smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

Last Sunday two married ladies


living on the West Side s arted


for a drive to Northeast. When


below Harbor creek they thought
that it would be refreshing to get


drink of fresh buttermilk, and


for that purpose drove into front.


door-yard. One of the ladies iln.


mediately set out for the house,


while the other proceeded to Sc


cure the horse. She bad just got
the animal tied when she was
startled by a hum hum-hum, md


in On instant was surrounded by
swarm OF bees that somehow had
got their dander up and were out
for blood. The horse commenced


to rear and plunge as the tormen-
tors settled in squads upon his neck
and head, and threatened TO kick
the carriage to pieces, The lady
was In about as bad a fix 0s the
horse, and was severely stung a.
bout the face and head, and her
hands, which were the principal
objects of attack, were badly swol
ltn. While fighting the bees she
shouted desperately:


90! for q man, a man, to re.
lieve me Of these dreadful bees"


No man came to her rescue aud
her companion, seeing the state OF
affairs, started to her assistance,
but was driven into the house by
the bees, who made q bee line for
her. The farmers wife came to
the door and shouted that her hus
band was not at home, and that
there wasn't man on the farm.
The woman who was out among
the bees finally united the horse
and ran him out into the road
Then stuck her hands into a con-
venient mud puddle and drowned
several bees. She was rejoined
by her companion, who had made
a circuit around the house and the
two headed for North. east. The
trouble wasn't over. A good sized
squad of bees started after the
carriage. and this we'll nigh fright
ened them to death. They no.
ticed Il farmer coming up the road,
aud piled the whip vigorously, and
requested him for heavens sake
to jump out and fight the bees.
The Granger didn't care much a.
bout doing It, but said be couldn't
resist the ladies appeal, and lie
went for the bees and received the !
worst Of it. The pests settled on
his head, and were putting in live
Iy work. lie shrieked with PAIN,
and in some way got off his coat,
threw it over lis head, and amid
bowls and curses whipped up his
horse and drove on with the bees
rs company. We are ashamed to
say it, but the women laughed
heartily to see the fellow fight
the bees.
Year: 1878

This is the choicest premium
ever given to newspaper sub
scribers-somcthing of real and
practical value. The ladies will
be delighted with it. If your
neighbor don't take the OBsER-
YER tell him of this offer. They
all want the paper and book.
You get the old OBsERvER and
Il capital, practical, useful book
of 100 pages, for the price Of the
former.


Now is your opportunity.
This unprecedented offer will
expire in a few weeks.
Year: 1878




young folks played keards down
to Mr.. Culver's donation party,
and that Squire Ring was 60
ing to get billiard-tablc for his
youpg folks to play OH at home,
I couldn't do nothing at all with
him. We used to think it was
awful to do that way when | was
young; but it jist seems to me
as if everybody nowadays was
going wrong into something or
other. But may be it isn't right
for me to talk to you, Judge, in
this way; but it jist seemed to
me as if the very sight of them
keards would kill me, Judge.
Thought if you only knew how
/ felt you wouldn't play on so;
and then to think, right here
before all these young folks!
May be, Judge, you don't know
how young folks, especially
boys, look up to such as you;
and then I can't help thinking
that maybe if them as ought 10
know better than do so, and
them as arc higher larnt, and all
that, wouldn't set sich examples,
my poor Tom would be alive
and caring for his poor old
mother. But now there amt
any Of my family left but me
and my poor little gran'chile,
my dead darter's little girl, and
we are going to stop with my
brother in Illinoy."


Tongue of man nor angel
never preached a more eloquent
sermon than that grey withered
old lady, trembling with old age,
excitement and fear that she
was doing wrong. | can't re-
call half she said as she, poor,
lone beggared widow, stood be-
fore those noble looking men,
and pleaded the cause of the,
rising generation.


