smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

There is hardly one Of our readers who
does not remember the old nursery rhyme Of
"old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cup


To give her poor dog bone, lhoard,
But when she got there, the cupboard was bare,


And 80 the poor dog got none


This is the way the Boston Adrcgtiscr
puts il in shape, in the most modern style: !:


The aged and venerable maternal repre-
sentative of family which descended from
an ancestral progenitor known in his time
by the patronymic appellation Of Hubbard
(perhaps from his having been one Of the
early poets or bards Of the hub, wended
her way to the small apartment ordinarily
devoted TO the storage Of crockery, and
such portions Of the family provisions as
were left unused at the prandial meal, to
obtain for the qualification Of her favorite
but emaciated specimen ofthe genus canis,
fragment Of an osseous nature once COM
posing an integral portion Of the skeleton
OF an animal (whether bovine, porcine, or
otherwise, the narrator was not able to de-
termine satisfactorily, } from which she had
reason to believe her petted qusdruped
wsuld aliment When by continuous pro-
gressive motion she had arrived at the end
of her brief journey and in fact had reach
ed the objective point, and the goal of her
desire, her fond anticipations were not
realized, and her calculations came 10
naught; for the family receptacle, before
alluded to, proved to be entirely denuded
Of everything in the way Of that sustenance
which tends to prolong life when received
within aud assimilated by the animal or.
ganism. Consequently this indignant and
long-suffering member Of the high class Of
vertebrate called mammals, but familiarly
known as abe "poor dog" failed on thi,
occasion to obtain anything to appease hi
unsatcd and voraciOus appetite, which W,
have reason to believe, had previously beer
whetted by the anticipation Of the favor
able result Of the visit Of his friend an,
protector to the usual storehonse Of hi
supplies.
Year: 1875

CLOSING CRACKS IN CAST IRoN Stoves.
Good wood ashes are to be sifted thro'
a fne seiye, to which is to be added tho
same quantity Of clay finely pulverized,
together with little q salt. The mixture
is to be moistened with water enough to
make paste, aud the crack Of the stove
filled with it, The cement does not peel
off or break away, aud assumes an extreme
degree of hardness after heated. The
stove must be cool when the application is
made. The same substance may be used
in setting the plates of a stove, or in fitting
stove pipes, serving to render all the joints
perfectly tight.
Year: 1875

How TO SAVE YoUR SHOE SoLEs.-
Melt together tallow and common rosin in
proportion of two parts of the former and
one of the latter, and apply the prepara-
tion hot to the soles Of the boots or shoes
-as much Of 1t as the leather will absorb.
One farmer declares that this little recipe
alone has been worth moro than the cost
of five years subscription to the newspa-
per publishing it,
Year: 1875

A Boys DESCRIPTION OF CATTLE
SHow.--A cattle show and fair is where
they trot horses. They sell pools outside
the ring. 1t is wicked to play cards for
pools. Pools atthe cattle show encourage
the honest farmer, and develop that noble
animal, the horse" | read the last part
of that in the paper. The honest farmer
has a red face and wears white hat lie
smokes and swear. The best way to
develop horse is to hire tho driver on the
other side to let yours beat A driver
that can scream and scare the other horses
is bully. ffhe eau smash another fellow
wheel, and not tip over his own sulky, he
gets the first prize The place to do this
is on the home-stretch. The home-stretch
is next the Judges stand The Judges
don't stand all the time-I saw one Judge
sit down and squiut at the horses through
the bottom Of tumbler. When / grow
mp, / mean to study law and be judge


but don't want to be tumbler.
Year: 1875

HoP BEER.-This is healthy, easily
made and really valuable. 1t will keep
six or eight months three months after
it is made it is almost equal to ale. This
recipe makes fifteen gallons :-l2 ounces
hops, six quarts molasses, ten eggs; put
the hops in bag and boil them fifteen
minutes in three pals of water; put in the
molasses while hot, and poor Immediately
into strong ale cask, which can be made
perfectly air tight and put in the remain
der of the water cold; let the mixture
stand until cool, and then add the eggs,
well beaten. This beer will not fermeut
in cold weather unless put in quite warm
place.
Year: 1875

RANCID BUTrER.-a'fo pint of water
add 80 drops (about half a teaspoonfuD Of
liquor Of chloride of lime. Wash in this
two and half pounds of rancid butter.
When every particle has come in contact
with the water, let it stand an hour or
two; then wash the butter well again in
pure water The butter is then left
without any odor, and has the sweetness
of fresh batter These preparations Of
lime have nothing injurious in them"


