smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

From the Cincinnati CONNER cial.,,


PARKERsBURa, July THE man who
does not sleep, Saunders, now resides
near this place. Some time in 1861 or
1862 Saunders enlisted in the Fourth
West Virginia Volunteers. For several
years he had not slept at all, 80 he says
But it becoming known directly in camp
that he made such pretensions, it arous
ed the curiosity of many of the men and
officers, and they set watch upon him
| am told by Colonel that he and
maoy others lost great many nights
sleep in endeavoring to entrap Saunders,
but during the whole time that he re.
NAMED a member of the Fourth he was
never caught asleep. He stood guard
night after night, and week after week,
paid by sleepy.headed soldiers to take
their turns, but never was caught nap
ping. He hauled coal several weeks in
succession, only stopping long enough
to eat and change horses, and ploughed
in the fields with five or six stalwart men
until he wore them out completely, but
never seemed to tire During the year
1868, I think it was, he went to Phila-
delphia and was examined by the lead.
ing physicians of the country. They
sat up with him in relays of five, night
and day, and kept up an almost constant
stream of conversation with him, and at
the termination of twenty-nine days dis
charged him with certificate, but could
give no explanation of this freak of ma
ture. Many stories Of the untiring en-
ergy and activity Of this man are told,
and all agree who know him that this
antipode of Rip Van Winkle is the most
sleepless man they ever met.


Mr.. Saunders is now about fifty-six
years of'sge, and says that he has not
known what sleep is for eighteen years
He himself can not account for it, as be
says the change in his physical organiza-
ton occurred within three days, end that
he never was sick in his life, and took
medicine but once, and that was when
he had cstarrh, about three years ago.
He is hale, hearty man, and bids fair
to live many years yet. He is sconsci-
entiously opposed to making a display
of himself, or no doubt would long ago
have been, before the public as one OF
the human curiosities of the world.
Year: 1877

Judge Pitman has habit of slipping
his watch under the pillow when lie goes
to he'd. The other night somehow it
slipped down, and as the Judge was
restless, it gradually worked it's way
downward toward the foot of tho bed.
After bit while he was living awake.
his foot touched it. and as it felt vefy
cold, lie was surprised and scared, and
jumping from lis bed, he SAID:


My gracious, Maria! there's toad
or snake or something under the oov-
ers | touched it with my foot"


Mrs. Putnam gave loud scream and
was out on the floor in an instant.


"No., don't go to hollering and wa.
king up the neighbors," said the Judge.
"You 60 and get the broom or some.
thing and we'll fix this thing mighty
quick a4 a $3.50


Mrs. Pituian got the broom and gave
it to the Judge, with the remark that she
felt as if snakes were creeping all up
and down her legs and back


20, nonsense, Maria! Now you turn
down the covers slowly, while / hold
the broom and bang it. Put bucket
of water alongside the bed, too, SOS We
can shove it in and drown it."


Mrs. Pitman fixed the bucket and
gently removed the covers The Judge
held the broom uplifted and, as soon as
the black ribon of the watch was reveal
ed, he cracked away three or four times
with his broom. Then he pushed the
thing off into the bucket. Then they
took the bucket to the light to fnvesti.
gate the matter when the Judge saw
what it was he said,


81 might have known that just like
you women to GO screeching and ma
king fuss about nothing! Who's GO
ing to pay me for that wstehp It's ut
terly ruined''


1T was you who made fuss, not me!
said Mrs Pitman You needn't try to
put the blame off on me-"


20, hush up and go to bed! I'm
tired of hearing your blather. Pears
to me you can't keep your tongue still
minute. Blame me if / amt going to
get divorce and emigratey'
And the Judge turned in and growled
at Maria until he fell asleep.-N. Y.
| Weeklu A
Year: 1877

Some temptations come to the indus
trious, but all temptations attack the
idle. Iile Christians are not tempted of
the devil SO much as they do prompttbe
devil to tempt them Idleness sets the
door of the heart ajar, and asks Satan
to come in, but if we are occupied from
morning till night, should Satan get In,
be must break through the door. Un
der sovereign grace, and next to faith,
there is no better shield against temp,
tation than obedience to the precept that
I'VE be Mot slothtul in business fervent
in spirit, serving the Lord"
Year: 1877