The look they bore as she
poured forth her sorrowful tale
was indscribable. TO say that
they looked like criminals at
the bar would be u faint des-
cription. [ can imagine how
they felt. The old lady tottered
to her scat, and taking her lit
tic grandchild in her lap, hid
her face on her neck. The lit
tic one stroked her grey hairs
with one hand, and said, "Don't
cry, gamma; don't cry gamma"


Eyes unused to weering were
red for many a mile on that
journey. and | can hardly be-
lieye that one who Witnessed
that scene ever touched card
again. Il is but just TO say
that when the passengers came
to themselves they generously
responded TO the Judge, who,
hat in hand, silently passed
through her little audience.
Year: 1878

A German oculist rented a
cottage at Cape May, and soon
found he was paying an cxOrbi-
tant price for it. His landlord
was also his milkman. One
morning when the milkman came
along the .oculist looked him in
the face and asked, "Vot is the
matter with your right eye, my
The milkman said he
did not know that anything was
the matter with it; but he was
frightened. Next morning he
asked the oculist to examine the
eye. The latter pronounced it
very bad, and said that in less
than six months that eye would
be blind. Tie oculist treated
him, and easily cured him, for
there was nothing the matter
with the eye. Then it was a
race between the rent and the
oculist's bill; but the ocullst
won.
Year: 1878

A few weeks ago, one night, in an unprctentious cottage on Custom house street, there lay dying child sick of this dreadful malady. Minis tering to its last wants was all that the unhappy parents could do, for the child was doomed, and in the small hours of the morning the spirit of the loved one passed away. The father then set to work to make arrange ments for the burial of his child He went to tIlc armoir, where the last of his mopey, ten dollars, and a few jew els were deposited. After searching high and low for some time he reallz. ed the fact Chat he had been robbe q He immediately told the police his pitcous tale, and they encouraged him by promising to look for the thief. They found sufficient evidence to war rant the arrest of a negress who was seen prowling about the house. The ather was called from the coffin of his child to come up to the court to make an affidavit. While there, giv- ing description of the jewels, he re- ceived message that his wife had fallen a victim to the fever. Not waiting to sign the affidavit, he e-fran- tically rushed from the courtroom to attend to the wants of his wife. The death of his child, and the sudden ill., ness of his wife, and the loss of all that remained of his money so work ed upon his nervous system that he also was claimed as fit subject for the fever The child was buried by friends. Within day after the fun- eral the father expired, and, the day after the mothers spirit followed that of her child and husband.
Year: 1878

Now that the harvest is nearly over it is ascertain ed beyond a peradventure that the wheat and barley crop in Salt River Valley is large. The Gila Valley usually produces an enor- nous quantity of that grain but this year very little has been raised there, ow- ing to the lack of water for irrigation. The late abundant rains will insure fodder in the Northern part of the Territory but 1t has come to l4te for the corn, so that crop will be nearly a failure this year. This state of affairs in the surrounding country will give the farmers of Salt River Valley a market for all their grain at remuner- ative prices. Barley has advanced d quarter and wheat half a cent since har- vest began, with an up- ward tendency.
Year: 1878



 Recent timber legislation is well re ceived by the people. It relieves them of constant apprehension of prescott ton for taking timber necessary for the existence of life and business. Authorizing, as it does, for local and free use of all alike, timber upon min eral lands, monopoly is avoided and the best public interest is promoted. If congress will make early provision for and require the survey of all non- mineral timber-bearing land, the veX- ed timber question will be settled, or be in q condition which will make it easy of settlement with all offenders and to the approval of all good me IT.

 SURVEY OF INDIAN RESERVATION.

 The boundaries of the.Whitc Noun tain and San Carlos Indian ReServa ton ought to be officially established by survey on the ground. The re- serve originally included much min ing land now known as the Copper Mountain and Globe mining districts It was originally established without proper care and without knowledge of the locality or true names of points designated for its boundary. 1t has been reduced four times-twice to cy- clude mineral land unnecessary to the Indians, and twice to exclude az ;icultnral lands upon which some settlements were made prior to its cs- Iablishment. Some of the more i'm portant points intended to mark the present boundary, are so indefinite as to cause honest and intelligent men to differ as to theirlocati5ns or as to the names of them. Already Globe district miners und the Indian Ageht at san Carlos are disputing over the boundary in a manner which is like ly to involve serious difficulty and much expense. The fourishing and extensive mining districts of Globe and Copper Mountain hug the west and east boundaries respectively, and the large and rapidly increasing agri- cultural settlements of Pueblo Nicio and the Little Colorado likewise press upon the south and north lines; and, none of the boundary being cs- tablished on the ground, the best in formed men are likely to err in iudg- mcnt as to its precise location for much the greater part. Looking at fine matter from d government stand point alone, 1t would be economy to, al the earliest possible day, establish
Year: 1878