We forthwith obtained some rancid
butter and it was bad enough for any
stomach that had more sensibility than a
wagon wheel We doctored it as per
recipe, and when placed on the table along
with good butter, very able judges could
not distinguish the new butter.
Year: 1875

AN IcE BAo.-small quantities Of ice
may be preserved in summer by making a
bag large enough to hold the ice. Then
make another much larger bag. Put it
outside the small bag, and gil the space
between with sawdust.
Year: 1875


The LATEST DOG SToRY.-Terre uaute,
Ind, is proud in the possession of a
pious deg. He never eats anything
without first getting on his launches
with sober visage and downcast head
for several moments, and he cannot be
induced to eat without first going
through this performance. The dog
acquired this habit during q visit the
owners mother paid to the family. The
old lady always said grace before eating,
aud the dog, who generally managed to
be on the lap CT his mistress, on look
ing around and observing the demure
aspect of the people at the table and
got to Initiating it.
Year: 1875

other waif rom the Paciic-one of the
seats Of a lifeboat. Nailed beneath the
seat were two straps on one of which
was plainly to be seen the flesh of three
fingers, left. no doubt, by some poor suf-
ferer who had seized on the seat in his
last extremity and held on with grip of
iron until death put an end to his suf-
ferings. Shall we ever hear the last OF
that awful shipwreck?- Colonist.
Year: 1875

T The likeness of woman who has
been dead over 20 years was lately dis
covered on pane of glass in chamber
window in house ut Charlotte, Va.
The likeness is distinct and accurate,
and resembles photograph negative.
1t is said that the woman was stunned
by flash of lightning many years ago,
while standing at that window. and the
theory is that the outlines of her feat
ures were photographed on the window
pane at that time.
Year: 1875

LAST TRIp.-The present trip
is the last one the Dakota will
make to the Sound. The Saliva
dore is to make one more trip
and then draw off, after which
the City Of Panama will resume
her place on the route, making
two trips a month between here
and San Francisco during the
winter months. So Mr.. Free
man informs us.
Year: 1875

Here are useful suggestions from men,


Der of the British Parliament. Lord Derby,


who is q robust manly man. He says:


Take two men, if they can be found, ex-


actly alike in mental and bodily aptitudcs
and let one GO on carelcssly and idly, in
dulging HE appetites, and generally lead
ing life of pleasure, and let the other


train himself by early hours, by temper
ance habits, and by giving to muscle and


brain each their fair share of employment
and at the end of three years they will be
rs wide apart in their capacity Tor exer.
ton as if they had been with wholly diff
ferent constitutions. Without normal,
healthy condition there can, as rule, be
no good work: ana though that quality
cannot absolutely be secured or preserved
by any set of rules. q little common sense
and care will 60 a long way in both sccur-
ing and preserving It, On that point
would give you these hints. FIRST, that 1t
is not mental labor which hurts anybody.
unless the excess bevery great. but rather
fretting and fidget,ng over the prospect OF
labor to bc gone through; so that the man
who can accustom himself to take things
coolly, which is quite as much matter
oi discipline as Of nature, and who, by
keeping well beforehand what he has to
do, avo ds undue Lurry and nervous excite
ment, has grea. advantage over one who
follows a different practice. Next,
would warn you that those students who
think they have no time for bodily exer-
else will sooner or later have to find time
for illness. Third, when an opportunity
Of choice is given. morning work is gen.
orally better than night work; and lastly
"a matter which should not stop to al
lude to but that know the dangers of an
over driven existence in a crowded down
if man cannot get through his days
labor, of whatever kind it may be, with.
out artificial support" (hat means beer
or bourbon), it should be q serious con-
sideration for him whether that kind Of
labor ia fit for him at all
Year: 1875

