smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

Now that the excursion sea-
son IS at an end it has been dis
covered by the authorities that
the police have the power to de-
tain over-crowded steamboats,.
This decision will, of course, be
forgotten long before the next
season comes around.
Year: 1877

the boat, the Captain sculled
them out to the bark. A tug
was engaged to tow them out to
sea, but the fog was go dense
they could not find their way
out through the Gate, and the
vessel was anchored off Fort
Point. About 4 o'clock in the
afternoon they again got under
way and were towed out as far
the North Head. After making
a few tacks the captain found
that the tide was drifting them
back into the bay, and he was
again forced to come to an an
chor. At high water the Cap.
tain hove up anchor and drifted
out with the tide in a dense fog.
Toward morning a slight wind
sprang up from the land and by
daylight they were half way to
the Farallones.


They first went to Otahlti,
where they remained thirteen
days, then touched at Pitcairn
Island, where they lay two days
and from there sailed for Talca-
huana, in Chill. Meigs paid all
the expenses of the vessel up to
the time he left it, out of the
$4,000 he took away with him,
and when he landed in Chill he
had but S4,74O to make a fresh
start IN the world.


Here ends the narrative of
Capt. Cousins, and it Is the first
account published which has
mentioned the name of Captain
Seaman in connection Herewith.
Victor Seaman was a cousin of
Harry Meigs, and they had been
reared in the same town from
childhood. Vic. was a printer,
and left our employment in Mad
ison, Wisconsin, in 1S49, for Cal
ifornia. He returned to Madison
in the spring of 1855, and related
to US the circumstances of his
leaving California. which are
mainly embraced in the forego-
ing narrative. He told US, in
addition-and we never doubted
his statement, for he was one of
the most truthful as well most
generous of men - that at
the time Meigs had become hope
lessly involved, he (Seaman) had
accumulated about $4,000
Meigs told him that he must flee
and had not saved a dollar from
the wreck to get away with, but
assured him that he had commit
ted no criminal offence and only
feared that others would convict
him of crime to save themselves
from ruin. This Vic. believed
and determined to save cousin
Harry if possible. With his own
money he bought the bark for
$4,000 and fitted up and provis-
ioned it, and served on the 10Y
age as mate to Capt. Cousins
His brother Ned and John Meigs
contributed the $4,000 mention
ed as Harry Meigs' outfit when
he left. All these young men
ruined themselves beyond recov-
cry by their generous venture,
and the remarkable part of the
story, in view of the great reput-
ed generosity of Harry Meigs,
is, that neither of the men who
ruined themselves to save him
from the penitentiary ever re-
ceived dollar from him in return
Vic. died in poverty but short
time since. Such is the gratitude
of a reformed thief,


According to Spanish advices
F,,o,,~ C,,ho <hn ,p>nor;ol fowx.oo
Year: 1877

The Oregonian, under the cap
tion Favorable Report" says:
1--WE have information from
sources entirely authentic and
trustworthy that the managers
Of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company, after attentively con-
sidering the whole subject, are
prepared to accept cheerfully the
requirement that the road be
built on the south side of the
Columbia river. No objection
will be made by the company to
the insertion of this condition IN
the bill for the extension of time.
This will make the road an Ore
gon enterprise, and it should be
especially gratifying to the peo-
pie of our State that their great
want meets so favorable a re-
sponse. The company is still
entirely confident that the bill
will pass. If it be not mistaken
in this judgment work will be-
gin at tho head of navigation on
the Columbia river next spring,
and also in Dacota Territory
Having secured this concession
for the construction of the road
| on the south side of the Colum-
bia river, Oregon, should now
redouble her efforts for the bill,
and bring all possible influence
to bear to secure for it success
full consideration in the halls of
Congress"


1t seems almost incredible to
us that a man of the intelligence
and sagacity of the editor Of the
Oregonian can be ignorant of the
fact that he is contributing to a
scheme to betray the interests
of his town IN the interest of a
company which has not hereto
fore kept faith with anybody, or
been faithful to any of its obliga-
tions to the government or the
people. Has he so soon forgot
ton facts notorious at the time,
that this company, IN the first
stages of it's operations on this
coast, summarily dismissed Col.
Flint, chief engineer, who-had
surrendered a lucrative position
upon a pledge of employment for
five years, solely because he
could not sacrifice his profession
al reputation to the interests of
a land ring IN the location of the
railroad line? Has he forgotten
that the same company entered
into a written agreement with
the citizens of Olympia to give
that town a branch Of that road
upon conditions which the said
citizens complied with at great
trouble and expense to them
selves, and that the company
repudiated the contract without
offering any remuneration or ex-
PLANTATION? Does he not know
that there are now on file in the
office of the Secretary of this
Territory charter from the
State of Maine to the " puget



