smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

Daily Warden was very nice girl and a
very good girl. II it were otherwise they
wouldn't have named striped dress goods,
smoking tobacco, and agricultural implements
after her. She lived in London when she
lived, but she has been dead these many
years. Poo girl But. then we must all
pass away, and the greatest female of the
day may die next week, and the week after
her name go forth on a new bedticking or a
new patent scoop-shovel


Dolly's father was very humble man.
He hHs also been dead for some time; but he
hadn't any "Dolly" before bis name, and
consequently bis name won't be cherished.
lie was humble, but honest. If he had
been humble and dishonest he would have
been a remarkable man. He worked at the
smith business. The smith business has
grown since his time, as any city directory
will show, but Varden's relations didn't
claim any credit for it. Mrs. Warden died
when Dolly was mere infant Dolly grew
up as children often do. She had her strug
giles with rash, Group, measles, whooping
cough and such things, and got the better Of
them. When ten years old she was the
handsomest girl in London. Her father said
so, and he was qualified to judge. She con-
tinued to grow handsome as she grew older,
and at seventeen was an angel She had
forty admirers at this time, everyone of whom
insisted on sitting up with her on Sunday
night She had to range them around the
room and take her place in the centre and
"spark' them in rotation. None of them
were-lower than lord, and she hadn't it in
the heart to turn any one away. 1t was
probably this "sitting up" which killed her.
She hadn't pursued it more than forty nights
before she began to fade. She practiced
Indian clubs and dumb bells, ate oat meal
and prepared wheat, but the fend of death
could not be thwarted. Sitting up with forty
lords forty nights was the same as sitting up
with one lord for sixteen hundred nights.
Some American girls may wonder that she
broke down under it; but Dolly was angelic
aud frail


Dolly finally died She faded and faded
and the allopathy and homeopathy and cold
water doctors couldn't save her. The forty
lords attended the funeral in a body, each
one knowing that she would have married
him but for the unfortunate circumstance.
The fnneral was a grand affair, and everyone
did their best to make Warden enjoy it; bat
the poor man couldn't. He lined and faded
and in about twenty-five years bis heart
broke with grief, and he was laid beside his
daughter.


This is all-these are all the reasons for
"Doly Warden excitement in dry goods and
other goods. But these are enough. Any
young man who will deliberately swear that
he won't wear "Dolly Warden shirt bosom
any man who goes back on a "DollyVar-
den" cane-any farmer who won't buy a
'Dolly Warden" shovel-any hotel keeper
who won't have "DolIy Warden" puddings-
in fact, any one who will malicously sneer
at the poor dead girl, Or refuse to be "Dolly
hardened % ought to be shot with ceaver.


M DuAn
Year: 1872

happening to the satisfaction of me that the
said defendant resides in the State of Nevada
from statement of plaintiff in said action and ON
motion of said plaintiff it is ordered that the
service of the said summons in the above action
be made upon said defendant by the publication
thereof in the PLACER HERALD, newspaper
printed at Auburn, Placer County, and that
publication be made once a week for three
months And it further appearing to my salts
faction that the residence of said defendant is
known to be at Hamilton, White Pine county
Nevada, it is ordered that copy of the said
summons be forthwith deposited in the post
Office, postage prepaid, directed to the said de-
fendant at his said place of residence.


A. J. BISHOP,


Justice of the Peace.
Auburn, July 10, A. D. 1872. [jy27-3m
Year: 1872

"DuLL Times" it is said, are the best for
advertisers. Because if money is tight, and
people are forced to economize, they always
read the advertisements to ascertain who
sells the cheapest, and where they can trade
to the best advantage.
Year: 1872

Henry Wilson, the man whom General
Grant has selected to run on his ticket for
Vice President, is evidently no loversof our
foreign born citizens. He was the leader OF
the Know Nothing party in Massachusetts,
and is the author of some of the btterest,
most vindictive, and withal untruthful trades
ever uttered against the foreigner who has
sought to make our land his land and our
laws his laws. In speech delivered in Bos-
ton in 1856 Henry Wilson used the language
we copy below:


'In the heart of the foreigner beats not sim
gle noble impulse, not one single throb of patri-
otism, He is so brutal and degraded that he has
no sympathy for anything but cabbage and lager
beer. potatoes and buttermilk or some other
outandsh dish, fit only for hogs of the street or
pen All the oaths in the world cannot bind
them"


