smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

midst of their cutting the rains came on
etc. He evidently thinks that they
ought to have stacked their wheat before
they cut it?


But these editors, living as they do on
the farmers, are always ready to charge
up every calamity, whether it be the
hard times, or the heavy rains. on the
farmers. And they are horribly alarmed
lest the farmers will not work hard
enough to keep them alive
Year: 1875

About the strongest suit in the Mormon
faith is their belief in their personal safety
from violence while wearing their endow-
ment clothes-not believing it in the power
of their enemies to harm them in any man.
ner whatever SO long as these "holy gar
ments " are on their person. They claim
that Joseph Smith, their Prophet, who had
always worn his endowment clothes and
passed through their prosecutions and routs
in Ohio and Missouri, unscathed, took them
off the morning of the day he was killed at
Nauvoo, and that had he not done so he
certainly would not have been slain. Why
this sanity charm should be interviewer in
these attenuated pantaloons, night-shirt,
OF whatever it is, they do not explain-only
that it is SO. All orthodox Mormons wear
these garments, day and night, never tax
ing them off after putting them on when
they are first put through the ceremonies
of the Endowment House. Even when a
change of garments becomes necessary, the
new one is put on as the old one is gradu-
ally worked off,
Year: 1875

The man who stole hole lives in Craw-
ford county, Iowa. and he's a very cool
fellow, indeed. Hesdoes not go about clad
in purple and fine linen, but belongs to
that large and not always respectable class
of unprofessional gentlemen whose methods
of subsistence are uncertain, and whose
constant occupation lies in looking for a
job. 1t is more easy to tell the story of a
man with name than of one who has 10
title, and so this Crawford county man
may be designated as Jones. He was
hired, not long ago, during the cold snap,
to dig grave for person who had depart
ed from this world of woe, and SO he
shouldered his spade and trudged unwil-
lingly to the cemetery. Arrived at the
cemetery, Jones perceived the head of a
sturdy Swede just visible above the edge of
grave about completed. Jones advanced
to the hole and entered into conversation
with the foreigner, from whom he learned
that the grave just completed would not be
occupied at once. Then Jones went away
and sat down on top Of a baby's tombstone,
rested his elbows on his knees, his cheeks
ON his hands, and meditated. He reflected
upon the frost in the ground, and upon the
immense amount Of labor involved in win
ter grave-digging. Then he left the ceme-
terry and did not again put in an appearance
until the coming Of the body for the recep-
ton of which in earth he was to have
provided. When the procession arrived,
however, he was ON hand, and very sedate-
ly conducted it to the grave the Swede had
dug, where the body was deposited. Jones
received the $5 and hied him away from the
cemetery, and all was peaceful in the neigh
borhood until the arrival of the funeral
procession with the second body, the one
for which the Swede had prepared rest
ing-place. 1t took four hours to dig q new
grave, and the moErners suffered terribly
with cold; but could they have caught
Jones just then, they would willingly have
dug another one.
Year: 1875

Robert Collyer says the children must
have less study and more fun. He is right.
There is the boy in the family across the
way. Last Thursday afternoon he put a
dead mouse in his mothers work-basket,
attached split stick to the tail of the next
door cat, set the vinegar faucet up in busi-
ness, palmed himself off for ghost ON the
hired girl, besmeared his fathers choice
bantam rooster with blue ink, and finally
wound up the entertainment by tying the
boiler to strange dogs tail, and slipping
down in the slush and hurting his back.
His exasperated father hardly knows which
to hunt up tirst--the strange dog with the
boiler, or Robert Colyer.
Year: 1875

The following advertisement appeared in
an Indiana paper:


''WANTED-Two are three boarders of a
decent stripe, such as 60 to bed at o'clock
without pipe or cigar in their mouth. I
wish them to rise in time to wash their
faces and comb their hair before breakfast.
When they put on their boots to draw down
their pants over them, and not have them
rumpled up about their knees, which is a
sure sign of rowdy. When they sit down
to rest OF warm by the fire not to put their
feet on the mantel-piece or bureau, or spit
III the bread-tray. And to pay their board
weekly, monthly or quarterly-as may be
agreed upon-with smile upon their faces
and they will find me as pleasant as an op-
posum (sic) up a persimmon tree.''
Year: 1875

