smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

EDITOR HERALD: In anticipation
Of the coming annual meeting of the
directors and stockholders of the
Southern California Sanitary, Hotel
and Industrial College Association, it
will interest some of the readers of the
HERALD that may be pleased to be
present, to know the nature of some
of the subject matter that will be dis
cussed and acted upon at that meet
ing. AS this matter is of more than
usual import, and will affect the pros
perity of Los Angeles county in a de-
gree second to no other, a little prepar-
alton and reflection would be judicious.
While the writer was in the East and
Europe, he became more than ever
convinced of the absolute necessity of
a different class of accommodations for
us, if it be desired to keep pace with
the rest of the world and reap our pro-
portion Of the harvest that falls natu-
rally to the share of the most favored
portion of the Occident. There are
now thousands of people and millions
of money kept away from us simply
because it is known abroad that there
is not to be obtained in this county,





suited to the tastes and requirements
of certain classes. In conversation and
correspondence with such persons as
Sir William Brooke, Hon. Walter
Morrison, Lord SALISBURY, and nu-
merous other English gentlemen, it
was a source of the greatest mortitica
tion to me that 1 could not give them
the assurance that such quarters as
they required could be obtained in case
they should visit Los Angeles with
their families to spend the Winter,
and possibly to acquire properties with
the view to future residence.


People of the classes of which ! am
writing are most conservative and
cautious and do not leave certain COM
fort to hazard any inconvenience or dis
comfort to the delicately nurtured la
dies and children of their families.
Since my wife-who has all her life had
associations of the nature indicated
has resided in this part of California, it
has been often remarked by us that in
order to induce those people to visit
us at all it must first be an absolute
condition that the the class of quar-
ters suited to cultivated tastes, and
kept by those of like proclivities are
known to exist here. To canvass
this subject and act upon it in such
effective manner as to have at once,
if it be only to accommodate one or two
such families in an unexceptionable
locality such as has been selected by
the Superintendent. Such quar-
ters prepared is part of the business
that should properly come before the
meeting. 1t is hoped that the re-or-
ganizati0n will have infused into the
association elements of substantial
vigor, enough to meet the pressing
desiderata; and for these reasons Il
full attendance of these meetings
should be had, due notice of time and
place of which will appear in the col
umns of the HERALD.


FRIEDRICH NJ. SHAW.


Superintendent Southern California


Sanitary Hotel and Industrial Col


lege Association.


Los Angeles, October 2nd, 1874.
Year: 1874

The Marysville Appeal says: "Both
the Yuba and Feather rivers are quite
low at the present time, considering
the cool Summer we experienced and
the late disappearance of snow on the
mountains, 1t is also noticeable that
the springs which increase in volume
in September are not as forward as
usual -
Year: 1874

Ventura county has a burning
mountain, supposed to have been
caused from the fact that about forty
years ago brush fire swept over the
outcroppings of sulphur, which have
been slowly bnrning since.
Year: 1874

20. The tide ofimmigration is steadily set
ting in, and the first thing eastern people do
is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
a new one of DESMOND They say there is no
com parison between the two. 21ao
Year: 1874

At q recent meeting of the State
Grange of Missouri, the following res
olutions were reported by the commit
the and adopted.


l. That we fully endorse and approve
the declaration of principles adopted at
tee late meeting of the National Grange
at st. Louis.


2. That as cultivators of the soil we
have been too long governed and con-
trolled by the great moneyed power of
the land, and by rings which are against
us simply because we have been ignor-
ant of our own strength in our defense,
or have wasted it wrangling with each
other.


3. That as retrenchment and reform
is our motto, as true patrons we should
begin at home, and while we demand,
as we have right to, that our legisla-
tors and rulers shall be economical in
the expenditure of public money, let us
not be prodigal in expenditure of our
private means while we condemn ex-
travagance of public officials and COM
plain of wrongs inflicted upon us by
those whom we have entrusted with
power, let us not still further wrong
ourselves and families by living above
our income and involving ourselves in
debt, thus sacrificing peace, comfort and
independence at the shrine of fashion
and show.


