smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

| NJ. Editor:--One of the absorbing
problems of the present Is, what shall
be the money Of this natione No sen
sible man wants to return to the
old system of banking, and call such
stuffas We once had, money. Neith-
er ought we to ever carry into practice,


unless as matter Of necessity and


policy for the time being, making a


piece Of paper, with q certain stamp


upon 1t, money. 1t Is foreign from
/ the idea of most Of US when we see pa
pers thus stamped to think of II as the


ultimatum but we naturally think
of something more durable, as the


finale of our ideas Of money.


| Money ought, in the nature of
things, to be of some material that is


not of perishable nature Money


itself is not 70 much the thing we
need, as what IL will bring to US Of the
comforts and convenience of life;
therefore we want that kind Of money
that will not be easily affected by
time. circumstances, nor the elements.


Something. If we should lay ii by for
further use or old age, would stand US
in stead. Something that would pass
grrcnt anywhere; something with


which we could go into any market
aud obtain the necessaries of life with
out heavy discount. How would


stamped paper answer all these ends"
lis true we might lay it by for fu-
ture use provided there could be some
plan devised to make our laws like
those of the Medes and Persians; but
of what value would II be in a foreign
market


Paper money is n misnomer. The
whole idea Is contrary TO the custom
Of the ancients, and contrary 10 the
itica of moderns-until very recently u
certain class have become wise above
that which Is written, and intend, Ii
hey can, to revolutionize the United


states, If not the world, in money
matters. But | can guess they won't


ret il accomplished. The very idea
of il is revolving to common sense and
good understanding of the best in
terests OF mankind. To have sub
stance SO easily destroyed or defaced
Is paper, to be the settled and fixed


medium of exchange, that which at
times must represent everything
moveable and immoveable, that is
connected with the business of this
world--and yet this medium of ex-
change, or standard of value, in itselfto
be intrinsically worthless, is too prepos-
terous to be entertained for moment.
The government Of the United States
entertained no such an idea when IL
issued paper currency and made 1t
legal tender; but intended that every
dollar thus issued should ultimately
be redeemed; and the party that
would adopt policy that would Civ.
as stamped paper TO be the money
and the only money; teven though II
be based upon the ''credit of the gov
crnment'l should be buried 80 deep
that il could never reach the surface
while time lasts. The Democratic
party used to have the right idea OF
what money consisted of. but alas.
this party has reformed" till any
thing will do for money, 1t would
seem, so that they get control Of the
government once more. u
Year: 1876

This was one of the curiosities ut a
late meeting of a chronological socie-
ty in Paris, in which much interest
was manifested. The music produced
is brilliant and effective, is automatic,
and entirely Independent of the skill
of the operator. On the interior of
this instrument there Is 4 series of
electromagnetic, which act upon The
ordinary hammers that strike the
tones these hammers communicate
in the usual way, with the keyboard,
but in their opposite end they have
small wooden rods terminating with
armatures, which are attached to the
electromagnetic whenever they be-
come active. The music TO be per-
formed is arranged on continuous
strip of paper, perforated with holes in
such way rs to represent the different
notes. This long strip by means Of
clock-work, is rolled off from one cyl
inder to another, the two being sepa-
rated by an intermediate cylinder Of
metal. There is also small key board
with small movable copper hammers,
which is placed above the intermediate
cylinder so that the small heads Of the
hammers rest upon the continuous
strip of perforated paper. The battery
is so arranged that one pole commune
Gates with the small keyboard, and the
other with the metallic roller. As the
sheet of paper is rolled from one wood
en- cylinder to the other 1t passes on
the metallic cylinder, and when hole
in the paper comes under the key
board, the hammer makes contact and
a current passes through to the electro
magnet, which attracts the hammer.
and the required note Is struck.
Year: 1876

