smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

BAvARIAN SUPERsTITIoNs.-A large
proportion of the Bavarian peasantry
unfortunately entertain the supersti-
tious notion that fire kindled by light
ming is not to be extinguished. When
such an accident happens they are dis
couraged, and do hardly anything to
check the progress of the flames. A
funeral must never pass through titled
field, not even in the winter, though it
might considerably shorten the way.
The peasant is. fully persuaded that
field through which a funeral passes
becomes barren. Except on extraor-
dinary occasions, no funerals are allow
ed on Mondays and Fridays. A peasant
who is in search of wife never goes,
except on Thursday or Sunday, into
the house where he expects to make his
choice. The bride and bridegroom are
not to give their bare hands to anybody.
on the day of their marriage, except to
each other at the altar; otherwise they
are threatened with poverty during the
whole course of their union. It is also
a very bad sign if when the bride re-
turns from church, she finds anybody
on the threshold of her door. When a
young girl finds leaf trefon divided
into four, instead of three, parts-it is
Q sign that she will be/married within
q year. At all events, she carefully
preserves this~feaf until her wedding
day. On Christmas eve the countrymen
are accustomed to drive out great deal
in sNdges. They think that this will
csdse their hemp to be more abundant
and hiQh They do not fail to visit
the ale-house, and to drink heartily the
same evening-being convinced that
this is the way to make them look well
till the following Christmas. They
never destroy crickets by fire-being
persuaded that those which escape will
destroy their linen and clothes. When
peasant loses his way in the wood
alter sunset, he avoids calling to any
person to show him the way-being
convinced that in any case the evil spirit
o. the forest would cause him to plunge
still deeper into its recesses.
Year: 1877

MCCORMICK will have his hands full. As assistant secretary of the treasury, some 10000 appoint ments come under his control and direction. Now don't all apply at once. Remember, that there are now civil service reform rules to be followed; and much as Me- COrmick would like to help out all of Us Arizonans, he can only place beneath the grateful shade of the treasury buildings such of us, as can do a bank cashiers work at teamSter'S wages. Talent and character are better paid in any country store in Arizona than in any bureau at Washington. Stay where you are and let the Governor alone.
Year: 1877

power to reject any votes that were duly
certified by the States, and besides he
did not believe it proper to take action
which would virtually establish the
principle that party beaten in an elec-
ton can compel the drawing of straws
afterward.
Year: 1877

Tho proposed reorganization Of the Now Jersey
Central road on tho plan prepared somo time ago by
committee of stockholders continues to some
attention and provoke discussion In financial circles.
Some statements were made yesterday in Wall street,
to ascertain the truth OF which a HERALD reporter
called at the company's Offices in Liberty street. Mr..
Knox, tho treasurer to the inquiries made
could only say that plan OF had yet
been agreed upon. The proposed had been talked
good DEAL but had not been accepted by all the
parties interest Certain differences yet TO
adjusted and the delay IN their settlement he attributed
10 The reluctance o the holders Of the consolidated
bonds OF the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
to accept any plan OF reorganization that will not
amply repay them for securities issued some OF the
most valuable coal lands IN the country TINS reluc-
he considered q1to natural in view oil the value
OF those lands He was not of tho opinion, however,
that the interests OF the raroad property being
prejudIced by any such doay. Tho receiver, Mr..
Lathrop. was competent manager, and under his
guidance the business Of tho road would proceed until
the arrangements Tor reorganization perfected
and the holders oi bonds and shares alike satisfied.
Year: 1877

While half dozen persons were
rolling along in a Michigan avenue
car, yesterday, man leaned across
the aisle and said to another.


Excuse me, but didn't q big bug
crawl down behind your collar ?r


"Ooh OOH" exclaimed the other
as be leaped up and hauled of bis
coat He looked the garment all
over, but there was no bug to be seen.


Perhaps it crawled down under
your vest" suggested the mau.


On came the vest, and it was close
ly inspected without making any
discoveries. The attentive stranger
then made the victim turn around
two or three times to see if the bug
wasn't hidden under bis suspenders,
and, when thorough search had
been made, the stranger sat down
and said:


ut was probably q shadow fitting
across your collar, but / was sure il
was a bug You can put on your
coat aud vest again"


The more the victim thought about
it the madder be got. but before be
put on bis coat the other man left the
car and slid down Twelfth street as
il he had grease on bis heels.-De-
irot Free Press
Year: 1877

Judge Pitman has habit of slip
ping his watch under his pillow whe1
he goes to bed. The other nigh
somehow it slipped down, and as the
Judge was restless, it gradually work
ed its way downward toward the
foot of the bed. After bit, while
he was lying awake, his foot touch.
ed it, and it felt cold; jumping from
the bed, be said:


"By gracious, Maria there is a
toad or snake or something under
the covers. | touched it with my
foot"


Mrs. Putnam gave a loud scream
and was out on the floor in an instant.


