smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

THE sloop Frances went ashore yester-
day morning in the vicinity of the new
warehouse. There was a high wind at
the time and heavy sea running, but
through the timely aid of the cutter she
was rescued from her perilous position
apparently unharmed.
Year: 1876

A telegram in the Victoria Standard
from Ottawa, contains the following: The
Esqulmalt-Nanaimo railway is definitely
abandoned. There IS some talk about a
private company building the Island
railway.
Year: 1876

THE immense canoe purchased by Judge
swan for the Smithsonian Institution, and
Of which mention has been made hereto
fore, was shipped on board the Dakota on
her last trip down from Victoria.
Year: 1876

1t is now conceded that the expert
ment of employing Chinese labor at
North Adams Is not profitable. There
has been no great loss by attempting
it, but the improvement of the Chi
neSe in practical skill has latterly
been less than was anticipated from
their advance in the first few months.
With the return of these Cinnamon
to their native country there is proba-
bly, an end of employing Asiatics for
skilled labor anywhere east of the
Mississippi, since there were many
favorable conditions at North Adams
not likely TO recur elsewhere. Peo-
pie who were moved bw the scare
about Chinese cheap labor few
years ago have mostly recovered from
their fright, at least on this side of
the Rocky Mountains; but if there
is Il lingering trace of their malady
this news should dIspel it, The
New York Tribune.
Year: 1876

suppose that upon one Of the many
dags Of the harvest season you get out OF
bed at an unusually early hour and again
climb to the house-top.


Beneath and in front of you will lie, as
before, the pale, golden sea OF wheat,
girdled in the cool distance with the pur-
pie mountains The air will be soft and
delightful to breathe; the oaks upon the
river bank will throw shadows across the
roadway, and the rays of the sun will
spread over the enormous plaiu-a smile
oi greeting tor the day.


You will sweep the horizon with your
glass Hardly to be seen, even with that.
are some curiously- y-shaped dots, moving
slowly hither and thither. They seem to
crawl like insects, some going north. some
south some east, and some west. After a
while YOU will distinguish that nearly
every one of these dots is OF deep-red
color y little later you recognize the
awkward shape of the separators, and
the broad-topped tunnels Of the engines.
Throngs of people, most of them, IN
wagons, yet some afoot follow on behind.
After a while all of these now widely
separated groups will come to standstill.
They have taken up their positions tor the
onslaught upon the grain fields as dellber-
ately and with as much thought as bat
teries take up positions for battle


When one Of these corps approaches Its
station. a header, with its attendant wag-
ons, is sent forward to cut clear place in
the centre of the area to be worked upon
that day. The machine is pressed upon
the wheat. devouring it as it goes, and
then, having accomplished proper dis
tance, turns and works in circle. cutting
ont a bare spot from three to five acres IN
extent. This is the point from winch
seventy acres of wheat are to be hewed
down, cast into the thrasher and sacked
for market before sundown.


Then the separator and engine, and all
the teams, move forward up the lane, and
into the circle. The first comes to halt
IN the centre, the second takes up its posi-
ton in the rear. and the headers at once
attack the wheat; the first taking the first
swarth of the encircling grain, the next
the second. little in the rear, and so on.


The betting between the engine and the
separator is adjusted, and the engineer
starts his fires. The shoots that are to
convey the grain from the canvas on the
ground upon which it is pitched from the
Year: 1876

On floor in Danbury home lies lit
tie pile of sewing. Five months ago the
head of the house wanted II chair, and see
ing but one handy he dumped to the floor
the sewing which lay on it. His wife
asked him to pick it up. He said he
wouldn't do it, She told him that rs he
threw it there it could remain until he got
ready to pick it up She would never
touch it, And there it remains, memo
rial to individual spirit and united folly.