A man died at Suter Creek who had never
adhered to any particular belief in any
specified system Of religion, but who bore
the reputation Of being liberal, kind
hearted man and good citizen. A minister
was requested to conduct the funeral SER
vices, and the good man during his dis
course sad in effect that the deceased had
not the least chance of salvation, but had
made a bee line for the hot place. Those
who heard this were very indignant, and
that evening a party Of men went to the
minister's house, dragged him out of bed,
put rope around his neck, declaring they
would hang him. He begged hard for life,
and finally retracted the aspersions he had
cast upon the deceased, and promised to
leave the place at once. He was then re-
leased, and next day he packed up his eff
fects and left.
Year: 1875

The hanging of an elephant is feat so
very rare that it is worth mention when it
occurs. At Hamburg, the keepers of the
Zoo thought that it would be economical to
give the elephant stone floor, as the
wooden one had to be replaced too often.
One was laid, but the elephant would not
lie down upon it to sleep. Something told
him that If he did he could not get up again.
Hence he slept standing or leaning up
against the wall. But the other night his
feet slipped while he was doozing, and he
came down. He could not get up in tact,
and twenty men with ropes, pulleys and in
genious contrivances, worked all day trying
to get him up. He was finally raised until
his feet were four inches above the floor,
when the hinder ropes broke, leaving the
poor beast hanging by the neck. He gave
one piteous roar, and was dead elephant.
Year: 1875

1. ANY one who takes paper regularly from the Post
Office whether directed to his name or anothers, or
whether he has subscribed nos responsible Tor the
payment


q If person orders his paper discontinued he must
pay all arrearages the publisher will continue to send
it until payment made and collect the whole amount
whether the paper is taken from the Office or not.


8. The courts have decided that refusing to take the
newspapers periodicals from tho Postoce or
ing and leaving them uncaled for is raa acia evidence
of intentional fraud.


Papers ordered any address be changed to aneh
er address at the option Of the subscriber.


Remitances by draft check money order or registered
letter. may be sent at risk All Postmasers
quired to register letters on application
Year: 1875

WANTED-FOR OUT OF TIE CITY, A YOUNG
w man. thoroughly experienced in roasting. grinding
coffee and manufacturing ground spices be ndusr
and strictly temperate Apply giving reference and
York
Year: 1875

WANTED-A SITUATION BY A SINGLE MAN: is A


" good groom careful driver and practical gardener
city country good reerences sober and Industrious
dress T. O. b., Herald Uptown Branch Office
Year: 1875

Only let woman be sure size is
precious to her husband; not useful,
not valuable, not coulcEicnt, simply,
but lovely and beloved; let her be
the recipient of his polite and hearty
attentions, let her feel that her. cares
and love are noted, appreciated and
returned; let her opinion be asked,
her approval sought, and her judg.
ment respected in matters of which
she is cognizant; in short let her only
be loved, honored and cherished in
fulllment Of the marriage vow, and
she vii! be to her husband, her chill
drcn and society, q well-spring OF
happiness. She will bear pain and
toll and anxiety, for her husbands
love TO her is fortress. Shielded
and sheltered therein, adversely will
have lost its sting She may suffer,
but sympathy will duh the edge ol
sorrow.


\ house with love in it-and by
love | mean love expressed in words,
and looks and deeds, for have not
one spark of faith in love that never
crops outs to house without love
as person to machine one is life
the other is mechanism-the unloveC
woman may have bread just as light
house just as tidy rs the other, bu
the latter has spring of beauty
about her, joyousncss, a penetrating
brightness to which the former is al
entire stranger.


| The deep happiness Of her hear
shines out in her face. She CLEAN.
over. She is airy and graceful, ant
welcoming and warm with her pres
ence she is fall of devices aud plots
and sweet surprises for her husband
aud her family. She has never don
with the romance If poetry and life
She herself is lyric poem, setting her
self TO all pure and gracious melodies
Humble household ways and dutie
have for her golden significance
The prize makes her calling high; an
the end sanctities the means. "Lov
is Heaven and Heaven is love"
Year: 1875