The Liver is the imperial organ of the


whole human system, as it controls the life,
health and happiness OF man. When it is
disturbed in its proper action, all kinds OF
ailments are the natural result. The diges'-
ton Of food, the movements of the heart
and blood, the action Of the brain and ner-
vous system, are all Immediately connected
with the workings of the Liver. 1t has
been successfully proved that Green's Au-
gust Flower is unequalled in curing all per-
sons afflicted with Dyspepsia or Liver Com
plaint, and all the numerous symptoms that
result from an unhealthy condition Of the
Liver and Stomach. Sample bottles to try


10 cents. Positively sold in all town on the
Western Continent. Three doses viii prove
that i. Is Just what you want, j!ylS q
Year: 1878

We sincerely regret to learn that Miss
Annie Fentress, daughter of Judge Fentress
is dead She had been in failing health for
some months past, and hoping she might be
improved by change, her father carried
her north, but disease finally did it's work
She died last week in Chicago. Her mother
and the other members of the family wert
with her in her last moments. At future
time a suitable obituary OF the deceased
will appear.
Year: 1878

A North Carolina paper says: When a
hog is found to be taking the cholera, split
the skin between the eyes, where you will


find the skin separated from the skull bone
about the size Of n silver half dollar, into
this place rub little tar or turpentine.
This is a certain cure. Has been known to
cure hogs when they were unable to stand
Year: 1878

We find the following letter in the
Post of Monday evening. 1t will be
seen that Mr.. Cunningham declines be.
cause the limited circulation of the Post
would not sufficiently adcerttse him. Had
we been aware, in time, of his troubles
we would have advised the ex-otlicic
Groenback candidate Tor Secretary OF
State to have followed the example OF
the Republicon party, aud have ADVERT
sed himself in the Gazette


"EpIToR EVENING PosT find, by ref
erence to your columns, that | am the
only candidate nomidated by the State
Central Committee of the Greenback
Labor party, for State ticket who has
not Withdrawn. Now. while | believe
the withdrawal of my colleagues has
been caused by want of sympathy with
that party, shall request You to take
down my name as candidate for Secre-
tary of State do this because neither
the party nor myself are able to advcr-
tise me sufficiently to the people of the
State, and | am unwilling that the
strength of the party in the State should
be estimated by the vote ! may receive
under the circumstances, when the fact
of the matter would be that not one in
ten of the voters of the State would
know that was candidate.


Yours, truly,


tCHAs. Il. CUNNINGHAM"
Year: 1878

ET If we are to judge from the
Clarksville Herald, the democracy of
Johnson county are not sticking very
closely to their convcntion-nominec
Such course may react some other time
when they least desire or expect it. Bet
tsr adhere closely to the nominations,
even if we do not get our choice in them.
Year: 1878

Learn from your earliest days
to enure your principles against
the perils of ridicule /; you can
no more exercise your reason if
you live in constant dread of
laughter, than you can enjoy
your life if you are in constant
terror Of death. If you think it
right to differ from the times,
and to make a point Of morals,
do it, however rustic, however
antiquated, however pedantic it
may appear ; do it not for inso
lence. but seriously and grandly
as q man who wore a eoul Of
his own in his bosom, and did
not wait till it was breathed Into
him by the breath Of fashion,
Sidney Smith.
Year: 1878

