smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

seems 10 the court should be allowed the
said court having full power to correct the
valuation and amount reported by said free,
holders; and after auditing such claims as
should be paid cut of said fund, if funds are
sufficient to pay the whole thereof, shall give
orders thereon to the persons entitled thereto,
10 be paid by the sheriff out OF said fund
But II 1t shall appear there is not sufficient
fnnGsin the hands of tbe1sheritF to pay the
iu!i amount Of claims audited, the court shall
give such orders for the proper ..pro rata"


10 The cauuTy court may, from time to
time, make such orders about said fund as may
be necessary for the preseryation thereof, and
any surplus tlat may >tenaIIi' at the end of
any year SHALL be added to the funds CelleO1ed
ior the next year, and be likewise expended


~ The epuaty court OF any county may,
and upon the application and petition, in
writing Of one huodred resident froeholders
of the county shall submit to the qualified
voters of the county whether tax shall he
levied upon the dogs 10 such county under
the provisions Of this act Such submission
shall be at some general election if upon
petition, as aforesaid at the first general eloc-
ton after the filing Of said petition in court
The ballots used at such election shall haze
written or printed on them respectively, For
the tax on dogs" and against tho tax on
dogs." Froei8ed That if any ballots are
used or voted without such inscription, that
fact shall not affect the election or the valid
ity OF the vote on that subject and such vote
shall IN all respects be counted and certified
as IN other cases; except that certificate of
the number OF votes cast for and against the
tax on dogs shall be returned to the clerk Of
such county court, and the same shall be
entered on the order book Of the court at its
first term after such certificate is returned -
and if a majority of the votes upon that sub
ject be in iaGor Of such tax the said court
shall, from year to year thereafter, levy such
tax but if such majority be against the tax
on dogs, then the court shall levy no tax
under this chapter unless at some future tune,
when the question may be submitted as afore.
said majority be in favor of such tax


II. The question of taxing dogs in any
county, under this chapter, may be submitted
to the voters of the county at any general
election by the county court of its own mos
ton. But upon such petition, as aforesaid,
the same shall he SO submitted.


lS. That section forty five of chapter thirty.
nine of the code is hereby repealed


l9. Whenever the words county court
occur in this act they shall be construed TO
mean such tribunal as may be organized in
any county in lieu Of the county court. and
the words clerk of the county court shall be
construed to mean the clerk of such other
tribunal
Year: 1876

in my next [ intend 10 take revenge
upon him. That the blow may not
fall too heavily, I will state that the
weapon will be a Kentucky auburn
haired lass.


| will now leave him with the sug-
gestion that


'Time at last sets all things even,
And if we do but watch the hour,
There never yet was human power
Which could evade, if unforgiven,
The patient search and vigil long
Ot him who treasures up a wrong"


CARL.
Year: 1876

for the following reasons.
lst.-0ne bar will 60 as far as two of any other.
2i.-0nly half the usual rubbing being required,


there is a saving Of more than the entire cost


of the Soap in labor alone
3d.-The clio hes made SWEET CLEAN and


WHITE without BOILING or SCALD1NG, thus all


injury to them is avoided. There is saving


in fuel and hard work, and the washing is done


in about half the usual time.


1t is also guaranteed under penalty of fifty dol
lars not TO injure the clothes hands, and one
trial will enable any person to ascertain the truth of
these statemtnts it would never pay the proprietor
to engage in an extensive system of advertising and
claim such decided merit for his Soap unless he knew
from positive experience that it would prove be in
every respect what is claimed for 1t.
This is also superior Soap for Toilet and Shaving
purposes.


WARNER RHODES & CO.,


Wholesale Fancy Grocers,


General agents,


june8sept1 Philadelphia, Pa.
Year: 1876

Asingular illustration of the dam
ger of impersonal journalism has
been afforded in Pottsville, Pa. The
Miners Journal inadvertently stated
that there was man in the place who
had been drunk for thirty-fiye years.
The editor was thereupon called to ac-
count by at least twenty different per-
sons. who insisted that the item was
personal attack unon them. The
man he really referred to, the editor
says, ''is sharp enough to keep his
mouth shut about it, but keeps ON
drinking just as If not a word had been
said.u
Year: 1876

even by handsome 'brother Rex"


1t was she who, by her loving ways and
gentle pleadings broke down the barrier of
pride, which had separated him from his
nephew for so long. and 1t was she. who,
in hutter of happiness, accompanied him
down to Stockbridge shortly after.


