smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

.T A little boy came into our Office Fri.
day morning, and wanted to carry up some
wood which was laying at the back Of the
building. We did not need his services bnl
he plead that he was an orphan. and needed
the money. We told him we would give him
II irtcen cents to bring 1t up. He ssid he
thought he ought to have twenty five cents
for his mother was widow, and ne was earn
ing money for her. We told him we couldn't
give It. and he concluded he would accept
our offer. When we came from our dinner
we found him waiting for kis pay. In the
meantime he'had told one of our employees
that he had not had n knife for four years
and wanted to know If fifteen cents would
buy knife We advanced five cents on the
original proposition, and gave the boy twen
" cents and he went on his way rejoicing
and looked around to see where he could
drive the best bargain in knife, utterly for
gctful Of his" widowed mother That boy
will superccde Grant yet.
Year: 1875

EE' If there is one tling more than
an other that we admire in woman, it is
modesty. The face Of tie pretty girl Of
ten looses its beauty as We become more
intimate with the person. And why 7
Because there presents itself TO our view
disagreeable boldncss md masculinity
that is in striking contrast with the pret-
ty face, and leads US to believe that the
adorning and beautifying of the body
has received all the thoughts and atten-
tons Of the girl. That girl or woman is
not beautiful, never mind if she has the
face Of Hebc, if there is boldness, or
vanity, or dscourtesy in her heart She
may be as lovely rs the rose, but she
must add to it the purity of the lilly,
She may be as gorgeous as the magnolia,
but she must not forget the humility of
the violet, which, though the sweetest Of
flowers, ever holds its head near the
ground, as il ashamed Of its own love.
liness. The forward, brazcn faced girl
is never respected even by the young
men who apparently crave her society.
She can talk louder. and dirt more than
her more modest neighbor, but she does
not command an equal amount Of res.
pect. Woman without modesty is like a
tree without leaves, she may be grand
and impressive, but is shorn Of that which
constitutes her supremely beautiful.
Girls, cultivate modcsty; wear it near
your breast rs YOU would precious jew
el; keep it in corner of your heart as
n treasure, cherish 1t as an evergreen, that
when the winter Of life shall come, and
with its frosty network Of trouble wi,her
and blight its beautiful flower compan'
ions. will retain It's greenness, and be a
lovely companion to go side by side
with you adown the thorny road Of life
Girls, do cultivate modesty.
Year: 1875

Ey- We had pleasure, on the first
Sunday night of the New Year, of listen
ing to sermon by the Rev. Mr.. Nugent,
of the Mississippi Conference. After TAX
inghis text, the revereni gentlemen star
ted out by saying that the sacrifice which
Christ Offered upon the cross, was vi
carious one, that is, one in which he be
came the substitute for sinners; that
because of the sin of Adam, every man
or woman on earth that had ever lived
or that would live, had sinned or would
sin, and had necessarily fallen under the
declaration. In the day thou ea,est
thereof thou shalt surely die" All man
kind, then, were sinners, and there was
no one meet for the sacrifice The law
required that the victim Tor the sin Of
iering should lie without spot or blem-
ish, a pure and tliutless lamb. Where
was it to be found The earth did not
contain it and man was threatened with
death temporal, death spiritual, aud death
eternal, unless some one uncontamlnated
bv sin, could be found as the necessary
substitute for the sinner Christ became
man, and with all the perfection and ex-
cellence Of complete and noble manhood
and Godhead united, was the partner OF
all our sutierings, but untainted by our
sins. He bore our sins in his own
body on the tree in order that a iull
and sufficient obiation and satisfaction
for the sins Of the whole world might be
made. and man be redeemed from the
penalty of the violated law. But the
infdel would inquire. why God. who
had surrounded Adam with SO much that
was calculated to make him completely
happy, should, at last, suffer him to be
tempted and fall into sin that should be
inherited by the whole human family 81
will tell you why said the preacher, "lt
was because man needed to pass through
such an ordeal, that he might know him


self, and feel his dependence upon the
mercy and goodness Of God. lie was
self righteous, and he needed the terrible
lesson of the fall TO teach how weak was
his effort to do right, unaided by the
arm of his Maker 1t was needed to i'm


press upon his mind, the peace OF heart
that ever attends the righteous nan in
the performance Of his duty, or the guilt
that fills the soul Of the sinful man, who
disobeys the law Of his Maker. The
preacher closed with some excellent re-
marks on the comprehcnsivencss Of the
redemption which Christ brought to the
world Mr.. Nugent was listened to with
much attention, and every one went home
well pleased with the sermon.
Year: 1875

