smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

In one of the New York courts party
was recently on trial charged with send
ing scurrilous postal cards through the
mail. The prosecution offered in evil
dence letter written By the defendant,
in which certain words were misspelled
He did so with the view Of showing that
the same words are misspe1led In the
same way in the postal cards in question,
and then arguing to the jury that the
identity in spelling is additional proof
that the defendant wrote the cards. In
his support of his right to offer he quoted
this curious case;


"a tailor in Ayr, Scotland, by the name
of Alexander, learning that a man of the
same name had died leaving considera
BILE property without any apparent heirs
obtained access to the house occupied
by Mr.. Alexander during his life, and
found there collection of letters about
his family These he carried off, and
with their aid fabricated mass of sim.
liar productions, which, as was claimed,
DlONCu SOAASSOioA "AeA WIN
family of the deceased. When the tail
or's suit to gain possession Of the prop
erty came on for trial it appeared that
there were a number of words in the let
ters which were produced by the suitor
and which purported to be from differ
ent individuals, misspelled in the same
way Upon examination it appeared
that the letters were all written by the
same hand, and the case attracted the
attention of the inner house. The tailor
was therefore brought to the clerks ta
BILE, where he was made to write dicta'
ton of the Lord Justice Clerk, and in
doing SO he misspelled all the words that
were misspelled in the fabricated letters
and in precisely the same way. He then
confessed that the letters in question
were fabricated, and that he had writ
ten them on old paper found in the gar
ret of Mr.. Alexander's house"


The court, without regard to the CASE
cited, admitted the evidence.
Year: 1874


THR ifiirmtr Of waterfall


A mile away,
The rustic when robin lights


Upon spray,
The tapping of lowland stream


On dripping boughs,
The sound Of grazing from . herd


Ofgentle cows,
The echo from wooded hill


Of cuckoo's call,
The quiver through the meadow grass
At evening fall:
Too subtle are these harmonies


For pen and rule,
Such music Is not understood


BY any school;
But when the brain is overwrought


1t hath spell,
Beyond all human skill and power,


To make it well.
The memory Of a kindly word


For long gone by,
The fragrance Of fading flower


Sent lovingly,
The cleaning Of a sudden smile


Or sudden tear,
The warmer pressure Of the hand,


The tone of cheer,
The hush that means, ~ cannot speak
But have hcefd:.
The note that only bears a verse


From Gods own Word:
Such tiny things we hardly count


As ministry;
The givers deeming they have shown
Scant sympathy;
But when the heart is overwrought,
Oh, who can tell
The power Of such tiny things


To make it well!


=. r. Hacergal, in Good Words
Year: 1874

does it 90 heartily that it is difacult to


believe that he is not consciously amused


Then he cries, too, most mournfully, and


generally indulges in it when he hears


anyone speaking in piteous tones. When


the company had dispersed on the even


ing in question he looked as if aware


that he had shown himself off to some


advantage. and indeed went the length


Of saying, Poll is very pretty bird


Hes q good little boy" When drawing


near to the later hours he interrupted an


Interesting conversation by saying, "Are
you not going to your little beddies?
Polly is going to his beddie. Yes. Good
night, goodnight" He then leaped into
his ring, and retired for the night, evil
IDENTIFY highly satisfied with the days
performance.


/ am certain that have not recorded
the half Of what I heard Poll say, but
enough has been quoted to show that he
is post woaleIful bird. A lady offered
twenty gusEcas for him lately and was
astonishedto find that hundred guineas
would not buy him. The last time !
saw him he distinctly pronounced my
name after hearing it few times. He
then wished the Duke of Edinburgh
much joy, and informed me that he was
proud to have the honor of the acquaint-
ance of the Prince Of Wales. Indeed, he
seems to be extremely fond of this fu-
ture King, and an anecdote illustrative
of this trait in his character may very
conclude this paper. When
His Royal Highness, accompanied by his
beautiful Princess, was IN Edinburgh
laying the foundation-stone of the new
Infrmary, the royal procession passed
along Princess street and halted for
few minutes opposite Mr.. Truefitt's win
dow, which was open for the occasion.
A maiden lady of democratic principles
was heard to say very ostentatiously
that the people of Edinburgh were very
foolish in making such an ado about two
common mortals like themselves. Some
one very politely told her to hold her
tongue, but she would not be put
down until Poll, who was brought to
the open window, fairly silenced her by
shouting until the procession moved on,
" Hurrah for the Prince of Walesw
That sentence was the birds latest ac-
quirement, and all who heard him were
in saying that he made the
best possible use of 1t. Polls linguistic
clearly show to what
lengths bird can be
taught to speak, not by mere note, but
with a wonderful degree of nationality
and adaptation to circumstances .-Cham-
bers' Journal.
Year: 1874

Q. s. MAn.-Complaints are frequent
about the delay in transporting the mail
from the depot to the Post Office at this
place. The distance is about half a mile,
and the time occupied in making it varies
from half hour to one hour.