From that day 'Uncle Ralph's" worldi-
ness and harshness melted away the sunny
sweetness of his favorite seemed 20 dissi-
pate the clouds which had hung around
him so long. The genial home atmosphere
at Stockbridge seemed to change him great
ly; he grew to consider .'Mrs. Rex" as the
most charming woman in the world; the
children were all marvellous, and Rex was
"a lucky fellow" in every sense of the
word


The great house in town was no longer
silent and dreary, for after while the fam
lily at Stockbridge came there to live.


IL am an old man." said Ralph, land
have few friends, and those l want near
me-" and so they cane.


Rex, junior, was fine handsome lad.
Amy and Fanny were dear little girls, but
the one best beloved in all the family circle
by Uncle Ralph, was the sweet t-faced girl
who had come to him that dreary morning
and brought into his life so much happi-
ness and peace,-gentle, loving, golden
haired BILL"
Year: 1876

fore me, where his name is presented, the
man who, by wink of his eye, by the
wave OF his hand. by nod of his head
could have stopped the atrocities at Ander
sonville. Some of us had kinsmen there.
Most of us had friends there. All of us had
countrymen there. and In the name of those
kinsmen and friends and country here
protest and shall with my vote protest
against ever calling back and crowning
with the honors of full American citizenship
the man who organized that murder.
Cloud applause on the Republican side OF
the House and in the galerlies.
Year: 1876

Near Hillsboro lives a swain who sup
ports an aged father with the aid of about
two dollars week from the town. A
short time since one of the Selectmen
called on him and expressed the idea that
a dollar ought in future to satisfy him.
IA dollar! you don't mean dollarl" was
the reply of the astonished son. why you
ought to see the old devil eatr' The de-
ductiOn was not insisted upon.
Year: 1876

A certain colored deacon. on occasions
of missionary collections, was wont to
shut his eyes and sing, Fly abroad, thou
mighty Gospel" with such earnestness
and JUNCTION that he would quite forget to
see the plate as it came around. "Oh,
yes y said the plate bearer, but just you
give something to make il fly"
Year: 1876

He made hearty meal at restaurant
and, rising up, he said to the cashier: II
declare, if | havn't forgot my wallet -
Tue cashier fired up and hurled big words
at him for full three minutes before paus-
ing for breath. When a chance came the
stranger continued But l have fifty
dollars here in my vest pocket" The
cashier couldn't smile TO save him.
Year: 1876

A VERY SINGULAR SPECTACLE


that he Republican party, in possession of
the entire Government, has deliberately
called back into public power the leading
men of the South, every one of whom turns
out its everbitter, relentless and malignant
foe, and that to-day from the Potomac to the
Rio Grande, the very men who have re
ceived this amnesty are as busy as they
know how to be in consolidating into enc
compact political organization. The old
slave States are just as before, and we see
the banner blazoned with the insignia that
with united South and a few votes from
the North the country can be governed. l
wait the people to understand that this is
precisely the motive, that this is the animus
and intent.


| do not think that offering amnesty to
the $50 men who are now without it will
hasten or retard that movement. do not
think that granting amnesty, or refusing
amnesty, to Mr.. Davis will hasten or retard
it. hear il said that we are going to ele-
vate Mr.. Davis into very great cOnse
qnence by refusing amnesty to him. That
is not for me to consider. only see be-
Year: 1876

