smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

The morning brought no relief, how
ever, as the storm had increased so that
nothing could be seen ahead. He orept
out of his snowy nest, but not daring to
leave, he crawled back again only to
shiver and suffer, as his clothes had been
wet, and were now frozen.


Mr.. Payne's pony stood sentinel within
two rods Of him whinnying, and he got
up and tried to lead her, but could not.
He followed the fence to a track which
led to a granary, stacks and stable. He
staid in the stable from about ten o'clock
a. m. until three p. m, thinking the own
ers would come to feed the stock there,
but fearing they would not he started to
find the house, which he supposed notfar
distant. He was lost once more, but as
he was about to burrow in a drift he
found the fence and from that the stable
again. During his absence the owners
had been there, fed the stock and fasten-
| ed the stable so he could not enter. He
found an empty shed covered with snow,
in which he stayed that night without his
| robe


Thursday morning the storm had so
| far cleared that he could see the house to
which the stables belonged, and which
was not ten rods distant. He had been
all around it the day before, and had lain
within twenty rods of another house the
night before. He was kindly cared for
until Monday, when he arrived at his
home in this city. One Of his ponies re-
manned until Thursday morning near the
sleigh, and the other was found net sixty
rods away, and both perfectly safe and
| sound.


Mr.. Payne thinks that he will lose half
his toes and part of his heels.-St. PAU
! Pioneer
Year: 1873

WE owe our thanks to Judge Kelley for
the latest Patent Office report. We
already have sixteen hundred of these
interesting volumes in our little library,
but they have been read and and reread so
many times that we know every page of
them by heart. This new volume came
opportunely and gratefully on Christmas
morning, and that night we gathered our
little family around the fire, and read 1t
through to them. The affecting tale en-
titled Improvement in Monkey
wrenches seemed to touch every heart,
and when we came to the climax of the
little story about Reversible Pie boards" I"
there was not dry eye between the front
door and the stable. During the reading
of the piteous narrative entitled "Gum-
washers for Carriage-axles," the whole
family gave expression to boisterous emo
tion, and the hired girl was so much ex-
cited that she lost her presence of mind,
and went round to her mothers inadver-
dainty with six pounds of sugar and a
butter kettle full of -four, but came home
at midnight intoxicated We can never
sufficiently thank Judge Kelley for the
innocent enjoyment thus furnished us.
The memory of that happy evening will
linger in our minds very much longer
than that hired girl ever fingers when she
| lights on lot of substance which she
thinks will suit the constitution of her
aged parent. Philadelphia Sunday. Dis
patch.
Year: 1873

ACCORDING to the New York Sltn, an
aeronaut by the name of Donaldson is
now constructing a series of balloons with
which he purposes to cross the Atlantic
next summer, starting from Union Square
in this city. He claims that flying ma
chine is within the range of possibility,
and is not discouraged by the many fail.
ures in this field. His theory is plausible.
He remarks that when Fulton built the
steamboat to run in water he did not imi-
tate the action of the fish, and then he
expresses the opinion that to navigate the
air II is not necessary TO comply too close
ly with the movements of birds. The fly
ing bird represents aerial locomoIion in
its primitive state. The idea is to i'm
prove upon this, Just as the steam engine
is an improvement upon the power and
speed of the horse. Having had large
experience in ballooning, Mr.. Donaldson
is earnest in the belief that he can travel
from the setting sun at all times, ''for at
a certain height, say two and half miles,
there is constant current Of air blowing
toward the East" BY ascending to the
required altitude, he is confident that this
strong current will safely bear his ship
nom New York to the shores Of England.
He is also Of the opinion that, when on
the otner slue, ne VIII ma another cur
rent which will watt him homo again.
We may pronounce the attempt to cross
the ocean in balloon foolhardy, but let
us not forget that such 'foolhardy''
efforts heretofore have led to the most
important discoveries. Science requires
her sacrifices. If we never ventured out
OF the old grooves We would make no
progress. If we ever succeed in con.
atrnptinO nnaNhinaa xyhiah xuil1 aka
the air, 1t will be through that spirit OF
daring which animates the bosom of Mr.
Donaldson. II he attempts the proposed
feat and perishes in the undertaking, we
hope that his failure will not deter others
from making dangerous experiments in
the same direction. -Iarf, HeId ana
Farm.