Sound and Lake Superior Land
Company" and charter from
the State of Pennsylvania to the
"Town Site Company both
companies composed exclu-
sively of managers of the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company,
for the purposes Of speculation
in the Government grant; and
that the interests of the railroad
were subordinated entirely to
these land rings; hence the fail
ure of the railroad? He may
not have known that the Com
missioners appointed to examine
and report upon suitable loca-
ton for the western terminus of
the railroad-Messrs. Garfield
and Wilkenson-made a private
report to the Directors repre-
senting Tacoma as utterly i'm
practicable as a site for COM
mercial city, having a great ter
exposure to storms and less an
chorage than other place which
Year: 1877

IrOlu our clLlZe00 WOulO c0ftSlll-
ly secure it. In that view the
line of the road was surveyed
and located from Kalama to Sc
attic, running several miles from
Tacoma, and thousands of dol
lars " ere expended in work on
the road this side Of where its
course was changed towards Ia
coma. In the mean time the
land, then dense forest upon u
high bluff, passed into the hands
of the Pennsylvania "Town Site
Company" under the control of
Jay Cook. Mr.. Cook then de-
manded the location of the ter
minus at that point AZ the only
condition upon which he could
furnish the company any more
money for the prosecution of the
work. 1t was represented that
Immediately after the location of
the terminus the Town Site Co.
could undoubtedly sell two or
three millions of dollars Of its
stock in the Eastern market,
which would relieve Mr.. Cook
cmbarrassments and save him
from bankruptcy, after which
the road might be extended to
Seattle, under contributions from
the citizens OF this place, leaving
the purchasers of the Tacoma
stock in the larch.


After this scheme had been
agreed to and settled upon, the
Company sent out Commission
ers-Messrs. Rice and Ainsworth
-ostensibly authorized to re-
celve bids from the several towns
competing for the location of the
terminus, but really to convey
the impression abroad that the
place was selected in the interest
of the Company, and for the fur
ther purpose of levying contrl-
buttons upon the owners of pro-
perty adjacent to the town site,
which was done effectually, and
Injured exclusively to the benefit
of individual members of the
ring.


Neither time nor space will
permit us to detail all the crook
edness of the managers of the
N. P. Railroad; we have given
facts sufficient to prove their ut
ter faithlessness to their public
obligations. If the time is ex-
tended in accordance with the
suggestions and recommenda-
tion of the Oregonian, we venture
the prediction that Portland will
never have a railroad by means
of that Company. Work will
begin at the head of navigation
on the Columbia river next
spring, and also in Dakota Ter
ritery," and tn ere it will end
With the monopoly Of the navi-
CATION of the Columbia river, tn e
0. S. n. Co. will be to the Rail-
road managers what the land
rings have heretofore been-the
object to which all public inter
ests and obligations will be sac
rifced. If Portland or Seattle
ever get a railroad, it will not
be by promoting the speculative
schemes of the managers of the
Northern Pacific Railroad. In
view Of the past, it would be
criminal folly to trust to their
promises or pledges, We are
entirely willing that the time
should be extended on their
grant from the head of naviga-
ton on the Columbia eastward,
but we do protest most earnestly
against being put under bondage
for eight or ten years more to a
heartless, soulless corporation
which has heretofore used all it's
power to crush the enterprise Of
the people.


Now that the excursion sea-
son IS at an end it has been dis
covered by the authorities that
the police have the power to de-
<os~ 4vynv nnA ~InI
Year: 1877

List 20 those strains that echo on forever,
And let thy harp take up the glad refrain
Nor life nor death our hearts from Him shall


sever,
OF HE dear love the world shall rob us never
Nor by its lower joys our souls snchain
Loud praise - Him the Christmas bells re-


peating


Fling out their happy tones upon the air
Nights shadows Zee away, and, fast retreat


ing.
The clouds OF error at Ills words are heeiing
And bursts DER all the earth His glory fair
Year: 1877

Don't try to carry more than twenty
pounds apiece, or to 20 more than ten
miles a day on foot. This is fully hard
enough work If you wish to enjoy yourself
without risk OF Illness.


