smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

One wintry afternoon in January,
away up in the bleak attic of q
wretched tenement house, a pale,
sad eyed woman sat sewing. The
garment upon which she was enga-
ged was a very rich dress. The
twilight closed in rapidly, blind
ing fall of snow, a bitter. wailing
blast, that made the windows rat
tie in their easements. Still the
pale faced woman stitched on.


Mother piped q slender voice
from the cot beneath the window,
shall you get the fine dress done
Oh, my mother, I'm so hungry, if l
could only have some tea and a bit
of sausage


The mother worked on steadily
for a few moments. paused only to
brush tear from her white cheek,
then she arose and shook out the
glimmering robe.


Its done at last" she said !;
''now mothers little girl can have
her supper, only be patient little
longer, Flora. Ross, Ross, where
are you my boy!'


A manly little fellow came out
from the little bedroom beyond.


The dress is done, Ross said
his mother, ''and you must run home
with it as fast as ever you can. Miss
Garcia will be out of patience, 1
know. Tell her couldn't finish it
one moment sooner, and ask her to
give you the money. We must have
it to night. And you can stop at
Mr.. Rays as you come back and
buy some coal, and we must have
some bread and tea. and mite of
butter, and you must get a sausage,
Ross, for poor little Flora.


IN get EN- all MOTHER he said,
''and be back in no time. You shall
have a big sausage, little sis,'' he
added, turning toward the cot.


The girl nodded her curly head,
and her great wistful eyes sparkled
with delight.


"And you shall have half of it,
Ross she piped, in her slender,
bird voice.


Hadn't you better put on your
thick jacket, my boy?' continued
his mother; ''the wind cuts like
knife"


"Pshaw, little mother; 1 don't
mind the wind And away he
went down the creaking stairs, and
out in the storm. Miss Garcia Fon-
tenay was in perfect furore of i'm
patience and anger. Her dear five
hundred friends were assembled in
the halls below, and the handsome
dress had not come home. What
did that beggar woman mean by dis
appointing her? At that moment
there was ring at the door, and a
voice in the hall.


please tell Miss Garcia my
mother could not finish it sooner;
she wants the money tonight" The
servant took the handsome dress and
message.


"Pll never give her another stitch
of work. cried the angry beauty;
81 ought to have had it three hours
ago. Here, Fanchon, dress me
at once. there's not a moment to
lose! No, 1 can't pay tonight. ]
haven't time. He must call to-
morrow


But, we've no fire and nothing to
eat, and my little sister is SICK
called the boy pushing up the grand
stairway.


Shut that door, Fanchon - COM
manded Miss Garcia. And the
door was closed in his face.


From the porch at the parlor win
dow Pansie watched the whole
scene. her violet eyes distended
with childish amazement.


Poor little boy" she said, as
Ross disappeared down the stair
Year: 1873

A veraeious exchange states that
"a Philadelphia surgeon was called
the other day to house uptown to
amputate the leg of woman. lie
is near-sighted man, and he got
into the wrong room and calmly
sawed off the limb of the servant
girl, who was German, who had
come over two days before, and who
thought it was one of the customs of
the country"
Year: 1873

A Savannah juror having been ar
rested in q hen-roost, his ttiena
apologize for him on the ground th~-
he was very drunk and mistook the
place for his own paiatial residence.
Had the intruder been white man,
the inference would have been quite
natural that he was on the hunt for
hanghias.
Year: 1873

A San Francisco young man showed bis
penetration when he unhesitatingly declared
that he preferred death to wedding the bux-
ON widow who interviewed him with pistol.
Disguised at his unappreciativeness, she re-
fused to waste the powder on him, and tina.
was just what he expected.
Year: 1873

AT CITY HALL on Friday evening, at the


"A Blues Masquerade, part of new Waterproof
Cloak, seams stayed with white tape Another was
left in place of the taken, which the owner can
have by calling at 143 Middle street with the TAX
through mistake. feb25
Year: 1873

We regret to learn that Brevet Brig
adler General NoRrHcoT. Of the Clarks-
burg Telegraph, is again upon the war
path" Not that bis being On the war
path hurts or endangers any body but
himself, but we have some regard for the
General and are panied to chronicle his
having been painfully thrust through q
large pane Of glass anu somewhat
panied thereby. by the editor fthe Sun
whom he had assaulted with his cane.
The subject Is a painful one and we can
only hope that the General may be as
speedily dropped as the General was
in his encounter with Major HoDosoN.
Year: 1873