Danbury News
Year: 1876

The IiUNi..r CT SOONER emo day about
three weeks ago a strange customer
came TO u Gratolt-avenue grocer. He
wanted some goods. ana he paid cash
down. The next day he made another
purchase and paid cash, and as the days
went by his face and his cash, became ia
miliar. One day he returned with the
change given him and said


IL believe | am an honest man You
paid me twenty cents too much"


The grocer received it and was pleased
Two days after the stranger returned from
the curbStone to say


"Another mistake on your part. You
overpaid me by forty cents"


The grocer was glad to have found an
honest man, and puzzled to know how he
should have counted so far out of the
way Three days more. and the stranger
picked up Il dollar bill in the store and
said


"This is not my dollar. found it on
the foor, and You must take charge OF it. u


The grocer's heart melted and he Won
dered If the world was not progressing
backwards to old-time honesty A skip
of one day, and then the honest man
brought down u Wheel-barroW. ordered
eighteen dollars worth of groceries, and
would have paid cash had he not forgot
ten his wallet He would hand it in at
noon as he went past. he said. and it was
all right with the grocer.


That was the last Of the honest man
morning fades to noon, and noon melts
away in darkness, but he cometh not
There are no more mistakes in change
no more dollar bills on the floor. and the
grocer's eyes wear q way-otf expression
rs if yearning to see some one for about
two minutes Free Press
Year: 1876

A Granger says ''Two years ago the
Colorado beetle attacked my potato crop.
After trying various things without sue
cess. stumbled on casl of lime which
had become air-slaked; | commenced to
dust it on the tops, and wherever it fell on
slugs they turned black and soon dropped
off and died, passed over the field three
times between hoeing and blossom time,
and found it not only sure death to the
larvae but II material benefit to the crop.
Last year tried the same remedy in an
cher part of the town with the same good
result"


AS an ordinary thing, the young man
who parts his hair III the middle cannot
be relied upon to carry the torch of science
down the dim aisles of nature, or to illum.
mate the history of his country by the
| lustre of his own renOWn
Year: 1876

Herbert Rice, young boy, while over
back of Cranberry Island, with hoe in
his hand, caught hold of a clump of bush
es for something on the bank, which gave
way, precpitating him distance OF ten or
twelve feet, striking his head. which was
iearfuliy cut, and injuring him badly. The
men on board passing vessel saw the ac-
ciden; came ashore, picked him up and
carried him home. DR.. Spear dressed the
wounds and thinks he will recover al
though at the cost OF bad scar.
Year: 1876

to pay for them. But why is it that they cost us so much more by the mile than those of towns around us? Why is it that this item of expense has doubled in the last ten years. And # we go on at the rate of thousand ayear where shall we end? Who can tell? K
Year: 1876

This Is all the answer that Postmaster
Comfy gives TO an earnest paragraph
asking him to publish to the world a
list of railroad cases refused by Lawyer
Hayes In consequ nee OF the extremely
large fees "There don't seem to be
much Of that, when you see it separate
ly; but when you put dozen or so OF
them together they look humorous"
Year: 1876

The various clubs OF the Third Ward
will have d grand torchlight procession
tonight. O0nsidering that there are
over twenty clubs In the ward that nrc
fully equipped, y splendid display may
be exnocted.
Year: 1876

FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.


WASHINGTON, March l8


If rumors had only folm and color, in
stead Of extremely uncertain sounds, one
might fancy himself looking through an
an exaggerated kaleidoscope, which some
strong hand was whirling with amazing
rapidity a cluster Of nost interesting
statements appears; you are wondering at
its grouping Of apparent facts, you are be-
ginning to have positive opinions, when,
presto change another bewildering col
lection is before you! Dazzled and
startled, you only realize that the facts
are essentially the same, but 50 differently
arrayed that you would hardly know
them.


Having seen a few more whIrls, you are
quite ready t. turn away disgusted, closing
your eyes for rest. and wishing you hadn't
ooked ut all, since the mocking phanto ms
of all you have seen are still dancing be-
fore those inner eyes which you cannot
close.


