smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

But let us come down to modern times,
and speak of the hired girl of the nine
teenth century. The queen of Sheba
would have died of envy if she had at
tempted to show off around the modern
goddess of the dishcloth. Years of ex-
perience has given us a thorough under
standing of her. Our family has had the
honor of entertaining 1916 of her. As
we close our eyes We can see them come
and go in mighty caravan, laden with
bandboxes, and what silverware they
could carry away.


There was Betsy. She was the one
that forgot to pick the chicken before
she fricaseed it. Betsy was the one with
blue eyes and red hair. Betsy's hair was
rather coarse, but when it was well but
tered it did not taste bad. We have
eaten great deal of Betsy's hair, and it
never hurt us any yet.


Then there was Marier. The way that
Marier used to bang the dishes around
when any of the household were impu-
dent enough to ask her if dinner was
most ready, was a caution. Marier had
a beau, and over there in the corner is
the bears oil grease spot frescoed on the
wall, where they used to lean their heads
when they used to spark, before the beau
knot of holy wedlock was tied between
them.


Julia was one that always skinned the
cream off the pans and ate it, but her
conscience didn't seem to smitc her. In
deed Julia was very poor and couldn't
afford a conscience.


Helen was one of the seven sleepers.
We seldom called her by her surname,
but the old man who used to stand At
I the foot of the stairs and spend half an
hour each morning III calling her was al,
ways particular about addressing her by
her full name, and he used to call her
Dambnashun. Even now we can imag-
/ inc we hear him saying to her imploring-
4 iv, "Helen Dambnaahun why don't you
get up?'


Then there was Sary Ann. She hac
but one favorable popularity. She
could fry potatoes to perfection. Matrl
mony carried Sary Ann off very sudden
", and she now has a little family o.
seven girls and they are all children OF
the old block, slices off the old potato a
it were. They are all talented, cultured
potato fryers.


These are some of them. The name
the rest are legion. A row OF their ol'
shoes in the garret stand as monument


to them, and we shall never forget them
They were 2 race of tyrants but still W


revere their memory, and occasionally
when the wife is not around, we kiss tn


present hired girl for their sakes.
Year: 1877

4 few days ago young couple IN one-horse


conveyance drove up in front of the residence Of


one Of our clergymen to be spliced for life. The


horse was tied with rope halter to post, so
as to secure tue animal while the ceremonies


were going on within. The clergyman had got


his books and papers in readiness, and had goue


through with the usual foFtnalities. the
QUESTION rs to age and legal objections
had been Satisfactorily answered, the
groom had been congratulated upon tie
choice he had made, and the ceremony
vas just to be begun: when the clerical gentle
man CHANGED to look out of the window and no.
1iccd that tho vehicle in which the couple had
arrived was in danger OF obstruction. The
horse had thrown himself, and was choking
himself with the halter. The bridegroom and
clergyman both hurried out, and By the time
they had reached tho pavement the horse md
badly cntangled himself. in the harness, and
partly upset the conveyance. Then commenced
The tug OF war. Neither the bridegroom nor
clergyman could open the halter, and yet the
horse Was choking. Just then another clergyman
came to the assistance Of the nonplussed clergy
man and bridegroom, and opened the gordian
kuot BY cutting it with his pocketrkuife. The
horse soon regaincd the horizontal position the
BRIDE who had also come out to assist ut the
work. the groom, and the clergyman returned
to the parlor, where the Ceremony was happily
concluded. 1t is hoped that the kuot is tied SO
that no nc!ghboring clergvman's po:kct-kDife
may sever it. The happy couple left, the groom
re- joicing that he had, first, his horse, aud, Sec
ond, his hefpmese, all safe.
Year: 1877

The legislature is making an effort to
reduce the taxes; bill having passed the
House reducing the present tax for State
purposes about so per cent. 1t will no
doubt pass the Senate.
Year: 1877

We hear that several negro preachers


IN the lower part of the State and one or
two of the colored brethren in this coun-
ty, talk of applying for the appointment
of U. S. Marshal for Delaware District.
Year: 1877