The roll Is easier TO carry than i the
knapsack, and is readily shifted from
shoulder to shoulder or taken of; then,
too, you can ease the burden little with
your hand. Beside this. you save carrying
the weight OF the knapsack. But, if you
take "A knapsack, let it have broad straps.
\ haversack of course you Kust have.


Beside a rubber blanket, half ii she tier
tent, and ropes, you must have good
stout wooden blanket. with u lining sewed
to it along on one side but buttoned on at
the ends and other side. You can dry it,
when wet, better than if it were sewed all
around.


You can do great deal OF good cooking
with a frying-pan and a coffee pot, after a
little experience. Have n coffe-pot with a
bal as we'll a handle. and with lip
rather than with spout. OF course you
will know enough not 10 put your pot or
pan on the burning wood. and not to use
pitcy fuel or let the handles get hot or
smutty. Study a good cookbook, and
practice well at home as long as you can
before starting, or you may have TO 90
hungry wheh you least expect ii.


You will have to guard the food you
carry. from rain, iog, dew, cats. dogs. and
insects; and you will fiud it best to q IN
your cooking utensils at once after every
use you make OF them.


Start short time after breakfast. while
The day is yet young aud cool, but don
hurry or work hard at il. On the march,
1t is well to rest often for short spells, say
ten minutes out OF every hour. Drink
good water as often as you feel thirsty,
only don't take large draughts of cold wa
ter when you are heated, and bear in mind
that often you can stop thirst by merely
rinsihg the mouth.


Bathing while upon the march is not
good if you are tired or have much farther
to 90. Oil or salve, before starting, the
parts of the skin reached by sun and air
and, TO prevent foot soreness, treat the
feet plentifully in the same way, and keep
them thoroughly clean. Let each com
rade end his morning nap. Avoid nonsen-
ical waste of strength and gymnastic feats,
before aud during the march; and play no
practical jokes that will make the day S
work more burdensome.-St. Nicholas for
july.
Year: 1877

KEEPING A SECRET.-Ruggles. an old
cabinet maker, of Boston, tod me that he
used to make Stuart's panels tor him


They were made of mahogany. and rs
Stuart complained that he missed the
rough surface OF canvass that was favora-
BILE to the sparkle of his color, Ruggles in
vent ed the way OF producing that sort of
surface by cutting teeth in the plane iron
and dragging it backward, that proving
the best way OF indenting without tearing
the wood. Ruggles said that at the time
when he used to work tor Stuart. his shop
was in Winter street, on the ground floor,
and. one day. sitting at his shop door, he
saw Stuart coming down the street, in
easest conversation with a gentleman


Stuart come into the shop followed by his
friend, and, said Ruggles, II saw that the
gentleman was urging him something that


he was unwilling to trust him with. .
Stuart said MIR. Ruggles! have you
got a piece of chalk?" gave him a piece !;
he then turned to the other and said: II
know a secret; that stands for me-" and
he made mark thus, l. Now, you are
my good friend and would like to know
my secret; you are a man of honor. and il
tell you it will do no harm. and, at any
rate.it will gratifv you as mark of my
confidence. so tell you" and making an
other mark, l. that stands for YOU so
there are two that know it. But you are
a married man, and, as your wife is a
discreet woman, and you never have any
secrets between You, some day when YOU
are alone together. and have nothing to
talk about you tell her veu know some
thing curious. but are afraid she will
speak of it. She will be indignant at not
being trusted. insists that she ought 10
know; promises she never will whisper it
to any one. and perhaps cries a little, SO
you tell her, and that stands for her, ''he
made another mark, l. Now, how many
people know it?" "Three"said his friend
''There are one hundred and eleven thai
know It'll" said STUART Scribnsr.
Year: 1877

The people Of this vicinity have long felt the
necessity of having larger and better assortment
of carpets to select from than has ever oeen kep'
IN the mace before That want is now fu lly sup
piled. We have secured the exclusive use Oh
Year: 1877

for a pacific policy. Those who are 20
zealously trying to pave the way for
other forms Of government should re.
fleet II their success will not shake those
friendly relations which united France
In 1871 to other nations.
Year: 1877

The only Bal MasquC IN the city on Xmas
night Will be the gorgeous one at the Bellevue
House.