Old, experienced sheep men will not
need the advice which follows, unless
they have gone through life with their
eyes shut; but young farmers, who
are not yet too old to learn, may profit
by it. Keep your sheep in good con-
dition during the fall. If pasture has
been good, they will now be in good
condition, generally, and the owner
must keep them there if he would
profit by the business of sheep raising.
| know by experience, that after kill
ing frosts come and wither the grass,
sheep will decline unless fed little
something extra. The grass, after
frost, is not nearly as nutritious as be-
fore. Give little grain once day,
feed pumpkins, turnips, or any other
green food at COMMUNICATING to
keep up the growing thrifty state all
shoep should be in at the close of the
vegetable season. | cannot impress
this point too closely. Sheep must be
kept up during the fall months, in or
der to winter well and easily, and be-
come source of profit to the owner.
Especially does this advice apply to
breeding ewes. If they are permitted
to run down until they are coupled
with the ram, they are hard to serve,
and not by any means sure. Thon the
progeny are, evidently, greatly infu-
enced by the condition of the ewes at
and succeeding impregnation. Every
careful sheep owner will adopt such
methods as will improve his flock.
Some men will spare no expense in
procuring a ram, but at the same time
pay no attention to Improvement
through the ewes. One is just as i'm
portant as the other. Indeed, prefer
the sheep raised by careful man who
keeps them at all seasons in the most
vigorous condition, even though the
blood on the male side may be inferior.


Sheep do not pay very well now un-
less they are good. Poor sheep are a
loss any time, and especially at this
time. Common sense prompts every
man, then, to Gull his flock. Take out
the poor, the MANNED, the halt, and
the blind, and Spartan-like, sacrifice
them to the good of the common
wealth. Those that from some cause
or other have dropped back little in
condition, should be separated from
the flock and especial care given them.
/ Dispose in some way of all that are
not worth taking especial pains with,
and thus have your flock, at the be-
ginning of winter, composed only of
the best, and they in the best possible
condition. Take the word of an old
sheep man, who assures you that the
next crop of wool and the lambs will
fully demonstrate the wisdom of such
course. NJ. Nj.
Year: 1876

Having so valuable an indigenous
grass in our country as blue grass, the
question naturally arises, why has it
not been more widely disseminated,
and why has it not been brought into
cultivation? The only answer that
can be given is that its merits have not
been sufficiently known TO be fully ap-
preciated, all of which appears strange,
considering the case of its cultivation.
True, deficiency has heretofore cx-
listed in the collection of the seed, and
it is only within a year or two that
improved machinery has been brought
INTO use for that purpose. In its cul-
tivation there appears to be but two
indispensable conditions, namely good
seed and good soil.


Any land, whether from natural
fertility or good tillage, that will
grow timothy well will grow blue
grass. On lawns and parks it has
been found to grow luxuriantly, the
lawn grass seed of the dealers being
made up largely of blue grass.


The seed may be sown at any time
of the year if the ground is bare, but
1t is better not TO sow it if the weather
is very hot or the ground is very dry;
heat perhaps not being as fatal to it as
drou;h. There is, perhaps, no better
time to SOW it than Immediately after
sowing wheat. The heat of summer
is then over and it will have the ad-
vantage of the fall rains to vegetate
and become established. Frost can
not heave it as it does clover, and
when it once has possession of the
soil it maintains it against everything
else, the plow alone excepted.


Considering that clover is so ephem-
eral-that timothy, though valuable
for hay, is not reliable for a second
crop of pasture-and that blue grass
is more nutritious than either, and
permanent at all times as a pasture
valuable alike to the dairyman and
grazier-and admitting of cultivation
as an artificial grass, farmers should
avail themselves of its advantages
throughout the whole country where
il is not found indigenous. A trial
can result only in remuneration and
success, without even the shadow of a
peradventure.
Year: 1876

sick pig scientifically would require as
nauch skill aud care as would the same
number of human victims of typhoid
fever. The only reasonable hope is in
checking the diffusion of the poison.
Year: 1876

The funeral rites of kings and their
wives in some parts of Angola, Africa, are
peculiar. A shallow pit is dug in the floor
of the hut in which he or she died, Just en-
odgh TO contain the body. This is placed
naked in the trench on its back, and then
covered with thin layer Of earth On this
three fires are lighted and kept burning a
whole moon or month, the hot ashes being
constantly spread over the whole grave


At the end of this time the body is usually
sufficiently baked or dried it is then taken
out and placed on its back on an open
framework of strick, and fires kept burn
ing under it till the body IS thoroughly
smoke dried During the whole time the
body is being dried, the hut IN which the
operation is performed is full of people, the
women keeping up a dismal crying day and
night, particularly the latter When the
body is completely desiceated it is wrapped
in cloth and stuck upright in a corner of
the tent, where it remains until it is buried,
sometimes two years after. The reason
for this is that all the relations of the de
ceased must be present at the burial cerc-
mony, when the body is wrapped in as
many yards of cloth as they can possibly
afford, some of the kings being rolled in
several hundred yards of different cloth.
At the close of the burial, a wake or feast,
consisting of dancing with firing of guns
and consumption of rum, roast pig and
other food, is held for the whole night. 1t
is believed that the spirit of the dead per-
son will haunt the town where he died, and
commit mischief, if the wake is not held.
Year: 1876

