smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1866

CRUELTY TO Doas.-In yesterdays issue
correspondent called attention to the shameful
waste of valuable material in the disposition
made of the carcasses of the fifteen or twenty
thousand dogs destroyed annually in this city
during the summer. This gentleman desires
to make glue and leather Of the dogs hides, oil
of their fat, and boneblack OF their bones, and
guarantees a profit of ten thousand dollars
from the operation. This is a much more
practical idea than that of Mr.. Bergh, who con-
nives at the Wholesale slaughter Of the dogs, on
the ground that il is perhaps better for them to
die than to remain in this "hot and disagreeable
world" Mr.. Bergh cannot escape his RESPONSE
bility as President of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals in this way. He
may consent to have the dogs killed, in order
to guard us against the danger Of hydropho-
bia but at the same time he ought to be on
hand every afternoon, no matter how warm
the weather, to see that they are killed in a
humane manner, and not cruelty choked to
death by incompetent and inexperienced exc
cutioners like those who are permitted to judi
cially murder our criminals. After their death
some cnterprising person, such as our cores
pondent, should take charge OF the bodies and
transform them into cheap glue, oil and
leather.
Year: 1866

ma Waddie, a daughter OF the well known
host Of Capoh Springs. met with an unpleas-
ant adventure on the coldest night of last week
Dor, she tried shorter path across the noun
tain she had never travelled before, and lost
her way among the iaurel With spirit and
resource Characteristic of our mountain sirls.
she arranged a bed Of leaves, took the saddle
for pillow and the saddle blanket for a cover
let, and slept soundly tiii dawn, disturbed only
oy tee cold as day approached and by some
cries hich she took 70 be those of panther
party OF deer hunters found her the next day
and guided her home. none the worse for a bit
OF woodland life, which, TO lowland ladies
Will seem rather Trying Winchester Neacs
Year: 1866

but our work WAS not over A fter
landing the cable safely at Newiound-
land We had another tssk--to return to
mid ocean and recover that lost in the
expedition Of last year. This achieve.
mcnt has perhaps, excited more surprise
than the other Many cvcu now don t
understand il, aud every day | am
asked "how Il was done Wen, It docs
seem rather difficult to fsh for a jewel
ut the bottom Of the ocean woand a..
half miles deep But II is not 20 very
difiicult-when you know how You
may be sure VIC did not 20 fishing at
random, nor was our success mere luck e"
u was the triumph OF the highest nau.
teal aud engineering skill We had
l"..== ships, aud on board Of them some
OF the best seamen IN Eagland men
who knew the ocean rs a hunter knows
every trail in the forest There was
Captain Nloriarty, who was iu the \ "a.
mcmnon in 1878. He was in the
Great Eastern last year, and saw the
cable when il broke aud he and Cap.
tain Anderson at once took their obser.
vations 80 exact that they could 20 right
to the spot After finding it they mar kod
the liue Of the cable by row of buoys,
for fogs could come down aud shut out
sun aud stars so that no man could take
an observatics. These buoys were an
chored a few miles apart. They were
numbered, and each had flagstaff on
it so that il could be seen by day, and
a lantern By night Thus having taken
our bearings VIC stood or three or four
miles so as TO come broadside on, and
then casting over the grapnel, drifted
slowly down upon IL, dragging the bot
tom of the ocean as We went. At first
it was little awkward to fish in such
deep water, but our men got used to il,
aud som could east grapnel almost as
straight as an old whaler throws har-
poon. Our fishing line was Of formida-
Bile size. 1t was made Of rone twisted
with wires Of steel, so as to bear strain
Of thirty tons. II took about two hours
for the grapnel to reach bottom, but we
could tell when II struck. | often went
to the bow and sat on the rope, and
could feel by the quivcr that the crap
mel was dragging on the bottom two
miles under us. But it was very slow
business. We had storms and calms,
and fogs and squalls. Still we worked
on day after day. Once, on the 18th of
August, we got the cable up, and had it
in full sight for five minutes, a long,
Shiny monster, fresh from the ooze Of
the oceans bed; but our men began TO
cheer SO wildly that it seemed to be
frightened and suddenly broke away aud
went down into the sea. This accident
kept US at work two weeks longer but
finally, on the last night of August, we
caught it. We had cast the grapnel
thirty times. 1t was little before mid
Year: 1866

