smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

:Il rather thrash in barn all day."
snid Reuben Riley to his sister, as he
adjusted an uncomfortable collar around
his sunburht neck, ethan go to this
pesky party. never know what to do
with myself, stuck up in the parlor all
the evening. If the fellows would pull
their, coats of, and go out and chop
wood on match, there'd be some sense
in it,"


Well, hate it as bad as you do"
said his sister Lucy. The fact is, we
never. so anywhere, nor SEQ anybody,
and no wonder we feel so awkward
when we happen to stir out"
The remarks of this brother and SIS
ter were but echoes of the sentiments
of many other farmers boys and girls,
when invited out 70 spend a social even
ing. But poor Lucy had not hit the
true cause of the difficulty. 1t was
not because they seldom went to any
place, but because there was such o
difference between their home and CON-
pany manners. The true way to feel
at home in any garb is to wear it often.
If the pleasing garb of good manners
Is only worn on rare occasions 1t will
never fit we'll and seem comfortable.


Learn to behave properly at home, to
cultivate yourself. Do not stand, or
sit orloungc about il ungainly attitudes,
but acquire a manly, erect bearing. I
have never seen such vigorous, hearty
manhood, in any class, as among cult
waited farmers sons. Let table matters
be especially looked after. If you are
so unfortunate as to have mother who
is careless in this regard, you must do
the best you can to remedy the early
defect in your home training. Note
carefully how well-brcd people behave,
and do your best to initiate them. It
is noble to initiate that which is good
and beautiful.


Above all if you wish be at home in
society, fill your brains with ideas.
Set your mind at work. Wake it out
Of the sluggishness it would naturally
sink into, if you were only plodder
and nothing more, by good stirring
thought. Take the newspapers and
read them thoroughly. knowledge Ia
power in more senses than one. If YOU
so into society with something in you;
mind worth talking about, you will not
fail to find listeners who will treat you
with respect, and where you are we'll
received, you will not fail very soon to
find yourself at ease.
Year: 1873

Whatever may be said of the aim or
result of the Vienna Exposition, 1t has
certainly been the means of bringing
together the choicest products of the
world, and Of giving people Of various
nations new IDEAS concerning matters
OF which they never before have thought.
In no direction has wider range been
given than in the manufacture Of glass,
and new forms, designs and uses of this
material are now presented to the world
for the first time. Conspicuous among
these Is ladys bonnet or head dress,
which, for elegance and beauty, cannot
be eycelled. The idea Of a glass hat
is certainly novel, and many objections
might he made to it on account of the
fragile material. but in reality the glass
is much stronger and moro durable
than the delicate materials now in use
for the same purpose.


These articles, as may be imagined,
come from Bohemia, and they have al
ready gained iair share of popularity.
Specimens have been sent to Paris and
London, and that we should not be
behindhand in so important a matter,
an enterprising firm in this country
have imported quite number, and will
Immediately begin their manufacture;
to be ready for the fall season.


These hats arc of the most beautiful
and delicate designs, and snch is their
adaptability to all costumes and occa-
sions that they will probably soon come
into universal u~e. The body of the
hat is made Of loose pieces of fine glass,
fastened closely together by a gutta
percha band, which allows it to conform
to the head. Inside there is lining
of silk, which is the only piece of fab
ric used in the manufacture.


The trimmings on the outside are
after the prevailing mode, consisting of
wreath, flowers, feathers and ribbons
all made of delicately spun glass. of
wonderful beauty. OF course all the
trimmings have their natural colors,
and by patent process is so we'll sub
dued that the material is unsuspected.
The most beautiful flowers and hum
ming birds arc used for ornamentation,
and colored SO naturally that in appear
ance they are superior to the usual arti-
fetal goods.


