smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

Prof. Tice has had a long run Of
luck, but has at last met formida BILE
rival in the person of Henry Kroeger.
a German by birth, who resides in
Wisconsin and has lived in the West
fifty-one years. He can neither read
nor write, but he can observe things
and put item together, and he has a
memory like a encyclopedia. After
running over the past fifty-one years
with his minds eye, Kroeger glances
into the future, and prophesis thus :
After the next new moon shows the
last bit of his face, we shall have the
pleasantsst autumn we have had for
many years. Early in November there
will be some cold days, but it will be
mild and pleasant most of the month,
and until the 10Th OF December, when
the streams will freeze, but only thin
sheet of ice will be formed. Between
Christmas and New Years there will
be heavy snow for a few days. In
January we shall have the finest In
dian summer We have had since 1856,
and there will be only few cold days.
During the winter there will be more
yain than snow. and little or no sleigh
ing. There will be few cold days in
February. March will be dry, cloudy
and warm. The weather in April will
be variable, cold and warm spells al.
ternating. In May it will be dry and
gardeners will find it necessary to wa
ter their plants.
Year: 1875

The San Francisco Chronicle says
that Robert Christie of the Protero
suggests a remedy for for the scarlet
fever which he AYERS has invariably
proved successful. 1t is very simple,
and lies within the reach of those
whose limited means preclude them
from employing the services of physic-
ian. Its this: Take an onion and
cut 1t in halves cut out a portion of
the center, and into the cavity put a
spoonful of saffron; put the pieces to-
gether, then wrap in clothe and bake
in an oven until the onion is cooked
so that the juice will run freely, then
squeeze out all the juice and give the
patient teaspoonful, at the same
time rubbing the chest and throat with
goose grease or rancid bacon. If there
is any cough or soreness in the throat.
10 short tii2e the fever will break
out an eruption allover the body. All
that is then necessary is to keep the
patient warm and protected from
draught, and recovery is certain. Mr..
Christie says he has been employing


this remedy for many years, and never
knew it to fail when proper care was
taken of the patient after its applica-
ton. One family. in which there were
five children down with the disease at
one time, recently, used this simple
remedy upon his telling them of it, and
every one of the little ones recovered
in short time.
Year: 1875

An exchange says: when you get
in tight place for some article of
family use and haven't just got the
money by you to pay for it, you often
get accommodations from the mer-
chant OF mechanic of your town or
neighborhood, who waits till it is con-
venient for you to pay for it. But
then, again, when you have some funds
on hand, do you think of this and 20
and spend your money with those who
accommodated you, and thus keep the
home currency 10 circulation where il
ought to stay? or do you make up an
order, getting others perhaps to join
you, and forward the cash to distant
city to swell the Golfers Of those, from
whom you never derive any beneht or
favors? This course will react on
you if you do so. Each class Is de-
pendent on the other to some extent,
for mutual benefits, and patronage
should be bestowed on those upon
whom you are dependent for patron.
age. In that way you are building up
an interest from which you may some
day derive something in return, no
matter what your business may be. 1t
is better even to pay little more for
an article sometimes than to be drain
ing your section Of its circulating me-
dium by sending off to foreign parts.
If others would serve you so in your
line Of business, how would liveY-
Patronize home interest first if you
want to prosper yourselves aud see
others prosper. 3
Year: 1875

PRoFANITY.-We are emphatically
iu the age of profanity, and it seems to
US that we are on the topmost current.
One cannot go on the streets anywhere
without having his ears offended with
the vilest words, and his reverence
shocked by the most profane use OF
sacred names. Nor does it come from
the old or middle aged alone, for it is
fact as alarming as true, that the
Younger portion of the community are
most proficient in degrading language.
Boys have an idea it is smart to swear;
that it makes them manly but there
never was a greater mistake in the
world. Men, even those who swear,
themselves. are disgusted with pro-
family in young man, because they
know of all bad habits, this clings the
most closely. and increases with years,
1t is the most insidious of habits, grow
ing so invisibly that almost before ore
is aware he becomes an accomplished
cursor.
Year: 1875

