smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

Mr.. Wackup, q married man Of
Bridgeport: quit work early the
! other afternoon, and went home
to fix up for the purpose of spend
ing the cvening--or rather half
the night--with number of his
friends. He found his wife lying
upon q lounge enjoying sick
headache. but he couldn't find
clean shirt. Mrs. Wackup said
his shirts were washed, but not
iroDeI, and she was too Ill to do it,
and it was the girls afternoon out.
A shade Of disappointment clouded
his brow, and rushing into the
kitchen, he slammed the door with
much carilcstness, and Fortunate
ly found an iron on the range, nice
and hot. Then he diyed into the
basket Of dampened clothes, and
found one Of bis shirts al the bot
tom, just as he expected.


He spread the garment out on d
table without first removing the
oil-cloth cover, and hurriedly con-
suited his watch. Then he couldn't
find the iron holder, and substitu-
ted his pocket handkerchief, and
after burning four Of his fingers,
and breaking one of the command
ments, he landed the hot iron on
his shirt bosom. He thought the
garment had q strange look, but
supposed it would assume it's prop
er shape when ironed: and be SHOW
ed the iron up and down like a
jack-plain. The labor seemed soe ca
sy that be mentally said he had a
mind to follow the business Tor a
living. Then he undertook to
turn his shirt, and just because it
adhered to the glazed table-cover,
be gave it a violent jerk, adding
at least six inches more to the
split in the back.


Then he noticed for the first
time that he had set the hot iron
on the tail Of his garment, and
scorched hole in it as large as
his hand, and in his haste to re-
move the smoothing machine be
neglected to use the holder, and
dropped the hot fraud on his choice
toe; and when Mrs. Wackup who
was startled by the intensity of his
language, entered the kitchen,
holding her head with both hands,
she discovered her husband hop
ping about the room On one foot
and clasping the other with both
his hands. The sympathy that
Mrs. Wackup rendered was not Of
a nature that her blistered hus-



land ycarncd for just at that par
ticular moment. She placed her
arms akimbo and Indignantly OBJ
served:


"Ain't you ashamed of yourself,
you old fool! dancing the can-can
around here, and your poor wife
nearly dead, tool And''-here her
eyes rested upon the wreck on the
table-"and if the old IDIOT hasn't
gone and ruined my best chemise
O, the-the-." "Wackup didn't tar
ry to hear his infuriated better
half finish the sentence, but adroit.
ly lodged the broom-handle, and
limped out Of the room and up
stairs to bed without his supper.
The next morning he told his
friends that the reason he failed
to keep his engagement, nc was
suddenly attacked with the chol-
era morbus at the supper table, and
liked to have died during the
night.
Year: 1874

Why even the editors Of news
papers advertise in them. Do you
not see it every fall ? "Wood want
ed at this Office" "Potatoes taken
in payment for the Chronicze.-
Apply to the editor"
Year: 1874

A QUAINT Essay on Does.-The
following essay on dogs was written
by a small New England boy last
summer: GAS this is the tale Of a
dog, it may be inferred that every
dog has a tail, and that every tail
has dog. | have never seen a dogs
tail run over two feet, but the tale
of dog can be Of any length, and
two feet always run under the tail.
As every dog has it's tail, and every
tail it's dog, SO also has every tail it's
wag and every wag his tale. A dog
can wag his tail one day out Of two,
but wag can tell his tale eight
days out of a week, making a total
difference between the wag of a tail
and the tale of wag Of two days,
seven wags and tail. Mr.. Shak-
speare Qate of England), says that
every dog has his day, but it can
also be said that every day has its
dog, so that we have day-dogs and
dog-days-dog-days are twenty-four
hours long without the tail, but day
dogs and watch-dogs run to any
length if they are not chained. A
watchdog on land is the same as a
watchdog on ship-board, hut they
are entirely different from dogging
a mans watch Oh watching a mans
dog. have often seen a star fish,
but I never heard Of star dog, al
though astronomers do say there is
a dog-star, and that by falling down
over dog you can see stars, but
this double vision does not affect
the measurement of a dog; he con
tains just eight feet, two fore and
two hind. There are many ways
in which this dogs tale could be
drawn out, but a good, healthy dogs
tail should not be over six inches
long
Year: 1874

Speaking truth is like writing
tair, and comes only by practice; i;
it is less a matter Of will than hab-
it; and I doubt If any occasion
can be trivial which permits the
practice and formation Of such q
habit.
Year: 1874

We published some tme'ago a letter
from Baltimore in regard,to meeting Of
West Virginia Democratic politicians in
that city. II the meeting was accidental
1t was one oI those curious condolences
that are possible but not by any means
probable In human experience. The
meeting, such as 1t was, was supposed to
have reference to tho West Virginia Sen
atorship, but the details Of the programme
adopted have never yet reached the pub.
lie. Perhaps after the election comes of
and somebody becomes badly disappoint.
ed and soured, the secrets Of the conclave
will leak out.