This is and will be the only one this winter,
when the entire house-three foors-will be
used, and the last givon by the only successful
manager Of these fetes.
Year: 1877

seated the platform with the President remarked
"Wel, Mr. President have at last sent you up salt
River; to which the President laughingly reioned IL
is not the first time have been up that stream
Year: 1877

The irregular eating of unripe fruit
is we'll known to be unwholesome. The
regular and moderate use of well rip
ened fruit is not SO widely appreciated
as contributing to health. Residents in
regions where more or less malaria pre-
walls have discovered that nothing is a
more sme preventive of it's deleterioua
effects than regular supply of fruit.


But fruit will not only prevent dis.
case, but in some instances it has proved
to be one of the best medicines to cure
it. Many years ago chronic cough,
which had exciteil a good deal of un-
easiness, was cured by daily eating ripe
raspberries, recommended by medical
writer of high authority as nm excellent
expectoIant. Severe colds are more APT
to occur on the first cool and damp days
of autumn than at other seasons. We
have often cured these diseases on the
first attack, by eating copiously of ripe
watermelons. The beneficial effects oi
drinking freely of cold water on such
occasions are well known. Watermel
ons supply a much larger quantity thar
one could easily swallow in any Other
way.
Year: 1877

It is sign of bad manners to look
over the shoulders of person who is
writing to see what is written.


It is bad manners to go into any per-
sons house without taking off your hat.


1t is bad manners to use profane
language.


1t is bad manners to use your own
knife on the butter dish.


1t is bad manners to go into any per.
sons house with mud or dirt on your
shoes


It is bad manners to talk in company
when others are talking, or talk OF
whisper in church.
IT is bad manners to stare at any
stranger. in company or on the street.
1. is bad manners to say Eyes" OF
mo to u stranger, or to your parents
or to aged people; let it be "yes, sir,
aud mo. sir.


1t is bad manners to pick your teetl
at table. aud bad manners to PICK then
with pin in any company.
It is bad manners to comb your hal
or brush your coat in an eating room
1t is a sign Of low breeding to make
display of your finery or equipage.
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Year: 1877

"Cant afford it: know very we'll my
salary won't justify me in buying so
many clothes; in hiring livery rig
every day, and such like-but yofi
know one might just as well be out of
the world as out of the fashion," said a
yonng clerk, who is pinched in means,
hardly able to keep his head above wa
ter. but, withal, willing subject to all
the actions of cur high toned society"
His noble independence, his seen sense
| of propriety, takes the last dollar TINT


he has to fit him out for the next party


yes, and if his pocket book is ''strsp-
ped, his role in society must be play


ed he runs on his credit for another
pair Of kids. A few years of his false
life sap his manhood and bring him to
a condition of the MOST abject slavery.
Why viii young persons barter away
Individuality and happiness, and cater
to the vlims and demands OF extreme
formal society, when their circum-
stances and common sense dictate that
they should protest against such folly?
We commend the courage, the man
lluess of a certain young man, whom we
heard say, in the face of these things;
81 won't knuckle to all the exactions of
the society in which | move when
can afford to do it; should be afraid
to appear at the house of my employer,
dressed as some of my young friends are,
for suspicion would mark me down as a
thief. II society won't receive me as
I'm able to appear, I'll keep out of it..
Young friend, if the money standard is
the one that regulates the social circle
to which you are looking place your
purse and character in the balarcc, and
then decide vii ther that is the place
for you. Do not entertain the notion
that yen can draw in advance on your
monthly wages, Or borrow an occasion
al ten, to pay for this fine suit or
that gold headed cane, and MAINTAIN
thereby worthy standing in any socie-
ty. If you would make the most Of
yonr time and talents, invoke yourself
to the bondage of sham life; try to be
yourself; live within your means; culti
vate an individuality that shall be the
on growth of the best qualities of your
mind; and your character, thus nurtur-
ed under these conditions, will bear the
impress Of reality and exert tho most
potent influence for good.
Year: 1877

What is the cure for gossip? Simply,


culture There is great deal of gossip


that has no malagnity IN it. Good


natured people talk about their ncigh-
hors because, and only because. they
have nothing else to talk about. As


,ro write there comes to us the picture


Of family of young ladles. We have


seen en- at home, we have met them


in galleries of art, We have caught
glimpses OF them going from book


store or library with a fresh volume
in their hands. When We meet them
| they are full of what they have seen
and read. They nre trimming with
questions. One topic of their CONVERSE
ton is dropped only to give place to
aontle er, in which they are interested. We
have left them, after delightful honr,
stimulated and refreshed, and during
the whole hour not a neighbor's gar
lnent was soiled by SO mnch Us touch.