Now don't go to hollering and
waking up all the neighbors," said
the Judge. "YOu 60 aud get me a
broom or something, and well fix the
thing mighty quick"


Mrs. Pitman got the broom and
gave it to the Judge, with the remark
that she felt as if snakes were creep
ing all up and down her back.


20, nonsense Maria Now you
turn down the covers slowly, while
l hold the broom aud bang it. Put
a bucket of water alongside the bed,
too, eos we can shove it in and drown
it."


Mrs. Pitman fixed the bucket and
gently removed the covers The
Judge held the broom uplifted, and
as soon as the black ribbon of the
watch was revealed, he cracked away
three or four times with has broom.
Then be pushed the thing into the
bucket. Then they took the bucket
to the light to investigate the matter
When the Judge saw what it was,
be said:


81 might've known that. Just like
you women, to go screeching and
fussing about nothing. Who's going
to pay me for that watch It's utter
iy ruined"


at was you that made the fuss,
not me-" said Mrs. i. "You needn't
try to put the blame on me-"


20. hush up, and go to bed. I'm
tired Of hearing your blather. Blame
me if l amt going to get divorce
and emigrate."


And the Judge turnedin in and growl-
ed at Maria until he fell asleep
Mar Adeier.
Year: 1877

Contempt Of small gift comes Of
not knowing how to use IT, In the
following case the unthanked giver
was generous enough to show how
his present of Q cent could be made
worth many dollars; Rich Uncle
Tom, says the Boston dtirdtor, Of
fered bis baby niece copper, which
baby's mother threw on the floor in
q pet, taking il almost as an insult
U1cle Tom only laughed, and quietly
picking up the cent, started for home.
On bis way be exchanged the copper
for nice new-laid egg. He took the
egg home and put il under q setting
hen, and in due time out popped q
chicken The chicken grew 10 be
hen, and the hen proved to be as
great layer as her mother. Some
of the eggs Uncle Tom kept to pay
for his trouble aud his corn, and sold
the rest, or turned them into chickens
for the benefit of Aunt Sarah's baby,
who kept growing along. first to 9
girl, and then to womanhood, and
was still as pretty as ever Atlsst
Uncle Tom sold some of the hens
for q lamb The lamb became q
sheep, and the mother Of many sheep,
until the sheep were sold for COW.
So, year by year. while Aunt Sarah's
baby grew alder and prettier, her
property grew larger and more valua-
Die. until, on Der wedding day Uncle
Tom, took home to her in q line, IKE
the procession going into the ark,
irst a flock OF hens, then drove Of
sheep, aud following after, herd
Ut cows handsome dowry, and
ocly the rightful income from her
first copper,
Year: 1877

f"After the men were ordered TO lie down. .
white rabbit. which had been hopping hithsr and
thither over the field swept by grape and
musketry. took refuge among the skirrnishers, In
the breast Of a corporal '-Reporf Of the Battle 81
Malvern HILL
Year: 1877

his fore-foot found hiding place in
the diaphragm of Magee, and his gulp
of dissatisfaction made the boys along
the street laugh with delight. i.


The great aim of the parties who
had the mule was to hold him down.
He was changed from passive
to an aggressive mule in n twinkling.
Like the sea i'm calm it was placid
and dormant, but the tempest made
it aggressive and all-devouring. The
sweep of its long hind leg commanded
the respect of all who saw it. The
strokes of its hoof fell on the cart
like the shock of the ocena's bill
lows upon the rocks; they began to
succumb and dissolve into kindlino
wood and toothpicks. The harness
began to fiy, ,and one after another the
fragments went flying. There was
good stock in that mule, but the
stockholders began to drop it like so
much Rye Patch or Golden Chariot.
The mule flung off its parasites, and
rising with snort, sot for the hills.
II knowed all de time you couldn't t
hold dat mule" remarked a Jamaica
negro to the crowd, which slowly
dispersed, leaving the owner to gather
up the fragments of his cart and har-
ness.
Year: 1877

