smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

If it be true that you can meas


ure the civilization of country b,


the character of it's highway, how


low will the estimate be placed up


on our own section? For, tried by


this test, we have but little to boas


of, and much to be ashamed. Tha


our road laws are very defective
almost farce-and very badly en-


forced, no one of ordinary sagacity
can for a moment doubt. We are
astonished to find our law makers
so tender footed and lily posted on
the subject of our roads; and those
whose duty it is to see to having
the law executed are very nervous
ly sensitive whenever this matter is
alluded to in the papers. So, be
twsOn the enaotors and executors
of our so-called road laws, we have
almost as good as no roads fit &c
travel. A tax raised to put in or
der and keep in repair frst-rate
roads would be the best money pal
out and expended by the people;
and it is certainly the duty of the
Government either to keep its high
ways IN good order or to compel

the people to do that themselves.
The wear and tear of vehicles, the
injury to teams and the loss of
time occasioned by the miserable
roads throughout the country, over
whic5 our people have TO travel,
will pay ten times, sand more too,
for all it will cost to keep the roads
in fine travelling order, TO say moth
ing of the enhancement of the esti-
mate placed upon our State by those
who visit us with a view Of seeking
homes, as well as passers-by. We
hope that every public speaker and
every newspaper IN the State WILL
from this time forward, speak upon
this important topic till a public
sentiment shall be formed that will
force action that shall give us good
roads and force the proper ones To
keep them in order. Ii is to the
interest of all classes to help push
forward this greatly needed i'm
provement, and the ball should be
put in motion, and kept moving
till the work is accomplished. Our
miserable road system has kept our
State in the back ground of the
picture too long already. Let us
have frst-rate roads, kept in good
travelling order all the time.-Rural
Sun.
Year: 1877

arms were around my neck, ant
Alice was whispering in my ear:


They will come in a few minutes
love, to set you free! The villair
left the key in the door. l thought
of that before / started, but there
was a man at the front, watching
| crept around the house and saw
MIN, so L did not dare to be seen.


But have you been at Postvillei


Yes, dear.


In all that storm?


Selim seemed to understand. He
carried me swiftly and surely. !
was well WI apped in my water proof
cloak and hood. When l reached
Postville the train had not come.


But is it here?


Only the locomotive and one car
riage In that carriage was a sher-
if and deputy sheriff, and twenty
men armed to the teeth, to capture
the gang at the embankment. l
came, too, and they lowered me
from the platform when the speed
slackened, so that 1 could run in
here and tell you all was safe.


While she spoke my wife had
first united the handkerchief around
my neck, and then in the dark,
found some of the knots of the cord
binding me. But l was still tied
fast and strong, when there was a
rush of many feet upon the stair
case, and in another moment light
and joyful voices.


We've captured the whole nine!
was the good news. Three, includ-
ing John Martin, and desperately
wounded, but the surprise was per
feet. Now, old fellow, for you.


A dozen clasp knives at once sew
cred my bonds, and a dozen hands
were extended in greeting.


As for the praise showered on
my plucky little wife, it would re
quire a volume to tell half of it.


The would-be assassins and rob
bers were sent to trial and SEN
fenced to penal servitude.


Alice and l left for more civil
lied community the following year.
But before we went there was an
invitation sent to us to meet the
committee from the railroad COM
pany at Postville. We accepted;
had dinner; were toasted and COM
plimented, and then Alice was pre-
sented with q silver tea service as a
testimonial, from the passengers
upon the threatened up-train, the
company and railroad directors, in
token of their gratitude for the lives
and property saved by my heroine.
Year: 1877

The pencil marks you see around thi
paragraph (thus) mean that your


scription is out or unpaid, and that you
are requested to pay up at once. We
would take great pleasure IN extending
credit to our friends and patrons. but
cash alone will Yay cur expenses, and
we are forced TO adhere 10 a strict cash
rule. We hope you will comprehend
and appreciate the necessity OF such
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


tE- We enter no new names on our
books without The money In advance.
Year: 1877

We can have no patience with
nor sympathy for the man who is
too stingy to subscribe for his
county paper, but is anxious and
ready at all times to grab the one
taken by his more liberal neighbor
by the time the paper drops from
his hand.-ScoUtsbo Herald.
Year: 1877

/. Let lin have his own way.


