smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

THE LINDEN ROAD. - We are
pleased to notice that some Linden
correspondent of the National Dam
0crot touches the subject of improv-
ing the highway between that village
and our city. The city papers have
harped upon this subject SO much
without apparent effect, that one Of
them at least had about given up
hope of ever seeing it acted upon.
The Democrats correspondent, how
ever, says the subject is being agi-
tated among some of the Linden
farmers and Mineral Point business
men. In that case there may yet be
hope, but before feeling sanguine
about it We must see the said farmers
and business men doing something
more than merely mentioning The
enterprise as ga good thing that
ought to be accomplished. Let one
of the farmers canvass Linden, and
one of the business men do the
same for Mineral Point, and ascer-
tain what amount of stock can be
disposed of, and then if sufficient
encouragement is offered, let no
time be lost in securing charter
and perfecting all other necessary
arrangements to commence next
spring at farthest.
Year: 1877

We observed a number of remedies for
the Colorado potato beetle. advertised in
the newspapers, most OF which are par
uculally recommended because they are
soluble in water Paris green being well
known to be insolube. All these rene
Hes us Il matter of course owe their eff
hricnCy to their poisonous character,
otherwise they would not kill the in
Sects; and if soluble they would be alb
Sorbed by the potato plant and the tn
bnrs. Their solublity would therefore
make them dangerous by poisoning the
potatoes. Nothing has yet been found
that will compare with Paris green for
the certain destruction Of this insect, and
ITS entire safety is partly owing to its
msolubllity and its not being absorbed by
the plant Another point Of safety is the
IRON contained in all soils, mostly about
one hundred times as much us is required
to neutraliZe the poison as soon us it is
washed down. Still another is the very
minute portion required, when compared
with the entire bulk Of the soil in which
the plants grow. The fact that it has
been used on tens of thousands of farms
at the west for several years past, with
out the slightest trace Of any injurious
effect on the wholesome character of the
potato, is a conclusive proof Of it's entire
safety. Country Gentleman.
Year: 1877

Not long ago a man applied to a car
rage manufacturer Of New Haven for
work He was very poor and had a fam
NY to support. The manufacturer said
he had no work to be done, but would
give the workman chance to make a
lew carriage bodies, merely to keep him
from want. The price was fixed for the
lot at Il rate sufficient to allow the work
man to earn s. a day, but it was less than
had been paid. The unemployed person
sad he could not consent to receive re-
duced wages, for he did not wish to be
instrumental IN creating reduction in
rates The manufacturer replied that it
was all the same to him; he preferred to
have the raw material rather than the
manufactured article, which he would be
compelled to store till the spring came.
The man went away. There were hosts
of applicants for the job, and after awhile
he returned signilying his willingness to
do the job for the price offered. But the
manufacturer said it was too late and he
could not employ him.
Year: 1877

What's the use of always fretting
3 At the trials we shall find
Ever strewn along our pathways?
Travel on and never mind.
Travel onward, working, hoping


Cast no lingering look behind
At the. trials once encountered


Look ahead and never mind. s
What is past is past forever,
6 Let all fretting be resigned,
1t will never help the matter,


Do your best, and never mind.
And if those who might befriend you,


Whom the ties of nature bind,
Should refuse to do their duty,


Look to heaven, and never mind.
Friendly words are often spoken
When the feelings are unkind.
Take them for their real value


Pass them on, and never mind.
Fate may threaten, clouds may lower,


Enemies may be combined;
If you trust in God be steadfast,


He will help you, never mind.
Year: 1877

A Bridgeport woman. hearing great
deal about preserving autumn leaves"
concluded 10 put mp few jars OF them.
She told a neighbor yesterday that she
didn't think they would ever be fit to
eat, and she might just as well have
thrown her sugar away
Year: 1877

The commissioner congrstulatss the
people OF Michigan on having escaped,
through the good sense and judgment
both Of the railroad officers aud men,
and the iorethought and prudence OF
the State government, any such un-
seemly and terrible scenes as were pre-
sented in sister States, of civil disor-
der, anarchy, and murder. He trusts
THAT the time may speedily come
when both labor and capital will each
receive its due reward, and the idea Of
any conflict between them be turned
over 10 that class of demagogues who,
possessed OF neither. would fatten at
the expense Of both.
Year: 1877

The aggregate OF operating expen-
ses, interest, and rental for the year
TO S39,5l6,29 a decrease
from the same account for the previous
year OF lag, ,402. This aggregate OF
expenses amounted % a6, 943 per mile
of the road, and we're Ga 5000 per
cent. Of the earnings.