! 1t is almost incredible the small
amount Of glass that enters into the
construction Of one of these hats, for
the thread is so fine that great space
is covered without any perceptible in
crease in the weight. They weigh but
few ounces, or about one-ffth of
the average weight of the present style.
With the care that is usually given by
lady TO new hat, these new articles
will outlast twenty of them, for there
is no wear to them; moisture will not
stain them, and if dust should settle to
dim their beauty, it is readily removed
by single spray of water. The COL
ors are so blended together that for or
dinary occasions they present general
neutral tint; but at a small additional
expense they can be made to flash and
sparkle like diamonds, either in the
sunlight for a carriage costume, or in
the blaze of ballroom, or at the op-
era. Theircost is insignificant, and as it
is understood several well-known firms
are going into the business extensively
they may soon be expected upon our
streets. 1t is probable, however, they
will not be readily known, as the re-
semblance to the genuine materials is
so great.
Year: 1873

So Housekcepcrs will be surprised
to learn that their custom of scndinC in
to ncighbor to borrow Il little butter
or sugar or other articles of diet, is
quite common among the savagcs of
Fiji. When lady iii Fiji has some
friends to dinner unexpectedly, size
goes over to the woman across the way
and says: Yak-yah and his family have
just dropped in to dine, and 1 haven't
thing in the house. How do yuu
think your hired girl would work up
into stew? Can | borrow her for q
few DAYS? Then she seizes that do
mostc by the hair, and draGs her over,
chops her up with parsley, and carrots,
and celery-tors and cloves, and lets her
simmer over the fire. Or may be the
other woman sends over and says, elm
entirely out Of meat; can You lend me
Your little William Henry for hash, or
your Mary Jane for pio?' And over
go William Henry and Mary Jane.
and they are stuck with fork and
l'asted and put on to cook gently; and
the debt is paid off the next week hv
the borrower sending back her aunt,



down cold for tea, or one of her twins
corned so rs to make nice lunch.
Sometimes n woman in this manner will
work off couple OF her mothers-in-law
or rich uncle or Il plump second cous-
in, and then she will sit at her window
and snuff them as they are cooking in
the kitchen next door, or watch one of
the company iii the dining-room nib
bling ut the elbow of her late hired Girl.
The custom seems to us an excellent
one, particularly when it is applied to
hired girls. We have had girls whom
we would have loaned to nciehbol at
any time under solemn promise that
they should be butchered and boiled rs
quickly possible.


DIar.-Old DR.. Cooper of South Car
olina, used to say to his students,
Don't be afraid of dirt, young gen
tlemen. What is dirt? Why nothing at
all offensive, when chemically viewed.
Rub little alkali upon the dirty grease
spots on your coat, and it undergoes a
n chemical change and becomes soap;
now rub it with water and it disap-
pears. 1t is neither grease, soap, wa
ter, nor dirt. That is not very odor-
GUS pile of dirt you see yonder; well,
scatter little gypsum over it and it is
no longer dirty. Everything like dirt
is worthy OF our notice as students of
chemistry. Analyze it, it will separate
into very clean elements. Dirt makes
corn, corn makes bread and meat, and
that makes very sweet young lady
that saw you kissing last night. So,
after all, you We're kissing dirt, partic-
ularly if she whitened her face with
chalk or fuller's earth; though 1 may
say that rubbing such n stuff upon a
beautiful skin of young lady is dirty
practice. Pearl powder, 1 think, is
made of bismuth-nothing but dirt.
Lord Palmerton's fine definition of dirt
is matter in the wrong place. Put it in
the right place and we cease to think
of it rs dirt"
Year: 1873

TG THE PEOPLE OF faE UNION.


Elsewhere we publish sn appeal from
the Howard association, the statements
in which are quite within the limit OF
fact 1t reveals the terrible condition OF
our city in a few words, and appeals TO
the sympathizing everywhere for prompt
succor and aid. There is now only
money enough on hand to pay the cur
rent expenses Of the next six days, and
as nurses, medicines, and other
necessaries can only be hired,
and had for money, we hope the
charitably disposed viii come to the
Immediate aid of our sick. It costs US
, sore struggle with our pride thus to be
compelled again to ask help from a
puhlie that has been so markedly gen.
erous. But the ''times are oqt Of
5oint,v aud We have no recourse left
save this of pressing our immediate
necessities upon the whole people Of
the Union. Memphis is one vast hos
pltaI-those who. are well being but the
nurses and helpers Of the sick.
Year: 1873

than expense of feeding them. SO with the
land. 1t costs to improve it, but the i'm
provement is a perpetual benefit. Every
year it pays something towards the expense.
Suppose a case. farmer has meadow
containing ten acres of good land with the
exception of being cold and wet. Because
it is wet it is cold and because it is wet and
cold both it will produce only a very in
ferior quality of hay. 1t is not suitable for
other crops. All that he does with the
land is to NOW it once year. He obtains
about ton of hay per acre and when we'll
cured it is worth about fourteen dollars