We published yesterday from our
Calcutta correspondent the news for
which we had been watching and wait
ing anXiouslv. The rain has at length
come. Instead of the scanty and oc-
casional showers which have been re-
corded in due detail, but which have
done but little to improve the prospects
Of the next harvest, we hear now of a
general downpour over the districts
most in need of it. There has been
rain in Madras, and in other parts of
the country where the state of affairs
has been almost equally serious. In
many places the fall has already been
abundant. In most others there has
been enough to do great good, and there
Is, the appearance of more to come.
Here and there, indeed, the report is
less encouraging, but the news on the
whole leaves us IN no doubt that q real
change has occurred and that the long
expected rainy season is at least setting
in in earnest. 1t is difficult to over
state the Importance of such tidings.
Unless things alter for the worse-and
the latest accounts of all show no signs
of this-the next harvest will be saved.
We may thus fix with confidence the
time at which the famine will have run
its course In about four months the
crisis will be over. But in the mean
while, until the early crops are gathered
in, the distress will be as great as it has
ever been. The rain brings with it, not
food, but the promise of food by and
by. There is still dreary interval to
be passed, and there will be need of the
utmost exertions to alleviate the suffer-
ing which must attend it. We have
heard lately of millions of poor hunger
stricken creatures driven to the last ex-
trenlity by want of food, and dying
daily by thousands from famine and
the diseases which follow it. All this
will 60 on as yet unchanged, apart from
the relief which Government or private
benevolence may supply. During the
rest Of the year the utmost efforts will
be called for to save life. With next
year plenty may return, but for the
present year the question still is how
many can be pulled through into the
good time we are hoping for
Year: 1877

Ir seems that the people of the far
west are going to follow the good ex-
ample set before them by Minnesota,
and if they do train robbery and bank
robbery will soon become unfashionable
out west, as it did suddenly in Mime
sofa after the raid on the Mortified
bank. 4 dispatch from Kansas City
says that two of the gang that raided
the Pacific express train, a short time
ago, have been overtaken by stern JUS
tice and they are now consigned to
mother earth by having been shot
dead With the capture of these two
100000 of the stolen gold was re-
covered. The search for the rest OF
the gang is being pushed with vigor
and the prospect is good for further
captures.
Year: 1877

IT IS stated that the president will only
embody in his message to the special
session of congress, those things for
which the special session was called
and another message will be sent to
the two houses on the first Monday
in December.
Year: 1877

An awful story comes from st. Johns,
Quebec, of the burning of a farmhouse
in which family Of eight children
were burned to death The fire occur
red in the night, and its origin is rn-
known
Year: 1877

Mr.. Morrow having received a major
ity, he was declared nominated


A resolution to provide for the cleo
ton of state central committee dele
gates by counties, was tabled


Edward Soaring was nominated for
superintendent of public instruction by
acclamation.


The convention adjourned sine die
shortly after midnight
Year: 1877

up Broadway passing the Third Ward school house. where
the children werc all assembled in the other sch ols
and greeted the party with songs and shouts By hafpas
IL the Blind Asylum reached The gateway was
decorated with arches aud the entrance TO the building
was marked by the customary inscription Of Welcome"
The blind people were singing chorus of welcome in
set apart for the exercises Brief speeches
made By tho Preadent and others.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S.-Ihe United states
Consul at Liverpool informs the Department OF state
that the operatives the cotton mills of Bolton ana VI
cnity TO the number of ten TO twelve thousand struck
ON the ST of the present month rather than submit 70
reduction OF ,per cent in their wages one hundred
and ak IN ills are closed in consequence.
Year: 1877

RESULT OF THE CONFERENCE.


LONDON, Jan. 19.-The Times of to-day
referring to the result of the conference
says:-This event will surprise nobody,
These whom It will disappoint are fewer
than they may have been even at the open-
ing Of the new year. The friends OF the
Turks are naturally delighted at the spirit
and courage displayed by the Porte, and the
supposed humiliation which has befallen
the diplomatist who presumed to tresspass
on the sovereign rights Of the Sultan. What
will be the effect of tho Porte's decision on
the peace of Europea There are those who
declare themselves absolutely certain that
Rutsia will not attack Turkey. There are
those on the other hand who profess to de-
tect consummate astuteness IN
General Ignatief's mediation and
who will now say that he knew from
the first how surely the fanatictsm OF Con-
stantinople would force the Porte to open
defiance on this subject. We shall be con-
tent to favor judgment on events as they
occur without speculation or prediction.
There can be no doubt that Russia is 10
most difficult position, between war from
which II can expect no permanent advan-
taee and pledge which, II not redeemed,
will dtscredit the throne. In any case 1t is
not to be assumed that diversion for peace
or war will necessarily be made at once.


