smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1870

Tue MAYoRALTY UNDER THE New Con-
TITU TIoN.-Numerous candidates ore
already offering to fill the position of Mayor
of the city of Richmond. The prosperity
which we arc SO eagerly looking forward to
greatly depends on a wise administration
of our municipal affairs, and before accept
ing the services Of any of the worthy gen
tlemen named, it is well for us to look
closely into the questions involved. Hith-
erto the Mayor has been comparatively q
" fifth wheel'' in the municipal coach-a
mere police magistrate, having no part or
concern in the administration of the city
government. The new Constitution, and
perhaps wisely, completely changes this.
It provides that the Mayor Of city shall
be the chief executive officer thereof, and
who shall see that the duties Of the various
city officers are faithfully performed"


This provision establishes the same form
of city government that exists in all the
most prosperous cities of the North; pro-
vides what our municipal government has
hitherto lacked-an executive department.
and seems to indicate that the Mayor shall
have veto power and all the prerogatires
of an executive.


We believe that there are some auTan"
tages in the new system. 1t will no longer
be necessity that the Mayor shall be O
man "learned in the law" It will pro.
bably be provided that the time-honored
institution of the Mayors Court will here.
after bo held by police justice. The office
OF Mayor, therefore, becomes one of con.
siderable importance, and most especially
will the first one we elect have vast work
to organize and systematic the various de-
partments of the city government under
the new system.


Who among US has the necessary admin
istratiye and executive abilityl For it We
want the best business man in the city Of
Richmond, be he lawyer, merchant, or me-
chanie q man of life, hope, and energy
who will look straight forward, and keeping
in view the future of our city, will SO ad
minister it's affairs that trade, commerce
and manufactures, will be fostered in oul
midst, and no rival interests be permitted
to interfere with our prosperity. Who ii
he2
Year: 1870

NKw LOCOMOTIVE BELL. There has
been n recent trial on the Detroit and
Milwaukee Railway, of an invention or
device for ringing the locomotive bell
continuously. The device consists Of
placing an ordinary bell, weighing
about one hundred pounds, Oh the
front Of the locomotive inst above the
COW catcher. A rod attached to the
eccentric shaft causes a clapper to
strike the bell each turn Of the driving
wheel The bell is suspended loosely,
aud revolyes from the force o. the
strokes it receives, 30 that all parts OF
its surface are equally exposed to wear.
The advantages Of tins arrangement
are continuous sound, slow or rapid
in proportion to the speed OF the en-
CINE, each revolution Of the wheel pro-
dncing Q stroke of the bell In case oi
accident the railway company can al
ways prove that their bell was ringing
according to law, that being the point
most difficult to convince a jury, and
the one which railways have the great
est difficulty III proving Owing to the
position in which this bell is placed, in
front Of the engine aud about three
feet irCm tie ground, the sodnd can lie
distinctly heard about three miles III
daytime, and by night four miles or
more, the ground aud the continuous
rail, both excellent conductors of sound
assisting IN carrying the vibrations, 49,
The bell may also be rung. If necessa-
ry, by a cord from the foot board when
the engine is at rest.
Year: 1870

brutes saw they could proceed no further
In that direction; and, turning on a sholt
radius, the carriage. horses and lady,
flew off on a tangent into the bay. The
people who Witnessed it stood paralyzed
with horror l alone was self-possessed; (;
and, running to the end of the wharf.
threw off all Of my clothing bat my boots.
offered ap silent prayer, and


TO BE CONTINUED.