The notable decrease in the oporat-
ing expenses OF more than 10 per cent
from the previous year was more than
an Offset for the decrease in earnings,
and we find that there was a
Year: 1877

Clerks in the Treasury department who
claim legal residence in Ohio will be
allowed TO go home to vote, and the time
they are absent will not be deducted from
their regular annual leave. 1t is understood
that the Ohio clerks ir the Interior depart
ment will be permitted TO go home only on
the condition that the time of their absence
be taken from their yearly leaves. In con-
sequence of this we presume but few OF the
clerks In the latter department will be found
patriotic enough to accept short leaves on
such condition. Besides, the expense of
trip TO Ohio will naturally deter many
from going.
Year: 1877

When Andy Johnson was swinging around
The circle The constitution and the flag were
ever present with him, and his speeches
from the tail end of ears soon became soue-
what moi O.Onous. II President Hayes is
called upon 10 make many more speeches
the same VIII doubtless he said OF him. But
then It can hardly be expected that he can
have a brand new speech at every stopping
place The President is quite st home a. al
OF La-C speaker, and n Jhat respect mas the
advantage OF his predecessor now on the
other side of the water.
Year: 1877

According to the New York Bulletin, there
Is a real business revival IN that city, aad at
no period since the war has there been so
much animation as now in the dry goods
district Many Wholesale jobbing houses are
Kept al work by gaSlight, to I'LL orders for
goods The streets in the dry goods quarter
are blocks.ded with boxes OF goods and the
downtown hotels are full o: country buyers
y Ike quickening of business is noted not
only in the Atlantic cities but in all the
principal cities OF the west. II is to be hoped
thai tEiS business activity is a permanent
revival.
Year: 1877

discourteous bearing towards his Of
fetal interiors and towards those he
considers below him in social rank.
I should not dare attempt to state
the quantity of rain that has fallen
here within the past two weeks in the
absence of explicit information. But
it is something enormous. Farmers
near the city are making preparations
to begin the seasons work in earnest
after few drying days. But when
it does not rain it is very cold.


SENTINEL.
Year: 1877




is a nephew of the senior, and is
peculiarly excitahle man, so much so
that it was deemed advisable by his
partners to buy him out, and the pa
pers necessary had been drawn.
Thursday morning, an explosion was
heard in the private Office, and the
room was discovered to be on fire.
The employees of the house rushed
to the room and found the senior dead,
the junior mortally wounded, and the
other member badly wounded and
unconscious. There were revolvers
and knives on the floor, and the frag-
ments of hand grenade, which had
doubtless exploded, killed the two
and wounded the other. 1t is all q
mystery, for the only living man of
the three is unable to speak. Doubt
less young Jewett, the nephew, did
the bloody work with the hand gre
made, for there are no pistol or knife
wounds on the bodies of himself, his
uncle or the other member of the firm.


Light cheviots, and plain bunting
at fifty cents yard are the popular
choice for ladies suits, taking the
place of deberge and camel's hair,
while the thin wool stuffs knotted and
dashed with gay color in rich, subdued
effects, costing three dollars a yard,
are made into polonaises above silk
skirts. The high price of silk galoons
for trimming has brought out an in
expensive wool galoon brocaded in
colors, which is quite as handsome for
ordinary purposes. The bunting
dresses almost put linen out of thought,
as they bear endless crushing without
wrinkles aud will not hold dust, while
quite thin enough for our capricious
climate up to the dog days. But to
be stylish, a bunting dress needs much
ruffling and drapery. Twenty yards
is moderate allowance for suit,
short, and showing the trim boot and
ankle, as it is the last caprice to wear
the skirts.


