smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

The present high price Of thoroughbred
stock, while it limits the breeding to men
of capital, does not necessarily pre-
vent the ordinary farmer from procuring
male animals wherewith to improve his
native stock. A stock of grade COWS for
the dairy may be gradually gathered up
by the expenditure of from fifty to two
hundred dollars. Many breeders of Jer-
sey cattle will dispose Of a young bull calf
for very small sum because its color does
not suit their taste, while in respect to its
pedigree or other useful qualities, it may
be faultless. Such an animal, purchased
young and well cared for, will become
useful for raising calves, at a year old. A
yearling heifer of his get will, by the use
of another such animal become profitable
at two years old, and its calf will be three
quarters bred, and it is quite likely to be-
come as valuable for the dairy as a pure
bred animal that could not be purchased
for less than $500 to $400. The produce
of this cowlwould be seven-eighths bred,
and if care is taken in selecting the pa
rents, would show little difference from en-
tirely pure animals. Cooperation among a
few neighbors who would each procure and
keep young bull whose services they
might exchange with each other to prevent
close breeding, would soon change the ap-
pearance as well as the productive quail
ties of the stock of quite large district.
The main point to be guarded against is
not to breed from any but pure stock. All
male grade animals should be emasculated
or go to the butcher, while young


The use of a grade bull ought not to be
permitted. Here is where many a mis-
take is made. In the course of four or
five years, quite herd of three-quarter
or seven-eighth-bred animals would. ac-
cumulate, and the profit would begin to
come in. Ayrshire and Jersey cattle
should be the breeds aimed at, as these
are excellently fitted for the dairy, and
are profitably fed for the butcher on ordi-
nary farms. They are exceedingly tract
able, quiet and orderly, are large mixers.
and yield much butter of good color and
flavor. The Devon and Durham are bet
ter for the grazier, and would be more
suitable where beef is the object aimed at
But whatever the breed chosen, care
should be taken to avoid neglect, or loss
win inevitably ensue. We have known
cases where money has been invested in
thoroughbred stock which has been treat
ed as though its blood alone would be suf-
ficient to protect it from neglect, exposure
and starvation. The natural consequence
of such a mistake was made ground of
complaint against the breeder, and led to
dissatisfaction and disgust. The old
adage, ''blood will tell" true as it may
be, is no talisman against such an error.
The refined nature of an animal carefully
bred throug many generations, will often
enable it to sustain much i'll treatment,
but it will not thrive under it. When
possessed of such ii specimen of stock,
give it fair treatment-pampering is un-
necessary, as it is unwise-but care and
proper feed and attention will make the
investment profitable one.-Americ an
AgricslltuTist
Year: 1871

dications his noble idea of the Dutchman's
deliverance Oy the love of woman. And
Wagner, on his part, has heightened the dra-
matte pathos of the table by making his hero
symbolic profound philosophical idea
thus raising the conception of his character
from that Of a popular tale into thai of artis-
tic significance, or, to speak with Edgar Poe,
oat OF fancy into Imagination. The ptifui
figure of Mynheer Vanderdecken becomes
an embodiment of life-weariness, longing for
death. and forgetfulness of individual pain
and struggle or (which is the same thing) Of
existence The AcGdemu,
Year: 1871

many ladies', particularly mothers nursing complain


tred stess feeling complete arising In the
morning On the wife and neither devoves the
regulating the duties of the household are numer
GUS and the mental we'll the physical powers
Y called into equisitOn. She often finds her sghtsts
patton task and existence burden while at the same


time she has no regular disease Hosteers Stomach Btters


resorted to at tins PERIOD will prove an unang remedy for
TINS annoying assitude The effect Of this potent agent
soon seen in the cheek and elastic step the head of the
family with restored health spirits she
her accustomed place in the family circle II need
be regularly used those depressing symptoms will never be
complained Of and not only would not


but many diseases following its advent avoided ed-
ca agent has equal while its pleasing favor and health
fu effects have made favore 1t is free from all
properties calculated to impair the system.
mild soothing efficient All who have used the
Biers attest its virtues and commend tuy5Im
Year: 1871