4. That we invite the hearty support
and cooperation OF the sisters Of our
order in our reformatory movement
that woman's true position is God-given
and the divinely sanctioned one Of help
meet to man, therefore her place is by
his side. Hers is a high and noble
position, and if rightly improved, will
rear to her memory monuments more
durable than marble, and leave an in
heritance to those that will come after
her more to be priced than wealth or
honor


s. That in republican government ell
power is vested in the hands Of the peo'
ple, and in ours a majority OF people
belong to the producing Glasses yet
the power and strength OF these classes
have been used by less numerous and
unsorupulous class for the sdysncenens
of their own selfish purposes. -


8. That although ours is not polih-
cal organization, and especially ignores
political or partisan questions, yet We
call upon our representatives in con-
0ress and state legislatures to listen 70
fhe appeal Of more than one hundred
thousand patrons Of Missouri, to eeono.
mize the resources Of the goveEnmenl
and TO stop currents OF eXtraSaeAEos
which have borne US 10 the very Vefgs
Of bankruptcy and ruin,
Year: 1874

You would like to be round and rosy
having spent the evening socially. Cheer
fulness and content are the best friends
of healthfulness. Sleep in a pure at
mosphere and in room into which the
sun has shone through the day. Don't
be afraid of the night air, for there is no
other air at night, and you would GER
tainly die before morning if you did not
breathe it avoid draughts and dampness;
sleep as long as you can and get up as
soon as you wake, if you feel rested.
Drink all the pure cold water you can
swallow first, and ride or walk in the
open air for half an hour; then eat
breakfast of Graham bread, baked sweet
apples with cream, or some other fruit,
with soft, fresh boiled egg, or a bit of
beefsteak and baked potato, and drink
a glass of new milk, if you like it. Enjoy
what you are doing, either for itself or
what it will bring you. Breathe as much
pure air as possible; bad food and pure
air will make flesh faster than impure air
and good food. For dinner, eat roast
beef or mutton, or rare steak, with bread,
potatoes and all vegetables that are rel
ished, dessert of plenty of ripe fruit,
with cream and sugar, but without pastry
or cake. If tired, rest little before din
ner, and take short nap after it. Don't
work hard enough to produce excessive
nprsniratiOn If Won can helm IT. ar until
you feel very much exhausted. For sup
per, eat oat meal porridge, cracked wheat,
or Graham mush, with cream and fruit,
and fresh roll; or, if you don't feel
hungry, take glass of milk and eat
nothing. Drink little tea or coffee, or
none at all. Bathe every day to keep
the skin clean and in surprisingly short
time you will grow plump and light
hearted. But remember, you must laugh
to grow fat-Nil,oaukse Magazine.
Year: 1874

On Thursday, during the proceedings
Of the Woman's Suffrage Association in
Chicago. the following amusing tilt be-
tween Miss Anthony and Hrs. Swiss
helm took place:


Mrs. j. G. Swisshelm next took the
stand. She didn't agree with every
thing Miss Anthony had said. There
were more men willing to give women


the ballot than there were women to ask
it. It had always been her desire to
Get a law emitting tax-paying women to
vote, but they had objected. If it was
in her power to give all the women Of
the country the franchise to morrow,
/ she would not speak the word. She be-
Ilieved in enfranchising few at a time
on special subjects IN which they were
interested. In her opinion the suffra
| gists asked too much. They had drawn
| their bow at the sun, and may probably
hit the moon. The speaker liked men
better than she did women. The women
hadn't asked for the franchise rightly;
If they had it would have been granted
FIf they would not declare that they
would not pay taxes unless permitted


to vote, but would just ask for the right
| to vote every time that they pay their
taxes, they would be more likely to have


the, privilege accorded them. If the
women would only sit down by the side
! of the men-they might even.sit on one
oftheir knees-and ask for their rights,


they would be more likely to receive
them. This was followed by uproarious
applause, Miss Anthony hiding her face,
evidently reminded Of the little Brook
ilyn episode. Mrs. Swlssnelm went on


to say that she understood men better
than did Miss Anthony, and, further
more, she knew more about them than
did her colleague, with whom She al


ways felt privileged to disagree.


