smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

| Twenty five shearers were at work on
| the ticor. Each workman had trap


door close to him, out of which he
pushed his sheep as soon as the fleece
was Oft, into little pen, so that il
| could be seen if the animal had been
cut too much with the shears, or was
| badly shorn i'll any other respect.
A very expert shearer can take off l20
tleeces in a day, but the average is about
eighty to each man. They get fl per
hundred, and found. They have cook
of their own, with as much bread and
mutton, tea and sugar, as they can con-
sumo. They work at least fourteen
hours out of the twcnty-four, aRl, with
a flock of $4,000 sheep, make a good
deal of money.


Two boys are constantly employed in
bringing armfuls of rolled up fleeces to
the wool tables The sorters at once
open the fleece and pronounce to which
bin it belongs. Two or three men
standing behind then roll up the necces
again and put them on a shelf divided
into compartments, which were labeled
so that the kind of wool could be told
at q glance. These bins are then emp.
tied into trucks and carried off 10 the
press, where the bales are packed. The
ilceces are tumb,ed in and forced down
by heavy screw press, till the bale,
which is kept open in large square
frame, is as full rs it can hold. The
canvas top is then put on, tightly sewn,
four iron pins are removed, and the
sides OF the frame fall away. The bale
is now complete, and ready to be hoist.
cd by crane into the loft above, where
it has the brand of the sheep painted
on it, with its weight, and to what class
the wool belongs. Rcriew of Station L'te
in New Z:alaad.
Year: 1872

Those who are now about to replant
bulbs grown in their own grounds should
remember that heavy clay is not suit
able, nor is light sand. The latter,
however, is better than the former, but
in all cases the ground should be dug
eighteen inches deep, and four to six
inches of we'll rotted COW manure should
be placed and intermingled with the
base of the stirred soil. If the soil is a
heavy clay, it must be removed, at least
in part, and then sandy loan or Leaf
mold be mingled with the balance. II
very sandy, then clay loan should take
a half position. After planting, dress
of coarse fresh COW manure three inches
deep should be spread over the bed,
and as soon as cold weather scts in cover
again with leaves or loose straw to a
depth of four inches. E,rly in spring
take off the leaves or straw, and as soon
as the bulbs appear in their young
growth, rake carefully the coarse par
ticles of manure from the top.-Add,
in Cleveland Herald
Year: 1872

OSE of the most melancholy effects of
the epidemic among horses in Boston
results from the difficulty which under
takers experience in obtaining horses
for funerals. A burial took place on
Saturday, when it was found impossible
to procura single carriage to follow the
hearse, the hackmen being unwilling
to go out to one of the rural cemeteries.
At another funeral only six carriages
could be found, though fourteen were
ordered. In one instance a coffin con.
tanning a corpse was conveyed through
the streets in a hand,cart. One case in
particular seemed very sad. A young
lady died on West Newton street, and
on Saturday afternoon the family were
obliged to have the funeral take pace.
But carriages could not be obtained for
any consideration, and the only mourn
er who went with the remains to the
grave was brother, and he was obliged
to take a seat by the driver of the
hearse.-BoSton paper.
Year: 1872

VELOCITY OF METERIORIC STONES
1t has been quite satisfactorily proven
that meteors, before they meet with
the retarding influence of the earth's
atmosphere, often move with a velocity
several thousand times that of can
non ball at the instant of its discharge.
If cannon ball could be made to
move with such velocity, it would
almost instantly be destroyed, and
disappear in a streak of flame. 1t is
probable, however that the impetus
necessary to impart such a velocity
would mt once reduce to powder any
brittle substance like cast iron or stone.