TheS Joseph, (Mo., } Herald says,


If the people of the South knew
the damage done them by the rabid
newspapers they support, as We
know it here, they would very
quickly compel them to change their
tone. In a political point of view,
these papers are, in large measure,
responsible for the treatment the
Southern States are receiving at the
hands of Congress. But they also
prevent the South from obtaining
those means of development which
she 80 greatly needs. They pre-
vent the flow of capital required in
her cotton fields, in her manufacto-
ries and work shops, by her rail
roads and steamboats, lines, for her
public improvements and the ser
vice Of the State. They hinder
northern travel and intercourse, and
prevent the flow of labor and emil
grafton. They stimulate malig-
nant spirit in the South, and create
like spirit in the North. They
discourage those who are the true
friends Of the Southern people, and
who arc laboring to secure them
Justice. On the other hand, we can
see no good end they serve in any
direction-political, moral or mate
rial. We do not desire subservient
speech on the part of either the
Southern press or people; but we
desire to see the malicious disturb
ers of the National peace brought
to their wits by the force of South
ern sentiment.
Year: 1866

Tennessee is swift to move in the
matter of the ratification ofthe Con-
stitutional Amendment. The Gov
ernor has issued his proclamation
convening the Legislature on the
4th of July. The proclamation ar
CUES, with impudent disregard to
public sentiment, well known and
fully recognized by the Governor,
that the terms of the amendment
are as good as the people Deserve
The wretch knows very well that If
that amendment was put to q vote
of the people it would be over
whelmingly defeated. But the mass
es have been disfranchised, and q
mere squad of men, subservient to
Radical interest, and ready to coIn-
nit any enormity upon popular
rights whenever their unscrupulous
master utters the command, lord it
over their betters, and direct and
control the political destinies of the
State. It's an cxaspcrating thought
that the State which contains the
ashes of two Presidents, and whose
history is surrounded by so many
patriotic and glorious memories,
should be ruled by such reckless
and unprincipled crew.-Lou'su'He
Courier.


Leading Tennessee men who have
Just arrived here, are very confident
that the Legislature, which has just
been convened, will not adopt the
Constitutional Amendment. They
are very doubtful whether a quorum
can be secured at this season Of the
year. Some of the Radicals are OPP
posed to it on the ground that it is
not extreme enough, and now that
it is known that the President is
opposed to it, defeat is regarded as
certain
Year: 1866

PREPARING Wool FOR THE MAR
KEr.-The Wool Dealer says; 1t is
very important that wool-growers
should pay more attention to the
order in which their wool is prepar-
ed for market.


In order to insure a quick sale
and extreme market rates, wool
should be well washed and clipped
in seven or ten days after washing,
and put up free from tags.


All buck fieeces, washed or un-
washed. all half-washed, and what
remains two OF three weeks after
washing before it is clipped man
ufacturers viii not purchase except
at one-third discount OF.


Wool-growers cannot pay TOO
much attention to this matter. a
lot of wool well washed and in good
order, always attracts attention oi
buvers. and commands price more
than sufficient TO pay for the extra
care and labor bestowed upon IT.
Year: 1866

Governors Swain, Cox and Nor
ton are said TO have signified to the
President that they will be in no
sus1.y about calling their Legisla-
fures to act on the Constitutional
amendment.
Year: 1866

In the heat and hurry Of the present we are apt to
forget that all history has beginning, or at least
starting point visible to mortal eyes and capable of
mortal comprehension. The foul bird of Secession,
at present in an extremely molting, if not "dead
cock" condition, passed through pretty longchcken-
hood. Here is q paragraph which we copy from
newspaper printed in 1898:


DISSOLUTION oy rnR uSioy Hon wllam Dryton Rep
Congress from Charleston has been with being
meeting Washington, this house Of Senator from South
Carolina when the propy Of separation Of tue Union
seriously discussed ani has been by respon,be in Charleston
requested answer yea nay whether he present
meeting Col DrySn Acknowledges the authority Of the que
bat declines giving an Wh,t infer thi
looks Ike rebellion indeed should be remembered that the Colonel
inl hi. TREND, belong to the military party


This was under the exdsperating influence of the
tariff oflS25 which il was held would make cheap
cotton CLOTH such as slaves wore dear while it did,
in reality, make them cheaper The hollowness of
this pretense was shown when notification finally
came 1892 for the obnoxious tariff had already and
lust before been considerably modified. Our readers
know the rest of the history.