2. Allow him free use Of money.


8. Give him fun access 10 wicked
companions. ss#-e ~
4. Call him 10 no account Of his
evenings.


5, Furnish him with no stated en-
ployment.


Pursue either of these ways, and
you will experience a most marvel
GUS deliverance, or will have to mourn
over. a debased and ruined child.
Thousands have realized the result.
and have gone sorrowing to the
grave.


From the number Of the idle boys
to be seen on the streets at all hours
OF the day. and freqnently late at
night, it is to be feared that nj any of
our parents Lave learned too we'll
the lesson, show TO ruin a son." No
greate- calamity can befaIi a stout,
healthy lad, than to be allowed for
any great length of time to be Who'll.
J without employment. Any young
man should prefer to work for moth
ing and find himself, rather than con-
tract the habit of chronic idleness.
There is no escape bat at q 7auch
greater cost, from the divine edict
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou
eat bread. till thou, return unto the
ground" The young man known to
be steady. industrious, perfectly re-
liable, is sure to find there Is a good
place for him in the busy world.
Year: 1877




Washington special to the New York Tribune. Il.


Speaker Randall and his friRnds
appear sangnine that the delay in
the settlement of the Louisiana and
South Carolina difficulties has solldi-
fed their party. and already saved il
fro.o the danger Of going 10 pieces
at he extra session on the question
OF the organization of the House.
This Is jumping to conclusion in a
very iiasty manner. There is tine
yet for a good many ups and downs
in the prospects Of the Democrats
before the session begins The
Northern Democrats hope that the
Southern question will be kept open,
and they will do al they can to pre-
vent the Southern wing Of their party
from feeling satisfied with the con-
duct Of the Administrator. They
are likely, however. to be disappoin-
ted. 1t is evidently tire fixed pur-
pose OF the President to get rid of
the dual governments, before Con-
gress meets, in way which must
meet the approval of moderate men
OF both parties. Although the pros
poets at the present moment may
look favorable for the schemes of the
Democratic portisans who hope to
effect an organization Of the House
in the interest Of the ''straight-out"
element and in hostility to the Adj
ministration, few weeks, or even a
few days, may make an entire change
in the situation.
Year: 1877

You see him OF the street while
he ramJles from point TO point, and
YOU regard him as one without mon
ey or brains. He reads the signs
and peers in at every shop window
with the uhsCphistIcatedness of n
verdant youth, but beneath his
greenness is an Importance that
smacks of dignity. He may look
like some belated stragger from a
flock of sheep, but upon his broad,
generous shoulders has leaped many
an obscure individual into the halls
Of legislation and Congress. It was
his ink-soiled fingers that placed in
solemn lines the type that recounted
his virtues and sent forth to the
world his fitness and qualifications
Of office within the gift of the peo-
pie, and yet the poor medium, by
which his ambition found strength
and his aspirations success, receives
only thanks and oft times not that
much reward


We love to shake the hand Of a
country editor. We find in him the
| true working man of the land. lie
works not only with his hands, but
with his brain. Under his magic
work, towns grow into cities, black
smith shops grow into foundries, and
the little bunch of cottages are trans
formed into palatial mansions. These
changing scenes 60 on, and yet The
Z I,o "a
when his village was il its infancy.
There is no reward for his work 9th
/ er than the satisfaction Of knowing
that he and he alone wrought the
glorious improvement.


Few know the trials and troubles
of country editor. He lives, like
the preacher, upon the charities Of
his patrons. One day he may revel
in the luxuriance of load of wood
and the next day shiver in the alb
sence of food. He tolls on, never.
thelessv lie goes on building his
town. electing ungrateful aspirants
10 office, and give each and every
citizen a shove up the hill Of life
down which he is allowed 10 tumble.