A well known correspondent writes
a. follows from New York Hayes is
certainly elected. and the people
breathe freer. The relief from the
chance that the general government
would be delivered over to the unre-
pentant rebels of the South and the
Plug Uglies of the North, is immense,
and will be followed by an immediate
revival of business. The democratic
place hunters here in New York are
terribly denloralizel and disgrun,led,
They want to bite something, and
they don't care much what. They
talk of war and bloodshed, and rivers
of blood, and are generally CORY. l
was amused at the New York Hotel
last night. A prominent Southern
colonel (the New York is a Southern
headquarters here} was conversing
with prominent New York democrat.
II suppose we are going to be counted
OUT sighed the New Yorker. II
suppose SO, was the reply ofthe South
erner. "But, Colonel, are we going to
submit?" ~ guess we are" was the
quiet reply Never! The South
will never submit; nor had she ought
to. The South will raise the standard
of revolt against this usurpation, and
the democracy of the North will rally
to their aid" mo ii won't do
anything of the kind" was the Colo
nel's reply. Judge, once before the
democracy Of the South revo!ted on
just such promises. In 1861 I revolt
ed and did ii because you wrote me,
and have your letter yet, that the
democracy of the North would stand
by us, and you-I remember it we'll
assured me i'm letter that If Massa-
chusetts troops undertook go through
New York they would have TO march
over your body to cross to Jersey City.
They did pass through the city, and if
they all tramped over your body you
are tough one. At times | thought
there was over million of 'em. |
think saw your name as Vice
President Of war meeting-I know
you sent substitutes to fight against
us every time you were drafted. No,
judge, if you want any war-you didn't
see any of it and don't understand it
you raise the standard of revolt, and
we will help you. As for me l have
had enough of it; / can live under
Hayes-he is pretty good mani
know he is mighty good soldier,
cause tried him a good many times.
If you want war you are entirely well
come to start it, have had enough of
it, thank you"


A North Carolina paper, which feels
Year: 1876

1t was only "a few years ago that hog
breeders were vieing with each other
for the greatest weight of carcass; but
this is now all changed. Hogs that
will weigh five hundred pounds are
sold at less price per pound than
those of two hundred and fifty and
three hundred pounds. The market
in England has long favored light
weights. London is chiefly supplied
with pigs of less than two hundred
weight. And this tendency of the
market to pigs well fatted but of small
weight is just what the farmer should
encourage, for it is exactly in the line
of his interest. 1t costs more to make
the second hundred pounds of a pig
than the first, and still more to make
the third hundred pounds, and so
every pound added becomes more
expensive. Young hogs, well fatted,
are the best for the market, and will
pay the farmer the best.
Year: 1876

EDITOR Satisfactorily, my at
tention was called to the subject of
the proper proportionate number of
delegates to be sent by any county
to convention, and l am clearly
Of tho opinion that tho only reliable
and just representation is to be
based either upon the actual regis
try of legal voters, or upon the pop
ulation according to the latest CEN
sus taken. One of the strongest
arguments against an election basis
is, that at no election, general or
local, arc the same forces brought
to bear, nor the same amount of in
tercst manifested, in all the coun-
ties alike. In our county the feel.
ing and strife may be of such in
tcnsity that every voter rushcs to
the polls to record his vote; while
in another county no such strife
and feeling may exist, and not more
than a fair average of voters may
come to the polls. Reasonably,
then, o neglect of voters to conc
out at n former election in which
they felt no special interest, should
not debar them from being properly
represented in convention in which
they do feel an interest. Touching
this matter | will give one example,
which will show how much differ
cncc there is between the number
of votes cast and the population in
counties generally. Take, for in
stance, this Senatorial District, and
base tho delegations from the va
rious counties composing it upon
the two methods; taking the basis
of one delegate for each 300 votes
or moicty thereof cast in 1874; Oh
one delegate for each 1000 inhab-
itants or moiety thereof according
to population, rs follows:
Year: 1876

The Little Rock Gazette, which so recently was burned out, an nounces that it is back again in its old quarters, with new outfit, re- newed vigor and determination to give the people of Arkansas a live, newsy and reliable democratic paper. May success attend you and yours, Woodruff.

 The Arkansas State Grange, of Little Rock, came to us this week greatly improved. 1t is ably man. aged, both editorially and typo graphically. Friend Tobey has our best wishes for success.

 That sterling journal, the Louis- vile Courier-Journal, comes to us this week in new typographical attire which is neat, clear and chaste, and will add to the favor of that popular paper.