On last Saturday evening we saw q
Mr. Bond, of rexas, who we believe is
the Patentee OF the invention. make one
pound OF mos. excellent butter from q
single pint OF new milk in the almost
incredisble space Of seen minutes I
This operation was witnessed by quite
a number OF gentlemen at the Dill
House in this city where Mr.. Bond is
stopping, though none Of them except
ourself was permitted to see the ingre-
dent put into the churn TO produce
this wonderful result 10 so short time.
We do not feel ourself at liberty to
state what the ingredient was, but can
assure our friends that it is an article
of food and esteemed by everybody as
wholesome as bread itself. Alter the
butter was churned it was tasted by
quite a number OF persons present and
pronounced ny one and all as very
good" There is no mistake about this,
as the butter was promptly weighed
after it was taken from the churn. We
understand that Mr.. Bond sells the in
dividusl right to make bntter by this
process at 81 50.-Frcdcrick Union.


Without and "ingredient' pint o.!
nsw milk put into churn where butter
to an amount equal in weight has just
been formed, will assimilate itself and
add to the weight OF the mass just one
pound; but il butter 30 made is put uo
at three o'clock in the afternoon 1t
should all be eaten up at supper, for it
becomes very strong before morning
The butter made by this process, which
il no doubt Mr.. Bonds, is known a.
double butter. and, it is needless to
say, is a fraud aud cheat. If Mr.. Bond
comes patent Fighting around here,
don't buy.-Cumberiand Times.
Year: 1873




To lle Editor Of he Commercial:


The thanks Of the friendIess, and the charita-
BILE, are due to the COMMERCIAL for advocating
the use OF the unoccupied Hospital Building as
a temporary lodging house for the INDECENT way
farer or the homeless poor asking from the
city's charity 9 nights shelter not alone from the
cold and the misery of the street but also from
the degradation of the city cells. Such tenn.
porary use OF the Building is surely consistent
with the intention of Council in establishing :
City Hospital The Hospital meant for the cure
Of disease, the nights shelter oftimes prevent
ing the disease fastening upon the hungry and
wearied body. What IL legal doubt arise touch
ing such a use Then let Council rent tht
Binding to its charity fund and carry the rem
TO the credit OF the Hospital Fnnd, but do MOI
refuse positive and very necessary charity fo
the sake Of an open question of legal difficulty
Let the City Council act promptly in this mat
ter that It's charity suffer not in the public es
timatlon, CITIZEN.
Year: 1873

To TIE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


enclose fifty cents for the Mast fund. l do
this not SO much with the hope that 1t VIII extri.
cate him from poverty and give him hotel board
at the Fifth Avenue, as to mark my feeling
towards the people who employed his great talents
TO help themselves and make money. II Mr.. Mast
had employed his time with a whitewash brush at
the regular wages he might be as independent
now as he is, alter using Tor the edcation OF the
country and the glory OF the republican party the
pencil OF q Hogarth. We appreciate art very much,
but we are not unwilling to let the artists perish
paupers. how much VIII the President giyeY


CURIOUS.
Year: 1873

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


Your article on the impoverished circumstances
of Mr.. Mast was great surprise to me and to many
Others who We're willing to believe the contrary
OF the old adage that republics are ungratefuLn
How much is the Republic and its servants in high
places indebted to MIR. Mast ? Millions alone can
measure Indebtedness. And yet this man struggles
to maintain his head above water. what is the conf
pliment or compensation OF q dinner to q man who
is not sure of his support The republican party,
which Is under the obligation to Mr. Mast Of being
kept in power by the wonderful creations OF his
pencil, offers him nothing in return but a dinner,
and never even asks the question II he had
the price OF his board bill. II General
Grant owes his election to the genius of this man
everybody under him is equally indebted. IL Is
only fair, when they take no voluntary action OF
their own, that assessment on the oflce-h0lderS
OF the country should be made to recompense their
greatest beneiactor. TO see a great man like this
driven to his wits end in country like ours to OBJ
tain decent support for himself and his family
must be intolerable to every sensitive mind.