During the publication Of this story, the free
list will be entirely suspended.
Year: 1870

NyJxHLHAusz was the name of the fore
man of the pyrotechnic department in the
arsenal at Swinemuende, Prussia, who
plunged his barred hands and arms elbow
deer, into boiler Of seething pitch, and
took theretvm an extensive hand grenade
which q workman had accidentally dropped
into it, thereby saving many lives and that
part of the town from the effects of ter
rife explosion. Recently the citizens ol
Svinemuende assembled to do him honor,
and he was presented with costly geld
watch and q splendid sword in token oi
their appreciation Of his heroism.
Year: 1870

Mr.. EDITOR Il will try and comply
with your request and give the news of the
town and vicinity, although | assure you
there is very little material in this town for
letter of any interest. The citizens jog
along at the same old rate, and many find
the year near its close, lily prepared to put
on mourning for its departure but alas
the tears that could be shed over many of
its vices and i'll gotten gains, might float a
small craft. But as it is never too late to
do good, why not, with the close of the
year, lay aside repining, and take the New
Year by the hand, bound for an improve
ment on the past ; and then the hearthstone
of many a family might be made brighter,
and instead of Chesapeake City being so
well represented in the Courts for viola
ton of the Sunday Law, we might often
sit with composure. The health of our
town is good


The l. o. G. T. held an open Lodge
on the evening of the 18th. The exercises
consisted of reading, recitations speeches
and singing. AS it would consume too
much time to speak of each separately, |
will notice the most interesting and leading
ones. Remarks by the w. c. T.. Jos. II.
Brooks, were to the point. Next, our
young brother Cornelius Hudson, who, if
he would only lay aside a little bashfulness,
might erelong, become an orator. His
remarks were the outpourings of his o,on
heart, and well would it be for all young
men to take this young man as criterion.
Our little sisters Fillingamc and Buskirk
read well. Brother c. p. Mallery gave a
short but pithy address, anxious to know
what we had done and intended to do
Our Chaplain, Bro. Houck, became Jealous
in the cause, and made a speech, and it was
evident he meant all, for it is said with the
mouth the abundance of the heart is made
known but when the hands assist in max
ing plain the intents of the heart, methinks
it is more powerful. Mr.. j. NJ. Reed gave
short speech. The singing was delight
full. tell you Chesapeake can boast OF
talent, and all it wants is some one to coax
it out. What was most gratifying, was the
attendance of some of the pupils of the
Bayard School, whose behavior seemed to
bespeak the attention of not 4 few. Miss
L. M. Reed read a little story to them, and,
though small, they listened as attentively
as well deserving children of more advanced
years. This sister seems to think that the
little ones must be cared for make them
temperance children, and it is self-evdent
they will be temperance men and women
We are indebted to sister Sallie Buskirk fol
this improvement in our Order, and vote
of thanks is due this sister, who is ever
ready and willing to push along the car OF
Temperance. The Lodge purpose holding
another such meeting.


The young men of this town purpose
getting up IL literary association, the par
ticulars of which l will give in another
letter.


The Masonic fair is in progress, ant
promises to be grand success.


Rumor says that a farm in this neighbor
hood is to be disposed of in a grand scheme
at $25 Il chance. 100 acres are to be lait
off i'll 10 acre lots, 100 acres in building
lots, and 100 acres with all the farm build
ings, which is to be the capital prize.
OBSERVER.
Year: 1870

Burton will open first class tailoring
establishment in the Spring Of 1871, in
addition to his business, and as he desires
more room to successfully carry on that
branch of business, he will commence SELL
ing off his entire stock of goods at Cost for
Cash, commencing January 1st and ending
April 1st, 1871.
Year: 1870

Christmas at Home.-The Postmaster
General and his family anticipate spending
the holidays at their home in this place ;
exchanging the hollow ceremony and false
glare of the Capital, for the more substan-
tial pleasures of the quiet hearthstone and
family circle, away from the hustle and
strife of politics.
Year: 1870

EandenhOf.-We cannot remember when
we enjoyed 4 more pleasant hour than on
Tuesday evening, listening to Vandenhof-s 5
readings; and all who were present WILL
we are persuaded, bear lis out in the opin-
ion that few entertainments can be devised,
which combine enjoyment, to all intellectual
minds, with instruction, which are superior
to that of listening to reader like Van
denhotf. Not, as in ordinary reading, when
the characters dimly appear before the
mind in shadowy forms on far-distant
stage, do they seem when Vandenhoff holds
the book. They rise in all the distinctness
of real i'm flesh and blood, as it were,
and became real beings as they appeared
to the author who conjured them up; or
as they would if they were in very life
before us.