 We have received the first num- Der of the Lincoln County Herald, a neat six column paper, and inde- pendent in politics.
Year: 1876

 When shades of evening gather round, And we beside the hearth are found We straightway from our files take down

 The DEMOCRAT. And when the news we wish to read Of love affair or bloody deed In what shall we look for what we need!

 The DEMOCRAT. When railroads run in ways that's dark And will not to our people hark What paper calls them to the mark :?

 The DEMOCRAT. And when in trade we would be wise And wish our goods to advertise In what shall we, meet the public eyes?

 The DEMOCRAT. And if friend you'd happy make Just for true worth-not moneys sake Heed our advice and straightway take

 The DEMOCRAT. Pay for it down and ne'er complain, And every year do so again. And then friend JIMMY when he rises to explain, Will wish you long life of happi- ness you and yours, over and over again. And all through the columns of

 The DEMOCRAT.
Year: 1876

Money make charge hair become arte growth of hair under charge made It whikers life the hair whkers This article directly

 

 action thus mpang life and growth the humbug meny you can
Year: 1876

Rev. Mir. Northern is said to have been about the first preach CT of any note of this order. He laborcd here as a minister for several years. Did powerful work. l am not prepared to say where he came from or where he went, but will say that he was man of considerable talent and influence.

 Rev. Dr. G. w. Harkey labored in Pope county for short time as a minister; also as a teacher; then studied physic, and practised medicine short time; dropped that profession, although a good physician, iolned the Changers, and ] now lying at Kusscllville,
Year: 1876

1t was evening and she had started out
for short walk.


She had barely passed into the street
when suddenly she turned and said !:
go back, Doctor"


Doctor didn't obey as readily as she
wished, so she said still more imperiously,
SEQ back, Doctor


Still Doctor did not seem at all in
cliled to go back. So she stamped her
foot and said to him, somewhat harshly,
perhaps, $50 back L tell you, Doctor;
you are always pestering me by trying to
follow me when l wish to go out for a
walk


The voice of gentleman standing
near, and who had been .unobserved in
the darkness, now broke the silence by
saying, II beg your pardon, madam you
are mistaken. 1t is not the Doctor"


The lady gave little scream and fled
back to the house, where, amid peal after
peal of laughter, she told them that
there was a gentleman in the street that
thought she was talking to him when
she was only talking to the dog.
Year: 1876

The workshop adjoining Spiller's fur
nitrre store was broken into last Satur-
day night and quite quantity of paints
and oils, and bedstead taken away.
Entrance was effected by removing rear
window, but it apparently being too
much trouble to go out that way with
his booty, the thief took the lock off and
passed out the door. He evidently knew
what he was about. SO far as we can
learn nothing has been learned which
would lead to the Identification of the
guilty party. @
Year: 1876

Tue lonia Standard refers TO the
scheme of opening ship canal by way of
the Kalamazoo river to Battle Creek.
thence up the valley of the creek to the
base line, and eastward to the Detroit riv-
er. 1t says that a more desirable route
would be tn commence 1T Grand Haven
and follow the course of Grand river to
Lansing, thence up the valley Of Cedar
river, then due east to the innumerable
lakes of Oakland county, or southeast to
the chain of lakes and the Huron river
n"ar Dexter This route would have
many advantages over the Kalamazoo and
Battle Creek route. Grand Haven has a
much better harbor than Sagatuck:
Grand river has been made navigable as
far as Lyons, and steamers of large size
now come to Grand Rapids; more than
half the canal would be by the course of
the largest rivers in the state, and it
would leave Grand river at lansing,
about thirty miles east of Battle Creek,
where it is proposed to leave the Kala-
mazOo, the Cedar being sluggish stream.
flowing through level country, would
require no locks, I'd SO wonld furnish
water enough; and as the canal follows
the courses of streams instead of crossing
them, the expense of cuts and dykes on
this route would be much less than on
the other. There is likely to be plenty
of agitation and discussion befo the
money is found to build either of these
ship canals, although the saving of prop
erty might be very large.
Year: 1876