It is quite possill, that weeks may pass
amid new diplomatic evertures before Rus
sia thinks 1t convenient to announce her
floal resolution. Perhaps the dissolution oi
the conference marks the beginning of .
n w phase, on which the Western Powers
will be time inactive, and the three In
perial courts will once more concern them.
selves with the business.


The "Daily News" says The effort at
Diplomatic coercion came far too late. i
never had fair chance.


Long before the Western plenipotentiarffs
reached Constantinople the Turkish Gov
ernment aud people had been filed with the
idea that England would in the last resor'
stand the friend of the Ottoman Em
pire. We have shown that even while the
conference was sitting only too much reason
was given them, despite Lord Salisbury, to
cherish the same conviction.


+ At the same time, we own to certain
feeling of satisfaction that Turkey has
taken her honor and integrity into her own
hands. We, as State, have nothing more
to do with them With the breaking up Of
the conference ends the old fashioned policy
which accept Turkey as the hereditary
responsibility of England. Hence forward
Turkey must patch up its credit the best way
It can and fight It's own battles. '.#t
Year: 1877

Ten members of the Western Union
Executive Committee appeared before the
Senate and House Committees to day and
informed them that they were ready to de-
liver all telegrams called for. The question
arose as to which committee should re-
ceiye them, the Senate claiming . priority
of demand.
Year: 1877

" Howp" asked Robert Craig, very
complacently.


Ct could swim for it If necessary"


The water would chill you to death
in ten minutes"


I'd get boat, then.'


You know very well that there is
not boat within ten miles, except at
the nearest ferry, and there the oars are
locked up, and could not be had before
morning. By that time the letter will
have floated many miles away, and pro-
baby be picked up and handed to the
authorities. Oh, blaze away I'd rather
you would now, since have made up
my mind to die and have you hanged ~


Ralph More stood for half minute,
with the threatening rifle still at AN aim,
apparently unable to make up his mind
whether to risk the gallows or not then
he said.


But If spare you, and this letter is
found, what explanations can be made
of it 20


&C might say it was joke; and in
ully eNenI, ii SuOulu De Sull IOuDQ
alive, it would be easy to prove that you
didn't kill me-"


Ralph More placed his rifle upon his
shoulder and walked away, muttering,
with an angry oath:


I'm fool ought to have done the
work without giving him chance to
play such lawyers trick ~


Robert Craig stood upon the bridge,
watching the would be assassin till he
was out of sight, then once more gazed
down upon the clear cold waters of the
river, and said aloud


I'm the luckiest man livingl No
floating tonight, thank you'll"


The next day Ralph More abruptly
started on trip to California, much to
the surprise of the community, and he
never returned to Kentucky.


Robert Craig? All, if i should give
his real name, the reader would know
that it was the life of since famous
man that was saved that frosty night,
years ago, by an argument on the bridge.
Year: 1877

To illustrate how curiously persons
sometimes try to explain matters that
are hard task for our credulity, / men
ton little incident experienced by the
writer of these lines. When / travelled,
in 1871, in Palestine, an old gray friar
from the monastery of Ramleh, about
fifty miles West from Jerusalem, showed
me the supposed place where Samson
killed 1000 Philistines with the jaw
bone of an ass. When / expressed my
doubts as to the length and strength of
a jaw bone, considering the great num-
ber of surrounding enemies, the good
monk explained the case in the follow
ing manner:


"Well, he took hold of the ass by the
tail and swung the animal against the
Philistines in such manner that only
his head, and of this especially the jaw
bone, struck the Philistines, keeping off
in this way the surrounding warriors
and giving the blow the necessary force
to kill.'' L affirm that in this manner
Samson could have slain million
Philistines provided the tail of the ass
did not break.-Sdcranent journal.
Year: 1877

Up with the birds in the early morning
The dewdrop glows like precious gem;
Beautiful tints in the skies are dawnng,
But she's never moment to look at them,
The men are wanting their breakfast early;
She must not linger, she must not wait;
For words that are sharp and looks that are


surly


Are what men give when meals are late.
Oh, glorious colors the clouds are turning,
If she would but look over hills and trees
But here are the dishes, and here is the churning
Those things must always yield to these.
The world is filled with the wine of beauty,
If she could but pause and drink it In
But pleasure, she says, must wait for duty
Neglected work is committed sin.
The day grows hot and her hands grow weary,
oh, for an hour to cool her head,
Out with the birds in the winds so CHEEKY