VS sSS SU sS@D ~ 6H&s
l saw him standing in the crowd;


A comely youth and fair!
There was brightness in his eve,


A glory in his hair!
l saw his comrades gaze on him


His comrades standing by;
L heard them whisper each to each,


I" He never told her ~
l looked in wonder on that boy,


AS he stood there so young,
To think that never All untruth


Was uttered by his tongue,
thought of all the boys I'd known


Myself among the fry
And knew of none that one could say
" He never told lie ~
l gazed upon that youth with awe


That did enchain me long;
1 had not seen boy before


So perfect and so strong.
And with a something of regret


l wished that he was L,
So they might look at me and say,


''He never told lie!
| thought of questions very hard


For boys to answer right:
q" How did you tear those pantal0ons


" My son, what caused the fight ?''
!" Who left the gate ajar last night?"
" Who bit the pumpkin pie ?'
What boy could answer all of these,
And never tell lie!
proudly took him by the hand


My words with praise were rife;
| blessed the boy who never told
" A falsehood in his life;
| told him | was proud of him;


A fellow standing by
Informed me that the boy was dumb
Who never told lie,
Year: 1877

WhRt ~ COSTS 20 Sec the CuFlOsitfeq


There.


A correspondent of the New York
Times writes from Niagara Falls: /:
A gentleman, accompanied by his
wife and daughters, rushed franti-
cally up to the office of the Inter-
national yesterday morning, and,
holding on to his carpet-bag with a
grip OF iron, blurted out: Il have
just arrived; l want to see the falls
before evening; what is the best
way to do it?


Mr.. Fulton, the proprietor of the
hotel, who stood by, informed the
excited and perspiring gentleman
that it would be impossible to see
everything of interest in one day,
and if he attempted to do so he
would only succeed in spending q
great deal of money and see very
little. The visitor was not to be
persuaded. He evidently regarded
the friendly and well-meaning Mr..
Fulton as one of the Niagara swim
dlers Of whom he had heard so
much, and, after eating a hearty
breakfast, be hurried with his wife
and daughters-all of them hot,
dusty, unwashed and uncomforta-
ble-out into the street. Here he
was taken in hand by one of the
ever-vigilant hack drivers, "a man
who was not attached to the hotel,
and after long argument, which
was carried on in a very loud tone,
he agreed to pay 81 for the use Of
the carriage for the day, and being
assured by the driver that before
night he would show them every
thing that was worth seeing, he
drove off, evidently well satisfied,
and doubtless congratulating him
self upon his smartness" in out
whiting zone of those thieving hotel
men,"


In the evening the gentleman
returned. One Of his daughters, a
delicate little thing, was so sick
from nervous excitement that she
could hardly get out Of the car
riage, and his wife, as he explained
to the hotel clerk, was too weak to
leave the house that night. Such
being the case he was obliged, evil
IDENTIFY much against his will, to en-
gage rooms for himself and party.
During the evening he met Mr.
Fulton and myself, and apologizing
for what lie called his rudeness in
the morning Che was IN honest old
farmer from a Western State}, he
confessed that he had been wrong In
attempting to "see everything" in
one day. Then, becoming more
communicative, he took q memor-
andum' book from his pocket and
went on to explain how much he
had seen and how much the sights
had cost him. He had indeed made
the "grand tour" How much he
had to "pay the piper" and what
he received in return, will be seep
from the following table, which he
was kind enough tc let me prepare
from his notes;


Entrance fee ior four persons in
Year: 1877

nearly all of the places mentioned
in the table above - Goat Island,
Prospect park, the railway suspen-
sion bridge, and perhaps the Whirl-
pool rapid park excepted pay
hack-drivers q commission of from
ten to twenty-five per cent. on all
the money received from every visi-
tor they bring to them.
Year: 1877

old aad young. every week. 1t is just to say
that the patrons of the WESTERN
METHODIST belong to the best class Of
community.


We desire our business men to make a note
of tho above facts before completing their
advertising arrangements for the coming
season,


We use our best efforts to keep our columns
free of all irregular and irresponsible adver-
tisiRg for many good people seeing an ad-
vortisemont in paper, especially their
church paper. take it as a guarantee of re
spOnsibility. Such confidence should not bc
abused whom it can be helped. We want.
therefore,


Tha Advertising Patronage
Of such business men and firms as we can
recommend to our frionds and the public
without COMPROMISING tho character of the
paper,


our Terms shall be in Harmony


with tho business OutIOOk.


