smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1870

cddes nave been added 10 the nlSt0-
ry of the past since we first heard
the crack of Charley Barnes whip
and jokes. He and We were sur
rounded by many Of the same asso-
ciates, whom We still in another lat
itude delight to claim as friends.
Charley Was "dead broke " then,
and so were We, and no two men in
Idaho have held the even tenor of
their way, in that regard, with more
consistent regularity than we. 1t
behooves Us then to note the sudden
change that has come over our
friend q life, and translated him from
the most popular Of stage drivers to
the captaincy Of the Boise city police.
Our vcnsration il always excited in
contemplation Of ancient land
marks. An old church that has
tswered above its less aspiring fsl
low buildings in sunshine and storm
for half century, seen a generation
live its allotted time and pass away
becomes an object Of sacred interest;
the hand that would remove it or
mar its beauty is that of q vandal.
The old oak that sheltered US in
youth, put forth its leaves to tell Of
coming spring time and shed its crop
of brown nuts to mark the approach
of winter, IS each succeeding year
seemed then an age, lingers in MEM
ory still, and often in fancy do
We leap the large expnnse of miles
to rest beneath its honored shade.


mAud I viii work In prose and rhyme.
And praise thee more in both,
Than bard hath honored beech or lime,
Or that Thessalian growth


In which the swarthy ring dove sat
And mystic sentence spoke,


Thou venerated homestead plat,


And pasriarchal oak. y


The image of the gray-haired
Trophonius Of our childhood's ado
ration, whose Leb0dedn seat was at
the village inn, his voice an oracle,
and his person indispensable as the
land itself, for who SO competent As
be to hand to coming time the trsdi-
tions of the past, or point the won
dcring stranger to the spot where
first the woodsmen made their camp
| in that then far off western wilder
ness, Is deeper craven in the tablets
OF recollection than are those Of
warrior, sage or statesman of whom
we read in the lists of the great ones
of earth.


Knows not the weight OF sleep or WEAKNESS,
And nights deep darkness has no chain to
bind
His rushing pinions."


The church may have orumbled
to decay, the oak been torn out by
its roots in the fury Of the hurricane,
and the oracle Of the inn gone quiz
etly to his grave, but they leave
their impress on the souls Of those
who survive them, and the rscollec-
tion comes over us with saddening
effect.


Ysars roll on, and in the muta-
tions of this transitory life new 1850
Citations are formed, the new becomes
old, the domestic youth ofa quarter
of . century ago becomes wander
or, and in bis pilgrimages halts at
many . modern Delphi where new
idols are set up, and new oraclss
consulted, and happy has the stran-
ger been whose good genii has led
| him to seek counsel Of the Jupiter
! of the Dodonian shades OF Mountain
View, the Apollo whose harp rang
through the quivering foliage Of
Forest Grove, the Assculapius at the
healing fountain Of Cold Spring. OF
the sacred hemphian bull that
Year: 1870

R. S. Hefin, rural member OF Congress
from Alabama, was recently found in his
room at Washington almost sufocated BY
gas. When brought to, he said he had
tried to pinch the light out, but found that
somebody had stolen the wick"
Year: 1870

The Vermont Female Suffrage Couven-
ton met at Montpelier yesterday. The
meeting is said to be the commencement OF
a lively canvass designed to be carried on
in the State prior to the election of delegates
to the Constitutional Convention. to be held
Mar
Year: 1870

A friend related to us the following
DER true tale of a resident of Dittle
River, disclosing one Of the keenest
lodges ever charged to the eutest peO-
pie that ever inhabited this 'tarnel
airth- The hero Of the story, who
shall be nameless, was possessed of q
horse and sweetheart. The horse ran
in Mr.--'s pasture, and the
young lady occupied the same old
gentleman's parlOr. The old man
was pretty close, and insisted upon
charging his daughters suitOr two
dollars month for the pastuFage Oi
his horse. This tariff our hero, who
was somewhat economical himself
desired TO get rid of and hit upon a
plan for its accomplishment which
proved to be n perfect success. He
had already proposed to, and had
been accepted by the daughter, where.
upon ne made her a present of the
horse. The father, of course, wOuld
not charge his daughter for the ami
NAL s food, so our shrewd beau got
pasturage free until the wedding came
of, which occurred some time ago. II
Lny one knows Of a sharper stroke Ol
business than the above, a h andsOme
premium may be obtained by com.
municating it to this Office.
Year: 1870