The land he calls worth about fifty dollars
per acre. Now let him dig large bitches to
take of the surplus water-let him eXpend
in this way two hundred dollars on the lot.
The dirt thrown out of the bitches will be
worth at least fifty dolars-probably more
to put into the barnyards for compost


This will leave one hundred and fifty dollars
as the cost of the Improvement of the ten
acres. The land will now he in condition
to bear grass or any hoed crop and will be
worth one hundred dollars per acre. 1t will
produce from one to two tons of hay per acre
worth twenty-five dollars per ton, and the
labor of obtaining the crop will be much
less than it was before the land was drained


Now apply manure and large and valuable
crops will be obtained. The increased
value OF the crop will in two or three years
pay for all the work, while the land will
be worth double the price it would sell for
before it was improved. In some cases the
cost of draining will be three times rs large
as the figures we have given. Even
these will pay. But there are a host of
farmers who can improve their land at the
above rates Others still can do it cheaper.
Others have upland which does not produce
all it ought Occasional ploughing and
heavy manurng will immensely increase
their crops. The Working Farmer.
Year: 1873

Wherever we go we see cucumber in the
open air suffered to run on .he ground.
This is no doubt relic of Eurol can culture.
There it Is necessary. The climate is not
hot enough, and the plants have to be
started, If not grown altogether in low,
fiat glass frames. But where cucumber
grows wild, it spreads over bushes and
trees, and the growth and product are
enormous. All plants with tendrlls prefer
to rambe in this way. The grape vine, it
Is we'll known, seems fairly to rejoice when
1t can find Il large mass of twggy brush to
ramble over as it Wills, and so does the
cucumber. Nc one who has not tried can
have any idea of the luxurious growth OF Il
cucumber when trained to stake which
has set of stubby side branches left along
its length Some which the writer saw
might be taken at a distance for some Wig
orous kind of ornamental gourd, and the
crop was enormous.


A great advantage in this style of culture
is that the plants occupy far less ground
than when permitted to spread over the
surface in the usual way. This is a great
gam to small gardens, and to large ones,
for that matter, for if we have land enough
and to spare, few of us have time to waste
in preparing more of it than is necessary
to the perfection Of a crop. Gardeners
Monthly
Year: 1873

| give my way of making, with three or
four cows, a cheese that will weigh from
ten to fifteen pounds: Take milk that is
sWe' t. Do not remove much of the cream
from the .ht's milk, then warm it so that
it shall be of the same temperature as the
mornings milk fresh from the cows. and
mix nights and mornings milk together.
A piece of caf'S rennet should have been
soaked in pint of water over night. Put
one-half or more in the milk, adding more
if not sufficient. Then after it turns, take
your ladle or knife, and cut through and
through, dividing the curd into small
squares When the whey separates, pour
it all off; then take boiling water and pour
over it; let is stand ten minutes in the
water; this is to give it a toughness and
prevents it being "crumbly"; now let it
stand in some kind of vessel in Il cool place
until it gets entirely cold; then chop it up
and salt it to taste, and put it into the
press, pressing moderately hard for three
hours; then take it out aud turn it; then
press about three hours; again take it out
ana place on clean shelf; rub little but
ter over 1t, turning it once day. [Cor.
Cincinnati Gazette
Year: 1873

She rose from her untroubled sleep,


And put away her soft brown hair,
And in tone as low and deep


As loves first whisper, breathed a PRAYER
Her snow-whiie hands together pressed


Her blue eyes sheltered in the lid.
The folded linen on her breast


just swelling with the charms it hid;
And from her long and flowing dress


Escaped bare and slender foot,
Whose shape upon the earth did press


Like new snowflake, white and mute,
And there from slumber, pure and sweet,


Like young spirit fresh from heaven,
She bowed her slight and graceful form,


And humhly prayed to be forgiven.
o God, if souls unsoled as these


Need daily mercy from Thy throne
If she upon her bended knees


Our loveliest and purest one
She with her face so clear and bright
We deem her some stray child of light
II she. with those soft eyes in tears,
Day after day in her first wears.
Must kneel and pray for grace from Thee,
What far, far deeper need have we:
How hardly. il she win not heaven,
Will our wild errors be forgiven:
Year: 1873

place and date and sometimes few de-
scriptive words ATTACHED g.