On the very day that Judge Nelson de-


livered his charge to the jury Theodore
I'ilt0n resumed those labOrs necessary to
the maintenance of himself and so much
Of his family as the late terrible ordeal


has left HIM. In proof Of the application,


industry, and remarkable fertility Of tho


man, it is only necessary 10 state that the
preparation of new book, which he be-
gan on the day above mentioned, has SO
far progressed that he expects to be able
Ito put it to press by the middle Of next
month. The title he has selected for it is,
"a Legend" and will make an octave


volume Of between two hundred and fifty


and three hundred pages. The resump-


ton Of literary labor seems to have had
IA happy effect in partly relieving his mind


from the heavy sense Of his domestic mis-


fortunes, and enabling him to disperse
some of those shadows that have so long


dsrkened his life. He rises early, works
hard till late in the afternoon, dimes about
five O'Clock, and then refreshes himself
by five or six mile walk. The only dis
comfort of these pedestrian tours is the


attention which his familiar and striking
figure always attracts. What Swift de-
scribes as one OF the pleasures of fame
10 be pointed out in the crowd and hear
the remark, THAT 10 he; there he goes"-


10 evidently not pleasure to him. HIS


prospects for the future are most flatter-
ling. Besides such work with his pen as
he has mapped out for himself, in addition
Ito the book now approaching completion,
he 10 urgently solicited to deliver lectures
in various parts of the country, and finds
the demand utterly beyond his power u
inject Il.
Year: 1875

An amusing anecdote has Just be.
come known. A short time since a
man who had formerly belonged tC
the volunteer corps of which the Duke
of Norfolk is captain, Ninth Sussex,
wrote an imploring letter to him, ask
ing assistance from difficulties which
had recently befallen him, and stat
ing the petitioners intention to en-
list for a soldier. His grace very
naturally supposed that some of tue
ordinary misfortunes in life had befall-
en- the applicant, and kindly remit
ted him a check for 60 to help him
over his difficulty. A day or two
after, the Dukes agent, in talking
with his grace on the business mat
ters of the estate, remarked that he
bad been reluctantly compelled to
prosecute a notorious poaeher who
had been found in the Arundel Park
preserves firing at the pheasants.
"WhO is he ?n inquired the Duke.
The agent replied that his name was
Sharp. Indeed" replied his grace,
"that is the same man 1 had a letter
from the other day saying he was
in trouble, and l sent him five
pounds.n 1t was soon seen that the
mans "trouble" was brought about
through poaching in the Dukes pre-
serves, and while the agent was
prosecuting the man the duke was
finding him the money to pay the
fine. The man has since bOlted from
Arundel.
Year: 1875

What shall we do To make our
Grange more interesting? We some
times have this question asked US,
and have suggested many things,
some of which have been "a great sue
cess; our query box, for instance, pro-
vides food for thought from one meet
ing to the next, besides furnishing
subjects to converse about during
the whole meeting. The only trouble
we have is that our evenings are too
short-we can not get through, espee-
tally the ladies; you know that it is
said that we can talk all the time, so
it won't do to lose our reputation.
Subjects should be handed in that re-
quire some thought and study. Set a
time-say four weeks from the time
they are handed into discuss the
subject, and request ali to express
their views. If the ladies are back
ward in speaking, call them out by
addressing question to them they
will soon express themselves without
embarrassment. Or, If you prefer,
write your ideas, ard when the query
box is passed, put your essay in the
box,-that is, il you do not wish to
read it yourself-and the Secretary
will read it for you. Try it. In this
way much information and pleasure
will be derived, and you will not
think of asking how to make the
Grange interesting.-Lddy Granger,
IN Ohio FdrDIer.
Year: 1875

1t iss false opinion that happiness is
not now to be realized, but only tC
come here after. 1t is in contradic-
ton to Gods holy word, as we be-
lieve we are blessed now with all
things that are really good for Us.
Yet there are persons who think that
when some particular grievance is re.
moved they shall be happy. No!
you will be as far from happiness as
you are now. This is the folly and
weakness of the mind, which vail as
anticipates happiness from earthly
changes. But, on the other hand,the
time passes by and under all circum-
stances, supposing that We haveEthe
knowledge OF the truth and are living
in holiness and in the love of God,
we may have days of heaven upon
the earth. Lady Elizabeth Hastings
said to the Countess of Huntingdon,
''Since l have known the gospel ]
have been as happy as an angel
That one sentence was the means oi
the conversion of Lady Huntingdon,
afterward the friend of Whitefield and
the founder of ehapels all over Eng
land. Who can estimate the number
and importance OF the effects which
followed that change Of heart and
life IN Y Observer.
Year: 1875

Jane Grey Swisshelm, writing to
the Pittsburgh Commercial, says I
knew one gentleman who thought OF
emigrating South who took his carpet
0sg and went to spy out the land. All
looked propitiOus in most places, bot
after he registered his name in g hotel
in town in the southern part OF
Georgia, he was handed a clip of pa
per:


We viii meet you in your room to-
night at twelve O'Clock. *. K.U


He lit cigar with it, aud sat down
IN the Office to read and smoke. A
knot of ruffianly men gathered in and
began a noisy discussion on politics,
using the most insulting language to-
ward Yankees and nigger-wOrshi1ers.
but he seemed TO fake no notice.


