smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

Too much cannot be said or written on
| the subject of cooking, for life, health, pros
perity and happiness depend upon the quail
ity of the food we eat. Many man can
trace his fallen fortunes and shipwrecked
hopes to heavy bread, tough biscuit, and
other poor cooking.


Stomachs ought to have sheet-iron lin
ings to endure the burdens and insults
heaped upon them by Intellectual house.
wives.


Those long-faced, glum sort of people,
to whom it seems sin to laugh and drive
| dull care Away, are most likely the victims
of indigestion which brings on multitude
| of diseases and makes invalids. So man
may work and do his best to accumulate a
fortune-but if his wife does not properly
prepare his food, or, if they can afford it,
see that her hired help does it, in the midst
Of increasing prosperity and bright pros
poets that man is very likely to fall sick;
and when his strength is gone, the spirit of
his projects dies out, and everything sinks
down stasnant and lifeless.


Women have far greater responsibility
| in these things than many of them like to
admit or assume. 1t requires very little
more effov. to do things well than to botch
them up. And there is satisfaction in
knowing 4 thing is rightly done which pays
for the trouble.


Especially is it true Of girls who go out
to work, that they are apt to take the
quickest way of turning off work, if it is
not the best. They ought to feel the
Importance Of their position, and that they
must cook we'll and keep the house cleanly,
if they desire the family where they live to
be well and happy. In all departments of
housekeeping, it costs less to be neat,
how much butter, sugar, eggs, and flour to
use on baking day, as well as just how long
to boil or roast nice tender piece of meat,
that it may not be toughened, and its sweet
ness and nourishment cooked away.
Good housekeepers know so many ways
to save and economise, of which an un-
practiced hand is entirely ignorant. Ex-
perienced cooks make delicious and inex-
pensive dishes of odds and ends left over
from meal to meal, which in most house
holds are more or less wasted. Who would
believe that the well picked bones of
roasted chicken, with two OF three little
beef bones taken from the broiled beef
steak which was served at breakfast, boiled
two hours in about quart of water, will
make excellent soup, good for the sick and
tempting to the most delicate taste? Try
it and see.


Soup is strengthening, and can be made
much cheaper and easier than most people
imagine. Beef bones are just as good for
soup after they have been roasted as any,
and save much expense.
There is no accomplishment for which
woman has reason to congratulate herself
and be proud, as for being good house.
keeper, and the foundation of housekeep-
ing is to be good cook.


Elm Orlou, in Pomeroy's Weekly.
Year: 1871

Nascitur non fit. Bores are born. not
made. 1t is in the constitution, or the cir
culation, or the respiration, or the phrenol-
ogy, or the organic fibre. A venerable
quack used always to locate his patients
diseases in the pericardium. Perhaps it
is something in the structure of the peri
cardium that makes man bore. The
symptoms are curious. The echo in the
head is one of them. When mans SEN
tences turn again upon themselves repeat
ing themselves or revolving about the Same
points, he has the disease. His punctua-
tion becomes deranged. The commas are
long and the periods have all dropped out.
1t is of no use to hint to him that you are
bored. That is embarrassing; and the
more he is embarrassed the less able he is
to leave. He rises up in his chair; he is
about to go. You feel relieved. The
nightmare is to disappear. But he detects
the radiance in your face, and in minute
he settles back again. He feels that he
can not bear to leave an unfavorable impress
sion on you. He must stay longer and
remove it. He starts the same old train of
talk. You feel sorry for him, for bore
is always an object of pity. He wants to
get away, but he has not courage enough
to make the effort. There is no good stop
ping-place in his talk, no cadence in his
conversation. He is feeling round for the
note that will make an appropriate close,
but he never strikesit. He rises and stands.
But he is so encouraged to have gotten SO
far, that he begins again. Then he goes
through another half hour of endeavor to
find suitable peroration. There is an
aggravated form of disease in which the
subject is known as "the door-knob BORE"
He hangs himself on the knob, and always
thinks of something at the moment when
he is making motion toward leaving that
brings HIM back again. Do not utter inner
maledictions against him when he is gone.
Poor fellow! He has used up some hours
of your time, but he has wasted lifetime
of his own. Dickens describes him when
he says that he he has the dry-rot. Avoid
him, dodge him, tremble when. you see
him. But pity him.


