smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

Nothing presents sadder commentary
upon the present condition Of society than
the large number Of families, both in town
and country, but moro especially in the
latter, that do not subscribe for paper OF
any kind How many families are thus
growing up utterly ignorant Of what is
trauspiriug in the world around them
ignorant Of the mighty events of tho day.
But who can tell Of the vast amount OF in'
jury Inflicted upon the rising generation
those who are to take our place at no dis
tact growing up without any know
ledge Of the present or any study Of the
past; this ignorance, too, being imbqeq in-
to them by tho sanction Of those who
should, and doubtless do know better, did
they only think Of the injurious elects Of
their insane course. Let the head Of the
family thipkofthis apaplapaiaiho Assl:
Ofthose i0r whom be is resPonsibI6' The
meaus pfacqpiriug some knowledge Of the
moving panorama in which we act our
different parts. Grafton Sentinel
Year: 1873

Anew style Of dressing the hair recent
ly adopted is to brush it back from the
forehead aud fasten it at the back in coil
or knot. 1t is very plain aud may not be-
come every lady, but twill be found De.
cool for tue summer, aud is
much more sensible than the old style Of
gigantic ohignous aud tOBeriug-he'ps Of
puFs and fEisgeH
Year: 1873

Agassiz snys :hcrc is nntriment N
one pair OF boots sufficient to sustain
full grown man ten days, and yet
tho bungricst man VIC ever knew was
clerk In q Boston boot and shoe
store. He would stand in front of d
pie shop, gazing into tho show win
dow, nnd weep for hours.
Year: 1873

There is no remedy for the fuctuation
in prices. 1t depends on causes beyond
the control of an individual farmer 1t is
not caused to any great extent by middle
men" or SPECTATORS or railroad monopo-
lies. It depends on the great law of sup
ply and demand. All that these men can
do is TO aggravate the evil. BY refusing to
buy when the supply is large they may
depress prices to point far below the
cost of production and by refusing to sell
when there is a scarcity they may force
an article up to an eXorbitant rate. But
this is all that they can do. Instead of
wasting our energies in trying to remedy
this evil, it is better to accept the fact that


it has always existed and always will ex
ist, and act accordingly The real remedy


is for a farmer to adopt fixed and definite
system of management, and to stick to it.
At this time last year potatoes We're not
worth here twenty-five cents a bushel,
now they are worth over dollar a
bushel. Taking one year with another.
the crop, in favorable localities, can be
made profitable Make up your mind
about how many acres it is best to plant
on your farm, and plant no more nor no
less no matter what the price may be.
And so with wheat, barley, corn, oats,
and other crops And the same is true in
regard fn raising pork, mutton, wool. beef
butter, cheese &c. Adopt a system, and
stick to it, These articles will always be
wanted, and will bring prices, in the long
run, in proportion to- time, labor, skill,
capital and intelligence required to pro
duce them, j. Harris, in Am. Agricul-
turist
Year: 1873

They call and answer each other


They answer and mingle again
As the deep and the shrill in an anthem
Make harmony still in their strain;
AlJ! the voices of sentiment mingle


In mountainous regions of snow,
Till from hilltop to hilltop a chorus


Floats down to the valleys below.
The shadows, the tirelight or even,


The sound of the rains distant chime,
Come bringing with rain softly dropping,
Sweet thoughts of /; shadowy time;
The slumberous sense of seclusion,


From storms and intruders aloof,
We feel when we hear in the midnight


The patter of rain on the roof
When the spirit goes forth in its yearnings
To take all its wanderers home;
Or atar in the regions of fancy,