My means are not large, but II every man. wo.
man and child In the United States will do as do,
ana subscribe 81, which is here enclosed, Mr.. Mast
VIII be enabled to live at least like gentleman
aud an artist COMMON GRATITUDE.
Year: 1873

w MSBCkd, OCt. So 1919
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


II were politician might be ashamed to say
word upon the painful subject which l saw
brought to light in the HERALD yesterday-namely,
the stratened circumstances of MIR. Thomas
Nast the artist. / am no politician and can speak
my mind. / have admired Mr.. Mast and looked
snxously for his cartoons every week in the lager
beer saloon which occasionally visit. mention
tue latter trivial circumstance because have
never bought copy OF HdS.per's, and am now
glad that did not do SO. WHAT Compel the man
who made their fortune to go round the country
with blackboard upon his back and his pocket
full of chalk There is a danger that he may not
be successful In earning crust at this branch
of art; and, rather than see unrewarded genius
hungry, would offer him his board, = Tree, my
self, although pinched By the present hard times.
know, however, that his Bohemian love OF wan
dering would make this irksome, SO do the next
best thing can-namely, offer 81 50 as my mite to
what shall venture TO call the National Mast
Gratitude and Indignation Fund.- National, be-
cause he is an adopted citizen; In gratitude, to
remove stain from the Republic; IN Indignation,
to protest against the shabby treatment he has
received at the hands of those he has wolshipped
IN politics and set up in business.


GEORGE ANDREWS.
Year: 1873

Yesterday the nineteenth and last day Of the
shird trial OF Edward S. Stokes for the shooting
Of Colonel James Fisk Jr, the case was SUBMIT
led by the Court to the tribunal to which the law
eenfdes the solemn duty OF passing upon the guilt
or innocence OF a party accused OF the greatest
crime known to the law. The deliberations OF that
body are now known. and their verdict and the
itself forms page in the history Of the causes
celeoys OF criminal trials Alter being out for some
elk hours, once returning into court for the In.
Btruction OF the Judge, which was promptly
given them, as to the law defining
murder IN the first degree and manslaughter
in its different degrees, the jury finally came into
court with verdict OF Granddaughter in the third
degree.n Thus ends the third trial OF Stokes, and
with the result the names OF Fisk and public feel
ing at large must be appeased To conclude our
Tull report OF the trial from the beginning to the
close we briefly review the proceedings of yester.
day In the court Mr. Phelps at about halfpast
twelve concluded very able address on the
peoples behalf, after most exhaustive review
Df the address OF counsel for the prisoner and an
analysis OF all the testimony adduced In the
case. Judge Davis, at quarter past
Dne O'clock commenced his charge to the
Jury, occupying in Its delivery over
three hours Stokes stood the whole ordeal
with his accustomed frmness, although signs
Of unusual excitement were at times per-
ceptibe In him as the District Attorney treated
md laid bare the harder points against
aim and some Of the points relied upon by the de-
ence in his favor. Judge Davis was more than
usually slow, cogent and analyt in his charge
10 the jury, explaining every point in the testi-
mony upon which the law in the case more par
hcularly applied. 1t was admitted that the charge
was as fair and just as it was full and searching
But speculation ran high during the day. culml-
mating after the retirement OF the jury as to the
result, now that the most important issue OF the
trial was in their hands. The rumor that had
gone abroad of the conduct of two jurors was, of
course. severely commented upon and there were
none on either side OF the question who ventured
Tor a moment to commend, excuse or palIiate the
acts attributed to them. However the pending in
Vestigaon into the truth OF the rumOrs may eventu
lte 1t would be ndecorous on the part any to sup
pose that citizens sworn TO perform the most
Boemn duty that belongs to the rights and prvi-
eges OF people who now, as in the past, know
ng their rights, dare maintain them, would far
aebase their own manhood and barter those rights
by forswearing OF the solemn oath they voiun-
Iarily took on entering the jury box. to well and
truly try and true deliverance make between
themselves, the whole people and the prisoner at
The bar. 1t is hard TO conceive for q mo-
nent that these rumors, which have taken
The substance OF direct statements can be
maintained against the jurors charged !;
but little time will tell and in one to be la
mented event arises the question, Is the jury
Iystem, after all, only "delusion, mockery and
! snarer'
Year: 1873