Send in Your Favors.
Year: 1877

1t is to be hoped that the eminent


statesmen and political leaders who


are now busily engaged in laying


down the law with regard TO the
counting of the Electoral vote will re-


member their words when, at some
future time, the relations between the
State and Federal Governments may
come under discussion. At his first
appearance in the political arena, Mr.


David Dudley Field threw the doctrine
of State rights to the wind. and boldly
declared that the Congress at Wash
ington had a right to go behind State
laws and State appliances for counting
the votes, and to reject and reverse
returns which were not in accord
with the majority of the House of
Representatives. This is as complete
a renunciation of the State-right doc
trine as one could desire, and yet the
House of Representatives by its Jud-
iciary Committee, has given its assent
to doctrines not less subversive of
that principle which was once held to
be the cornor stone of Democracy. One
of the resolutions reported by Mr..
Knott on Friday, aud ordered to be
printed, and which will be called up
for action on Wednesday next, runs:
:. That in the counting of Electoral
votes. no vote can be counted against
the judgment and determination of
the House of Representatives.


This amounts to reversing the Con-
and to declaring that. instead |
of possessing all rights not distinctly /
in that document, the
States hold only such rights as the !
Year: 1877

What though born a PEASANTS son


Make your marki
Good by poor men can be done:


Make your mark!
Peasants garb may warm the cold:
Peasants words may calm fear:
Better, far, than boarding gold
Is the drying Of tear:


Make your mark
Year: 1877

AS A LOCAL PAPER,
publishers ADVERTISER aduously
industry prejudice paaliy
against particular localities they
thing prosperity
ADVERTISER only willing, Relieving


TOWN AND COUNTRY,
prosperity depends
consistently work for prosperity of all.


labor give readers paper
greatest reading possible attention
quantity quality with
any weekly
for the invested in it,
Year: 1877

but q woolly comet moving in its orbit
with the CLEAN and the speed of light.
At last the frantic sufferer sheered from
its course, and sprang into its master s
lap; he flung it out of the window, and
the voice Of distress quickly thinned
away and died in the distance.


By this time the whole church was
red-faced and suffocating with suppress
ed laughther, and the sermon had come
to a dead stand-still. The discourse was
resumed presently, but it went lame
and halting, all possibility Of impressive
ness being at an end; for even the great
est sentiments were constantly being re-
ceived with a smothered burst Of un-
holy mirth, under cover Of some remote
pew-back, as if the poor parson had
said n rarely facetious thing. 1t was q
genuine relief to the whole congrega-
ton when the ordeal was over and the
benediction pronounced.


Tom Sawyer went home quite cheer
full, thinking to himself that there was
some satisfaction about divine service
when there was q bit of variety in it.
He had but one marring thought; he
was willing that the dog should play
with his pinch-bug, but he did not think
it upright in him to carry it off.-FroDs
Marx 1tcaiH'S Last Book.
Year: 1877

IT is not difficult to tell horses age.
It is important to know a few signs
which serve as criterea, and then the
age of a horse at almost any stage of
life can readily be told. The colt is
born with four grinders, and when the
four front teeth have made their ap-
pearance it is IL days old. When the
next four come it is four weeks old.
When the latter have attained to the
height of the front teeth it is one
year old. The two-year-old colt has the
kernel (the substance in the middle of
the tooth's CROWN grown out in all the
front teeth. In the third year the mid
die front teeth are shifting, and when
three years old these are substituted by
the horse teeth. The next four teeth
are shifted in the fourth year, and the
corner teeth in the fifth. At six years
the kernel is worn out of the middle
front teeth, and the bride teeth have
now attained to their full growth. At
seven years hook has been formed in
the corner teeth of the upper jaw, the
kernel of the next OF the middle is worn
out, and the bride teeth begin to wear
off. At eight years the kernel is worn
out of the lower front teeth and begin
to decrease in the middle upper front.
In the ninth year she kernel has wholly
disappeared from the upper middle
front teeth, the hook on the corner has
increased In size, and the bride teeth
lose their points. In the tenth year the
kernel is worn out of the teeth next to
the middle front of the upper jaw, and
in the eleventh year the kernel has en-
tirely disappeared from the corner teeth
Of the same jaw. At twelve years old
the crown of all the front teeth in the
lower Jaw have become triangular and
the bride teeth are much worn down.
As the horse advances in age the gums
shrink away from the teeth, which con-
sequently receive long, narrow ap-
pearance, and the kernels become dark
ish points. Gray increases in the fore
head and over the eyes, and the chin as
sumes the form Of an angle.
Year: 1877

