smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

/ Brown, who lives in Cambridge, had


the fifth anniversary of his wedding oc-


cur about a week ago, and his friends
! determined to celebrate mis- wooden


wedding by a surprise party. They


commenced by sending servant with a
team to take Brown and his wife out to


ride about 7. Then they began to come


in with presents and materials for SUD-


per. There was a little party of five


came first, all laden, hands full. They


all got nicely inside the garden gate,


which shuts with spring, when


Browns big mastiff, who is always left


unclaimed in his masters absence, came
round the corner and surprised them


One woman stepped ON her dress, and
in her fall so demoraIized a fragile


black walnut bookcase she carried that
it was afterward done up in a bundle
and presented as kindling wo-d. An
other fellow got safely out of the yard,
all but part of his pants, while old
Smithers, who weighs two hundred and
twenty pounds, plunged wildly, with
the eight-gallon pail of ice cream he
carried, through Browns glass hot
house in the corner of the yard, and
surprised some thirty dollars worth of
exotics. Finally they fixed things up
and got into the house, and as it was
about time for Browns return they
commenced laying the supper table
They got down a tea set of rare china
that a friend of Browns in the trade
had loaned him a week before, and
broke two pieces, so that Brown has
since been obliged to mortgage his hen
house and buy the set and the COM
ments of Mrs. Brown, when she saw the
condition of the carpet, We're sarcastic
in the extreme. Finally, as a crowning
touch, they tried to hang ont Chinese
lanterns, with the word Welcome"
on them, on the porch over the front
door. They succeeded in hanging two
lanterns, and when they had saved the
house from the fiery fiend, there wasn't
enough porch left to pay for the trouble
of trying to hang out any more. Then
they sat down and waited for Brown
and his wife to come home. We draw
the veil over the scene that followed
their return. Some scenes are too Joy
GUS to be described in cold, cold words.
Boston Traveller.
Year: 1873

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On the top Of the hill at Clermont is
the ancient castle of the court of that


name, and in various parts the battle


ments of old times and the old walls are
still visible. This fort, which seems


built for eternity, has become a prison
for females condemned to hard labor.


There is not one of the six hundred


prisoners who has not committed a he
nious crime. The director, an old re
tired officer, insisted upon showing me
all parts of it. The view from the
higher terraces is admirable, and the


air is so pure that the prisoners enjoy


better health than the honest Iaborers


of the industrial towns. I could not


help pitying the poor Gray sisters who


have voluntarily devoted themselves to


the reformation and to the guard of the


female convicts. Some of these sisters,


was told, once belonged to the best


society. Their life now is the hardest


that can be imagined, for even at night


in the dormitOries a constant guard


must be kept. Many of the prisoners


have the most uncomfortable tempers.


They cannot be trusted with knives in


the refectories their meat is cut before


hand, and they eat, Japanese fashion,


with wooden sticks. They work with
sewing machines, and sometimes use
the needles of their machines to wound


their guardians. The goods they man
ufacture, chiefly bottines, are sold, and
they can make little capital, which is
given to them at the expiration of their
term. The most frightfuI trait of the
regime is the obligation of absolute 81
Ience, day and night. The Gray sisters
told me that with the liberty of speech
among these corrupt and criminal fe-
males they could not undertake to keep
guard over them.


The sisters never lay their hands on
rebelliOus convict when a rebellion
takes place, they call for male guardi-
ans, who keep the door and approaches
to the prison, aud who only exception
ally enter its precincts. I found the
prisoners at church, six hundred women
dressed in the same uniform, and sing
ing psalms. This singing becomes a
great pleasure for them, as they are
never allowed to talk; so does confess
sion, and the aImoner confded to me
that he was obliged to shorten and reg
uIate the confessions, as many of the
prisoners would never end them, if it
were left with them to do so. I noticed
with pleasure that there were two sepa-
rate departments, one for the hardened
sinners, old women who are condemned
for life, and who would have a bad in
fuence on the rest of the prisoners i; and
another for the young women, con-
demned for infanticide. Their regime /
is not so hard, most of them being very |
penitent and very young. On the |
whole, it seemed to me that the prison /
was conducted with as much humanity |
as was consistent with the character of !
the convicts. But this visit quite filled /
me with sadness. I could not help be- |
ing disgusted at finding such inmates
in a place which was once the favorite /
stronghold of noble knights. Henry |
", during the wars of religion, once
took refuge in it there is hardly a |
Bourbon prince of the old times who
did not rest in it after hunting in the
wood which cover the plain.
Year: 1873

