smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

SAG HARBoR, L. T., March IA
whale was captured off Amagasstt, about
10 miles from here, and in the Town


ship of Hampton, last Saturday. sAfte1


an exciting chase ne was first harpooned


by Joshua Edwards, and the finishing


death stroke was given by Charles Ed


wards. 1t is right whale, which it is


estimated will yield from thirty to thirty
five barrels Of oil. This, with the bone,


will make the whale worth from 81 200


to 81, 500 to the hardy sportsmen who


captured him. It is not uncommon fol


whales at this season of the year to make
their appearance on the south side OF
the eastern end of Long Island in then


search for food.


Two or three, before this one, have
beeL chased this winter but made theil


escape. Several whaling clubs exist in
the Townships of Hampton and South
HAMPTON along the ocean beach, com
posed mostly of farmers. Each club
owns its whale-boat, rowed by SIX OF
eight men, and all the necessary tackle
for harpooning the whale and anchOring
the carcass to the shore while it is being
cut up and the blubber tried out upon
the beach, the product being shipped
from this point to the New York market.
Each club keeps a look out for whales


at this season Of the year, and when one
of these marine monsters sports, that IS,
throws a column of water thirty or forty
feet into the air, or shows his hugh
black back above the surface of the wa
ter as he does when he occasionally
comes up to breathe, an understood sig
nal is given, often basket on top OF a


high pole, or chimney of house, when
the club gathers, the boat Is launched
and manned, and the chase commences.


''There she spouts = and away the ex-
cited crew pull for the spot. After dis
appearing and coming up several times
the boat gets, if they are fortunate, near
Now is the portentous moment that pre-
cedes the battle. Cautiously they ap-
proach, till the man in the bow hurls,
with all his might, his uplifted harpoon
into the whale. Instantly the oarsmen
back the boat SO as to keep away from
the enraged monster. The whale goes
down and the line, coiled in the bow,
pays out so rapidly as to make the wood
smoke where it touches. If the line
slackens before or after it is paid out,
they feel themselves at his mercy, for If
he turns upon them they know that, by
a SINGLE stroke of his tail, he may smash
their boat and toss the fragments in the
air, and theirs is the only boat engaged
in the sftray they know that this means
death, for thrown into ice-cold water l
to miles from shore, they must become
chilled and perish before help can come
to them. Ii he darts off with the boat
in tow at such a rate as to swamp it, their
only resource is to attach buoy to the
line, cut it and let him go. This is fre-
quently done. In this way whale har-
pooned by these Hampton whalemen
last winter swan 90 miles before he died.
He was recovered and towed back to the
beach by schooner.
Year: 1875

Mr.. Samuel L. Clemens has consented
to lecture in Hartford for the benefit OF
the poor. Following is his letter:


HARTFORD, Feb, 20, 875.-Gentle-
men: [ accede to your request with
pleasure. Many months ago L perma-
nently quilted the lecture field, and
said [ would not appear upon a platform
any more unless driven there by lack
of bread. By the spirit of that remark
I am debarred from delivering this pro-
posed lecture, and so I fall back upon
the letter of it and emerge upon the plat
form for this last and final time because
[ am confronted by lack of bread
among Father Hawley's flock. Most
people lie by the spirit and letter too,
but I am not one of that kind, for [ have
been very carefully brought up. Iwish
to impose upon you the condition that
the expenses of this enterprise shall be
paid out of four or five private pockets
(mine to be one of them) to the end that
all Of the money that comes In at the
door shall go to Father Hawley's needy
ones, unimpaired by taxes on It's journey.
I am glad to know that you are going to
put the tickets at 81, for what we are
after now is money for people who stand
sorely in need of bread and meat, aid
so the object iustifies the price. AS
this will probably be the last time I
shall ever have the opportunity of hear
ing sound wisdom and pure truth dehv-
cred from the platform, wish to buy a
ticket to this lecture, and I herewith
send money for the purchase. I am
aware that [ could get in for nothing,
and still be acting in measure honora-
blv. but when [ run my lecture over in
nv mind and realize what very bosaa's-
20 of priceless information it is, | find /
cannot consclentiously accept of free
pass. Respectfully,