SHIPPING FRUIT.-Numerous letters from


commission merchants in the large cities,


have been received in the peach raising dis


tricts, advising farmers to be more careful in


picking and shipping fruit. The letters urge


that fruit should be allowed to attain its full
growth, but should be gathered before it gets
soft As an instance of the results of care.
lessness it is stated that one hundred boxes of
peaches were recently sold in New York, for
only one dollar box, while freight, commits
sion and carriage amounted to ninety one cents,
thus leaving only nine cents to the grower.
One half Of the lot, it is said, we're fine peaches,
and if they had been carefully selected out and
shipped by themselves, would have brought
three dollars box. One fourth of the lot
were soft and crushed, and the remainder
we're hard and unripe. 1t is not always re-
membered that the freight on the commonest
kinds OF peaches is the same as that on the
best and most delicious fruit. The quality and
not the quantity of the fruit is the point to
which the attention Of the shipper should be
directed, and although choice peaches cost
more trouble and care, yet they in the end
fqly repay the labors of the grower.-Phila.
Ledger. ''''''
Year: 1871

A correspondent of the New York Mail saws .
" Our good people are losing their madness
for display which leads them to the crowded
summer hotels, and seek quiet country places
where they may enjoy themselves like sensible
people.
Year: 1871

a man 20 instruction of teach
ers should be to impart which
will be required in future
days." which can be made
available for the convenience
and advantage of mankind"
Youth should be taught con
'cerning the occult influences
which surround us, of which
the ancients, to whose history
and productions we have devo-
ted so much OF our time, knew
nothing. They should be in
str1lcted how to seize the great
forces in nature, and so to sim
prison, moderate, and regulate
them, that they shall serve
man, not only like the most
obedient and faithful servants,
but with a power, which no IA
bled giant could possess"
There are very few graduates
of colleges and Universities, in
either the Old World or New,
who will not, to a greater or
less extent, endorse these views,
who have not come to feel,
from their own experiences,
that there is a radical defect in
that educational curriculum
which prescribes ancient, to the
exclusion of modern classics
who do not keenly regret that
they did not devote some of
their earlier years of study to
acquiring the German and
French, and other live Ian
guages, which could now he
made of great service in the
social and business affairs of
life. The College of the future
must keep the living present
more in view than the dead
past Hearth and Home.
Year: 1871

There is probably not an un-
perverted man or woman liv-
ing who does not feel that the
sweetest consolation and the
best rewards of life are found
in the loves and delights of
home. There are few who do
not feel themselves indebted
to the influences that clustered
around their cradles for what
ever of good there may be in
their characters and conditions.


Home. based upon legiti-
mate marriage, is so evidently
an institution of God, that a
man muse become profane be-
fore he car denyi it. Wherever
it is pure and true to virtuous
idea, there lives an institution
conservative of all the nobler
interests of society," @


Of this realm woman is the
queen. 1t takes its cue and
hue from her. If she is in the
best sense womanly-if she is
tue and tender, loving and he
roic, patient and self devoted
she consciously or unconsci-
olsly organizes and puts in op-
Grafton a set of influences that
do more to mold the destiny O
the nation than any man un
crowned, by power or elo
Quence, can possibly effect. Th'
men of the nation are wha
their mothers made them, as
rule; and the voice which thos'
men speak in the expression o
their power is the voice of th,
women who bore and bre,
them. ~.
There can be no substitut
!, for this, There is no othe
Year: 1871

and place him upon the new departure
platform, he will, think, stand good
chance of being elected There is great
deal of dissatisfaction with the Republl-
can party. Many people who are anXl-
Gus for peace believe that we cannot have
peace between the North and the South
while the Republican party remain in
in power. Before the harmony between
the two sections is restored there must
be general amnesty proclaimed. Now
while there are a number Of prominent
men in the Republican party-men like
Greeley and Butler-who favor general
amnesty, the mass Of the leaders OF the
party are against it. You remember last
winter how congress refused to pass an
amnesty bill Z"


THE Republicans seem to be concen
trating upon Grant as their candidate
What will the Democrats do 2


Il don't know. There are number
Of good men whose names have been
mentioned, any one of whom would make
an able president. | suppose the Repub-
licans will renominate Grant They
don't seem to have any great NUMBER ol
available candidates


They think Grant is their strongest
man :"


"Wcll, SO he is, suppose; and yet |
understand there is considerable opposi-
ton among some of the Republicans to
his denomination.