After the jury had really retired and the dense
throng in the court room began to realize that the
final act Of the drama, OF which they had been so
long such deeply interested spectators, was draw
ing to close, there was general Keeling Of relief
Quite number left, driven away, no doubt. by the
pangs Of hunger, and 1t is hardly to be wondered
at, for they had sat steadily In their seats or re-
NAMED steadfastly in their standing places since
the opening OF the Court. There still remained
enough, however to nearly Ill the court room.
Among those remaining were, Of course several
ladies, their natural curiosity, that strongly
marked characteristic OF the sex. becoming more
intense as the trial neared its climax. One thing
to their great liking that they could talk now
and the speedy result was lively feminine bug.
zing that would do credit to Soross gathering.
The men talked, too, for that matter, but in bolder
terms. Speculative inquiries and suggestions as to
the result formed the chief staple Of conversation.


"what do you think will be the .resultl' one
would ask another.


"A disagreement Of the jury OF course" would
be the prompt answer.


This ouaaiion VAS freouenty nut and thare wa
Year: 1873

THE .'BREwsTER WAGON" A.
in all weights, for pleasure driving speeding,


exquisitely finished,
and embracing in their construction the various improve
n introduced by during the past l5 making
them


the standard for Quality
throughout the United states
These wagons exclusively the production Of our
we-knOwn Broome street factory, and offered In
stock in all equal in quality those built the
order OF the most valued customer, and at prices


uniform TO all
In order that may not be confounded with a Joint
stock company OF carriage dealers who have adopted
frn similar TO own and impudently claim the
reputation have for the Brewster Wagon" we
beg the public will remember that only warerooms
Mt the corner of


Fifth avenue and Fourteenth street,
and only Factory on Broome street.


BREWSTER 4 CO,


OF Broome street.
Year: 1873




The fashion of dancing is not at all
cosmopolite, not even national. In
Saratoga the different styles make a
medley.


If you see two-hundred pound man
and woman rperspiring around with their
pompous bodies tossed lightly and
springily in air, arms swaying, keeping
good time, and making grand Persian
salaams for a bow in the Lancers, you
can set them down as belonging to the
old Tweed-Fisk- k-Leland-Americus club
school. ~ ..-- ...


If you see two heated young people
tripping fast away ahead of the music,
taking short steps, and jerking through
a square dance as if the house was on
fire and the set must be completed be-
fore any one could take to the frees
capes, you can set them down as from
the plantation districts of the south or
the rural districts of Pennsylvania and
the west. It is the steamboat quick
step.


If you see a black-eyed youth with
long hair, and a young lady with liquid
black eyes, and she has her two hands
on tn young mans shoulders at full
length, and she stands directly in front
of him, and they both go hopping
around like Siamese twins with wire
springs under them, You can wager they
are from Louisville, Memphis or Little
Rock. They have the square-toed
wrestling step.


If you see a young fellow grasp a
young lady firmly around the waist,
seize her wrist, stick her hand out like
the bowsprit of a sound yacht, and
both hump up their backs like a pair
of mad cats on a door-yard fence, and
then go sliding slam bang against peo-
pie, over people. through people, up
and down the room, sidewise, backward
and up and down like a saw-mill gate,
you can bet on them having learned
their dancing from the Morristown, Riv-
erdale and Yonkers' sociables. It is the
suburban New York saw-mill jump-up.


If you see a couple gliding gently and
slowly and lazily through the Lancers,
just half as fast as the time, but keep
ing step with the music, quietly saun-
tering through the "grand chain, too
languid to whirl partners, talking sweet
ly all the time, as if they were stroliing
in graveyard, you can rest assured that
they are from New York, and from the
most fashionable section between Madi-
son square and the park. This is the
graveyard saunter step.


If you see fellow clasp girl melt
ingly in his arms, squeeze her hand
warmly, hold her swelling bosom to his,
and they both go floating down the
room locked in each others embrace,
looking like one person, his feet only
now and then protruding from profu-
sion of illusion and lace and so on, re-
ly upon it you can set the two down as
belonging to the intense Boston school.
It is the melting Harvard jacket-race
embrace.