The sketch is from life. The empty
chair in which he reclined is on the oppo-
site side of the table. We have nearly
expired in the exhausted receiver of his
insane talk. The sense of lost halliday
yet tingles in our nerves. If it would do
any good, we should surely paint Cotton
Mather's inscription over our door: "Be
short" But nothing will drive away bores,
nothing has any effect on them. Even the
carbolic acid fails, and we do
not believe that the pungent extract of
Cotton Mather would prevail against them.


Hearth and Home.
Year: 1871

PERsPIRATIoN-The unpleasant odor
produced by perspiration is frequently the
source of yexation to persons who are sub
ject toit. Nothing is simpler than to re.
move this odor much moro efectually than
by the application of such costly unguents
and perfumes as are in use. 1t is only ne
cessary to procure some of the compound
spirits of ammonia, and place about two
table-spoonfulls in basin of water. WASH
ing the face, hands and arms with this,
leaves the skin as clean, sweet and fresh as
one could wish. The wash is perfectly
harmless, and very cheap. 1t is recon-
mended on the authority Of an experienced
physician.
Year: 1871

You ask me why so oft, father,


The tear rolls down my cheek,
And think it strange that l should ow
A grief | dare not speak;
But oh, my soul is very sad,


My brain is almost wild;
1t breaks my heart to think that


Am called a drunkard's child.
My playmates shun me now, father,
Or pass me by with scorn,
Because my dress is ragged, and


My shoes are old and torn;
And if heed them not, "there goes
The drunkard's girl" they cry;
Oh then, how much wish that God
Would only let me die.
You used to love me once, father,
And we had bread to eat;
Mamma and l were warmly clad,
And life seemed very sweet.
You never spoke unkindly then,
Or dealt the angry blow;
Oh father dear, tits sad to think


That rum hath changed you so.
Do not be angry now, father,


Because l tell you this,
But let me feel upon my brow,


Once more thy loving kiss;
And promise me, those lips no more
With drink shall he detiled,
That from life of want and woe,
Thou'lt save thy weeping child.
Year: 1871

Many child goes astr.y, not because
there was want of prayer or virtue at home;
but simply because home lacks sunshine.
A child needs smiles as flowers need sum
beams. Children look little beyond the
present moment. If a thing pleases, they
are apt to seek it; if it displeases, they are
prone to avoid it. If home is the place
where faces are sour and words harsh, and
fault-finding is ever in the ascendant, they
will spend as many hours as possible else
where. Let every father and mother, then.
try to be happy. Let them talk to their
children, especially the little ones, in such
a way as to m axe them happy.
Year: 1871

l have tried not to love thee, to drive from


my heart
Each sweet recollection with which should


part;
The one CLEAN of sunshine my life has e'er


known
Thy smile and the music thy voice made


alone:
I've tried not to love thee, to drive from


my heart
Each sweet recollection with which l should


part.
may nevermore see thee, and hope may


depart,
But why should Danish thy love from my


heart?
'Tis all that you've left HE, the one golden
Of light to illumine hfe's future dark
stream:
I've tried not to love thee, to drive from


my heart
Each sweet recollection with which should


part.
Year: 1871

ANOTHER DISCOVERY OF ANCIENT PEo-
PLE.-Two miles from Leavenworth, in
Crawford county, Ind, there is an immense
pile of large parallelogram sandstones, COW
ering about half an acre of ground, and it
is firmly believed that these were quarried
dressed and transported there by some an
cient race who once inhabited that region.
In addition to their having square sides and
being of great uniformity in width, there
is none of the same kind of stone found
elsewhere in all the country, except two
smaller piles near the large one. The lar
ger stones are thirteen feet long and about
four feet wide.
Year: 1871

Bank? I think not; for while that
payment ought not to make theil
condition worse, it ought not, ac-
cording to the equitable principles
expressly enacted in the Civil Code,
work an improvement of their con.
dition, and enable them to make
their agent suffer a loss which they
would otherwise have been obliged
to incur. As it is unjust that they
should be damaged by an act which
they forbade, SO is it inconsistent
that they should reap advantages
from an act which they repudiate.