Therefore when Col. Tooster comes
! into our sanctum, we feel as If we
were more honored than if Ben Hill
or Chief Justice Bradley had visited
us. We love the country editor.
And although he is but a trife worse
off in this worlds goods than the
poor scribe of the city we feel as il
| he is one of the uoblest works oil
God, in that be does more for his fel.
low men. and is paid less for it than
any other creature on Bridges
/ SMITH.
Year: 1877

washington dispatch to New York Herald


A delegation of Southern republi-
cans from the State of Mississippi,
represented by Jonathan TarbeIl,
who is an office bol,ler here in one of
the depar meats. "A led upon the
President Yesterday afternoon to
talk over tie S9ntlsern affairs and
matters pertaimi ,g TO his policy in
general. They were kindly received
by the President. who spoke quite
freely with them, The principal sub
ject of conversation being the cessa-
ton Of military interference in the
two Southern States. President
Hayes said hat the policy ofsustain-
ing State governments with The aid
Of troops was not. in his mind, the
proper thing to continue, and hence
he had reached the conclusion change
it. Besides, public opinion had that
it was incumbent upon him to been
aroused upon the subject, and was
for the most part opposed TO it. In
addition t. this it was evident that
Congress would not furnish him with
troops TO continue such a policy, and
fhe did not have the troops he could
not we'll see how he would be able
10 use them. The failure OF the
Army Appropriation bill showed
what Congress thought. Iftbis were
10 continue il would seriously affect
the army, as no provision would be
made for the payment of troops.
Year: 1877

In st. Louis n little three-year-
old, who is now a man, was taken
for the first time to church by the
family, and buttoned in to the pew,
which was near the pulpit Reach
ing the sermon. the minister took
his text: Behold I staud at the
door and knock Sliding up to the
pew.door, the little fellow raped
smartly on the inside of it, speaking
cut loudly enough 10 be heard all
around 81 knock too Is took
both preacher and hearers a long
minute to get into sober enough
condition to 60 on with the sermon.
Year: 1877

To THE EproR THE HsRALD:-


am very glad indeed that you have devoted a COL
umn in your valuable paper TO complaints on matters
OF public interest wish to call attention TO u woman
who carries about tho streets day after day poor,
sickiy looking boy, about three years Of age. have
seen her in the coolest weather have had tn Is
winter with this poor littc follow, with covering at
all on his head. The writer has met her several
occasions IN Wall street; hut tho woman paid at.
tcntion TO his request that the boys hcau should DO
covered, though her own body comfortably
clad one day. nnung that tho child being treated
III tins way, At followed her and said II she did
OF on what she had her own head and put II
on the boy would hama her over TO an officer. On
this she concluded 10 do IT, But day or Two ago |
saw her as before and the BOYS head still bare Can
street each day. E l..
Year: 1877

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD


win you allow old subscriber a space In your


Compaint Book" For the first time in my life went
last to the waverIcy place dspcnsary ana paid
afty cents each Tor vaccinatine my two children. My
called lew days after to have his examined,
and asked the physician who vnccnated HIM, DR..
Warner, by pame for certificate, lie could show
the school teacher. The he received was that
he could call at the Doctors Office Eleventh street.
pay him dollar Tor the vaccnaticn and then he you'd
give him certificate. could not afford IT, and now
tho Board OF EducalI0n requiring certificate from
the PHI ysicIan, my word not sufficient Please let
the know what they 10 do under these crcum-
Year: 1877

Corporal James Tanner, Department Commander Of
tho Grand Army Of the Republic. has called upon the
Board OF Charity Commissioners Of Kings county for


list OF OF those persons in tho Amshousc who
have served either In tho army navy during the late
fbc object Is 10 proYdc for tho future support
OF tho unfortunate veterans IN tho Soldiers Home.
For several years many brave men, who did good
SHELTER through poverty, in the County Almshousc
Year: 1877

To THE EDITOR OF TuE HERALD:


noticed the othor day in your "Compaint Book"
a ton with reference TO the names of Streets
and heartily agree with your correspondent, having
suffered much Inconvenience myself Though very
familiar with the city, walked three squares IA few
days ago beyond the street was looking ior ana
obliged to inquire. | could not discover the name
anywhere either on the lamps or where the name
ought to be, the cOruer buildings Something
ought 10 be done to remedy this Inconvenience.


