smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

from the News, 20.


A passenger by the AncOn, which
arrived last evening from San Fran.
cisco, reports that vessel as enveloped
in dense fog the entire distance from
the Golden Gate to this side of Point
Conception. The whistle was sounded
continuously last night to avoid possi-
BILE collisions. Here in Santa Barba-
ra the brightest moonlight prevailed.


A Chinese Missionary held his
countrymen in close attention for
some time in the classic precincts of
Nigger alley, yesterday. Quite a num-
ber of Americans mingled with the
Celestial throng. We know that Mis-
sionary's name very well, but we
don't care to tell it just now.


The preliminary examination of
Cotton and Mrs. Norton, on Saturday,
before Judge Crane, was kept strictly
private. on account of the difficulty of
securing an unprejudiced jury if it
were made public. Indeed, the feel
ing against the prisoners is so strong
that the counsel for the defense al
most despair of getting jury whose
verdict is not already decided upon.


AS the nuisance of creeping children
cannot be abolished altogether with
out serious detriment to the race, it
might at least be abated by keeping
them out of church lecture rooms.
Rev. Mr.. Bowers was so seriously in
terrupted by the serious action of a
pair of healthy infantile lungs, that he
was obligrd to signify his annoyance,
which was shared with the audience,
and have the child removed.
Year: 1875

An editorial in the Chicago Tribune reads as follows:

 We refer to this case with no purpose of grieving the friends of the lady or of pandering to curiosity, but simply to explain that in all the painful proceed ings Mrs. Lincoln has been treated in the kindest and gentlest manner by her own personal friends, and that from the beginning to the end she maintained her dignity and character as lady. For several years after the assassination of her husband Mrs. Lincoln was pursued by mental picture of the dreadful scene. She could not shake it off. She visitors and friends, and became vic tim to hysteria, accompanied by various apprehensions, of which Restitution, poverty and absolute want were the more violent. A gentleman of this city, one of the warmest personal friends of her husband, succeeded in obtaining an in- terview and then free access to her at all times. During n period of more than year, during which he visited her mainly at her special request, she never failed to begin tho interview with a minute detail of the events of that fatal Friday on which her husband was mur- dered. This same story was repeated at every interview, and almost in the exact words each time. It had engrossed her mind to the exclusion of all other things past and present, except the gloomy ap- prehension that she was reduced to want. At last he proposed that she should leave the hotel and buy house, furnish it, and receive friends, and have some cares to divert her mind. She at last consented, and he states that during the few months in which the house was purchased and she was engaged in fur nishing it, and thus had active employ ment, she was comparatively happy, and had shaken of the terror and wretchedness which had previously afflicted her. But when this business was completed, when there was nothing more to be done, her home again be- came a sort of prison, and she relapsed into all the old gloom, despondency, and terror. Acting under these com bined influences, she did many things which were surprising, if not painful to her friends. She had an aversion for companionship and acquaintance; she closed all means of social approach i; she lived within the seclusion of her rooms, suffering and enduring the ever present horror of the one terrible event. Under this intense strain her mind be- came gradually unbalanced, and year after year she has required more and more the vigilant care of her friends.
Year: 1875

.z When spectacles were first introduced it was considered fashionable to wear them, even by people who were not in g the least near-sighted. In Spain they formed part of the costumes of every well bred person. This absurd use of glasses was meant to increase the gravity of the appearance and consequently the yeneration with which the wearer of them was regarded. The glasses of the "a -spectscles were proportioned in size to the rank of the wearer. Those worn by the Spanish nobles were as large as one's hand.
Year: 1875

For some time past arrangements have
been under way Tor grand Milkmen's
Parade. These arrangements culmi-
mated today in a large and imposing
procession OF the men who furnish the
lacteal fluid to our citizens.


The procession formed on Mclean
avenue, and at II O'Clock took up the
following line of march, which was iol-
lowed TO the end: North on Mclean to
Harrison avenue, east on Harrison
avenue to Freeman, south on Freeman
to Court, east on Court to Central
avenue, south on Central avenue
to Fourth, east on Fourth to Race,
south ON Race to Third, east on
Third to Walnut, north on Walnut to
Fifth, east on Filth to Main, north on
Main to Hamilton road, west on Hamil-
ton road to Vine, south on Vine to Sixth,
west on Sixth to Mound, north on Mound
to Eighth, east on Eighth to Walnut,
and north on Walnut to Turner Hall.


