we need not say. is
uniformly lovely, and of good report. Our
morning journalists may perhaps devote a
| slight section of Sunday to secular concerns
But we suspect that they adhere to the old
fashion of beginning the Sabbath at sundown
Saturday night, and ending it at sundown Sun
day night, and thus keep their consciences
void of the offense in question. We commend
their example to the morning journals of Bos-
ton and elsewhere, and suggest to all of them
that If they would avoid the appearance of evil
and at the same time show that they know the
httest time to go to press, they will transform
themselves into afternoon newspapers.


There is no charge for this advice, and we re-
solutely decline to accept a testimonial from
the morning papers whose gratitude we have
thus signally earned, both by our explanation
of the boundaries of their Sabbath and our sug-
gestions as to their future
Year: 1879

The alarm of fire from box II yesterday
afternoon was caused by fire at the building
used as school house by the children OF
the Immaculate Conception parish. The
fire caught from the chimney and destroyed
the upper floor and the roof, and but for the
promptness of the fremen the building
would have been entirely destroyed. There
was no insurance on the building, notwith-
standing the statement of the Tribune. Rev
Father. McGolrick stated to GLOBE report
era last evening that the old building would
be removed to make room for new one
For the present the school will be held al
the residence of Father McGolrick on Third
street.
Year: 1879

Now is the time to dig cisterIs. Are
your school houses furnished with good
pure water2 If not, you would do we'll
to have a cistern dug before winter.
Show your patrons that the boys soon
lose time enough carrying water to pay
for two cisterns. Convince them that
good pure water is as indispensable to
school work as it is to cooking; that
it is their interest to dig cisteru, and
the work will soon be done. But if
you spend your vacation in hunting,
fishing visiting friends, &c, yos LHay
expect to End no cistern at your school
house when you return to your school
work. Come teachers, don't throw all
the blame on the people, and always
complain that there is lack of school
interest in your district. The people
have been troubled with book agents,
machine agents, patent medicine agents,
lightning rod agents, and so many diff
ferent kinds of men asking for money,
that they have been compelled to be
cautious, and some of them have learn
ed to say no to everything and every.
body. But the majority of the people
will listen to reason, if you talk to them
earnestly and sensibly.
Year: 1879

Can our school officers do nothing 10


improve the school furniture in our


county? How many school houses in


the county have patent seats and desks?


How many are furnished with globes,


maps and charts Why are our school


houses so poorly furnished? I know


the answer usually given to these ques-


tions is: APATHY on the part of the


parents" But is there not apathy


some where else? Are not the school


officers as much TO blame in this matter


as the patrons? Do our teachers post


themselves as to the best method of


improving the school furniture? Do


they ever put themselves to any trouble
or expense to visit house that is fur
nisned? Do they fud out the cost OF
school furniture? Do they post the
patrons of the school in these matters?
Do our trustees and commissioners
visit the schools, examine the furniture
and show the patrons the. importsnos
OF having the houses we'll furnished
Fulton county boasts of her fine tim
Der. We begin to feel proud of her
manufactures. Has any school officer
ever proposed the manufacture of
school furniture to our furniture men
District No. 10 sent to Cincinnati for
desks. Nearly one hundred dollars
were sent out of the county for one
district. Suppose the school officers
Of the county convince the people of
ten districts that it is their interest to
furnish the children with comfortable
seats and desks. Would this be any
inducement for our factories to engage
ln desk making2 After beginning the
business, why may not Hickman ship
school furniture to other points? Cant
we make seats and desks as cheap as
Cincinnati? We might offer other
but hint to the wise is
sufficient. If 1 cannot convince teach
,rs and school officers that it is their
interest to look after school furniture,
perhaps | may convince our furniture
men that it will pay them.
Year: 1879

The editor of the Southern Planter
says: 1.-THE other day we met a gen.
tleman from Alabama, who gave US q
piece of information as to ascertain
ing the age of horse after it has
passed its ninth year, which was quite
new to US, and will be, we are sure,
to most of our readers. 1t is this:
After the horse is nine years old, a
wrinkle comes in the eyelid, at the up
per corner of the lower lid, and every
year thereafter he has one well de6n'
ed wrinkle for each year of his age
over nine. IF, for instance, horse
has three rinkles. he is twelve; if four


thirteen. Add the number of wrinkles
to nine and you will always get it


So says the gentleman, and he is con-
fdent it will never fail. Exchange
Year: 1879

The per centage of voters who


never read or inform themselves on


public questions, is not only aston


ishing but absolutely discouraging


to the friends of popular suffrage.


