smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

The Baton Rouge GaZcttc-Comct OF
the lst instant says:


This morning large pieces of ice,
measuring about six inches in thickness
and from eight to ten feet square, were
seen near the middle of the river oppo-
site this city. Nearer the banks were
also seen smaller pieces, measuring
about eighteen inches. An occurrence
of this kind has not been seen here for
many years. At this point the river is
rising very rapidly and Il large amount
of drift is passing.
Year: 1873

CoNGRE ssMAN DAWES, Of Msssachu-
sets, evidently does not believe in forget


ing the past. In his address at Greenfield
on Decoration Day he said: "As nations
are more often shaken down by internal
commotion than by external violence, SC
the perils of an internecine war are
ALWAYS greater than any other that can
hang on the Issues Of bSttlo. Then, logic
ally, follows the highest duty OF putting
before all other symbols ofnational prov:
ess those which tell of the deliVerance oI
the nation from the perils OF rebellion


more appalling in every proportion and
every trait and consequence than
ever before impended over the
head Of people or government On


Decoration Day we are paying q debt


TO the dead. For this reason 1t ID that the
decoration OF the graves Of rebel soldiers
would shock the patriotic mind OF this
country. They were indeed brave-they
dared, they suffered, and died like heroes
hut IL was In 0 cause which did not
command the approval Of mankind. They
fought against, while these fought tor, free
institutions and universal liberty and uni
vergal manhood. To decorate their graves
with those Of Union soldiers would, there
fore, be TO blot out the distinction In the
causes for which each laid down his life
between loyalty and diSloyalty, patriotism
and treason, between the arm uplitted to
ave and that raised to destroy. It would
Blot out, too, all distinctions In the actions
of men, and confound right with wrong


upturnIng tho very base Of society itself"
Year: 1873

NEW YORK, June 4.-General Van Bu'
rem has written another letter, in which
he says more indefenBible outrage than
this whole treatment Of himself and his
associate Commissioners by the press
of this country he cannot conceive
Of. The contracts Tor covering the
court yard and for tho addition to
the machinery hall at Vienna, said by q
correspondent to have been given upon an
agreement that 8 per cent was to have
been paid to the Commissioner having
charge Of the job, were awarded by MI.
McGrath, who sets in judgment on his
former associates. He says all the charges
made are baseleSs fAbricstions, and that
neither minister or man shall wrest from
him with impunity the spotless reputation
of life.
Year: 1873

Ane new bnblAen Ghec9 bnn - :


Convenient for the Poor Man as


the Rich.


London Letter to the Daily Grap PHO. J


The check bank is scheme for rem
dering banking universal; n scheme for
enabling every man TO have banking
account; a scheme for making il easy,
safe aud economical for the humblest
person in the way Of business TO pay ac'
counts with checks. The postofiice order
system has been very usetul-but post
Office order for five pounds costs six
pence; postoffice order for ten pounds
costs one shilling; and 10 get post
office order you must fill up blank
form and go through several other oper-
atoms. Before one can open an account
with any English Bank he must FIRST be
introduced to the manager Of the bank
by some responsible person; then he
must deposit few hundred pounds;
and, as a rule, he must keep a balance
of some considerable amount in his
favor.


Now the check is an institution which
proposes to combine all the advantages
of the post-office order system and of the
ordinary banking system. and avoid all
their inconveniencies. The chief check
bank has recently been opened in Pail
Mall, but banks all over the country are
placed in connection with it. All you
have to do if you wish TO begin business
with the check bank is to send, for ex.
ample, el0 and cne shilling to the bank;
YOU receive in return a check book of
ten checks. each of the value of one
pound, which you can fill up and pay
away as you may require. Any one Will
take your check--itis as good as a post
Office order, and it is much more con-
venient, safer and cheaper. You have
not been obliged to ask any one to intro
duee you to the bank; you are un-
der obligation to no one, and
your banking account has cost you
only shilling. You can buy book OF
one pound checks or two pound checks,
all at the same rate. Each check IS
stamped, so that it can only be drawn
for one pound or two pounds, or what
ever amount it bears. If your check
book is stolen the thief would probably
not know how to sign it; if he did the
bank has a means for detecting the
forgery. Then there can be no doubt
about the value of check on the check
bank Any one can fill up check on
an ordinary bank for any amount, and
there is no security that he has the
money there to meet it. But check on
the check bank is always genuine. 1t
cannot be got until the mony it repre-
sents has been paid for it; so that every
one who receives a check of this kind
knows that it represents actual money
lodged at the bank.
Year: 1873