\ traycler in Nevada recently stop
ped over night at house by the way
side, and in the morning while look
ing out of the kitchen window saw
the man Of the house selecting stick
from the woodpiIe while at the same
moment the woman, who was in the
room, seized long pudding-stick.
In answer TO look of inquiry Oh the
face Of the guest the woman said /:
You see the old man IS arRijng aud
| must be prepared" The traveller,
feeling no interest in the coming con-
test, lvft at ouce without wailiug for
his breakfast.
Year: 1875

How TO KEEP \ SITUATIoN.-B0vS,
be ready to throw in an odd half hour
or an hours time it vii. be an accom-
mediation. and do not seem TO make Il


merit of it. Do it heartily, though
not word be SAID, your employer
will make a note of it. Make your
self indispensable to him, and be will


lose many Of the opposite kind before
he will part with you. Those young
men who watch the clock 10 see the
very second their working hoursis up
who leave, no pAatter what state
the work may be y, at precisely the
instant-who calculate the extra


amount they can slight their work,
and yet not get reprOved-who are
lavish of their employers goods
will always be the first TO receive
notice, when times are dull, that beir
services are no longer required.
Year: 1875

PoRT DEPosrr, MD, March 30th.--
There is slight rise in the river here
tonight, but the gorge has entirely
past away and the river is clear of ice.
No further dangeris is apprehended, as
it is confidently believed by those of
the most experience that any rise that
may come from above cannot at this
late season be accompanied by ice, and
water freshet now will do no dam
age. In addition to being covered with
ice several feet deep, the track and
bank of theBaltimore Central Railroad
Company are found to be badly dam
aged. The ties are standing on end
for the distance of one hundred yards,
and the rails broken and twisted. The
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti-
more Company have suspended work
on their road for the present, and it
will be some time before the two roads
connect at the depot again. All trains
leave and arrive at the upper and
lower ends of town on their regular
time.
Year: 1875

NEXT ECLIPSE OF THE SuN.-rherc
will be an eclipse of the sun on the
9th of April. But this astronomical
event will be Of little interest TO us of
this hemisphere. The only good point
of observation will be in Siam, and the
Siamese King has invited the astrono-
mers of foreign nations to make them
selves quite at home in the land of the
white elephant.
Year: 1875

LICENSE IN Cecil COUNTY The
question of license was decided by the
Grand Jury of Cecil county, Md. last
week. That body allowed the issuance
of license to sell intoxicants to twenty
Ave houses in the county, which Is q
considerable reduction from last year.
In Elkton the number was reduced
from fourteen to seven.
Year: 1875

LoDeRRs.-There were "a dodgers at
the City Hall cells, last night, a very
large number for this time of the year.
Nearly all of them carried bundles of
clothing, and said they were going
down to the fishing shores to try to get
work. Fish ought to be cheap next
week, If there is any virtue In getting
fishermen at low wages.
Year: 1875

From The Philadelphia Sunday Press.l


Il seems IA strange, but nevertheless
il is "A true fact that here are many
vot,ng ladies who earn their livelihood
hv acting or posing as live lay figures
for the art academies. At first glance
it seems dreadfnIiy shocking and vul-
gar that ladies should nrpear before q
party of young men perfectly nude
n iS a queer mode of making money,
b,It were it not for these ladies, there
would not be any Of the fine figures
which are chrIstehed Dianas and We
muses., but are only such so far as the
shape and coneliness Of the subject
goes.


In conversation with n prominent
member of the Pennsylvania Acade-
my of Fine Arts, a reporter of the
Sunday Press learned most strange
things concerning the world Of art
He said that it was extremely difficult
10 obtain yOun. ladies who would
adopt this business. and only upon
the most sacred promises that th iT
individuality would not be revealed do
they consent to take the position.


Indeed, - said the gentleman, this
RUE IL 81 " eli EilAJa CNN AAttAA AilNif " 60
one lady who appeared before our class
at the old academy for four years be-
fore | came TO know who she was"


These nude live figures only appear
before the Life Class Of the Academy
for sketching. Formerly they came
before the gentlemen alone. bur in the
new building both ladies and gentle
men will study together. No one ex-
cept the members Of the class are ever
admitted 20 the room where they are
studying from a figure, and only the
best artists are taken into mem 5er~hIp
in this mysterious body. The method
of study pursued is something like the
following: The lady proceeds TO 4
room adjoining the class room. espec-
tally apapted for her. At a given sig
nal she appears before the assembled
Year: 1875

TIE Supreme Court Of tie t..
S. in the Buffalo Bank case de-
oides that where banll has charg-
g a greater rate Of intcrert than is
allowable Icy the law Of the State,
she forfeiture can only apply to so
nucl. Of the Interest As wss beyond
he legal rate. SO that TO make u
State law which asserts the foItyit-
ure OF the debt for usury, is TO
make tt law which cannot be en-
.Jrced.