Last week no eplthet was too dreadful,
no anathema too severe to be pronounced
against Gen. Belknap and his wife. That
precious investigating committee was q
band of dauntless, self-sacrihcing men;
Mr. Clymer had heroically put aside all
the common emotions inspired by years Of
intimate association and friendship; he
had held down every impulse Of gallantry
and chivalry, because a wrong doer must
be ex, ,osed, and he expected a grateful
country would wreathe his handsome head
with laurels never won in any other way.
though most eagerly craved.


But that strange kaleidoscope has kept
up its fascinating whirl, and somehow mat
ters do not look precisely as they did
when so much printers ink was used in
tremendous head lines, and editors begin
to wish they had used adjectives less lib
orally too. Indignation has given place
to pity; men begin to find that quotation
from the first chapter Of Genesis exceed
ingly trite, and women, thinking Of the
terrible distress and anguish resting upon
q sisters head, feel mist gathering over
eyes that have have been dry and hard, 50
they too are slowly coming to wonder if
action had not been too hasty and judg-
ment too swiftly spoken.


THAT IMPEACHMENT DEBATE
developed many curious facts. 1t certain
ly placed the committee in a most unfor-
tunate position. They had before them q
witness who swore to most damaging state
ments; they received his testimony; ita
record was duly made, and then before
the ink was dry upon its writing they al
lowed him to 60 whittier he pleased, and
he pleased to 60 to Canada, whence it will
at least be very incOnvenient to bring him,
should an impeachment trial be actually
commenced. Again it appears that the
Republican members of that investigating
committee never attended one of its meet.
iDgs, till they were called upon to read
the proof of q report about to be made.
They had been officially notified concern
Year: 1876

PONTIAC. March lO, 1870.
To the Editor OF the WORkIEsnASs ADVOCATE.


recent number OF the ADVOCATE ad-
mirably shows up the folly of the present
divisions in the ranks of labor. Seven
teen national labor organizations What
a waste Of means and energy J Why not
amalgamate into one body If the love
Of office ON the part Of leaders be the cause
Of these divisions, as surmised, one united
organization could supply the demand
as well as a number of smaller ones, as
there will always be local centres that
need officials.


But may not these societies be result
Of independent thought IN various locali-
ties In the general ferment Of labor
throughout the civilized world, indepen-
dent thinkers naturally come to the sur
face, see certain needs Of labor, and forth
with organize to secure these ends through
q new party and q new platform. Is il
not fact that half the labor world do not
know what the other half are doingl And
is not this mainly due to the non-support
Year: 1876

deeming them; then everybody wanted to
keep their notes, because they were more
convenient than the coin. This is q fair
illustration of what would be the result if
the government were to issue gold notes,
as suggested. Add to this a redemption
of all gree nbacks by the government for
all dues of every kind, and it would be
equivalent to gold very soon. Bonds
bearing q low interest would serve as
balance power against a redundancy of
paper circulation; for when the paper could
not be used to advantage, it would find its
way into bonds, and nice versa


THE LABOR INTEREST


here is in a peculiar condition. We have
more money in this city than any place in
the world, for the population; yet thou
sands are out Of work, and very many
begging bread. The Chinese have filled
every avenue Of light work, and in many
instances are doing the work Of chamber
maids. When a manufactory is erected,
it is no sign that white men will get work,
but more Cinnamon are sent for, ana the
manufacturing is done by them. The
trade associations are no longer active in
the legitimate pursuit of trades unions;
buSy STC AAnkcElHk Ou buo E1Rkcu tuk6 Oh
dissolution, while the Mechanics State
Council continues to fight their battles.
Our information from the Eastern and
Middle States is very discouraging, and
leaves US to wonder how the future will
"pan out, as the miners say


THE AMOUNT


of gold and silver is on the increase every
day; more mines are being opened and the
old ones improving; there white men are
employed. Cinnamon do not like such
hard work, and dread the idea Of 60 so far
into the ground for days wages. Trading
in mining stocks is the principal business
of mOneyed men, and indeed large num-
Der of men and women are losing and
making money in stocks with their small
earnings. 1t is the most stupendous system
of gambling the world has ever known.