The woman question seems 20 be in
rather a mixed condition in China.
A man tailor may be seen working
diligently at the lady's dress. for
about sixty cents a day, and a wash
woman will wash and iron your
clothes ut three dollars a hundred /;
while bOatman's wife NAV De seen
tugginE at the oar OF handling the
sails like man, often, too, with n ba-
by on her shoulders. --r
Year: 1870

The Republican Congressional Con-
vention held at Monroeville, on the
Sd instant placed in nomination Mr..
Charles Foster, of FOstoria who was
nominated by reclamation; and though
he had felt constrained to decline the
honor of a nomination, on account OF
his business affairs, he has at length
consented to the wish of the Republi-
cans of the district to bear our stand
ard through the coming campaign.
And he will bear it through to GER
tain victory we feel assured, if his
friends will now take hold and fairly
present his claim. Mr.. Foster though
never an active politician has always
ben n Jealous Republican. He will
bring into the campaign an upright,
manly character, unblemished by q
spot or stain-is just such man as
we want 10 represent US in Congress
and we must send him there The
District was lost by fraudulent Demo-
cratic votes in 1888, We believe we
can save it by genuine Republican
votes this fall. Let US try. y ltti'it-.-
Year: 1870

PoLIcE.-Yesterdsy morning, about o'clock,
three hopeless little roughs entered Hollecker's
Wholesale liquor room, on Court street, and stole
three bottles OF wine, and were seen running
away with them. Officer Riordan went in pur.
suit and captured them, finding the wine in
possession Of one of the party. Soon after he
received telegram that robbery of hat and
some money had occurred at La Sale, describing
the perpetrators, and pointing out these boys
One OF them, whom We saw in custody Of the
officer yesterday, says he is eleven years old, and
the worst specimen Of youthful depravity We
have ever seen. He is fairly started on a career
of crime which will probably end in murder, and
be concluded At the gallows.
Year: 1870

The age uneevcd and unbelievable suffering has passed
The age OF relief has Medical sccnce-vhlch
fifty years CROPPED in the dark, dayhas had revealed
to it. and day revealing certain specifics which seem
possess the power magic The who doubts or turns
away mad. The who refuses TO be convinced fit on
y endure in ignorance what atlc knowledge would avert
In this spirit the celebrated remedies of EDWARD WILDER
submitted to thinking and afflicted and women. They
patent medicines the phrase goes, remedies
which prepared the place from wise scientific
prescriptions and sanctioned by experience We be-
low brief sketch of the conspicuous:
Year: 1870

Saw man up town this morning brandish.
ing shotgun. On inquiry We learned that he
has valuable dog and fearing the dog might
go mad, he keeps the gun to intimidate "Tow.
err" and poor Towser goes about with his tail
down, looking very guilty. At the first symp-
tom Of hydrophobia there will be dead dog IN
that locality Saw many foreigners in the city
last week They had come all the way from
New Jersey, which, of course, is foreign coun.
try 49,. Beemus is obliged to his friend. ]. d.
Morgan, for lot of nice fish and is similarly in
debted to Prosper Tisler for lot of "speckled
beauties" Gentlemen, "here's luck" :. 1t is the
fashion nowadays for young men to wear their
hair in fighting trim. Art" at Prescott's, looks
as though he was nearly scared to death 80.
1t is said the young fellows who are on the
jury on the Howell case are about to lose their
"gir-rels." The young ladies being used to regu.
lar visits, at least often as once week, and
not having seen their beaux for over fourteen
days, have gone mad and gone back on EN-
and got others in their stead. One young jury
man sits up all night, in the jury sleeping room
in the Clifton, with his nose flattened against
window pane, vainly trying to see his girl pass
along the opposite sidewalk. He has sighed
himself nearly all away; he is now merely frag-
ment of a ''shadder." Another of those jurymea
came into town on busines, ON the first day Of
the trial, and was to have gone home early that
evening. He was "gobbled up by the sheriff,
and is on the jury. Every night he is walked up
with nightmare. He thinks he sees his enragea
wife after him with club, angrily exclaiming,
eight" are you ?"....A party of "coves" went
to the mouth of Covel creek, one evening last
week, and had rare luck. Besides catching .
few hundred or so, a couple of black bass, OF
their own accord, jumped into the boat of tho
fishermen, and thus deliberately committed sui.
lieved when taey told the story up town, and
now are trying to get the deposition Of mud
turtle who sat on the bank and saw it all. The
cnly explanation of this strange conduct of tho
fish Is, that one of the party, a thin delegate
from Mendoza, is supposed to have had bottle
in his pocket. The water was getting poor, and
the fish were dry :. Met an educated young
man yesterday, who thought he had found some.
thing and offered it to us, saying, "he had no
doubt the owner would be glad to have it ad.
vertised, and be happy to pay for its recovery"
On examination it proved to be some loose leaves
Of copy of the bible. Up to this date we do
not know who was sold" on that discovery 80.
We have an odd way of going into Hess cigar
store and helping ourselves to one of his Jour
own Cigars
Year: 1870