Mayor Johnston, members of the Board
of Health and other public officers occu-
pied the front ofthe procession. Three
bands discoursed music. About two
hundred milk-wagons were in the pro.
cesSiOn.
Year: 1875

At regular meeting Of the Liberty
Grange No. 506, Of the Patrons of
Husbandry, of Saline county, Mo-,
among other resolutions the following
were adopted


Resolved, That in view of the many
evils which ought to and which can,
as we believe, in a great measure
be abolished or abrogated, we earnest
ly urge all true Patrons and others to
use their influence to counteract these
evil tendencies, which we see abroad
in the land.


Resolved, That reform id various
ways is necessary, and this fact must
be apparent to all. Excesses of what
soever nature, should be discouraged
and discountenanced, and those who
will persist in encouraging them are
conducting themselves in such way
as to bring reproach and stigma on
society, and they should be persuaded
to reform and forsake the evil tenor of
their ways, and join us in an earnest
endeavor to ben Eft our fellow beings.


Resolved, That men are too much
addicted to the use of profane and un-
becoming language; language, which
in its tendency has an immoral effect
upon those who are thrown in their
company. That we cannot commend
a father or brother, or other person,
who is in the habit of using bad or
profane language, in the presence of
his family or other company.


Resolved, That men are too much
in the habit of using intoxicating
liquors as beverage. When SO used
we look upon it as one of the great
evils of our day, which justly deserve
the condemnation of all who have the
good of society at heart, and that we
will not, knowingly patronize those
who win persist in dealing out this
most dangerous and deadly enemy of
all good society, either at home or
abroad.
Year: 1875

MAKE your Grange a school for
every member, so that every one will
see that it is good for them to be there,
and soon outsiders will understand that
they are missing a good thing by not
being in the Order.
Year: 1875

The attention not only Of professional
moteorologists but Of every ordinary, un-
scientific observer Of the weather has been
forcibly directed during the paSt few
days to the remarkable condition Of the
atmosphere under the influence Of the
great Polar wave. Originating among
tic mountains Of Montana, this ocean OF
frigid air has swept over the country
with amazing velocity, expanding and
intensifying ns It's progress became more
and more unobattucted, until 1t hus
poured its frosty breath down the valleys
and rivers Of Tennessee and Virginia,
The singular lack Of uniformity in the
approach and continuance Of these I'm.
welcome visitors appears worthy OF note.
Whence do they come, and why do they
cease1 1Sit possible the climate Of this lat.
itude is every year becoming more and
more rigorous, and that in a few genera.
ttons inhabitantsof the temperate zone
will find II necessary, like the EsquimNux
Of Labrador, to inttcnch themselves in
houses and suspend all ordinary outdoor
occupations. II such is the fact to what
cause must II be attribatodS Tho most
rational solution Is to be found In the
theory that tho poles Of the earth are rap.
idly increasing In their intensity Of cold,
and that the natural heat Of the earth is
gradually diminishing in proportion to
the distance from the equator. An addi-
tiOnal evidence in support Of this theory
Ia found In The existence Of hundreds Of
extinct volcanoes scattered throughout
The earth, while those shat continue ac-
tive in the discharge Of their subteranean
fires number less than half score. 1t
may be tton that ages hence the maghi-
fcent country we nov inhabit will become
united as a dwelling place for man, but
ptovident nature will supply the loss and
great continents may fill the space now
occupied by the bonndteSs ocean gifdling
the equatorial zone.
Year: 1875

Charleston.