Tia nuI,Iin ola Of Earn NnI., fort ninhiu
Year: 1873

IT was the misfortune of our fellow
citizen, Mr. e. E. Payne, to be on the
prairie about five miles south Of Kasson,
in Dodge County, last Tuesday afternoon,
when the storm came on. he was within
half mile of house, with the wind on
his back, and losing sight of the dwelling
he was governed by the wind, which,
without his knowledge or consent, turned
from southwest TO northwest, throwing
him entirely out of the way he desired to
go. He was soon lost in the blinG'ng
storm, and after wandering about for an
hour, he put up for the night by blanket
ing and turning loose his ponies, wrap
ping himself in buffalo robe, and sitting
down beside his open sleigh, which was
turned on its side. BY continually slap
ping his hands and kicking his feet he
managed to keep them from freezing.
He prayed, and sung and kept up his
courage, hoping to find a house In the
morning, as he was near q pair Of bars
Year: 1873

It will be seen that none Of these de-
nominations, except the Mormon and
Unitarian, maintain in the last census de-
cade the rate of increase shown in the
one prior. The falling off in the case of
the Methodists, the leading denomination
in point of numbers in the country, is
particularly great, as notable, in fact, as
the portentious growth of Mormonism.


The wealth of the leading denominations
Year: 1873

Better to wear calico dress without
trimming, if it be paid for, than to owe
the shop-keeper for the most elegant
silk, cut end trimmed in the most be-
witching manner. ~ 'fas ~
Better to live in log cabin all your
own than bro wn stone mansion be-
longing to somebody else. - .ag.
Better walk forever than run into debt
for a horse and carriage. 4ssz
Better to sit BY the plain pine table
for which you paid three dollars ten
years ago, than send home new extern
sion black walnut top, and promise to
pay for it next week. ,s5f


Better to use the old cane seated chairs
and faded twO-ply carpet, than tremble
at the bills sent home from the uphols-
terers for the most elegant parlor set
ever made.


Better to meet your business acquait-
anees with free ''dont' owe you cent?
smile, than to dodge around the corner
to escape dun. mid ts.aa


Better tc pay the street organ grinder
two cents for music, if you must have it
than owe for grand piano. o .<
Better to gaze upon the bare walls
than pictures unpaid for. 54-r
Better to eat thin soup from earthen-
ware, if you owe your butcher nothing
than to dine off lamb and roast beef and
know that it does not belong to you.


Better let yor- wife have a fit of hys-
terics than to run in debt for nice new
furniture, or cloths, or jewelry, or any
other thing that women wish for. A fit
ofhysterics, properly managed is often
of more real benefit to a woman than
anything you could buy. tits better to
treat them in this way: DIE


-"When she begins to cry for some
thing she ought to know she cannot
have, try to reason with her a little"
Year: 1873

For specimen Of man of spirit, we
may mention Montreal person who
married widow. His wife made life
a burden to him by perpetual'y point
ing out his vast inferiority to her first
choice. He bore this for some time,
but finally it became intolerable. He
felt that rs a man of spirit he could not
tamely submit to such depreciating
comparisons, and he determined to as
sert himself in a way that should con-
vince his wife that he was not to be
trified with. So one night, when that
unpleasant woman was safely asleep, he
rose up and dressed himself, seized
large sledge-hammer, and proceeding
to the neighboring graveyard, where
his predecessor lay, smashed his tomb
stone into small pieces. Probably, Il
this courageous conduct does not in
duce some improvement in his wife, he
will exhume her former husband, and
show her how exceedingly contempti-
BILE that person looks when properly ar
fiaulatad ..
Year: 1873

The following suggestion made by Mr.
NIB Bateham, in the Painesville Jour
nal, WI be received with APPROVAL BY
all people in the city that love maple
syrup, and who does not


Sugar fine has s-rived, and we
would suggest I" farmers and their
wives hat they take more pains than
usual to make nice syrup for sale to the
people of the towns this season, and
that an housewives who have empty
fruit cans or can buy dozen, fill them
with syrup, boiling-hot. 1t will keep
finely, for use next summer or later,
and in the coming scarcity of fruits
will be fine relish for the household or
for company. Maple syrup may be
kept very weq In jugs or bottles, if we'll
corked and sealed while hot until mid
summer, but not so well after that
time.
Year: 1873