Easter was an unkindly day, hardly
warm or dry enough to allow the APP
pearance of new dresses and bonnets
which arerin season at the time. THE
churches We'd with each other in the
splendor of their floral decorations,
and services of song, while in every
florists window the Easter lilies shone
like lights. Some very plain churches,
which attempted nothing i'll the way
of decoration, remembered the feast
appropriately by making the hearts
of their poorer members glad with
serviceable gifts. One church voted
that every member should be given,
on Easter morning, package con-
tanning Il pound of coffee, pound of
tea, five pounds of beef, four pounds
of sugar and fifteen yards of calico.
OF course this was all paid for by the
rich members, but as they filed out of
the church, every member, rich and
poor, took the package he or she was
entitled to. The poor members were
not put out of countenanee, and the
rich ones sent their packages afterward
to the poor that they preferred. 1t
was very neat and considerate.


PIETRO.
Year: 1877

DANcING.-This dancing business has
become madness in this city. Think
of young people of native intellect, capa-
BILE of becoming the best scholars, the
best orators, the best writer's, the best
thinkers, and thus as we'll as otherwise
the most useful and important citizens,
satisfying their ambition by becoming
the best dancers Such an ambition
looks contemplate to persons Of intellect
ual character and attainments I; and per-
sons jealous for such low honors render
themselves contemplate to those possess
ed of real intellect. Nor should such low
aims be encouraged by the public prints
going into family circles. The time
spent in becoming the best dancers
would go far toward making young
man Of natural intelligence the best his
torian, the best geOgrapher, the best lin
guist, the best poet, speaker. or the best
statesman Of his locality; and any one
Of these would be distinction worth
possessing, while the dancing honor Is
sure to be despised by all thinking peo-
ple.-Bangor Paper
Year: 1877

BLUE GLASS AND SUNLIGHT.-General
PIeasanton says, Sunlight passes thro'
plain, transparent glass with very slight
obstruction, as it does through the at
mosphere and ether of space tproduces
no heat, for the glass remains as cool as
the outside atmosphere while the sun
light passes through it. When, however,
the adjoining sunlight falls nnnn. the
blue panes of glass, six of the seven pri-
mary rays of sunlight are suddenly ar
rested by it, only the blue ray being
permitted to pass through it into the
apartment. The sudden stoppage Of
these SIX rays of light, with this enor'
nous velocity, produces friction; this
friction evolves negative electricity,
which is the electricity of sunlight pass
ing through the cold ether space and oul
cold atmosphere, both of which being
negatively electrified impart their elec
tricity by induction to the rays Of sun
light as they pass. The blue glass i
oppositely electrified. When these op
posite electricities are thus brought to
gether, meet at the surface of the glass
this conjunction evolves heat and mag
netism. The heat expands the molecule
of the glass. and current of electro
magnetism passes into the room. impart
ing vitality and strength to any anim'
or vegetable life within il"
Year: 1877

From some elaborate tables drawn up
by DIR. Farr, it would seem, as far as
can be made out, there are certain very
critical periods in our career. A baby,
for instance, has very small chance in-
deed of growing up. But. on the other
hand, the period between the tenth and
fifteenth years incluslvely is that in
which the death average is the smallest.
At about thirty-fve we must begin to
take care Of ourselves. At this period
constitutional changes set in; our hair
and teeth begin to fail US our digestion
is no longer what it used to be; we lose
the vigor of youth, and neglect outdoor
exercise; above all, the cares of life be-
gin to make themselves perceptibly felt.
1t is at this time that deaths from sui
eide take marked place in the returns
Of mortality, and there is also consider
able reason to believe that habits of in
temperance are apt to develop them
selves. The picture, however, has its
sunshiny side. 1t would take, of course,
a professed actuary to deduce from DIR.
Farr's tables their exact result. 1t ap-
pears, however, that if man tides over
his fiftieth year, he may make tolerably
certain of living to seventy while if he
reaches his seventy fifth year, there is a
very strong presumption that he will ell
ther turn his ninetieth birthday or very
near it. A still more interesting 4HOs-s
sivn Is opened by the series of tables
which show the average mortality in
different professions and pursuits. Game
keepers are, for obvious reasons. the
healthiest class of our whole population
clergymen and agricultural laborers
come next, and are followed by barris-
ters /; solicitors and business men are less
fortunate while at the extreme end of
the scale come unhealthy pursuits, such
as printing and 6le-grinding.
Year: 1877