Mr.. Henry s. Walker is evidently deter
mined to die game in the present desper'
ate struggle for Senatorial hOnors He
has staked everything upon success at
this time. Should he fail now, 1t is not
likely that he will come so near the prize
again, This probability he perfectly un-
derstauds, for he Is shrCwd schemer and
IA aware Of the difficulties in the way Of
working up another campaign. In order
To net the votes he has received in caucus
he had to stump the State last summer
and fall, and devote months to setting up
primary meetings and cultivating candi-
dates in the different counties. He has
already paid large price for success in
the present contest, even suppOslng that
he has been at no other expense than that
Of time and trouble, Should he fail this
timo, and should some one else be chosen
from the Third District, he will have no
chance open for six years, and six years
means in all probability "neveF more"
for Mr.. Walker,


So far as mere partisan advantages arc
concerned We would not regret to sec Mr.
Walker elected Senator, Ills election
will be A decided advantage TO the Re-
publican party, IIisSucCcss will cost the
Democracy many votes In the future, 1t
is not impossible that it will materially
assist to bring OH a political reyulsion
next fall. Walkerism in West Virginia
Ia not unlike Butlerism In Massachusetts,.
Itis an element in politics that the people
would DO glad to eliminate. They did
try to eliminate It in the great contest oil
1872, at the time tho Walker nominee for
Governor, (Mr. J, N. Camdcn), was SO
signally defeated for the govGrnorShip.
Could tho people Of West Virginia, and
especially the people Of the First and
Second Congressional districts, be CON
suited MS to tho choice Of u United States
Senator in the present contest at Charles
ton, Mr., Walker would not have the
ghost Of chance. They would repudi'
ato him with oil the warmth and prccip-
itancy that characterized Mr.. Goods case
last fall when, MS q candidate for the
Legislature, he was questioned aS to his
intentions towards Walker.


De Tocqucyille says in his great work
on tho American political system, that In
form Of government like ours ut Is far
less prejudiciOl to bea witness to the I'M
morality Of the great than to the immor'
ality which leads TO greatness" The spec
tacle Of man rising into successful
eminence purely through INSCRIPTIONS
trlckory 10 one that tends 10 demoraIizo
the minds Of all who aspire to the honors
Of public life, and Is therefore a blow to
the public veal. Hence We feel that
the election Of u man like Mr.. Walker
to such a position MS that Of United
States Senator ia an event to be greatly
doplore,l. We have no desire to sec the
Republican party reap u temporary ad-
vantage at such IN expense to the lasting
interosts Of the State. Tho fact that he
has already received 80 voteS for Senator
isa weighty mill.stone around the neck
Of the Democratic party. The people
will feel That they have had u narrow
escape from great injury and humiliation
at the hands Of that party, and will re-
member the fact against 1t when the time
comes round TO bring in verdict at The
Year: 1875

A MAN bought horse. 1t was the
first one he had ever owned. He saw in
a newspaper that a side window in sta
BILE makes a horses eye weak ON that
side window in front hurts his eyes
by the glare a window behind makes
him a squint-eyed window on a di-
agonal line makes him shy when he
travels stable without window makes
him blind. He sold the horse.
Year: 1875

1t is not out of place now to recall
the following little ex cathedra con
fessions of the Cincinnati Enquirer
in regard to the late lamented Legis
lature:


1--WE trust that all the members oi
the Ohio Legislature will reach home
in safety, and that few of them will
ever find the way back to Columbus.


It (the Wood county bribery busi
ness) reveals the fact that there was
gang of dirty little bribe-givers and
bribe-t takers in the Legislature, and
the Legislature did itself no credit in
Whitewashing them"
Year: 1875

The Democracy of Licking county
have a big quarrel on hand. The
regular ticket nominated on the 5th
of June was not satisfactory to the
party; and on Saturday last the op-
position to the regular ticket met
and made up new ticket. Every
township in the county was repre-
sented, and settled determination
was manifested to beat the ring can
didates this fall.
Year: 1875

When your time is out, don't wait till you have q
chance to come to town, send the money by q
neighbor but enclose it in letter at once and hand
it to your P M. We tcl be responsible il the money
is lost, from any post-o6tce in this county.


Subscribers outside of the county should send
money orders, when practicable, where the amount
is 81 or more. An order costs but 10 cents, which
the subscriber may deduct from the amount sent.
Year: 1875

The Ohio Liberal says of Governor
Allen:


"Until very recently we have been
disposed to give credit to Governor
Allen for a fair degree of fhonesty and
intelligence, but after the exhibition
he has made of himself at Newark and
Gallipolis we are compelled to rank
him as the very prince of demagogues.
For bold assertions at war with his
tory, reason and common sense, he
surpasses all modern examples
among men occupying any position
whatever of political prominence"
Year: 1875