1t seems hardly consistent in the p. o..
Department to be so careful in requiring
rapid transportation of mails by Railroad,
and at the same time permit the mail car
rier here to travel so leisuerly to the Post
Office.
Year: 1874

EDGECoMBE AGRICULTURAL WORKS. =
We call special attention of our farmers
and others who are in need of Agricultural
Implements to the double column adver-
tisement of the above named works. They
offer everything in their line that is used
on farm and of the very best material.
Year: 1874

PUBLIC SPIRITED.-Or oyster Yenders
seem to desire to save the town the ex-
pense of lighting up Main Street. A per-
son can stand in front of the Court House
and count six red lights put up by these
public spirited gentlemen for the benefit,
doubtless of city pedestrians. \ few more,
if you please gents.
Year: 1874

1t may have been a mistake or an
omission, or it may have been intend
ed as the Inauguration of a new era,
but it is positively certain that Fred.
Grant did not kiss his bride. She
was kissed first by her mother, then
by her sister, then by Mrs. Grant,
next by the President and then by
the rest of the friends and relatives.
The bridegroom alone seemed con-
tent to relinquish his newly-acquired
right.
Year: 1874

THE WORK OF EDITING A NEWSPAPER. -
In commenting upon the failure of news
paper manager, the St. Louis Globe tells a
plain truth in the following words:


"The business of journalism will con-
tinue to be an inviting field for experiments
to those who have large amount of money
and large amount of egotism. A man
who, having edited newspaper until he
was forty, should suddenly announce him
self lawyer, would be regarded as fool
by the legal profession; and yet we often
hear of lawyers of forty making sudden
pretensions to journalism. There is an
idea that the business of editing requires
no apprenticeship, that editors come forth
from law offices and colleges fully armed
for the profession, like Pallas from the
brow of Jove. 1t is mistake; there is
not in America to-day single journalist
of national reputation who has not devoted
more time and more hard work to his pro-
fession than, with equal fitness and appli-
cation, would have made him great law
yer or a good doctor. And yet ninety out
of every hundred you meet on the street
will hesitate about carrying hod of max
ing a pair of shoes, whereas there will
probably not be one in the hundred
who can't, according to his own judgment,
edit any newspaper in the country better
! than it is edited, no matter in what manner
or by whom"
Year: 1874

EDGECoNBE FEMALE SEMINARY.-At a
meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Edgecombe Female Seminary last Spring it
was agreed to postpone all action in the
matter until some time this Fall, when a
full meeting of the tock-holders might be
had and their prompt attention secured.
Pursuant to this action of the Board of
Directors meeting of the stockholders of
the Edgecombe Female Seminary is hereby
called, to take place at the Court House in
the town of Tarboro on Friday, Nov. 18th.
1t is very important that there should be a
full attendance. By order of the President.


M. WKDDELI, Sect'y.
Year: 1874

to wrigsle aud sigh, and listen to these
ghostly "reminiscences of love with grave
stone about it, when they came, in the Joy
of their egotism, to lnate of love of to-day
Surely it was Il wise as well as a witty man
who defined a bore as one who persists in
talking to you about his affairs when you
want to talk to him about yours.


1t was stated of the Siamese Twins that
they very seldom talked with each other.
What could they have to talk about? Could
anybody hold discourse with himself? 1t
is the difference in experience, tastes and
feelings that gives conversation its spice.
There is a story that two prisoners being
confined in one cell, they recounted their
lives the first year; the second year they
conhded their most secret experiences; and
the third year were silent. They had talked
themselves out. OF course the story cannot
be vouched for. 1t is simply adduced as a
warning to bridal couples contemplating the
now fashionable two weeks seclusion. -
Chicago Tribune
Year: 1874

A few evenings since, we happened to be
auditor to an interesting discussion. by some
intelligent ladies'. on the tendency Of California
boys to spend all they make. They seemed
unanimous in the opinion that our young men
lacked moral courage to curb their wants. Look
into this matter, boys, and if you find it true.
remedy it. You have the power. Whether true
OF not, it is bad to have the ladies think so.
Year: 1874

We learn from visitors to Auburn, that at
Dutch Flat. Gold Run, Michigan Bluff, Iowa
Hill. and other sections where large hydraulic
mines exist, the miners are busily at work
fixing their claims in order for the next season s
run, which will commence soon after the first
heavy rains, unless the weather should be 80
cold as to freeze the water in the ditches or the
snow 90 deep a. TO- clog them up. ss was the
case last Winter.
Year: 1874

