smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1870

About twelve years ago a well known
member of the bar of this city, upon
opening his mail one day found a
bright looking so bill in letter The
letter waSnot signed, and saii simply
that the money belonged to the law
yer, and he must use il as his own
and ask no questions. The lawyer did
so. Next year at the same time, an
other. letter, with another new bright
so bill and the same request came;


and eyerylyear since that time SINH
lar letter with q similar bill has reached
thelawyer. Naturally, he has felt some
anxiety to know who the donor. is,
but all his attempts failed, and until a
few days ago he was in ignorance. AT
that time letter came with SO and
an explanation. Il 1t seems that over
twelve years ago the sender was in the
city, got into trouble and could get no
body TO appear in his defence because
he had no money. The lawyer in
question learned of the case felt sin-
terested i'm il, ,defeRded,th man and got
him clear. His bill would have been
$40 and the client was so grateful that
every year he sent as a present the
amount of the defence. Ifiilrdukee


Wisconsin. b ...g ll... -lu
Year: 1870

eral class Of pretty pictures that cannot DO srohs
spoken Of either the way OF criticism or OF coonua
ton. IL is good example OF q common, co"c"''o"'
style Of art very much better than the average Dut ho
entitled TO great distinction


The portrait Of Cyrss wakeman shows original power
not unlike that displayed by wm NJ. Hunt But the PIC
ture that marks him artist Of independent ap'y
Ia the portrait Of Miss Blanche Butler This Is the PIC
ture that has gossiped about In Bostoh-a CIT
cumstance that in part explains the extraordinary aUe
ton 1t exctes. But its own account IL deserves OK
traordinary attention. Such work this Is not common
anywhere. Ia respect s 1t conventional; In every
respect Is it fresh and original There attery here
by OF color decorations no accessories dlVert
attention from the figure the Dress though rich ana
richly painted is a dress in which tho lady
is perfectly at her ease; tho air and coun-
correspond entirely and both indicate the ree
buoyant nature Of youth and beauty She Is not thk
ing herself she is not got up" for the artist she
not conscious Of being looked at There Is very tto
demonstration figure; and yet the effect pro
duced of live person, moving with grace ana power
before you. The pale-blue background gives cheerful
tone to canvas at the same time that 1t throws the


figure into strong relief and helps call attention TO the
person herself The picture is moro carefully finished
than it seems at hasty glance TO be- The hair appears
to be carelessy DONE The complexion looks not coarse
but certainly not fne But this we are sure ia SO be-
cause it had to be so else be incorrect The interior





whelmng and the cODscentiousness OF the execution IN
other parts guarantees 1t here.


The temptation must have been great to paint TINS hne
handsome creature in the bold sensational manner To
have resisted that temptation and yet to have indicated
all that the inexibe adherence to truth demanded
is proof Of very high talent In the artist He mas the
power repression understate and in repress
ing he express all that is necessary In understat
ing he can say all that truth requires Few artists In
this country at least capable Of exhibiting work 30
noble. II Boston has more such, NewYork Will be,
reasonably, enviOus of her fame.


OF the crayon heads, there is not much to he said
None Of them cOnspeuousy good none OF them are
conspculousy bad The best is Julien Scots portrait OF
Gen. o. B. Wilcox in Libby Prison, serious, modest
veracious story Of patient suffering in the war; told from
the life, will question, and told in the fewest pos
sble words the whole the exhibition portrats at the
Academy does not encourage any very exalted estimate
Of talent single mindedness earnestness The worldly
conventional spirit far prevalent than 1t should
be. We trust that under the new management, which
the new ambition OF the Academicians will demand,
nobler spirit will produce nobler works.
Year: 1870

Did you ever study the cheapncss OF
some pleasures? Do you know how
little IL takes to make multitude
happy? Such trines IA n penny, n
word, or a smile do the work. There
are two or three boys passing along,
give them each n chestnut, and see
how smiling they look. They will
not be cross for some time. n poor
widow who lives in neighborhood.
who is the mother of half a dozen
children; send them half u peek of
sweet apples, and they will all be hap
ny. a child has lost his arrow,-all
the world To him-and he mourns
sadly; help him to find 1t, or make
him another. and see how quickly will
the sunshine play upon his face. a
boy has as much as he can do to pile
up q load Of wood, assist him few
moments or speak n pleasant word TO
him, and he forgets his toll and works
away without minding IL. Your APP
prentice has broken mug, or cut the
vest too large, or slightly injured n
piece of work, say "You scoundrel,"
and he feels miserably; but remark,
"I am sorry" aud he will Try and do
better.