Meteors which enter the atmosphere at
any considerable angle from a direct
line toward its centre are DETECTED from


their own course and soon move from


its Influence. Such is no doubt the
case with many which are seen to fit
across the sky, while many, if not
most of those which enter in direct
line, are dissipated into impalpable
gasses before they have passed half the
distance from the solar bounds of
the atmosphere to the earth, to reach
the earth in state Of impalpable. dust.
Year: 1872

1t is not known generally that Con
necticut is indebted to the town Of
Chatham for the title which is almost
universally bestowed upon her at the
West, i. e., the Wooden nutmeg
State.n Nearly half century ago,
nutmegs of this description were
actually manufactured and shipped
from that town, for sale; it is due to the
memory of the manufacturer of these
articles, which found ready market
in the West, to state that the turning
out of these wooden limitations formed
but a minor part of his business.
Year: 1872

While indulging in few "reminiscences of the past among party of friends a few days ago, well-known ship broker of Boston related an incident of his busi- ness experience. A man one day entered his office with letters of introduction, proposing to charter 0 vessel to proceed to the Coatzacoa1cos river. in Mexico, and bring a cargo of dyewood to Boston. He produced chart of the river, pointed cut the exact spot where the wood could be found, and much interesting informa- tion in regard to the country and it's productions, showing an intimate ac- quaintance with the business in hand. wood brought here should sell at apro- fit he would want to charter several yes sels for the trade. A bargain was accord ingly made with him, he was furnished a vessel, in which he took passage and she proceeded to her destination. On ar irving in the river near where the cargo was expected to be found, the dealer ill dyewood landed and immediately struck for the woods, disappearing before the astonished eyes of the captain, and nev- CT was seen afterward. The truth was made apparent The fellow being short of funds, and desiring to reach that coun- try, which he evidently had visited be- fore, had resorted to one of the best concocted plans ever matured by 6 rogue to obtain 0 free passage. It is un- necessary to say that the man was 8 Yankee, possessed of more than the ordinary ingenuity of the race. He was subsequently heard from Oh the Pacific coast. It was not, however, a losing operation to the owners of the vessel, fel sbe fortunately obtained a freight in the river and made handsome profit out ot the voyage.-Erchaaage.
Year: 1872

Many advertisers have practice, even when they have but small advertise ment in paper, of getting up o pufing article for an editorial, from ten lines up to hundred or more, and then modest ly asking the proprietors to insert it as reading matter, " free gratis for noth- ing" Now, at the moderate rates of ten cents per line, which most papers charge for insel ting business notices in reading matter type, the free advertising thus cooly requested would come to consider ably more than the advertisement which they pay for. It is true that there may be some great public enterprises which are worthy of liberality on the part of the publisher in the way of free notices, but, as a general thing, those who ask this free pufiing have no greater claim on the public press than any other aaverti- ser. A publishers advertising columns are his main source of income, and no one has any more right to ask for the g1atui- tous use of the same than he has to re- quest the freedom of clothing store, that he may help himself to what suits him. Another imposition on newspaper publishers is practiced by magazines, which expect, for an exchange, notice every month, at least equal in value to their magazine for whole year. Not long ago, just after we had given lead ing monthly a notice which, at our regu. lar rates, amounted to just about a years subscription to the magazine, we re- ceived polite circular from the publish CTS, stating that their exchange list had become so large that they regretted being obliged to discontinue sending it to many papers, and we have not received it since. Is it not time that newspaper men deter mined no longer to submit to such impo- sitions ?-FTshkiU Journal.
Year: 1872

HOLD FAST BEIow.-A party of Irish men, once upon time, contracted to clear avery deep well. Having none of the usual con veniences employed for such purposes, they were at ailoss how to get one of the party on alittle ledge near the bottom to assist in getting out water, mud, etc. .. At last Jimmy Phelan, a herculean fellow, proposed a plan which was considered just the thing. It was this :1 Jimmy was to clasp his big fists around the windlass;r then another of the party was to chamber down and hold on by his legs, and so on until the last man should be able to leap upon the ledge. Being slightly corned with liquor, the party prepared for the descent, with out stopping to contemplate the diff culties involved in theadventure With barred breast, and sleeves tucked up, big Jimmy seized the round portion of the windlass directly over the well and swung himself over. Another of the party Scrept down Jimny's body and I grasped him by the boots. After several more had followed suit, and the human chain began to stretch far into the well, Jimmy became alive to one great diff culty the windlass did not afford him a good hold in the first place, and the weight was getting intolerable. At la, human sinew could stand it no longer, and Jimmy hailed the lower link in the chain with: !" Be jabers, Pat, howld fast below till I sphit on me hans. '' Suiting the action to the words, he re- leased his hold, when, of course, the i whole party was precipitated to the bot tom of the well. As luck would have it, there was more mud than water where the Hibernians lit, and they wisely con. sidered themselves particularly fortunate in escaping without actual loss of either | life or limb.
Year: 1872

