smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

Here the old man reached up TO the
mantel-piecei for. his pipe, and being
furnished with some Lone Jack to.
bacco, he assumed a happier express
sion OF face than he had worn before.
In the meantime his interesting
daughter furnished US with many
points Of the family history. aud
among other things told US that her
fathers diet for Years consisted OF
soups, nlush and milk, hominy '.and
sch things" that he always went TO
bed early and was up before day
break. Sometimes he went COON
hunting III the woods rs early as three
In the morning. He always worked
very hard, aud was a man of great
strength and endurance. He was a
splendid shot and made iz5t bus
Year: 1873

The next Legislature should add new clause
to our Statutes. Thers Shouli be an additional
penalty; ono for skinning man when killed by
another in self-defence; ana another penalty for
shoppiue his feet and hands Of and still another
for severing the nose froul the Iaee and the head
from the body, and carrying the disgusting mem
ber about in a bucket, until the murderer's in
genuity fails to determine what is best to do with
it. We have no doubt taat could the guilty
butcherer OF "Cooch Turner" have dlvised a mode
by which the committal Of his crime could have
been laid at the door OF neighbor he would not
have Ainehed from such act.
Year: 1873

UNPLEAsANTLY SUGGEsT1vE.-Thereis is a
wopan in Washington who has buried five
husbands. Recently she married sixth.
Upon the day of the wedding, man called
at the house of the groom, asked for that
gentle nan, and then proceeded to measure
bis body with tape line. The infatuated
groom entert lined an idea that this migbt
perhaps, be mai Sent around by his tailor
After the ceremony in church, however. the
husband was surprised to observe this same
person standing in the We tibule and winking
furiously at the bride as the party came out
to to the carriages. just as they were starting
OF the mysterious beil put his head into
the carriage window, and whispered to the
bride: Got ready made one that Il just suit
MN! Beautiful ft-beautiful!' When the
nappy man demanded the name of the in
truder the blide blushed, and said she be-
Ieved he was some kind of an undertaken.
Then the man was not so happy. He was
hardly happy. at all, and certain gloom
seemed to overcast the honeymoon. Pc. .haps
the undertaken was too prompt. But still,
we like to see man take an interest in his
business.
Year: 1873

Some Germans at New Haven have kindly
given up target shooting with rife IN their
back yard, since neighbor appeared, the
other morning, and said that the bullets were
entering his study, where several young chill
dren were playing.
Year: 1873

A WILD WoMAN.-As Mr.. Roda
Fewell and a number of other gentle
men were hunting in the big woods
near Bland's Ford Bridge on Tuesday
last they discovered smoke arising from
thick pine grove few hundred yards
distant, and supposing it to proceed
from the bivuoac Of other huntsmen,
they approached the spot. Imagine
their feelings, when they were within a
few rods of the place they discovered
female almost nude ! seated near the
fire, engaged in picking large bird
preparatory TO cooking it. The hunts
men amazed at such sight, involunta-
rily stopped. A consultation in sup
pressed whispers and they concluded to
surround the weeping beauty, for it Is
said she was weeping, and was often
seen to wipe the tears with her long
waving black hair. Each huntsman
was stealthily creeping to a position
marked out for him, when one Of them
happened to strike his gun against the
body Of small pine which caused the
woman to look up, and seeing her s;tua
tion and surroundings let her intended
dinner drop and grasping bow and ar
rows that lay near her side bounded
away with the swiftness of deer. The
huntsmen were transfxed as it were,
and for some moments not word was
spoken by either. They represent the
woman as being about thirty and pos
sessing great beauty Of face and form.
She wore ar undressed bear skin about
her loins which constituted her only
covering. No one has been able TO give
any clue to her history as yet, but there
is no doubt she is the companion of the
wild man that was seen few days ago
not far from Alexandria by number OF
huntsmen, an account of which appear
ed in the Alexandria Gazette. Her
weeping was no doubt caused by the
absence of her companion. 1t is sup
posed these two children of the forest
have been frightened from one of the
chains of the mountains east Of the Ohio
river by the approach Of the Washing
ton and Ohio railroad. Great efforts
are being made to capture her, and it is
hoped her companion will be captured
also.-Ndnassa Gazette.
Year: 1873