A lady who had barely succeeded in
not catching an outgoing train at Mas.
silon Ohio, stood gazing at it with her
arms full of packages, and her eyes full
Of tears, when gentleman arrived at the
depot on run, with valise in hand, his
coat on his arm, and his face streaming
with perspiration He sat down on his
vaise, looking at the vanishing train, and
deliberately said, Damn it" Where
upon the lady sweetly smiled and earn.
estly said "Thank you. sir
Year: 1875

a tS- Our friend Daugherty is sometimes ut
tcriy oblivious of the fact that, In order u
prevent unlawful abstraction of property. af.
Ter night he must close and fasten his doors
often goes of and leaves them wide open. II
must be ON account Of this absent minded
ness that he is called Door-ity.
Year: 1875

Is- The Odd Fellows are to remove
to the Eagle Block, and make lodge
room of our old Office. What change
from a place where common people are
wont to come in the day time, to place
where odd fellows lodge at night
Year: 1875

John Erode is no more. You prob
ahy did not know him. He lived in
Western Missouri and on entering the
smoke house of a friend, to see how the
bans were getting along, a trap gun
blew his head Off
Year: 1875

Both houses of the general assembly
have passed the following act, and it will
no doubt be approved by the governor
An Act fixing the time Of holding the


courts OF probate in each county III
this state, aad defining the jurisdiction
Year: 1875

The foregoing table is, of course, in
complete, and many persons of large
pounds have been unavoidably and
unintentionally omitted. 1t is just
such summary as stranger, whose
attention has been attracted by the
special weight accumulated here,
could make as the result of curious
and interesting inquiry. While many
of the figures may be inexact, more
laborious search would establish the
entire accuracy of the total. When
we assure the reader that many of
these solid men have acquired their
present averdupois while yet under 80
years of age, it will be seen that this
cosmopolitan county is no slouch. If
our imported wines and Connecticut
cigars do not fail to connect, we do not
despair of producing a Daniel Lam
bert and Pickwickian fat boy. When
it comes to solid men and newspapers
that deal in fulsome, nauseating adu-
lation Of those solid men, this cos
mopolitan city of Los Angeles expects
to carry off all the premiums aud so
far outstrip the rest of the world as to
stand an unequaled, unrivaled mon
arch of all it surveys.
Year: 1875

any conclusion concerning the affair
The restaurant men swore it was all
the fault of Parker, who they claimed
was intoxicated. The by-standers
swore as strongly to the contrary. Ar
guing from general principles, how
ever, the case seems to be against the
man Pepit and his associates. Mr..
Parker is widely known in our city
as quiet, law-abiding citizen and
perfect gentleman in every way. A
decision on the case will be rendered
by the Mayor this morning.
Year: 1875

\ hard, close man was solomon Ray,
Nothing of value he gave away;


He boarded and saved;


He pinched and shaved;
And the more he had the more he craved.
The hard-earned dollars he toiled to gain
Brought him little but care and pain;


For little he spent,


And all he lent
He made it bring him twenty per cent.
Such was the life of solomon Ray,
The years went by, and his hair grew gray;


His cheeks grew thin,


And his soul within
Grew hard as the dollars he worked to win.
But he died one day, as all men must,
For life is feeting and man but dust.


The hairs were gay


That laid him away,
And that was the end of solomon Ray.
They quarreled now, who had little cared
For Solomon Ray while his life was spared.


His lands were sold,


And his hard-earned gold
All went TO the lawyers. am told.
Yet men will cheat and pinch and save,
Nor carry their treasure beyond the grave.


All their gold some day


Will melt away
Like the selfish savings of solomon Ray.
Year: 1875

Measures of a severe nature have been
but have been quite unsuccessful. However
apathetic the Chinese may lie in respect to
most things, they will not submit to the
Withdrawal of their favorite narcotic. But
in case of SO dangerous a poison, some
restrictions are as much needed as they are
on the sale of spirituous liquors among our
selves for the effects of habitual excess
are not less deplorable than those of
habitual drunkenness. OF forty prisoners
confined in the HOnsc of Correction at
Singapore, thirty.five were found to use
opium; and of these, seventeen, who had
been in receipt of eighteen shillings month
as wages, spent twenty-four shillings on
opium, the difference being obtained by
! theft.