A Cincinnati man who suspected his
servant girl of using Kerosene Oil to
kindle the fire with, thought he world
try her, one night, so he poured the oil
out. and filed the can with water.
When he landed in the dining-room
next morning there was no breakfast
and no fire to cook it withholding
but a stove full of soaked wood and a
very foolish-lcoking girl.
Year: 1873

w When we stand firm to Christ.
there Is no other God in heaven or on
earth but one makes just and blessed.
On the other hand, if we lose HIM
from our heart and eyes, there is no
other help, comfort or rest.-Lmher.
Year: 1873

The story is told of woman who
freely used her tongue to the scandal


Of others, and made confession to the
priest of what she had done. He gave
her a ripe thistle top, and told her to so
out in various directions and scatter the
seeds. one by one. Wondering at the
penance, she obeyed, and then returned
and told her contessor. To her amaze
ment, he bade her go back aud gather
the scattered seeds ; and when she OBJ
jected that it would be impossible, he
replied that it would be still more diff
cult to gather up and destroy all evil
reports which she had circulated about
others. Any thouehtless, careless child
can scatter handful Of thistle seed be-
fore the wind in moment, but the
strongest and wisest men cannot gather
hem again.
Year: 1873

1t is my firm belief that every man
has his genius /; that is, certain d.
vine gift of prophetic foresight in his
lnnermost soul to guide him species
OF light, which, were we to heed it
sufficiently, instead of seeking to stiAe
and extinguish it by reasoning, world
ly wisdom, and prudence, would shed
a sudden ray upon those obscure points
at which two roads deviate. -Heydcy.
Year: 1873

due to our honor and dignity has not been
paid in the miserable affair of Bahia Honda or
the tardy surrender of the captives at San
tiago do Cuba. The bungling and trucking
and accommodating Of Secretary Buchu have
robbed US of all that we had a right to expect
in this matter but there are some points out
side Of the virginius case in which Americas
honor is deeply concerned. The confirmation
at our doors of slavery and of the horrible
war waged SO relentlessly must at length pro-
woke this country to interference in some
shape, and there can be no better time than
the present We cannot afford to have Vir-
ginius cases occurring every month or two,
and the only way to prevent them effectually
is to settle the whole dispute ourselves finally
and fully.
Year: 1873

Henry w. Genet was convicted yesterday in
the Court of Oyer and Terminer of the charge
upon which he was on trial His case was a
clear instance Of that kind of official 'sirregu-
larity' which is, in fact, fraud. There can be
no question as to the wholesome effect of the
sentence of Tweed and the conviction of
Genet upon the morality Of our city politics.
Now, that so much has been gained in the me-
tropolis, the time is propitious for the punish
ment Of national thieves The legislation Of
Congress during the last few years has been
the source of great bribery and corruption.


The Credit Mobilier exposures, which are only
q sample Of the crimes of the public men at
Washington, showed condition of affairs as
bad in every way as at Albany and in the city
government There is no reason why Tweed
and Genet should be punished and Dawes and
Kelley and Garfield and Patterson and the rest
go unwhipt of justice. If we wish to purify
our public offices We must punish republican
as well as democratic evildoers. Party lines
must not be allowed to interfere with
the punishment of crime. There are
powerful criminals who stand to-day on
the books of the Treasury Department
as defaulters to the government who have not
even been required to settle their accounts
because of their influence in the party. Gen.
eral Howard, as the head of the Freedman's s
Bureau, was known for long time to have
misappropriated the public money, and yet no
effort was made to convict and punish him.
The exposure of General Balloch q year ago
was in itself Howard's exposure, and it was as
much the duty of the Secretary of War at that
time as now to ask Congress to provide for his
punishment. The case of Stokes, the Ten
nessee politician charged with committing
bounty frauds, has not been disposed of, or
has been SO managed that the criminal
escaped. The Washington Ring as well as
the New York Ring afford fit subjects for trial
and punishment. We desire to supplement
our JOY over the conviction of Genet by the
conviction of other criminals holding higher
station than he, and we urge upon the repub-
lican party the duty of seeing that all its dere-
lict leaders are punished Sooner or later
punishment must come to them as it came
to our corrupt city politicians, and if the re-
publicans endeavor to evade their duty the
rebuke of the people will overturn the party.
Year: 1873