That New YORKER IN WASHINGTON
COUNTY, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. residing
in beautiful glen, within the boders OF
Old Mother Maryland, and not hun
dred thousand yards from Hagerstown,
with an eye to his pocket, concluded 10
take boarders last summer, and eagerly
scanned the various papers for adver-
tisements from parties who desired
rural home during the heated season.
He answered one of these, the author
of which represented himself as young
man of leisure, and desirous OF a quiet
rural home during the summer. The
farmer at once secured him as board
er He was fine looking young man,
had delicate mustache and heavenly
blue eyes, or, at least the farmers
daughter Mary thought so. A month
passed swimmingly by. The old folks
were delighted and the daughter far
more so. The boarder suddenly was
compelled to return to the city for few
days, and desired to settle uphis months
board which was just SIG. He handed
the farmer hundred dollar note, and
received SS4 in change from the farm
ers hard earnings. After most affec-
tionate demonstration towards the old
folks and more particularly towards their
daughter Mary he departed. That far
mer tried hard to pass that hundred dol
lar counterfeit note, but could not find
anybody as green as himself, and his
daughter Mary is anxiously inquiring
for those heavenly blue eyes. She has
some very important business to trans
act just at present. 1t is unanimously
agreed by that farmer and his family
that taking boarders don't pay.


They spend their winter evenings
chanting the following affecting song


Oh where's that cussed fellow,


Who cheated us all hollow,


Who'd a thought we were so green


The lies that fellow told us,


How easily he sold us,


That very clever, bold cuss,


We've felt and we have seen.


We've no one here can match him,


There's no one here can catch him,


But we all would like 10 stratch him;


He's the meanest of the mean.
-Hagerstown NeWS.
Year: 1873

SAVED BY BUsTLE.-A merry party
Of ladies and gentlemen had narrow
escape from a terrible death among the
Thousand Islands of the st. Lawrence
recently, but as it turned out, they were
saved by the presence of mind and her,
oism of one of the ladies. The way of
it was this They were out in a yacht
until late hour in the evening, when
the clouded sky rendered it almost i'm
possible to distinguish objects on the
water at a short distance. They were
sailing about thoughtlessly, and enjoy
ing themselves as such parties are in
the habit of doing, when suddenly n
dark object loomed up before them,
which was evidently large steamer.
A collision seemed inevitable, unless the
steamer could be signalled to change
her course, as it was impossible for the
sailing craft to do so. The party were
in terrible dilemma, as except few
matches, there seemed to be no means
at command to produce a light The
young ladies, except'one screamed with
terror, and fearful catastrophe seemed
on the point of consummation. A slight
rustling, however, was observed in the
direction of the silent young lady. No
one could see what she was doing, but
she handed roll of paper to one Of the
gentlemen. In a moment it was ablaze
the steamers course was changed, aud
the party were saved. When they re-
covered from their fright there was nat
urally much speculation as to where
that important roll Of paper came from
and it finally leaked out that the fair
one had heroically sacrificed her hustle
TO secure the safety of her companions.
The incident has given rise to a good
deal of good -natured gossip, and abun-
dainty proves that even ladys hustle
is not without It's uses when occasion
requires.
Year: 1873

A FAMILY ScALPED.-The Dallas
(Texas) Herald tells the following live
ly story =


a whole family was suddenly made
bald-headed the other night in this city
by their hair catching fire from acandle.
The father had brought home a curious
toy which was taken TO the table for q
closer examination Of It's character, and
all leaning over to Inspect it, the hair
of the mother igniied and with electric
suddenness communicated with the hair
of the Others. In less time than it takes
to write it, family of six were made
bald headed by fire, and with the dam
ages that fire did on the outside Of their
heads, it was much better than having
fire OIL the inside Of their heads.
Year: 1873

When, only @ few weeks ago, the cholera was raging in the slums of Ber- lin, young physician, scarcely pasthis thirtieth year, made himself remarked by the boldness and persistency with which he entered the infected quarter, and the apparent recklessness with which he exposed himself to the con- tagion. It is worth while that his name should be recorded and well remem- bered; it was Otto Obermeir. He had another object in view besides that of relieving and, if possible, curing, the poor creatures whom he visited; he pro- posed to himself to investigate, in the presence of the living pestilence itself, it's causes and it's development. At last, the brave young soul thought that he had discovered the clue; and, with a heroism as far above the heroism of the battlefield as it is nobler to sacrifice ones self to save men than to destroy them, he resolved to test his discovery upon himself. +--