You are coward, if afraid to tell the
truth when you should do SO. You are
coward, when you insult the weak -
You are coward, if afraid to do right,
if you shrink from defending your opin-
ion, from maintaining that which you
know to be Just aud goodi and you are
especially coward, ii you know certain
things of yourself, and care not to own
them to yourself
Year: 1877

A wedding was arranged" in Hart
ford last week, and the guests we're in
waiting and the bride expectant At
the last moments the groom said to
friend, "The times are so hard that I
must give it up" and made his swift
way to the railroad depot.
Year: 1877

We do not pretend that the cholera
when once firmly seated can be cured
but we unhestatingly affirm that II
prompt measures are taken when the dis
ease first appears in the herd, large
majority of the hogs may be saved. We
say, hogs, knowing that young pigs,
when taken sick from any cause, can only
he saved by a miricle. As soon as the
disease shows itself in the herd, attention
to the following particulars is imperative.


FIRsT.Remove the sick animals from
the pen to comfortable quarters, and pro.
vide the herd with fresh bedding and
ample protection from the weather.


SECoSD.-Avoid feeding corn in any
form. Feed the sick animals milk ex-
clusively, or milk mixed with little
middlings, and the entire herd with
shorts, middlings, ground oats or rye. If
the food can he cooked NO much the
better.


THIRp--Let the entire herd have
ready access TO pure water, and keep CON
stantly in the yard pile of charcoal and
ashes.


FoURTH-Keep in mind constantly
this general truth the hog is a cleanly
brute which enjoys and pays for clean
quarters, and especially his nature, no
less than mans, demands proper supply
Of nitrogenous foods.


Only week ago We heard careful
farmer and well known Berkshire breeder
assert that, after much experience, he
had no longer any dread of the hog
cholera, for he could cure il with new
milk. .-ProE Shelton.
Year: 1877

Last week a gentleman residing in a
neat, modest cottage in the suburbs
caught tramp prowling about his back
yard, evidently trying to steal some
thing.


Why don't you come TO the front
door if you want anything" Indignantly
roared the proprietor.


That's what was looking for" was
the impudent reply.


Didn't you see 1T on the other side OF
the house % retorted the gentleman.


How was to know that wss the front
doorw No silver door'plate, no bell,
no telephone, no statuary, no servant, to
take your hat and cane. Tell your boss
there is a gentleman out here who is
waiting for his breakfast"


When the gentleman got back with
his shotgun the tramp was not there any
more. San 1ntOnio Herald.
Year: 1877

we'll into the cracks and crevices and on
the roosts. Make new nests and sprinkle
powdered sulphur through the straw or
whatever material may he used to make
the nests, and otherwise cleanse the
house as it may need, and then return
the poultry after il is dry.


Repeat the dose il it is needed or any
part of it that you think sdvisable.
Prepare for the fowls dust bath of
siited coal or leached wood ashes, and to
bushel of the ashes add one quart of
sulphur. If this is followed up, do not
think that you will be troubled with
parasites any longer.
Year: 1877

DURING the course Of the past year
lO3,60l immigrants of British origin left
ports of the United Kingdom at which
immigration offices are established. More
than fifty per cent. of the whole number
sailed for the United Stotes.
Year: 1877

of honest trade. When you buy DooLEYs
YEAST POWDER, for sale by all grocers, you
get perfectly full weight, just as marked on
the cans, and beside that an article made of
the very best and purest material, so that the
strength can always be trusted
Year: 1877

portance she might have had years ago.
under the direction of broad and
comprehensive policy in matters OF
foreign trade. The enterpris1ng people
Of New Orleans are now striving to Sc
cure for the valley our rightful share OF
this trade, and st. Louis interests are
so largely and 80 intimately identified
with 1t, that our manufacturers and
millers should move at once in
the matter, and allow no opportunity to
pass that will secure for them and their
city q direct and extensive interest i'm
the South American trade. Our sister
cities OF the valley are fully aware Of
its importance to them and have made
efforts to attract the notice OF our Span


ish neighbors. We learn, furthermore
that. a number Of passengers, repre-
senting firms in Cincinnati and else
where, are already booked for the first
trip OF the steamship from New Orleans