The FAILURE OF the SANTANA Bay Company,
it is to be hoped, will prove the last Of the
wild adventures in the West Indies. If it had
not been for the hopes of national aid held
out by some of the politicians at Washington
there would have been no Samana Bay Com
pany. It's formation was simply an annexa-
ton scheme in disguise, and the failure is so
disastrous thVt even American men-of-war are
not permitted to gonto the harbor at Samana,
lest it be construed into disposition to over
awe something which does not exist
Year: 1873

on ANOTHER PAGE will be found a map
showing the harbor and Notifications of
Santiago do Cuba, to which we invite the
attention Of our readers. 1t is of especial
interest as being the scene of the late mas
sacres committed by the Spanish authorities,
and the delivery Of the survivors of the crew
and passengers who were captured ON board
the unfortunate steamer Viginius
Year: 1873

himself We know what the Lord said. Amy one
OF them says: 81 think this is what the law
taughtn. This Is the difference between the
Catholic and all other religions The Priest Is


THE TRUE TEACHER


He does not speak in his own name but in that OF
his blessed Master. II we taught otherwise we
should be removed. In our twoiod character there
is mingled the divine and the human. In preach
ing the human IS seen. The sacred character OF
the priest is exempfed when he administers the
sacraments Then one priest Is equal to another.
When they listen TO preachers congregations are
too apt TO think OF the graces OF style, the posn
OF language, and not OF the truths which come
from his mouth. The Lord has left the duties ior
his priests OF pointing out the truths OF this world
Some people look upon preaching as they do upon
an actor They Will go away when II IS tlrougn
and criticize the sermon and say that u was uuit
Just as they would play. This Is not the spirit
with which TO look upon preaching. A Catholic
priest knows when he Is not eloquent. He is not
like the Protestant, who looks Tor worldly reputa-
tion, or


AN INCREASE OF SALARY.


And yet these sermons may do much to touch some
human hearts, We do not seek so much 70 make
language beautiful as we do TO 30 word our SER
mons that they may be OF influence. There is no
escape for the priest. he must elevate his voice
to praise that which Is wrong, in favor OF the god
less public schools and other things. He Is obliged
to teach the proper doctrines. Truth makes US
compromise. Truth penetrates into the most Sc
cret recesSes or society. IL goes TO the bottom OF
political maxims. Our voices are incapable OF de-
ception In the midst OF the many voices which are
now raised to preach false maxims. At such
time our voices are unable to be silent. Catholic
hearers try to love the preacher Remember
the sermon you hear, and bear ip your hearts the
truth, which IL inculcates. Live up to the doc.
trines OF the Church, and so bear yourselves that
one day you may have lie everlasting.


collection was then taken up in aid OF the
Catholic seminary. Father Lake made q short
exhortation in favor OF the institution and the
necessity OF supporting it.
Year: 1873

Sermon by the Rev. Father Lake-The


Duty and Sacredness OF the Priest-


hood-The Evangelical Alliance and


It's Teachings.


High Mass was celebrated yesterday morning by
the Rev. Father Poole lin the absence OF Father
Preston) assisted by the Rev. Father Lake.


Father Lake is young priest who has but just
returned from Europe, where he has made a stay
OF three years In his manner OF speech he Is elo-
quent and convincing.


Quoting from the welknown passage In the New
Testament, where the Saviour delegates his powers
to the apostles and says "that they shall speak In
HIS name, and whoever shall believe the same shall
be saved" said that this was quite contrary to the
doctrine OF other so.caed religions, where the
people were free to accept or reject any doctrine
which they pleased. Preaching among them Is o
farce said the priest; they stand before their
own congregations and give vent 10 doctrines
which never had any existence but IN their own
nonsenscal heads. There are the Uniyersalists
who believe there Is no he'll; the Unitarians, who
do not believe In the Most Holy Trinity. because
they cannot comprehend the very essence OF the
Word OF God. Then they have the Free Lovers.
VINO make convenience OF religion to indulge In
their own low instincts and in all the baser passions
All this Is not the religion OF Saviour IL mas
no possible resemblance to that Word winch Christ
came upon this earth TO preach. The EyannelIcal
hlhamoo .ahnos sct VNeI one Itcl-that tne Cath0
lie Church comes direct from Christ, while they
and their sects exist but for three Centuries In
their teachings they insult the Saviour. All Prot
esants insult him. They make the Saviour Inferior
TO q human teacher. II IL Is impossible for them to
understand what our Lord God taught, why do
they make the seInblance OF religion they pro-
fessedly do not understand, or believe in a God
about whose attributes all OF them differ The
Catholic religion IS