June 2-Took chronometer at Captain
Jink's'


august Took fine old snutf-box at
Madame Blaise's."


There also were noted in their true Or
der the express aud post-office :obberies.
This unique trophy the officers took away
with them, thereby depriving the archives
of c. Of what might have been their
brightest ornament.


Slowly the mind of G--opened to the
full beauty and complexity of the arrange
ment indicated above. The mans too
explicable skill as a locksmith, united to
his unimpeachable life and amiable
character, had given him access every
where, He had literally had the run OF
everybody's penetralia for three years
Tomost of the locks he had mended he had
fitted skeleton keys, and in one OF two of
the houses he had Oftenest visited some
one window was found supplied with an
ingenious contrivance which enabled the
artist, by the insertion of a case knife and
the pressure of a spring, silently to re-
move the sash entire, and enter at Will
1t Wa, aWesome TO think Of the range Mir
Herrck had had. In the express office
w night in the post office at al hours of
the day-in the best ch;tmher-ihe back
shop, the wine-cellar where not The
ladies who had trusted him so implicitly
were seized with a strong retrospective
terror, and saw his fine face in every
dark corner tor many months The in
lured father and son We're restored to
post office with the next change in the
administration, and the expressman was
doubly lowered with confidence and com
munitv. but Mr. Herlick, after the Novem-
Der night when he literally vanished in
smoke, was seen in the flesh no more.


Ii il needless to say that man OF his
wit never jumped ont Of a fourth story
window. He had only TO hide adroitly
among the packing-cases of which the
factory was ull-perhaps in the very
room where he was so valiantly guarded
and then depart at leisure after the
search Tor him had been abandoned. A
legend there was that 4 man in Il tweed
coat, with IN open face and simple, at
tractlye manners, WAS observed next day
upon one of the northern railway trains
but no more authentic trace Of MIR Her
rick was ever obtained A certain mys-
terry also involved the proceedings ot the
! men who came to arrest him Tie fact
that no effort had ever been made to dis
pose OF any of the stolen articles in the
neighborhood seemed to point to distant
accompices, and there have not been
wanting those who believed that the self
styled officers of Justice were of the mum
ber In any case there is good reason tC
suppose that Mr.. Herrick may yet be eX
erc'sin@ IN other parts his original anC
| highly cultivated gifts.
Year: 1873




Wednesday last was IA good day for
the race'-thc canine race is referred to
as the following true tale OF Il Minnesota
dog. related hv n reliable eve witness
shall prove. On that day, as one OF the
Trains ON the Lake Superior and NHssissip-
pi railroad stopped at Centrevile, a few
miles beyond White Bear lake, a lady
took Seat in one of the passenger
coaches, and the tram started When it
stopped al White Bear station a doc of
medium size, and with rather a shaggy
coat, came alongside upon the platform
and was noticed 20 be very warm. and
painting heavily; :. halt was made to take
water, and conductor Bond called the
attention of the passengers to the fact that
thai dog had followed them from White
Bear lake, as lie SUI posed. The train
was again of, and shortly doggy was
seen close behind, Passengers became
interested, and crowded to the rear of the
car to watch the race. Occasionally, at
some pool beside the track, doggy would
dash down, take Il few drops OF the cool
ing fluid varying this sometimes with II
bath, and then, with a sharp yelp or two,
rs i! IN pan at the idea of being left be-
hind, dash ON. In this way an even race
Wa5 maintained until Il down Grade was
reached, when the train made a long
swift dash 10 gain impetus tor rising
grade beyond, Doggy now fell behind !;
he tried hard, but it was too much for
him; his little body was, however, lust
full of pluck and perseverance, and to the
delight OF the passengers, whose sympathy
Wa@ fully aroused lor the canine hero,
when the up grade was reached doggy
made good hi7 loss and caught up to the
train. Conductor Bond said that he
would stop and take up the weary runner,
now showing signs of exhaustion, but
there was no one to take care of him or
To deliver him to at the journeys end.
BY this time the lady passenger, from
Centreville became interested to know
what it was which so excited the passen.
gers, and as she saw the little racer, she
immediately recognized him as the pet OF
the friends with whom she had been visit
ing at Centrevillc He had followed her
to the depot and CALAMITY attended her
on loot on her Journey. until within about
four miles of St. Paul. Conductor Bond
seized the bell-rope, the train was quickly
stopped and doggy was taken on board,
where he was given tirst-class quarters
and II free ride, which he had amply
earned, by fairly running a fourteen mile
race with passenger train making its
usual time. 1t is needless to add that
doggy was us delighted as his weary little
body would allow, to regain sight of the
TREND he had followed, and that he was
the hero of .he hour with all on board the
train.