The moral of all this is that wicked and dscOn-
tented politicians never lack a Subterfuge when they
are bent upon eydoing Amiable members of Con-
gress who are earnest for "conciliation" would do
well to remember that peace can never be secured at
the cost of principle Cancellation, by all means let us
have, but not at the expense Of right and justice.
Such cancellation our own modern history proves to
is most likely to end in blood, ruin, waste and
mortal peril. Let every honorable member by all
manner of means vote his sentiments, but let him
make sure that they his sentiments, genuine and
honestly adopted and not the sentiments of some
other man who has Sonorous voice and rich stock
of fimpudence.
Year: 1866

Canning, the English Minister, was thoroughly an
Euglishman. The cosmopolitan and philanthropic


ideas he proiesed in his public policy he really enter
tanned only so far as they served to strengthen and
extend the manufacturing and commercial supremacy
Of Great Britain. That is solely what English states
mon work for Canning while in office, journeyed to
Paris, to convince Minister de- Nillele Of the wisdom
Of international Free Trade. and TO persuade him to
follow the action of England in that direction He
returned to London, bahled By the practical good
sense Of the Frenchman, and euraged with the an
swcr made to his willy proposition, which List reports
to have been As follows: " If England in the pro-
gressye state of her industry admits foreign competi


ton more extensively than formerly, such policy is
in conformity with her MISUNDERSTOOD interest; but
it is the welundcrstood interest Of France now to
giant 70 her own manufactures, of which the deyel
opnent is yet imperfect, the protection which is still
indispensable for them. When the time shall arrive
that foreign competition shall be useful for French in
dustry France will not fail to avei herself of the
present example OF England


Practical wise man When Napoleon made the
recent Anglo.French commercial treaty with Golden,
the "time" for it seemed to have arrived. 1t is as
yet doubtful however if the act not premature.
But there can be no doubt whatever that the time for
Free Trade between the United States and Great
Britain has not arrived. Our manufactures are not
developed to an equality with those Of Great Britain
That is the point
Year: 1866

Yesterday five more cruel butchers were arrested
and punished. This is a novel and inspiring fact in
the hard life of the town, and plainly shows the work
ing existence Of al agency to prevent cruelty TO ami
Year: 1866

CNcINNATI, May 20th-This morn
ing's Commercial contains the following
There is a movement of the Fenians'
Quite number left the city yesterday
bound for Canada, Large shipments OF
arms have been made nOrthward within
few days. There is an appearance
that an extensive raid is about to be
made upon Canada. Movements of men
and transportation of arms have been
in progress for some days with degree
Of secrecy that indicates business
Year: 1866

AN UNFORTUNATE FELLow.-It is an
nounced that in the conference of col
ored preachers held in South Carolina,
one of them was charged with having
three wives living. The question of
what should be done with him was dis
cussed at great length, and the Bishop
finally ordered that che shall not preach
until he shall be relieved by Providence
of his difficulty"
Year: 1866

The pride Of every county should
be the building up of a county or
gan that will advocate the interest
of the people.


Since the JOURNAL has passed
into the hands of the present pro-
prietors, its effect has been clearly
felt and seen in its advocacy OF pub
lie improvements. Ii has been
no less active in the religious, edu-
catiOnal and political interests of
is patrons. 1t, therefore, should be
the pride Of the people OF the coun-
ty to sustain and improve it by the
increase of their patronage.


The proprietors ask that every
man in the county takes and works
for the paper. Let each subscriber
feel him@clf authorized to not only
speak in its favor, but To secure
more subscribers.


No county paper published in the
State gives as large an amount Of
local news as the JOURNAL.


The JOURNAL will advocate the
interest of the whole county-her
Railroads, Turnpikes and the busi-
ness interests of the people.