But we shonld bear in
mind that this applies only TO
National Banks and not between
Individuals.
Year: 1875

Mr.. Handy! Ii that be YOU
making the Enquirer to slime like
it did in the good days Of old,
here's to You health. Again we
thrust it into the right hand pock-
ct of our easy coat until we can
have time to enjoy it.
Year: 1875

81 think we have an assurance that
the Republicans will control this gov
eminent for at least four years longer
said the President in response To
serenade in honor of the victories of
The 2nd.
Year: 1875

Until the reign of the Empress Jo-
sephine, handkerchief was thought
in France SO shocking an object that a
lady would never have dared to use it
before any one. The word even was
carefully avoided in refined conversa-
tion. An actor who wsuld have used
handkerchief On the stage, even in
the most fearful moment of the play.
would have been numerically hissed;
and it was only in the beginning of the
present century that celebrated ac
tress, Duchenoise, dared to appear with
handkerchief in her hand. Having
to speak of this handkerchief in this
piece she could never summon
enough courage to call it by its true
name, hut referred to it as light It's
sue.


A few years later translation of
Shakespeare's plays, by Alfred de Wig
ny, having been acted, the word hand
kerchief was used for the the first
time on the stage amid cries Of indig-
nation from great part of the house.
II is doubtful that even to-day French
elegantes would carry handkerchief
if the wife of Napoleon I. had not
given the signal for adopting them.
The EmpressJosephine, although really
lovely, had ugly teeth. To conceal
them she was in the habit of carrying
small handkerchiefs, adorned with
costly laces, which she continually
raised to her lips. OF course all the
ladies of the court followed her exam
pie, and handkerchiefs have rapidly
become an important and costly palt
of the feminine toilet so much SO
that the price of single handkerchief
of the trosseau of the Duchess of Edin-
burgh would make the fortune of a ne
cessitous family.
Year: 1875

only exist by grant, or by some act of the
donors equivalent to grant.


Where nothing appears to indicate for
what particular use grant or donation of
land is made to the public, we can see no
reason why pa-ol evidence is not admissi-
BILE to show the object to which it was to
be devoted. Otherwise we should be left
to determine the use by mere conjecture,
or be compelled to declare the purpose as
conclusion of law, neither of which VIC
are authorized to do. ...


Where the intention is made manifest by
any expression as to the use. the dedicat-
ors will not be permitted to show by
extrinsic evidence that they intended a
different public purpose, The expressed
declaration made at the time of the grant
or donation must control.


The case at bar falls within the princi-
pie declared, Here was a donation of q
square of land in the center of a town to
the public, but as to the manner it shall
be enjoyed or to what particular public use
it was to be devoted, the grant is silent.
There is no custom or local usage that con-
trolls. The town is not, and was not ex-
pecte5 to be, county seat, and, no pre-
sumption arises that it was for site for a
court house or other public buildings.
Hence, resort must be had to the contem
poraneous declarations and acts of the
donors or grantOrs.


Considering the evidence offered on this
subject it clearly appears that it was the
intention of the proprietors of the town in
making the dedication of this block OF
ground that it should forever remain an
'open square" for the convenience and
common benft of the inhabitants of the
village.


Acquiescence on the part of the corpor
ate authorities for so great a perild az
shown by the testimony strengthens this
conclusion.


The decree does not forbid the village
trustees, as has been suggested by counsel
from enclosing the square, from making
walks, and planting it with ornamental trees
or doing anything else to make it pleasure
ground for the use Of the inhabitants oI
the village whenever they may think pro
per to do so.


The decree of the circuit court must be
affirmed.


Decree affirmed.
Year: 1875

VEGETABLE SUBSTITUTE FOR CALOMEL.