You employ man; pay him cheer
fully, and speak u pleasant word TO
him, and he leaves Your house with n
contented heart and with smiles and
gladness. A. you pass along the street
you meet familiar face, say "good
morning" as though you felt happy.
and it will work admirably in the
heart of your neighbor.


Pleasure is cheap-who will not be-
stow il literally? III there are smiles,
sunshine and flowers all about us, let
us not grasp them with a miscr's fist,
and lock them up i'm our heartf. No.
Rattle. let us take them and scatter
them about Us, i'm the cot OF the widow,
among the group Of children, in the
crowded mart, where men Of business
congregate, in our families and every
where.


We can make the wretched happy;
the disconsolate cheerful; the afflicted
resigned; at exceedingly cheap rates.
Who will refuse TO do II?
Year: 1870

A Michigan woman has recovered
by law all the money that her husband
spent in q liquor saloon for six years.
The prohibirory liquor law Of the
State does not regard liquor rs proper
~, and the woman recovered the
money on the ground that it had b,en
paid to the liquor vender without con-
sideration.
Year: 1870

FEMININE WoMEN.-"I think if | marry" said
Mr.. Temple, glancng across at Florence, Z" !
shall educate my future wife to suit my require
ments. like feminine woman, and ia our day
when the gentle sex compete for honors at our
universities, and what not, it is time for men to
want wives in the old sense of the word, to have
a school of their own in which to educate them
Only few days ago read of single, married
and widow ladies having taken degrees. grant
that there are some men who might like to marry
a female NJ. D., but am not among the number,
for believe we have round corners which need
planning and polishing; and | hold that wom-
an g tenderness and gentleness is the greatest
safety man has, and therefore | do not wish
her to lose her identity in grad-grind study
Let her be well-read by all means, but eschew
competition with men. Only imagine husband
and wife going up the counting house bent on
the same business. We have hardness enough
to deal with daily. Why should women be ed
ucated in the same rough schOolf Give me
rather womanly wife, who would be one with
me in all my pursuits; who would synpathize
with me in all my difficulties; who would
cheer me with her honest advice and who
would beguile me from money y-making by her
affection and not a manly woman, who would
bore me with argument, weary me with her pol
itics, or boast of her degree"
Year: 1870

a good soup contains the nutri-
ment most needed for trifling ex-
peDse, and should be found on every
table at least twice q week "a
day would he better. .. .


A few points are very essential In
making a good soup. Beef is the
best meat for the purpose. ms 1t con-
tains the most nourishment. A
shank bone well cracked, that the
marrow may be extracted, which
you can purchase for the triiling
sum OF fifteen cents, will make an
abundant soup for family of half n
dozen persons twice. The bone
should he put TO soak I'm cold water,
allowing "A full quart for every pound
of meat, and by very gradual heat
come to a slow simmer, which
should be kept up five or six hours.
soup should on no account be allow
ed to boil, except for the last ten or
nfteen minutes, to cook the vege-
tables In finishing. For the first
hour Of simmering, IL should be FREE
quently skinned. Salt and pepper
and savory should he cooked In 10
from the first, and the rice added at
last for thicksning. liz vegetables are
desired they should be neatly sliced,
and the soup strained finally through
u sieve. Great care should be used tn
skim off the fat as 10 rises, which
will be necessary for some hours
If soup Is allowed to COO, and used
the second day after making, Ii will
be all the better, as then all grease
can be entirely removed.


Very delicious soups can made I'm
the same manner from game, fowls,
mutton or veal, and thIckening them
with little arrowroot or corn starch.
Cor. Country Gentleman.
Year: 1870

In the Senate yesterday action was
taken to strike the word "whiteu
from the law prescribing the qualih-
cations OF persons admitted to the
practice of law. The people of Iowa,
by thirty thousand majority, having
decided that the question of cuticle
has nothing to do with the qualifica-
tions of voter, the Senate promptly
arrived at the decision that neither
has it properly anything to do with
a lawyer. Not only this. The SEN
ate has taken another step forward,
and with the word male" The wo.
man of Iowa soon can be lawyer, IL
she cannot be a voter. And the sign
is now seen In the sky that the good
day Is coming fast when she will
vote. The people of Iowa will not
be long in declaring that an inteili-
gent woman has as much right to
the ballot as an ignorant man. So
all you folks who won't live in Iowa
when the women vote, may as well
leave now with the other nice people
who said they would not live In Iowa
enc minute after the niggers voted. I"
State Register,
Year: 1870