But she must get dinner and bake the bread.
The busy men in the bayfield, working,
If they saw her sitting with idle hands
Would think her lazy and call 1t shirking,
And she never could make them unders tand.
They do not know that the heart within her
Hungers for beauty and things sublime;
They only know that they want their dinner
Plenty of it-and just con time.''
And after the sweeping and churning and bak-


ing,


And dinner dishes are all put by,
She sits and sews, though her head is aching,
Till time for supper and "chores'' draws


nigh.


Her boys at school must look like others,
She says, as she patches their frocks and hose,
For the world is quick to censure mothers
For the least neglect of childrens clothes.
Her husband comes from the field of labor;
He gives no praise to his weary wife;
She's done no more than has her neighbor
IT'S the lot of all in country life.
But after the strife and weary tussle
y With life is done, and she lies at rest,
The nations brain and heart and muscle
Her sons and daughteis-shall call her blest.
And think the sweetest joys of heaven,
The rarest bliss of enernal life
And the fairest crown of all will be given
Unto the way-worn farmers wife.
Year: 1877

Must convince them that It possesses great
merit. while the new and original method OF
Its preparation when studied with the disease
satisfies the mind Of any reasonable person
tnat It's method OF cure is the true one.
Year: 1877

The oldest inhabitant finds this spiing
without parallel in lils experience. With
tie exception Of a few very hot days more
than fortnight ago. the weather has
been cool. almost cold, at night with
persistent North east winds. Vegetation
makes slow progress. Yet We have never
seen such wealth Of magnificent roses as
gladden. the eye this season. Their
glorious richness aud glow Of color seem
almost TO nlake an srlificial warmth.
Year: 1877

DEAR Old MOTHER Goose Afttr n
long period OF moltlng, has strnd'lrd
hack on to her old nest, the Dispatch, in.
cuoatcd and her sickly brood are scratch
ing dirt all over us from under tbr heels
of Donkey b. while the old goosy loving.
ly extends one wing over his dropping
head and the other over the clerk of the
Seattle p. o. Between her Kisses she
manages to articulate some dwelling
nonsense about the people of Seattle
having right to keep the STAR out Of
their families etc That is what we com
plain of. A large number Of people in
Seattle have subscribed and paid for the
STAR and they want it, and are entitled
to its prompt delivery. We do not OBJ
ject to the letter mail having the presce-
drncc in delivery, but that mail from this
county is not so enormous as to require
three or four days, before the clerk could
find time to deliver the paper mail. As
for the insufficient salary complained of
by the clerk, so long as he is there in the
office and agrees to do the business for
the amount stipulated, he is bound to do
1t promptly, faithfully and impartially;
and if he cannot do it as it should be
done for what Mr.. Prosch pays him let
him leave and Mr.. p. would no doubt be
glad to find another man to tuke his
place. No doubt the present incumbent
could find employment in some saw mill
or logging camp to which he is by ma
ture better adapted, for they are excel.
ent places to break in young mules.
AS for the old lady of the Dspateh;
fear OF poison being introduced iatro-
Into Seattle families by the STAR, there
is no danger; if they can stand the Dis
patch and escape contagion they will
never have the smallpox, cholera, plague,
scsbies or rabies, for no tarantuar or
ropperhead ever distilled venom half
as deadly poison as drips from the pen
of the present editor of the once respec-
table Dispatch.
Year: 1877

