smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1878

| FEMALE SocIEry. AL men who
avoid female society have dull percep-


tions, and are stupid, and have gross
tastes, and revolt against what is


pure. Your club-swaggerers, who


are sucking tie butts of billiard cues


all night, call female society insipid.


Poetry is uninspiring to . yokel;


beauty has no charms for blind man;


music does not please; poor beast
does not know one tune from anoth-
er; but as a true epicure hardly ever
tires of water, sauce, and brown bread
and butter. Iprotest | can sit for a


whole night talking to wellregulat-
ed, kindly woman, about her daugh-
ter Mary or her boy Frank, and make
the evenings entertainment. One of
the great benefits man may derive
from woman's society is, that he is
bound to be respectful to her. The
habit is of great good to your morals,
men, depend upon it. Our education
makes us the best eminently selfish
men in the world, and the greatest
benefit that comes to man from wo-
mans society is, that he has to think
of somebody to whom he is bound to
be constantly attentive and respectful.
Year: 1878

A CONDEMNED man at Norristown,
Pennsylvania, lately committed sui
eide in his cell by hanging himself by
a rope made out of bedclothes and
striking himself on the head with an
iron bar, breaking the skull.
Year: 1878

In 1868 the U. S. Government en-
pineers made an estimate that il
would cost about two and half mil
lions of dollars to improve the navi'
CATION of the Mississippi at the rap
ids opposite Rock Island. They were
completed in 1877, at cost of over
four misunderstanding how expen
sivs every thing of that kind is that
is taken in hand by the United States.
The great expense iDcurredis caused
by the thoroughness and complete
ness that characterizes every piece OF
work done by government engineers
"a thoroughness and superior quail
ity which doubles the, cost but gen
orally makes it so durable that it
lasts twice as long as the work of or
dinary civil engineers.


In an Eastern exchange we find
the following statistics OF the materi-
al used and the cost:
Year: 1878

By reference to the call of the
county committee, published in an
other column, it will be seen that
the Republican primary meeting for
this precinct viii! be held on Satur-
day evening next, at Z O'clock.
Year: 1878

At little social gathering q duet was performing by two young la dies, to the apparent delight of all the assembled guests. The two executants were doing their utmost to drown one another, and with such good effect that one could scarcely have heard the report of a cannon fifty yards of. Everbody was radiant, with the exception of one individual, to whom at length a friend addressed himself My dear fellow, what makes you so pensive?" "Ahl" was the reply, I'm thinking of the neighbors p
Year: 1878

The boy stood squarely on the base Already two were out The grin that lighted up his face

 Shone round about his snout. The boy, he raised the ash aioft

 And called for one hip-high, The pitcher put it in rcdhot;

 It hit him in the eye. Again the gallant youth stood up,

 Determined he would score: The next one hit him in the stomach, He playeth ball no more.

 Relatives and friends are invited to attend without further notice.
Year: 1878

The total number of cattle in the United States is about forty mil lions. If all of them were placed

 in a line, is would make about fifty three thousand miles long, or would reach more than twice around the whole world. Although the great State of Texas is supposed to have more cattle in it than any other State, and we think it has; yet there is more assessed cattle in the State of New York, than in any other State. As most all the cattle in New York, arc dairy cows, these are easily assessed; while the cattle of TeXasarc scattered over so much territory, they are never, all assess
Year: 1878

A stupid looking countryman halted before a blacksmith shop, the proprietor of which was forging shoe, and eyed the performance with much interest. The brawny smith, dissatisfied with the mans curiosity, held tho red hot iron sud denly under his nose, hoping to make him beat nasty retreat. If you give me sixpence 1 will lick it, said the countryman. "I'll stop the braggart's jaw," thought the smith, as he took from his pocket a sixpence and held it out. The countryman quickly grabbed the coin, licked it, and walked away whistling, Did you ever catch a weasel a sleep
Year: 1878

To KEEP PLANTS BEARING.- The production of seed is an ex- haustive process and, as a rule, its completion is signalized either ky the death of the plant, if an annual or by temporary suspension of the P ocess of growth, if biennial or tricnnial. The immediate end for which nature has sustained it has been attained. live are culii- rating it for seed, our object is the same, and we should not interfere with natures processes, but if, as in the case of the okra, the cucumber. and the summer squash. we make use of the immature fruit and desire to increase and prolong its produc- tion, we must carefully cut off, be- fore maturity, all that is produced, whether We can make use of them or not so as to encourage an abnor- mal production. If seed are desir. ed, certain plants should be set apart for their production and the earliest and best fruit be allowed 10 ripen. The same rule applies in the flower garden. If we desire continued bloom, the plants must not be allowed to mature seeds.