~ From Athol we hear of good
Methodist parson, somewhat eccentric
and an excellent singer, exclaiming to
portion of the congregation who always
xpoilt the melody. Brothers and sisters,
I wish those who can't sing would walt
until they get to the celestial regions be-
ore thew try," The hint was q success.
Year: 1873

~A barber at Lampaas, Texas,
thought it was queer he had never seen
a white door knob in that State, and he
put one on his front door. No sooner
was the job finished than the citizens
began to fire at the choice target and
the barber retired to the cellar until the
knob was shot off, His door opens now
with string RUNNING through a bull
let hole. -
Year: 1873

To ARREST BLEEDING AT THE NOSE
It is asserted that a piece of brown p''
per. folded three or four times and
placed between the upper lip and the
gums, will Immediately arrest bleeding
at the nose. Press the finger so as to
hold the paper firmly. 1t never fails.
Year: 1873

DANBURY NUT FRoLIc.-The Ne,os
man is the author Of this:


A West street family had little so
cial gathering Monday evening. Dur
ing the evening the head of the house
volunteered to crack seTe walnuts. but
cracked his thumb instead, and the wal.
nut from viii Ii the hammer glanced flew
against a ten dollar vase, and knocked
its abdomen. Then the head of the
house threw the hammer through fire
screen. kicked the pan of walnuts across
the floor into the legs of the minister,
and went into the kitchen to deliver an
address. The party broke up.
Year: 1873

made the following statement relative to
the Northern Pacific Raih Dad to Times
reporter last evening: When I was in
Europe some time since, shortly after
the removal of Gould from the Erie rail
road, good many bankers and extern
sive dealers in American securities came
to me for information respecting the
Northern Pacific Railroad. Desperate
attempts had been made to place the
bonds of this Company in the London
Market also in the German markats.-
At this time several prominent bankers
in Berlin, Frankfort and Amsterdam
subscribed and sent out q commission to
this country comprising railroad men.
engineers and men conversant with f.
nancial matters. They travelled over
the entire route of the Northern Pacific
Railroad, and on their return to Europe
drew up two reports, one on financial
matters and the other on railroad enter
prise. These reports were sent to the
bankers who organized the commission,
and they have never been published.
Large sums of money were expended to
prevent their publication, but succeed
ed in obtaining copies in German and
translated them into English, and they
were without exception the most able
railroad documents ever saw. Every
word in the reports carried weight with
it, and the substance of beth reports
was that the railroad was organized on
wrong basis; that the financial organiza.
ton was entirely inadequate; that the
scheme could never be carried out as
projected, and nothing but disaster could
result to those who had anything to do
with the matter. At the same time
they acknowledged that great deal
could be done by the railroads to devel-
ope that region of the country. All eff
forts 10 get copies of these reports were
unavailing. This was about twelve
months ago. The English people whom
I represent are people of large capital.
anxious to invest money IN legitimate
American enterprises, but with the e1..
ample of the Erie before them they are
desirous of removing all these ''. dead
cats :" out of the American markst, and
in my giving them synopsis Of this re-
port they saw at once that it was not
desirable to invest in the Northern Pa
cific, ana through their influence Eng
lish capitalists were prevented from be-
ing drawn into this matter. The reports
had similar effect on the German mar
kets. and consequently Jay Cooke and
McCulloch were unable, in spite their
great influence, growing out of their
connection with the Government and
their high standing in Europe, to get
these bonds taken up to any large extent.
Here in America they scarcely tried it.
They relied entirely on the English and
German markets. and owing to this
careful report of the German Commits
sion the thing failed. That information
has been in the market for some time,
and pretty vigilant eye has been kept
on the Northern Pacific. Although the
failure of Jay Cooke & Co. may create
temporary feeling of insecurity in Eu-
rope as to American securities, in the
end it will do great good, as it would
have been great deal worse had more
of these bonds been taken in Europe
Ne,o York Times, Sept 20, 1878.
Year: 1873