next October. Wien will st. Louis take
action in an enterprise fraught with so


much consequence TO her future trade
and commerce?
Year: 1877

il the English iron-clads shall ever
prove one-half as formidable to their
enemies as they are to themselves it will
be indeed a glorious day for England.
The Shannon, the first vessel OF a new
class, tried to make six hours steam
ing trial at Plymouth few days ago,
but her bearings became SO overheated
that she had to be stopped. After a
week she was still in such shape that
three stoppages for cooling had to be
made in one hour Then 1t was discov-
cred that her bowsprit was out Of place,
so that for ramming purposes she
would be useless; also, that she was 80
overmasted and that such mistakes had
been made in calculating her displace-
ment that she drew twenty three inches
more than had been expected and al
lowed for. At the same time the Fla
mingo set out from Plymouth to Malta,
and during her brief voyage displayed
faults 80 multitudinous and multifarious
that Admiral Rice declared that unless
she was put into better shape in q fort
night he would order her home as use
less. 1t is pleasant and reassuring after
all this to learn that the English naval
authorities are not disheartened, for a
London paper says Of the discouraging
Shannon that probably she will make
one or two more preliminary trials to
discover more exactly her imperfec-
tions."
Year: 1877

Some conception of the condition of
affairs in South Carolina during the
reign Of the great plundering com bina-
tion which took possession Of the State
at the close Of the war may be formed
from the fact that among the persons
lately indicted at Columbia are two
Governors, one United States Senator.
one Lieutenant Governor, four State
Senators, two Speakers of the House of
Representatives, two members Of the
Legislature, two Congressman, two
State Treasurers, two Controller Cen
erals, one Secretary of State, one Judge
Of the Supreme Court, one Clerk of the
House, one Clerk of the Senate, one
Financial Agent and one Revenue Col
lector. THESE, with perjured legislators
and scores Of corrupt county officials,
are the men who have brought upon the
State so much disgrace and distress. 1t
is no wonder that the more violent lead
ers Of the Republican party have made
so little headway in fighting the Presi-
dents policy. No faction or party can
defend a record so black and live.
Year: 1877

Our heart is it's own grave.


Things past may be repented but
not recalled.


So sad, 80 fresh, the days that are
no more


Passions are easily evaded as i'm
possible to moderate.


Pain addeth zest unto pleasure and
teaches the luxury of health.


The air is full of farewells to the
dying and MORNINGS for the dead.


Opportunity is rare, and wise
man will never let it 60 by him.


Passion costs too much to bestow
it upon every trif1e.


The mind revolts against certain
opinions as the stomach rejects GER
tain food.


The public man needs but one pa
tron-namely, the lucky moment.


The only sin which we never for~
give in each other is difference of
opinion.


Predominant opinions are gener-
ally the opinions of the generation
that Is vanishing.


Necessity is cruel, but it is the only
test of inward strength. Every fool
can live accor ding to his own likings.


We cannot conquer fate and neces~
sity, yet we can yield to them in such
way as to be greater than If we
conld.


Every man has something to do
which he neglects, every man has
faults to conquer which he delays to
combat.


Thou tooll Nature alone is antique
and the Oldest art a mushroom; that
idle crag thou sittest on is six thous
and years of age.


National progress Is the sum of in
divldnal industry, energy and up
rightness, as national decay is of in
dlVidual idleness se,fshness and
vice.


The happiness of life is made up of
minute fractions--the little, soon for
gotten charities of kiss, a smile, a
kind look, a heartfelt compliment in
the disguise of playful railery and
the countless other infinitesimals of
pleasant thought and feeling.
Year: 1877

q chance.


BUT GOD WILL


You wouldn't think those rough
mon had sentiment in their hearts
but they saw through the elders mo.
tives in an instant, and the toughest
man in the lot stopped down and care
fully rearranged one of the sods.