The Mitchell County NeDs tells
Of man In that county who hired a
threshing machine to do his thresh-
ing, and after 1t was done refused to
pay for the work, on the gronnd
that one "knuckle" of the machine
had been left uncovered. The own
er supposed that he had complied
with the law until his employer
took advantage of the neglect by re-
fusing to pay.
Year: 1870

TIE Nary Register for 1870, shows
that of eighteen hundred officers in
the service not less than thirteen
hundred and forty-five are on the
active list, while of the balance, two
hundred and forty eight are midship.
men at the Naval Academy, There
are one hundred and eighty-eight
vessels of all kinds and classes, from
ships of the line to the little torpedo
boat laid up in New York harbor.
During last year fourteen vessels
were sold and one (the steamer
Maria) lost.
Year: 1870

A correspondent of the Maine
Farmer has a new use for cats. He
says: "My way to cure a sulky steer
that lays down when you first yoke
him, is to take cat and let her put
her paws on the end of the steers
nose, and, If necessary, hold her
rather hard. My word for it, he will
be on his legs quick.n
Year: 1870

l like to tend weddings, said Mrs Parting
ton, as she came back FROM one at church.
and hung her shawl up and replaced the
bonnet in its long preserved bandbox. like
to see young people come together with the
promise to love, cherish and ncurish each
other But 1t is a solemn thing. is matrimo-
ny, very solemn thing, where the minister
comes lnto chancery with his scruples on, and
goes through the ceremony of making them
man and wife. 1t isn't every husband that
turns out to be man. l declare | never
shall forget when Paul put the nupturl ring
on my finger and said With my goods thee
endow. He used to keep dry-goods store
then. and | thought he was going to give me
all there was in it. was young and simple
didn't know till afterwards that it meant on
ly one calico dress year.
Year: 1870

''Don't slop over" the old man said.
As he placed his hand on the young mans head !;
Go il by all means 90 ii fast
Go it while leather and horseshoe last;
60 il while hide and hair on horse
viii hold together. Oh, go it, of course
Go il as rapid as ever you can,
But don't slop over, my dear young man.
"Dont slop over." You'll find some dav
That keeping eve TO the wndward will pay,
A horse NAV run little too long.
A preacher preach Just fraction too strong,
And the poet who pieases the world with rhymes
May write and regret it in after times,
Keep the end cfthe effort in view.
And don't slop over, whatever you do.
"Dont slop over" The wisest men
Are bound to slop over now and then;
And vet the wisest at work or feast
Are the very who blunder the least
Those who split milk never wall
Are the ones who carry the steadiest pail.
Wherever you go. go IN for the fat;
But don't slop overland freeze TO that
"Don't slop over - distruSt yourself.
Nor always reach TO the highest shelf
The next to the highest will centrally do,
Answer the needs of such rs you.
Climb of course. bnt always stop.
And take breath a little this side of the top;
AMI so you will reach it in wind and strong.
Without stopping over Thus ends my song"
Year: 1870

Blessed is he who does not make a cent
Tor he will not have any income tax to paw.
Blessed is the bald-headed mar for bis wife
cannot pull his hair Blessed is the homelv
man for the girls shall not modest him; yea,
thrice blessed is be, for when he asketh lady
to dance, she will answer him, saying, II am
engaged for the next set.
Year: 1870

A man in Missouri, not long age, rurchas-
ed an old trunk at an express auction sale.
The trunk proved to contain only old clothes.
He took it home and used it for q wood box.
a few days ago he broke it up for kindling
wood, and found between the zinc and wood.
en- bottom &. .OS5.
Year: 1870

Similar sentiments animate our heart when
we recall that ancient distich. Early to bed
and early to rise, but it is not necessary to
quote what we all know and have suffered
FROM .--Appleton' Journal.
Year: 1870

TIE Warmotli- -Wiclklifie Imbr0Glio-The New
Orleans Chief of Police Imprisoned-Inter.
nnl Revenue Receipts.