" A teaspoontul of ammonia IN
one gallon of warm water will often
restore the color of carpets, even if pro-
duced by acid of albsl If ceiling
has been whitewashed with carpet
down, and few drops are visible. this
will remove it. Or after the carpet is
we'll beaten and brushed, scour with OK
gall, which will not only extract grease
but freshen the colors. l pint of gall
in three gallons warm water will do a
large carpet.
Year: 1873

tailed upon the land, which when first
broken. up produced twenty-five bushels
per acre, whereas now It scarcely ex-
ceeds half that amount. Poor fences
that suffer cattle to destroy young crops
not onl occasion loss but prevent the
realization of income that might other
wise be reasonably expected. Every
pound of poor butter that is made is an
expense Of just the difference between
the value of good butter and the poor
stuff, that might be saved: Then there
is the loss of time. Time is money,
and no economical man will waste it.
Yet how many there are who are ready
to cry out against extortions that they
can't prevent, who think nothing Of the
foYr weeks time spent in putting up
hay that was lost afterwards for lack of
just few burrows necessary to turn
the fire, or destroyed for want Of a little
more careful topping out of the stack.
I believe it was Franklin who said,
"Take care Of the penny and the pound
will take care Of ITSELF" Let US stop
the little wastages ; save the little odds
and ends and see if our condition does
not improve notwithstanding railroad
monopoly. x Xxx


ALBERT LEA, Oct. 10th, 1873.
Year: 1873




BY RUTH LEE.
One summer, fair Katft' ! in the meadow
Were merrily stirring and tossing the hay,
Till crimson.top clover and timothy blossom
Together were breathing their sweetness
away.
OF course, IL was only for sport and frolie;
You know by the way that she handled hei
That haymakers ant and their country. learned
wisdom
Had never been taught in The city Of York
Her hands were as soft and as white as tie lilies
Mine hardened ami brown by the Toll in the
sur;
But bravely she kept in the wake Of the NOW
Till all Of her self imposed labor was done.
The hay was all gathered in winrows, aud wait


ing


For farmer Johns oxen, and hayers to load
When homeward We turned, as The sunset was
gliding
With beautiful shadow the maple. lined road
She talked of the things she had known in the
city,


spoke of the love Of the woods and glen,-
While the eyes Of the maiden, in spite Of my
homespun,
Revealed that she though Tine n plinec among
men.
And then, in the twilight, | told her the story
| scarcely could tell for my lover like fears
How long had dreamed that the love of my
darling
Would crown with new gladness the swift
coming years.
Her answer was low, and the birds, if they lis
tened,
Heard words that were true and so tender in
tonu
That knew we should travel life's pathway
together,
Since neither was willing to journey alone.
The years in their fitting have stolen lhc roses
That bloomed on her cheek and the gloss from
her hair,
But dearer to me than my bride in her beauty
Is Katie the matron still lovely and fair.
'ris laying time now, and our Katie and John
ny,


With shouts OF wild laughter, a'c crowuing


the load
That DER the meadows our oxen are bringing
Just through the wide gap by the maple-lined
road.
Year: 1873

SLIGHT MsTAKE.-A gentleman of un-
questionable respectability living On Franklin
street went home late at night. The moon
was shining brightly; after entering the gate,
and in approaching the house, he was surprised
to see figure Of a man rise suddenly and face
him. The circumstance was well calculated to


make any one tremble. Burglars and robbers
were in the city, it was reasonable to suppose
this was one. But the gentleman had always
understood that in such emergencies it was best
to put on show Of courage, even ii you didn't
feel any.


To this end lie put his hanl in his pocket and
then Withdrawing IT, extended ii toward the
supposed outlaw Of if lie had pistol In IL aud


meant TO shoot him. The. IN An did the same.