Most people of sound judgment,
fully acquainted with the business hab-
its of the country, and who know any
thing Of its history, know very well
that well regulated system. of credit
is inseparable from the transactions Of
mercantile affairs. Distarb it, and
confidence, the essence and soul of
trade, is destroyed; the ready appli-
ances in time of reaction are cut away,
and the commercial barque is moored
without an anchor. Who are the au-
thors of this new tangled system, that
would rob the poor but enterprising,
of this anchor, the stay of trade and
the hope of industry? Surely they
are neither friends to commerce or en-
terprise. Paralyze these efforts, and
you unhinge society. Confidence is
destroyed and prOstrated to the dust.
Society is robbed of the stay that
bound the parts together. The adhe-
sive and recuperative principle is lost,
and the scattered and broken frag-
ments fall of their own weight. But
where confidence and well regulated
credit system in active operation be-
hold the contrast! There confidence
and mutual dependence in some degree,
unite to promote prosperity. The hon
orable trust repOses an honest indus
try to make good its obligations for
pledged faith and mutual benefits.
Take for example the case of an hon.
est manufacturer, doing business on a
small scale-say for instance he invests
$500 in the raw material, and when
manufactured into the article intended,
he ships it to his factor to be sold like
other goods of the same kind at the
usual time, in the meantime he wants
to replenish the raw material to carry
on his usual business, and keep his
hapds employed until he receives an
account of sales from his factor
Would not little credit in the mean
time be beth mete and proper, to ena-
BILE him to replenish and keep his
workmen employed Henderson, Tenn }
AdUOcdte.
Year: 1875

Experiments have lately been made
in feeding hogs OH corn and wheat.
Those fed on wheat made IL pounds
of good pork to the bushel of wheat,
while those fed on corn made only IL
pounds to the bushel. The wheat was
ground like corn meal, boiling water
poured over it, and then let it stand
for "a hours and fed to them with the
above result. We can see no good
reason why this feed should not DO as
well for cattle as tor hogs; aud farmers
having sprouted wheat this season
ought to look to and test the expert
ment with both hogs and cattle. We
fear our farmers go along too much in
the old beaten tracks. and are not
ready and willing to experiment and
improve as the oceaion offcrs.-Rnral
Dun.
Year: 1875

The maddest person on the Boston
aud Providence railroad, was the water
boy, who handed we'll l-dressed woman
a glass Of water, with which she began
to sIake the thirst of a mean looking
poodle, allowing him to drink from the
glass to be used by the other passen-
gers. The boy snatched the glass away
as soon as be saw the use it was beine
put to. remarking that he WASH 1
hired to water dogs
Year: 1875

A cruel joke at the expense Of those
ladies who are perpetually striving to
gain hearing in the press has been
going the rounds Of literary circles. TO
the effect that they look much better
in muslin than in print.
Year: 1875

SaiG a demure looking stranger with
prayer book under his arm to, an old
resident yesterday morning ;ss,Where
can l find the Methodist place of wor
ship2'' "After you pass the seventh
bar-room on this side of the street,
strike across and take up Soledad street,
and you will find it one hundred yards
beyond the last beer saloon on the same
street, nearly opposite a ten pin alley
was the reply.-San Antonto Herald
Year: 1875