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph Cthus) mean that your sub
scriptior is out or unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay up at once,
We would take great pleasure in extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons,
but cash alone viii pay expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to q strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity Of such .
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


ES- We enter no new names on orr
books without the money in advI' ce-
Year: 1873

In ancient times there lived man,
Shien. During travelling tour he had
occasion to rest the night at a road
house. The weather was insufferably
hot. and within the room musketoes
swarmed by thousands. Shien fortu-
nately had provided himself with cur
tains, but unfortunately the curtains
we're insufficient to resist the enemy.
His efforts to keep them out were in
vain, sounds of buzzing in unpleasant
poximity still continued, and writhing
under the intOlerable torment of their
stings, his thoughts transpIanted them
selves to his own peaceful home. He
reflected on the spacious halls, cool
couches, and the crowd of handmaids
to fan and wait on their lord and, con-
tinued he to himself, " "hOw is it that I
should have suffered one moment of
ennui In such paradise Why leave
to seek pleasures and find misery
abroad ?" During these meditatiOns ne
observed the keeper of the post, who
had no curtains, pacing the room with
the musketoes swarming around him.
But what seemed to him inexplicable
was that the man still appeared to be
in perfect good humOr. Shien, still
writhing in misery, exclaimed "My
good fellow, you are one hundred times
worse off than myself, but how is it
that, while am in torment of mind,
you on the contrary seem happy" The
keeper replied "Sir, I have just been
recalling to mind the position I was
once placed in; when a prisoner, bound
hand and foot, I was helpless prey to
these emurderous insects unable to move
a muscle, they Preyed on me with i'm
punity, and the agony was unbearable.
It was the contrast of that horrible pc
riOd with nv present condition that
produced that feeling of cOntentedness
with me-" Shien was startled by the
mine of philosophy herein unfolded.
Would, he thought, that the world In
ordinary life would but daily keep in
mind, and carry out, such a spirit analo-
opv. How vast then would be the re-
suit to man NORTH China Herald.


An undertaken recently meeting in
newspaper Office a doctor, a preacher
and a mutual friend, remarked TO the
latter. "Now I have been waiting a
good while for you to hand in your
chips. Better do it now. Here are tho
doctor to kill you, the minister to
preach your sermon, the reporter TO
write your obituary, myself to bury
you, the devil to take you. Bette
improve your opportunity"


INDOLENCE IS the paralysis of she
soul.
Year: 1873

How well it would be for all those who set
out in life with business ambitions, if they
would learn to be content with little things
before they snatch at large ones; to make
progress slowly and gradually, and not with
rapid and enormous strides! 1t seems as if
every month, almost every week, brought
some new account of a misguided and crimi-
nal man who has hasted to be rich, who has
sought to Glitch the prize of fortune by other
than honest and legitimate means.


Not little by little has he been willing to
accumulate honorable wealth, but by rushing
into the vortex of speculation, by driving his
craft under full sail down the slippery rapids
of embezzleEent, defalcation, and breach of
trust The insane and utterly foolish desire
to live fashionably, and to have ones name
ranked among the highest incomes, is
moIe and more Turing men on to
business rashness and fraud; and
unless the strong tide of this ambition
can be somehow changed, our commercial
life seems destined to become hopelessly cor
rupt and corrupting, and the honest banker
and merchant and trader to be known only
as by ancient tradition. Money is very use
full and riches very desirable; but all the gold
in the Golfers of men and the mines of the
earth cannot compensate for the loss of man
ly integrity, or compare Tor moment with
the worth and value of true and noble char
acter! INDEX.
Year: 1873

Wilkie said his first bright thing in Amer
lea and one of ais best, when he spoke OF
novels as that class of works for which heavy
people have inverted the name of light liter
ature
Year: 1873

Romance ofOId Court Life in France. BY


France. Elliot.