|. Miss Anthony replied to Mrs. Swiss
helm, and remarked that they had. al
ways entertained opposite opinions, and


there was no probability of either one
converting the other. She was not con-


tent to receive her protection from the
male portion Of the community; she
wanted to he at the mercy of herself


She was earnest in this matter, because
she felt that the position at present oc-
5cupied by woman was an insult and a
degradation to her position in society.
Year: 1874

After che Indians fired on the West
ern, near Fort Peck, they succeeded in
stealing from the whar fseveral thousand
rounds of ammunition, whereupon the
agent refused them their annuities un-
til the stolen ammunition was returned.
They returned the ammunition and re-
ported that they had ''seldiered" those
who stole it.. That is to say they had
shot their ponies and whipped them
and made good Indians of them. The
agent then gave them their tea and su-
gar, and they were again happy.
Year: 1874

To-day the people will be asked to
join in q petition for townsiting Bis
marck. IF the petition is granted the
case may be regarded as settled, and
Bismarck will prosper. If it is not
settled Bismarck property will contin-
ue without value. Lots that would sell
quick at Eve hundred dollars, would not
sell with their improvements for more
than the cost of the material.
Year: 1874

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


The following contributions have been received
by me- in addition to those heretofore Reported in
the HERALD, for the relief OF the silk operatives
rendered destitute BY the recent disaster at MIL
Year: 1874

THE DAY OF POLITICAL JUDGMENT.


Mr.. SALISBURY, dcm.) OF Del, said the Senate
had already been In session nine hours and the
Senators were exhausted He saw but three Sem
ators on that side OF the Chamber occupied by the


party o Ths ese u tine osm
SO far as he was concerned~he would say to them,
''Sleep onl day OF Judgment was coming when
the American people would arise from the apathy
now existIng." It Was embarrassing for MIN 10 dis
the question at this late hour, but as Sena-
tor he had q right TO be heard. and would insist
that those In the cloak room should not an
noy him by their laughing. What right had
Congress to enforce sociabiity and companlonship
among the races In the theatres aud In the schools


Why was 1t that no provision was made for sepa-
rate schoolsY 1t was because Congress desired to
enforce tnat companonshp, and the senator
from Massachusetts, tMr. BoutwelD was the only
although, IN hts lMr. Sauburys) opinion, the doc
trines uttered by him did him no credit. The
every Senator upon this noor,. that the
Glasses % Of the country Not one Of those senator's
would send their children to mixed schools This
bill would not only destroy the common schools
OF the people, but would also injure the schools
for coored people throughout the land. 1t did not
ana common almshouse everywhere, the great
object being to enforce compromising ana asso-
measure originated from hostility and animosiy
towards those people with whom the people
OF the Nortn were lately at war, and from
It was measure to bind those voters by irrevers-
Bile bonds to the republican party. What would be
the result OF this billY 70 depreciate the property
OF the innkeeper and theatre proprietor. He
hoped the agitation against 1t would spread
throughout the land, though be hoped 1t would not
reach to that extent which could not oe controlled
aud when would make tue condition OF the Coz
man worse than ever. Rather tnan see
mixed schools the state Of Delaware ne would
have the Legislature Of me os Stase sG aes1roy the
the injury or the poor. he feared the bill
would enGender feelings Of unkindness towards
Year: 1874

Alone! Who is alone? Stood Moses on stern Sinia's brow alone :? Though far below the chosen people stood In awful silence, mute Alone for forty weary days did Christ In tangled wilderness his vigil keep? Nor good nor bad to cheer or cloud his

 soul? Can that which is immortal, and for which Eternity's dim portal still is wide Be for one moment quite alone? Go ask the murderer in his lonely cell, Go ask the ship-wrecked manner On ocean

 wide, With one frail plank between this life and

 death, Go ask the exile on hls barren shore, Go ask the martyr in his robe of fire, Go ask the dying man who trusts his God, And springs to meet him with heart of

 joy, And from them one and all the answer

 comes: "Ye cannot be alone" And hark adown the aisle of ages comes

 voice, The voice that sounded once from Calva- The voice that still'd the angry raging sea, The voice that bid the doors of death to And opened wide the gates of life for aye. Oh, listeni ye who love his voice that

 speaks For whom his love can never sleep nol

 tire,

 "Fear not, for To! I'm ever with you, yes |" Fen to life's close, and through etern-

 ity, Anon.
Year: 1874

Sheffield Mo- 2.