Many horses have the very unpleas-
ant habit of striking the toes of the hind
shoes against those on the fore feet.
Most horsemen will agree that it is q
fault attached to some of the best, as
well as the worst horses, and they often
click on the turf or soft ground, and
not on the road. 1t arises from the too
great activity or length of stride of the
hind legs: The fore feet are unable to
get out of the way in time; therefore,
anything which detains them, such as
soft or heavy soil, must assist the habit.
The principal point to be remedied is
the intolerable noise, from which the
evil derives. the name clicking" and
this is often effected by making the
hind shoes square at the toe, and leay-
ing the toe of the crust somewhat pro-
jecting over the shoe, by which plan the
crust receives the blow instead of the
shoe, and does not make any noise. 1t
sometimes happens, from the repetition
of these blows, the crust is worn so thin
at IT, toe as to produce or threaten
lameness, in which case the plan of
shoeing mentioned must be desisted
from, and we must put up with the
noise to avoid the greater evil. When
a square-toed shoe fails in preventing
clicking, it will sometimes happen that
ashoe pointed at the toe will succeed,
which, no doubt, arises from the. cir
eumstance that the shoe, having so
small surface to come in contact with,
fails to strike the fore shoe and goes
within, or by the side of it.-Lire Stock
Journal.
Year: 1877

30 hr az concerns the League, the season OF 1877
now virtually at an end. Tho summing up OF the
various records, as is herewith DONE gives complete
and accurate HISTORY OF baseball matters for the pres
ent year. as well of tho outside OF that inside
tho League. These tables will make this copy or the
HERALD, as reliable reference, OF great vauc all
admirers OF the American game. Tho League, being
tho older OF the professional bodies, will receive tho
first attention. This has been the most remarkable
year in the annals OF baseball In former years sucb
clubs the once famous Atlantics OF BROOKLYN: thu
old Red Stockings, OF Cincinnati, and the renowned
Athletics Of Philadelphia, icd OF at the beginning OF
and retained the front position till tho end OF
the year. This time, however, the various clubs conn
posing the League contained such no players that nm
to nearly tho end OF tho season, It was within tho
range OF possibility for either to have won tho
championship. This makes the actual winning by tho
Boslons much greater credit tho successful club
than would have been tho fact IT ther superior akin
had enabled them, really without contest, TO carry
or the prize with but little effort cxertion on thoi,
part This equality among the different clubs In point
OF ability, makes the struggle for second and third
place In tho list all tho earnest or course oil
could not win tho pennant and any amount Of OK.
cuses will be made for each club that failed; but the
fact remains that where each contained 1rst class
players victory could only be secured by tho per-
petrathg the ewcst errors for II none had erred the
contest must have ended with ful iss OF draw1
gamesthat is, supposing tho batting and fielding OF
each club to DO equal to all the Others This
for tho higher positions, short OF the leadership
what renders important the question OF including or
excluding the Gin ctnnat games. As will bo remem-
bered owing TO the failure Of the original Cincinnati
club to pay their 500 Ia time they were ruled out n
June. Thcn tho club Of that city and
the 500 paid In with tho distinct understanding thai
they were 10 continue tho list OF the old club; but al
though every club consented thereto, It is claimed
the difficulty; SO the matter only be determined
by the Judiciary Committee whom they mect after tho
season Is over Counting all played the follow.
ing Is the result:
Year: 1877

Tho record which follows gives tho relative postopns
OF the seven leading clubs contcndng for the cham
pionship OF this State Tho Hartford record IL quito
low but 1t is only because the League
TAR into the autumn that there very little timc
left for them TO gain higher position the list Tho
following Is the result to date:-
Year: 1877

sender would begin with the word "we,"
finding is locality in the dictionary
agreed upon. He would then turn ten
pages in advance and find the word in a
corresponding column and in CORE
spending locality, say the third word
from the topoI the page, which he would
use in the telegram instead Of 1--WE" The
receiver, on getting the telegram, would


find this word in the dictionary, turn
back ten pages, and in corresponding
place would find the necessary interpre.
tation. This, 1t will be seen, was a very


plain cipher after one had the key.