NEW ORLEANS, Jan. l. 1870
Chief Of Police Cain was yesterday committed to
the Parish Prison for twentyfour hours for contempt
OF court IN the Seventh district, for allowing Cover
nor Yarmouth the use Of the Metropolitan Police to
prevent Auditor Wickline from occupying his ofice
In the Mechanics Institute from which he had been
elected by order OF the Governor Peremptory
orders were issued by the sixth District Court for
Wlckliffe to reoccupy the Office while the Fifth Dis
trict Court enjoned the Sheriff from disturbing the
Governor in the use and occupancy OF the Mechanics
Institute. The Governor and metropolitan Police
are still In possession Of the entire building.


The statement OF Colonel Stockdale shows the in
terna revenue receipts Of this district for the eight
months ending December 81 to be sl,51o 54s. The
receipts for the corresponding period last year were
$97ss7l. The gain over last year., without deduct
ing the cotton tax, is over s5ooOoo.
Year: 1870

Missouri.


[FrOm the Plttsburg Mail Dec. 91


A correspondent who has made tour OF the
Upper Missouri wrtes:--Just previous to our depar-
ture from .the land OF thr Dakotas,r Red Horse
band the rso cgaaas Tney came psrS cnan n MIS-
ana fancy Saddles, curlousy decorated,
rode, however, like wen disciplined cavalry. The
physique OF Red Horse very striking but his dress
some Of his head men ne described with eloquence,
In the Sioux language, enforced by graceful ges-
lures, how, as messenger OF peace, he has been
Sioux to make peace with the whites. He had been
thus engaged ever since ne brought the white
lady, Mrs. Morris, int the post (Fort Rice). He
SAID that for long time he was unsuccessful meet
Ing with insults and derlsion from another orator
chief, who advocated hostility and war. HIS fiery
rival was in great honor, but Red Horse was de-
sssa sy the young who wanted
to the Great Spirit and seek for supernatu.
raj help against his opponent: Soon afterwards
accused OF causing his death by means Of his sacri-
fee to the Great Spirit. Red Horse acknowledged
the act, affirming mat his sacrifice accepted,
and that the Great Spirit had removed the chief who
had stood in tho way OF his reconcillng his tribe
with the whites and that, moreover, the
peace was the only way to save the whole
tribe from destruction. These bands look upon Red
two The peace party consequently grew stronger
and he was no longer derided but listened to with
Difference. HOW far he believed himself in his sue
cess In influencing the Great Spirit by his sacrifice
/ cannot say. or his successful diplomacy
in taking advantage OF the superstitions
OF his people to secure peace, there can
be no question. Red Horse IS another Sioux OF
talent. influence, diplomatic skill and great powers
of oratory, tried friend OF the whites who could
and ought TO be In ssme way employed by our
government in the conduct OF Indian afairs.
Fire Heart Is a chief Of the BlacKfeet
Sioux, subordinate to the popular and celebrated
CHIEF Two Bears. The Blackfeet constitute q very
powerful band. We found over fifty OF their lodges
In camp when our regiment went TO occupy the
fort and during the winter these were augmented
in number TO nearly q hundred. Fire Heart their
Chief is powerfully built man. He Is re-
markable. in personal appearance on ac-
count OF broad, expansive forehead, u
keen black eye, a complexion OF a bright
and somewhat tawny color. bordering
light mahogany tint. lie Is seldom painted, the ex-
ceptons beng on festive occasions, and even then
he uaes but little paint He Is TALL stately and COM
manding In appearance He has three squaws
wives and Dine children. He Is believed to be
wealthy. His baud, the Backfeet Two Bears band.
the Two Kettle and Bear Ribs band and the Unk.
papas encamped during several winters In the
neighborhood OF Fort Rice they have often been
tried and proved loyal aud true to the whites. Bear
Ribs died In our hospital of some malignant fever,
much lamented by the officers anq troops at this
nnst~
Year: 1870

During the past year the specimens Of the soils In
which the best tea Is produced have been collected
and carefully examined and compared with the
soils OF various portions Of the United States. Ne
been compared with those Of this country, and the
conclusions arrived at that there are large tracts
OF country IN the United States In which tea be
successfully cultivated.
Year: 1870

! Daniel Atkin had become a con
firmed drunkard. So fully had be
| come under the dominion of his
appetite, that he was perfectly
miserable when he could not obtain
the means of gratifying his thirst
He had neglected his family till
his wifc's father had taken her and
the children under the parental
roof He had spent all his sub
stance in drink, and was kept from
the poor house only by performine 9
menial services for his food, and
by the kindness Of Thomas Edger-
ton u member Of the society o!
Friends, who had known him from
his youth, and who had stron z
hope that, in course of time, he
would see his folly, and turn again
into the right path.