THE Bee tells US that the Central Pacific Rail-
road Officers have just returned from Ogden,
where they had q conference with the Union
Pacific in relation to running passenger and
freight trains--the result of which is likely to
prove beneficial to the public. Through freights,
it is understood. will b somewhat lowered, and
pushed through more rapidly. Besides the ex-
press passenger trains will shorten their trips
between San Francisco and New York TO six
days.
Year: 1874

LOCAL ENTERpRHE.-One Of our exchanges
sensibly says the motto, Encourage your own
towns-men," should be kept constantly in the
memory Of every citizen. If there is any work
you wish done, or any article you wish to pur-
chase, look about among the mechanics and
business men of your own town and give them
the preference. 1t is useless to expect place to
prosper if the best port Of the trade is carried
away from it, and il those of our citizens who
are prone to spend their money out Of town will
only try the experiment they will find just US
good bargains at home.
Year: 1874

"LrvE and let live is a goodly motto. and is
invariably practiced by Auburn's grocery men,
Whatever our farmers have to sell in their line
they take freely paying full price for the articles
rather than send below for the same. Some as
fine, hard cabbage as we have seen in market
were few days ago purchased by Robt. Gordon
from D. Sullivan, one of our Rock Creek farmers
This way Mr.. s. could pay for his sugar, tea
coffee, etc. with his produce, at the same time
Mr. G. got as good an article Of cabbage with
which to supply his customers vino have no
means for raising the same, as could be had any
where, and the farmer got the advantage Of
the transportation costs. This carried out on a
large scale is what makes countries prosper.
Year: 1874

The Convention that met at
GOldsboro has thought best to make
no nomination for Congress in this
district, and our county Convention
last Saturday adopted the same
policy and will have no candidates.
There will therefore be more re-
spohsibility resting upon each in
dividual voter. There will be 10
candidates to go among the people
to arouse them to their duty and
the work will deyolve upon the
leading citizens in the various pres
cincts Cor townships, as We are
compelled to call them now. The
politicians have yielded to the will
of the people in having no candi~
dates and the people should show
the wisdom of their plan by polling
a heavy vote. Organize in every
! lvighUUTnpUu anu see tlat the fui-
strength Of our party is cast.
Year: 1874

What sad story of political Ii
centiousness is told in this extract
from the Charleston Ners and
Courier of Friday" In only
nineteen Of the thirty>two counties
in South Carolina one hundred and
forty~six square miles of land baye
been sold for State and county
taxes, and five hundred and thirty>
seven square miles of land have been
forfeited to the State at tax sales
during the current year
Year: 1874

Do you say, we should not enters
tain such bitter feelings as to de-
cline to sign mans bond because
he is Republican? Then why not
vote for him? You should refuse
to sign the bond of a Civil Fighter,
because by doing SO you do huns
dred times more to further the in
famous measure than If you had
voted for him, II is duty you
owe the purity of the white race,
and especially the poorer classes, to
do all you can to oppose the Civil
Rights, though you thereby refuse
a favor to warm personal friend.
Year: 1874

However much you may like a
man personally you have no right
to put him in Office if he entertains
dangerous political views. 1t is
not the man We endorse, but his
politics, when we vote for him or
sign his bond.
Year: 1874

We are of the opinion that Rad~
icalism would have been dead in
Edgecombe, if the leaders had been
unable to give their bonds. Let's
try the remedy and see if We can
find men who would be such jealous
leaders Of the negroes if they could
not thereby get some fat office.
Year: 1874

We are in receipt of the first
number of the Statesville Land
mark, published by Messrs. Hussey
and Ballard. In politics it is of
the right stamp, and with its able
editorials will no doubt prove a
great assistance to the cause of
right in the mountain district.
Year: 1874

Queen Victoria proposes to erect in
st. Georges chapel, Windsor Castle,
magnificent monument to the Duke
Of Kent, her father. Room has been
made by sending the Duke of Beau
fort and his monument home to the
family estate in Worcestershire; as a
King of the Belgians is still in the
way be is to be put up in the organ
loft.
Year: 1874

. East I4th Street"
In conclusion, the proprietor has only to
state that he viii guarantee to cure any case
of Chills and Fever. No fee will ever in such
case be exacted. The patient is at liberty to
pay or not. All that is desired is, that he
will forward a certificate of his cure at an ear
II date.
Year: 1874




will endeavor to be brief in what I have
to say, always bearing in mind the suggestion
of D'Alembert, that writers trouble them
selves to amplify what their readers trouble
themselves to abridge.