We are sorry to say that the house did
not justify the rare feast provided for our
people. We could say much on this head,
but have not room this week but will add
that for those who have the welfare of the
rising generation at heart, and the prosper
ity of the community, both materially and
morally, in view, it is their duty to sustain
the popular lecture, as it is their duty to
supplant every evil tendency and low
amusement by something of an elevating
and ennobling character.


Burton commences selling goods at Cost
January 1st, and will sell his entire stock
for Cash. Positively no credit. Look out
for his price list, and purchasers will find
If to their ADVANTAGE 10 call and see him
Year: 1870

Take me" And they answered Not
yet, and the star was shining ~


He grew to be man whose hair was
turning gray, and he was sitting in his
chair by the freside, heavy with grief
and with his face bedewed with tears,
when the star opened once again. Hff


Said his sisters angel to the leader;
as my brother Gomez" UI


And he said, Nay, but his maiden
daughter. " h ~


And the man who had been child saw
his daughter, newly lost to him, celes-
tial creature among those three, and he
said, "My daughters head is OH my
mother neck, and at her feet there is
the baby of old time, and can bear the
parting from her. God be praised!"


And the star was shining. ifa d.h


Thus the child came to be an old man,
and his once smooth face was wrinkled,
and his steps were slow and feeble, and
his back was bent. And one night as he
lay upon his bed, his children standing
around him, he cried as he had cried so
long ago: ...


II see the starp Qua


They whispered to one another, He
is dying"


And he said, III am. My fge is fall
ing from me like garment, and move
toward the star as child. And o, my
Father, now thank Thee that it has so
often opened to receive those to await
mel'


And the star was shining; and it shines
upon his grave. ian ESQ
Year: 1870

Turnips should never be pulled; il
Injuries them. 1t is much better to
send boy up and let him shake the
tIee.


The guano is a fine bird, but great
care is necessary in rearing it. 1t should
not be imported earlier than June or
later than September. In the winter it
should be kept in warm place, where
it can hatch out its young.


1t is evident that we are 10 have a
backward season for grain. Therefore
it will be well for the farmer to begin
setting out his cornstalks and planting
his buckwheat cakes in July instead OF
August.


Concerning the pumpkin-this berry
IS a favorite with the natives Of the in
terror of New England, who prefer it to
the gooseberry for the making Of fruit
cake, and who likewise give it the prefer
ence over the raspberry for feeding cows,
ss being more filling and fully as satisfy
ing. The pumpkin is the only esculent
of the orange family that will thrive in
the north, except the gourd and one or
two varieties of the squash. But the
custom OF planting it in the front yard
with the shrubbery is fast going out Of
vogue, for it is generally conceded that
the pumpkin, as a shade tree isa failure.
Year: 1870

SOMETHING NEw.-We believe il is
generally conceded now that when
solomon said there is nothing new un-
der the sun, he was not so wise rs
when lie confined his observations TO
woman, subject with which he was as
well acquainted as any man we'll could
be. If alive now he would certainly
have to retract and admit that he didn't
know everything. We think he would
be u little bit bothered by the latest
fashionable notion, which is birth
card. This resembles a wedding card,
but bears the name of the new conner
and date of the advent, with the initials
of the parents.
Year: 1870

Nature in the very lineameuts she
gave to the son OF Jerome Bonaparte
and the Baltimore belle, put re
cognition of his descent, that even the
Emperor Napoleon could not nullify.
Nature has done the same thing in
the disease he died with. He died OF
cancer-the family disease, ofwhich the
first Napoleon himself was a victim.
Year: 1870

Many foreign insurance companies


doing business in Missouri are getting
into trouble by attempting to evade the
laws of the State regarding insurance,
bv instructing their agents to pay no at
tention to the law. Under these cir
cumstances the Auditor publicly an
mounccs his determination To enforce the
Year: 1870

Editor Rutland Herald In your edi-
torial of June 5th, under the caption,
" The Candidate for Governor" you say
" the question of locality has been prac.
tically settled from the fact that neither
of the gentlemen on the East side desired
the nomination for less than the usual
period of two years, which leaves the
matter for Western Vermont to settle;"
A little too fast, think Mr.. Editor, a
little forestalling, would it not be better
70 have the whole matter come before the
Convention Permit me to ask, is any
man authorized to say that the question
of the locality of the Candidate is " set
tied ?" l deny it, and ask for proof. If
the proof is not at hand, 1 earnestly de-
sire, that the question be submitted to
the people, where it rightfully belongs.