 ?" It was an awful experiment. Ober- meir knew full well that he staked his life against the hope of conquering the tients some of the deadly choleraic SC4A1os AO WC41O HIS room, placed table with pencil and paper at his bedside, lay calmly down upon the bed, opened vein in his arm, and inserted the deadly poison. He thought he had discovered how to neu- tralize it; if so, man was master of the pestilence forever more. But he was wrong, and the error was fatal. He1ived seven hours, and then died; but during those seven dying hours the young hero observed, with, scientific exactness, the effects and progress of the disease upon him, and one after another he noted his observations down, until within the very half-hour when the spirit left the body. These notes are pronounced to have the highest value, and will serve the commission with new facts of the first importance; and so the dying legacy of Otto Obermeir may, after all, lead to the victory which he condemned himself to self destruction in trying to achieve. +t .-.r
Year: 1873

Says the Milwaukee NeaOs s' local. , A young lady and gentleman were standing upon the bulkhead erected by the c. & N. w. Railway on the Lake shore opposite the Wisconsin street depot lately. The waves ran high and looked truly beautiful in their terrific grandeur. The lady had remarked this to her companion, who, thinking he could improve upon it, began reciting

 "What are the Wild Waves Saying

 He soon found out, for just at this mo- ment huge white cap dashed over the parapet and pouring barrel or two of water on each, effectually banished all the romance of the situation in twink ling. The young man finished his quo tation with series of highly improper remarks as he mopped his new tile D with handkerchief and there was 8 look of hearty disgust on the radiant face of that fair maiden as she gazed on the limpsy wreck of her once lovely hat.
Year: 1873

A Western paper describes the feat of a noted marksman, who while en- gagged in a deer hunt and occupying 8 stand, the rest of the party being em- ployed in drive, three fine deer, run ningl abreast, were passing his stand, when he fired, killing two of them dead and severely wounding the third. It was @ fine shot, undoubtedly, and one of which Natty Banks might have been proud. But friend of ours saw 0 better shot still, made by naval officer on the bank of the PeTdide river in Alabama. A party of navy mef, in. cluding four old Commodores, all of whom are now dead, went from the yard at Pensacola over to the Perdido on hunt. A fine pack of hounds was turned loose, and the Commodores were placed in the most eligible positions for enjoying the sport, the host, who was remarkable for his skill with gun, taking a post on one side, prepared to pick of any struggling deer that might come near him. The dogs soon gave tongue, starting several deer, but they ran wild, none of them coming near enough to either of the old sailors for a shot. Presently they saw fine buck running rap1dly Tn ulrectlon Inat would bring him within easy range of the solitary gentleman, who was trying to amuse his guests. While they were waiting, full of excitement, expecting to hear him shoot, they saw another deer coming from an opposite direction, and taking course that must bring them together near his stand. As they met he fired, and with the same rife ball killed them both, and they fell not much more than yard apart.
Year: 1873

The Atheneune attacks the policy which theatrical managers have adopted, both in England and this country, of demanding extra pay for reserved seats. It says "The absurdity of calling upon visitors to theatre to pay extra charges for taking the trouble of giving the manager an assurance that they in tend to be present must be obvious. If I go to restaurant and order dinner for party of six, table is kept ready for us at the appointed hour, without any additional cost to me, and with the risk to the proprietor of. our not appear ing. At the box-ofice of theatre l pay the money in advance, and, should the weather or any untoward event pre- vent our attendance, the manager has the price of the six seats in his till"
Year: 1873