The Republicans lay great deal of
stress upon the fact that he has collected
the revenue, paid of the debt and settled
the Alabama question:


The secretary Of the treasury, /
think, deserves quite as much credit for
collecting the revenue and paying off the
debt as the president. Gov, Boutwell,
has been very fortunate in his manage
ment Of the treasury. But, after all, it is
the people who pay off the debt They
would do it IS readily with any other
man in the White House az Gen. Grant
TO be sure his friends give him the cred
it of it, but the people deserve the praise.


Tue chief justice went on to speak OF
the political campaign in this State and
expressed the highest opinion of botl
the candidates.
Year: 1871

The Radical leaders are beginning to
stir in our County and throughout the
State. Buggies are coming into active
demand and the poor negro is again be-
ginning to be a tavorite with these gen.
try. Something is up and we viii soon
hear from it. Their political meetings
are doubtless sprouting in the dark and
we may expect soon to see them spring
Go ahead, gentlemen. Rest assured
you are closely watched by the party Of
true republican freedom, and you may be
tlanked if you are not careful Your rear
has thus far been badly exposed, and you
had better put ~ he fence behind you
Year: 1871

lNTHE NIGHT. There comes unto
all Of us feeling Of loneliness; shad-
ow like the night comes across the
threshold, unbidden, and sits an un-
welcome guest at our sides, and repeats
sad stories of the past Which we had
hoped were lost and forgotten, which
lifts the curtain of tie future and
paints gloom and sorrow on the hours
yet to come. The heart strings. swept
by unclean hands, give out song
linked with griefs and cares, and the
sunlight fees from its echoes. and
leaves us in trance. Like SchilIer's
Robber, we realize that the world is
still grand, and yet like him we feel
that we are miserable in all the OUT
stretched suhlimity of creation. We
feel then our unworthiness, and as we
strive in vain to be men and women i'm
the likeness OF our Creator, we grow
less and less, until we fall so IA. be-
low the angels that we lose sight of
them, and fail to catch, as we have
often done before, the very rustic of
their plumage. The Songs we had
heard in other days come back, and
the faces we loved spring up and smile
upon us, but all before lis those around
us, look blank and we feel alone in the
gtandest work of the Master. Whence
the cause of this night upon the soul,
webnow not, but it comes to all of us
at some time. ThankGod for il, for it
makes the sunlight more blessed when
it does come. 1t makes the flowers
bloom with a beauty we Knew not of
before; it strikes the chords with gem
tie touch, and gives a music as wo
dream Of it in our sleep, when we
dream of Heaven.
Year: 1871

Do foU DO IT?-Do you support
your county paper? a local newspaper
has now become one Of the prime
necessities of the age; and no county
can expect to prosper without one.
Like the genial rays Of the sun in early
spring time, it fosters and calls into
existence all those institutions neces-
sary to the support, instruction and
well being Of man; indeed, without our
local papers as organs of intercom-
mInication we would remain a perfect
blank spot on this busy little world of
ours to all the balance of mankind
No business can flourish without it :;
no institutions Of learning or charity
can be built up without its assistance
and kindly aid. No political party
can long remain intact without some
means Of intercommunication of ideas;
in fact the machinery of government
itself is dependent upon these local
channels of information. Then give
your county paper a warm, hearty
support; not as charity, but as an
investment which is sure to be returned
in an indirect manner with compound
interest Feel that it is an institution
in which you and the balance of the
community are interested, and do every
thing in your power to make it worthy
the patronage of the public. The in
famous laws in this State, in regard to
the legal printing, is intended to break
down and destroy the Democratic press
by means Of forced contributions from
helpless widows and orphans to venal,
Radical concerns, to traducc, vilify and
insult our people. Then don't with>
hold from your county paper the neccs-
sary support to battle effectualIy with
this insidious party, that is now preying
like vultures upon the body polite,
and plotting your destruction.
Year: 1871

An ardent temperance man Mas talk
ing to crowd OF drunken ones at Sha.
ron Springs, telling them of the awful
effects Of drinking ardent spirits. A
noted topper in the crowd said: "Now


Mister, | just want TO tell you why
take dram occasionally. | knew a
man once who lived exactly as you do;
never drank any thing but cold water.
He died suddenly, as the doc or said,
of appoplexy; but when they come to
open him they found him full oficjcles.' -
Year: 1871