Many years ago my attention was called to
the consideration of the inscriptions or MEM
orable phrases which are connected with
great crises in the lives Of nations Some
times such phrases represent, almost with
the compression of an algebraic formula, the
history and the ruling thought of nation;
and sometimes the persons who wrote them
would appear to have had ideas in advance
of their time, and to express thoughts not
yet fully comprehended by their contempo-
raries. Take for instance the inscription
which marked for centuries the battle ground
of Thermopyl@; "Go, stranger, and tell
Sparta that we died in obedience TO her
laws" There was not suggestion there
of religious or patriotic motive; the in
scription was precisely and vigorously true to
the idea which the genius of one great law
glver had impressed on many successive
Spartan generations; the idea of Discipline
and Of duty; not Of freedom, of glory. Thus
the whole emotional being OF race was for
centuries compressed and repressed like the
foot ofa Chinese lady.


Take again the inscription which was
roughly hammered on a stone On-the battle
field of Lutzen. quote from memory of
translation, and only profess to give it with
substantial accuracy;


On THIS FIELD


GUSTAyUS ADOLPHUs KING oF Swrprr
FELL FIGHTrNG FOR FREEDOM OF SPIRIT


Nov. 16, 1892


Whoever wrote that inscription penetrated
to the central idea of the struggle, stripping
it of all weakening details. The real fight
was not for or against the DEGREES of a par
ticular council; it was not for or against this
or that form OF christian faith; it was for the
underlying right of free examination and free
expression.


Some years since, new road vas con-
structed through one of the passes of the
Swiss Alps, and monument with an in
scription was placed to commemorate the
fact. Almost everywhere else. such ah in
scnption would be written in the spirit of
hope, and triumph, and graduation. 1t
would claim the gratitude Of the people for
the capitalists who subscribed for it and the
engineers who constructed it. But here was
people, all whose traditions had led them
to fear the rapacity and the fraud of the
stranger; and while they yielded to the COM
mercial necessity which required a better
means Of communication, their fears still
balanced their hopes. So the inscription
reads: I'd I...n
Year: 1874

.S-We took peep into the factory Of Cal
ahan & Co.. and found everything going
on swimmingly under the fostering care of
Uncle 81 and found everything in a Thrift
ty condition thereabouts He informs us that
the hardness Of the times has left them with
larger amount of yarn than usual on hand,
but that when the fall trade was resumed he
looked for "A larger trade than the factory had
heretofore received.
Year: 1874

On the night OF the twenty fifth of April
last, an old man named Elisha Eastwood.
highly respected citizen, was hrutally mur
dered on Bayou Lafourche. He had at the
time trading boat with which he had car
ried OF business several years. This n ght 1t
was mOored about four msles below NapO-
leonville. To enter the boat his assassins
killed him with club. They also attacked
and nearly killed an old man who was on
board with him; and attempted to kill his
cook. She escaped by jumping through q
window into the bayou and wading ashore
where she gave the alarm.


Her escape caused the murderers to fly
with such haste that they not only obtained
no plunder, but left behind them the club
with which the deed had been done, sew
eral sacks and bags and two hickory sticks.


1t was some time before any suspected
parties were arrested, bu. six were at last
secured. Judge Taylor Beattie called a
special term of the court to be held July ii.
Indictments we're found against all six, and
the brutality Of the murder, the respect
ability of the victim and the desire that
justice should be done caused the people
TO unite with the district attorney to request
Colonel Field to take charge of the case.


On arriving the Attorney General, after
a careful examination of the case, con-
cluded to dismiss proceedings against one
of the accused and use him as q witness for
the State. The trial lasted two entire days
and part of two nights. The club with
which the deadly blows were inflicted, one
of the sticks found and the sack and bags
were fully identified IS belonging to the
five accused. In addition to the circum-
stantial evidence direct testimony sufficien,
to convict was produced by Colonel Field
who left no loophole of escape, although
the defense was managed by two eminent
counsel. The case was presented SO strongly
that the jury after retiring remained only
fifteen minutes, and returned with an un
qualified verdict of guilty of murder.
Year: 1874

Attorney General Field appeared in
court yesterday, looking we'll, but some
what fatigued after his trip to Assump-
ton.


Judge Hawkins departed yesterday for a
short trip North with his family. He will
leave them there and return in few days.


Judge Lynch will hold court, the Fourth
District, in the room of the Superior Dis
trict Court, during the absence of Judge
Hawkins.
Year: 1874

twill be seen from the above that a
very material reduction in rates has been
made between Wheeling and all points
East. This is an important item to ship
pets Of 4th class freight, such as our Nail
manufacturers.


1t is understood West I've know not
how 1t is at this point that in addition to
the quoted rates Of freight the Baltimore
u Ohio road gives special draw back to
shipperP. The Saratoga Syndicate, as we
understand II, arc prohibited by their
terms Of agreement from giving draw
back. All shippers from Wheeling will
therefore do well to investigate this mat.
Ter.


The war Is a good thing for the public
and we reglad to see 1t. 1t begins to
solve the problem OF cheap trsnsporta-
ton. Now that there is talk In Congress
OF a great national double track railroad
from the East TO the West it is time for
the lines already in existence to begin
the experiment Of cheaper rates.