Now the gentleman was only making believe he


had pistol, for he had none; but he was not


certain the intruder was equally deficient In fire
arms. On the contrary, he thought he was
armed, and the steely glitter of a pistol he was
sure was flashing before his eyes. His hair
bristled with horror and he cried out:
Stop don't shoot, don't shooi!
But still the arm was extended, and the fear
| of death was heavy upon the gentleman. He
| shouted murder, thieves, and robbers!
The cries oftle frightened citizen aroused
| his wife, who came rushing to the door, terror


stricken, inquiring the cause of the alarm.
why, that rascal is going to shoot me-
what rascal, my dearf'
There! don't you see him?' pointing TO tue
still silent figure.
Why my dear, that's your shdd0Ir!'
'What?'


BLESSED Il it amt! thought surs # was


man.


No, my dear, ics only reflection of brute,
| and tight one at that
And the salubrious citizen was conducted 10


his couch.
Year: 1873

VrOm tne Oonkltpgi Home Orgon.)


"But, admit him 70 have been IN favor of the
bill, ia his offence in signing IN any greater than
that Of any individual who voted for Ia He is
but one man; shall We hold him 10 the response
bility OF two or more men2b


This dsfeEce Of GRANT BY the Utica Herald
implies that the trainers of the Constitution
made great mistake. II asserts, IN effect, that
the President has no more responsibility for
legislation than an individual member Of the
Senate. But his responsibility il measured by
his power; and the Constitution clothes him
with power equal to that Of the whole Of one
house OF Congress and nearly two-thirds Of the
other. That is TO say, il the Senate had been
unanimous for the salary-grab, and the House
had had majority in lis favor lacking one
vote Of tWo-thirds, a veto by the President would
have defeated the bill agaiust the unanimous
Senate and next tWo-thirds Of the House, the
bill having originated in the latter. What is
the nature Of a Yeto2 1t is an appeal 10 the
country against the unwise or dishonest action
Of majority Of Congress. It il for the country
then to say whether it sustains Congress or sus
tains the President. The power was given to
protect the people against bad legislation ant
never were they in greater need Of such prUtec
hon than when the salary y-grab was passed. Th'
whole people, with one voice, denounce that bill
as an infamy and demand its repeal. If bill
OtWhich this Is correct estimate did NOT furnisl
proper occasion for exercising the veto power
then there is no good reason for submitting bill
to the examination Of the President for his Judge
ment on them before they become laws.-World
Year: 1873

he was startled by violent ring at the
door bell. The servant promptly re-
sponded, but soon returned and reported
that there was no body there, but
that there was a string across the
door on which was suspended any number
of ladies' empty stockings. The astonished
secretary and treasurer looked at the SER
want to discover whether or not she had
lost her senses, and finding no trace of
mind demented, betook himself to the door,
where, sure enough, he found the feminine
hosiery as described. The string on which
the stockings were suspended was taken
into the house, when it was found that at
tached to each stocking was the name of
teacher of the public schools in George
town.


aThe official scratched his head, and
finally came to the conclusion that the
significance Of the whole matter lay in the
fact that, as the teachers had not received
their pay for three months they had not
the wherewithal to fill their stockings for
Christmas. Finally, he obtained hint
from some source that the perpetrators OF
the joke were congregated in an adjoining
house, upon which he sent cordial invi-
tation for the teachers to make their ap-
pearance. This they did, and were enter
tanned by the secretary and treasurer in
excellent style. He explained to them his
inability, lowing to circumstances over
which he had no CONTROL to satisfy their
claims. and hoped that ere long they
would receive the compensation which
they have richly merited by faithful SER
vice ~
Year: 1873

To gain name of worth, a man must
have an aim, purpose Tor which ne lives
mot merely bubble upon the streams
tossed to and fro by each succeeding wave;
not merely the plaything of fate. but be-
ing OF determination, who looks to some
harbor where he wills his boat shall anchor,
and in willing conquers circumstances, and
is not their slave. d3@t
Year: 1873

Ames' nomination is an insult to the
State, not only because he is not citi-
zen, but because he is representative of
the spirit of persecution and personihes
strife and i'll will between the races.