One might think that here in Ken


lucky, where nearly every county


has a county paper, and where daily


papers are so common, that the un-


derstanding Of every voter might


be reached to some extent either by
the press or public orators, on any
and every public question; but
such, we confess, is lamentable
mistake. There are in Kentucky
over 100000 qualified voters, and
we doubt if more than 100000 of
them are ever reached on any given
question through all the efforts Of
the press or public orators. Iils
is astonishing, but it is true. Such
an election as that for the call of a
Constitutional Convention in Ken
lucky illustrates the fact. Intelli-
gent men, well-informed men, voted


for" and against" the proposition;
but the large number of people in
the State who, on the day of the
election, knew absolutely nothing
Of the call, and had never heard Of,
any such election, was almost be-
yond blief. And this in the face of
the fact that every newspaper in the
State was week by week, and day
BY day, preaching in favor of it
both the great political parties had
it-and all the candidates
md orators were advocating it. |
This is fact which those who boast
IT our culture and intelligence
should we'll think of.
Year: 1879

Captain John Brown, Jr, who is now
in Kansas looking after the interests of
the fleeing colored people of the South,
has written o letter East, saying that
both at present and in the coming winter
a great deal of money will be needed to
properly house and care for the refugees.
He asks the people of the East to continue
sending money to the proper authorities.
I Ex.


Of course these misguided negroes
must be kept from starving, and we
hope the charitably disposed will con
tribute to their relief; but it would be
a righteous thing if the fanatics who
have induced them to quit their old
homes could be compelled to support
them. But the sniveling philanthropy
lists, as general thing, have abundance
of advice but no money to contribute
in such cases.-[CoviDgton Common
wealth.
Year: 1879

About ten years since J. N. Ben
nett was, by legal process declared to
be lnnatic, but being harmless and
mohensive, was not sent 10 the asylum
About three years ago an old gander
took up with him, and would follow
him wherever he went. In Bennet's
rambles through the woods or about
the neighborhood this faithful body
guard always attended him, walking
just few feet in front of him, as il to
ward off all attacks upon its charge and
Kissing at hogs or any animal they
chanced to meet. Whenever the old
man would stop to rest or lie down the
gander would sit down near by, and
remain until the old man left. While
walking along the road, if Bennett
found grain of corn, or anything that
the gander could eat, he would pick
1t up and put it into his pocket until
he rested, when he would give it to his
companion. Whenever the old man
went into the house the gander would
seem to be wild, and would make such
terrible noise that the attendants
were obliged to let him in. just as
soon as the fowl saw his companion it
would become perfectly quiet. A
short time ago it became so trouble
some at night trying to get into the
house where its master was, that they
Year: 1879




The President is said to be a good
deal dismayed at the reports which
were sent from Washington, to the
effect that he would discriminate
against the South in the matter of the
appointment of thirty seven Second
Lieutenants to the army from civil
life He says no such idea entered his
head; there is no reason for diserimi
mating against the South in this matter,
and that he is glad to see fair pro
portion of the applicants come from
that section. OF the first twenty five
selected, he gave nine to the Southern
States, that being as fair a proportion
as could be arrived at, based upon re-
lative population. He does not know
how such a totally erroneous report
obtained circulation, but feels that IT
will be short lived in view of his ac-
ton iu making his selections.
Year: 1879




The great mistake that was made by the friends
of other candidates that they did combine to
elect temporary chairman. or in movement for
this purpose. that the largo amount of speaking
and parliamentary ability which represented in
the opposition was not brought to bear upon the
intelligence of Of the ablest State Conventions
ever held. 1t is quito likely that IL Vice Presi-
dent Wheeler had bean willing to act as the candi-
date for the position of both temporary and per-
manent Chairman, which would have been happy
solution OF the difhculty. he would have been
elected and the Convention would have then been an
for the full and free discussion of the merits
OF various candidates. and of the attitude which tho
party should take instead of registering the decrees
OF one man. without debate. without any opportun-
ity for debate Mr. Wheeler. In the exercise of his
wisdom, declined to perform this i'm
portant office for the republican party. and Mr..
Sloan It seems had quietly arranged to leave in the
lurch that majority of the republicans who had
formerly been in sympathy with him. and whose
candidate for Governor he could have been he had
not distinctly and decidedly placed himself out of
the contest.
Year: 1879

II the State be carried on strict party vote
there ought be no question about that vote being
forthcoming. The good qualities Of the nominees
may be chiefly negative. but thcro are ut least no
points Of positive badness about any OF them. The
character Of most Of thom may be that Of
to habits Of partisan servilty. aud able chiefly
in the sense OF being thoroughly proficient in the
tican. But protracted has been the public career
OF nearly every man the ticket. we know Of no
sccusation Of corruption taint Of peculation
which be alleged In regard to any one of their
number.
Year: 1879