''Son,e tell me that many foreigners are intelligent
yes, intelligenU Ho,o IN the name Of Almighty
God can they sag it3 Look at the Dutchmdn smoh-
ing his pipe, and if you see rag Of intelligence IN


that diriy idiotic looking face Of his, show II TO me


'sWe must CHANGE THE LAWS OF THE
LAND AND PREVENT THESE IGNORANT, DEGRA DED
pAUPERs HERE FROM VOTING AND HOLDING OFFICE
Villains and ruffians who congregate IN and
around our villages and large cities, and live by
stealing and begging from the Americans. some
THEY HAVE RIGHTS. so THEY HAVE-THE
RIGHT TO LIVE UNDER OUR LAWS AND TILL THE SOIL
AND DO AS WE BID. They are inferior in
intellect and intelligence to the Americans, and
then must and,shaH be put dorm AND KEPT DOWN
IF 1T HAS TO BE DONE AT THE POINT OF
THE BAYONET, AND WITH POWDER AND
LEAD"


The Iliberal organs have the impudence to
deny tIiti their candidate for Vice President
ever used this language. 1t is useless for
them to do so. Wilson himself does not at
tempt it. The speech is matter of record,
and the Congressional Globe contains nume-
rous speeches made by Wilson in which he
made not one but many attacks on the for
egn born citizen. This man now implores
the German "with his dirty, idiotic-looking
face" to aid in making him Vice President.
This man, who wants the laws of the land
changed to prevent fore gu born citizens.
whom he designates as ignorant, degraded
paupers," from voting or holding office. We
presume great many foreign born citizens
will vote the Grant ticket with the name of
the man who used the language quoted above
thereon for Vice President. We are aware
that political prejudice will do much-will
mpel men to acts which their Judgment cam
not indorse-but it seems incredible to us
that citizens who have become such by virtue
of the law which makes our land the home OF
all who seek il, can subdue their feelings to
the point which will enable them to vote for
Henry Wilson, Grants candidate for Vice
President. .-Stockton Republican.
Year: 1872

Who IS OLD?-A wise man will never rust
out. As long as he can move or breathe he
will be doing for himself, for his neighbor, or
for posterity. Almost to the last hour Of his
life, Washington was at work so were Young
and Howard and Newton. The vigor of their
lives never decayed. No rust marred their
spirits. 1t is a foolish idea tosuppose that we
must lie down and die because we are old.
Who is old? Not the man Of energy, not
the day laborer in science, art or benevolence;
but he enly who suffers his energies to waste
away, and the springs of life to become mo-
tionless on whose hands the hours drag heav-
lily, and to whom all things wear the garb Of
gloom. Is he old should not be asked; but
is he active? can he breathe freely and move
with agility? There are scores of gray.head-
ed men we should prefer, in any important
enterprise, to those young men who fear and
tremble at approaching shadows, and turn
pale at lion in their path, at harsh word
or frown.
Year: 1872

all sorts of queer things; but if Dolly should
walk out of her crazy English grave and
drop down on Broadway, and see thirty five
thousand insane American women adopting
her lunatic dress patterns and cutting up
generally, just as Dickens said she used to
cut up Dolly would Immediately get up a
grand fair to raise funds to build gigantic
Dolly Warden insane asylum.


"These window curtain Cretonne suits are
only to be worn at the races. They are not
for morning nor afternoon but now every
Biddy on four dollars per week is talking
about Dolly Warden for morning, Dolly Var
den for evening, and Dolly-crazy Dolly Var,
den for funerals and weddings-for the pail
bearers and bridesmaids, sez Eli"
Year: 1872

EVERYDAY REL1G1oN-Religion, if it is
good for anything, will not be an affair of
Sunday alone, but for every day of the week,
going with us into the field and the shop, into
the caucus and the town meeting, guiding and
controlling us in our labor and our rest, in
our amusements as well as our devotions, and
in our public as we'll as private relations. The
minister, therefore, must deal with our life in
its every aspect, seeking to elevate it to the
Christian standard, that we may be "whole
and ent ;, wanting nothing" But, while &C:
cording to him this untrammeled freedom, l
counsel you not to depend upon him to do
your thinking, or fail to weigh in the scales of
your own judgment all that he may utter.
A cowardly, subservient spirit is not less de.
moralizing in the pews than in the pulpit.
You will best honor your minister, not by an
unquestioning assent to his opinions, but by
candidly and charitably expressing, and firm.
ly adhering to your own, upon conscientious
examination of any subject, you cannot agree
with him. Such differences need not lead to
any alienation between you, but may even
become basis of mutual respect and conf
dence-Reu. " E. Claiming.
Year: 1872

"And 80 the shadows fall apart,


And 80 the West-winds play,


And all the windows of my heart


I Iopen to the day." MULocH.


