smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

A man in Greenfield, whom we will call
William, got up the other morning and pro-
ceeded to put on shirt which his wife had
made for him after new pattern. As she
stood at the mirror curling her hair, she
heard a suppressed sound. half way between
groan and an oath, and turning around
said, laughing:


why, my dea,f


Shut upr he calculated ; you are q
born fool Never let a woman attempt to
Is shirt; she can't do it; it is one Of the
impossibilities.


But, William, deprecatingly.


Don't you talk-let me talk. DO you
think I'm going down town in this rig? A
pretty disposition you've got just because
| happened to find little fault last week with
your ironing, you must go and make me a
shirt without bosom Such malicious
conduct. madame, is objectionable. Shut
up, say, won't hear word.
'When starched front is the only fnery
that a man indulges in, is he not excusable
for being particular in regard to that, !
should like to know? And this thing sets
like the devil. Look how baggy it is here
in front, and it feels behind as j there was /:
board across me, walking up and looking in
the glass, htching up first one shoulder and
then the other, after the indescrbabe man
ner of men trying new garment.


His wife dare not speak, but bringing a
good d-sized mirror from the next room, she
held it up behind him for moment, and
perceiving by his chop fallen expression
that he saw the point, and the front, she
ran down stairs to settle the coffee and see
that Bridget had set the table geometrcally.


As William walked down to his office
that morning, be said to the first friend he
met.


Il tell you Tom, that little wife of mine is
born genius, Look at this shirt now; she
cut and made it all by herself; no confound-
ed button holes to bother fellow. just
send your wife up for the pattern.


And it was by the way of Toms wife that
Lizzie first knew that William was pleased
with his shirt.
Year: 1874




TECHNICAL SCHOOLS Where our futura
skilled workman are to come from isa ques-
ton which is crowding for solution The
decline, or rather the total abrogatOn of the
apprentice system has deprived the youth OF
the opportunity of learning trades. The re-
suit is that there are few who are learning, so
that skilled labor is getting scarcer in every
department Of industry. 1t is therefore a
matter of urgent Importance that some
method should be devised to remedy this
difficulty. Of ali she plans discussed there
seems to be but one which promises success
that is. the establishment of technical schools.
The large degree Of success which has fol-
lowed the introduction of these schools in
some departments of our activities is strong
proof Of their utility in all branches. We
might refer to our various schools Of design
and art, to our medical schools, and schools
Of mining and engineering.
Year: 1874

GIVE IT BACK.-A Detroit yonng woman
tried to be arstocratic and did rot look at
the money that she gave to the horse-car
conductor, but he meekly gave her back
the lozenge on which was written: '"ilt
never cease to love thee, and said that be
was an orphan with five little brothers TO
support. and must be excused.
Year: 1874

A man who stole kiss from a pretty
girl. was first fined by a magistrate, horse
whipped, and hurried into fever by his
wife. The clergyman also alluded to the
affair n sermon, the local editor took sides
with the clergyman, and reviewed the case
in print, and the caterpillars ate up every
blade of the malefactors wheat crop.
Year: 1874

Presuming the majority of your readers
are not acquainted with the style in which
their ancestors used to write love letters two
hundred and fifty years ago, | send you the
following nice specimen Of artless but earnest
courtship of Mr.. Gabriel Bullock, great
grandfather of the illustrious William Bull
lock, who was comedi N of the highest
merit and talent, Aourishing in England in
lhe eighteenth century. What rare bit
of antiquity this epistle isl 1t should be
clipped and hung on the genealogical tree Of
The distinguished family of the same name:


To her very much respect, Mrs. Marg.
Clark Lovely, and oh that l could say
loving Mrs. Margaret Clark, pray you let
affection excuse presumption. Having been
so happy as to enjoy the sight Of your sweet
countenan;e and comey body sometimes
when bad occasion to buy treacle or H.
quorice powder at the apothecary's shop, l
am so enamored with you, that | can no
more keep close my flaming desire to be-
come your servant. And | am the more
bold now to write to your sweet self, because
| am now my own man, and may match
where / please; for my father is taken away;
and now am come to my living, which is
ten yard of land and house; and there is
never a yard of land (about 20 acres) Of ours
but is as well worth ten pounds year as u
thiefs worth a halter, and all my brothers
and sisters are provided for; besides, ! have
good household stuff, though | say it, both
brass and pewter, linens and woolens; and
though my house be matched, yet If you
IL I .....L - kill xr, bo~1 I,,t I ,vill Iav ~ a
one half OF it slated. If you shall think
well of this notion, will wait upon you as
soon as my new clothes are made, and hay
is in. | could, though say it, have good
matches in our town; but my mother,
Gods peace with her, charged me on
her death-bed to marry q gentlewoman
one who had been well trained up in the
sewing and cookery. l do not think but
that if you and | can marry and lay our
means together, l shall be made a grand
juryman ere two Or three years come about,
and that will be great credit to us. If !
would have got messenger for sixpense, |
would have sent one on purpose, and some
triAe or other for token Of my love; but !
hope there is nothing lost for that neither.
So, hoping you will answer it with what
care and speed you can, rest and remain


Yours. if my own.


Mr.. GABRIEL BULLOCK,
Sweepston, Leicestershire.
"When the coal carts come l will send
oitener; aud may in one Of them come my
self"


Gabriel and Margaret,were one day made
husband and wife, and wens home, probably
Year: 1874

She felt go happy that she rolled the imp
up in his forty-nine bandagcs, shook him.
to straigbten his legs and take the kinks out
of his neck, and then carried him home un-
der her arm, while my wife made me 60
along with an umbrella. for fear the sun
should peel his little nose.
Year: 1874

pE 1T RESOLVED, BY THE COMMON
- Council of the CITY of Los Angeles, as
follows:


SECTION l. That section three of a Resolu-
ton entitled "a Resolution of the Common
Council of the City of Los Angeles to provide
for the protection of persons and property in
said city from damages by fire." adopted May
Z, 1874 be and the same is hereby amended SO
as To read as fOllowS


The boundaries of the respective districts
shall be as follows, to wit:


lst. District No. of the General Fire Linn
its of the City of Los Angeles shall comprise
and embrace all that portion of the General
Fire Limits bounded and described as follows,
to wit: Commencing ut the Intersection OF
the center lines OF First street and Fort street
running thence along the center line OF First
street eaSterlY to q point opposite TO u point
in the north line OF First street distant two
hundred feet eaSterly from the east line of
Los Angeles street; thence at right angles
northerly and parallel to and 200 feet distant
from said east line OF Los Angeles street to
the center of ReQuena street; thence eaSterly
along center OF Kequena street to the center
Of Alameda street; thence northerly along
the center of Alameda street to its inerSec
ton with the center of MarchesSault street;
thence westerly along the center line of Mar
ch sSault street to its intersection with the
center line of New High street; thence south
erly along the center line OF New High street
to its intersection with the center line Cf Tenn
pie street; thence westerly along the center
line of Temple street to the center line of Fort
street; thence southerly along the center line
of Fort street to the point Of beginning.


I'd. District No. 2 OF the General Fire Limits
OF the City of Los Angeles shall comprise and
embrace al that portion Of the General Fire
Limits of the City of Los Angeles not included
within the boundaries Of District No. as
above provided.


SEC. 2. The Clerk of the Common Council
shall certify to he adoption of this resolution
and cause the same to be published one time
each in English and Spanish in the Los AM
geles DAILY HERALD and In Crooicd, respect
lively, and thereupon and thereafter this reso-
luton shall take effect and be in force.


l hereby certify that the foregoing resolu-
ton was adopted by the Common Council ut
its session of August 6, 1874.