Now that Street has lost his civil as
we'll as his military suit, we advise him
TO 20 TO Georgia where fashion will
tolerate his condition. We hope this
suggestion will suit Street, for We don't
want him TO be wandering about un-
suited. even II the weather Ii sultry.
Year: 1876

It IL severe criticism upon American
progress in general morality that In
this centennial year o man should De
chosen, like the Cincinnati nominee. as
d candidate for the Presidency, simply
because he enjoys the reputation Of
being honest.
Year: 1876

As though In derision Of all that Is
pure and respectable, a flag has been
thrown to the breeze, from q building
On Bourbon street, indicating 1t TO be
the headquarters OF the friends Of John
r. Ludeling, who bring him forward as
d candidate for Governor. And this Is
the man whom the highest tribunal In
the land has stamped as fraud and
HWindler.
Year: 1876

The bill for gas during q performance
given ut the Opera House by an amateur
club was 9G2, less the discount for cash,
Or 452 10 net. L. II any wonder that the
Opera has become thing OF the past
here? At that rate any manager ID
honnd u aIlcCumh.
Year: 1876

The project for retaining the main build
ing on the Centennial grounds for the pur-
pose ola permanent exhibition has fallen al
most as rapidly as it arose, and to the great
disappointment of certain parties who ex-
pected to make money out of the scheme.
1t does not often happen that men of infu-
ence such as were associated in this project
fail to accomplish their ends, but this
scheme was little too mucA for them the
requisite authority could not be obtained,
and there were substantial reasons why the
main building should not be preserved for
the proposed purpose. Understand, that
all this has nothing to do with the advisa-
bility of having a permanent exhibition,
but that it refers only to the place of hold
ing it. 1t has all along been understood
that Machinery Hall was to remain after
the close of the Exposition, and it is in all
respects a better built and more durable
structure than the other. 1t will admira
bly, answer every purpose, and is now the
property of the city, to be put to any use
after the Great Fair which may be founG
expedient. Herein, of course, is the diff
Guilty, for the Main Building project wa
engineered for individual profit while will
Machinery Hall for base there will be NJ
such opportunity. But the public will pro
fit, all the same.
Year: 1876

STEAM CARS IN PHILADELPHIA.-The Mar
ket Street City Railway Company of Phila-
delphia has determined to introduce steam
cars upon their line about the end Of the
present month. An ordinance of the
councils of that city authorizing the use of
steam as motor upon street railways
makes it contingent upon the reduction Of
the fare to five cents.
Year: 1876

There were the usual three separate services at the
Hippodrome yesterday. AT the MONDAY meeting about
1000 people in tho Madison avenue hall Aner
Mr.. Moody had spoken OF the clergymen present
spoke Of the Christian work that going in their
churches Mr. sankey sang the usual hymn, and the
benedictlon was pronounced by Rev Dr. Rogers.
At the afternoon and evening meetings the Madison
avenue hall was packed. Nr. Moody announced last
evening that The subject at noon to-day would be
"Children and in the afternoon "How 10 Study Your
their Bibles with them and pencil and paper He
spoke OF sudden conversion" aud said all
that the people wanted was personal Christ
not doctrine; that there was too much doc
trine In the world already. could be converted
in a moment n he would Just accept Christ's Word
Samaritan woman, whom Christ met at the we'll and
Lovi The Publican all OF whom took the ord OF God
as lie gave H. believed In Him and followed Him. The
respectable sinners and the unconverted churchmen
submit their will Christs will but hold themselves
up in their pride, as If they knew more than God Him
self


Dir Moody concluded with a stirring appeal to all
present 10 come Christ They ought not to wait Till
they went home and inquired about it---not 10 wait
bend their Will TO Gods at once Christ was The ply
sican who cures all once: He was tho physician
that never lost case and matter what the leprosy
OF the soul nor how TAR stepped IN sin the man was, he
could be cured, the woman who had touched
the hem Of His garment