Now comes news OF another meeting
IN tho East in regard TO the same subject
this time in Washington City. We are
informed Of the presence of HENRY 8.
WALKER, JOHN 8. BURDETTand CHARLES
JAMES FAULKNER at tho National Me-
tropolis. Our informant seems to think
that the meeting Is not accidental but
that 1t is pre-arranged conference
between these parties with..s view to an
understanding, II not to an alliance, Of
tensive and defensive, in the coming Sen.
atorisl election. His idea is that Messrs.
WALKER and FAULKNER will probably
hsImoni2e on this basis, viz: that il the
former finds himself unable to command
votes enough to secure an election to the
Senate, then he is to turn over such
strength as he has to Mr.. FAULKNER, and
the latter is 10 use his influence 10 make
Mr WALKER the successor Of HENRY G
DAVIS two years hence.


We publish this news for what It is
worth There may or may not be good
deal in it, 1t accorlU with rumors that
have been aAost Tor some time in regard
to Mr., FAULKNRR's disposition to court
favor in the Third district. On the
other hand, the Martinsburg Inde.
pendent has not felt at liberty to
credit these rumors, on the ground that
Mr. FAULKNER's antecedents are in
favor OF removal OF the Capital from
Charleston. And in addition to this in
credulity on the part of the Independent,
the Wheeling Register said day or two
since that it could ASSERT "upon the gerry
highest authority that Hon. G. ]. FAULK-
NER is warmly in favor Of the removal oI
the Capital from Charleston to Wheel.
ing" This is strong language, and VIC
presume is reliable. 1t is quite probable
that the authority" referred to is Mr..
FAULKNER himself.


Still, outside Of the Capital question,
there might be IN attempt 10 come to an
understanding on the Senatorial question,
although we doubt very much whether
the Third District delegates can be in
luced 10 vote for any man who is in
favor Of removal. WALKER is opposed to
removal, as everybody knows, and those
who will support him are mainly like unto
him In this respect As we said the
other day, it is impossible to make head
or tail out Of the Senatorial question at
present, unless we can in some way avail
ourselves Of the newly discovered methods
OF taking observations in log.
Year: 1874

everywhere decorated with green. Great
festoons OF birch and willow leaves, woven
together win great skill. ornamented
the chancel AMI galleries, while all about the
altar were great quantities OF bright Movers, evi-
IDENTITY from private houses. The people greatly
interested me. Their faces were bright and
happy and they were arrayed IN their very best
A few gay bonnets were to be seen here and there,
but for the most part the headdresses were OF
the native costume. The poorer people wore the
universal little black patch of black silk or cotton
about the size of saucer, which is pinned to the
hair on the top or the head and has long tassel
dangling from the lett slde with q silver or brass
ornament attached thereto. 1t seemed to me
very useless piece or female furniture, but
here, as elsewhere, it seems that the
head of women furnishes q field whereon
woman's fancy may work its Will, in defiance OF all
unitarian ideas; and who is there that ia not
pleased with the gentle vanity which makes wo-
mans air 80 important in her thoughts. Those
who could AFFORD more expensive dress and were
not corrupted by European travel wore


THE GENUINE FULL DRESS ICELANDIo COSTUME,
and very pretty and becoming 1t Is, and withai
very costly. The skirt, OF any dark stun, is cut
quite Short and the jacket Is richly embroidered
with either gold or silver. But the headdress Is
the cunningest thing imaginable. 1t consists OF
sort OF helmet OF white silk, about the height of
HALLS stoNcplpe uat, curNeu IOIWSTu, Auu IL
pinned to the hair. Around the base OF It q thin
white veil is fastened with gilt or silver orna-
ments, sometimes in great proiusion. 1t Is long
enough to reach the waist and wide enough to en-
circle the body; but 1t is not sunered to
hide the face, for it Is lifted up and
thrown back over the helmet, and makes
an exceedingly graceful headdress In sucn were
all the fifteen or twenty girls who sung In the
choir of the Cathedral on this millennial sunday
arrayed, and 1t was pretty picture to look upon.
There were about an equal number OF men.
dressed In all sorts Of fashions, and behind yhe
singers was q very good organ.