Delights on swift pini0ns to roam;
quietly sit in the freight,


The freight SO bright and SO warm
For | know that those only who love me


Will seek me through shadow and storm
But should they be absent this evening,


Should even the household depart
Deserted, / should not be lonely,


There still would be guests of the heart.
The faces of friends that I cherish,


The smile, and the glance and the tone,
VIII haunt me wherever wander,


And thus ! am never alone.
Year: 1873

to our taste, is a delicious vegetable, and the
flavor is something indescrbable, resem-
Bile asparagus OF Seakale, and not quite like
either Lettuces may be simply boiled and
eaten as other greens, but they can be boiled
and served as entremetS in IA variety OF
ways Have ready some neatly-cut pieces
Of toast, pale brown color; lay them on
a dish, a hot one let each piece be of a size
to hold the lettuce and one poached egg ;
pour over the toast Il little Of the water and
some gravy; if the latter be not handy, Il
little fresh butter should be spread on the
toast previous to pouring the water from
the lettuce to form a fiat layer; neatly
trim the edges Of the vegetable, and place
Il poached egg on the top Or prepare
some toast as above, and spread over
each piece a thin layer Of anchovy or
bloater paste, on which lay the lettuce then
season to taste. TO prepare the lettuce for
boiling they should be well cleansed, and
the top of the leaves, if they have the
slightest appearance of fading. rut of: :
leave as much of the stalk as possible.
cutting off the strong outer skin. The
stalk is, when boiled the most delicious
part The large Cos lettuce makes the
handsomest dish but we prefer the flavor
Of the Drumhead. Knife and Fork
Year: 1873

The cloud that wells full knowledge sis
cloud OF love" Many things about our
great future, and almost everything about
otif earthly future, is concealed from us
II we look back, with a thoughtful heart,
we cannot but feel how wisely and kindly
he has nnrolled the volume of life and
stood by and strengthened us when we
had hard things to read in it. Events that
would have seemed intolerable have hap
pened, and lie behind us with soften
ed light shed over them We may be
grateful that they were not forctold-and
grateful still more if we have been car
ried through them, not having our hearts
made hard, but our souls made strong.
[Rev. John ker
Year: 1873

The latest on a much talked OF subject
is from cruel exchange, a. follows
''Lucy Stone has baby and is not going
round the country lecturing to support
her husband any more. He asked her tor
bread, and She gave him Stone
Year: 1873

The New York board of underwriters
have begun to war upon the fashionable
architecture of the period by levying AN
extra one per cent for insurance on all
Mansard roofs after Jan. 1st, 1874.
Year: 1873

The Ohio Farmer says that for day or
two last week, the water and shore Of the
lake along that region were literally
swalming with Colorado beetles Thou
sands We're seen floating on the water,
and millions having reached the sandy
beach and dried themselves in the sun
We're taking flight into the country in
search of potato fields.
Year: 1873

She was up bright and early the next
morning, for John might come home in
time for breakfast and sure enough, just
as she had set the little black tea pot on its
mat at the corner of the table, tramping
of feet was heard outside, and before she
could get to the door it was thrown open,
and there on the threshold stood John,
an inch taller at least, she thought; his
face brighter and roster than ever, his
eyes bigger and browner, and ever SO
much merrier. But was it really Johnp
for as she went toward him, he stretched
out his arms, and his lips parted. From
those lips came voice she had never
heard before: +A


"a happy Christmas to you, mother"


"Motherl" She gave him one dazed
look, in which Joy struggled with strong
wonder, and then he had to catch her in
his arms. 1t was too much for her. She
had heard her boy call her Mother"


Isabel Egbert, who had stood just be-
hind John, had to cry little before she
could be of any use. Think you would
have had to do the same if you had been
in her place.


Yes, after all, the mystery, which was
explained little later-when the Widow
Waring sat by the fire, both her sons
hands in hers, and looking as if she could
never take her eyes off his face, and want
ing to hear him say mother every minute
of the time--was not so unreal after all
Isabel had thought, as soon as she knew
that John could not speak, of school
Just established near her home for teach
ing the deaf and dumb to speak and to
read the motion of the lips. The project
presented itself to her all at once. But
being in doubt as 10 whether John could
be taught to speak, she thought best to
say nothing to his mother of II when she
took him away. Later, when he had
proved himself the most promising pupil
in the school, and his progress in articu-
lation was looked upon as something
wonderful, she had determined that he
should keep the surprise as Christmas
present for his mother. Having an invi.
tation to spend this Christmas also with
her friends, the Stanleys, she had ar
ranged TO bring John down with her;
and, as his vocabulary was as yet neees.
srrily very restricted, she had on the way
| carefully drilled him in the requisite
Year: 1873