The number of persons who went into the inquiry
room last night larger than previous even
ing and the Christian workers bad more young con-
verts TO speak with than they could possibly attend


The prayer meeting which commenced at q quarter
after nine WAS crowded with young men. Many related
their experience and there appeared TO be aspect Of
religious enthusiasm pcrvading the whole assemblngc
Year: 1876

most determined fight took place in the Common
Council OF Bayonne " J., Tuesday against tho mo-
ton to pay the bill OF tho gas company. Mr.. oliver
contcnded that tho contract between that company
and the city was void, and u explained that the
contract was passed through the vote OF a member
who. at the time, was stockholder in the gas com
Year: 1876

To TEE EDTroR or THE HERALD:-


am personally cognizant OF the fact that tho Rail-
road Committee OF the Assembly is being used for
wrongful and corrupt purposes by notorious lobbyists
and shall mako the facts public at the proper time


ANOTHER WHO KNOWS
Year: 1876

Ine SplrlC Lake beacon says:


The people of Humboldt and Palo
Alto Counties are getting warmed up
in the interests of building a narrow
gauge railroad from the coal fields and
railroads i'll the central part of the
State to Il connection with the Mime
sofa railroads Of the north. Il conven-
ti0n is called to b3 held 1T Humboldt,
June 81, for the purpose of discussing
the matter.


And a writer in the Beacon says:


AS you will see by the last issue of
meeting held ut Humboldt, June I'd, for
the purpose Of securing the construc-
tioM of a railroad through this part of
Iowa. I was present at Humboldt
when that meeting was arranged, and
the people of this county propose to
bring that railroad to Elnmetsburg if
possible. We are awake in regard to
it, and 1t will go north or northwest
from here according to the Inducements
held out by the respective routes. l
want the people of Dickinson County
to look after their interests in this mat
ter, and wish you would call attention
to the meeting in your paper and have
some of your representative men i'll at
tendance upon that meeting, prepared
to state what Dickinson County can
and will do to secure the road.


Here is something which looks tan
gible and we ought to join with Dick
inson County i'll al effort to bring the
road northwest to Wortlington. That
the railroad center Of this prairie re-
gion is to be right here at Worthington,
seems now to he Il settled matter, and
the Fort Dodge coal fields will find this
the best coal market they can make.
We ought to call Il meeting to consider
this matter, and either send commit
tee or open correspondence with the
coal men and railroad men who are i'll
terested in pushing this narrow-gauge
northward. We might have our coal
road much sooner than anticipated by
q little prompt action in this matter.
Manufacturers dire already looking to
Worthington as desirable point to To-
cate, and with a supply Of cheap coal
we should soon he an interior manu-.
featuring town Of considerable impor.
lance.
Year: 1876

The keynote of our policy in this constitu-
tional crisis is and shall be the preservation
Of the peace by the strict fulflments of the
requirements of the law.-Cincinnati Com
merciaL.


No Republican desires ''the counting in of
Hayes" as the term is in the Democratic
sheets. But they are resolute that he shall
not be counted out by New York city poll
tics made national.-Brooklyn Union.


Mr. Fernando Wood made some feeling re-
marks in Congress yesterday about his heart,
and the indignation that swelled within it.
Mr.. Wood has all the tender susceptibility of
craven image, and when his heart swells it
is serious matter.-N. Y. Tribune.


If the Democrats in Congress go on as
they have begun, long before the time ar
rives for counting the electoral votes they
will reconcile the country to their loss of the
presidency, if it should not be legally awarded
to them.-Neoc York Euening Post.


The fact is, sir, that there has not been a
single point in all this Southern controversy
where the President and have disagreed.
On the contrary, we have had the same gen.
eral views as to what should be done; nor
has the President done a single act in the
matter without the unanimous advice of his
cabinet. Fish.


Obviously, the policy of Mr.. Tilden and his
party is that of the most dangerous and
wicked usurpation. Whether it succeeds or
not, the steady effort that has been made to
force it to success must be terribly demoraliz-
ing, because it tends to accustom the public to
the tactics of gamblers in the prosecution of
public aims. II it could succeed it would go far
toward making Republican institutions in our
country sad and disgraceful failure. .-Ne,o
York Times.