From a sanitary point of view the results
are equally sad. The confirmed opium
eater in the East seldom lives beyond the
age of forty, and may be recognized at {
glance by his trembling steps and curveC
spine, his sunken CLASSY eyes and sallov
withered features. The muscles, too, o
his neck and fingers often become con
tracted. Yet incurring even this penalt,
will enable him to indulge his vice only 70
certain length of time. Unlike tn
healthy enjoyment which we derive fror
our appetite of hunger, and which natur
herself renews periodically, the enjoymen
of the opium-eatcr gradually diminishes q
his system becomes habituated to the dru,
From time to time he must increase tn
quantity which he takes, but at length n
increase will produce any effect. Undt
dangerous eXpedient: he mikes sma


quantity of corrosive sublimate with til


opium, the influence of which is thus for


time renewed. Then these means also fai
; when the victim must bear his miserabI
condition until he sinks into the grave.


On the excitable temperament of til
Malays and Javanese a strong dose of opiul


causes state of frantic fury amOuntin


almost to madness, and this often ends


that homicidal mania which has bee
/ called "running amuck," in other word
. in the individual attacking with his crea!
e or dagger every one whom he meets,
5 that it becomes necessary to shoot hi
:. down with as little compunction as we do
h mad dog
Year: 1875

Would you talk of the love of the olden time,
When earth was frcer from wrong and crime,
When faith was simple and hearts were warm
To brave the tempest and face the storm;
When lovers met by the trysting tree,
Where summer breezes were blowing free,
And the chattering birds on the leafy boughs
Would stop to listen to lovers VOWS?
Do you think that the world was purcr then?
Was there more of truth in the hearts of men,
Less love of power and lust of gain,
And less of sin to wither and stain?
Were the tender VOWS that lovers spoke
Meath the lcafy shade of their trysting oak
In the olden time that is now long past,
More strong in purpose, more sure to last?
Though the world grows old with its load of crime
Though the simple faith of olden time
Its earnest purpose, and quiet ways,


Are lost in the tumult of later days,


Yet the glimpse of Eden love brings again
viii cheer and brighten the hearts of men;
And whether the times be new or Old,
The wonderful story will still be told.
Year: 1875

The fiddler of a minstrel company ran
away the other day in debt to the manager,
at which the manager facetiously declared
that he had engaged the fellow for a
fiddler, but he had taken the part of a base
violinist
Year: 1875

A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette
tried to "converse with Gov. Hendricks
the other day about the Democratic party in


Ohio, and found to his amazement that the
Governor did not know that Convention
had been held, and an imitation platform
adopted. 1t takes long time for news to
mount the fence the Governor is sitting on
Year: 1875

1t never pays 70 fret and growl
When fortune seems our foe;
The better bred will push ahead
And strike the braver blow.
For luck is work


And those who Shirk
Should not lament their doom.
But yield the play


And clear the way,
That better men have room.
Year: 1875

A bad little boy, upon being promised
FIVE cents by his mother if he would take
a dose of castor oil, obtained the money.
and then told his parent that she might
castor oil in the street.
Year: 1875

Very stern parent indeed-Come here,
sir! What is this complaint the shoolmaster
has made against you?" Much injured
youth" It's just nothing at all. You see.
Jenny Hughes bent pin. and only just
left it on the teachers chair for him TO look
at, and he came in without his specs and
sat right down on the pin, and now lie
wants to blame me for it,"
Year: 1875




That country must be in a very peaceful and
healthy moral and political condition, whose
people could be 10 much excited about a couple
of boat races az the American people were yes-
terday about the events at Cape May aud Sara-
toga. We have 10 foreign war nor domestic
strife The Beecher scandal is hushed up for a
time at least. The Centennial il an assured
success and The Presidential election il nearly
sixteen months off.
Year: 1875

THE Kendall Comedy Troupe this
week visited our city for the first
time. The theatre opened on Mon
day evening with the ''Lancashire
Lass" and the favorable reports
which that play had received from
the neighboring towns drew a large
and Intelligent audience. The act
ing was certainly among the best
ever witnessed in this city, which


has long been visitited by the best
travelling troupes. The company
remained three nights during all of
which the hall was crowded an ! the
interest well maintained, and should
they come again they would doubt
less meet with the best of patronage.
Year: 1875