After some time one of the ruffians
staggered up to him and inquired il
he wasn't a Yankee ?" He replied
that he was, and supposing that they
were the K. K who were to see him
at twelve o'clock in his own room,
suggested that it would be better to
have the interview there and then.
He said he came South to buy land,
not tn talk politics, but if they had
anything to say to him he preferred
hearing it before he went to bed. He
was not disturbed, but concluded that
Georgia land would be selling at three
cents per square mile, with q large
discount on cash payments, when he
bought any.


In Texas hotel he heard a knot OF
men discussing the skinning OF q ne
gro, in which one Of them had taken
part. II seemed to be a case with
which they were all more or less fa-
milisr, but to the details of which,
from participant, they all listened
as set of Rocky Mountain hunters
would do to a hero reeOuntiDg his ex-
ploits in capturing q grizzly bear. He
told just how they had done it, how
nicely they had taken the entire skin
in one piece. how the "nigger yelled''
and struggled, how they stretched the
skin and nailed it against a tree to
dry, and how the victim lived a half
hour after the operation.


My informant, who was a shocked
listener to the tale, and to the coarse,
ribald jests and frightful oaths which
it called out, will not soon emigrate
South. The people of those States are
unfit for self government. The na-
ton should have established military
and territorial governments in all the
Southern States, and no mau who
took an oath or fought to support the
Confederacy should ever have been
permitted to vote. The lands of the
rebels should have been confiscated
and sold iG small farms to pay the
war debt, and those States would
have been redeemed by such flow OF
emigration as would ultimately place
them on a sure basis, financially and
politically. This or something like il
will have to be done yet. This Gov
ernment cannot afford to permit the
largest and best portion of her terri
tory to be held by set Of semi-sav-
ages, who undertake to build a Chi
nese wall of prejudice around it, and
to exclude the citizens of other States
or lands. Any man who pleases has
right to go there, get any Office he
can, and stay as long or short a time
as he pleases, and in this right the
Government is bound to protect, not
only its own citizens but those of 9TH
er countries.


JANE GREY SwIssHELM.
Year: 1875

The London Daily Telegraph says :
"At a eonversaZiOue recently held in
Edinburgh, Professor Archer drew at
tentiOn to a new and very important
invention, the Cnandor light, which
really threatens the lucifer trade with
extinction. The apparatus is, in out
ward appearance, little tube, three
or four inches long, having at one end
revolving button which turns a
screw, and at the other a minute an
gular point of metal, which also re-
wolves, passing over a little orifice in
the closed head OF the tube. A con-
tinuous fuse, formed OF a delicate
strip of solidified cOllodiOn, with a
ridge of hardened phosphorus on one
Of its sides, is slipped into the tube,
and, once in position, can be moved
upwards by the screw. By the same
action which presses the upper end of
the fuse against the opening at the
top the metal is turned against the
phosphorus, and a small portion of
the collodiOn is thereupOn ignited.
When the apparatus Is fixed to gas
burner, only very transient flash is
needed for the purpose of ignition,





the collodion fuse is in that operation
consumed. Where, however, the
wick of lamp has to be lit by the
same means, alarger proportion of the
fuse, the thirty-secOnd part, in fact, is
burned. The apparatus is either por-
table or adapted to the uses indicated.
If lamp goes out, it can be instantly
re-lighted by the turn of a screw, in
stead of by opening the chimney, and
striking a lucifer match where per-
baps, large quantities of straw are ly-
ing about. TIE collOdiOn fuse is so
little liable TO be affected by the damp
that it will ignite after having been
immersed in water and its action
has never been known to fail. Being
encased in a close fitting chamber
within the tube, it cannot burn be-
yOnd the requisite point where its
duty is discharged, and the cotton
wick, or Invisible spirit of gas, starts
into light, and makes the lighter
start f"
Year: 1875