THE GRAIN CROP


will be the largest we have ever had; the
rains have been gradual and abundant,
coming Just when wanted for plOughing
ana seeding. Though large amount of
the Sacramento valley is overtlowed at this
time, the people will raise larger amount
of hay on that account, as the water will
disappear in time for that kind of crop.


Yours, ETC., A. Nj. WINN.
Year: 1876

SAN Francisco, March, Is, 1876.
To the Editor Of the woRKISeAAS's ADVOCATE.


The great and growing question with US
is, What are we to do with the redundancy
of silver coin The trade dollar is now
8 per cent below gold, and greenbacks .
Der cent. below that, ma6ing difference
of 10 per cent. between gold and paper.
Some propose to increase the weight Of
silver coin to the commercial value Of gold.
The result of this would be to run all the
mints ON coin that would be taken out of
the country as fast as it was made.


The United States Government has this
whole question in its own hands. If it
would only buy all the silver bullion and
coin enough from five cents to one dollar,
to supply the place of fractional currency,
the question would be solved at once.
This would raise greenbacks to the value
Of silver currency, OF at any rate, one
would be equal to the other. At first the
people would hoard the silver, but they
would soon discover that for want of small
change they would be compelled to use it.
Then If the government would also buy all
the gold bullion, and coin it into 6ves,
tens and twenties, and issue gold notes
payable on demand, the currency would
be as complete as we ever expect it. This
would furnish q commercial circulation,
and a. soon a. it was known that gold
could be had for paper, there would be but
little demand for it.


Not long since, one of our gold banks
failed, and the notes were Ut . discount
for about twenty-four hovrs, when the
United States Treasurer commenced re-
Year: 1876

is perpetuated, and carried to All extrava-
CANT point by this artificial monopoly. We
have seen that if interest is high, wages
must be low. Therefore, the remedy for
hard times must be q reduction Of the rate
Of interest to a Just figure; which figure
must be that winch represents the cost of
furnishing the notes, and transacting the
banking business.


This can be done by abolishing all ia
vorItlsm, and granting to all persons alike
the same facilities for procuring money or
currency at cost.


BENJAMIN SKINNER.
Year: 1876

EE-At the recent Democratic State
Convention in Texas a resolution was in
troduced, but defeated, declaring that the
Democracy should send no representa-
tives to the National Convention, but
leave the choice of the candidates tor the
Presidency and Presidency to the
Democrats Of the North and West. TO
whom was pledged in advance an earnest
enthusiastic support the only condition
being " that they should come up to the
Jetlersonian test--be honest, competent
and true to the principles of the Demo
cratic party"
Year: 1876

TIE ART OF LIVING ToGEThER If
people are to live happily together, they
must fancy, hecuse they are thrown to.
gether now. that all their lives have been
exactly similar ZIP to the present time,
that they started exactly alike, and that
they are to be Tor the future exactly Of
the same mind. Avoid having stock sub
jects Of dsputation. Do not hold too
much to logic, aud suppose that every
thing is to be settled 10y sufficient reason,
II You would be loved Us companion,
avoid unnecessary criticism upon those
with whom you live, Let no familiarity
swallow up all courtesy. We must not
expect more from the society Of our
friends and companion, than it can give I;
and especially must never expect contra
~ things.
Year: 1876

FANCY TABLg.-A small table of plain
wood may be made highly ornamental by
a fancy cover Let the cover ft the top
of the table very nicely, and around the
edge let there be sewed alternate pieces
of red and black cloth with handsome em
broidered aud applique work on them the
edges of these pieces should be pinked.
4 cord covers the seam connecting the
cover with the border
Year: 1876

LET every workingman fully understand
when he deposits his vote for the Republi.
can party, that it is to keep himself for
ever at hard labor. This has been
preached by stump speaker of the party
Year: 1876