"Ah ! what am that God hath saved


Me from the doom did desire,


And crossed the lot myself did crave


To set me higherp'


A week passed-a week Of heavy, steady,
pouring rain. The excursion to Schwaneck
had to be postponed and Kate was the only
one of the party who seemed much to regret
it. However, as Count Hugo came daily to
enquire for the health of the ladies, there was
some mitigation to the dullness of being shut
up in lodgings, with only single salon in
which to exercise ones self, and very indif-
ferent piano on which to indulge ones music
al talent.


Kate and Won Altenberg sat for whole NOR
nings over this forlorn little instrument, and
grew immensely sociable the while. Some
times they discussed Kant and schlegel, In
terspersing metaphysics with faint harmonies
of Beethoven and Click; but more frequent
ly the tone of conversation degenerated into a
kind of sentimental mysticism which Hen
riette heard with vague impression that it
was foreign style of love-making. This sort
of thing continued until Mrs. Weir thought
it time to warn her thoughtless niece, of whose
coquettish propensities she was we'll aware.


my DEAR" she said one morning after
Count Hugo had made his bow at the door,
and Kate throwing herselfo on the sofa, laughed
in little low way which to woman's quick
ear betrayed her state of mind-"My dear
you are giving that young man great deal
of encouragement"


Kate opened her eyes wide.


dearest aunty, what do you mean p


Henriette was standing at the window the
gallant horseman below looked up and bowed
as he galloped down the Strasse in the pour
ing rain. When he disappeared, she turned
Year: 1872

mental stores sufficiently for both, let them
first use what they have for their own house
hold. A silent house is a dull place for young
people, place from which they will escape
if they can. How much useful information,
on the other hand, is often given in pleasant
family conversation, and what unconscious
ness, but excellent mental trainings in lively
social argument. Cultivate, to the utmost,
I'll the graces of home conservation.
Year: 1872

CHEops.-Have any Of our readers an ade-
quate conception of the vast size of the Egyp-
tian Pyramid? A friend lately returned from
thence, who has visited the great pyramid Of
Cheops, wading in the deep sands fourteen
hundred feet before he had passed one of its
sides, and between five, and six thousand feet
before he had made the circuit, says, that ta-
king one hundred Boston churches Of the or.
dinary width, and arranging them in a holN
low square, twenty-five on side, you have
scarcely the basement of this pyramid. Take
another hundred and throw the material in
the hollow square, and it would not be full
pile on all the bricks and mortar in the city
of New York, and the structure would not be
so high and solid as this great work Of man.
One layer Of bricks was long since removed to
Cairo for building purposes, and enough re,
mains to supply the demands of a city Of half
a million of people for century, if permitted
to use it with perfect freedom. Cheops was
built 2,122 years before the Christian era.
Year: 1872

"The bard has sung God never formed soul
Without Its own peculiar mate to meet


Its wandering half when ripe, TO crown the whole
Bright plan Of bliss, most heavenly, most complete.
Year: 1872

may be complete success, and that his
election may bauish misrulc and plunder
from their midst, restore peace in reality
as we'll as name, bring back q cheerful
contented devotion to the laws of the
country, and pride in the flag which af-
fords an equal protection to all citizens.
Lot us hope that the deadly paralysis SO
long affecting the South and destroying
her vast producing engines may be sue
ceeded by perfect health and vigor. If
our Government is to be restored to its
national proportions and strength, our
States must be as free in.one section as in
the other; we must have no line where
freedom is halted on American soil,- and
when all are treated alike by the Govern
meut they will all bear it the same allegi-
ance, whatever may have been the bloody
struggles of the past,-when this kind Of
a union of hearts in support of the Gov
ernment shall take place, having for its
base the principles of justice, liberty and
equality, then will this nation riso like a
strong man after sleep and 90 forth to new
glories, renewing the purities of its youth
in connection with the gigantic proportions
of its age
Year: 1872