In 49, l. 5>f+l +l>.
says the London Court Journal, the church
service is read every Sunday morning.
On that day, the muster-roll of the crew
IS called over, and they attend service.
A gentleman said to one of the sailors
"Are you obliged to attend public ser
vice? ?" "Not exactly obliged, Sir" replied
Jack, "but we should lose our grog if we
didn't


A Poughkeepsie clerk loves the very
ground Highland widow walks upon
Year: 1873

A correspondent of the Western Rural
gives the following directions: A horse
that is full between the eyes will be true
and kind unless he has been fooled, for a
balky driver will spoil any horse. A horse
that is concave between the eyes, or fiat
and narrow between the eyes, has a fretful
disposition. A bump between the ears, on
top of the head, denotes life, if it rises
abrupt and high on the sides next the ear
if low the opposite temperament. If you
want a horse with good disposition, select
one with full or convex head, wide be-
tween the eyes, and you can depend upon it
he will not balk with proper treatment.
Year: 1873

The rights Of woman, what are they?
The right to labor, love and pray;
The right TO weep with those that weep
The right to wake when others sleep.
The right to dry the falling tear,
The right to quell the rising fear;
The right to soOth the brow of care,
AND whisper comfort to despair.
The right to watch the parting breath.
~ so0the and cheer the bed of death;
Inc right, when earthly hopes all fail,
10 point to that within the veil.
The right the wanderer to rec lain,
And win the lost from paths of shame;
mhe right to comfort and to bless
Ihe widow and the fatherless.
The right the little ones to guide
In simple faith to Him who died:


With earnest love and gentle praise
10 bless and cheer their youthful days.
The right the intellect to train,


And guide the soul to noble aim;


Teach II to rise above earth's toys,


And wing its flight to heavenly Joys
The right to live for those we love;


The right to die that love to prove;


The right to brighten earthly homes


With pleasant smiles and gentle tones.
Are these thy rights? Then use them well.
Thy silent influence none can tell.


A. these are they, why ask for more?
Ihou hast enough to answer for.
Year: 1873

A TRUE BEAR SToRY.-A correspon-
dent in Southern Oregon relates the fol
lowing


A settler, his wife and two sons, liv
ing near Canyonville, Douglas county,
lately went to the neighboring noun
tains on hunting trip. On their way
home, they fell in with two black bears.
One of them was soon brought to grief
the second was badly wounded, but was
still able to climb a tree. The ammuni-
ton was exhausted, the hour was late,
the party exhausted and still number
of miles from home. The wife-Mrs.
Mary Bland--vounteered to stop and
watch the bear while Henry, the hns-
band, would go home for fresh supply
of cartridges. This was agreed to at
once. The lady Immediately kindled a
large fire under the tree where the bear
bad taken refuge; that kept him pris-
oner. At 8 o'clock the two sons, John
and William arrived with arms and am
munition; they kept watch in turn all
night. In the morning master bruin s
account was soon settled. The party
got home safe, having the two bears as
triumph of woman's courage. fore
thought and watchfulness. and the faith
er and sons skill IN the use Of forearms.
Long life to Mr. and Mrs. Bland and
their brave sons
Year: 1873

F We again call the attention OF
our readers to the Concert which Will
tsi,e place at the Pavilion this evening
The Concert will be one of the best that
has been given in this place for a long
time. The admission price being only
so cents to all parts of the house, Is
within the means of all and all should
Year: 1873

r. There will be social dance at
1Nceum Hall, Thursday evening, on the
conclusion of the first term of dancing
SCHOOL. We are sorry to learn that MIR.
Starr, the popular dancing teacher. will
not give any more lessons for the pre-