From the Evening Express-Tammany.l


Mr. Cornell has ability. He is q good political
manager No one has ever accused him Of being dis
honest. and he poor. But he is not great man.
not statesman in any sense of the word aud not .
popular man anywhere. Let no democrat imagine.
however that he can be easily beaten. He will have
the total and earnest support Of the organization that
was powerful enough to nominate him. The discon-
late, the dissatisfied the disgruntled elements Of
the party will pocket their grievances and support
him.
Year: 1879

[From the Commercial Advertiser-rep.l


The time Is too great for personal preferences and
the republican who would say he will not support
and vote for the whole ticket nominated at Saratoga
yesterday is unworthy the name Of republican. We
do not apprehend. however, that there will be any
danger OF this. The feeling against Mr.. Cornell,
which it would be folly to leive Of our calcua-
tions. will be overshadowed by the magnitude Of
issues that now confront the country II there
was u time when IL was true that ''principes not
men" the question 1t is now.
Year: 1879

from the Evening Post-rep.l


The general impression produced among thinking
republicans by all that done in Saratoga yester
day is one Of disappointment There great
opportunity to create courage and awaken enthusi-
asni, but the opportunity was missed 1t cannot be
expected that the 450 delegates the thousands of
voters who were represented by these delegates
should become enthusiastic over the work OF ono
man.
Year: 1879

1t will be the extreme of afectation for any demo-
cra to treat the proceedings Of yesterday at Sara
toga with Indifference. Mr.. Cornell will command
the support of all the young of his party well
of all its old leaders who have followed him
through several hard fought campaigns chairman
OF the State Committee. His party record is honorA-
BILE and his personal character is unassailable.
Year: 1879

If the habit of body becomes Irregular much evil Is
inflicted ON the system. The stomach becomes dys-
pepic, bilious symptoms develop themselves the cir.
culaton is contaminated and the share in the
general disorder. II Is of the utmost importance
that the bowels should be thoroughly and speedily
regulated when they grow derelict rhe corrective
agent best adapted TO this purpose is Hostetter's
stomach Bitters, 4 wholesome, non gripping vegetable
since the time of Paracelsus. People who have been


in the habit Of using blue pill. calomel and other
drugs and cheap nostrums FOR constipation, should
abandon such hurtful and useless medicines, ant
substitute for them this pleasant and gentle aperien
which not only produces the purgative effect natural
stomach and liver II moreover cures and prevent,
intermittent and remittent fevers, gout, rheumatism
debility and urinary troubles.
Year: 1879

Congressman Reed of the Deputy Ex-
plorers, has gone back to Washington with
a awell-established reputation for original
and irresistible wit. He set everybody
into roar whenever he had bout with
poor Springer, or any other member of
the not especially brilliant democratic ma
jority-Iribune.
Year: 1879

Mr.. Tilden's denial before the commit
tee at New York that he knew or had any
thing TO do with the cipher dispatches or
the attempt which they have disclosed to
buy the electoral votes of certain Southern
States, fails TO make any impression of his
innocence or ignorance of the matter in
question. The known facts are too strong
" against him to admit of his word having
any weight. That man of Mr.. Tilden's
sagacity, experience. and keen attention
TO all the details of politics affecting him
self personally. should have known moth
ing of the great conspiracy going on under
his own roof to make him President of the
United States; that this plot which in
volved an outlay of large sums of money
for which his nephew-who had no money
of his own-was the apparent disbursing
source. was not known to Tilden who had
already lavished barrels of money" up
on the campaign and was the party most
interested in the purchase of the Presi-
dency, is altogether too absurd for belief.
Mr. Tildens denial. therefore. that he
knew nothing of the cipher business, after
ii had been proved that the ciphers We're
genuine by the confessions of nephew Pei
ton, Weed and the other "coparceners.
only serves to convince the public that
this story is false, deliberately studied,
learned and rpppatad rs the last hone to
save his already blasted reputation.
Year: 1879

According to announcement and invitations
sent out, the Democrats to the number Ut about
100. met at the fremont House last evening
Just what the conclave had been summoned
for no one seemed to know, and the
inquiry was general on the subject
Of one another until the last man had arrived


II was known to be the work Of the ornamental
aud eminently respectable Campaign Commit
tee, but what it all meant was beyond finding
out. It was an unnatural, un-Democrat1c move,
and curiosity was tho motive which brought so
many party lights together, but it is very doubt
ful whether they went away satisfied or not.
Most of the wards were represented, and the
audience, as whole, was exceptionally we'll
appearing, which occasioned considerable re-
mark, aud brought forth many expressions OF
surprise. It vas really the silk-stocking, stiff
Year: 1879