A BosToN youth dreamed the other
night that there was another fire and that
he was in it. He leaped from the bed,
and, without stoppoing to think, went
through a third-story window and took
the sash with him. 1t was not necessary
for him to take the sash along, but he
in the air he lodged in the boughs of a
friendly tree. The sash fell heavily on
the pavement below. The young man
now sleeps with the wardrobe against the
window.
Year: 1873

Again it is Christmas Eve in the Wild
ow Warnings cottage. If her face ispaler
and more worn even than it was year
ago, no wonderl She has worked so hard
all the year for her boy. She has thought
of nothing but how she might save for
him. About the room there are various
suggestions of some yet undiscovered
plot-some mystery waiting to be re-
vealed-a'sort of holiday ambuseade look,
in short. The widow sits by the fire as
she did year ago, but she is alone now,
and she does not expect her boy till to-
morrow morning. There is no sound
from the sea, and without the snow falls
sulftly. she sits long by the fire, coming
over two old daguerreotypes-one of her
husband, that he gave her before they
were married, and the other of her boy
when he was fat, staring baby. At last
she reads the second chapter of st. Luke,
and creeps softly away to bed.


Was it dream, or an old memory? Be-
tween sleep and waking, she found her
self repeating, "Peace on earth, good will
toward men," and opening her eyes sud
denly, it seemed to her as if she had come
out of great light into the dark and ST.
lence of the night. 81 thought heard
the singing" she murmured drowsily, and
slept once more, the sweetest sleep she
bad known since that night on which her
husband had been washed ashore.
Year: 1873

The aptness of some boys is really
wonderful. A lad about six years old,
who had been in the country where
they were making maple sugar, return
ed to Brooklyn, the other day, with his
ideas well enlarged. His father has
some fine fruit trees on his place, and
this young genius procured an auger
and slapped" every one Of them, max
ing ''spiles" and setting pail under
each to catch the sap. 1t is not known
how much sweetness he would have
boiled down had his father not discover
ed it on his return at night from busi-
ness. That genius-crushing parent
took strap and led the boy into the
woodshed to pray with him awhile.
The lad now says he don't care much
for sitting down; he had rather stand
while eating his meals and as for sap,
he says that has "gone up"


An editor down east thus speaks Of a
contemporary He is too lazy to earn a
meal and to mean to enjoy one, He
was never generous but once and that
was when he gave the itch to his ap-
prentice. So much for the goodness OF
of his heart. Ofhis industry, the pub
lie may the better judge when we state
that the only day he ever worked was
the day he mistook castor-oil for hon
ey."


Every one must find ont FOR himself
the key to the riddle of life. 1t is oI
no use to have It told. Some do moi
hear, others misunderstood it.
A good man who has seen much o
the world, and is not tired of it, says
''The grand essentials are something t.
do, something to love, and something
to hope for"
Year: 1873

o. CLASS H--GRAIN AND SEEDS.


Every article in this Department must
be correctly labelled and to compete for
but one premium, must be grown by
the person exhibiting the same. In the
display of cereals, less quantity than
a peck Of any article will not be entered
Year: 1873

The Government crib, according to an Asso-
ciAted Press dispatch from New Castle and pub
lished in the morning papers, was towed from
its position on the fats, yesterday, to the place
where it is to be sunken, of the town. An ef-
fort covering several weeks has been made to
remove the crib from its bed in the mud, and
success has only attended it after the expendi-
ture of great deal of patience and money.
Year: 1873

answer is that IN view of the de.
pressed condition of the bridge fund
1t Is not inexpedient to make any
appropriations for that purpose at
presen The Board of Supervisor
have expended our thousands in
building costly iron bridges in locali-
ties where they are seldom seen aud
little psed. But these things are
done ! Democratic Board, and of
course they should be forgotten.
The people have to choose mem
ber ofsthis Board this Fall, and they
are advised by the Democratic organ
to vote for the good natured man
who rs not radical to hurt"
Year: 1873

Over one million bushels Of grain
were received at Milwaukee, last
week being largely in excess OF the
receipts of any former period. The
receipts for Monday last were 2fl 900
bushels the largest for one day ever
received. Slate Granger.
Year: 1873

and has accordingly moved his family thither
The many friends of the lady portion Of the fam
lily, wish them pleasant future in their new
home.