A CITIZEN.
Year: 1877

To THE EDITOR OF THE HgRALD:--


Your compliant Book" peing FREQ beg to ask you
question am young man, twenty-two years Of age,
and have aged mother and father support cannot
find work, though willing to do anything to earn an
honest hvng; but everything seems TO so against me.
We arc almost entirely destitute and soon VIII be
tho verge OF starvation Is there nothing Tor TO do
lor a living, unless turn my hand to stoaling2


DELANCEY STREET.
Year: 1877

As old Father Time sped onward past the last sign
pos,s In the first century of the young Republic he
must have scattered with more liberal hand than in
earlier times the fruitful seeds Of love OF outdoor
enJoyments AZ least, the more robust aud
manly indulgenccs Of late grow strong
In public favor and prosper with their length
Of days, and justly so, Tor such are
their delights that .ago cannot withcr nor custom
stale their infinite variety" With tho changing sea.
sons tper round OF change rovovcs heraded
Year: 1877

Of old Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines should
call at the Office, 1855 State street. The Company
are prepared to exchange with all the old custom
ers On very reasonable terms, and give them new
machine still better than the old and far in ad-
vance Of any other. Machines rented by the week
OF month,
Year: 1877

There is an impression abroad th.t the statement
OF the officers OF the Etna Life Insurance Compa
ny, Of Hartford, Conn, showing the condition Of
the Company, is the most candid and honest Of any
mAde to the Departments this year, and that the
COMPANY can afford it.
Year: 1877

\ writer in the New \ Ork Herald say
II hen, are rightly cared for they should
paN from 200 to :MO per cent. profit as
layers. Fhcy must not be ,tintcd as to
space. nor too many kept together. If
confined allow at least Il square yard to
each fowl. Initiate rs closely as possible
The condition Of the hens in summer and
supply by artificial means the wants which
mature supplies in warm weather and hens
will lay in winter, Let the floor of the
hen house be of dry earth. with a box of
dirt and ashes for thcr sand bath Keep
their quarters clean by removing their
dr0pplnga at least three times a week.
Give free ventilation. suppose your hens
tu be in good condition and healthy when
they commence laying, give them the
proper food to keep them SO. BuckWheat
and wheat are the best grains. although
for variety other grains must be given
GIVE cooked food in various ways every
day. Mush iSeNcellent as also fresh meat
and scraps from the kitchen. Two or
three times week give fresh bones and
ground bones with gravel and broken
oyster shells, always within reach. APP
pies, cabbages, tulnps and onions, raw
or cooked. viii he reiiShed. The later in
life puIlet commences to lay the longer
she will continue to lay and the greater
will be the uniformity in the size Of her
eggs. 4 good Iloudan hen will average
from 100 to i50 eggs a year; but to aver
age that, a flock must have good care


Thick sour milk or buttermilk is an cN-
cellcnt article of diet through the heated
season. The .Houdans are very prolific
and viii stand great deal Of cold, but
they must be kept dry. The Plymouth
Rocks are almost constant layers and bear
confinement We'll. Their eggs are large
and even in size. Although their frame
is not 50 large as the Brahmas they are
more plump and fatten readily.
Year: 1877

The DarWinian doctrine OF the survival


of the littcst in animal life. in its relation


to the perfection Of the species, is quite


rs applicable to the vegetable world, as
many careful cultiyat0rs are aware The
practice of saving the best for seed if
adopted by the farming community gen
orally, would increase the average pro-
ducti0n to an extent little dreamed of.
The usual practice is just the other way.
Small potatoes are not only saved for
seed, but there are many who will assert
that they see profit in it-an erroneous
idea which cannot too soon be corrected.
In respect t. grain there is less variety Of
opinion The following, which comes to
us ir an exchange, confirms the principle: !:
"A farmer, well known for his care in the
selection OF his seed, made it practice to
set apart each year certain portion OF
his fields for the raising of seed. Upon
these seed plats none but the most select
seed was used, and of given quality.
The best cultivation was given without
regard to cost, and the product of these
seed -plats was used for the general crops;
the top or extra grain being carefully
sorted each year, to be again soWn for
future seed. Thus he always had none
but the best and most mature seed for
sowing, and always obtained an extra
price from others, for seed from his fields.
But his own selected seed for these seed
plats could not be bought at any price.
Year: 1877

1t was little hard on the boy, for he
meant well and had a sincere admiration
for the girl. They were sitting at the tea
table with company Of others, and as
he passed her the sugar he murmured in
an undertone, 'Here it is, sweet, just like
you" The compliment was little awk-
ward, to be sure, but he meant it, and it
seemed more than cruel when in mo-
ment later she had occasion to pass the
butter to him, she drawled, "Here it is,
soft, Just like you"
Year: 1877

sat down the other day and wrote on the backs of
couple of postal cards. Then he turned them
over and directed them, but by some mischance
placed the address Oh the wrong cards. The result
the shirt manutactory in New York got very
polite invitation to go carriage riding somewhere
the Milford pike, while the young mans girl
was made frantic by receiving the following :
Please send me sample of the stuff your shirts
are made Of"
Year: 1877