 RoBBISG THE SoIL.-Rotation n in crops is demonstrated as being not only best but demanded. The continual growing and gathering from the same field a harvest of the same or kindred product will, in due time deprive the soil in that field of the ability 10 produce that cs- pecial article, as it has taken from the soil all that is necessary for the successful production of that crop, and either fertilizers must be sup piled or thc field become wholly worthless, save for some other and entirely different kind of product. When crops fail of themselves, the failure can, as rule, be traced to the neglect of man, and not to the defect of nature or mistake of the Creator.-Factory and Farm.
Year: 1878

want, and will have Il wife without a failing" was the remark of a young man who had three sea sons experience of life. His sister with only country girls philoso- phy, remarked Then you'll never marry, because, should you find such a woman, she'll be sure to want a husband of the same character. J
Year: 1878

Of our shipowners many millions of dollars in gold which now goes to enrich the owners of

 foreign ships, and thus furnish to the laberer Increased employment, reduce the public tax es, and greatly increase the country's exports. ID. That we thank the democratic house of representatives for earnestly struggling against the republican senate to reduce the public ex

 penditures and tighten taxes.

 Il. That we request the next legislature of this state to carefully consider the laws that have been passed during the period of war and Of excessive expenditures, and to modify such portions of them as may be deemed injurious in any degree to the public interests; and we recommend the modification of the trustee process so that the wages of lab0ring man with family and the wages of women and children may be protected, and that we also favor reasonable homestead exemption.

 l2. That harmonious Union, the rights of every state respected, friendly intercourse among the people, and a cessation of sectional hostility, are essential to the good name of our republic and to the prosperity of the country; and we invite all voters who favor this healing policy and who are opposed to the politician, in or out of congress, who strive to keep alive animosities between different sections of the Union, to act with the democratic party in the coming election and to those workingmen whose right to suffrage has been sustained by that party, in great conflicts when their rights were assailed; to all laborers, of whom in eve " vicissitude in our country's history the denl- Ocrats have been unflinching advocates and friends, we extend the same cordial affiliation and respect that have distinguished our party from the days of Jefferson to the present time.

 13. That we are proud of the eminent abili- ty and fidelity to public trusts of his excellen- cy Richard D. Hubbard. Distinguished for his purity and power, respected by all parties at home and honored in other states, he is again our trusted leader; and we feel that in again elevating him to the execu- tive chair Connecticut will consult her best in- terests and good record; and to her electors we once more present his name, confident that no better candidate can be selected by any party, and no abler or nobler citizen can be placed in the first office of the state In the capablili ties and the faithfulness of the other gentle men who are placed upon the ticket with Governor Hubbard as candidates for officds of trust, we have implicit confidence and recom- mend them to the suffrages of our fellow citi Zens.
Year: 1878

Agricultural papers are always harping on the intelligence of bees, but the drove of mos quitoes which wait at the key-hole until the

 family are in bed arc passed over as sighting

 ly as you please.
Year: 1878

Some people do not understand how news papers manage to print pictures of murderers so soon after the murder takes place. Although 1t is secret of the business, we must be gen erous to our readers and say that all the cuts of proprietors of patent medicines that come into newspaper office are saved.
Year: 1878

It costs twenty cents to bring barrel of flour from Chicago to Boston, and twenty-five cents to take it from the railroad station to your store or house. This shows that wicked monopolies do not rob the poor man of all the advantages of human inventions.
Year: 1878

The town of Albert Lea, Minnesota, has es- capped all the hailstorms and tornadoes this summer, and is far beyond the reach of the yellow fever; but last week it was visited by q young man who is learning to play the tuba. Up to date there is no abatement of the fear. full scourge.
Year: 1878

DEATH. There is no appeal for re
lief from the great law which dooms
us to dust; we flourish and fade as the
leaves Of the forest, and the leaves
that bloom and wither in II day have
no Trailer hold upon life than the
mightiest monarch that ever shook the
earth with his footsteps. Generations
of men will appear as the grass, and
the multitude that throngs the world
to-day will disappear as footsteps on
the shore. Men seldom even think Of
the grave or even of death until the
shadows fall across their own pathway,
hiding from their eyes the faces Of
loved ones whose loving smiles was
the sunlight Of their existence. Death
is the antagonist of life. and the cold
thought Of the tomb is the skeleton Of
all teasts. We do not want to 90 thro
the dark valley, although its dark pas
sage may lead to paradise; we do not,
want TO lie down in the damp grave,
even with princes as bel-fellows.-[S.
s. Prentiss.
Year: 1878