MARK TWAIN.
Year: 1875

tI lishment Sth street, south end OF Bridge
The tailoring department is complete, and contains
a large assortment of fashionable clothes and Cent
furnishing goods constantly hand Please call
and examine before purchasing elsewhere. 1921
Year: 1875

A large excursion party went to Ar
tesla yesterday from this city to attend
the land sale, and many from other
parts of the county were also present.
Altogether, about two hundred men
were on the grounds. The train with
passengers from Los Angeles arrived
at Norwalk Station about ii A. M,
and there carriages were found in
waiting for conveyance to the lands of
the company, some three miles dis
tant. The road was in fine order and
the trip was one of pleasure to all.
The day was fine, everybody in good
humor, and the sale commenced with
spirited bidding. The sales were as
follows:
Year: 1875

During the time between the close
of the Vivian Troupe's engagement in
this city and the opening in San Di-
ego, the many friends Of the estimable
lady and talented actress, Miss Jennie
Reiffarth, have rendered her q compli-
mentary benefit to take place at Turn
Verein Hall this evening. The entire
company, with single unimportant
exception, have volunteered to play
for the benefit of Miss Reiffarth, and
the following splendid bill will be pre-
sented:
Year: 1875

The great desideratum of Southern Califor-
mia, without which the ric hest land ID con-
verted into desert, and with 1t the desert Is
converted into garden, is here easily obtain
ed in great abundance. surface water Is found
at depth OF ten or fifteen feet, and
Year: 1875

Will be erected soon by the company on
2-acre town lot donated for that purpose. TEN
per cent. of The receipts from the sale OF town
lots will be devoted to the erection ofa School
House and the improvement OF the school
prop, rty, and 2% per cent, OF the receipts from
the sale of outside lands at the first auction
sale will be devoted to the same purpose.
These sums will be paid. from the first pay
ments made on lands.


establishment of Methodist Episcopal
Church, and the erection of house of wor-
ship. IA W


A lot will be given TO any Church or Society
that will erect thereon a buildiag for public
ne
Year: 1875

Looking back hundred years, And copl Ning the now and then, It seems to Iae that in spite of fears The country has earnest men, AS willing to draw the sword for right, As ready to wield the pen. It seems to me that in field or forge, By river and by Till, In fertile plain and mountain gorge, In city and hamlet, still They live as they did in the days of King

 George,

 Of Concord and Bunker Hill. I do not know that the hands are weak, Or the brain unused 10 plan; That the tongue delays the truth to speak, Or the foot to march in the van; But know full well that we need not seek In vain for Minute Man. se.wsHAsasl There are men to-dlIS :!

 alone

 On the bridge Horatius kept: There are men who would fight at Mara

 thon,

 Who would battle with stark of Ben

 nington, When flashed from sabre and fiint-lock gun The fires of Freedom lept. It is well to look back with pride and boast, It is better to look ahead; The past to all is dream at most, The future is life instead; And standing unmOved atyour duty's post Is truthfully praising the dead. It seems to me that in faithful hearts The currents yet ebb and flow, With a constant motion that still imparts AS steady and clear glow Of zeal for freedoms glorious arts, AS a hundred years ago.
Year: 1875

Since the death of this noted person, the San Francisco papers containing all that ought to have been and much that should not have been said relating to his business and death, have come to hand. Judged by fair comparison of all that has been published in jour- nals hostile and friendly to the deceased, we are led to believe great injustice has been done. By this means of reach ing a conclusion, we are convinced that MT. RalstOn Overdrew his account and was in no sense a dcfaulter; that no OveriSsue of bank stock was made by him; that his estate placed in the hands of Senator Sharon, will much more than pay his indebtedness to the bank and 10 all his creditors; that he did nothing which the Directors of the Bank could not daily know and was their duty to know; that he did not commit suicide and had no such intention. We believe all these state ments are warranted by careful ex- animation and unprejudiced estimate of what has been published regarding the case

 If Mr. Ralston ovcrdrcw his account, that fact could and should have been daily known to the Directors, and doubtless was, as other officers of the Bank had frequently done the same thing. All in all, we believe Mr. Ralston's friends can truly say that he treated the Bank better than the Bank officers treated him; that the public has been immensely benefited by his liberal life as a man and banker, and that customers of the bank will not suffer other than temporary incOnve- nience by anything he did. We have no doubt but the Directors of the Bank are subject to severe censure for inattention to their current duties as of ficers
Year: 1875