Fathers and mothers whose children at
tend the public schools are often puzzled to
account for the sudden illnesses which seize
on their little ones, frequ an.ly bringing
them to deaths door, and too often past the
grim portals. The father whose business
pursuits limit the time which he can devote
to the care of his children cannot be held
responsible for evils which he has no oppor-
tunity of guarding against, and it therefore
becomes the mothers duty to protect
her children by exercising an un.
firing vigilance in all that concerns
their welfare. The mothers must become
the sanitary police of the public schools and
wage a persistent warfare against the abuses
which render these establishments hotbeds
of disease To q mother who has failed to
discover the real causes of her child's illness
we address the following explanation:-Ths
child has been sent by you, madame.
to a public school at considerable
distance away from your residence because
you have taken up the idea that the lady
principal is superior teacher. You take
pleasure in recommending your friends to
place their children under her care and her
popularity has crowded her school to such
an extent that the classroom in which your
daughter studies for six hours day II
literally packed with pupils. The child sits
near window and close to heater. When
ever the atmosphere becomes absolutely in
tolerable the window is opened, and q cur
rent of icy cold air rushes into the room and
plays on the right side of your daughter,
while her left side is exposed to tempera-
ture of perhaps from eighty to ninety degrees.
The delightful sensation of being cooled
makes the child q willing victim of this bar
barous system of ventilation, and it is not
until she begins to feel the chill creeping
through her system that she complains to
her schoolmates of being uncomfortable. But
the lady principal is strict disciplinarian,
and permits no pupil to leave her seat
during the hours of study. Your daughter
shivers for half an hour or so and when the
blood vessels of her head and chest are con.
gested and the flow of the vital fluid almost
arrested, the teacher discovers that there is
draught in the room and orders the window
to be closed. This order remains in force
until the room is again overheated, and
your daughter is again subjected to the cool
ing and roasting process already described.
She comes home some day in such condition
of prostration that you become alarmed, and
the family doctor has the difficult task to
perform of restoring her to health. In this
he sometimes succeeds after a long struggle.
but very often fails. If you had only taken
the trouble of seeing for yourself whether
your child's health was properly cared for at
school all this trouble would have been
avoided.
Year: 1876

For about half century the people of
cities have enjoyed the luxury of gaslight,
which, as compared to most of the lights
that were before in use, is as sunshine COM
pared to a tallow dip. But in the course of
that half century very great changes for the
better have been made in other methods of
illumination. and very great changes for the
worse in the supply of gas. AT present


consequently, people do not regard the pos
session of this means of lighting their homes
MS an unmixed benefit, and can contemplate
without despair the entire removal of their
meters Formerly the advantages of gas
were cleanliness, convenience, safety, cheap
ness and brilliant light; but this was in
comparison with candle light and light from
lamps that burned fish oil or camphene.
Camphene was dangerous, oil smelled often
sively, candles only made darkness visible,
and all were dearer than gas was in the days
when the companies did not give their whole
attention to the enlargement of dividends.
Kerosene of the best quality gives q light
improved lamp light far superior to gas for
reading or writing-superior in the essential
elements of whiteness and steadiness in the
flame Such light costs one cent for about
five hours, and gas, for the same period,
would cost ten cents when the price is three
dollars q thousand feet. Such a light, there
fore, is cheap, good, clean, safe, and when
the lamps are properly cared for has no
odor. Under the system of inspection
maintained by the Fire Department in this
city explosive oil cannot be found in the
shops. Gas, on the other hand, is poor,
gives a dim light. is outrageously dear, and
its use puts the people at the mercy of that
worst of tyrants-an unreasoning monopoly.
Year: 1876

fetichism. Freedom seems to have revived
instincts for the habits of heathens. At
Vicksburg they worship balls of cloth and
feathers. In several of the States they have
sprinklings of earth upon fire, or they all
contribute q bit of dust to tub of water and
then worship it. There is also prevalent
idea that one person may make another Ill
by casting upon him 'the evil eye" If one
negro has grudge against another he looks
evilly at him or he places dead hen upon a
fence, with the bill toward his victims door.
If the victim becomes i'll the charm has
worked. This barbarism is more widely
prevalent than we of the North suppose,
and perhaps we do not fully realize why
the white man does not wish to be ruled by
the witless black