Messrs. EditOrs-There is a lot OF robust, heal.
thy young men doing guard duty in front Of n
certain saloon on Main street. in respect to whom
II is great pity they were not otherwise em-
ployed. How we'll they would look in harvest
field, or behind II plough, or engaged in some
other useful occupation What benefit it
would be to themselves what credit to their
parents, and what blessing to Main street {!
There they might shine, but as signs for y saloon
they are failure. Carrie.
Year: 1870

4 thousand dollars reward for larger and
more complete stock Of boots and shoes in every
style and line Of goods, than can be found at
Child n Bros we'll known store, in Cheevers
block
Year: 1870

1t is well understood that those with whom
we have more especially co0perated in the re-
cent political subdivisions of our State were
not in q majority at our late Republican State
Convention, though they seemed and supposed
themselves so when that Convention assembled.
Some of them, we hear with regret, have since
acted as though sOured or disafiected by their
disappointment; others would like themselves
to run the machine in the canvass now approach
ing its conclusion.


We regard the former impulse as wrong, and
the latter as grievOusly mistaken. If we who
are improperly styled "Fenton men" had been
placed in the lead, should we not have expected
the other folks Loyalty to follow and supporti
Should we not have chosen to make the
local nominations wherefrOm the State ticket
must largely profit or suffer9


A very large majority of those who triumphed
at Saratoga plainly and earnestly desire the
Endorsement of the anti-Tammany Demo-
| cratic County ticket in our City. Ought not
their choice to be decisivef Theirs is the
! laboring oar theirs the graver responsibility.
Even if we assume their choice mistaken, and
hence likely to result in disaster, ought we to
enable them to say, "We should have sue
ceeded, but your hostility ruined every
thing n Should they not be accorded the
| longest possible tether


| We are speaking to those "FentOn men
| (so-called) who do not Gas we do) regard the
policy commended by our State Committee as
intrinsically wise. Can they afford to incur
the reproach of having clouded brilliant
prospect by factions perverseness Do they
want it believed in other States that New
| York was lost by their culpable infidelity or
their blind folly


"When two ride a horse" justly observes
the sagacious DOgberry, zone must ride be-
"hind" Yea, verify, he must. Should he not,
then, keep his hands off the reins2 He can't
see well through the chap before him unless
that person be moro transparent than most
politicians his position is not favorable for
guiding the steed beneath: Then why not jog
on in the natural mannerY


For our own part it seems the clear dictate
alike of justice and policy that those who
made the State Ticket should indicate and de-
termine the means whereby its election is to
be secured. If this rule be not generally
recognized, it surely ought to be.


Let us not only do our utmost personally
for our State Ticket; let u.s. moreover, give
the lead to those who nominated it and allow
them to show us the way to victory. Such is the
course that at once gives the fairest promise
of success, avoids collisions, and fixes respOn-
sibility where it properly belongs.
Year: 1870

1t il impossible to say which arm of the
Prussian military service-the infantry, caval-
~, OF artillery-is most effective. Each of them
ba carried on its special work since the be-
ginning of the war in such a way as almost
to raise it above criticism. The steadiness,
endurance, and determination Of the infantry
the vivacity and dash of the cavalry,
whether engaged in special service, or as a CO.
operative force-the energy, skill, and scien-
tifc ability displayed by the artillery and en-
gineer officers-all indicate the superb organ
ization and discipline of the Prussian army, as
we'll as the high character of its material.
There is none of the military establishments
of Europe that has record like that which the
Prussian army has made for itself in the wars
of 1866 and 1870.