We have heard of company Of hunters
who caught number of monkeys in the
forests of Brazil, in the following amusing
way


They had lot Of little boots made, just
large enough to be drawn over monkey 5
foot, and filed the bottom with pitch.
With these they set out for the woods,
and soon found themselves under the trees
where the lively little fellows were leaping
about among the branches, hanging by
their tails, swinging themselves easily
from Que tree TO another, and chattering
noisIy together, as if making observations
upon their strange visitors that had come
into their quarters. The hunters were too
wise to attempt to catch them by climb
ing the trees; they might as we'll have
expected to catch flying bird as to lay
hands on one Of these nimble little fellows.
They had an easier way, and one much
more ctfcctual; they simply sat down uu-
der the trees while the little chattcrboxes
were rattling on over their heads, but
never for moment removing their eyes
from them. They placed the little boots
where they could be seen, and commenced
taking off their own bouts. Having done
this, they let them stand near the little
boots. All this the monkeys very care.
fully noticed The hunters, now taking
up their own boots, having carefully looked
over them, drew them slowly, one after
the other, upon their feet Not move
merit escaped the observation of the
monkeys. Having replaced their boots,
they hurried away to the ,hickct Of under
growth not far of, where they were hid
hen from sight of the monkeys, but where
they could see everything that happened
under the trees. They left the small boots
standing in a row.


They were no sooner out of sight than
down from tho branches dropped the
monkeys. They looked at the boots, took
them up, smelt of them, and finally seating
themselves as the hunters had done, they
drew them on over their feet. AS soon as
they were fairly in their boots, out sprang
tho hunters from their hiding place, and
rushed among them. The monkeys, af-
frightcd, at once started for the trees, but
only to find that they had destroyed their
power of climbing by putting on the boots.
Aud so they fell an easy prey to their
cunning enemies.


This is tho way the monkeys were
caught, and how many young persons are
caught in the same way! In their desire
to do what they see other persons doing,
they fall into serious trouble, and often
bring upon themselves ruinous habits that
follow them to tho grave.
Year: 1872




PARADoXEs.-Watcr thrown into a
red.hot metallic vessel docs not boil, as we
should expect, but quietly gathers itself
together, forming moro or less perfec t
sphere, and in that condition floats about
gracefully on the surface as it slowly evap-
crates away. If at the same time very
cvaporizablc substance, as liquid sulphuric
acid is thrown in, the water may actually
be frozen in red hot vessel.


Water boiled in glass flask until the
upper part of the vessel is entirely filed
with steam, and then dcxtcrously corked
before air can gain admission and placed
in cold water, recommcnces to boil. The
boiling is produced by cold instead of heat,
and the experiment is known as the culi-
nary paradox.


If steam from boiling at 2l2 degrees is
passed into solution of salt in water, the
temperature of the salt solution steadily
rises, passing 2l2 degrees, reaches the
boiling point of tho solution, and finally
the latter also boils at a temperament as
high and even higher than 25O degrees,
according to its nature. There we have
tho extraordinary result of obtaining a
higher temperature, say 250 degrees, from
lower one viz: 2l2 degrees.


If there is anything in nature that pos
sesses positive character it is light. Yet
the physicist may so reflect the light from
given source SO as to cause it to destroy
itself aud produce darkness. In like man
ncr two sounds may be made to interfere
with each other and either produce silence
or increased intensity Of sound, ut the will
Of the operator.
Year: 1872

p@ A novelty in the way of chops"
has been introduced in Boston. A hall at
the South End is now open every Friday
evening for shirt and pants dancing par
ties" and the attendance is confined to
those Of tho middle class who are disposed
to behave themselves. Tho proprietor
takes tho ground that If ladies consider
themselves properly dressed in "shirt
waists" there is no reason Why gents
should not appear in the same cool.
Year: 1872

A Wyoming legislator recently
advanced the following proposition
in a debate on female suffrage: mo
woman amt got no right to set on a
jury unless she is man, and every
lawyer knows it, and / don't believe
lit anyhow"
Year: 1872

By always keeping the best to be
had, and selling them at a small
profit, has enabled us TO build up
our large trade, and we shall con-
tinue to do SO. Any one needing
articles in our line should not fail to
give US a trial.