JUSTICE
Year: 1870

CARD.-Mr. and Mrs. E. Pierpoint de-
sire in this public manner to express their
gratitude to all who so kindly extended
aid and sympathy TO their family in the
recent affective dispensation, which
while they were absent from home-de-
prived them of beloved and only SON.
To those friends whose profuse contri-
buttons of those sweet emblems of inno-
cence and virtue, the care of which SO
largely cheered the life of him they mourn,
and to this entire community they tender
assurance of their sincere and heartfelt
appreciation of the kindness and sympathy
SO universally manifested.


Rutland, June 8, 1870.
Year: 1870

without injury to the wearer; and, as the
savage drew back for a cooler and surer
thrust, l had the inexprcssible pleasure of
lodging bullet in his body, which effectual-
ly prevented any further lance exercise from
him.


Then heard 4 heavy fall in the room be-
low. Dick had thrown his burden clean
through the open window. at the risk of
breaking limb, and turning. found himself
engaged, hand to hand, with q dozen In
dians. He set his back against the wall, and
drew his revolver with his right hand, re-
ceiving as he did so spear thrust through his
LETT arm but his and my revolver, fortunately
reserved until now, played among the attack
ing party, and a man was dropping at every
shot; so they drew off. Dick managed, with
q great effort, to drag himself through the
window, and then tainted away from loss Of
blood and exhaustion and when | ran down
the ladder to make fast the window, | found
him comfortably reclining with his head in
Rosita's lap, the latter having been stunned
by her unceremonious entry. But l could
not stay to help her; my post was on the
roof. l hurried up the ladder, noticing for
the first time that l had myself suffered in
the scrimmage to the extent Of a slight flesh
wound from a bullet The fight was over.
Throughout the remainder of the night the
Indians fingered about, and stole most of the
horses and some sheep, but they hadno pluck
again to encounter the deadly breech-loaders.
Seldom, indeed, had such severe lesson
been taught them; and when the glorious
sun rose (never sight more welcome) we
saw them ride beaten off the field, bearing
with them five of the slain; six other corpses
were lying in front of the window, where
the fercest struggle had been, and two more
were afterwards found, who had crawled in
to the ditch like wild animals to die.


We learned from the pretty Rosita, whose
gratitude was most touching, that she had
been captured while walking in the orange
garden near her fathers house, short time
before we were attacked


You, noble caballcros," she said, ''have
preserved me from death, and from what is
far worse God will reward you, for can
never"


| think Dick, however, was of a different
opinion at all events he has always seemed
remarkably satisfied with the reward he per-
suaded her to take from him.


Some years have passed since that eventful
night Dick and Rosita are living at Don
Ramon's estancia, that worthy old gentle
man having departed this life shortly after
their marriage. |, too, am with them as 4
partner in the land, tlocks and herds, of
which we have 4 goodly quantity, and when
the increasing stock Of little Dicks and Ro-
sitas ask me, as they invariably do of an
evening, to tell them q story, l know that
nothing less will content them than q full,
true and particular account of the night at
tack
Year: 1870

stirring about and | am liable to surprise
after the lights are out, there is no more stir
for the night and if the door was then left
open, might venture in with safety" TAX
ing it for granted that | had solved the
problem correctly, | laid my plans accord
lngly. Attaching one end of a rope to the
handle of the stable door, passed the other
end through the window of the house, which
commanded a view of the situation, and at
the usual hour for retiring had the lights
put out, and everything kept quiet The re-
suit was as l had hoped, The lights had not
been out more than ten or fifteen minutes.
before the horse cautiously approached and
entered the stable. The trap was sprung and
we had him safe. How this affected his rea-
sonng faculties l can't tell but he must evi-
IDENTIFY have considered himself taken in
That the horse would not have gone into the
stable had the lights been left burning don't
pretend to say; give the facts as they oc-
cured. Rut am satisfied, from more than
thirty years close observation, that the horse
observes and makes (mentaD note of a
great deal more than Is generally supposed
[Overland Monthly.
Year: 1870