THANKS to Atwood & Culver, for
a copy of Bachelor Ben" The
volume is credit to the publishers,
and we hope that our perusal of it
will satisfy us that the contents do
honor ta.the writer.
Year: 1875

The one who triedi to act the
drama of Tarquin and Leucrece on
High stgeet Monday night ought
not to have escaped SO easily. A
Juggling of about month would ease
him little in his mad career.
Year: 1875

Money loaned exceptionally at per cent call but
the close it easy at "a and per cent Paper is
more carefully scrutDzcd than usual Concerning the
reported failure Of well known sugar nrn the nfor-
nation at hand is not positive, but the indications are
such TO leave little doubt that unless the house IL
speedily relieved will go down The representatives
Of the concern are exceedingly unwilling to afford in
formation and that which given by the bank officials
with whom they do business Is equally unentertain
ing Rumors prevalent OF weakness in
Dther quarters, but faschoods so easily
uartcd and miasmatic-like in their
origin that IL is unnecessary TO do than record
their existence First class mercantile paper is still
quoted Mt and per cent Foreign exchange was
weak and unsettled 70 the close, when bankers sixty
days sterling bills offered at 10, and demand
r4s2 a4s2H The nominal asking rates wcro reduced
to a
Year: 1875

The Pork Packers are to have a
Convention at Keokuk on the 4th of
November. In this connection the
following, written bya leading pack
er of Louisville to prominent pack
er of Dubuque, will be of interest:


''The cure of hams has not been
profitable for the last two years, and
unless some change takes place in the
relative value OF cuts, we do not sec
how curers can continue the business
unless the consumption increases or
new outlets are found for export.
With the spirit of the times tending
towards economy in living, there
must result q diminished consumption
Of all those things looked upon as lux
uries, and to q great extent sugar
cured ham, with good margin OF
profit, is a luxury to a large portion
of the population that has heretofore
consumed them. Their value is not
relatively like that of other parts of
the hog, but depends much upon the
prosperity of a certain element of the
population, which for two years past
mas not been IN prosperous condition.
We have, therefore, taken the ground
that hams must be bought at relative
iy lower prices than heretofore, else
we had better let them alone. As far
as onr information goes, this seems to
be the feeling of many curers, and we
think this feeling will result in con-
cession of the views of the packers
after the season has opened. Any
how, we haye made up our minds to
wait and see, and take as few rs poss-
ihle till the prospect looks more IA
vorable for good margin on sales
next season.


IT appears to us that the prices OF
hogs are going to open too high for a
successful ana profitable season. We
tried 1t to our sorrow last year, and


feel perfectly satisfied with our expe-


rience. We don't care to repeat IT,
Year: 1875

ever learn anything, it would learn
that every intelligent citizen, or class
Of citizens, considers 1t an afl'ront
| when handful Of political leaders


lay hands upon them and publicly
announce that these fellows will vote
jiet a. they are told. Throughout The
Irecent campaign In this State and
Ohio, there were signs enough of re-
scntmcntagainst this wholesale voting
by 4 few men, who fancicd that ii was
just as easy for them to vote town
ship or a county bodily as to cast q
single ballot. In Iowa Democratic
editor pledges his party 10000 Ger


man votes, and in Ohio another DEM


ocratic editor announced that the en-


entire vote Of the Catholic Church


would be cast solid for the Democrat


ic ticket. And in the one State the


Germans. and in the other the Cath


olics, Indignantly rejected this prof.


fered ownerships of their opinions


and votes, and the Republican tickets


i'm both States were elected. Men in


this age of free schools and educated


public sentiment are too fond Of


thinking for themselves, to submit to


the off-hand dictatorship of few men


no more intelligent, and no more ca


pable of iudging, than themselves. In


a State where you cannot travel ont


of gunshot of newspaper office, men


cannot be voted as cattle are driven.