 This old place seems to be left out in the cold of late, for no one writes for the Neus from here; an illness on my part is my ex- cuse for silence, but where is John, Ditto, George and host of others who used to tell the news?..... Everybody the past week has been attending the tair at Burlington, and we have little to chronicle of events here......Scarlet fever is among the children and we hear of some levers among the ol- der ones, but with SO many physicians near we ought to conquer disease. We have new doctor in the person of Dr. Sexton who hasstaken the house of Cyrus French and expects to locate here; we are glad to welcome him and trust he will prove good acquisition to our village society. .... The High School is in flourishing condition and the people feel satisfied that In Mr. Hall they have thourough and gentleman ly teacher......Th boarders from the hotel have mostly taken their flight to winter homes, the flower gardens have lost their beauty. while the forest trees shine in au- tumn glory.... The peach orchard of R Little has been much talked of, and we car tistify that better peaches grow there thar can be found in city markets......We wrote marriage notice for one young man o this town and tin return received nice plate of peaches, when opportunity offer

 we will be glad to write another notice o

 the same kind for the same pay, but WI shall not be called on to do this for th, same person as he has done so we'll, W,

 feel sure he is satisfied with his lot. May

 his life be as sweet as his peaches!

 | LUNA.
Year: 1874

MiIlertOm.

 Mir. Edward PennY's house is nearly completed, it is being finished off in quite fancy style...... The Baptist society have commenced building their parsonage just north of their church......We read of public improvements going on in other villages; there is room for some in Millerton. Sever al individuals have spoken of Mir. Simmons four acre lot lying on the south side of Church Street as very desirable place for a park; in fact it is the only suitable place in the village. Let few enterprising men be appointed to take the matter in hand and see to the laying out of park, which, though it would increase the taxes, could be no loss to us in the end. A residence in Millerton would be much more desirable, and the value of property thus be enhanced. Thursday, September 24th, the people at Millerton were much interested in watch ing for the balloon that was to ascend from the Amenia fair ground. About foul o'clock in the afternoon some one discov- cred it high up in the south, and with nc doubt a degree of importance not fell before, pointed it out to others. In very short tune groups had gathered here and there about the village, and were noting its progress, and speculating on its height distance, &c. It was so far away that ii looked like mere speck, and might have been taken for star by one that did not know of the balloon. The sun shining or it accounted for it's star-like appearance One person, after gazing long time, ii spite of distance declared that he discerneG leg swinging over the side of it. You correspondent was among the observer but failed to discovor these interesting ob- jects. The expectation was that the bal loon would come this way, as the wirt was in the right quarter. But it seemed tt move toward the west, so it was concluded that there must be an upper curret. Tha balloon did not move westward, and a precisely eight o'clock set. but before tha the people had retired from their watch Alas for thee, first discover! Thy glory has departed. That balloon was Venus A few persons saw the real balloon, whicl moved in the direction of the wind ane had no star-like appearance at all, bu showed black against the sky, but more saw the balloon that set at eight o'clock. O.
Year: 1874

sheffield.

 A devil in human form walked the streets of Sheffield few nights ago, and this is how we knew him. The daughter of one of our best citizens, little girl of nine years of age, was sent to the village store, 6 distance of three-quarters of a mile, at six o'clock one evening. She rode there and was told to walk home. The night was cloudy; an esrly darkness came on, but the child knowing no evil feared none, and was returning home at nearly seven o'clock-had almost reached her fathers house on our main street, when she met man whom she describes as aceN- dressed, and for that reason she dld mol fear him. He caught the child by the waist and demanded where her pocket was. This she thought meant her money, and she told him she had none and begged him to let her go home. She tried to scream but could make little noise being so terri fled. In vain she struggled to get out oi the villains grasp, while he deliberately unbuttoned her underclothes and made ex- animation of her private person, but find ing her too young for his fiendish purposes he released her without damage save tha the terror the child felt she will never for get. The whole community trembles ye in excitement over this alarm which migh have been much worse. This creature calls himself 8 man, and walks the eartf uuharmed, but could the william be prover he would not breathe long in this atmos phere. Oh justice! where art thou? Mus goodness perish and evil continually in- crease? If g child cannot walk our public streets unharmed, who then is safe Thi lesson serves as a warning to parents ant children, and let some of our village girl take heed, who stroll the streets SO much and frequent the station at all hours. N one knows ID what form the wolf ma, come, and girls nowadays can not be tc' guarded lest they fall. D.
Year: 1874