A SENSIBLE YoUNG MAYA young man who sends communication to the ''Mas sachusetts Ploughman describes him self as one of those young men of Maine, who was foolish enough at twenty-one, to leave home, good farm, where he was needed, and start for the city to seek bis fortune, with bright anticipations of city life, and an easy fortune in view. But after one years experience he saw things in different light, and found that cramped life in 8 city boarding house was no place for him. On inc old farm, he could hitch up horse, and take Q drive, afternoon or evening, and no lost time, no " "five-spot" for team; and when it came to social enjoyments, he found his down-East acqualntances much better than any he could get in the city. So on the whole he concluded to be free man in the country and not slave in the city ,and he packed up and started for home, 8 wiser man than when he left. He found all glad to see him back again, and a friend offered to assist him if he would buy farm; so on the first of April, 1866, Che being twenty-two years of age) he bought farm all stocked and fooled, commenced farming down-East style. Since that time he has been hard at it, and is much better off and happier than he would have been if he had been in the city.
Year: 1872

When was boy, my first savings of ten cent pieces, earned by Saturday afternoon work-for school kept half a day on Saturday then-were expended in buying heifer calf. Then I worked on and paid my father certain sum each month for keeping it. When the calf was one year old I traded it for two steer calves, and now I had to put in good and strong to pay for their keep but I occupied all my spare time in teaching these calves to work in the yoke, and at one year old they would gee and haw as for their use in leading the team for bre aking in his two and three-year olds. Again, I had Q piece of ground each year after l was fourteen, that could plant and work on shares; and if ] wanted help, why I had to give two days of my time to the hired mans one day. grew just what my fancy and reading dictated, and from the proceeds I dressed as well as any boys now. ] always had some time to play, time te read, and now look back with love an6 pleasant thoughts to the old farm, an6 the farm hand who taught me to use every tool, and whipped me when neg lected to drive the team out straight a the end of the furrow in blowing. Thi remembrance of my boyhood has alway iuduced me to favor all items of encour agemert at home on the farm and believe if it were more generally prac ticed, we should have more good farmers and fewer broken down merchants, O loafng, hanging-on. time-serving clerks ready for anything except honorabl labor and usefulness belonging to tn highest order of creation.
Year: 1872

A recent writer of large experience with this disease states that in nine cases out of ten it results from the bite of a rabid animal, but sometimes, though rarely, cases arise for which no cause has yet been assigned. The notion that one season is moro conducive to the disease than another is pronounced erroneous, as, according to the observation of this writer, mad dogs are quite as frequent in winter as in summer There is little danger of dog that is we'll taken care of and regularly fed going mad, unless from bite, yet such instances do some times occur. The symptoms are very distinct and easily observed. The first is that the dog refuses natural food as long as dog will eat bit of good meat there is no danger of hydrophobia. The second is that he will eat any rubbish he can get, shavings, bits of string, etc., able sign. Thirdly, the bark assumes @ peculiar hoarse tone that once heard Is not easily mistaken. The bite of mad dog is by no means always fatal, and is much less so in the human subject than in any other animal. Of four cases of persons bitten by dogs undoubtedly mad, all escaped without any bad consequences whatever. J. Hunter says, of twenty one persons bitten only one was attack ed by the disease. Other authors put the proportion at about one in twenty five. In case that occurred near Senlis, in France, where by order of the Gov ernment the most accurate inquiries were made, out of fifteen persons bitten five had hydrophobia.