Col. Robbins is still digging away at the mines
belonging to his company. and says he will soon
have ore enough to start his furnaces. The Col
onel. in addition to his business as miner and
smelter, is making preparations to enter into the
garden truck" business on his own account
having planted large portion of the ground
about his Residence with various kinds OF yege-
tables
Year: 1873

THE concluding ceremonies over the
remains OF Bishop McILvATNE took place
Yesterday at Cincinnati. We make the
announcement with sense Of relief, mas
much as the news reporters have diShed
up the dead Bishop almost every day for
the past fortnight, Itauy more bishops
are to die-and We mean no irreverence
we trust they will be coHsiderate
enough to die nearer home. The point
we mean to suggest Is that the prolonged
pJscquics and display now SO fashionable
over the remains Of distinguished people
are not only b needless trial to friends, but
they are tedious 10 the public and essen
TALLY vulgar.
Year: 1873

The President returned to this city this
evening, and went Immediately the 10 Ex.
ecutiYe Mansion, where very soon after
bis arrival he was visited by several gen.
temen, including Gen. Sherman, Secretary
Richardson, Attorney General Williams,
Postmaster General CrcsswAll, Secretary
Of State Fish, and Secretary Robson.
The object OF the visit was simply to pay
their respects and welcome the President
homo.


The President will resume his routine
official business In the executive office to.
morrow and much work Of that character
will be disposed Of The appointments
70 the American Diplomatic Missions to
Japan and Russia will probably be made
before the President leaves the city on his
trip 10 Connecticut. The President will
attend the funeral services OF the late
Chief Justice Chase in this city MonduY
afternoon.
Year: 1873

THE TRUE DISTINCTION. = Who
would think Of condemning worthy
merchant because he discovered IN his
employ dishonest clerk? Sympathy.


rather than blame, would be extended
to him, and every f.ir-minded man
would approve the prompt dismissal,
and, il the law was violated, the speedy
punishment of the offender. why,
then. should our opponents denouuce
the Republican party because it dis
covers among its thousands of officials
a few exceptional cases ofdishonesty?
The party ppudiateS the acts of dis
honesty, and the people put their stamp
of condemnation, not only upon the
offence. but upon the offender. No
act of dishonesty, or official guilty Of
crime; no questionable or iniqnitons
measures have ever been eOndoned or
protected by the Republican party.
AS soon as known, an earnest protest
has gone up against them, and those
involved have been called to a strict
account. This is all that CAR be done.
individuals are liable to be deceived.
A party can rise no higher nor better


divine the future than the individuals
who compose it. As long as the party
seeks to detect and punish the lslscals
who deceive it. and use due caution in
the selection Of its public servants, we
shall have an abiding faith in it, We
call upon Republicans everywhere to
select tor office the very best men In
the ranks of the party, and to weed
ont every official that shows himself
,Inwo,thv az nlbIic confidence.
Year: 1873