Messrs. Foster & Farr have not made
much money out of their skating rink the
past week, The reason is very evident.
A skating park has been established up
on Mr. Patterson's lot where all can skate
without money and without price. This
park has been extensively patronizcd by
all classes and conditions. In tact it has
been the most popular resort i'm the vii
lage. 1t is not often that there is as good
skating here as at present. There is usu-
ally too much snow.
Year: 1876

The mail from the Sault and Mackinaw
arrived Wednesday for the first time
since before Christmas. The trip was
made without accident. The last trip
from here however came near being all
unfortunate one. When within about
half mile from Mackinaw the boat was
caught in the ice and badly demoralized.
1t was with extreme difficulty that the
mail was saved. The boat was so badly
damaged as to be useless.
Year: 1876

Either man must be contented with
poverty all his life, or else be willing to
deny himself some luxuries, and save to
lay the base of independence in the fu-
turs. But il man defes the future,
and spend all he earns, whether his
earnings be one or ten dollars every day.
let him look for lean and hungry want
at some future time-for it will surely
come no matter what he thinks. Te
save is absolutely the only way to get
solid fortune; there is no other certain
mode. Those who shut their eyes and
ears to these plain facts will be forever
poor, and for their obstinate rejection of
truth mayhap will die in rags and filth.
Let them 80 lie, and thank themselves.
But nol They take sort of recon-
pense in cursing fortune. Great waste
Of breath. They might rs we'll curse
mountains and eternal hills, for | can
tell them fortune does not give away
real and substantial goods. She sells
them to the highest bidder, to the hard


est and wisest worker for the boon


Men never make so fatal a mistake a.
when they think themselves creatures O


fate; tits the sheerest folly in the world


Every man may make or mar his lite
whichever he may choose. Fortune i


for those who by intelligence, honesty
and frugali,y. place themselve.i in pos


ition to grasp hold of fortune when j


appears in view. The best evidence o
; frugality is the five hundred dollars o


more standing in your name at the saw
ing bank. The best evidence Of homes
. y is both diligence and frugality.
Year: 1876

There is noting derogatory in any EN-


ployment which ministers to. the well
being Of the race. The plowman that
turns the clod may be Cincinnatus or a
Washington, or he may be brother to
the clod he turns. 1t is in every way
creditable TO handle the yard, and to
measure tape; the only discredit consists
in having a soul whose range of thought
is as short as the stick and as narrow as
the tape. There is no glory in the act
of atfixing signature by which treas
ures of commerce are transferred, or
treaties between nations are ratified; the
glory consists in the rectitude of the
purpose that approves the one and the
grandeur of the philanthropy that
sanctiies the other. The time is soon
coming, the Chicago Journal of Com
merce thinks, when, by the common
consent of mankind, it will be esteemed
more honorable to have been John
Pounds, putting new and beautiful souls
into the ragged children of the neighbor-
hood, while he mended their fathers


shoes, than to have been set on a throne
Year: 1876

extremely sensitive surface is admira-
bly, protected from external danger. 1t
Is placed just where the exended right
hand affords it continual protection, and
where the central jointing of the human
frame enables it to bend itself backward,
wriggle and twist the breeches pocket
out of harm s way, and, if need be. to
double up the human body and afford
complete protection. 1t is an admira-
BILE adjustment Hence it is difficult of
access TO disease or TO external foes, so
that the utmost slice is required upon
the part of even the book agent or light
ning-rod man. The strong right arm
and the powerful right foot are ready
and constant guards and protectors, and
by dexterous doubling the owner of
an attacked pocket can almost stimuli
taneously present his dexter manual to
the knob of the persistent foe, apply his
starooard pedal to his left shin and the
top of his head against his stomach Civ
ing parting blow with his right knee,
and extending the right leg to remove
the debris of his opponent with hisright
foot. II is no less protected by its shell
tered situation from disease than from
violence. 1t is a most wonderful ar
rangement, brought to perfection By
gradual development, and a survival oi
the fttest breeches pockets, while moth
ing more clearly shows evidence of de
! sign.