For some time past there has lived
in Los Angeles a notorious woman and
procuress, who at a recent date outdid
all her other wickedness by gaining
the confidence of two reputable girls
and inducing them to agree to go with
her to San Francisco and there open q
notorious house. The woman was to
go to San Francisco by boat and the
girls were to go by stage and meet her
in the metropolis, where the villain
Gus hag was to complete their ruin.
The first part of the programme was
carried out and the harridan left on
the boat, but the crowning infamy
was nipped in the bud. The girls were
missed and their parents in frantic
anxiety sought Marshal Carrillo's aid.
The latter left his home and traverse d
the streets and by-ways for hours,
seeking the truant girls. The search
was kept up during the afternoon and
evening, and the Marshal, who was
almost as interested in the affair as
the frantic parents, was in despair.
About the time of the departure of the
train for San Fernando he directed Of
ficer Thomas to search the train. After
it moved out of the depot he found the
runaways carefully slowed away and
anxious to avoid recognition. They
tearfully got off at the new depot and
he took them to their homes, where a
prodigaps welcome awaited them.
The little episode was forgotten in
congratulations over their fortunate
escape, and no one was more overjoyed
than our estimable City Marshal, John
]. Carrillo. 1t pleases us thus to
chronicle such successful police ad-
venture, and it only adds one more
credit mark to the worthy record of
Marshal Carrillo, as well as an addi-
tional proof of the activity of officer
Thomas. With such a Marshal and
and such police, the community are
safe.
Year: 1875

Hcllebore, lime, salt and similar sub
stances have been used with varied success
for the destruction of cabbage worms. 1t
is now stated that bran and buckwhcat flour
answer the same purpose better than any
other remedies that have been tried The
bran is simply busted over the infested cab
bage as soon as the worms are very thick,
about handful of bran is required to each
cabbage head and sometimes it is necessary
to go over the plants the second time A
hundred weight of bran is sufficient for an
acre. 1t must be applied when the worms
are young. When they are full grown or
very strong, it does not appear to affect
them The buckwhcat -four is sifted upon
them by means of seive, in the evening
or in the morning-when the dew is on the
plants. If one application does not destroy
the worms second should be made. 1t is
palpable that wheat flour, fine Indian meal
or any other pulyerulent farinaceous sub
stance would have the same effect.
Year: 1875

y correspondent of the Santa Rosa, Cal,


Times writes Their wigwams are built
throughout of redwood bark, and are round
in shape, which can be better explained by
saying that they are in the shape of bowl
upside down, with Il smaller one placed also
upside down on the top. There are no win
dow, and aside from the aperture for en-
trance, which is about two feet square, and
small opening at the top to allow the SNAKE
to escape, there is no opening to this conical
shaped enclosure. To enter one of hese
huts 1t becomes necessary to get down and
crawl in. Once inside strange sight greets
the eye. The majority of both sexes are
perfectly naked, and, being scrupulously
particular each one does his or her own
cooking. They sleep in circle in hollow
places in the ground, with feet to the centre.
Their cooking apparatus, which consists of
good-sized rocks followed out, is in conven-
lent reach, and the Digger need not rise to
prepare his breakfast. The food consists of
bread made from acorns, which are first
buried, then roasted, then pulverized, and
lastly mixed up with water and baked. This
bread is said to be very nourishing. Their
mode Of preparing squirrel, hare, etc, is to
take them just as when killed, pound them
to a jelly and then roast them Another
article of food very common with them is
known as the fish worm The Digger is
an inveterate gambler, and his principal
game is very simple, consisting of holding
both hands behind him, in one of which is
a stick, while another bets he can tell in
which hand he holds it. 1t is stated that
they scorn cheating, and after the bets are
made, never change the stick from one
hand to the other Their money consists
Of little round shells with hole in the
center, which one Of their number is
selected to manufacture No counterfeiting
is ever attempted. Each shell Represents
about half a cent Of American money, and
is taken by their tribe as greediIy as gold


y string of their money can be seen at this
Office, and it is wonderful how uniform
these buttons can be made by simply
rubbing them on stone with the hand
Year: 1875

Mr.. Beecher declares that he will preach
so long as there are sinners to listen and
the New York IierdLG thinks this Is noble,
if he be innocent, but something very low
in its defence Of the law. 1t Is manifest
that man accused and not acquitted OF
adultery cannot deGantly preach the gospel
without creating d scandal in the Church.
Year: 1875