IuiitCSs likctALttlStvtCUiiltitE
have small beginnings. A spark has
within it the power to lay In ashes the
largest city. If fed BY combustible
material, 1t soon becomes a flame, be-
fore which iron melts and granite
cruMbles into dust. So with panics.
Words of suspicion are the sparks that
leap to financial contlagrations. Dis
trust is breathed from one to another |;
instead Of being quieted by calm adj
vice, 1t Is fed by popular excitement.
Those who have least to lose are the
loudest In their croakings over coming
failures. A rush Is made to sacrifice
stock that Is both profitable and safe !;
it Is thrown upon the market along
with fancy and worthless stock. A
sense of insecurity seiZes the buyer,
and the result is, no sales. or TuinoE
sacrifices of stock that only needed the
restoration Of confidence to be worth
more than ever. When a fire breaks
out, efforts are made to confine it
within its original limits. But the
breaking ont Of distrust in a commit
nifty Is the signal, not for united efforts
to confine It within its legitimate
bounds, or its suppression, bat for a
general rush to feed the flame by gos-
sip, il-omened prophecy, or ground
less rumors of some indefinable ctlam-
ity. A runor starts, affecting the
financial standing of some bank official.
1t matters little whether 1t be true or
false the whisper is soon transformed
into storm. A sudden run is made
upon the bank then upon other banks,
until the whole community is in fer
ment Of excitement. II the banks
have facilities for prompt conversion
Of securities into cash the storm may
blow over; but ii distrust is wide
spread, money is locked up or held for
self-pfOtectioh, and banks that are
perfectly sound are driven by sheer
necessity to suspend payment. No
reasonable man can expect a banker to
pay interest on deposits and Keep
those deposits locked in his safe, ready
to be returned without y moments
notice; yet men who claim to be rea-
sonable, act at times as il they thought
this to lie the case. Banks pay inter
est upon money, because they can loan
the money received for higher rate
OF interest than they pay. They take
securities for money loaned. To con-
vert these into money requires time;
and those having deposits should be
consitlente enough 10 grant it. The
best bank in the country may be forced
to suspend payment in the face Of M
unexpected and unreasonable demand,
especially If popular excitement has so
unsettled values Us to render the con-
version securities into cash almost
impossible. Panics should be stopped
at the moment ofthcir inception. Men
of ability and Judgment should unite
to quiet popular distrllst. Confidence
should be strengthened by every legit-
innate means. Depositcrs, unless they
have good reasons tor demanding pay
ment, shouldassist, rather than cripple,
the bank whose credit and standing
they depend upon. Exceptional cases
of failure may occur at any time, but
panic, such as recently swept over
the financial centres of the country,
ought to be ali impossibility. We
trust that the press of the land will
exert its powerful Influence towards
maintaining Il healthy state Of public
confidence.
Year: 1873

A child with four teeth III its nose
was recently born in Troy. Some
time before the birth Of the child the
mother committed the indiscretion "
a visit to the dentist where she saw
several teeth extracted. The nasal
teeth naturally interfered with the
breathing process. A physician N.
Gently moved two of the offending
teeth; the infant expelled another ~
sneezing, and one yet remains for
physician, dentist and child ID contest
thehonCr Of extracting. The NOndsr
is five Years old. I.
Year: 1873

REMOVAL OF THE STATE PENlrENTIARY.-At
a meeting Of the Senate Committee on Pub
lie Institutions held yesterday morning, Mr..
Wynne appeared before the committee and
laid before its members the reasons in detail
why the Council of the city of Richmond de-
sired the removal Of the State penitentiary.
The committee thereupvn agreed to the
following joint resolution, which was pre-
sented TO the Senate during the morning
honr, and placed upon the calendar:


Resolred By the Senate the House of
Delegates concurring), That the General AS
sembly is willing to entertain proposals from
the Council of the city Of Richmond, or from
any other public authorities in the State, or
from any corporation or individual, for the
removal of the State penitentiary from its
present site to some new location Prouided
that the cost 10 the State of the new location
and the erection or completion of suitable
buildings thereon shall not exceed, in any
event, the proceeds arising from the sale of
the present site and buildings"
Year: 1873

THE LATE CHURCH HILL Tunnel DISASTER.
There is no change in the appearance Of
things around about that hole in the ground
on Church Hill, except that there may have
been little more caying in Of the side next
to Broad street yesterday. The mass Of
earth falling in so near the shaft on Tuesday
caused slight springing of the timbers,
which prevented the "baskets," as they are
called, from running in their grooves; this,
however, was remedied yesterday, and ac-
tive operations will be at once resumed along
the liue. 1t is yet undetermined whether it
will be possible to arch over the tunnel under
the loose earth which fell on Tuesday, though
the attempt to do so will be made. IF not,
it will all have to be removed from the bot
tom, alttl the sides supported, as is done in
sinking a shaft. Then, when the brick work
between is completed, the hole will at once
be filled.


There need be no fear of any more such
catastrophes along the line, as such precau-
ti0ns have been taken as to prevent them in
the future. Were there no other consdera-
ton the company cannot afford to lose the
time occasioned by such occurrences, and
this of itself would make them cautions.