 The treatment recommended is to have the place cut out and well burnt, either with hot iron or sharp stick of lunar caustic, the latter is thought to be the best. Yo1latt gives case where four dogs were bitten by the same rabid one, three of whom were deeply burnt with a hot iron and one with lunar caustic. The three died of hydrophobia, and the one treated with caustic was never af- fected by the bite. That the spasmodic symptoms have anything of tetanic character about them is denied. They are quite distinct, and are almost always accompanied by great desire to bite, of which the poor sufferer is quite con- scious, and will frequently warn his friends when he feels the approach of the attack.
Year: 1872

A HNr.-If youth is wooingly dis posed towards any damsel, as he Values his happiness, let him call on that lady when she least expects him, and take her control. Observe if the shoes fit neatly, and the hair is well dressed. And we would forgive man for breaking off an engagement, if he discovered a greasy novel hid away under the cushion of a sofa, or hole in the garniture of the prettiest foot in the world. Slovenliness in woman will ever be avoided by a we'll regulated mind. A woman cannot always be what is called dressed;" but she may be always neat. And as certain ly as virtuous woman is crown of glory to her husband, so surely is a slovenly one crown of thorns.
Year: 1872

FIRE-PRooF BUILDINGS secret of fre-proof building is just this It must be made impossible for the flames to pass through the floors or up the stair. way. If you will have wooden floors and stairs, lay flooring of the thinest sheet iron over the joists, and your wood upon that and sheath the stairs with the same material. A floor will not burn without supply of air underneath it Throw dry board upon perfectly fat pavement and kindle it as it lies, if you can. You may make fire upon it and ir time consume it, but it will require long time. Prevent drafts, and thougl there will still be fires no house will be consumed. The combustion will go on SC slowly that discovery is certain in time to prevent any great calamity.
Year: 1872

FIVE powder mills belonging to the Miami Powder Company and located between Xenia and Yellow Springs, on the Little Miami Railroad, exploded. Five men were killed, and another is missing. The ground was strewn with timber and debris for half mile around
Year: 1872

Josh Billings says: "Most men con- cede that it looks foolish to see boy dragging heavy sled up hill for the 'feetin pleasure of riding down again But it appears to me that boy is sage by the side of that young man who works hard all the week, and drinks uI his wages on Saturday night"
Year: 1872

The inmates Of the Cook Couaty. Poor House,
insane Asylum and Hospital, sill be treated to
they will undoubtedly De vsry thankful for it.


The prisoners incarcerated in the House of
Correction and County Jail are happy in the
prospect Of change in the bill Of fare to-day.
Turkeys and chickens will replace s'salt horse"
and "junk."


Thanksgiving day will be appropriately OBJ
served at the Orphan Asylum. Every effort Will
be made to render the day joyful one for the
one hundred little ones now provided for at the
Asylum


The usual Thanksgiving dinner will be given
at the Home of the Friendless. AL contribu-
lions will be accepted by the matron.
SABBATH School, about 20o in N number, vii be
given Thanksgiving supper.
Year: 1872

TIE ORIGIN OF LADIES' STAYS. -. Stays were first invented by brutal butcher of the thirteenth century as @ punishment for his wife. She was very loquacious and finding nothing that would cure her, he put pair of stays on her in order to take away her breath, and so prevent, as he thought, her talking. This cruel punishment was inflicted by other hus- bands, till at last there was scarcely a wite in all London who was not condemn ed to wear stays. The punishment be- came so universal at last that the ladies in their own defence made a fashion of it, and so 1t has continued to the present day.
Year: 1872