NJ. KREMER,
Year: 1874

WHAT ACTION CONGRESS WILL PROBABLY TAXI


TIE INITATONIsTs losing GROUND.


lFROMA REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TuBUNEl


WASHINGTON, Feb 1O.-PeOple who hope for some
wise action from Congress in relation to the National
finances, and who complain at the apparent Gispo-
sitiOn to daily with the subject, touching 1t only IN
Saturday debates in the House or in wilton speeches
in the Senate, aud coming to 10 practical conclu-
siOns, should understand chat delay is dangerous
only TO the in6ationists. financial bill passed in
April or May will unquesiona5ly be a more safe and
beneficial measure than if it had been passed in
January. Both Houses of Congress, nut more
especially the House of representatives axe under
going course of education on financial questions
which, if it does not produce valuable results ~
actual legislation, WILL it is now pretty safe tc rrs-
dict, avert the IuinOus consequence hat "sr.
threatened when the session OF uc.. us cd' ~
tion comes i'll part from tho discussions an, az
had, but far more from the articles IN the news
papers, the expressions of the best informed Of the
people, the criticisms on the numerous bills intro
duced and from conversations between the members,
which are gradually diliusDg the knowledge of the
subject possessed by the few among the mass OF tic
unntormed and the half-lnformcd. lime is there
fore working for the conservatives and people who
want to see something done toward Resumption,
at least to have some assurance that there will be
no further issues of irredeemable paper currency
need feel no alarm if the dO-nothng policy is
tinued for weeks longer. The intlatiOnists
losing ground daily and as long as this is the case
the conservatives feel that it IS wise to wait before
seeking definite action on any of the numerous cur
rency measures pending. 4 few important points
in relation to future action may be regarded
settled. These are:


First That further Issue Of greenbac5 viii he
thorzed beyond tue amount Of the sOcalod mat
sill i'm
imitation to the extent of putting this out win not bo
conceded without hard struggle.


Second: That Mr. Kclley's ntro-couvcrtblo Bond bin
will not be passed, anything akin TO H.


THIRD That free banking win be auhc.izad I'M
less coupled with provision for future resumption


The chief question concerning the currency winch
is sti III doubt, is whether an additional isue Of
National banl circulation under the provisions Of
the present law will be authorized, and If so, to
what extent the new issue win go. No one appears
to think that an amount greater than fifty millions
can possibly be voted, and current opinion fixes the
sum at twenty-five millions if any at all is allowed,
If, however the inhaionists in combination with
conservatives, who desire to obtain more bank
ing facilities for their localities succeed in getting
the larger sum, the consequences viii not be az
serious might be apprehended because experience
has shown that it will take considerable time tCr
new banks to be organized in the West and South,
and the issue of the additional circulation would
not probably be completed for two three yars SO
there would be no sudden expansion.
Year: 1874

TIE SHORT SESSION QUESTION.
LEss LEGlsLATIoN THAN UsUAI.-PRosPECrs or AN


EARLY ADJOURNaENT-IIIE DEMOCRATS FAVOR


ADJOURNING APRIL 3.


lFRoM REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or rrg rRrpuNr.l
ALBANY, Feb. 10.--The Senate ran through the cal
endar of general orders this morning, and adjourned
after an hours session, having finished all the busl
ness before II. Present Indications point to much
smaller amount of legislation tins Winter than
during any session for several years past. The num-
Der of bills thus far introduced IN either House is
much smaller than usual, and the proportion of bills
reported adversely from the committees is much
greater. TINS is particularly tho case the Senate,
where only i79 bills have yet been introduced and
than half of the reports have been adverse. In
the Assembly there have been 42S introduced against
414 during the same time last year. OF this number
l3s have been reported by the standing committees,
20 of them adversely Ninety-two have been
ordered TO a third reading and ten have passed both
houses and been sent to the Governor.