THE EFFECTS OF WoRRY.-


That the effects of worry are


more to be dreaded than those of


simple ha. d work is evident from


noting the classes of persons who


suffer most from the effects of


mental overstrain. The case


book of the physician. shows that


it is the speculator, the betting


man, the railway manager, the


great merchant, the superintend-


ent Of large manufacturing or


commercial works, who most
frequently exhibits the symp-


toms Of cerebral exhaustion.
Mental cares accompanied with
suppressed emotion, occupations
liable to great yicissitudes of
fortune, and those which involve
the bearing on the mind of a
multiplicity Of intricate details,
eventually break down the lives
of the strongest. In estimating
what may be called the staying
powers of different minds under
hard work, it is always necessary
to take early training into ac-
count. A young man cast sud-
denly into a position involving
great care and responsibility,
will break down in circumstan-
ces in which, had he been gradu-
ally habituated to the position,
he would have performed its
duties without difficulty. 1t is
probably for this reason that the
professional classes generally
suffer less from the effects Of
overstrain than others. They
have long course Of preliminary
training, and their work comes
ON them by degrees ; therefore,
when it does come in excessive
quantity, it finds them prepared
for it. Those. on the other hand,
who suddenly vault into a posi-.
ton requiring severe mental toll,
generally die before their time.
Year: 1878

On the influences of the moon
the Country Gentleman we'll re.
marks 1T can make no more
difference to a fattening pig
whether the sun shine on one
side of the moon or the other
side (the only difference between
new and full moon) than whether
it shines on the east or west side
of a stone heap ten miles off.
The absurdity Of ascribing chan.
ges in weather and vegetable
growth to the light on the sur
face of the moon is obvious from
the fact that they are diverse in
different parts of a large country,
from all parts of which the moon
appears the same"
Year: 1878

It was an eminent light of the law who
said there we're two things that no man
could foretel|- one being what sort Of a
man any particular woman would marry,
and the other what sort Of verdict a
petit jury would give.
Year: 1878

In New England the social position of tb.
clergy in the last century was, no doubt, vsry
high, and their influence on public affairs extra


ordinarily powerful The Congregat ational par.
ish minister was generally very dignifed
parsonage; his cooked hat, white wig. black
coat and black breeches, knee-buckles and shoe.
buckles impressed the popular Imagination
with the idea of his Importance. He was usu-
ally the best educated man in his parish and
be was the centre of all its intellectual! activity


ne was also the natural leader of the people in
all social and political movements. Almost to
a man the Congregational Pastors of Connect-
cut were vehemently on the side of the Colon
lists in their struggle with the English Crows:
and believe that as much might be said for
tne congregational ministers in the other New
England States. Some of them went as Chap
iains with the army. Those who remained at
nome Kept up the fires of patriotism in their
parishes, and helped to sustain the courage and
fortitode OF the people throughout the conflict.
Their public infieunce was enormous. But the
social position Of the clergy of New England is
still very high. In the absence of an hered-
tary aIistocracy, professional men of all kinds
receive consideration which is not conceded
to them in an aristocratic country; and of this


consideration the New England clergy have
their full SHARE Sometimes thought 1 saw
among eminent physicians the indications Of q
certain arlstocratic sentiment; sometimes l
thought saw similar indications among INV
more distinguished clerical friends. / am not
. very good judge in such matters. I do not
know how the gentlemen in the MARQUIS of
B-'s billiard room talk about the iron-mas-
ter who has recently bought an estate in the
county, or how the ladies in the Marchiouess's
drawing room talk about his wife and daugb-
tiers. l do not imagine that, If these noble
people are really well bred. there is any con-
tempt for their neighbors who have somehow
managed to get born without having
grandfathers. There may even be cordial
respect for man whose vigor and ability
have enabled him to accumulate a
great fortune, especially If he is modest,
and uses his money generously; but people who
are happy enough to have ancestors must neces-
sarily regard themselves as more fortunate than
the people who have none. "More Fortunate"
say for it is clear that they have copsidera-
BILE start in the development of the species.
Occasionally thought saw some slight signs
Of q similar self-complacency, but resting on
other grounds, among professional men in
America; they seemed to assume that they
were at tine summit Of the social hierarchy; and
also thought that the assumption was al
lowed. great manufacturer or merchant
took equal rank with them, just as l believe
though l DO not know-that great banker or
great brewer may ba admitted into our own
''earthly paradise" But still L thought


that the professional man regarded themselves
as the elect race, the true children of Abraham
and the true heirs of the promise. To an Eag-
lish Nonconformst minister all this was very
cnrinus
Year: 1878