Massachusetts,, take our hat
Year: 1873

It should be plain enough that exam
Piles are as much to servants as to chill
dren; since in manners and social train
ing servants as children. The peasant
girl reared in an Irish cabin or German
cottage can hardly be expected to be
model of politeness or of personal neat
ness. 1t is quite possible, however, to
teach her by example alone. LII the
mistress be courteous to every member
of her family, and they in turn to her,
the maid soon feels the atmosphere of
good breeding, and unconsiously be-
comes amiable and respectful. But let
her mistress speek sharply to her hus-
band, or scold the children in public,
or let the master constantly find fault in
the presence of the servant, and she
will shortly discover that courtesy is
not one of the essentials of the estab-
lishment, and will, most likely add
black looks and uncivil words to the
general disharmony. Servants being
initiative, there is more reason that the
conduct of the employers be worthy of
imitation. If the mistress of a house
be careful of her dress, her speech, her
daily habits, her handmade will, in all
probability, grow more careful of her
own. Bnt the woman who comes to
her breakfast-table with disheveled hair
and rumpled gown, has no right to find
fault with the maid for attending the
door bell in dirty calico and slovenly
shoes. Like mistress like maid, as we'll
as like master like man. Unless Il good
example be set, there is no cause to
complain of servants for following bad
one. AS rule, they are ieady to learn,
I, l. 1r,n nj c1n Of
comprehension. They would rather i'm
prove their condition than degrade it.
They would rather be ladies than SER
wants. Their ignorance makes them
mistake the false for the true, the bad
for the good. If every mistress would
take pains to set fair example to her
maids, and aid them, now and then, by
timely and delicat hints, she would
soon have servants who would be, i'll
fact, the help they are in name--Scrib.
3ler'S
Year: 1873

As long as a capital punishment is
the law of the land and hanging the
mode of accomplishing it, there is salts
faction in the thought that men are to
be found who, regarding it as scien-
tific process, or an art, if you will, are
ready with advice to make it perfect.
An English clergyman, Rev. s. Haugh,
ton, who is also fellow of the royal
society, has been publishing a work on
the " Principles of Animal Mechanics,
in which he does not disdain to devote
a portion of the space to the subject.
He says that the method in use is I'M
worthy of the present state of science,
and the long drop, which causes in
Simultaneous death by the fracture of the
vertebra, is recommended, the length
of the drop to be obtained by the fol-
lowing rule Divide 2240 by the weight
of the "patient " in pounds, and the
quotient will be the required length in
feet. This rule is simply obtained by
supposing, as was found to be actually
the case in one instance, that 2240 foot
pounds of shock is sufficient to cause
fracture in any case, no allowances be
ing made for differences of age, weight
or sex; thus by this rule, the lighter
the criminal OF "patient," the longer
must be his drop, and the longer the
time of his agony in the air. Besides
an immense number of measurements,
of dissections and experiments on the
bodies of animals in order to obtain
data for his calculations, DIR. Haugh-
ton has made experiments on the living
subject, sometimes of a somewhat
amusing character.
Year: 1873

TIT London Daily Telegraph, in a
long article upon cheap postage, argues
that the annual deficit in our postal reve-
nue. is attributable to the falt that we
are essentially a telegraphing, rather
than writing, people and states that,
if the proportion of kilograms to letters
be closely scanned, it will be found that,
in spite of the cheapness of postage and
the dearness of electricity, more wire
messages and fewer letters are relative
ly sent in the United States than in any
other great civilized nation. 1t com
mends the abolition of the franking
privilege, and encourages Mr.. CreswelI
in lis determination to make the post
Office both self-supporting and remu-
nerative but thinks that, owing to the
national high-pressure nature, and our
enormous extent of territory, the post
office has little chance of competing sue
cessfully with the telegraph, especially
in view of the fact that the telegraph
corporations have an almost unlimited
power in the lobbies of congress. The
only relief it sees is a persistent on
slaught upon private telegraph, and ar
rives at the conclusion that the only
means that will provide relief, aud
make our postal service what it should
be, is for the state to work the wires no
less than the post. The article is tenn
perate and thoughtful, and offers much
food for reflection.