The plaintiff action is on equit-
able one, and Art. 1860 should be
applied in the case. 1t makes the
Christian principles of equity a
part Of our law and declares that
"no one ought to enrich himself at
the expense of another.


Article 2l3O, referred to by the
court during the argument, cannot
effect this case, because the plaintiffs
did not act, in form or intention,
according to the terms of that ar
ticle. They did not propose to dis
charge defendants obligation to the
Crescent City Bank, or to acquire
an action against the defendants.
The payment and cancelment of the
check was accidental. It was affect
ed in a moment of inattention, such
as will sometimes happen to the
most careful persons. Besides, the
article referred to can hardly ever
take effect in regard to commercial
paper which passes from one holder
to the other, by mere Endorsement
or delivery, without dischargingthe
parties, but, on the contrary, valid
ly changing the creditor"


Judgment for plaintiffs as prayed
for, and rejecting defendants de-
mand in reconventiOn.
Year: 1871

It is said that the military commander Of Camp Hualpai has ordered his mall escort t0 carry no citizen mail on the wagon which comes in here every Thursday and leaves every Saturday morn. ing at the expense of citizen taxpayers, when there Is no other mail facilities on The road. Ii it is the object of this gentleman 10 render him self abominable in the eyes of the citizens he has set about the work in . manner that must sue cecd buI we fail to discover Inc policy Of 2 course which has worked unfortunately for the lew military officers who have tried 1t hereto fore.
Year: 1871

COMING IT STRoNG.-A lady some
time ago called to see Squire Stephens.
and informed him that she was ready
to be married, and wished him to per-
form the ceremony; and that as the
business Of the gentleman to whom she
was going to be welded was Of such
nature as to make it impossible for him
TO leave his post he must write him a
letter stating that they were married.
The magistrate informed her chat Ii.
cense must be issued, and the parties
appear before him, and that then he
would perform the ceremony. Two
weeks after they came armed with The
necessary papers, and the nuptial knot
was tied by Squire S. The soldier
thanked him for his inestimable SER
vices, paid him the SUN Of twenty five
cents, in silver, and invited him to one
side to speak on a subject of a private
nature. ''Square, he says, ri should
like it if you would antedate this wed-
ding from the day Ginny came to sec
you, which was about two weeks ago.
This would cover all emergencies"
The official blushed, tried to smile,
looked confused. and started t1 retire.
but the soldier observed in pathetic
tones: "Square, Ginny will be in a
terrible fix if the last two weeks are
not included in her welded life." The
papers were arranged satisfactorily and
the happy pair went their way rejoice
ing.-Lou. Com. Jour.
Year: 1871

and in the exercise of his sole judgment,
to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in
a time Of peace, and to march the stand>
ing army into any State and declare
martial-law therein, at his own mere
will and pleasure, thus subverting the
entire civil power, legislative, executive
and judicial of such State, destroying
freedom of speech and of the press and
the peaceable assembling of the people,
and subjecting every person therein to
military arrest, trial and execution,
were enacted for no other purpose than
TO complete the Capitalization of all
power into the hands of the General
Government, to establish a military
despotism and thus perpetuate the pres
ent administration without regard to
the will of the people, and are not only
utterly inconsistent with the whole
theory and character Of the Federal
Government, and revolutionary and
dangerous in their nature, but are in
direct conflict with the spirit and letter
of the constitution, including the
amendments which they pretend to
enforce.


Eighteenth-That the radical party
OF 1871 as now constituted is not the
republican party of the period previous
to the war nor the so-called Union party
during the war, and is in no respect
entitled to beg the public confidence
as such; that it is now only an admins
istration, or Grant party. dating back
to March 4th, 1869, and to be judged
by its record since, and that upon that
record totally hostile to the doctrines
and policies herein maintained and
wholly committed to the policies and
doctrines herein denounced, it deserves
the emphatic condemnation of the peo>
pie.