In lecture before the Linonia Society of
Yale College last Monday night, on the quss-
ton of specie resumption. Prof. w. G. Samuer
closed his remarks with the following words:


"Resumption on January next would be
without q question 10 my mind were it not for
the law that the Secretary after receiving the
greenbacks shall put them out again. They
would return time and time again. The second
thing which threatens resumption is the silver
Dill. The silver dollar is worth $500 Of the
gold dollar, and the consequence Is that auv
man who has duties to pay will buy them for
ninety-nine and fraction. They find their
way back to the Treasury in the payment of du-
ties until nearly all that have been issued have
found their way back there. After the silver
dollars get into circulation large portion
wouid nold their value at par, and IL there
should pc withdrawal of the one and two doI-
lar notes ftwould leave gap which could well
be filled by thesc euyer dollars. But after this
gap was filled you would find that the silver
dollars would depreciate, and you would lind
that the dollar of the United States would bs
reduced fifteen per centum and the silver dol
lar would be the standard. As far as ANYBODY
can see, silver is to undergo permanent deprs-
ciation and If India should take up the gold
standard the United States would bs the chief
silver country in the world. Instead Of coming
out Of present troubles, the laws Of the couutry
in regard to the silver matter threaten this
country with repetition of the terrible times
we have had In paying this great debt"
Year: 1878

A FEW of the Democratic papers sense the
situation and see what an awful blunder the
South Carolina and Louisiana Democrats
have made. The Cincinnati Enquirer is one
OF these and says: 'Every white man was
doubly bound to protect all citizens in their
rights, to maintain the constitution, to keep
the peace. A responsibility rested, and still
rests on the State governments. When
there was reason to believe that there was
disorder or violence in any part of Southern
State prior to the elections, the Hamptons
and the Nichollses should have summoned
the entire militia force under their command
to suppress the same, as they should now use
all the State authority to the punishment of
those guilty of outrages upon the rights of
citizenship"
Year: 1878

THE New York Herald administers this
sharp rebuke: To bring the millennium all
that is necessary, says Mr.. Talmage, is to
convert the telegraphic operators and the
editors. 1t is really difficult to see what these
classes have to do with the wickedness of the
world. They certainly have not time to be
running around Gotham at midnight like the
distinguished Brooklyn preacher.
Year: 1878

THERE is great howl going up because
the banks propose to pay their silver deposits
in silver. Why shouldn't they? II man
deposits thousand dollars in silver what
right has he to complain if the bank pays
him thousand dollars in silver? He gets
his own, and what more should he ask
What right has he to demand gold dollars
If he deposited thousand bushels of corn in
an elevator could he honestly demand a
thousand bushels of wheat?
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The anne and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
Year: 1878

A p r 0 @ L A MI A T. I . N.


The people of this state have received signal
lations of the goodness of God in the blessings He
has bestowed upon them throughout the year.
Health and prosperity have been given them in full
measure. Peace. good will and well being have pre-
vailed. The seasons have been propitlous and Ma
ture has continued the glories of the summer be.
yond its usual limit through long succession Of
beautiful days, gaddening the earth and uplifting all
hearts in joy and thankfulness.


In order that the people may with one accord offer
their reverent thanks, do hereby in conformity to
the usage which santions and endears this annual
holiday, and by and with the advice and consent of
the Council, appoint


Thursday, the 2S day Of November, 1878,
as day of Thanksgiving and Praise to God for the
rich gifts and constant of the past year, and for
the promises and hopes that attend the coming of
the new year.


Given at the Council Chamber, at Augusta, this


sixth day OF November, in the year of our Lord


one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight,


and OF the Independence of the United States of


America the one hundred and third.
By the Governor. SELDEN CONNOR.


5. d. CHADBoURNE, Secretary of State.
Year: 1878

AN attempt will be made to induce Con-
gress to vote an appropriation for the intro
ductlon of the electric light into the Capitol.
The more light thrown upon the dark pro-
ceedings of the House the better.
Year: 1878

BUTLER and the Boston regulars are kiss
ing and making up. 1t is an affecting sight
especially to those who want to elect Re-
publican mayor. Kearney ought to be taken
into the family circle now.