The low price of the subscription
brings It within The reach of all
Year: 1866

CURE OF CONsUMPTIoN.-It has
been found that if this terrible dis
ease has not arrived at its last stage,
it may be certainly cured by the con-
slant and continual use Of a pap
made with the flower of maize, of
good quality-this is essential. An
eminent French physician, who has
great experience on the subject, rec
ommends, that on the first appear
ance Of the malady the pap should
constitute the chief article of food.
it is prepared by adding the maize
to o mixture of half milk and water.
This is to be stirred on the fire until
it boils; after which the fro is to be
rendered less extense by the addi-
ton of cinderA, and the pap is to be
left on for eight or ten minutes, but
without being stirred. 1t is then to
be taken from the fire, and o little
salt is to be put in it. If the patient
cannot take milk, broth may be
substituted for it, or watsr-butter
being added-but tho milk is the
best.
Year: 1866

COMPOUND INTEREsr.-It is we'll
known to what rrodigious sums
money improve for some time at
compound interest will increase. A
penny, 80 improved from our Saw
ior's birth as to double itself every
fourteen years, or which is nearly
the same, put out at five per cent.
compound interest at our Savior's
birth, would by this time have 10.
creased to more money than would
be contained in one hundred and
fifty millions of globes, each equal
to the earth in magnitude, and all
solid gold. A shilling put out at six
per cent. compound interest would
in the same time have increased to
a greater sum in gold than the
whole solar system could hold, sup
posing sphere equal in diameter to
the diameter of Saturn's orbit, and
the earth is to such sphere as q half
q squar foot, or q quarto page, to
the whole surface ofthe earth.
Year: 1866

THE undersigned would respectfully inform


the citizens of St Mary's County. that
they have jnst re ccived very lage and well
selected stock Of FALL & WINTER
GOODS, embracing every thing usually kept
iE first class Store u
Year: 1866

The latest number of this wide awake week
ly comes to us in wholly new and greatly
enlarged form The paper is now twice the
size it has hitherto been, has new and very
fanciful heading, and altogether presents an
extremely neat and attractive appearance
The publishers hope to be excused If they
atake the liberty of citing their present issue
as a successful case of reconstruction
Year: 1866

The negro suffrage bill that passed the
House will pass the Senate and 90 TO the
Pre- sdcnt. Then what? Will he sign or
veto? What DO you say? Our guess is, and
it can only be Il guess, that he Will sign
We have never had doubt that negro
suffrage was the purpose Of the Republi-
cans 1t is to be urged right through in
all the States, so far as that party is con
cerned. We may as well prepare for the
struggle in this State We are free tC
admit that we do not think johnson Will
oppose it, How the thing will work out
in the future, who can tell? What may be
in store for US as a republic or empire
like Mexico, of mixed races, it is impossi-
bic to divine. We hope it will be well
with US. If it is not; if the experiment
shall prove disastrous, why, we can stand
it as we'll as the rest


This bill will have one good effect. Il
will place President johnson somewhere
lie will be unable to remain hid in his hole
envcloped by a negro worshipping Cabinet
any longer without letting it be known
whether the order Of the Cabinet is agree
able to him or not.


His course, thus far, has precudcd his
being supported or opposed by any body
because, when all the circumstances are
considered together, his declarations, acts.
and surroundings, nobody can decide upon
what political ground he stands. Let him
disclose himselt.-Iadtaaopoits Heratd.
Year: 1866

Before spring each harness you have
should be carefully overhauled, repaired
oiled and blackened, so as to be in perfect
readiness for use when the hurrying spring
time arrives. 1t is good plan to store in
some suitable place all of the old straps,
and old harness that you have cast aside
as frequently buckles, rings, or some other
portion will come handy in repairing. and
various other uses will be found for it
The stable which is commonly used by
farmers, is a poor place to store harness.
as the vapOrs which arise from the manure
are very destructive to leatheR The car.
riage house is better place, and there the
harness is not liable to be kicked down,
and tramplcd under foot, or bitten and in
jured by colts. Ifit IS convenient to hang
it elsewhere than in The stable, case of
matched boards, with a close fitting door,
should be made to hold it.


The harness should be taken apart COM
pletely for washing and Oiliug. Cleanse
it with soap and tepid water When nearly
dry rub the oil into it patiently until it is
perfectly pllable Iii a good job for a
stormy day. a very good composition
may be made by mixing together one quart
OF meats foot oil, four ounces of becfs tallow
and half an ounce of lampblack. Let the
harness hang day and then rub it off
with sponge saturated with strong CASTLE
soap suds A varnish for the buckles and
rings may be made by dissoving black
sealing wax in alcohol. Moore's Rurul.
Year: 1866