A BRAVE CANINE DEFENDER From the
New York Sun IA few days ago ~ dog be.
longing to John Feltcr, Of Pine Hill, N. T.,
was heard barking in The mountains some
distance from the house. Mr.. Felter's lit
tie sou. twelve years old, knowing by the
bark of the dog that some important game
was on foot, set out for The mountains. His
mother felt little anxious after the boy
had gone, aud for some time listened to the
barking of the dog. After baIf an hour
the barking ceased; and rs hour after hour
passed away and the boy did not make
his appearance, the mother set out to go
to one Of the neighborS to secure their help
in search for the boy. On the road she met
her husband returning from the village,
where he had that morning been attend
ing to some business. He listened to
his wlfe's story, and, trying TO calm
her fears, went back with her TO
the house, and taking his gun started to-
ward the place indicated by his wife. Mr..
Fclter travelled about through the noun
tains until late in the afternoon, seeing no.
thing, hearing nothing, and was about to
return home when he almost stumbled over
the dead carcase of wildcat. 1t was Il
very large male. Everything indicated a
terrible conflict. The spectacle gave Mr..
Felter an apprehension that some terrible
thing had happened to his boy. Examining
the leaves and .undcrbrush he had no diff
Guilty in finding trail of blood, and this he
followed nearly Il hundred yards. Then he
came upon the dog standing over the body
of his son, who was PROSTATE on the ground.
The dog was earnestly looking ut the boy,
and occasionally licking his face and hands.
On MIR. Felter's approach, he gave Il loud


bark and pranccd about with joy. The ia
ther knelt by the side of his son and placed
his hand over his heart With iOy lInSpeak-
able he found the little fellow alive, but
terribly wounded, as it appeared, by the
claws of the wild cat. The little fellows
clothes were almost torn to shreds, and


his flesh was terribly laccrated from
head to foot. He was suffering from


loss of blood, but his wounds had
been handsomely dressed by the faithful
dog, which had tor hours been standing by
him. licking them. Taking his boy in his
arms, the father made his way to his home,
followed by the ever-taithful dog. After
reaching the house, restoratiyes being ud-
ministered, the boy was able to tell his
story. He came upon the wildcat, and see
ing that his catship held the dog a. bay,
having an advantageous position, ne at-
tempted to dislodge him, first with stones;
but these the beast did not seem to mind.
Then he got pole and attempted to poke
him out. At this the wildcat became en-
ragged, and springing upon the boy,
scratched and tore his flesh US above related.
At this the dog dashed at the cat and soon
dispatched it. The boy attempted to go
home, but sank TO the ground exhausted.
The little fellow is doing well. The good
nursing of. the dog has done much toward
allaying the Inflammation the licking OF
his wounds by the faithful animal has un-
doubtcdly saved the boys life.
Year: 1871

PREPARING FOR THE CHoLERA.-Mayol
Kelley. taking time by the forelock, issue
approximation to-day intended TO put the
city in order for the contemplated approach
of The cholera. The ordinance to which he
refers is one that should be enforced every
summer, cholera or no cholera, and we
hope that citizens generally will give it care


fui attention, as they value the public
health. g.. .t.
Year: 1871

LFs is as beautiful as panorama that
Iaoves on to the great and final climax when
the curtains of eternity are drawn, and the
marvellous beatty of the universe opens end
less visions of glory to our enlarged sight.
aud the dreams of the past are concealed from
the view in the never-ending present The
top, the sword, and the toy, make up the sum
of our existence; for the old and the young
are nearest Heaven. Prattling childhood and
old age walk hand in hand, and laugh at
gambling lambs, and make pretty speeches to
bright birds and butterflies for the veil of
time is but a mist to the right and left of
them, and love and innocence stand like
cherubs by the cradle and the grave.
Year: 1871

THERE is structure which everybody is
building, young and old, each one for himself.
II is called character, and in it every act is n
stone. II day by day We are careful to build
our lives with pure, noble and upright deeds,
ored by God and man. But as one leak will
sink ship, and ono flaw will break chain,
so one mean, dishonorcd. untruthful net or
word will forever leave its impress and work
its influence on our character. Thet let tho
several deeds unite to form single day, and
ono by one tho days grow into noble years,
and tho years, as they slowly pass. will raise
Mt last beautiful odhoe, enduring forever 10
our praise
Year: 1871