S. BUCKLAND d SON.
Year: 1872

There arc few politicians Of any
sagacity anywhere, who do not see
and feel in their hearts, that Greeley
and Brown are the only hope of the
conservative people OF America to
overthrow the present wretched
bungling administration. Even Bel
mont, the head and front of the
Democratic Executive Committee,
has written two letters, indicating
that "the party" cannot do better,
when il meets at Baltimore, July
9th, than to endorse Greeley and
Brown. Here is what he says about
the matter: In one Of them-Gated
May 2lst-Mr. Belmont says:


take it for granted that all think
ing men have come to the conclusion
by this time that the nomination of
straight Democratic ticket at Bal
timOre will either elect Grant by
the peOple-in case of Grcclcy's
withdrawal-or throw the election
into the House; If Greeley should
stand a poll, and then, also, Grant
Will sure to be elected. If the con-
vCntiOn can be got to nominate Gree
ley at Baltimore with anything like
uuanimity, the large body of the
Democratic party throughout the
country will vote for him, aud we
shall have enough Republican votes
to make the election more than pro-
bable, even if we should lose one
tenth Of our vote By detection and
apathy.


Though he
is to me almost the most objection
able person whom the Liberals could
select, still am decidedly of the
opinion that our best policy will be
to indOrsc the Cincinnati platform
and ticket. This is the general feel
ing in this State, and our delegation
to Baltimore is, by large majOri-
ty, composed of Greeley men. As
our delegation vote as a unit, YOU
may set the vote of New York down
as almost certain for Greeley. | was
not at Rochester, aud have been left
of the list of delegates, most proba-
bly, on account OF the hostile posi-
ton of the World and Stats lei
tung against the Cincinnati nomi-
nees, as the delegation were un-
doubtedly selected with but that
one idea of making it sure for Gree
ley.


The June lst letter says:


Greeley has so far not lost strength
in our State, and the meeting Of the
free traders night before last,
though composed Of many of our
best citizens, did not have any out
side effect. Their plan of making a
new nomination will amount to
nothing.
Year: 1872

Men and women make their own
beauty or their own ugliness. Lord
| Lytton speaks in one of his novels,
! of man "whO was uglier than lac
had any business to be-" and if hG
could but read it, every human
being carries his life in his face, and
{ is goOd-looking or the reverse ms
I that life has been good or evil. On
our features the fine chisel ol
thought and emotion are eternally
at work. Beauty is not the mono
poly of blooming young men and


of white and pink maidens. Theirs


is a slow-growing beauty which on
ly comes to perfection in old age
Grace belong to no period of life,
and goodness improves the longer
il exits. l have seen sWcCter smiles


from a lip of seventy than upon 4
lip of seventeen.


There is tho beauty of youth and
the beauty of hOliness-a beauty
much more seldom met, and more,
frequently found in the armchair
by the fire with grandchildren a
round its knee, than in the bali
room or promenade. Husband aud
wife, who have fought the world
side by side, who have made COM
mon stock of joy or sorrow, and
aged together, are not unfrequently
found curiously alike in personal APP
pearance, and in pitch and tone OF
Voice-just as twin pebbles on the
shore, exposed TO the same tidal in
tiuences, are each others second
self. lie has gained ? feminine some
thing, which brings his manhood in
to full relief. She has gained a
masculine something, which acts as
a foil TO her womauhood.
Year: 1872

1t is wonderful to what an extent
people believe happiness depends
on not being obliged TO labor. Hon
est, hearty, cOntented labor j. the
only source of happiness, as well IS
the only guarantee of life. Idleness
and luxury INDUCE premature decay
much faster than many trades re-
garded as the most exhaustive and
fatal to longevity. Labor in gene
raj actually increases the term OF
life. 1t is the lack of occupation
that annually destroys so many of
the wealthy, who having nothing to
do, play the part of drOnes, and, like
them, make Il speedy exit, while the
busy bee fills out its day in useful
ness and honor.


Let young people heed the above
facts, and remember that industry
labor is not only requisite TO sue
cess in any calling, but also the great
source of health aud happiness.