The accounts that have reached us of the
destruction wrought upon Strasbourg by the
fire of the German artillery may well raise the
apprehensions of the Parisians The thick
stone walls of the houses and public buildings
of Strasbourg were battered into chaos, and
the artillery was directed with such precision
that hardly point aimed at was ever missed.
The Germans are preparing to open a fearful
fire upon Paris, from guns of great range,
throwing enormous projectiles. solid and ex-
plosive. Who can tell how Paris will be trans
formed by bombardment like that of Stras-
bourg, but from ten times as many guns


In the formal protest issued in the name
of the Pope against the occupation of Rome
by the Italian troops, Cardinal AntOneli says
that the "supreme head of the Catholic Church
"will in future be placed in such circumstances
4" that he viii no longer be able to exercise his
spiritual authority with that full liberty and
"entire independence which are indispensable
"to him." We should suppose that language
of this kind must necessarily indicate the in
tention of the Pope to abandon Rome; for he
cannot remain at place where his independ-
ence or authority is curtailed. There is very
little doubt that the Italian Government antici
pated the exit of His Holiness when Gen. Ca
donna entered Rome.
Year: 1870

Did not Mayor Hall tamper with the truth
when he asserted, in his incendiary and Illegal
proclamation closing all places of registry on
Wednesday, that question of the legality OF
such registration had been raised las part
"of manifest attempt of the Federal Gov
"ernment to throw every obstacle in the way
I" of free registry, and to obstruct natural
"ized citizens in their vOtes9" Was not the
ouestion put to him on Tuesday by Judge
BOswOrth President of the Board OF P0ice,
and did he not know, when he penned that
proclamation, that Democrats had raised the
donbt and that it was his own meddling with
the Districts to get rid of the census contrasts,
and not any action or threatened action OF
any Federal official, which had nullified the law
concerning two days registration this week.


How does he wish us to rate an official who
by his partisan zeal depriyes the people OF an
opportunity to register, and then insults their
intelligence by laying the blame on othersf
Can he condOne for his ollense against the
peace of this city in begging the citizens
"under no provocatiOn to suffer themselves at
"any time to be invited into disturbance or
"breach of the peace" by naming any Federal
official who in any way gave such invltatlonf


Let the Mayor answer or not, as he chooses.
The people understand that he is maddened
at finding the occupation of the repeater gone
because of the law of Congress, and are not
disposed to hold him to a strict accountability
for his rawlings.
Year: 1870

Another defalcation by bank teller was re-
ported upon Wall-st. yesterday and, although
the case was merely one of suspension, there
is a rather widespread feeling that these
affairs are becoming epidemic Fast living and
reckless stock operations are generally the
rause Of these defalcations. Clearly the bank
ers who suffer from them are themselves
largely to blame for their frequent occurrence.
Very rarely, indeed, is the defaulter punished
A. much Of the money as possible is recovered,
and then the affair is hushed up. Examples
should be made of the defaulters, and employ
ers owe it to the business community TO deal
sharply and strictly, according to law, with
such of their subOrdinates as are detected in
J;.tCnncfV q;
Year: 1870

Many persons will accept Count Bsmarcks
repeated protestations and reports concerning
the interview with NJ. Fayre as evidences of
duplicity on his part, when in fact they be-
tray only a sincere and highly commendable
desire that German demands and policy shall
not be misunderstood by friendly nations.
His evident anxiety to properly represent the
facts is, we apprchend, unnecessary The
world generally has recognized, in view OF the
fact that StrasbOurg and foul have smren-
dered since the date of the interview, that the
demands for the possession OF these and other
invested positions were modest enough. That
France does not come to the same conclusion,
and wisely treat for peace, is mysterious to
those only who forget how helpless she is
rendered by her DISCRIMINATION.
Year: 1870

The shocks of earthquake felt in this city
yesterday. though not the first were by far the
severest ever known in this latitude. They
were distinct enough, and SO serious in their
manifestations as to cause families TO abandon
their houses, and workingmen to retreat from
their workshops to the streets. In various parts
of this State and in New England and Canada
the shocks were felt with more or less severity,
causing great terror. Fortunately no lives
were lost, and no property was materially
damaged.
Year: 1870

Mr.. Thomas Hughes takes his too early
leave of us tonight, in a public address in
Cooper Institute People who wish to make
sure of hearing this tried and hOnOred friend
of our Country will need to go early.
Year: 1870

TFroH. the Hagerstown md Twice q Week. Sept ST.