Historical gossip of all gossip is the most
entertaining, ana it possesses an additional
advantage in that it has all the interest of
fiction whi its reader easily persuades him
self and Others that he is not wasting his
time in the sinful indulgence of novel read
ing. Romance of Old Court Life in France,
does not purport to be fiction though it has
many marks OF the historical novel; 1t is a
series of sketches of war and -love-making
and intrigue from the time of Francis the
First to that of Louis the Fifteenth. or
necessity it is biography of the mistresses Of
the Valois and Bourbon Kings, for histo-
ry OF the hereditary rulers of France is a bis
tory of the women who governed them. How
much of it is taken from French memoirs,
rich in gossip and scandal, and how much is
''cribbed" from Dumas and his kind we are
unable to say but we assert without fear u
contradiction that it is a vastly entertaining
Year: 1873

The first time that Hartley Coleridge was
taken TO London and saw the long rows of
street lamps twinkling in the distance, he
said, as he was carried along in arms: snow,
know what the stars are. They are lamps
that have been good upon earth and have
gone up to heavenp
Year: 1873

A gentleman, in search of man
to do some work, met on his way lady
not as young as she once was, and asked
her: "Can you tell me where can
find man ?" NO, cannot" she re.
piled, for l have been looking these
twenty years for one myself"


The wholesale price of really first
class butter in our leading Western
markets is thirty-ive cents pound. 1t
is seldom that it goes below thirty cents
and very often reaches forty cents and
upward There is no reason why our
cheese factories should not be 50 ur-
ranged as to manufacture butter durin.
the Winter and cool season of the wear,
and cheese during the hotter months.
To do this, roots must be raised in suffi-
cient quantity to provide ample feeding
for the cows.-Er.


"A wife wanted her husband to sym-
pathize with her in feminine quarrel,
but he refused, saying, "Ive lived
long enough to learn that one woman is
just as good as another, if not better"
And l." retorted the exasperated
wife, "have lived long enough to learn
that one man is just as bad as another,
If not worse"


ALL difficulties come to US, as Bunyan
says Of temptation, like the lion which met
samson; the first time we encounter them
they roar and Rnash their teeth. but. once
subdued, we find nest Of honey in them.
Year: 1873

A New and Complete Bfndery tObe Added.


We have made arrangements to add to
our JOB OFFICE new and complete
bindery, ruling machine and everything
needed to do first. class work of that kind.


Our Job Office is now filled with newer
and better material than any in East Ten
nessee. In a short time we will have a
bindery in operation where blank books,
ruled to order, of any grade can be fur
nished. Those who want work of this
kind will do well to wait for our new ma
terial. We have just completed. for sew
eral Colleges in East Tennessee, catalogues
and programmes of superior style. We in
vite inspection to our specimen work
which is as good as any done here or else
where,
Year: 1873

A New Haven cut purse, in dashiug at
a handsome chain worn by lady in the
street missed the chain, but laid open the
ladys dress from shoulder to shoulder
with bis little ring knife.
Year: 1873

Az Acr authorize the board of supervisors of Doug


las county to settle and compromise all matters OF


difference between said county and the Superior and
ST. Croix Railroad Company.