New-York Charter legislation, which has consumed
so much OF the time of the Legislature for two
or three years past not likely to be pressed to any
great extent this year, and with ordinary diligence,
there would appear to be no good reason why the
session might not close for once at tho end of tho
constitutional 100 days. Scarcely any "jols" ont
side OF the railroad schemes for the City of New
York have yet made their appearance, and the MEM
bers Of the Third House." who are often instru-
mental III prolongng tho session of the Legislature,
are likely to have all they do to pay their own
board bills this year without providing for those OF
Senators and Assemblymen.


The Democratic members Of the Legislature held
n caucus in the Senate Chamber this evening, and
discussed at length resolution offered by Senator
Lord pledgng the Democrats in the Legislature TO
support resolution in favor of adjournment sine
die on the Goth of March. Senator johnson sup
ported the resolution, and Senator Jacobs opposed
it az being sheer bunoombe" He said that all
knew it to be impossibloto adjOurn at that time or
even at the expiration Of hundred days 1t had
not been done in fifteen years. aud was not likely
TO be done ia fifteen years 10 come. He offered as
substitute that tho minority would act in harmony
with the majority in all legislation OF non political
character, with a view to an adjournment q. the end
of the hundred days, at The earics date possible
The discussion ended by the adoption OF resolution
IN favor OF adjournment on the 81 OF April The
hundred days expire on the 18th OF April
Year: 1874

COuntTy Geaueman.


My ground is clayey, and will grow
large berries and runners for plants at
the same time; so it is not necessary
for me to clip off the runners when the
plants are bearing fruit. As early in
the spring as the ground can be work
ed l prepare the ground and set the
plants. l make the beds five feet
wide; the paths eighteen inches wide.
If the beds are wider, the middle of the
bed will be too far distant to reach
when standing in the path, taking
care of the plants and gathering the
fruit. If narrower, there will be too
large proportion of the land devoted
to paths. The plants set are of the
previous years growth, which can be
told by their having whitish roots; old
er plants have brown or black roots.
set three rows Of plants lengthwise of
the bed;the plants two feet distant from
each other in the rows; the outer rows
l set eighteen inches in from the line
of the path, and the plants in the two
rows are set opposite each other, so
that the plants in these two rows are
two feet distant from each other each
way. The plants in the middle row
are set opposite to the center of the
spaces in the outside rows. In taking
care of the plants the first season,
train some of the runners to the places
where they are wanted, and pin them
down with a wire hook at the time
they are taking root. in order that the
bed shall be equally covered with
plants. In the latter part of the season,
when the beds become covered with
plants, clip off the runners in order
to strength the growth of the plants on
the bed. The wire pins spoken of, are
made of bonnet wire size, about four
inches in length, one end bent like the
bend in hair-pin. Pins with hook,
made from the twig of a tree, will an
swer the same purpose. If my land
were sandy or gravelly, or that which
is called warm land, L would dispense
with the middle row of plants in the
bed, SO as not t0 have the bed too much
overrun with plants.
Year: 1874

When friend dies and is buried
there's an end of him. We miss him
for space out of our daily existence;
we mourn for him by degrees that be-
come mercifully less; we cling to the
blessed hope that we shall be reunited
in some more perfect sphere; but so TAR
as this earth is concerned there's an
end OF him. However near and dear
he was, the time arrives when he does
not form part OF our daily thought;
he ceases to be even ar abstraction.
We go no more with flowers and tears
into the quiet cemetery; only the rain
and the snowfiakes fall there; we leave
it for the fingers of spring to deck the
neglected mound.


Bat when our friend Yanishes unac-
countabiy in the midst OF crowded
city, or goes of on sea voyage, and
is never heard of again, his memory
has singular tenacity. He may be to
all interits and purposes dead to us, but
we have not lost him. The ring of the
door-bell at midnight may be his ring;
the approaching feotstep may be his
fOOtstep; the unexpected letter with
foreign postmarks may be from his
hand. He haunts us as the dead never
can.