Encouraged by their successes in previous
years, the managers Of the Louisville Library
Lottery have now in hand bigger swindling


scheme than either of the former drawings'
which 80 scandalized decent citizens. The very
bigness Of the new enterprise, however, is likely
To be fatal to it and there is reason to hope that
his unmitigated fraud is now about to receive
its quietus. Twice has the drawing been post
poned, with strenuous promises however, that
at early specified date 1t would surely come
of now it seems every..way likely that the date
At present announced will come and go and the
managers give no further sign. The fools who
have taken a short cut to fortune have already
lost their money. Perhaps there have not been
many of them; Judging from the numerous
postponements, they cannot be 30 plenty as in
other years but few or many they have been
irretrievably taken in and all that can be done is
to dissuade others who may be thinking Of TAX
ing the same foolish step. We have fully DEM
onstrated the absurdity of this manner of
making money, but one more fact may be dwelt
on to show the character of the Louisville inan-
cers and philanthropsts. The managers state
In their flaming advertisements that large pro.
portion OF the tickets have already been sold and
the proceeds deposited in the Farmers Drovers
Bank Of Louisville, to remain untouched until


the payment of prizes. The ''scheme" compre


hends 100000 tickets at $50 each amounting to
s5,OO00 0OO half of which they promise to s'dis-
tribute" What ''large proportion" Of this
amount may be is matter Of opinion, but to call
it one-fourth of the sum total is certainly to al
low very fair margin. But it appears from the
last monthly statement of the Farmers Drovers
Bank that the entire assets of the concern in,


Guiding capital, circulation and deposits of eve
ry kind, is barely million and quarter Of del
lars. II the lottery men speak the truth, and
even allowing that 30 small a rate as one. fourth


s Large proportion" they must be the only
depositors of the bank in question and must own
all ts capital and circulation! This comes rather
closely home, but another fact is even
more direct. The amount Of untouched deposits
according to the last statement OF the Bank is
but s13S,OO0. Surprising therefore the Bank
has no other deposits of this character, no other
funds of any sort, submitted to it for safe
keeping the lottery managers have but a19s,-
900 topay the s2,5oO, 900 which they::engage to
make over to ticket holders. Does the bare
faced character of the swindle require any plain
er showing? 1t may be said that sales may have
Increased this amount, but on the other hand
let it be remembered that the figure named is
the sum of all untouched deposits half of it
may not belong to the Library Gamblers 1t is
entirely fair to take the Bank statement as
gauge of the resources of the lottery, because
the managers constantly announce that the
Bank is their only receptacle of the funds. The
case is clear one and the only wonder is that
the sharpers did not cover their tracks better.


1t is transparent fraud and any one throwing
his money away upon it deserves no sympathy.
Year: 1875

When James Buchanan, Democratic Pres-
dent,used the United States troops to put down
the Free State party in Kansas and Assist the
Border Rufians to fasten Slavery on that State,
1t was all right i'll the eyes Of the same men who
are now so abusive Of President Grant for re-.
spending to the call of Governor Kellogg, and
protecting the Legislature Of Louisiana from
revolutionary attack. And when Buchanan sent
Col sumner.to break up the Legislature of
Kansas, and drive out the members from the
the hall where they we're in session-which or
ders Sumner obeyed to the letter-nat tickled
the Democratic press tremendously. Can any of
them remember that precedent?
Year: 1875

We were wrongly informed last week as to the purchase of the brick-yard by Mir Drake of Jas Howey. Mir. Howey still owns it and is using some of the brick in the erection of his two. story brick blacksmith shop.
Year: 1875