A stable keeper ia Rochester has a
hack horse of which the following
stories are told At the end of the
stable is a water faucet, under which
has been placed a large tub for the
horses to drink from. When this ami
NAL is thirsty he scorns the use of the
tub, but turns on the faucet with his
teeth and holds his head under the
running stream until his thirst is
quenehed, tEen turns the faucet of
sgain, and with a knowing look at
his observers, trOts back to his stall.
During the present spell of cold wealth
er the water has been allowed to run
to prevent it freezing in the pipes.
One evening, when the men were
elsewhere engaged, he went for a
drink in his usual manner, and after
he got through turned the faucet of.
The consequence was the pipes got
frozen up and had to be thawed out
before the horse could quench his
! thirst in his accustomed manner.
Affidavits in support of these state
ments most people will regard as
necessary.
Year: 1875

but there Is the supper bell. Come up
to the house."


Words fell to describe the amaze
ment of the Lyntonisns when they
knew for a surety that their minister
intended TO marry Deacon Osgoodis g
help. A few-amOng whom were
Martha JamisOn and Amarantha Pea
bOdy-hintcd that lie had better re-
sign, but they were ordered TO keep
these hints to themselves by the
more sensible ones, who, when they
had recovered from the shock, went
to work to fad q house suitable for g
parsonage. They decided upon a cot
tsge opposite the church, for which
they paid the sum of two thousand
dollars.


The wedding took place Christmas
morning in the church. The minis
ter took his wife To his aunt's fer a
weeks visit, and when they returned
to Lynton the congregation had for
gotten that Mrs. JadsOn Ridgely was
once a bound girl, and received her
with open arms. They have never
regretted their minister's choice.
Year: 1875

Mr.. aud Mrs. Smith were troubled
with cold feet % nights until they hit
upon the hot water jug; but one day
the servant girl, who knew little of
the properties of steam heated the
water too much. The cork of the jug
was driven in as far as it would go,
and then the jug was set upon the
stove, and when the water began to
boil was carried up stairs and placed
beneath the clothes at the foot of the
bed where Mr.. and Mrs. Smith were
already ensconced. The Smiths, hus-
band and wife, cuddled their feet
against the jug, and were happy-it
was so warm, and the bed was so cold
Sweet sleep was just about casting it,,
mantle over the couple, so to speak
when there came suddenly from the
foot of the bed report like that of a
shotgun, and Mrs. Smith, hit with
awful force by the cork of the jug,
leaped screaming to the door, Shrek
ing for the police. Almost at the
same Instant Smith himself was near
ly killed. A volume of hot water
struck him fairly, then, raking up his
back, literally blowing a scalding fur
row through the skin. His yells, as
he bounded from the bed, were fearful,
and q parting squirt from the jug,
which lef5 his left leg psrboiied,
brought forth even more hideous
sounds. The Smiths caDered around
the room in CONSERVATION and agony
until the girl came running in with a
lamp, and surveyed the ruins she had
wrought by getting up too much
steam in a jug. Finally the Smiths
retired again, all bound up in cotton
batting and sweet oil, but the jug was
smashed by Smith in his fierce wrath,
and since the night of the catastrophe
cold feet have been made a speciality
in that family.
Year: 1875

SAN FRANCISCO, June lS.-The ship
Champlaine, from New York, Merrill,
master, struck on North Farralone, at
seven o'clock last evening, and sank.
The captain and one man were drowned.
The rest of the crew arrived here this
morning on the schooner MendOcinO.
She had been off the heads three days
in dense fog, during which time no OBJ
servation had been obtained. At the
time of striking she had just gone about,
standing west by south. The captain
supposed he was in the vicinity of Point
would have carried the ship far to the
north Of the Fara,One group. The ship
was under tOpsails with coursey hauled
up. The fog was SO thick that the rocks
could not be seen until she struck. The
vessel struck slightly at first, near the
stern, and then grounded on the rocks
the whole length, knocking the bottom
out. She tloated off, filling rapidly, and
sunk In few moments. The men had
scarcely time to get into the boats. The
captain was the last man to leave the
ship. In getting into the boat, over the
bow, he was struck by a maTlin-spike and
killed. The seaman lost was German,
from Hamburg, known as August. He
was crushed before leaving the ship.
The crew saved nothing but a few ar
ticles Of clothing. Shortly after leaving
the ship the fog rose, and the schooner
Mendocino was sighted. They pulled
for her, and were taken on board. The
ship was loaded with a general cargo,
including lot Of coal and pig-iron, con-
signed to George Hawes d Co.