There is little sermon in this as good as
could beeiven by q one hundred thousand
dollar preacher: "a young man who is en-
tering upon life witha fair reputation feels
that hes possesses treasure above all
price, and he will be likely to guard it
from The contamination of evil; he will
also be excited to make higher and still
higher attainments in excellence. Char
sacter is like stock in trade-the more of it
a man possesses the greater are his facili-
ties for making additions teit; or it is like
an accommodating fund, constantly increas-
ing in value, and daily acquiring to itself
fresh accessions of stability and worth"
Year: 1875

This club will give matinee perfofma ance
at the Academy of Music on Wednesday
next for the benefit of the Louisiana Relief
Association. On that occasion will be repre-
sented the cool and romantic drama called
the "Sea of Ice." The play is spectacular and
we'll adapted for . matinee performance
which will please ladies and children. Each
child of tho audience will receive book as
q present, and the house will certainly be
Year: 1875

From private letter from former Off
Ger of Connecticut regiment which served
in this department during the war, we learn
that the rece Mt soldiers convention at
Hartford was q grand success. One of the
pleasant features of the last day of the
convention was the grand parade Of the
veterans and the presence of General Frank
Pargoud, Sf Louisiana, who marched in the
line Is an honored guest and was treated
with much consideration.
Year: 1875

A special meeting of the Funding Board
will be held Tuesday morning, to take
action upon those State securities the
status Of which is fixed blythe recent deci-
sion Of the supreme Court at Monroe.
Year: 1875

LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATEs.- We are
no longer entitled to a representative
chosen by this county alone. The scepter
has departed from the mining counties,
once so powerful, and now the city of San
Francisco alone holds more political pow
er than the whole mountain range, from
Sskiyou to the lower border of the State.
Trinity county has shared the fate of the
others whore mining was and is the para
mount interest, and is shOrn of her power


rot to so great an extent as befel the
once populous counties Of the Sierra Ne
vadas, yet still so much that "The Cen
tleman from Trinity" will henceforth be
unknown in the halls of legislation. Our
county has been joined with Shasta for
an Assembly District and with Modoc,
Shasta and Siskiyou to choose Senator.
For the last position, however, no election
will be held this year, (Mr. Irwin, the
Senator elected in Siskiyou two years
ago, holding over unless the Democrats
nominate the Senator from that District
for a Sta te office, in which case he will
undoubtedly resign and leave Il vacancy
to be filled by election.


The Senatorial district of which we
were a part, was formed of this county
and Shasta, and the Senatorial candidate
Of both parties, in 1871, was taken from
Trinity county. 1t is therefore conceded
that Shasta county will have the right, if
she chooses to exercise it, Of naming the
candidate for Assembly. We have as
yet heard Of no candidate named among
our Shasta neighbors, but do not doubt
they will be plenty enough when the time
comes. And if Shasta county claims and
exercises the right we concede, it is to be
hoped that her choice may fall upon a
different style of legislative timber from
that which represented the county last.
Honesty is a very necessary quality, it is
true, but the notion that any honest man
is capable OF being good legislator, is
being proved rather gauzy. There are
certain qualities needed to become law
maker which every man of common sense
and honesty does not possess. In body
composed of such men, a few sharp poll
ticians can generally contrive and have
things their own way. So, if Shasta has
the naming Of the legislative candidates,
we hope both parties will put forward the
best material which they have got.
Year: 1875

a TERRIBLE EKPLosIoN.-The details
Of the giant powder explosion which oc-
CURED at San francisco on the 9TH inst,
are sickening. Ten persons were killed
or SO badly wounded as to be hopeless,
and large value Of property destroyed
The cause of the explosion is not certain.
ly known, but is attributed to spark
which fell from the pipe of the man who
was filing the cartridges. The opinion
has heretofore obtained that giant pow
dpY can on'y be exploded by conclusion.
This account is given by a witness Mr.
Clark went into the Office to get the cart
ridges ready for blasting. lie took the
loose powder out of box filled with pow
der and put this powder into cans with a
wooden scoop through hole about an
in4h and half large. lie had filed one
c and placed that on the Ia BILE and plac-
Cd two empty cans near he box and com
monced filing them. The box OF powder
was standing on the floor from which he
fil,ei the cans. He then lighted his pipe
and sat down on an empty box alongside
the powder. He was crossing his legs
which Jared the pipe in his mouth, from
which dropped some fire into the box of
powder. lie then tried to extnguish the
spark Of fire with his finger pressing on it,
when after It moment the powder in the
box blazed up. On seeing this, l ran
oJt to distance of fifty feet, when |
heard an explosion take place"
Year: 1875