To say that the singing was fine is to pay 1t
very poor compliment. The Icelandic language Is
wondrously musical and every Icelander sings.
The ordinary hymns OF the church service were
sung as usual but the event OF the occasion was
the singing OF a hymn. composed for this millen.
NAL occasion by man of genius. Matthias
Jochumson. resident Of Reikiavik, and set to
music by another Iceander, S. Sveinbj0rnsson.
give . literal translation, which Is necessarily
without rhyme, and sitnough giving some idea of
the thought, cannot fully express the feeling OF
the original:-


ICELAND'S MILLENN1AL HYMN.
Year: 1874




be condemned to punishment, but II he appealed
to MS judges sucn trial his accuser dare notre
fuse him; and this was the grand tournament OF
the annual Althtng. An Aitning was seldom held
without display OF such gladtatorial skill; ana
when the trial came the women sat on the slope
OF the Almana gia, while the men sat upon the
Lagoorg The men had already given Judgment
and 1t was the women now who pronounced
upon the question OF fair or four play as the night
went on, and cheered the victor as he stood trL
umphant over the prostrate body OF bis dead foe
and made ooeisance TO them.


Along this plain 1t was that the people pitched
their camps and planted their booths, and some Of
them. meant to last from year to year, are not YET
so broken down by time that their foundations
may not be traced. One OF them, indeed, very
near the Lagborg. is quite conspicuous.


1t was certainly most appropriate that this his
toric ground should have been selected for the
celebration OF Iceland's millennial On returning
from the Geysers bright and CHEEKY scene was
there to greet US. About one hundred clean
white tents were pitched in the green
valley, and four thousand people and az
least double that number of horses were
scattered about here and there presenting
such an enliveninq sight as has, dare say, never
been before witnessed since the GOOD old days of
the Althng, when the people came together to heaf
the law, to get judgment. TO witness the battle
trials to see the wicked women pitched into the
fall and the wicked men into the low mount riftsi
to make love, as they doubtless did, and to buy
and sell their dinerent wares, 40 people must
needs do who meet 30 rarely.


MAKE WAY FOR THE KING.


The King came In from his long ride to the
Geysers at I'VE O'CLOCK, and he must have been az.
tonshed at the display, ior surely nobody ever ex.
pected such lively scene In such Q wilderness.
About two miles out from Thingvas there IL Q
farm house, to which the committee OF arrange.
ments had sent twelve bondermen. or farmers 10
meet and escort the King to the grounds. The
head man had never seen King before, but no did
not seem to care for that, but told His Majesty
what ne had come for and what he wanted him TO
do. and that was to listen TO Q short address
(which had the singular merit OF being wnat is
prolessed to be-, and. II His Majesty pleased. to
follow where he and MS fellow pondermen might
lead When they came into camp there was =
great shouting. and two long lines were formed
and twsnty'lonr Ioslandic giylA dsasssd IN thsH
Year: 1874

Mr.. BEAUDRY is doing great deal
for poor men in the way Of furnishing
them cheap,landfor homes and in Civ
ing them employment at fair wages, He
furnishes steady work to forty or fifty
laborers. If the ring can destroy his
water works and crush his enterprise
he will build no more houses, and
work on the streets he is cutting
through hills will of course cease. A
vast amount of property will be dam
aged and large number of men
thrown ogt of employment.
Year: 1874

prisonment in the State Prison not ex-
ceeding five years, or by both.


Every voter must be registered on
the Great Register of the county; and
all parties registered since August Ist,
1873, will be required to show certifi-
cate of registration. from the County
Clerk. The election laws of the State,
while the most exacting, at the same
time offer the best protection to the
honest voter. Let every man recog-
nize this fact, and consider that his
ballot is the highest right guaranteed
him by his country, and that it is to
be used judiciously and uprightly.
Year: 1874

Rather than wear collar that
don't fit, or a neck-tie that looks
'slouchy' throw the inferior article
away and call on Cohen d Davis at
the Identical where you will be sup
piled with the best in the market.
Year: 1874

The Express yells for TIFFANY, but
avoids all allusion to or attempt at
apology for that gentleman's going
into the country with the Grand Jury
of which he was Foreman, and q bucket
of whitewash to whiten the Water
Company's reservoirs job as far out
of his duty as his neglect to notice the
complaints against the houses of i'll
fame was within 1t.
Year: 1874