They had something to talk about; they
know something and wanted to know
more They could listen as we'll as they
could talk. To speak freely of a neigh


boris doings and belongings would
have seemed an impertinencs 10 them,
and OF course, an impropriety. They
had no temptation to gossip, because
the doings of their neighbcrs formed a
subject very much less interesting than
those which grew out of their know
ledge ard their culture. And this tells
the whole story. The confirmed gossip
is always either malicious or ignorant.
The one variety needs n change OF
heart, and the other change of pas
ture Gossip is always personal con
fession either of malice or imbeciity;
and the young should not only shun
it, but by the most thorough culture re-
,;eve themselves from all temptation to
indulgo in it. 1t is o low, frivolous,
and too often dirty business. There
are country neighborhoods i'll which it
RACES like past. Neighbors are made
enemies by it for life. In many per
sons it degonerates into chronic disc
ase, which is practically incurable. Let
the young cure it while thy may.
Year: 1877

The Minnesota farmers have taken
hold of the business Of planting trees
in earnest. Over ten millions of cut
ltings were set out during the past year,
ihost of which are doing well.
Year: 1877

While we often caution against trust
ing to untested novelties for q main
crop, there is nothing more interesting
than to test and compare these. One
sometimes draws real prize, but he
must be prepared for some dissppoints
mcnts.
Year: 1877

A very important work in to let off
any water that accumuIates upon the
surface. This requires constant attell>
ton, and the use of the hoe or shovel.
Whether there is crop in the ground
or not, it is equally necessary to do this
thoroughly, else the soil is soaked and
dries very slowly. The amount lost
through water remaining upon fields,
w,u'd eccl year bny for every farmer
who permits it, good paper and more
books than he could well study in a
year.
Year: 1877

uc Uilt iuttO2uSco W 3AA' N


on yesterday IN the Senate, as the one


agreed upon by the Joipt Committee


on counting the electoral vote, contains


substantially the features indicated in


our dispatches of yesterday morning. In


reference to canvassing the votes of the


disputed States it creates q great Ma


tional Returning Board composed of FIVE


members from the Senate, five from the


House, and FIVE from the
Supreme Court We have no means


of knowing whether this result
of the lsbors of the committee will


prove satisfactory 10 Congress or to the
country. But it strikes US as q very
impoteut conclusion, and the committee,
after its long and hard labor, has only
given birth to very Insignificant mouse.
The authority to make regulations for
counting the electoral vote is clearly
vested in Congress, and as sound gen.
ersl rule the duties of Congress should
be performed by that body or by com
mittees of its own members. Hence we
fail to see their right, or even thepropriety
OF calling in extrsneous assistance. If
i've men from each house cannot be found
to rise above partizsn views in grave
national emergency, tnen the chances
for settlement are doubtful indeed. But
of all other outside help to be called in,
the Supreme Court is the last place to
20 for it. The drawing of one Of the
Judges by lot indicates that it is expect.
ed these dlgnitaries will carry their psr.i.
zsu feelings into the tripsrtite tribunal
with them, and we can conceive of no
greater public scandal than the exhibit
of Supreme Judges as psrtizsns, dissent
ing from one another on politics'
questions. The whole thing would be
subjected to public derision and what
ever result which might be arrived at
by this tribunal would be unsatisfactory,
and would fail to commend itself to
public judgment. Being the duty OF
Congress to pass upon this grave matter
we think it weakness aud lack OF conf
dence in itself to attempt to shift the
responsibility upon coordinate branch
of the government. Let the Supreme
Judges attend TO their duties as
prescribed in the Constitution, and
let Congress attend to It's own, and the
country will be better of. For these
reasons we feel confident that the report
of the Committee will have to run the
gauntlet of q series of amendments
which will cause 1t 10 fall between the
two houses. 1t would have been better
to have had no Committee, or that the
Committee should have failed to agree
than that its plan should miscsrry.