Three weeks moro went by, and one
evening Jack Bullet oame into Joe
Whites Dream, alive and we'll. He
stood on the little square in the center
of the town, and he said not word
till the wondering mon had gathered
about him. Then he pointed to the
grave in the valley, his eyes filled
with tears, and he ohokingly said:


"Boys, I sneaked back here this
morning to kill some one in revenge,
but cum across that-that grave
downtown thar, and-and"-


lie held out his hands to the men
and tho tears blinded him so that he
could not SEQ face. Elder Graves
won't down on his knees again, every
man with him, and thero were more
tears and % prayer so beautiful and
tender and true that Jack Bullet
sobbed like O child. His heart was
broken, and all the satan in his nature
was driven out in q moment.


Joe Whites Dream was q mining
camp for many months after that, and
Jack Bullet was one of the best men
in it. The headboard grew gray as
tho rain beat down and the sun shone
and tho wild rose grew till it covered
all tho grave, but no ono disturbed O
sod. The grave was q sign-a beacon
light, as it were, and perhaps miners
wero right when they said of oul
town:


"They've had q revival up thar, an
they arc tho best chaps an the hard
est workers on the slope."-M. Quad
Year: 1877

tainly the first persons saw upor
coming down to breakfast were them
selves, on the identical sofa where
had left them.


Langley's story is too long a one tt
be told here suffice 1t to say that
being on deck when the Tecumsef
sunk, he had been able to strike on,
from the sinking ship, and, under
cover of the smoke and war of battle
to swim ashore. There, however, he
was taken prisoner, and kept in close
confinement for some months, finally
making his escape. Coming direct te
Frank to gain intelligence before
presenting himself to his family, he
had stopped to light cigar under
the gaslight, where Virginia had
mistaken him for policeman. lie
had known her instantly, and prcba.
bly, only her fright and agitation pre-.
vented her from recognizing his
voice, which, as he mischievously
told her, he did not disguise in the
least. fs


Alice and her accomplice were
identified by the police as old Offend
ers. The woman had carried on a
systematic pilfcring at the Temples,
and was an accomplished hypocritc.
To my intense qualification the pair
were sentenced to a full term in Sing
Sing.


Langley and Virginia were mar
ried very quietly soon after. Frank
gave away the lovely little bride,
whose fair, girlish bloom had come
come back to her, and who, under
the influence of love, seemed a differ
ent woman from the pale, sad crea-
ture who had moved SO quietly
about the house.


They idolize each other, and I think
have quite forgiven grandma Chi
chester and poor Horace Kent. Fred
has always been a great favorite with
his aunt for his bravery on the night
of the attempted burglary.


Between Fred's boasting and my
sly teasing, poor Frank will never be
allowed to forget his instrumentality
in introducing me to such Ga perfect
treasure"
Year: 1877

The subpoena duces tecum business
has come to halt. President Orton
has written to Chairman Morton and
Chairman Morrison that the dispatch
es are beyond his control and the di-
rectors of the company have just
passed the following resolutions:


ResolUed, That the Western Union
Telegraph Company regards itself as
the confidential agent Of such OF the
people of the United States as may
wish to employ its agencies for the
transmission of communications by
telegraph, and bound to resist by ev-
cry law wfnl means oil publication or
examination Of its records.


ResolUed, That, excepting such
messages as may be desired by the
sender to be preserved for period
not exceeding six months, the Execu-
tive Committee is hereby directed to
provide in the future for such speedy
destruction of all written messages
as the necessary keeping of accounts
between the respective Offices of the
Company will allow.


Res0lUed, That the Board of Direc-
tors hereby approve the action of the
Executive Committee in removing all
messages now on hand from the con-
troll or possession of any of its officers.
Year: 1877

The San Francisco .Atta contains
this queer item: "An eminent physi.
clan Of this city has received a conf
dental communication from a man
who has known Gov. Tildcn from
childhood, and he says he has a sure
thing on betting that Tilden will
never be President of the United
States unless the Constitution under
goes alteration, for the reason that
the aforesaid Tilden was not born in
the United States. nor under any of
the conditions which the Constitution
recognizes as an equivalent for being
born on the soil /! Tho doctors
friend says he is ready to prove his
assertion,and if by any hook or crook
the majority of the votes of the Elec-
toral College should be cast for TIL
den, then he will denounce the alien
pretender and save the nation. And
the man seems to believe his own sto-
ry; nay, more, he has more than half
convinced the DOCTOR"
Year: 1877