Sharon

 In the election of town officers on Mon- day, the Democratic ticket was successful as usual, but by greatly decreased major ity. The ticket was the same as last year with the exception of treasurer and town cleark which are I. N. Bartram and Robert Goodwin in place of Sam'l Gager, resigned. .....We boast of highway in this village the like ot which we challenge the whole country to produce. It has been duly sur veyed and accepted, and consists simply in, like the definition of the equator, an imaginary line drawn between two points. It happened thus: About year ago a few citizens, whether prompted by spirit of enterprise or by personal interest know not, conceived the idea of laying out a new street parallel with Main street, and distant about forty rods, to connect Market street with the old road in the valley. Although the owners of the property through which it was to pass were unanimously opposed to the scheme, the proper and legitimate steps were taken including survey, 8 special town meeting was called to vote on the same, and to the surprise of the oppo- nents it was accepted by majority. The property owners still continued to place every legitimate object in the way and managed to stave off it's opening in various ways until this summer when all further efforts seems futile, and they were about to give up in despair. The discovery was made that the proposed street had been surveyed and accepted by the town merely as an imaginary line, no width having been mentioned, which of course knocks the thing ID the head for the present. Anti road men are of course jubilant.

 ALPHA.
Year: 1874

A young woman at Trenton who was sleeping with her feet hanging out of the chamber window was struck by lightning And almost torn to pieces. The other Tren' ton women have taken their feet in.
Year: 1874

The Express does not deny that it
proposed to the HERALD to put in but
one bid for the city printing and then
decide by chance which Office should
have it, but claims that its proposition
was ''fair and honest one." Meas
ured by the Express code of morals
and estimated by its business standard
the scheme may have been a "fair
and honest one" but we doubt If the
majority of the people of Los Angeles
will see it in just that light.
Year: 1874

And with all this prosperity the gen.
try who manage the road through their
attorneys and servants, are grumbling and
whining through Wisconsin, Iowa and
Minnesota, to get their property taxed
below the average property Of the state.
They probably want a few hundred
thousands extra to build better cottages
at Long Branch, on the Hudson, or at
Newport, or in Florida-or to make more
extended trips to Europe and purchase
more elaborate and expensive dresses
and gew-gaws in Paris. The company
will probably carry their point, or we
shall be most hopefully disappointed.
Nearly all Of this immense sum comes
out of the labor of the farmers; and
they will not only have to pay it, but to
keep on paying till they are made suAi-
GENTLY sensible Of what ails them to COM
pei them to put their hands on the bull
headed and corrupt Legislators, and make
them do their duty. When will that
good time come? Not while the farm
'ers and other industrial interests allow
the railroad managers, lobbyists and at
torneys to place in public positions men
subservient to their purposes.-zedustri;-
al Age.
Year: 1874

There is one small yet very impor-
tant service which the newspaper press
Of the whole country can and ought to
render to the plundered and oppressed
people of this PROSTATE State. It is to
enlighten the public everywhere as to
the real issue in the approaching con-
test in South Carolina. 1t is high
time that it should be known of all
men that this is going to be no battle Of
democrat against Republican, or of
Conservative against Radical. It is
simply the desperate struggle of brave
and impoverished people to save the
remnant OF their property from gang
of remorseless robbers. A few figures
from the published accounts of the
State government, tell the whole story
in a nutshell:
Year: 1874

RICHMOND PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION
The members of this Association are busily
engaged rehearsing for their next concert,
which is to take place within two or three
weeks. 1t is confidently expected that this
concert will surpass those heretofore given
BY the Association. An extra rehearsal
takes place tonight at Philharmonic Hall.