A young husband in Baltimore is in
a nice pickle. From some cause, he con
cluded that his wife did not love him as
she should, and he determined to test
that element Therefore he wrote note,
telling her that he was going to drown
himself in the canal, and that before she
read the contents of that note his spirit
would be lowering over her, observing
how she took his death. The would be
suicide entrusted the note to small boy,
but the boy mistook the direction, and
carried it to a next door neighbor of his
wife. Not liking to communicate the
dreadful intelligence to the unlucky wo
man, the lady handed the note to an Of
6cer, with instructions. if possible, to pre-
vent the rash act. The officer hurried
off, and, sure though found the man on
the bank Of the canal Rushing up, the
officer seized the unlucky husband, and
marched him off to the station house,
notwithstanding his protestations that he
did not intend to commit snicide, etc
After the Incarceration of the husband,
the note was handed to the wife, with the
information that he had been saved. Af
ter upbraiding the officer for not tletting
the precious fool drown himself" the wife
made charge of lunacy against him, and
he barely escaped being placed in the
asylum.
Year: 1871

There is a very good story in the pa
pers of the trick which was played by Dr.
Caldwell, formerly of the University OF
North Carolina.


The doctor was a small man, and lean,
but is hard and angular as the most ire
gular of pine knots. ...


He looked as though he might be tough,
but he did not seem strong. Nevertheless
he was among the knowing ones, reputed
to be as agile "as a cat - and in addition,
was in means deficient in knowledge of
the "noble science of self-defense." Well,
in the Freshmen class OF certain year
was a hurley beef mountaineer of eigh-
teen or nineteen. This genius conceived
a great contempt for old B9lus physical
dimensions, and he was Mortified that one
so deficient 10 muscle should be so pOten-
tial in his rule


Poor Jones-that's what well call him.
had no more idea of moral force At
any rate he was not inclined to knock un
der and he controlled despotically by a
man he imagined he could tie and whip.
At length he determined to give the gen
tleman genteel, private threshing, some
night on the Collage Campus, pretending
to mistake him for some fellow student.


Shortly alter, on dark and rainy
night, Jones met the doctor crossing the
Campus Walking up to him abruptly !:


"i1ello, Smith you rascal-is this
you 2"


And with that he struck the old gen.
tlenan blow on the side OF his face that
nearly felled him.


Old Bolus said nothing but squared
himself, and at it they went. Jones'
youth, weight and muscle made him an
ugly customer" but after a round or two
the doctors science began to tell, and in
short time he had knocked his antagon,
ist down, and was a stradle of his chest,
with one hand on his throat, and the 9TH
er dealing vigorous cuffs on the side of
his head. "Ah stop II beg pardon,
doctor Doctor CALDWELL mistake-for
heavens sake, doctor !" groaned Jones,
who thought he was about to be eaten up
-''I-I really thought it was Smith ~


The doctor replied with word and a
blow alternate y


at makes no difference, for all present
purposes consider me Smith -


And, it is said, that old Bolus gave
John such pounding, then and there, as
probably prevented his ever making an
other mistake as to personal identity, al
least on the College Campus.
Year: 1871

tions, if such they may be called, became
panic stricken and precipitately fed.-
Those who remained could find no reason
able solution of the mystery, though one
or two, who knew, intimately, and dis
tinctly remembered the missing pedler,
are willing to swear that it was his voice
that called for help.


The next day more citizens gathered
upon the hill, and dug as close to the spot
as they could, and what was their sur
prise when they unearthed a skeleton
Some parts of the clothing were still pre-,
served, which corresponded with that
usually worn by the pedler Upon a
close examination fracture was found
in the skull, which looked as though it
was made with heavy instrument, such
as an axe or hatchet


These last discoveries have created con.
siderable excitement in the neighborhood
and some think it explains the mystery
which surrounds the disappearance Of the
peder, and will ultimately lead to the dis
covery of his murderer, if he was MUIR
dered. Taking the facts all in all, it is a
singular affair, and if does result in
what our correspondent intimates, it will
add something to the establishment of the
theory of spirtualism.