This morning at 4.3O the Joseph
Teas Bolt and Nut works caught fire
and the alarm being sounded the vol
unteer Fire department at once re-
spondpd, aud the fire was put out in
about five minutes. 1t is thought
that the fire was caused by the saw
dust in the cracks of the floor causing
heat and setting the floor on fire.
The only damage done was the burn
ing of part of the floor and joist, which
is now heipg repaired by the carpen-
ters. Either at or coming from the
fire the Delaware Fire Company lost
the plug wrench and hose strap.
Year: 1879

Rev. DR.. Caldwell on Romance Of Hisary.'


Our civilization has been pro-
noted ky purer Christianity than
that which prevailed eight centuries
ago. But when we judge with severi-
ty the spirit of former age let us not
forget that the same rule will guide the
future in respect to our own age. II
the progress Of the future shall be at
the same rate as that OF til" past, those
who will live eight centuries hence
may look back to our .ge at We do to
that of the Cid Of Bvar, and judge US
with euaul severity.
Year: 1879

On Friday evening next, the G. H.
A. will give their first grand ball in
Webster's Dancing Academy, Masonic
Temple. The Committee of Arrange
ments have been indetatigable to make
the ball success in every particular,
and those who intend participating may
rely on spending anevening of pleasure
and endowment.
Year: 1879

Prime Delaware Shad are now being
sold wholesale as we'll as retail by Geo.
W. Powell in the Third Street Market,
already cleaned for the frying pan or
sailing tub at d very reasonable price.
Housskeepers generally, in both city
and country, make note of this.
Year: 1879

And then remember, son, that
the world is older than you are, by
several thousands of years; that
for thousands of years it has been
so full of smarter and better young
men than yourself that their feet
stuck out of the dormer windows !;
that when they died the globe went
whirling on, and not one man in
ten million went to the funeral or
even heard of the death. BE as
smart as you can, of course. Know
as much as you can without blow
ing all of the packing out of
your cylinder head; shed the light
of your, wisdom abroad in the
world, but don't dazzle people with
it. And don't imagine a thing is
so simple because you say it is.
Don't be too sorry for your father
because he knows so much less
than you do; remember the reply
of DR.. Wayland to the student of
Brown university who said it was
an easy thing to make proverbs
such as Solomon wrote: "Make a
few," tersely replied the old man.


And we never heard that the
young man made any. Not more
than two or three, anyhow. The
world has great need Of young men,
but no greater need than the young
men have of it. Your clothes fit
you better than your fathers fit
him they cost more money; they
are moro stylish; your moustache
is neater; the cut of your hair is
better, and you are prottier-oh,
far prettier than ''pa." But, young
man, the old gentleman gets the
biggest salary, and his homely,
scrawling signature on the business
end of a check will drain more
money out of the bank in five min
utes, than you could get out with
a ream of paper and a copper
plate signature in six months
Young men are useful, son, and
they are ornamental, and we all
love them, and we couldn't engin-
eer a picnic successfully without
them. But they are no novelties,
son. Oh, no, nothing of the kind.
They have been here before. Don't
be so modest as to shut yourself
clear out, but don't be so fresh you
will have to be put away into the
cool to keep from spelling. Don't
be afraid that your merit viii not
be discovered. People all the
world over are hunting for you,
and if you are worth finding, they
will find you. A diamond isn't so
easily found as a quartz pebble,
but people search for it all the
more intently.-Burlington Hawk
eye.
Year: 1879

"To calculate the entire cost of a
trip to the top of Mt. Washington
you have merely to summit up"
remarks a witty individual. We
presume, however, it would answer
the same purpose to foot IL up.
Year: 1879

the A1yus


Now will this stalwart editor deny that he has or
dered employment to be given to disafected Repub-
licans on the government work. on which he draws
81 day for editing the Free Press, in consideration
that they vote the Republican ticket?-ArJas.


We respectfully reply to the Argus that
tions above and that its utterance of them
without shadow of basis-though it may be
fair illustration of the Argus methods rather
high-handed journalism. While the Colonel
is protesting to advocate reform in general, he
will do well to correct his habitual practice OF
departing from the truth. 1t is a bad cause
that cannot be supported without lying.-free
pf.9ee.
Year: 1879

e. r. LUCE reminded the Franklin county
Democratic convention that union with
the Greenbackers would be an abandonment
of the principles of the party on the finan-
cial issue. The convention chose skunk all
the same.