The woman whose husband died last
night may marry again within luster
OF months. Do you suppose week
passes by when the woman whose hus-
band disappeared mysteriously ten
years ago does not think of him ? There
are moments when the opening of a
door must sterile her.


There is no real absence but death
From Prudence Palfrey," in April
a Atiautic.
Year: 1874

To obtain light instantly without the
use of matches and without the danger
of setting things on fire, take an
oblong phial of the whitest and clear
est glass; put into it a piece of phospho-
rus about the size of pea, and upon
which pour some olive oil, heated to
the boiling point, filing the phial
about one-third full and then seal the
phial hermetically. To use it, remove
the cork and allow the air te enter the
phial, and then recork it. The whole
empty space in the bottle will then be-
come luminous, and the light obtained
will be equal to that of lamp. As
soon as the light grows weak its power
can be increased by opening the phial
and allowing e fresh supply of air to
enter. In winter it is sometimes
necessary to heat the phial between
the hands tn increase the fiuidity of the
oil. Thus prepared, the phial may be
used for six months. This contrivance
is now used by the watchmen of Paris
in all magazines where explosive or
infiammable materials are stored.
Year: 1874

TIE Church Journal has another
remarkably strong article upon disci-
pine, aud urges the necessity of apply.
ing the strict rule of rectitude to all
members of its church. The editor
does not mince the matter, but Loldly
declares "that the church is filled
with cumberers, with men that count
for nothing in any work, with mere
shams of Christians that fail her when
she leans upon them. She wants to ad-
vance, and they won't go on them
selves, and stay in the way of those
who would. They will not work nor
give-ihe helpless good-for-nOthings,
who haze been the curse of the church
in every age for eighteen hundred
wears" This IS about as plain speak
ING as we have heard for some time.
Year: 1874

RAISING CABBAGE ITHOUT TRANS
PLANTING.-A correspondent of the
Western Rural says: / have raised
mine in this manner for three years. /
plant two or three seeds in each hill,
about the usual time of setting out
cabbage. The weather and ground is
then warm and they come quickly.
When large enough to transplant, l re-
move all but one, transplanting into
such hills as have been destroyed by
cut-worms. cultivate and hoe twice
thoroughly, and then keep the hills
clean and mellow. They should be
hoed every few days during the season
of tending the different vegetables of
the garden.
Year: 1874

THERE are some people, and some
candidates, who ask why we do not
come out in favor of certain gentlemen
for Office, precisely as We designate
favorite for Governor. The Courier
certsinly claims that right, but in q
field Of merit, it is sometime difficult
10 make a selection and even wrong to
give that personal selection undue pre-
iernent over sspirsuts perhaps equally
as worthy iu the eye Of others. The
Courier is the organ Of no individual.
Of no set. We try 10 express eonvic-
tions honestly, respectfully, firmly, and
without brave, braggiug, or buster


We propose to let inliyiduala act for
themssye yes aud take care of themselves
Year: 1874

Some people estimate the ability Of a
newspaper and the talent of its editor by
the quantity Of original matter. 1t IS
comparatively an easy task for frothy
writer to pour out daily column Of
words-words upon any and all subjects.
His ideas may flow in one weak, washy,
everlasting food, and the command Of his
language may enable him to string them
together like punches of onions, and yet
his paper may be a meager and poor ccn-
ccrn. Indeed, the mere writing part of
eliting paper is but small portion of
the work. The care, tho time employed
in selecting, is far more important, and
the tact Of good editor is better shown
by his selections than any thing else; and
that, VIC know, is half the battle. But,
as we have said, an editor ought to be es-
timated, and his labor understood and ap-
preciated, by the general conduct Of bis
paper--its tone, its uniform CONSTANT
course, its aims, manliness, its dignity
aud its propriety. To preserve these as
they should be preserved is enough to oc-
cupy fully the time and attention Of any
man. TO this be added the general SUI
psrvision of the newspaper establishment,
which most editors have to encounter, the
wonder is how they find time to write at
all.-Louisp;lle Courier Journal.