There 10 an effort making now to in
duce Congress to renew what is knowr
asthe Wilson patent for feeding sewing
machines. Upon the success Of the efEort
now making will depend to a large ex-
tent the price ol sewing machines for
some time to come. The Wilson patent
Is used In common by the Singer, the
Wheeler d Wilson, the Grover & Baker
and the Howe Companies. By controll-
Ing this patent they can control the price
OIL The machines. That Is they can and
do obtain by this patent about three
hundred per cent profit on each ma.
chine they sell. 1t appears that the aver.
ago cost oI sewing machine is not really
over $l2. In TACT Ito be speclfc) the
sworn statement OF Mr.. SINGER in 1871
put 1t at $ll.s3. The average selling
price for these twelve dollar machines Is
fifty flee dollars, while, as matter Of
course, many are sold far above that price.


1t is to be hoped that Congress will
not extend the patent. Too long already
the public have been compelled to pay
this enormous bounty. The original
patent was granted 25 years ago, and
eight years since it was renewed for seven
years. Is this not enough Of a good
thing! According 10 their sworn state
ments three Of these compnies in 1872
sold 445.776 machines. The reader can
easily figure up the magnitude Of their
profits. They were well on TO twenty
millions Of dollars for that one year. In
order that three companies might amass
this immense profit, the people Of the
United States were compelled TO pay
about three times as much for q Sewing
Machine as they should have paid. And
it is not the rich who have paid this enor.
nous bonus, but thousands who were
lily able indeed 10 spare the money. The
question is now, as to how much longer
an article of such common use shall be
taxed thus enormously and unnecessarily.
Ought not Congress hesitate long before
it reuews, Internationally at least, the
Wilson patent2
Year: 1874

TIE Cincinnati Enquirer urges the
Legislature to provide for submitting the
question OF license squareIy to the people
Of Ohio, at tho next annual election, in
accordance with the State Democratic
platform, and also to modify the Adsir
law,
Year: 1874

THE New York Tribune says that
while the value and income Of property
In that city havo been rather falling of
than otherwise, the rate Of taxation Is
steadily increasing, The tax Of 1878 was
50 80 per 800; that Of 1874. g 80; that
OF 1875 is expected to be at least IS, and
may possibly exceed that figure.
Year: 1874

THIS Is the delicate way in which the
Hartford Post hints at the formation OF a
new party: "It the men Of all parties
who accept the doctrine Of the President
on the financial question could be got to
act together, they would make up an i'm.
mense majority In the country"
Year: 1874

No ARRESTS were made for diecharging
fire arms or fire crackers in the city on
Christmas, but there we're many viola
tions Of the ordinance Notwithstanding,
However, ithere were not one'tenth as
much noise and smoke on our streets as
upon many previous holidays within our
recollection,
Year: 1874

At tho Winter Palace, -the other
night, writes q st. Petersburg wedding
correspondent of the London Timer.
the ballroom was lit by five thousand
six hundred wax lights, and the whole
suite of saloons and supper.1ooms
by twenty-six thousand six hundred.
The exact number of persons who sat
down to supper was one thousand nine
hundred and fifty, and your readers
may Judge of the cost of the feast when
I say that one dish, of which there was
far more than enough for all, was OF
exceedingly fine asparagus. Now,
they tell me that asparagus in
st. Petersburg, at this time OF
sons, could not possibly have been
bought for less than four thousand rou-
bles, or between five and six hundred
pounds. This most delightful of balls
at the Nobles' Club did not end az
we'll as it might have done. The pet-
ting of coats and hats and carriaeea
was . most terrific aud endless scene Of
noise and confusion, aud we found il
as hard to get out as the guests at the
E]ysee seem to have found hard to rei
in. A whisper went round at one time
that gentleman had fallen down dead
in one OF galleries, but I trust it wa.
an exaggeratlon. I heard an officer re-
peat to it the woman on his arm. Sh<
looked young enough and beautiful
enough to be immortal, and she mus


have felt 80, too, for her remark was


i" How absurd"
Year: 1874

AN ELOQUENT EXTRACT.-"Gen-
Grafton after generation," says a fine
writer, "have felt as we now feel,
and their lives were as active as our
own. They passed like vapor, while
Nature wore the same aspect of
beauty as when her Creator CON-
manded her to be. The heavens shall
be as bright over our graves as they
now are around our paths. The
world has the same attractions for
our offspring yet unborn as she had
once for our children. Yet a little
while all will have happened. The
throbbing heart will be stilled, and
all will be at rest. Our funeral will
find it's way; and prayers will be
said, and then we shall be left alone
in silence and in darkness for the
worms. And, it may be, for short
time we shall be spoken of, but the
things of life will creep in, and our
names will be forgotten. Days will
continue to move on, and laughter
and songs will be heard in the room
in which we died; and the eyes
that mourned for us will be dried,
and glisten again with joy; and
even our children will cease to think
of us, and will not remember to lisp
our Names"
Year: 1874