His appointment as military Governor,
in 1869, was hailed with satisfaction by
all classes of our people. His course, as
a subaltern officer, had induced those
who knew him to believe that he would
administer the law with justice and i'm
partiality. They were disappointed. 1t
was soon discovered that he was using
his Office to advance himself politically.
Under cover of the powers with which
he was invested, and which were sufi-
ciently exorbitant even when strictly
construed, he played the tyrant, and
acted as if he was absolute master of the
persons and property of the people. He
crowded all the avenues of society with
spies; dogged the footsteps of persons
whose political opinions were obnoxious
suspended the writ of Habeas Corpus, and
filled the prison-houses with victims. To
differ with him politically-to refuse to
become a subservient tool for the accom-
plishment of his selfish and partisan ends,
were sufficient reasons for prescribing
them from Office, and for punishment by
military authority. There is not county
in the State in which bitter memories do
not exist of his tyranical and arbitrary
proceedings.


BY his corrupt manipulation of the
election of 1859, though not citizen,
he was transferred to the United States
Senate. His point having been carried,
it might have been supposed that his de-
sire to persecute the former governing
class of the State had been satisfied. Bet
not so. We have the testimony of his
Republican colleague that he was their
constant calumniator. To whatever else
he might have been false, he was true to
his hatred of them. We defy any one
to quote a single word he ever uttered in
that body in kindness to them. His
whole object seemed to be to bring down
on their unoffending heads the vengeance
of the power that welded the sword of
the nation. A more cOwardly and vim
dictive persecution of an unarmed and
defenseless class has never been known.
His candidacy for Governor, cannot fail
to fire the breast of these people with the
bitterest resentments. As they are high
spirited, they cannot but remember the
CALLING insults which he flung into their
faces with the bayonet.


The memory of these wrongs, coupled
with the knowledge that he is the central
figure of the gang of conspirators in the
present contest, against the property
and liberties of the people, cannot fail to
stir their hearts to the profoundest depths
Year: 1873




Ames' policy of prescription as Military
Commander did not confne itself to the
arrest and imprisonment of citizens for
political reasons, upon charges manufac-
tured for the occasion; but it descended
to the removal of persons from positions
of public usefulness for the most trivial
causes.


For example, Rev. Dr. John Hunter,
Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of this
city, and one OF the most public spirited
and best beloved OF citizens, was per-
forming services as Trustee of the Blind
Asylum, in 1869, when Ames entered
upon the role of Military Commander
The service was gratuitously performed
as a labor of love and benevolence to an
unfortunate class. For many reasons he
was well adapted to the position, and the
people who supported the Institution
were glad to know that he occupied it.
One of Ames' earliest acts, was to remove
him. There was no cause known, nor
any whatever assigned, except that DIR.
Hunter had incurred the ill-will of the
District Commander by dissenting from
certain remarks of his Private Secretary
grossly rejecting upon the people of the
State


Another example of political vandal-
ism by the satrap who lorded it over an
unoffending people, was the removal OF
the late DR.. Cabiness from the place
which he had successfully filled as Super
intendent of the Lunatic Asylum. An
eminent physician and a devoted phi
lanthropist and learned humanitarian
peculiarly skilled in the management Of
the diseases of the class of patients for
whose care the Institution was establish
ed-his fitness for the place was felt and
acknowledged by all. The satrlp could
not plead in extenuation of the expulsion
of Dr. Cabiness that he was a partisan
or had turned aside from his duties tC
interfere with political matters. In poll
LICS, DeIOJo tIic Wal uc vas OHlOu Illdu
and at its close he was in favor of accept.
ing the terms of Congress. His removal
was without any justification whatever


Still another example of this same
spirit of intolerance was furnished in the
removal of Mr.. Joshua Green, Banker
and longtime useful and universally re.
spected citizen of this tow:., from the
Board of Directors of the New Orleans
jackson IL Great Northern Railroad
Company. This display of petty malice
was the more signal from the fact tha
the removal of Mr.. Green was ordered
six days before his official term expired
The stockholders rebuked the conduct o.
the Commander by his reelection.


There was nothing in the law from
which Ames derived his power, to justify
these acts. The peculiar fitness of Drs
Hunter and Cabiness and Mr. Green fol
the places from which they were expelled
was universally recognized. His conduc
was purely arbitrary and proseriptive, with
out authority of law or Justification. But i
has served the useful purposes of warn
ing to the people of the State against him