Iereaa The county Of Douglas did issue its bonds to
the Superior and St Croix Railroad Company to the


amount of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars


to aid in the construction of part Of tie line Of the


railway Of said company, and


| Whereas Said company has performed portion only


of the work on account of which said bonds were


issued, and is unable and has failed complete the


road according to its contract with said county
! now therefore,


The people of the State of Wisconsin represented in
| Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:


Section l. 1t shall be lawful for the board of super
visors of Douglas county settle and compromise all
matters of difference and all claims and demands on
either part between the said county and the Superior
and ST. Crox railroad company, and for that purpose
to provide by agreement with said company for the
surrender bY the Of the bonds which have here
tofore been issued and delivered by said county to
said company except such Of said bonds as
the said company shall be allowed under such agree
ment to retain compensation for all part OF the
work aforesaid done by said company. And the
said board are also authorized in and by such settle
ment to provide for the surrender to said company Of
all any portion of the stock OF said company now
held and owned by said company, and to make COM
pete settlement Of all claims and demands OF either
party to such settlement against the other upon such
terms and conditions as the said board shall deem most
advantageous to said county and all bonds of said
county which, under such settlement shall be returned
and surrendered said county, shall thereupon and
thencefOrth be void and of no effect, and shall forth
with be burned under the direction of said board pro-
vided, that any settlement made under the provisions
of this act between said county and said company
shall be valid binding said county unless the
shall be ratified by vote of the electors of said
county voting upon the question of said settlement
hereinafter provided.


Sec >. Whenever the board of supervisors of said
county shall have negotiated and concluded any such
settlement, which shall have been reduced to writing
and signed by the parties thereto, then duplicate OF
such settlement in writing shall be filed with the coun-
ty clerk of said county, and shall be open to the IN
specon of all persons in said county, and thereafter
shall be lawful for the said board, any time within
year from and after the passage of this act by res
olution order that election be held in said coun-
y, at time in said resolution to be specified for the
purpose of voting upon the question of such settle


ent copies of which resolution shall be posted by the
sheriff of said county in five public places in said coun
y, al least one week prior to the time fixed in said
resolution for such election and shall be prior to
that time published in newspaper printed II said
Year: 1873

Another Steamer lost through official in
competency The Atlantic Of the White
Star Line, rated 60o0 tons, leaves Liverpool


March 2oth. in perfect trim and with 2oO
tons more of coal than usual When but
two days out of New York, the Captain
must needs bear off for Halifax to get more
coal! When within two hours run of land
by his own calculation, he lies down to
sleep allowing the vessel to plough on
through night and fog. An experienced
quarter master warns the officer Of the deck
Second cfficer) of the imminent danger the
vessel is in. He is rebuffed with official
insolence. lie goes to the wheel and for
an hour longer and more, the Atlantic
Year: 1873

\ large proportion Of this amount has
not yet been officially made over to the cor
porations aided. The good to be done to
the nation at large by this assistance in
developing the broad, helpless West, is
absolutely incalculable, in the long run. It
is safe to say that in ten years after the
last certificate of this national grant has
been made out, and handed over, it will
have added two thousand millions of dol
lars to the wealth Of the nation. No bet
ter investment than the giving Of these
grants was ever made on the globe. IF
sold at government price, the whole amount
would only have brought $3.50, 200, 900, and
the national appropriations in cash for the
present year alone have consumed four
ffths of that sum. And queerly enough,
Holman, the anti-land grant demagogue
proposed last winter to give as much as all
these grants to spectators in one lump!
Year: 1873

county. The said resolution so published and posted
shall be deemed due notice of such election and the
same shal be held and conducted at the time fixed by
SAID resolution, and at the place places where
cordng to law, any general special election NAV be
held IN said county. Votes at such elections in
favor of such settlement shall be by ballot with the
words in favor of settlement" written or printed
thereon votes against such settlement shall be bv
ballot with the words against settlement" written or
printed thereon.


Sec 3. Such election shall be conducted, and the
result thereof canvassed certified and published in like
manner as Is provided by law in the of special
election for the election of county officer so far as
such provisions may be applicable


Sec 4. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and shall continue for one
year only


Approved March 10, 1873.
Year: 1873

There is no more healthful omen of Mwaukee's
commercial future than the growing disposition of our
merchants to advertise far and near. With the ap-
proxmate perfection Of our railroad system the tide
is turning in Mwaukee's favor, and its merchants
show all readiness TO take il at its flood


SO says the Nil. Journal Of Commerce.
All right. And it wou.d not hurt the COM
mercial future of Milwaukee to put a few
advertisements in the Superior and Ash
land papers How is that Bro Jootrnal2
Year: 1873