WnY.-IEow ?-AND WHAT With
these three words it is quite possible for Il
block head to puzzle philosopher. Why
does the magnetic needle point always to
the north How was the universe made !?
What is light? Here are three questions
that any fool may ask, yet that all the
wisdom of the world cannot answer. There
arc hundreds of other queries, as simple,
and as likely to suggest themselves to the
inquisitive, to which science can make no
satisfactory reply. On the other hand,
positive philosophy, history, the mechan
ical arts, and other practical branches of
human knowledge, afford exclusive rcspon-
ses to a vast number ofimportant why's and
hows and whats. All that is necessary for
man to know he can learn from these
sources, and education in it's best sense,
consists in the broadcast diffusion Of the
information they afford, in its simplest,
clearest form.
Year: 1866

Southerners are coming north to hire
negro labOrcrs. \ cantract was made in
this city, day before yesterday, with 250,
to go south, and work on 4 plantation =
The contract, as to wages, and all til: t
has to be approved by the Freedmen s
Bureau.


The contractor states that he can hire
negroes more readily in the north than in
the south. La the north, they have become
used to freedAm, and learned that it does
not mean to live without labor; and, hence,
they are ready to go to work. IN the south
they have not yet realizsd the fact, but
they will in time. The southern papers
are expressing the fear that too much at
tention will be turned to raising cotton
and too little to corn, wheat and pork We
say to our southern friends that we would
like to exchange these with them for cot
ton.-IadidRdloIiS UcroiH.
Year: 1866

We read almost daily that some radical
has been frightened by somebody, and had
a marrow escape" We now begin to be
lieve that our radical Cengressmen. con
sidering the bad state OF their affairs and
almost total want of capital, would rather
be glad if one or two Of them should be
killed or assassinatod by some ruffians.
who, if possible, should be dressed in
gray" How happy would they be.-
What precio IS stock Of capital would
they have. What glowing culogies of the
sacrificed or kicked would they make ,
How would they press upon the President
to put screws on the south? How would
their waning fortunes be improved?


We wish that none Of them shall even
be scared, rs we cannot afford, for the
sake of the honor Of the country, to see
the radicals obliged in the above mention,
ed manner Hash.nyfon Jnjon
Year: 1866

TRANSIENT YOUNG MEN.--Girls, be-
ware Of transient young men; never suffer
the addresses of stranger; rccollect that
orc steady farmer boy or mechanic is worth
all the floating trash in the world The
allurements OF a dandy Jack with gold
chain about his neck, and walking stick
in his paw, some honest tailor's coat on his
back, and brainless skull, can never make
up the loss of fathers house and a good
mothers counsel. and the society of broth
ers and sisters their affections last, while
those of such young man are lost in the
wanc OF the honeymoon. 'Tis true.
Year: 1866

The following signs, which We find in
an exchange, sound like the writings of
DR.. Franklin, and are worthy to be put
into the scrap book Of every farmer in our
land.


When the lights are seen burning in his
house before the break of day, in winter
especially, it shows that the day will never
break on the breaking in Of the winter of
al ersity.


When you see his barns larger than his
house, it shows that he will have large
profits and small Affections.
When you see him drive his work in
stead of his work driving him, it shows
that he will never be driven from good
resolutions, and that he will certainly work
his way to prosperity,
When you see in his house more lamps
for burning lard or grease, than candle
sticks for more expensive purposes it
shows that economy is Tightening his
way to happiness and plenty with that
light which should enlighten every farmer
in tbs world


When he has house separate from the
main building, purposcly for ashes and an

iron or tin vessel to transport them, 1t
shows that he never built his house for 4
funeral for his family and perhaps him
self


When his hog pen is boarded outside and
in, it shows that he is going the whole hog
or none, in keeping plenty inside his house
anu poverty out.


When his sled is safely housed in sums
mer. and his farming implements covered
both summer and winter, it plainly shows
that he will have a good house over his
head in the summer of early life, and the
winter of old age.


When his cattle arc properly shielded
and fed in winter, it eylnces that he Is
acting according to scripture, which
saws that "a merciful man is mcrciful to his
beasts
Year: 1866

How TO PRoTEcT SHEEP FROM Does
If sheep are kept in the same lot with
cows or fat cattle, no dog will disturb them.
As soon as the dogs approach the sheep,
they run to the cattle who drive off the
dogs. y farmer for thirty years, i'll Shelby
county, by adopting ihis plan, never lost a
sheep by dogs, although in the same night
the same dogs killed sheep in the farms
north and south of kin