In reporting the resolutions from the
committee, Mr.. Vallandigham said /:
"These resolutions, Mr.. President,
sufficiently explain themselves. The
principles and policies which they
enunciate require the honest censure
of those only whose hostility is sincere
Carping criticism we both expect and
condemn. For more than two years
past the bitter and bloody passions of
the war have been gradual. butstead,
Year: 1871

with moderate taxation; and more eff
fectually to secure and hasten the pay
ment, we demand the strictest honesty
and economy in every part of the AL,
mlnlstration Of the government.


Ninth-That we are in favor of sucE
revenue reform as will greatly simplify
the manner of and reduce the number
OF officers engaged in collecting and
disbursing the revenue, and largely
diminish the now enormous expense to
the government, and annoyance and
vexation to the people attending the
same and, further, will make the bur.
dens of taxation equal, uniform and
just, and no greater than the necessities
of the government economically admin
istered shall require.


I Tenth-That we are in favor of a
searching and adequate reform in the
civil service of the government, so as
to secure faithfulness, honesty and eff,
ficiency in all its branches, and in every
officer and appointee connected with it.


Eleventh-That we are in favor of
a strict revenue tariff, conformed to the
theory and principles of all other just
and wise tax laws.


Twelfth-That all taxation ought to
be based on wealth instead of popula>
ton, and that every person should be
required to contribute to the support
Of the amount and not with reference
to the character of his property.


Thfrte'nth-That specie is the basis
Of all solnd currency, and that true
policy requires as speedy return to that
basis as practicable without distress
to the defor class of the people.


Fourtenth-rhat there is no neces-
sary or irepressible conflict between
labor andapital or consolidated wealth;
that no cpntry can flourish in which
capital is bot entitled TO the just and
equal proection Of the laws, and that
all men, whether acting Individually
or in a prporate capacity, have the
right byair and honest means, and
not for thpurposes of wrong or oppres-
sion, to s,use their property as to in
crease an consolidate it to the utmost
extent whin their power. But con-
ceding althis we declare our cordial
symnathS spd -aau.sparation with the
Year: 1871

bqgle was again sounded. A distin,
guished Senator, the confidential ad,
wiser and main supporter of the Presi,
dent, himself d censummate partisan
leader, but powerful in proportion to
the unsklilfulness and cowardice of
his foes. was put forth as the chief
fomenter of this new crusade. But
say to him, and to all behind him, that
the hour has now come when neither
he nor they can be permitted to pros
woke or dictate the issue for the demos
cratic party, Or 10 ignore those which
the revolving years and changing con,
dition of the country necessarily bring
forth, That which since 1868 has
been but question OF time is now up
on us.


The auspicious moihent, the golden
opportunity, the "tide in the affairs of
men to be taken at the flood" has now,
in my deliberate judgment, reached us.
When the Democratic party of to>day,
laying aside every weight, and shaking
from it the dead body of the past, yet
adhering to its ancient principles, can
and must at one bound place itself
upon the vantage ground of the present,
and defy its enemies to battle upon the
living issues of the hour. 1t is the
purpose of these resolutions to establish
the Democratic party Of Montgomery
county openly and squarely upon this
firm and impregnable basis. Tacitly
and i'll fact we have stood upon it for
the past two years, and victory has
steadily been ours. Confident | am
we shall meet a prompt and cordial
response in this and other States. Per-
sonally, care not for denunciation or
unjust criticism from any quarter.
Upon the fullest deliberation and ample
counsel with wise and brave men of
the party, / take the responsibility.
With pride and pleasure l add that as
these resolutions are the fruit of the
joint labors and counsel of the gentle-
men assembled there Tonight at home,
so also this movement meets their
hearty concurrence. 1t is not new
departure, but return, the restoration
of the Democratic party once more to
the ancient platform of progress aal


n.
Year: 1871

We were not unprepared for the glorious
news which comes to us from the States of
Ohio and Pennsylvania, assuring us that
the party of justice has triumphed in each
of them. The results are more important,
because they pledge these two great States
to the party in 1872.