AMONG our regular exchanges comes
the NeD Northeast Mrs. Duniway its
editor is devoted heart and soul to the
elevation of her sex. Whether tile bal
lot, II given to women at present, would
be q panaeea for all the ills she COM
plains of, is matter admitting of
grave doubts. OF one thing no just man
can doubt. The education OF women,
carried to the same extent as among
men, cannot fail to affect the whole hu.
man race for good. Womans education
generally stops before the intellect 10
matured. The cares of maternity and a
household are thrust upon them too
early in life, thus cutting off in great
measure their chances for intellectual
development. 1t is fact that most
women are married too young. Their
sons and daughters do net have the ben
eft of a cultivated mind. Such early
marriages, too often result in arrested in
tellectual development. In fashionable
society, managing woman care more to
secure for their daughters a rich hus-
band, be he ever SO noted rue, than to
keep them on their hands and ut school
long enough to choose judiciousIy for
themselves. The remedy for woman's
present inferiorlty is education. When
she is equally as we'll educated she will
be mans equal. Whether the ballot at
present will help her or not is an open
question. The time to treat this de-
mand of hers with sneers and inuendo
has past. 1t is easy to blurt out a sar-
castle sentence that will laise coarse
laugh. That does not fill the bill. The
advocates OF womans suffrage are rapidly
increasing. The woman who have
shown themselves fit subjects to be en-
trusted with the ballot are multiplying
all over the world. 1t is a grave ques.
tion and should be deliberated upon and
discussed with calmness and dignity.
Woman suffrage is one Of the things that
is bound to be. 1t is only question OF
time. We hope the warm friends Of this
measure, will initiate Mrs. Duniway, and
advocate higher standard of educatiOn-
al culture for the sex, that they may be
better fitted to exercise the rights ol
suffrage with greater intelligence gener-
ally, than they are at present capable OF,
or is exercised by a majority VINO now
have the ballot. In fact the only real
argument against woman's suffrage is
the want of politicsl experience, and tht
nsrrowness Of her education generally.
Year: 1877

TIE lust number of the Unitarian Id
cocato is at hand, and is as interesting as
ever ln speaking Of our trouble with
the Seattle post Office, after compliment
ting Ihe STAR it says:


We DO not believe there is any
ground for this charge save in the lively
imagination OF Bro. Morse, and some de-
gree of carelessness on the part Of the p.
o. officials in Seattle"


In reply we would say, that our or
thodOx brethren accuse Bro. Utter Of
having TOO much faith in the virtue of
fallen humanity. In this particular in
stance, we are more than satisfied that
they are right.
Year: 1877

To the Working Glass; We are
now prepared to furnish all classes with con-
slant employment at home, the whole Of the
time, or for their spare moments. Business
new. light and profitable. Persons of either
sex easily earn from 80 cents to IS per even.
fng, and a proportional sum by devoting their
whole time ~ the business. Boys and girls
earn nearly as much as men. That all who
see this notice may send their address, and
test the business we make this unparalleled
offer. To such as are not well satisfied wa
will send one dollar 10 pay for the trouble Of
writing. Full particulars, samplers worth
several dollars to commence work on, and
copy OF Home and Fireside, one Of the largest
and best Illustrated Publications, all sent free
Portland, Maine
Year: 1877

SENATOR BOOTH has been making
administration speeches in California,
and when an inquisitive citizen asked
how about Sargent and Page as models
Of Republican purity, he replied that
he supposed that they could fight their
own battles, but, added he, 81 have
not contended that the Republican
party is absolutely perfect-perhaps it
is not as perfect as you are. But, my
friend, you must remember that, out
side Of yourself and myself, and your
friends and my friends, and your wife
and the woman I hope to marry, there
is not absolute, entire and immaculate
perfection in more than 5000 or 10,000
people, even in this very virtuous
town.
Year: 1877

THERE should be no loss Of time now
in dispatching the embassy to Sitting
Bulls camp. The peculiarly hospitable
entertainment received by Crazy Horse
will be sure to make q favorable i'm
preston on his old partner, and prepare
him to incline willing ear to the elo-
quence Of the commissioners, when
they are describing the delights Of life
AZ the Agencies, where they feed good
indians on bayonets. There is no rea-
son to doubt that Bull and his COM
panions will be SO delighted to meet
'ne embassy that every savage win
want lock Of the commissioners
Year: 1877

THE reason why Hobart Pasha has
not bombarded Sevastopol is known at
last. He has discovered that the new
fortiHcations Of the place are strong
enough to destroy any feet that might
come within range of their guns, even
without the help of the torpedoes.
Year: 1877

THE Republicans Of New York have
two or three times refused to nominate
Mr.. Cornell for Governor. Next year,
however, he will probably be out of a
situation and better luck may attend
him.
Year: 1877

THERE is something sublime, some
thing refining and elevating and noble
in the sight of an American pausing on
the summit of bald cliff to hold a
prayer-meeting, while bandy-legged,
Nez Perce slips off into the cleaning
with his game bag full of fresh scalps.