The conclusion of the Bishop of To-
ranto to end further difficulty about
the GUIBoRD affair by cursing the
ground in which he is to be buried, is
rather wise than otherwise. 1t satis-
sfies the zealous living and in no way
affects the remains or the soul of the
bones of. contention. GUIBoRD was a
member of the Roman Catholic
Church, but in his lifetime was also a
member of some institute on the
shelves of which were books that had
fallen under the ban of the Catholic
clergy. He owned lot in the conse-
Grated ground of catholic cemetery.
He died, as all Christians and sinners
must, and his body was refused burial
in the soil made holy by the blessing
of the church. This happened six
years ago. The body was buried else
where, and remained as quiet rs the
circumstances would permit until a
few months ago, when the friends OF
sthe deceased determined to take up
the remains and bury them in the
family lot,in the cemetery. This was
refused for the same reasons that pre-
vented the burial there at the time of
death. The Bishop has prevented
much discussion, and possibly blood
shed by yielding consent to the burial
and cursing the ground. This is right
enough and proper enough so far as
quieting the discussion is concerned,
bat there are other points that might
be considered. GUIBORD owned the
plot in which he was denied burial. 1t
is fair to presume that its value was
enhanced by the act. of conservation.
Is the church justifiable in depreciat-
ling o thing below the value she fixed
upon it? If consecrated ground has
money value over unblessed soil, are
not the bones of GUIBORD entitled to
the full enjoyment of their owners in
vestment? There Is aaother point that
may attract the curious. The remains of
Mrs. GUIBoRD rest in the lot purchased
by her husband. She lived and died q
devout Roman Catholic. 1t cannot be
that the Bishop will curse the ground
in which the dust Of the good lady
rests. 1t is remarkable that in this
age. of liberality and enlightenment
an incident like this GUIBORD affair
could transpire.
Year: 1875

were cast against the proposition.
Probably 1000 Of the Catholic voters
of the State refused to cast. their votes
against the present school system of
the country and they were wise in dos
ing as they did. They comprehend
that it is to the public schools that the
children of many Catholic families
are indebted for their education. They
also remember that though the paro-
chial schools of their church afford free
educational facilities in the lower
branches the higher studies can only
be obtained at the expense of tuition
fees, while under the free school sys-
tenn of the nation the opportunities
for free education extend from the pri-
mary grade upward through the high
school to the college door. But adj
mitting this and conceding that the
degree ofintelligence. istooN high in
the, United States to permit the slight
est tampering with the public school
system, we all know that the question
will be dragged into politics. There
is no proposition SO impractical but
will find enthusiastic even fanatic
supporters and therefore this ghost
should be exercised at once and for-
ever. The people are afraid of it and
will trust no candidate who does not
stand square on platform contain
ing plank similar to that in the
platform of the Democracy of the
State of California which is as follows:
-The school system and fund of this
State are, under the guarantee of the
Constitution, inviolable, and We are
opposed to any diversion of the fund
to any purposes except those ordained
by the Constitution"
Year: 1875

1t is undoubtedly mistake that all
adherents of the Roman Catholic faith
are supporters of the proposition to
destroy the public school system by
dividing the school funds among Sec
tartan denominations. This is PROV
EN- by the result of the recent election


in New Jersey. q One OF the proposed
constitutional amendments prohibits
the appropriation of any public mon
ey to sectarian purposes and any in
reference with or division of the
school fund. There are between 20,-
600 and 5000 Roman Catholic voters
in New Jersey and though strenuous
efforts were made by Jealous Catho-
lies to defeat this.cIause it was found
that only 1900 Roman Catholic votes
Year: 1875

Aramble through the orange groves
of this city and vicinity and informa-
tion received from different sections
of the valley indicate that the orange
crop this year be,light. The grove
owners tell us they will not gather to
exceed half a crop. The product will
however exceed half that Of last year
on account Of the increase IN the num-
ber of trees that have reached bearing
age. The quality of Los Angeles Or
anges will be superior this season as
on account of the small number on the
trees they will be much larger thap
usual.
Year: 1875

The name of Major HORACE BELL
is mentioned IN conhectionewitb the
candidacy for Councilman from the
Third Ward. 1t will be to the inter-
est of the citizens of this city to select
for Councilmen men of intelligence,
who, understand the wants.o the. city
and know how to meet them. We
believe Major BELL is one of those
men, .andwe trust he will consent to
have. his name used for the purpose
named.
Year: 1875

THF Virginia City Mronictes comes
to US again as large as life. 'McCAR-
THY is. irrepressible and cannot be
burned out. The Chronicle will soon
free itself Of smoke and ashes and
greet Its patrons rs racy and FREQUENT
as before the fire.