A Po rtsmouth man was going east


with his wife last week, and the train


started of very suddenly while he was


talking to his friends. He grabbed


hold Of a woman, chucked her ON the


train, jumped after her-and away
they went fifty miles an hour, with his
wife shrieking and tearing her hair on
the platform, and a woman he never
saw before into high pressure hyster-
les in the car, calling him a monster
and yelling, "Save mep BY a terri
BILE mistake he had got hold of the
wrong woman, and the conductor re-
fusing to listen to his explanation,
kicked him out of the car, the brake
man chucke1 him into the ditch, the
sheriff met him before he was hall
back to the town and put hand cuffs
on him, AMI when at last he got home
he actually saw his business partner
holding his wife on his lap and telling
her that there were men in the world
who loved her much better than her
husband eyer did. He says
he next time he travels he will walk.
Il Lewistown PA. Democrat.
Year: 1878

When a man goes into an under
takers studio, asks for a three-leged
postage stamp, puts it on postal card,
shoves the latter down a sewer and
then sits down on a curbstone and tells
the hydrant to wake up when his house
comes along, ii wouldn't be perjury to
swear that tho last store he was in
wasn't church.
Year: 1878

IN THE TooMER JAcowAY MATTER, we still contend that proper sense of justice will justify us in believing the accused guiltless, and in refus- ing to take for granted that all these vindIctive charges are true. We care nothing about your "moral logic" which would unjustly blast a mans well sustained character as a good citizen and an honest man, upon mere accusation of a personal enemy who has no advantage Tn the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens over the accused whom he would crush.
Year: 1878

along with race horses and the bet ting booths, and in place ofthem of fer premiums for the largest product of leading crops from measured acres of ground, or for the best cultivated, farm. the best kept barn, or the best collection of stock. This would give q strong incentive to farmers, not on ly to supply attractive material Tor the furnishing of tho fair, but would tend to greatly increase the interest in it and enlarge the attendance as we'll as to stimulate the spirit of i'm. provement. Thus the highest pur- pose of the fairs would be effected more fully and surely than now, the pecuniary profits of the association will be much enlarged, and good in every way might result.
Year: 1878

We fear our intended County Fair, of which, some time ago, there was much hope, is gong to prove a fail

 ure this fall. We learn that the Board of Directors have found it such very difficult matter to get q sufficient sum of stock taken to in sure success, that they have about abandoned all idea of prosecuting their efforts further, and will not at tempt to hold fair thls fall. This is very much to be regretted, but we hope DO blame will be put upon the Directory for thus deciding, for it is simply impossible for them to go ahead and attempt to hold fair un- less the thorough and earnest coop eration of the people can be procur- cd. The blame tor the failure lies with our county people generally. Of course, If a few individuals in Russellville were to open their ipurs- es.lnd do the work themselves, there might be something of a fair gotten up, but it mast be remembered that it was not the intention to make the County Fair a speculation for a few men. The idea was to get the whole people interested ln it and identified with it. The shares of stock were placed low and the number that might be owned and voted by one person was restricted to q small num- Der so that all might have a chance to come into the laudable undertak- ing. In a county like ours, where the chief occupation is agriculture, q county far, if held at all, must nec- ossarily, he mostly display of agri

 cultural products. Our farmers are more interested and can be benefit

 ed ny it more than any body else, and THEY are the ones who snouLp
Year: 1878

We have not the slightest appre- hensions of any danger to the people of our section from that dreadful scourge, the yellow fever; but as it is not impossible that a case of it might be conveyed here, we repro duce the following bit of informa- tion in regard to the symptoms and treatment of the malady:

 The New Orleans Board of Health has issued the following respecting the !nclplent treatment of yellow fever: The onset is more apt to be sudden and violent than that of the other levers which prevail here. and apt to occur at night. Ere quently, but not invariably, chill precedes the fever. There is violent pain ill the forehead at the begin ming, soon followed by severe pains in the lower part of the back. The ey es arc red and glistening. Any individual affected as above describ- ed should immediately go home, go to bed, and send for u physician without delay. Without waiting for his arrivrl q hot foot. bath should be taken, and precipitation encouraged by warm drinks and q moderate cover in bed. If there should be any delay in the arrival of the phy- sician, Q simple purgative should be taken; and if the attack comes on soon after eating, an emetic of ipecac or mustard would be advisable. Prompt treatment is of thc utmost importance in this disease, and 1t
Year: 1878

be anxious 10 see fair held every fall. We have twelve or fifteen hun dred farmers in our county and it ought to be no trouble amongst this number to get q couple of thousand dollars stock subscribed to an agri- cultural fair. Any farmer ought to be willing to contribute few dol lars for such cause. It is money judiciously spent to stimulate the energies of our farmers, and to de- velop the agricultural resources of our county.