Contains no alcohol, an excellent purgatIve or
the bowels, relieving and curing all compla ts
of the Liver, Blood, Kidneys. and Stomach. Read
the following testimonial from prominent New
ork editor:


Office of Geo. II. Sweets 'Texas New Yorker,"l


Nos. 2S, 80 and 81 Centre Street,


New York City Sept. 8, 1874. J


Messrs, & C. Maguire, ST. Louis: Gents
Yours Of the 31st ut, with case of one dozen Cund-
urangO Liver and Blood Bitters came duly to hand
You will please accept my thanks for your gener-
erosity. will try to put the medicine where it
will do the most good have given one bottle to
friend of mine who resides in Brooklyn, both
himself and wife have taken it. and their testimony
is the same as mine. first met with it in Houston
Texas, afterwards returned to my home in Austin,
where have the Texas branch Office of nv paper
My Houston bottle used up, and L found on
trial that could not obtain a singe bottle in all
Austin, for went TO every druggist in the place
and there are some five, but each house told me
they intended to order on the strength OF my rec
ommendatOn. Ere coming to New York l was in
Galveston, and bought bottle of Robirds, an old
friend and good house. had no idea then that
I could not obtain it in New York; but after my
Galveston bottle was used up. L started to find
mOresand much surprised to find none after visit
lug fully dozen different establishments gave up
the search here and wrote to you, Now gents 50
good medicine as yours is ought to be placed at
the command of the whole world, 1t will not only
prove great fortune to yourselves, but lasting
blessing to the whole human family. As remedy
in my own case have never met with its equal.
Ii sQueeZes my liver better than Calomel OF which
have taken not little. / am a hard worker and
constant thinker and consequently for the last ten
to twelve years my body found it difficult to keep
up with my brain. There millions of American
people just like myself and they need some simple
herb medicine to keep them from sinking into dys
peptic graves, until they can apply, brakes and
cut off part of the steam and see where they are.
You have the medicine and you have great fortune
in it II you will but let the world know 1t. In my
search after your Cundurango IN this market l
found preparation of Cundurango sold at 8 per
bottle but no more like yours than is black man
Ike white OF course did not buy it. This let
ter is only written TO thank you and to give you
my experience with cundurango, Wishing yousthe
success you deserve am


Very Respectfully &c GEO. q. SwEx
Year: 1875

the law would have been echanged and would have been handed down to us in q different form.

 We inhabit sparSely settled country of immense distances and at period in the worlds history when time is money. And besides we are poOr-that is collectively there are not many of us and this old style system is unnecessarily oppressive in its expense. Why should we not make such changes as our different conditions render desirable? Is there not a great lb- surdIty in the present system? Is it not ludicrous that man, even after he is sum- moned, may escape the duty he owes to the laws and the society which protects him and his property from the beginning to the end of his life, by simply expressing an unqualified opinion, though he knows and cares nothing about the matter? Could we not by some change In the law get twelve men at much less expense than now, who could act just as honestly and ilnpartially under oath in a criminal case, as the juries we now get at such an eXtrav- agant and ruinous price? The judge is powerless in the matter. The people are supreme and they have tied him down by the law. Ii he strains it one bit to admit a juror who he is satisfied is q fair man, but to whom this technical objection can

 be raised, back comes the case on appeal

 for error, and the whole work has to be done and the whole cost be borne over again. This is just about the way the thing stands. If the people like it and are willing to pay for if, all right. Ii they

 want the objections to the system correct ed they must appeal to the legislature to give them d more reasonable jury law.
Year: 1875

THE legislature is informed ttsat without any aid or pay from it, THE CITIZEN will as it has heretofore, print each week a concise summary of all completed acts, giving the full vote on all bills, joint and concurrent resolutions, and their final passage or defeat. Also will give the ob- Ject of each bill and resolution when pre- sented, ignoring numbers which the pub lie know nothing of and care nothing about. If more is desired, we will print it upOn contract per 1000 ems of matter, after we get clear understanding of what is wanted. Our paper will be furnished to the legislature and members thereof at l29s cents per copy.

 We are not soliciting business, although we shall appreciate all that is offered and execute it well, at fair prices. We have always commended wise use of the pub- lie funds, and printing to a certain extent Is true economy. We never have person. ally solicited patronage and have neither bhe time nor disposition to do it now. As before said, we are duly appreciative of all that is offered, and are prepared to do well all that we think the legislature will need or the people wonh care to have done,