In this sheltered situation at the cen


tire of the human body, and connecting
with the sinus, or breeches pocket, lit
tie abaft of what sailor would proba


bly, call the starboard> waist, is the mar
supial or pocket nerve, exceedingly del
icate, extremely sensitive, but carefully
protected. 1t has stood the wreck anC


waste of the system remarkably well


Shrinkage and contraction, tumefactiol


and partial putrifaction have affected


the pocket, but at last the humidity ant


fogginess of the political atmospher


have touched the pocket nerve, and tn


patient cries out with the agony of


neuralgia that has touched upon a vita


part; and az the telegraph and the drum


mer convey the impression from distan


points, in revoked orders and genera


declining of trade, the patient writhe


and groans in anguish, and seeing, be


lieves at last that the country and il
prosperity are in peril and the pocket i
, Danger Nashville American.
Year: 1876

A Massachusetts, fishing schooner was
obliged to return to port the other week
on account of singular misfortune.
The vessel was at anchor, and it seems
that by some mearien whale got the end
Of the cable nearest the anchor twisted
around his tail, and in his efforts to free
himself became securely entangled. The
crew had no intimation of the trouble
Year: 1876

till the vessel was suddenly towed
through the water at the rate of ten or
fifteen miles an hour for several miles.
The whale lifted-himself entirely out OF
the water several times, and at length
broke the cable and freed himself
About I40 fathoms of cable wore lost
Had she monster had the use of his tail
he would probably have done serious
damage TO the vessel. Old fishermen
who have frequented the Banks all their


ives, say they never heard of such an
| occurrence
Year: 1876

A gentleman in temperance address,
ct Boston, related the following:


" l was told to-day story so touching,
in reference 70 this, that you must let me
tell it. 1t is a temperance case, but it
will illustrate this just as we'll. 1t is
story of a mother on the green hills of
Vermont holding by the right hand
son, sixteen years old, mad with the love
of the sea. And as she stood by the gar.
den gate on sunny morning, she said
Edward, they tell me-for l never saw
theocean-.that the great temptation of the
seaman's life is drink. Promise me, be-
fore you quit your mothers hand, that
you will never drink. And said he, for
he told me the whole story, Il gave her
the promise, and went the broad globe
over-Calcutta, the Mediterranean, San
Francisco. the Cape of Good Hope, the
north pole and tho south pole. l saw
them all in forty years, and never saw
glass filed with sparkling liquor, that
my mothers form by the gate, on the
green hillside Of Vermont. did not rise
before me: and to-day, at sixty, my lips
are innocent Of the taste Of liquor Was
not that sweet evidence of the power of
single word 7 Yet that was but half
For. said he, yesterday there came into
my counting room young man of forty,
and asked me, ado you know me 2" No. :
"Well, was once brought drunk into
your presence on shipboard YOU were
a passenger the captain kicked me aside;
you took me to your berth and kept me
till l had slept off the intoxication. Then
you asked Inc if l ever had mother; |
said never knew a word from her lips ;
you told me of yours at the garden gate,
and to-day | am master of one of the
finest packets in New York. and | come
ask you to call and see me- How far
that little candle throws its beams O,
God be thanked for the almighty power
of a single word"
Year: 1876

What happy year it would be in
thousands Of houses if the parents would
hang up total abstinence pledge on their
wall, and resolve not to admit a drop Of
liquor into their home for the next twelve.
month |! The Lord would bless that
home The table would be better suppli.
ed. The children would be better cloth.
ed. There would be some extra money
for books, concerts, and pictures, and for
an occasional gift to the needy. No la.
boring mans pocket is long enough to
hold drink.money and house-money too.
If you try it, the dram shop will get hold
of all your pocket. and leave your house
hold to 60 hungry.


These are "hard times" I'll tell YOU
why. This nation is spending more mon.
ey for intoxicating drink than for all the
bread it eats, and all the clothes it wears,
all the books it reads, and all the churches
it has ever built If every one of its
accursed drinking saloons could be shut
up, and every bottle was smashed forever,
we should have good times in thirty days.
You will have hard times this year if you
attempt to support yourself and family,
and also lazy liquor sellers family be.
sides. Begin the year BY cutting off the
tow.line, and let the liqusr.seller DRIFT
of into better business.