DUCKS AS MoTnERs.-A correspondent of
Land and Water thinks that it is better to let
ducks hatch their oWo eggs than to set them
under hens. He says:


Il know it is popular belief that ducks are
careless and indifferent mothers SO far that a
custom prevails with keepers of poultry of set
ting ducks eggs under heus I think both
this principle and this practice are wrong. The
only advantage hen mothers have over ducks
Is that they are ready to set earlier in the year.
Apart from that believe there is not any ad
vantage in such a custom. From my own OBJ
servatlon l can say that hens kill many more
young ducks than duck mothers do. Natural
ly the feet Of the hen are not calculated for
trcading about among little things which slide
and struggle along the ground. Her chickens
can jump and spring out of the way of her feet;
but have frequently seen a hen stand with
her great outspread toes upon the back of a
young duckling who was vanly struggling to
get from under it, the hen all the while reach
Ing after something to eat, apparently uncon-
sclous that she was slaughteriog her pseudo
offspring. ducks feet are all one, are fat
and splay, and she shuffi.s about without Iift.
Ing them much from the ground. | do not re-
member duckngs being ever trod upon, or, as
the people about here SLY, 'squabblGd' by a
duck mother.


mo doubt We are very wise people 10 our
generation, but from all eternity God has been
wiser than We; and hens we're Intended to
hatch and brl!1g up chickens, and ducks to rear
young ducks.
Year: 1875

Thank God some of us have had an
old-fashioned mother. Not a woman
OF the period, enameled and painted,
with great chignon, her curls and bus
tie. whose white jeweled hands never
felt the touch Of baby fingers, but a
dear, old fashioned, sweet-yoiced moth
or, within whose clear depths the love
light shone and brown hair. just thread
cd with silver. lying smooth upon her
faded cheek. Those dear hands worn
with toll gently guided our tottering
steps in childhood, and smoothed our
pillow in sickness, even reaching out
to us in yearning tenderness when her
sweet spirit was baptized In the pearly
spray Of the beautiful river. Blessed
is the memory of the old-fashioned
mother. 1t floats to MS now like the
perfume from some woodland blossoms.
The music of other voices may be lost
but the enhancing melody of hers will
shine on until the light from heavens
portals will glorify our own. When, in
the fitful pauses Of busy life, our feet
shall wander back to the old home
stead and crossing the we'll worn
threshold stand once more in the quaint
old room so hallowed by her presence,
how the feeling of childish innocense
and dependence comes over rs and we
kneel down ia the molten sunshine,
streaming through the western window
just where long years ago we kneeled
by our mothers knee lisping "Our Fa-
ther." Years have piled great drifts
between her and us but they have not
hidden from our sight the glory Of her
pure unselishness.
Year: 1875

Recent events have called public at
tention to the intimate relation of NOR
ais and manners. 1t may be said that
there is no greater peril 10 mortality
than much that is called merely free
and easy manners. Young men and
even young women, permit themselves
a freedom and license OF manner which
having all the aspect Of impropriety,
may very readily acquire its substance
Edward addresseJ Emily with a loud
and jesting intimacy Of tone and con-
duct, which might be expected in the
sailor saloons of Water street or Wap-
ping, but which is repulsive and odious
in the drawing room or among refined
or gentle persons. Edward and Emily
would be amazed to be told that they
had not the manners OF gentleman or
OF a lady, and have the air of the demi
mode They think that they are es-
pecially CONNIE il fant, and above all
others they know what is tho rule OF
high society. But they arc merely
vulgar, and have the manners OF those
who are worse than merely vulgar
Coarseness cannot be gilded into re-
finement. The young woman who ha-
bitually calls her young friends Of the
opposite sex by their Christian names,
or who suffers anything that can be
called familiarity, although it fall short
Of actual indecorum, should reflect
carefully. "Sir," said lady to police
man who took her elbow TO pass her
over the street, "if I wish you to touch
me / will ask YOU" No woman Of a
high sense of personal dignity wishes
q man to lay his hand upon her
thoughtlessly or unnecessarily. Nor
will such a woman permit any kind Of
rudeness in the tone or manner of men.
L Harper's Magazine.
Year: 1875

It will be seen by comparison of
that the cities above mentioned show a
gain Of Al, ,4G0 during the last five
years. OF this nearly 100000 is in the
cities of New York aud Brooklyn alone.
The net gain in the State outside OF
side Of these cities is only 12,4l5. A
number of counties show an absolute
decrease in population during the past
five years.
Year: 1875

A London letter respecting the
English Arctic expedition gives
these points Of interest:


When the Alert will have travel
led as far northward as she can pos
sibly go, six sledges will be started
in the direction of the long-looked
for goal. Five Of these will contain
eight men each and the remaining
one twelve. Food and other neces
saries for forty days subsistence
will be taken along.