THE official returns of the late
election bring to light some very in-
tcresting facts which are well worth
giving to the public. The democrats
are in the habit of saying that the
have declined in strength,
but the figures below exhibit very
different condition Of things. We
copy the New York 7ribune's tables:


In the following table the Presidential vote Of
the Republicans in the twenty-five Northern
States is contrasied with the largest vote be-
fore castby that party in those States:
Year: 1877

gorgeous headquarters in Washing
ton. at the time when the President
and people alike were becoming res
tive under the fact that the rebel
army was virtually besieging the


Capitol and when the country was
clamoring for an advance on Rich
mond, which was in midwinter of
1862, after Bull Run, Mr.. Lincoln,
whose patience had we'll nigh worn
out, dropped into McClellan's head
quarters, in the old Madison building,
corner Of III. and 18th. streets. He
found no one in attendance except
an orderly, and after enquiring for
General Mcclellan and making him.
self known, the orderly went up
stairs to notify Mcclellan of the fact
that the President of tho United
States was down stairs in waiting,
wanted to sec the temporary and ac-
cidental commander-in- Chief of the
army.


General Mcclellan and his numer-
GUS and brilliant staff officers were
engaged at the time in cracking q few
bottles Of vino and disposing of
some cold lunch, which had just then
been sent into headquarters from a
neighboring restaurant, and he sent
down word to the President to take a
seat and he would come down and
see him when he got through his cold
chicken and champagne !!


Ifthcrc is another spectacle in his
tory where the chief magistrate Of
forty millions Of, people was compell-
ed to cool his heels in the ante-cham-
Der Of q subordinate, and q subordi-
nate who had never earned anything
in the regular way except the double
bars of a captain, then we have failed
to discover it, 1t is likely that Geo.
B. Mcclellan is tho only man that
America has produced with stupen-
dous enough cheek to keep Presi-
dent awaiting for him to finish his
dinner, and it is also probable that
Abraham Lincoln was the only Presi-
dent we have had who would tamely
submit to such insolence.
Year: 1877

And now comes one Clement Hugh
Hill, lately kicked out of the Office of
Assistant Attorney General at Wash
ington, and he don't like Grant or
Hayes, and he don't expect to until
he can take his meals sitting down
like other people, and We don't
blame him.
Year: 1877




We hold that it Is one Of The primary
duties to keep ourselves in excellent
physical condition; in fact, to order
our habits so that they shall cOnduee to
the best health of which our constitu-
tions are susceptible, is just as much a
duty as to cultivate the sentiments
of honesty and good viii. Just consider
the effect of being i'll upon others. Is it
not an Improper infliction? He who
is sick becomes Incapable of performing
his normal work; and if his sickness be
severe, he prevents others from doing
their normal and productive work.
Hence there is much resultant loss to
society. 3d..


We grant that there exist cases Of in
vaiidism which may contribute
richly in the way OF moral strength to
the community, but they are rare. The
familiar side of ordinary invalidism is
characterized by complaining, peeyish-
ness, vexa,iOn, which we are wont to
regard as matter -of-course accOmgani-
ments OF Illness, and we treat the spa
tient" in that gentle, svmpathizing
manner, which implies that his aiilict-
ton is some unaccountable thing, and
not an effect of conduct for which he Is
responsible. Some moralists, the Con-
cord philosopher among them. 90 TO the
length of asserting that sickness is a
Kind OF sin, because it is not only in its
immediate effect hindrance TO the
free activities of normal life, but also
becsuse of It's being tiie direct or indi-
rect consequence of transgression of
physiological law. $1,000 ,---


Allowance, certainly, should be made
for popular ignorance OF the nature Of
such law.


But in time one would think that the
sore experience. of ignorance would
stimulate atieast the inteliigentto to more
earnest endeayors for light aud knOwl-
edge. At any rate, those who claim
enlightenment in hygienic affairs
should lend a willing hand to the work
of iustructing the people at large in the
things pertaining to health. "My
people are destroyed for lack of knowl-
edge" In no respect is the application
of this prophetic declaration more
definite and clear than to the physical
habits Of the people. Society is fun
of its skeletons in the closet" and out
fit come its asylums, infirmaries, hos
pitals and prisons, because of our fail
ure TO know and practice the true and
useful.-Phrenologic Journal.