We are inclined to think that more farmers fail in
being what they wish to be, or in having what they
want to have, through want of enterprise, than for
the want of any other requisite. In industry and
frugality there is probably no class that equals
them. The money gained by honest toll in the
field. is seldom wasted in the wine cup or on the
gaming table. They work hard and long. and
Scrupulously their earnings; still, compare
lively few become wealthy, and with hose few the
wealth acquired is ordinarily the work of life
time.


This comes, we think, chiefly from lack OF
enterprsc-trom being over cautious about enter
ing into any branch of farm ing operations that has
not been thoroughly tried. tested and declared
safe. The old adage, "Nothing yentured. nothing
gained, is eXempliiied in the lives of ninety v-ninc
ont of every hundred farmers.


A certain degree of caution is good thing: but
is quite as bad to have too much of it too little.
For every farmer who loses by showing some en-
tcrprise i'll raising new crops sowing new varieties
of seed, or in branching out into some new line of
farming, there are a hundred who keep themselves
poor by always running in the same old rutS. 1t
is not to be expected that all new things will pay
in farming, any more than they do in other kinds
of business; but some of them will pay, and these
will compensate for what has been lost in expert
mcnting with the others. AS Il rule, a man thinks
better of himself, and his ncghbors think better of
him. if he have the courage and enterprise 10 strike
boldly out into some new undertaking that promises
well, even if he fails in it, than they do if he sits
contente,lly down and only does the things which
his father saw his grandfather do. DR.. True.
Year: 1870

In this art, and almost in this art alone, at is the
liberal hand which maketh rich.''


Liberality in providing utensils is the saving both
of time and labor. The more perfect his instrtl-
ments, the more profitable they.


So also is it with his working cattle and his stock.
The most perfect in their kinds are ever the most
profitable


Iiberality in good barns and warm shelters is the
source of health, strength and comfort to animals
causes them to thrive on less food and secures
from damage all sorts of crops


LiberaIity also in the provision of food for do
nestle animals is the source of flesh, muscle and
manure.


Liberaity to the earth, in sec,l culture and COM
post, is the source of its bounty.


Thus it is in agriculture, AS in every part OF
creation, wise and paternal Providence has m
separately connected our duty and our happiness.


In raising animals, the condition of his success
is kindness and bcneVolence to them.


In cultivating the earth, the condition of mans
success is his industry upon it. Josiah Quincy.
Year: 1870

should like to say IL few words for the boys, for
think that some OF them are wrongly used. There
are many farmers sons who work daily with LITTLE
encouragement for what they do, and if they lag
from Encouragement, they are charged with
liziness Now it is hard TO work with no recon-
pense. Who can blame the boys for becoming dis
satisfied with farming, and going to the city for
employment Fathers should look to their sons
welfare, and not treat them as hired men; give
them share in the stock, and let them have the
profit of plot of ground which they can plant and
cultivate as they wish. The boy thus encouraged
will take new interest in the work about him
that will douby repay you. / am boy myself,
and know something of the effects of the grievances
and encouragements Of which | have spoken.
W. H., in Country Gentleman,
Year: 1870

1t is now conceded that railroads have an


important influence on the meteorology ot
tracts through which they pass. The freedom
of New England from the terrible thunder
showers formerly so frequent is attributed To
presence of long lines of rail in equalizing
electricity generated IN the atmosphere.
Meteorologists note that since the laying OF
the rails of the Pacific Railroad copious fall
of rain have occurred in tracts where prcvi-
ouslv rain was an unusual phenomenon
Year: 1870

A correspondent of the Country Gentleman says
that tomatoes want water almost as much as ducks,
but as the vine is hardy and will stand almost any
amount of heat and dronth, few supply the water
it demands In order to make tomatoes rpen
quickly, they should be watered at least once Il
,iay. The evening is the best time to water them.