A PUNCTUATION PUzzLE.-The follow
ing article forcibly illustrates the neces-
sity of punctuation. 1t can be read in
two wOyD, making it a bad or good man,
the result depending upon the manner
in which it is punctuated. 1t is we'll
worthy the study of teachers and pupils:


"He is an old and experienced man
in vice and wickedness he is never found
in opposing the works of iniquity he
takes delight in the downfall of his
neighbors he never rejoices in the pros
perity Of any of his fellow creatures he
is always ready to assist in destroying
the peace of society he takes no pleasure
diIigent in sowing ddfsc6ru anN5nganlls
friends and acquaintance he takes no
pride in laboring to promote the cause
of Christianity he has not been negligent
in endeavoring to stigmatize all public
teachers he makes no effort to subdue
his evil passions he tries hard to build
up Satan's kingdom he lends no aid to
the support of the gospel among the
heathen he contributes largely to the
evil adversity he pays great heed to the
devil he will never 60 to heaven he must
60 where he will receive the just recon-
pense of reward"
Year: 1877

Behind the cloud know are depthless skies
Where sunshine on such snowy submits lies,
That, were the mist inverted, there would fall
White fakes OF glory from the shaken pail
Our eyes, now filed with sadness. would be dazed.
As though the veil Of heaven had been raised.
From height to height the cleaning tlnts would hy
UntIl ralnbow-trail had spanncd the sky.
So may dream. that all these clouds Of pain
Hide coming sunbeams in a shroud OF rain.
Soon shall the gloomy pail inverted be.
And showers Of snowy rapture dazzle me
Year: 1877

ENEMIEs.-Have you enemies? Go
straight on, and mind them not. If
they block your path. walk around them
and do your duty regardless of their
spite. A man who has no enemies is
seldom good for anything; he is made
of that kind of material which is so ca
silly worked, that every one has hand
in it. A sterling character-one who
thinks for himself, and speaks what he
thinks-is always sure to have enemies.
They are as necessary to him as fresh
air; they keep him alive and active. A
celebrated character. who was surround
ed with enemies, used to remark, "They
are sparks which. if you do not blow,
Twill go out of themselves. !" Let this be
your feeling while endeavoring to live
dswn the scandal of those who are bitter
against you. If yon stop to dispute. you
do but as they desire, and open the way
for more abuse. Let the poor fellows
talk there will be reaction you per.
form Iut your duty, and hundreds whC


were ,nce alienated from you, will focf


to you and acknowledge their error.
Year: 1877

IAN immigrant ship recently foundered in a storm.
and OF the two hundred and twenty who went down,
only One-a little child-drfted ashore. When the
~af was laid at rest from her troubled baptism.
one asked the question: "What name p and the re-
ply was: God knows" A gentleman present. who
was touched by the words. caused headstone TO be
erected bearing only this: Con KSows.l
An immigrant ship with a world aboard


Went down by the head on the KentIsh coast,
No latter OF bunting at halfmast lowered.


No cannon to toll for the creatures lost.
Two hundred and twenty their souls lot slip,
Two hundred and twenty with speechess lip
Went staggering down in the foundered shlp
Nobody can tell it-not you nor /,


The frenzy Of fright when lightning thought
Wove like n shuttle the far and the nigh,


Shot quiyering CLEANS through the long forgot
And lighted the years with CHASTITY glare.
second year. and a second to sparei
Mid surges Of water and gasps of prayer.
The heavens were doom and the Lord was dumb.


The cloud and the breaker we're blent in one,
No angel in sight-not any to comet


God pardon their sins for the Christ His sonI
The tempest died down as the tempest will
As tame as the moon on the window sill.
The roses were red on the rugged hill
The roses that blow in the early light
And die into gray in the msts Of night.
Then drifted ashore in night-gown dressed,


waif OF girl with her sanded hair.
And hands like prayer on her cold blue breast.


And smile on her lips that not despair.
No stitch on the garment ever to tell
Who bore her, who lost her, who loved her well,
Unnamed as a rose-was IL Norah or Nell?
The coasters and wreckers around her stood


And gazed on the treasure trove upward cast,
As round a dead robin the sturdy wood,


It's plumage all rent and the whirlwind past.
They laid white cross on her home made vest,
The coffin was rude a red breasts nest.
And poor was the shroud. but perfect rest
Fell down on the child like dew in the west.
ripple OF sod just covered her over.