Yesterday morning about six O'Clock John French,
from hhis life, after an illness Of more than two
weeks brought sSout In most remarkable way.
mate friends Of the deceased, are about as fol-
lows:-For two or three years past 1t mas been
noticed that the yoang man haa peculiar Views Views
nnd his future state; but it was not surmlsed
that they were embedded very deeply, much
less to such an extent as to derange his mind; ON
the contrary, being more than unusually gifted with
intelligence and acuteness, credit was given him Tor
more thaE the average Of common. reasoning sense.
He however became fond Of reading that class of
works theoretical religion, In the transcendental
STYLE too many of which are to be found in the libra
res Of persons who are not aware OF the tendency "
these but delusive disturbers OF the mind
OF the genuine seekers after truth. To extent
did he become absorbed In some of the mysticism and
sophisries 0these quacks In theology that his brain
gave way and reason at least upon religious sub
jects took ntght and while laborlng under the mis-,
come special religious task 10 perform which could
only be accomplished after he had tasted forty days
and nights, which feat he began nearly two months
ago and actually finished TWO weeks since. Every
effort made during that time to induce him to eat
utterly failed and those who were In close contact
with him all the time say that not a mouthful Of


food passed his hps Strategy. after persnation had
exhausted itself, was resorted to-; tempting Huit
and other things were placed In his way, and In
such manner as to leave the Impression that their
presence was unknown 70 all but himself, yet


instance. or course, during this Time he be-
| came very much reduced. looking more like
skeleton than living human beng. Nature at
length could stand the strain no longer and few


days before the expiration OF the forty days he
compelled to take his bed and although everything
| that could be done for him was done, he at last
gave way and has spirit sought tnat sphere where
the great mystery finds solution After the forty
sunk too deeply TO recuperate. There are very few
in this community who doubt that French did what
he professed 70 undertake-namey. Fith the excep-
siderably TO actually live forty days and nights
without tasting food. 1t II pronounced by physL
clans tO be one Of the extremely few cases OF ex
tended fasting that has come ~ the knowledge Of
thA WQIlQs
Year: 1870

NEW SORT OF WHrsKEY "RINa.o-A day or
two or so ago the inc0mpatibilitY OF whiskey and
spiders was shown In q singular manner in this
village. A cOored woman was sweeping the cell
web moderate sized spider. She felt him strike
her head and gave him, as she thought a brush
that sent him adrlft Presently. however, she felt
some time, wiggl1ng about and causing the woman
much pain. She 'tOOk on" frightfully about the
was found impossible to pick out the intruder.
whatever it was, when some one told her to pour
whiSkey In her other ear. She did so, holding her
head over. Right away q black spider came tip
pling out of the ear in which the troublesome some.
thing had entered. Were whiskey equally repulsive
to men the majority Of the worlds woe would ere
long leave us.--Itftdc1 IN. ~ Journal.
Year: 1870

[FrOm the Melbourne Argus, May 30.l


When the Evelyn Tunnel Company, at Warran-
course for the Yarra Yarra, by which the river
would be carried from side Of hill in its course
to another and by this means leave three miles Of
its bed available for mining purposes the project
was considered by many either impractcable, or
that, If capable OF being done at ALL the cost would
be too great for the OF the company. The
work was however rendered for at price which did
not trench heavily upon the capital Of the company
and the contractor has all but completed his under
taking. A tunnel, $40 feet in length, II feet high
and Is feet wide. has been cut through the solid
rock from bank TO bank. There is fall OF eight
discharge.


An embankment has now to be constructed to turn
the water into this new channel. and as soon as
menCed.
Year: 1870

Rosanna Bauer, o domestic at No. 118 Marion
street, East Brooklyn, hung herself to the rafters
the garret during the absence OF the family with
whom she was living, yesterday. When they re-
turned to the house last evening they found the
happy girl suspended by the neck 10 clothes line
which she had passed over the beam.
Year: 1870

STRANGE PREsENTIMENT.-Mrs. Myron Chaplin,
who resides near Hannibal Centre, N. Y, found
dead last week lying upon her bed, face downward.
Her husband had been absent for several days at
Port Byron, where he was employed, and very
sfngularly, had during the day premOnition OF
some danger impending. SO strangely did this feel
ing take possession OF his mind that he started for
his home which he reached about an hour and q
half after the discovery Of his wiles death by the
neghbors