A new and novel method of forecasting
storms is being discussed in the foreign
journals, the system in question being due to
the investigation of Mr.. Wenly, well-known
meterologist. The plan adopted by him for
learning the form Of the aerial wave which
is passing over any given place is to take a
sheet Of paper ruled with perpendicular lines,
and across the middle of such sheet o
strong black line is drawn to represent the
average or mean line of the barometer, and
fifteen finer lines above and below, at inter
vals Of about one-tenth Of an inch rise and
fall. The lines being dated at the top to
so as to correspond with the days Of the
months, the observer begins by noticing how
many tenths of inch the mercury may stand,
say at eight in the morning, above or below
the average, or twenty-nine and half inches;
q dot is made in the line corresponding to
the date at the required height, and the
same thing is done the next day at the same
hour, drawing pen across from dot to dot
continuing this daily gives the wave FORM
It is found far better to mark It
twice q day, namely, at eight in the evening
that is, half way between the daily lines.
A sailor might mark it every watch Ac-
cording to this theory, the serial wave fol.
lows the same law as the watery one--that II
9 great height be suddenly reached il will
be as suddenly left; if slowly reached, as
slowly Quilted,
Year: 1873

SUCCESS IN LIFE.-You should constantly
bear in mind that nine-tenths Of us are, from
the very nature and necessities of the world
born to gain our livelihood by the sweat Of
the brow. What reason, then, have We to
presume that our children are not to do the
sameY The path upwards is steep and long
Industry, care, skill excellence in the parent,
lay the foundation Of a rise under more fovor.
able circumstances for the children. The
children of these take another rise, and by
and by descendants Of the present laborers
become gentlemen. This is the natural pro-
gress. It is by attempting to reach the top
al a single leap that so much misery is pro.
duced in the world. The education which is
recommended consists in bringing children up
to labor with steadiness, with care, and with
skill-to show them how to do as many use.
full things as possible; to teach them how to
do all in the best msnher; to set them an
example of industry, sobriety, cleanliness
and neatness to make all these habitual to
them, so that they shall never be liable to
fall in the contrary; to let them always see a
good living proceeding from labor, and thus
remove from them the temptation to get the
goods of others by violent and fraudulent
means.
Year: 1873

The success of flying machines is truly
astonishing. A Mr.. Folger, up in Michigan,
recently constructed one, went to the top Of
the barn, lit out, and went with such rapid.
that he lost his consciousness for half an
hour, when be found himsef but few feet
from the barn. He thinks he could not
hive been entirely unconscious, otherwise
he would: not have returned to the barn,
where he picked himself up.
Year: 1873

FRIENDSHIP AMONG THIEvEs.-In the
rogue's gallery in the New Orleans police de-
partment there is the pictnre Of "Mollie Wa.
terman and her dog" Mollie was no thief
She was never known to steal anything in her
life and yet she was classed among thieves,
because her dog had the habit Of stealing.
Mollie would go into store, examine goods,


ewelry, laces, etc., and the dog was always at
her side. She had way Of telling the dog
Just what she wanted out of store, and when
she went out the dog hung around. When
the shopman's back was turned the dog never
failed to lay his teeth on the very article that
Mollie wanted. He punctually brought it to
his mistress at her rooms Sometimes the dog
took little things that he thought Mollie
might want, without any hint from her.
Molie and her dog had perfect understand.
ing, worked together for several years, and
we're very dear friends, as events proved.
One day the dog was caught stealing.
Mollie flew to his rescue. She exonerated
the dog and actually accused herself of being
the theft. The police took her at her word.
She said she was willing to do all the suffering
and pay the penalty, but begged her jailors to
spare the dog. The jailors had the photo
graph of Mollie Waterman and her dog
taken and hung up among the rogues. They
then told her the dog had to die without judge
or jury. She prayed the iucxorable police to
take her life but spare the dogs. They
would not listen to her appeal, and, killing
the dog before her eyes, they flung his bleeding
carcass into her cell and locked her up. The
next morning Mollie Waterman was found