Nobody to bid her good night my br''
Spring waited to weave a du'I.Sa red clover


Nobody allve had Aor pet name heard
What p.--.gr asked the preacher. God knowsI they
Nor waited nor wept they made her bed, said.
But sculptured God knows on the slate at her head
The legend be ours when the night runs wild


The road out Of sight and the stars gone home.
Lost hope or lost heart, lost Peiad or lost child


Remember the words at the nameless tomb2
Bewildered and blind the soul finds repose
Whether cypress or laurel blossoms and blows,
Whatever betides for the good God knowsI
God knows all the while. our blindness His sight,
Our darkness his day. our weakness His might
Year: 1877

Lifelong discomfort and sudden death,
writes medical man, often come to chill
dren through the inattention or careless
ness If the mothers or nurses. A child
should never be allowed to go to bed
with cold feet; the thing to be last at
tended to is to see that the feet are dry
and warm. Neglect of this has often re-
suited in dangerous attacks of Group,
diphtheria, or fatal sore throat. Always
on coming from school, on entering the
house from an errand or visit in rainy
muddy, or damp weather, the child
should remove its shoes, and the mother
herself should ascertain whether th'
stockings are in the least damp. Ii the.
are, they should be taken off, and tn
feet laid before the fire, and rubbed witt
the hands until perfectly dry, and an
other pair of stockings and another pal
of shoes put on. The reserve shoes an
stockings should be kept ready for us
at moments notice.
Year: 1877

a little more than one year since
some scoundrel ruined lot of fruit
trees at Mr. Staten's, in the eastern
part of town. Last Monday night
the act was repeated, large number
of trees being ruined. Suspicion rests
on a well-known low scoundrel who
has been loafng around here for some
time, and serious threats have been
made to punish him BY Judge Lynch.
Year: 1877

Too ELOQUENT. AN unfortunate
young lawyer was head over heels in
love with beautiful girl and was about
to be married to her. On the eve of the
wedding-day he was called in to defend
an awful miscreant,-a man of thirty,
who had poisoned bis mother and
father. The case seemed lost one,
and when the prosecution had closed
the young lawyer was about giving up
the struggle without an effort. Sud-
denly he perceives in the extremity OF
the courtroom his beloved and her pa
rents, who had come to see what kind
of stuff he was made of. The presence
of the one he worships changes the train
of thought. He feels that he must make
show of talent, and, beginning his
argument, rises to the highest flights OF
eloquence. In word, he succeeds in
showing that the criminal is an upright,
virtuous and much abused man, and OBJ
tains his acquittal. In the evening the
lawyer, with triumphant air, calls at
the house of his future father-in-law,
expecting that his success will insure
him warm reception. To his surprise,
he finds the young girl cold and her
parents much embarrassed. He asks
what this sort of reception means. 'My
friend" said he whom the young man
Year: 1877

Our late minister to ST. Petersburg.
the Hon. Marshall Jewell, was practi-
cal tanner, and as a thoroughly practi-
cal man, besides attending to the diplo-
matte duties of his office, made an ex-
animation into the progress and position
of the manufactures of the country.
Among other places he visited the tan
neries, and examined all the different
modes of curing and tanning hides.
What he specially sought is the source
of the Russian leather scent. This is
owing to the presence of the brickb bark
tar, which is used in dressing the skins
in place of tallow and grease, the latter
substances being so largely used Us
food among the lower classes. This
tar, which is carefully saved as it ex-
udes from the wood when burned, was
first used as substitute for wheel
grease in Russia, as it is to this day, and
then for the filling and dressing of skins
BY Il system of careful inquiry during
his visits to some of the great Russian
tanneries and curriers' shops, MI. Jewell
found this compound Ill great kettle
ready for use, and thus the mystery was
solved. 1t is not an expensive article
costing only some so barrel, and he
Immediately ordered ten barrels; and
sent them to various leading leather
manufacturers in this country with in
structions, and the result is that genu-
ine Russia leather goods are now made
in America, and doubtless will soon bt
sold at nearly fifty per cent below for
mer prices