THE RELIGION OF GOD.


We belong TO the only religion about which there
Is no doubt. What / preach now Is what was
taught by those who went before me eighteen
centuries ago, and what was taught by our Lord
Year: 1873

you shah snow forth the death OF the Lord until
He comes. When the priest pronounces these
thus, invisible TO human eyes, becomes the High
Priest Offering up His own body and blood by the
hands OF the visible minister whom He has APP
pointed. The miracle is not visible 10 our senses,
but the angels OF heaven see and gather inyisiby
around and sing canticles worthy OF the spirits
the IN o t bcda na ne sne Of faith and
with the eye Of the soul and they bow down IN
humble faith. There is


THE UNsPEAKABLE DIGNITY


with which God has been pleased to invest the
priesthood OF His holy Church. And Is II Tor US
priests to be proud 10 be puded upY No, but they
should be more humble when they contrasted tnat
great gift OF God with the littleness ana the
nothingness, the sense that eleaves TO US poor,
human men that we are subject TO the intrmitles
OF our nature The Apostle says, '.Is any man
sick among you, let him send for the priest:n And
II matters not whether the sick man should De IN
the palace the COTTAGE in the hospital, IN the
poor house. in the pest house, the priest goes 10
Iulf his ofice. He goes there carrying his lle In
or q Christian The Archbishop here referred to
those priests who were stricken down by the ter
rible pestilence now raging in certain parts OF te
country, and observed that everywhere and In
every country, they were always found ready 10
risk their own safety, and from this II would
be seen that they had the true mission.
their hearts and souls, who believe every tlttle Oh
tnis doctrine thev preach, there are those VINO De
long TO that glorious Church, professors VINO Cali
il Romansm, who spend their time In casting re-
nections upon II. But sbessed are those VINO snail
be calumniated for my sake" such was the priest,
teach the words OF eternal liie and as the priest
dies his place has TO be supplied BY another VINO
should be OF their own children. The Archbishop
then encouraged parents to devote some OF their
sons to the sacred profession and after appealing
TO them on behalf OF these seminaries wnere there
were sixty young students being educated for the
diocese and observing that they had little 10 expect
IN the way or State aid Tor their schools MS Grace
concluded q very impressive and argumentative
discourse, which was listened to with the greatest
attention BY the congr egation.
Year: 1873

TExAs.-But few realize the fact that
Texas is larger than Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, New York, and the five New Eng
land States taken together If the whole
population of the country were settled in it,
it would still be far less densely peopled than
Massachusetts is at the present moment
And it is as fertile as it is extensive. 1t is
as full of coal as the Schuylkill basin; as
abundant in iron, lead and copper as any
part of Pennsylvania, Missouri and Michigan;
as fit for cotton as the Sea Islands them
selves; as various in the finest marbles and
GRANTEES as any part of the world; as prolific,
by nature, in every species of fruit as trop-
ical region; as good for the cultivation of to-
bacco as the most famous districts in the
Island of Cuba; as favorable to the increase
of all kinds of domestic stock as the most
covetous can ask and as delightful and sa-
lubrious in climate for the good Of mind and
person as Italy. 1t cannot be questioned
that Texas is capacious enough and fertile
enough for an empire Of a hundred millions
of people.
Year: 1873

IL this tho Latest swindiot-A Bait to Catch


Honest Men-A significant sign.


The following specimens Of the latest bait
thrown out by New York fool-nshers were sent
TO THE SUN for investigation by a wide awake
rural subscriber. As the documents are plausi-
bic enough W deiude honest men, We print them
in full