A well known young lady went into grocery
store in town i'll Waldo County few nights Since
to make some purchases, when the proprietor said
to her ''rhere is big pumpkin on the top Of that
barrel. Miss L.. which you may have If You VIII
carry it home yourself" The Young lady with 4
sweet thank you, quietly picked up the pumpkin
and carried it to her home some fifty rods distant


According to Il tradition in this town
of Dexter, there was once a young Lady,
who, encouraged by a ten-dollar bill in
the hands of her father, carried from the
store to her house, considerably more than
fifty rods distant, and in the light of day,
an article of which every well regulated
household is supposed to have one or
more, but which under the circum-
stances attracted good deal more at
tention than a pumpkin would have
done We can't say whether there was
any "sweet thank you's' connected with
the transaction, but report saith that she
got the ten dollars, and regarded it as
easily earned. Dexter Gazette.
Year: 1877

NJ OFFICE IS HEREBY GIVEN IN to the paupers of Pope Co1ln- ty to present themselves at the court house in the town of Dover, on the second Monday in January 1877, for the purpose of being examined and sent to the poor house. Those who fail to present themselves at the above mentioned time will not re- eeiye any appropriation for their support.

 By order of the court.

 DUDLEY JAMES,

 D0c.-7-i-w. Commissioner.
Year: 1877

The Lock Stitch invented by MIR. HOWE and made on this Machine, is the most pop ular and durable. is alike on both sides. and will NEITHER RIP NOR RAVEL, and all sewing Machines are subject to the priuci- pie invented by him.

 A Machine was needed possessing simeli- city and durability, and adapted to great range of work; one easily understood and eomprehended by all. To produce such a Machine has been the study of ELIAS HOW E, R., who gave to the world THE FIRST SEWING MACHINE, more than twenty years ago; and now we offer his last productions Machine embracing all essential qualities, and pronounced
Year: 1877

The following statements in regard to
the production of coffee in Mexico are
from Hon John W Foster, United States
Minister to that country. 1t may be an
unknown fact to many Americans that
at our very doors, in Mexico, our neigh
boring Republic, there exists the agri-
cultural capacity to produce all the cof-
fee that can be consumed in the United
States, and of quality equal to the best
grown in ary country. Mexico, it is
true, is exporting very little coffee, and
scarcely figures in the coffee producing
countries, but its capacity and adaptable
ity for its production have been tested
by more than fifty years of successful
cultivation. The typographical and eli
matte character Of the country is admir-
ably adapted for this purpose. The cof
fee producing regions are found on the
entire line Of the sea-slope of the noun
tains from Guatemala ON the south, on
the Pacific side, for more than a thous
and miles to the north, until it reaches
line in the State of Sinaloa, where oc-
casional frosts endanger the crop, and
also for more than thousand miles on
the Gulf coast from Yucatan into Tama-
ulipas. In addition to these immense
stretches of country it hourishes in the
numerous and fertile valleys of the in
terror, wherever the great table land is
sufficiently depressed to reach the level
of the tropical and semi-tropical vegeta-
ton. The elevation above the level OF
the sea at which it is thought coffee is
most hvorably grown Is from 1000 to
1000 feet; but in Mexico it is cultivated
with success at an elevation of 400 feet,
and is found even still higher. So also
| it is grown at lower levels than 1000
feet, a. in various places in Mexico 1t is
produced at the very seaside OFF the
eastern coast of Yucatan, on the Island
of Cozumel. coffee trees of prolific yield
are growing nearly at the sea level as
well as in many other localities on both
the Pacific and Gulf coasts. So that ii
will be seen that the area for the cultiva-
ton of coffee in Mexico is immense


The amount of its production, so far as
its natural capacity is concerned, need
only be limited by the extent of land
brought under cultivatson.
Year: 1877

DARBER SHOP Is THE PLACE WHERE
ID you can get the best of work done in the
neatest possible style. Ladies' and Children .
Hair Cutting nd 5hampooing a speciality.
Shop Opposite Old White Corner. Two Chairs
always found ready for business. Call and
see him and get a Good JOB. Ladies desiring
work do ae, by leaving word at the shop he
will call al their residence. I9