When one man promises to east forty
thousand votes, he sells just thirty
nine thousand nine hundred and
ninety-nine votes more than he is able
to deliver"


The German vote of this State,
we can tell the Tribune, went
just where the Germans saw fit to put
it. 1t will probably go the same way
next year, and the year after that
again. And the Democratic party
will never win it by assuming the
ownership of it; by proclaiming that
it can and will swerve in this way or
bend it the other, as suits its humor.
And when that party considers that
it is beaten by vote it had counted
on so confidently as its own, it has no
reason for feeling disappointed. No
party owns the votes of any class of
our citizens, and every party, save
Democracy, has learned that truth
years ago, and the Tribune should
check its grief, for il is weeping over
something that it has never had to
lose, and instead of scolding Eibmcls
for something he did not have. it
should censure itself for not knowing
that every mans vote is his own prop
crty, and is cast very much rs its own
er sees fit.-HaackeDe.
Year: 1875

stand still in her growth If it were


not for her faults. This saying has at


least been hinted If not spoken out
right, but ii is 4 false proposition. An
entire stranger. one who had never


been in our city before, said i'm the three
o'clock meeting held in the Method ist
Church on last Sabbath. that as he
went along Main street on Sabbath


morning and saw the great number OF


saloons, he said to himself, can there
nothing be done to countcract and de-
stroy tho deadly influences that must
como from such retreats? Do you
suppose that this gentleman would


readily settle in Ottnmwa or would he
look farther for homo for himself


and family?


Ot:nmwa without her present faults


would possibly lose some of her pres


cnt population, but she would attract


others who would necessarily add to


her good name. l understand it to be
a fundamental principle Of political
economy that no individual is an ad-
dition either TO society or businass life


who secures dollar without render
ing an equivalent value, so we ahonld
abandon the idea that in order to have
q live town we must have a fast town.


The reverse 10 true; for that which
frequently seems to us An intense lie,


may DO after all, one most deadly In
its resnlts. am not one Of those who
wonld hold any Individual in our city
or its suburbs entirely and alone re-
sponsible for any illegitimste business
that he or she may follow for liveli.
hood. Why should +? / recognize
tho fact that such business has had
and now has, unconscionsly and mega
lively at least, the moral support of the
community, and positively such busl.
ness has found and now hnds large
financial returns. Now in order to
correct these faults, and reform the
people, there is need OF getting direct
ly at the public heart and mind


1t is the prime object of these Union
religions meetings SO to do. There is
no disposition evinced in these Union
services to persecute and drive from
home any individual In our city, what
ever his business. They are seeking
however, most earnestly, the reforma-
ticn of The individual-not to lose, bnt
W anu, ~ UfGAh uUWu, OuL u re-
store. am glad to see the clergy in
Ottumwa engaged as one man in this
special work, and / do hope they may
be able to muster such an army that
its moral force will be mighty and ir-
resistable. God speed them in their
efforts.


II it is wise and necessary that
Union meetings should occasionally
be held evening after evening for tho
promotion of materisl and business
interests, then much more is it wise
and necessary that these union religi-
ons gatherings shonld be held for the
promotion of the morals of people
II business men manifested tho same
care and exacting indus
try in the intellectual and lroral
world that they do in their individual
fields Of labor, then everything which
is wrong would speedily right and cd.
just itself. Let us all help to mako
Ottnmwa what it should be, then We
can happily add to the frequent and
boasted saying that Ottumwa is the
liveliest town in tho State. that it is
also morally one of the bost towns In
the State. -,sa.
Year: 1875

HEAVY BATTING GAME BETWEEN THE BosToNs


AND MUTUALs-THE CHAMPIONS VICTORIOUS.


About 500 persons assembled at the Union Grounds
yesterday to witness the game between the Boston and
Mutual clubs which resulted for the ninth
time, in victory for the Reds by of 13 to
They took the lead from the start and maintained it
the end The fielding of both sides was rather loose
hard and safe hitting being the order of the day The
Mutuals played Hatfield for the first time this season.
and he showed that he had forgotten the game alto
gether, playing without error, and making two
good hits, one being two-baser at serviceable time.
Nelson put out and assisted to put out less than
thirteen men and made but error. Matthew'S
pitching batted at the will of the Bostons which is
not usually the case OF the Bostons, Mcvey covered
his base in first class STYLE and George Wright did all
he called upon TO do in his position Manning
pitched the first six innings and then Spaulding took
his place. Only one clean hit made of Spauding
in the three innings Shaior made fine stop in the
second inning, but threw the bali wildly to FIRST which
allowed the runner to get all the way home.


The following Is the score:-