WHAT A DREAM DID.-Does the reader believe ip dreams Most men and wo- men do, though few admit thelr creduli- ty. A strange story is told in foreign newspaper of Chinese boy at Shanghai, who told his schoolmaster that he had dreamed that his step-mother had mur- dered him and hidden him In jar un- der the roof of her house. Soon after the boy no longer came to school, and the master called at his house to inquire for him. An unsatisfactory reply was given, which excited the suspicious of the dominic, who took the liberty of tearing up the floor of the room, and behold ]! there was the corpse of the unfortunate lad, nicely dissected and slowed away in the jar The murderer has been duly executed, and the faith of the Shanghais in dreams has been prodigiously re. freshed and strengthened. This, of course, is without the least reason. If the boy had cause to suspect his step mothers intentions, he naturally dream ed of the act which he supposed that she was contemplating. It is suggested also that in China the hiding of Q corpse in large vase-which would prevent the escape of the odors of decomposition and its concealment under the floor may be common practice in cases of mur- der
Year: 1872

The objection is male tothc design Of put
ting up q statue Of Horace GREELEY in Printing
House Square, that it is not usual to cree, statues
Of living men. This objection is of no moment.
Living men Of great emincnce have been honored
by statues in tunes past the most recent Instance
being the statue OF Prof MoRsE in the Central
Park. Besides what intrinsic difference is there
between a statue and q full length portrait
None whatever. Yet such portraits are frequent
in all public institutions. For instance the por-
traits Of all the Governors of this State hang in
the City Hall, and several among them, we arc
happy to say, are still living men. The notion
that the statue Of distinguished citizen may
not b. made during his life as well as his por-
trait in oil, is absurd.
Year: 1872

shoulder the whole expense. But the Grand
Duke had given his Honor draft for 81, 900 for
the benefit Of the poor Of Montreal, and the
Mayor has declared his intention Of keeping this
money unless the Council reconsdcrs its vote in
the matter Of on appropriation. This il CON
sderably worse than anything brought against our
sclfappointed Committee Of Reception, whose
awkward Management Of the reception business
made them the laughiug-stock Of the whole
country.
Year: 1872

The conduct of Gen. GRAST toward Gen
HANcocK is the perfection Of mcanuess but there
is no occasion to be surprised at It, Where per-
soual snimosiues are concerned no other man
can be quite mean as he.
Year: 1872

We arc sorry to say that none Of the adj
vocates Of the Washington Treaty have come
forward to defend or even to explain that clause
Of il which fixes the termination of the rebellion
on Apil9, 1865. This clause relieves all claims
against the United States for the destruction of
British property subsequent to that date from
the taint Of civil war. The inference from the
silence maintained by the friends Of the treaty is
that there is either nobody who understands that
point Or nobody who dares attempt TO excuse it,
Year: 1872




How TO INITIATE MAnoGASY.-A
method OF treating ordinary wood SO as
to produce an almost undis,inguishable
imitation Of mahogany as practiced yery
extensively in France ut the present
time, consists in first planning the sur
face 50 us % render il perfectly smooth
and then rubbing il with diluted nitrous
acid, which prepares il for the materials
subsequently, to be applied. After.
wards, one ounce and half of the gum
called dragons blood, dissolved ia a
pint OF alcohol and one.third of that
quantity Of carbonate of soda, are 10 be
mixed together and filtered and the
liquid IN this state is to be rubbed or
rather laid, upon the wood with a soft
brush. This process is repeated with
but little alteration, and in a very short
interval afterwards the wood assumes
ne external appearance Of mahogany.
When this application has been properiy
made, the s1rlaoe will resemble that Of
q mirror; and If the polish shorld be.
come less brilliant. rubbing the wood
with littla cold drawn linseed oil will
restore tho former luslre. For all the
various uses to which mahogany as au
ornamental wood, is applied, this French
substitute is adapted.
Year: 1872

The Republicans and Independ-
ent Democrats of Brown county
last week nominated "People's
Reform" ticket for county officers.
The corruption and extravaganza of
the Democratic "Ring" are more
than the people can bear, and we
hope they will be able to overthrow
it, and put honest men in office.