A NEW sect in religion, called the
Eternalists," has sprang into existence
in Ohio. Their belief is that the human
soul occupies a succession of bodies that
after death the freed spirit enters the in
hnt body of some child or animal accord
ing to its place while on earth. The idea
is not new one, but is not SO beautiful
as the Gypsy creed which holds that the
bodies of the human race are occupied
by the souls of fallen angels, who have
this way Of redemption open to them.
Year: 1875

A BOLD robbery was committed by
highwaymen in November. They stop
ped a buggy with gentleman and two
ladies who were coming from the Cliff
House to San Francisco. Recently the
police Of San Francisco arrested two men
on suspicion, one Of whom was immedi-
ately Unidentified by one Of the ladies as
having been participant in the robbery.
Year: 1875

A son Of Il. j. Martin who lives eight
miles west of Red Bluff, was sent out by
his father to bring in a couple Of horses
running at large in field. Not return
ing so soon as expected, the father went
in search Of the boy, and found him ly-
ing with his neck broken. From the ap-
pearance Of the body it was thought that
the horse had stumbled, thrown the boy
and fallen upon him, killing him on the
Instant
Year: 1875

THE NAMELEss.-A Swede died at San
Rafael last week who had lived there
eleven years and no one knew his name.
He had lost his powers of speech from
stroke OF paralysis, and if able to write it
was not known. For the last six or sew
en- years he had been county charge
and was spoke of in the Hospital reports
as " the old man." To him death must
have been welcome guest.
Year: 1875

MAGUIRE, the wife murderer of San
Francisco, was sentenced to Is years in
San Quentin. He'll be pretty old by the
time he comes out and may not care to
marry again but we think the verdict
would have been better had it included
some hanging.
Year: 1875

TIMBER is being buried in the Consoli-
dated Virginia mine at the rate of six
million feet per annum, and in all other
mines in like proportion. The Comstock
lode may we'll be said TO be the tomb of
the forests of the Sierras.
Year: 1875

a KENTUCKY paper thinks that coun-
try which is eaten out by gIasshoppers in
Summer and where whisky freezes solid
in Winter might be advantageously left
for the exclusive occupation Of the noble
red man and the prairie dog.
Year: 1875

COLUMBUS May lS.-The Supreme
Court, this morning, reversed the decision
of the Superior courts of Cleveland and
Montgomery counties, on well known
cases which were brought to test the
validity of the right of building and loan
associations to collect certain funds for
the non payment OF dues and other mat
;ers of great importance to these associa-
tions, in the main. The reversal Of the
decision is regarded hs favorable to the
as-OciatlOns
Year: 1875

BY footing up the right hand column tho
reader will find that in the IA years since
June 80, 1861, we have exported to foreign
parts, over and above the amounts we have
imported, upward of eight hundred million
dollars in gold and silver--enOugh to replace
every paper dollar and shinplaster we have
with gold and silver coin. Yet we are told
that specie payments are an impossibility, or,
as Gov. Allen of Ohio profanely denominatcs
them, "a - barren idealityw The table is
also interesting az showing the efficiency of u
currency of inconvertible paper in turning the
balance of trade in our favor Give us -
sound currency, and the balance OF trade will
take care of itself. 1t certainly Will not he
more to our disadvantage than it was in the
period from Il S63 to 1878, inclusive.
Year: 1875

1t is a mans own fault If he is un-
happy with his wife, in nine cases out
of ten. 1t is e very exceptional woman
who will not be all she can be to an at
tentive husband, and a more except
iOnal one will not be very disagreeable
if she finds herself willfully neglected.
1t would be very easy to hate a man
who, having bound woman to him,
made no effort to make her happy hard
not to love one who was constant and
tender, and when a woman loves she al
ways strives to please.