The season approaches when the Dan bury boy of the period turns his mind to meditation. As the hour of eight P. M. strikes, he softly withdraws from the table where he has been engaged digging the putty from nail-head, and unostentatiously deposits himself back of the stove to think. We are particular to emphasize this word, because there is an impression on the part of his pa rents, and his eldest sister who, has the honor of escorting him to bed nights, that he is going to sleep. They go so far as to openly express this belief, but he stoutly denies it, and immediately proceeds to demonstrate the gross in- justice of the insinuation by humming some familiar piece. Pretty lsoon the humming ceases there is significant movement at the table, and then it is resumed again, and continues for five minutes, when it gradually dies out, and all is silent back of the stove. When the boy comes too again, he is being lifted to his feet by his waist band, and cuffed on the head to indi- cate that it is after ten o'clock. He makes 8 desperate attempt to find out where he left off on the time, but igno- miniously fails, and five minutes later is stumbling up stairs, with an interest ed and active sister in his rear, and firmly but faintly maintaining that he was not asleep, but only thinking.
Year: 1873

About dozen Of the comnittee known as the
Committee OF Fifty metlsst night, at their rooms
on Fulton. street, 1t leaked out that
some OF the members had got up a
report or some kind Of an address to the
Brooklynftes, calling upon them to aid them in ex-
posing frauds. &C., and had taken the document
over to one OF the New YORK morning
papers to be published exclusively, and
this created q row, and was the occasion
OF some hot words between the members.
some of them repudiated the address and SAID it
had not been adopted by the committee and should
not have been sent out 1t should have been
brought before the committee and well consid-
cred. As yet there had been no organization
OF the committee, and no one mad any
authority for taking the report out. Mr.. Colt said
he had some idea OF proprlety, and this was an
unheard OF thing. motion was made for the
appointment of q committee to go TO
New, York and have the matter suppressed.
They pad not come to any conclusion at midnight.
They Aad become disgusted with their name and
! AssOciation
Year: 1873

The Weather In This City Yesterday.


The following record will show the changes in
the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in
comparison with the corresponding day OF last
year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's
Pharmacy, HERALD Building:-
Year: 1873

From Washington the note Of warn.
ing again comes that there is copsidera-
BILE pressure for session of the new
Congress on March 4. The hotel
keepers are said to want it, also the
"lobby," also some OF the members,
both new and old, and there is any
amount Of wire pulling going on to
bring it about. A special law will have
to be passed to secure this proposed
extra session, and it is to be hoped that
the movement in favor Of it will not
succeed Whoever may desire an extra
session, it is plainly evident that the
business interests Of the country do not
want it. The present session, so far as
it has gone, has done much, but then
it bas not done much harm, and it has
set it's face against bribery and corrup-
tion, against subsidies aud other ques-
tionsble legislation, and these things
are achievements that greatly please
the public. No one knows what the
Lobby" may net be able to do il Con-
grees is brought together in March, and
It will be only to "let well enough alone"
to have recess from March TO Decem-
Der. This seems to he the general voice
OF the country.-PMladelphia Ledger.
Year: 1873




Poor Carlotta is not dead it seems
but at the point of death 1t will be
a relief to hear that her troubles are
ended in the last sleep. She willnot
survive the author Of her woes long.
When she was stricken with lunacy,
Napoleon, the man who deluded her
husband into that Mexican scheme,
only to desert him, apd leave him to
the fate ofan ignominious death, was
apparently good for many more
years than she. But he died first,
and in misfortune likewise.


The story of the ex-Empress Car
lotta is as romantic as it is sad.
Year: 1873

A CORRESPONDENT gives to the
Hopkinsville New Era the following
as a speech made by General Jack
son, when he was yet q poor back
woods lawyer in Tennessee and un-
known to fame. "He was employed
to prosecute a negro for the murder
of another in a fit of jealousy, and in
his speech to the jury was the follow
ing paragraph: No more shall the
voice of the poor murdered man he
heard in the songs of the merry corn
huskings. No more shall he pluck
the snowy cotton ball. No more
shall the forest resound with the
echoes of his hunting horn as with
the dogs he chases the possum and
coon. No more shall his nimble feet
keep time with the music of the
banjo as he patted juba and cut the
pigeon wing. That voice once so
ioyful is now hushed in death. Those
limbs once so agile are now rigid and
still. His body lies upon the blood
stained turf, with his big toe point
ing up to the blue arched vault OF
heaven.
Year: 1873