 But our farmers have pulled back and the project is abont to prove a failure. Still, it is not too late for the matter to be resuscItatcd, and a good fair yet had if the farmers of the county so wish. We would be pleased to hear from some of our live and progressive farmers on the sub- ject--to have them speak out prompt ly and pointedly, and to say to their fellow farmers that they are willing to do some work and spend little money for the advancement of the farming interests. If farmers want this done they must help do it, and not depend altogether upon a few merchants and town people doing the greater part. We hope this sub ject will get the earnest considera- ton which it's importance merits.
Year: 1878

Below we produce from the N. Y. Times some very sensible, trust worthy and timely suggestions in re- lation to the management of annual state and county so-callcd agrlcultu- ral fairs. Were the board of direc- tors of these institutions to observe practically and rightly the hints gi- ven in this article, results, we are persuaded, widely differing from those hitherto usually seen, would be speedily produced, and inure greatly to the agricultural interests and i'm proyemcnts throughout tie coun- try.

 Farmers neglect great opportunity by giving little or no attention to the various agricultural fairs held in the late summer and autumn. These fairs may be made great helps to i'm proved methods of agriculture, and the realization of greater profit from it. The purpose is to show what can be done when farmers do their best, and to compare the results of each others labor. As an additional feature, we have general collection of such things as are new and useful in implements, tools, vehicles, machinery, seeds, furtili gers, &c,. To become acquainted with these is of the greatest use to those engaged in farming. Their value consists not so much in that they are new as that they may be of the most seryiceable character For instance, if with the old fashion tools one may do certain amount of work Tn one day, and with an i'm proved one he may do five times as much, it is of the greatest impor- tance to know that fact. But the principal advantages occurring from these fairs arises from some product of unusually excellent quality, or of seeing similar products shown by other farmers. The greatest profit promised by the agriculture, of the future, may be looked for from the improved methods by which, while it costs less, the quality of the crop are greatly increased. Every farmer may do something in this way in the effort to improve his conditions; and what he does he may very we'll show to others, whom pardonal personal pride as well as with view to pro cure some profit from it. He may for instance prepare some improved stock, or plant and cultivate some improved crop for exhibition: grow . very clean crop of seed grain by carefully removing every weed; or in many other ways that will readily occur to him do something of this kind. But let something be doue and the time for making preparations and for dolng this now. The agri- cultural associations are now malSing out their preminm lists, and can do q great service to themselves and to agriculture by making new depar- ture. We might suggest that they abandon the frequent childish shows of giants and other monstrositics,
Year: 1878

WAVING for the moment all critic al consideration of the merits of the work done at berlin, people on this side of the water can very properly join the citizens of London in honor ing the Jewish plebeian who has be- come the most conspicious figure in the European diplomacy.-T Brook lyn Eagle.
Year: 1878

From the 1st to tho 4th inst. Samuel Dessant lux
uriated In Of tho choice Of the Aetropoli
tan Hotel and partook Of all the delcacles Of she
table dhote From to-day until she I'd Of next month
his couch will be the cherries cot OF the ten-day
prison and his tho frugal broad and water apper
tanning thereto. The change was brought about Dy q
decision OF the Court OF Special Sessions yesterday,
which held that IL unlawful for man TO board W


hotel three days the strength OF large valiso
filed only with old clothing and boots the same BE-
Ing with intent to deceive.
Year: 1878

"B A X" meat, that's what this Office
has lived on for the past week; thanks to
the success OF Mr.. Cooper as u hunter,
AN his kind re tmembrance ot the printer,
in sending fine piece of bear meat to
this office, we have had full supply OF
this strong food to nerve is up at the
right time.
Year: 1878

HOW THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD PROPOSES TO
INCREASE THE CARRYING TRADE OF PHu4A-


DELPHIA.


BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.


PHILADELPHIA. Nov. s, 1878.


There is movement on foot here to build an ele-
vated railroad Market street the principal whole
sale thoroughfsre Of Philadelphia. The matter
broached this afternoon at meeting Of commit
toe Of the City Council specially called to consider
the subject. The proposition is understood to have
come from the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
which has its tracks Market street for carrying
freight to and from the neighborhood of the large
warehouses that extend nearly from the Delaware to
Pennsylvania Railroad, said that IL the project
were favored and authority given the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will erect at its expense
elevated railroad that will not interfere with tracks
Market street with the business Of
any it. If you desire" continued
Mr. Kncass "the company will take lease
of your city railroad work it for you and give you
and relieve you entirely Of any burden
pense The proposed road" said Mr.. kneass


will not any such trouble has
been experienced with the New York elevated
roads which cars are continually running to
the house line, while the would be hauled ut
comparatively slow rate OF speed steam being used
to make the carrying Of freight more economical.
More freight could be brought i'll and taken out
in this way and thus the city would be benefited At
Fifteenth street . passenger depot could also be
erected for local trafc, and gentlemen in the rural
districts could gain nearly forty minutes in their
count ng houses. The settlement of the question
postponed by the committee.