To CLEAN PAINT. A. correspon-
dent says: Use but little water at
once; keep it warm and clean by
changing it often. a flannel cloth
takes off fly specks better than cot
ton. Soap will remove the paint SO
use but little of it. Cold tea is the
best liquid for cleaning vanished
paint, window panes and mirrors.
A sharp piece Of wood is indispen-
sible for cleaning corners. A sauc-
er Of sifted ashes should always be
at hand to clean unvarnished paint
that has become badly SIN oked !; it
is better chan soap. Never put
soap upon glass unless it can be
throughly rinsed off, which can new
er be done to window glass. Wash
off the specks with warm tea. and
rub the panes dry I; then make a
paste of whiting and water, and
put a little in the center of each
zane. Take dry cloth and rub it
all over the glass, aud rub it off
with a chamois skin or flannel, and
your windows will shine like crys-
tai.
Year: 1874

Where the faded flower shall freslen-
Freshen nevermore to fade;
Where the shaded sky shall brighten
Brighten nevermOre to shade;
Where the sun-blaze never sc0rches;
Where the star-beams cease to chill;
Where no tempest stirs the echoes
Of the wood, or wave, or hill;
Where the morn shall wake in gladness,
q Aud the noon the joy prOlong;
Where the daylight dies In fragrance,
Mid the burst of holy song;


Brother, we shall meet and rest


Mid the holy and the blest.
Where no shadow shall bewilder;


Where life's vain parade Is Ger;
Where the sleep of sin is broken,
And the dreamer dreams 1880,
where the bond is never sever'd-
Partings, claspings, sob and moan
Midnight waking, twilight weeping,
Heavy noontide-al are done
Where the child has found its mother;
Where the mother finds the child
Where dear families are gather'd,
That were scattered on the wild;


Brother, we shall meet and rest


Mid tho holy and the blest
Where tho hidden wound is healed;
Where the blighted life reblooms
Where the smitten heart tho freshness
OF its buoyant youth resumes;
Where the love that here We lavish
On the whitening leaves of time,
Shall have fadeless flowers to fix on
In an eyer spring bright nlime; "
Where we find the joy Of loving,
As we never loved before
Loving on. unchilld, unhinderd-
Loving once and evermOre


Brother, we shall meet and rest
. Mid the holy apd the blest
Where darkened world shall brighten,
Under bluer sphere,
And II softer, gentler sunshine
Shed its healing splendOr here;
Where earth's barren wales shall blossom,
Putting on their robes Of green,
And purer, fairer Eden
Be where only wastes have been;
Where a King in kingly glory,
Such rs earth has never known,
Shall assume the righteous scepter,
Claim and wear the heavenly crown;


Brother, we shall meet and rest


Mid the holy and the blest
Year: 1874

CHEERFUL HOMES. A house


surrounded with green lawn al


ways has IL cheerful look, even


though the building itself may be


poor, and may have no trees OF


shrubs around it. A house in the
country, with no grass around it,


looks desolate, however elegantly it


may be built and furnished. We
ought to remember this in the ar
rangements of our grounds, and
provide the green setting which


will give beauty, to the humblest
home, and and increased attractive
ness to the most elegant. This col
or of green is an element of beauty
of which VIC ne yer tire. Nature uses
the varied tints of it with a lavish
hand. The fields and woods, from
early spring until the blighting
frosts, display these tints in bound
less profusion, yet they are always
grateful and refreshing to the eye.
If we follow the teachings of ma
ture we shall surround our homes
with the color she loves best. We
shall spread out the luxuriant lawn,
we shall group the trees in suitable
places for beauty and shade, and
we shall leave plenty Of open space
for the glad sunshine to send it's
light and cheer. Those with wealth
at their command can have expen-
sive lawns, nicely shaven; but the
poor and those in ordinary circum-
stances can give brightness to their
homes by surrounding them with
grass or clover, which will give it's
boon of refreshing green, and at the
harvest can be turned into food for
the horse or COW or goat. In this
way any home, however humble, can
have wealth of beauty at no ex-
pense, for the useful product will
more than repay the cost.