Southern Conservatism may now see the
seal of condemnation fixed upon it and its
unworthy ally, Northern Democracy, and
learn that the interests of the country are
jea.ously guarded by the Northern people,
who cannot and will not afford to see the
political power of this country pass into the
hands of sectional and destructive party.


A sufficient number of doubtful States
have already spoken in behalf of the Re-
publican party to insure its success in ~,
and it is now the duty of every man in Vir-
ginia to 60 to work and swell the majority
for our next President, and place the Old
Dominion, where she properly belongs, in
the ranks of the great National Party Of
America.
Year: 1871

THE CIRCUS COME AT LAST.-Ihe
Juveniles, and many who are older and
wiser, were delighted this morning at the
splendid appearance made by the procession
of Robinson's Great Combination Circus
and Mcnagere, which paradcd our prlnci-
pal streets this morning.


The procession was all, and even more,
than is claimed for it in their advertise
ments. The cages and coaches were the
most magnificent ones that have ever visited
the South, while the animals drawing them
were not only superb, but show great care
and attention.


The fact is, old John Robinson is the
only man in America fit to conduct an
establishment of this kind, and by energy,
prudence and honesty, has won for himself
a reputation which the lesser lights would
steal, if possible. lie and his exhibition
leave friends behind them, while the ma
jority of such concerns find them only in
front.


We would say "Rah for the circus" but
the music, which we love SO much TASK
Sergeant Gilman if it 'aint SOY ceased as ii
neared our office. Don't do so again, Mr..
Robinson, and don't let your fellows blow
their brains out while passing the Dispatch
and Enquirer.


We have cordial invitation to see the
show, and will tell our readers more of its
merits, but in case of sickness or death
we advise them not to wait for our report
but go see for thcmselyes-corner Second
and Leigh streets. Exhibition in the after
noon and at night.
Year: 1871

BLACKGUARDIsM.-S days ago,
a lady passing along Bank street, near 10th,
was accosted by some blackguard and
grossly insulted. She did not hesitate to
whale him across the face with the parasol
she had u her band, which, instead of caus-
ing him 10 leave her, only iriitatcd the
blackguard the more.


The lady was forced to enter the Office OF
some gentlemen and seek protection. In
this connection, we may state that mem-
Der of the police force, recently informed
us that number of complaints had lately
been made by ladies', whose defenceless
condition render them an easy prey to the
insults of towards and yagabonds. If this
class of brutes have determined to make
this city their homes, we feel confident
there is sufficient gallantry among the gem
tlemcn Of the city TO make it too hot for
such chaps.


The first dog caught in such an act,
should be caught and well cow-hided for
his nsolence. We regret our inability to
give the name of the man who thus dis
graced his sex by cowardly assaulting and
insulting one of the weaker sex. New
York has recently furnished several in
stances in which the protectors of women
have been murdered by some of this same
class, but when tragedy of this kind oc-
ours here, (as it will do unless men learn
some scnse) we trust the nsulter and not
the protector Of the women will be the
victim.
Year: 1871

THE "LIBERAL CITIZEN. ."-This is
the title of a weekly paper recently started
at Alexandra.


When it first made its appearance upon
our table we were little doubtful of its
real intent. Recently we have been deeply
interested in much Of its original matter !;
consequently we have closely scrutinized its
columns.


1t is sure enough, sincere and jealous
advocate Of Republican principles-devoted
to the interest and future prosperity of Vjr-
ginia.


We have taken quite fancy to our young
but accomplished contemporary, and trust
it will go on with the good work it has so
bravely commenced. We cheeiiully re-
commend it to our Republican friends, and
are by no means backward in advising our
political enemies to read it, as they viii find
q number of 'eye-opening" articles in it,
calculated to apprise them of substantial
facts of which the party has remained in
ignorance for so many years.
Year: 1871

PREPARATIONS FOR THE STATE FAIR.
Colonel Tompkins, the Chief Marshal, is
busily engaged in carrying out the arrange
ments of the Executive Committee and of
the architect of the State Fair, which is now
only three weeks off. A large force Of la
borers is at work on the grounds, and it is
expected that everything will be in readi-
ness by the appointed time.