During the first five days the
large sledge will supply all the
others with provisions, and at the
end of that time a depotwill be estab-
ished, at which the large sledge will
deposit all it's rations except what
will suffice to maintain them during
their return to the ship. The five
sledges will continue the trip north
ward for another five days when
second depot will be established, ra-
tions deposited there, and another
Of the sledges return.


The four sledges continue the
journey, and at the expiration Of
five more days a sledge turns back,
and but three proceed. Thus the
party is diminished to the extent
Of one sledge every five days until
one sledge alone is left to proceed,
having on board it's original supply
of forty days rations. In each case
the returning sledge picks up pro-
visions enough at each depot to last
it until it reaches the next. When
the last sledge will have been twen-
ty days out from the last depot
it must return, whether the grand
discovery be then made or not.


If an open sea be encountered
by the explorers two boats, mount
ed on sledges, will be brought into
requisition. They are rugged with
masts and sails, and can be made
use OF, with a favorable wind, in
relieving the strain upon the dogs.


The most dreaded obstacle in
the way Of the sledging parties Will
be the gaunt Polar bear. As many
of the party, however, can hit q
bulls eye with precision, it is ex-
pected they will not fail to hit a
bears when it comes in sight.
Year: 1875

Compact expression Of wisdom
from the astute editor of the Nil
waukee News: 1.-The biggest fool
was a girl in New York who pois-
oned herself for a dry goods clerk
who parted his hair in the middle
and wore an criode watch chain"
Year: 1875

For at least ten days Miss Eliza,
the housekeeper, had reported our
little maid, Kitty, in most unusual
state of mind and body. Her shiny
black skin was becoming absolutely
palid-her broad mouth, always
parted in. rather noisy laughter,
was closed, and her full lips tremu
legas,; her appetite was gone entire
ly-she was literally starving her:
self to death. The state of her
mind was most distressing, for her
utter wretchedness was painful to
behold, and her silence as to its
cause something remarkable in one
formerly so communicative. Our
curiosity was considerably excited
by such a phenomenon, and our
wonder was increased by the sud
Et-zT


den announcement one morning
that our, excellent chambermaid,
whose conduct while with Us had
been unexceptionable, had been ar
rested and carried off for trial be-
fore our village magistrate. What
could itmean2 Kitty's bosom friend,
q half-simple girl about her own
age-sixteen-gave US the desired
information as shepassed the house
weeping bitterly, following in the
wake of the constable who was
leading poor Kitty away:


s:Me and Kitty was at the Cary
street Westinghouse Sunday fore
last, and Kitty laughed at some
thing, and one of the colored men
a big man in the church-he say
Kitty keep him from saying his
prayers, and he meant to have her
put in prison for it. Kitty and me
have been scared to death !; and
now they done come and took my
poor dear Kitty! Oh, oh, OH"


This, then, was the explanation
Of the whole mystery. Our merry
little darkey had been to the colored
Methodist meeting house two weeks
before, and had disturbed one OF
the elders, a cross grained old bach
elor negro, who had no eye for our
maids trim little figure and good
natured face, but a sharp one for
an innocent female who might dis
turb his lordship's devotion. His
threatening glances, as we afterward
heard, had only increased her mer-
riment, and he had left the church
vowing vengeance. Behold the re-
suit!


We were all good deal troubled, d,
for Kitty was quite pet with us,
and so sister Louise hurried off in
search of a gentleman friend whom
she persuaded to accompany her
to thu magistrates Office. Arriving
at the miniature courthouse, they
Year: 1875

An Indiana girl wanted to see if
her sweetheart really loved her,
and she got a boy to yell ':mad
dog" as they were walking out.
The lover flew over the fence and
left her to be chewed up, and she
went right away and married a
store clerk.