YOUNG CUBBLEs, of Lancaster,
offered his love to a maiden, a few
days ago, and was rejected. The
world Immediately began to seem
cold and gloomy to him. Beef and
potatoes had no charms for him.
Life was empty, Human happiness a
mockery, and miscellaneous victuals
an unnecessary and disgusting nuis-
ance. 1t seemed to Cubbles that
things might be smoother and less
lacerating to his feelings on the other
shore; so he concluded to kill him
self. On this intent he leaped into
the cistern in the back yard. The


water was icy cold, and just as he
struck the bottom it occurred to him
that some bliss might perhaps even
yet he gathered from life in this
world of sin and sorrow. So he
screamed for help, and, while his lit
tie brother ran for a rope, Cubbles
began to tread water and think. 1t
seemed to him that human happi-
ness was not as much of a mockery
Is he imagined, and even hash ap-
peared to be susceptible Of being as
simulated with some degree of relish.
When he was dragged up he was
put to bed with Infiammatory rheu-
matism and such an aggravating in
huenza that he was obliged to tell
his sorrow through his nose. When
Cubbles loves again he will reduce
things to certainty before be Asks
her to bs his. 5
Year: 1873

'fBurleigh," the New Yord cores
pondent of the Boston Journal,
writes: Journalists and newspaper
correspondents have the reputation
of seeking sensational matters and
with joy bringing offensive things to
light. If that were their aim they
would not have to look far. There
is not day that 1 could not send
you a sensational article about some
prominent person, or institution
The air is full of these things. A
racy sensational letter could be made
any hour of the day. People COM
plain about what correspondents.tell.
Ifthey knew what they didn't tell,
these croakers would hold their
peace and be thankful. Ifa thing is
to be made public, and really belongs
to the public, he is the best fellow
that gets it out first. 1t is confident
ly said, in quarters entitled to credit,
that there are to be some marked
growing out ofthe Wood
hull scandal. An investigation has
been going on quietly, but efficient
ly, since the first publications and
these developments will soon come
to light. The real author of there
productions have not been named
vet Even Woodhull's Life hears
the name Of only its reputed author.
Its real writer will come out soon.
Why it was fathered as it is, is one
of the developments of the future.
The parties to this nefarious business
will be tackled from their well-knOwn


home in st. Louis, opposite the
Pacific railroad depot to this hour.
Year: 1873

THERE'S a good deal of feeling
among the brokers in Wall stree


about the way Oakes Ames man
aged his Washington business. 1t
seems he sold stock in the Credit
Mobilier without taking note, check,
or any evidence Of Indebtedness,
holding the stock itself as collateral
till the dividends amounted to more
than the price of the stock, when he
paid over the balance. John Logan
bought some in that way, and not
understanding it as well as he under
stands the game of poker, went and
gave it back. It's this careless way
of doing business that has made
trouble; and the Wall street people
are afraid Congressman will be ex-
pecting them to buy and carry stocks
for them in that fashion. They
woo't do It.
Year: 1873

While our fine girls are bemoaning
the lack of young men and the scarcity
of beaux who are marriageable and who
mean marriage, there is a class of young
men whom they do not recognize at all,
yet who will furnish to the next genera
ton its men of enterprise and power, oi
position and of wealth. 1t is not the
sons of the rich who will as rule, re-
main rich. The sons of the poor will
get rich and there are to-day, drudg-
ing in offices, counting rooms and manu-
featuring establishments of all kinds,
the men who in twenty-five years, will
control the nation socially. politically
and financially. Every man of them
means to be married they will, as a
rule, make excellent husbands. They
are all at work trying to win success.
They are men who would be easily i'm
proved by recognition, and by bringing
them into good, intelligent society yet
they are as little noticed as if they were
SO many dogs. Excellent young men
frou the country 60 into the city and
live Tor years without any society, and
are regarded by the fashionable young
women with indifference or contempt
but these young men have a hold upon
the future; and when their success is
known, in whatever field of enterprise
it may be, the fashionable world will be
glad to receive them as belonging to
their own number. We regret to say
that as rule, the young men for whom
position has been won by virtuous en-.
terprising fathers amount to but little in
the world and rejoice to say that CON-
panions chosen from those who have
their fortunes to make and their posi-
tions to win, are those to whom we'll
bred woman can generally with safety
intrust her happiness and herself-HoL
Lasd