The great men of this world have often
been wretched N their domestic rela-
tions, while mean and common men
have been exceedingly happy. The
reason is very plain. Absorbed in them
selves, those who desired the world s
applause were careless of the little
world at home while those who had
none of this egotism strove to keep
the hearts that were their own, and
were happy in their tenderness.


No woman will love a man the bet
ter for being renowned or prominent
Though he be first among men she will
only be prouder, not fonder and if she
loses him through this renown, as is
often the case, she will not even be
proud. But give her love, ap-
probation, kindness, and there is no
sacrifice she would not make for
his content and comfort. The man who
loves her well is her hero and her king.
No less hero to her though he is not
one to any other; no less king though
his only kingdom is her heart and home.
Year: 1875

A love of display is treated by most
persons as harmless kind of weakness,
and those who do think, speak of it in
q charitable, commiserating manner,
as something to be expected from those
persons who have no real jewels in their
heads. This view is certainly a most
mischievous one, and if all would fully
realize the terrible train of evils arising
from an inordinate love of display, the
failing would be treated with as much
severity as a crime. The basis of this
vanity is disposition to pander to the
superficial senses and to pass for more
than mere worth, which is essentially
vulgar and dishonest. To a well bal
anced, rightly-instructed mind one
quiet virtue in our friend or neighbor
is worth all the diamonds that glitter,
and in contemplation will bring US more
real happiness.


In summing up the evils of the dis
position, we find legions in its wake.
In private life it will cause us to over
look and undervalue real merit in our
servants, and neighbOrs. 1t will create
an inordinate desire for wealth, making
us hard, selfish, grinding and cruel.
II " III W iht VI
humanity, neglect our children, who
should receive our most valued time
while being fitted for the business of
life, and, in fact to fritter away time
which should be used for higher, more
imperative and substantial duties. If
shown in the language of our conver-
satiOn, it is ridiculously disgusting,
and reveals a streak of littleness which
we would be too happy to conceal if we
could see ourselves as others see us.
In public matters it shows itself accord
ing to the vulgarity and unsubstantial
character of the people, and leads to
the building of grand structures, be-
fore the wealth of the country will jns-
tify snch an outlay, while really deserv-
ing institutions perish for lack of means
and the unfortunate poor starve for
want of bread. Then the necessity for
economy is felt it will strike at the
roots of our most serviceable institu-
tions in public as well as private life,
compelling those who have compare
lively little to get along with much
less. In religion it manifests itself In
fine churches and useless decoration,
while the widow and orphan are tnrned
lntO tHe street w prey uPon 1no soOiS'y
at large. This trait is never the ac-
compartment of true greatness. We
have all seen persons who had spent
their whole lives in impressing the
world with the magnitude of their pres
ence upon this earth, the effort requir-
ing eternal vigilance and a vast expen-
diture in goods, and these very persons
will literally shrivel up with contempt
for their own insigniticance when In
the vicinity of true worth, wisdom and
culture. If the time expanded in the
qualification of this frivolous vanity
was conscientiously used in making
ourselves wiser, better and more use
full, as individuals, we should be much
more prosperous and honest, and as
people vastly happier.
Year: 1875

Dancing itself is a harmless and
healthful amusement when not carried
to excess but the seeds OF death are
too often sown In the ballroom, not
from dancing, but from the circum-
stances under which it is carried on,
For instance, what can be more likely
to produce apoplexy or some serious i'll
ness than the practice of eating ices
when thoroughly heated by violent ex-
ercise.


Again, the atmosphere of many a
ballroom, crammed, as it often is, with
three times as many people as it can
comfortably contain, is enough of it
self to poison any one not acclimated
to suffocation by previous training.


Then there are the sudden changes of
tempature to which young ladies, in
sufficiently clad, are exposed on leaving
the heated rooms as they retnrn home,
overtired and in precisely the same con-
dition under which such changes OF
temperature are likely to affect them if
they have any tendency to lung disease.
The late hours, also, which are neces-
sarily kept in the season, cannot be
otherwise than preiudicial to the health
of both old and young, and probably
cause many illnesses that are unlustly
credited to other sources.