The leading publican of the place
had let him have drink SO long as
his money lasted, but would trust
him no longer. He was lounging 2
about the store one bright moon
| light evening, pleading wit, Il G
lu.,, seller TO rust him for drink,
j'Gt tie reply was Not drop
more, Daniel. :


He remained a while longer, and
theD lett. As the cool air of the
evening fell upon him, he all at
o'ee gave utterance to his feeling.
IN the following strain Not a
drop more, Daniel Am [ drunk
OF sin l sober l am sober. Not
drop more, Daniel. Did Hos
kins think a drop would hurt me !.
80, but my money was gone. He
,as got aii-got everything | had !;
Ven the Bible my father gave me


lie has got the boots that my wife,
With her lard earnings, bought for
.ieiinie. Not a drop more, Daniel ;
}aniel. what say you to that |
~ so, 100 once had good
yiOthcS. bur now [ have nothin .
bet Tags Not a drop more, Dan
lei, ttii / have clothes aeain as
20, Il rs when Mary and / were
inst married. l once had a good
watch, but That too is gone Not
a drop more, Daniel, till | have
another as good as the one pawn
ed TO Hosklcs for drink. | have
seen the day when l had q good
horse and buggy, and could ride
into town in as good style as any
man in the place.


Not drop more, Daniel till l
have another horse and buggy as
once had. / once had cows that
furnished my family With butter
and cheese, but IIoskins has got



them, Not a drop more, Daniel,
till these cows or others as good,
are mine again. | once had this
wallet full Of bills but now not a
cent have | got. Not a drop more,
Daniel till this wallet is well filled
again.


By this time he had reached tie
lace where he formerly resided,
and leaning up against the fence,
he mused q long time in silence.
lie viewed the aesoiate place by
the light of the moon, and his eyes
ranged over the house and farm
nnce his own. He then said to
himself: Once l owned this house
and farm. Here my father and
mother died. | was the pride Of
their hearts but / have brought
down their gray hairs in sorrow to
the grave Here began my mar
ried life; and all that heart could
wish was mine. Here Mary and
took comfort together till Hoskins
came and opened his rum shop,
and now he calls it his.


In that south room my children
were born, and there my Jennie
died. Oh, how sorrowful she look
ed when she saw me take her boots
and start for the store to pawn
them for rum, while she lay sick
upon the bed And then how she
begged of me never to strike her
mother again.


And Oh, my wife, how shame
Year: 1870

The Mt. Vernon Democrat,
whose Democracy is beyond
all dispute, calls attention to
the pleasant fact that in all
the counties, in Ohio but one
there was heavy falling off in
the Democratic vote. pa
Year: 1870

e.. :


SAYS the Boston Advertiser
ma journal, by the way, from
from which the disorganizers
have been quoting Of late: "II
the Administration were not
strong in the public confidence,
if the. President and his advis
ers had not convinced the
country of their integrity and
their purpose to administer the
laws justly, such an onslaught
as was made as soon as the
elections were over would have
impaired, if it had not destroy.
ed, their usefulness for the rest
of the term The heavy artil.
lery has had its hour, followed
by a scattering and feeble rat
tie Of musketry, but The effect
is nearly over, and the world
goes on as before. The Presi,
dent has been assailed with
cxtravagant charges, some Of
them direct and circumstantial,
most of them insinuated and
cowardly; but when you look
at them and attempt to analyze
them they disappear"
Year: 1870

HERE is n class of newsmon.
gers at Washington who have
been frantic with vexation be
cause President Grant don't
pour maudlin condolences into
the earshof interyiewerS after
the manner of Andrew John,
son. They have filled the air
with contradictory rum rs as Ia
what was to be done in the Cox
case, in the Motley case, and
in the case of Lord Knows
Who. Having exausted the
capacity of their powers of In
ventioni in this way, they now
plaintiyely complain of the
Administration that there are
so many rumors adoat az to
what it is going to do, that it
really does seem that it don't
know its own mind!
Year: 1870

will accomplish all that Is desired. Those
living In malarious districts, West and South,
as general thing need, on the approach OF
warm weather, such remedy; one that will
remove languor, aud restore tone and yigor TO
the system. No preparation will more effect
ually accomplish this than the - e. To