smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

In another column will be found notice OF
the meeting Of the Board for the examination OF
teachers Persons dcsirous of being examined
and obtaining certificates to teach will take due
notice. No teacher can draw money from the
school fund unless they have a certificate.
Year: 1871

School HOUSE BURNED.-On Sudnay night,
the 10Th ult, some fend in human shape set
fire to the Franklin School house, from which :.
was totally destroyed, with all its contents
School was dismissed on the Friday evening pre-
vious, and the house securely closed, and it was
some fifty five hours after when the burning oc-
Cured. This shows it impossible for the fire to
have been accidental. When the scholars came
Monday morning the building was in ashes,
though the sills and foundation was still burn
ing. This was the best school-house in the
county, except that in Auburn. The Trustees
had JUS. supplied tho school with complete
outfit Of all the textbooks required by the
State Board of Education, which were all burned,
MS well as the entire school library. We hear
that the Trustees have already the lumber on
the ground for q building. The district is
not populous wealthy one, and this calamity
falls with unusual severity its people and
children, and calls for sympathy and assistance
from all. This is the fifth building destroyed in
that section of the county by incendiarism in
little over year-three of them school houses
and the people think all by acts of one wretch.
Could the people there lay hands on him they
would probably say, vengeance is ours"
Year: 1871

1t has been found necessary to take to
an insane asylum Detroit lady, who
has been made insane by dream. Her
husband and one of her sons, some time
since, were drowned at sea, andrecently
she dreamed that her other son, who is a
sailor. had been drowned. In her dream
she saw him fall from the mast in a gale
into the sea, and awoke with such a
shrek of terror as to arouse the inmates
Of the house. She slept no more that
night, but rocked to and fro, moaning
that William was surely drowned, she
knew he was" The next day her rela-
tives endeavored to Danish her impress
sions, and almost succeeded in convinc-
ing her that her boy was not only safe,
but would soon be home; but that night
the dream was repeated, and this time
the mother seemed to follow her boy
aloft, and to fall with him from the yard,
again giving shrek that brought the
household into the bedroom, they find
ing her on the floor in fit. Since then
she has been like one stunned by news
Of some awful calamity. She spends
her time rocking to and fro in a chair,
eating only when forced to, and con-
stantly muttering the words, My poor
Willie is gone, too. Every effort to
cheer her up has been futile, and able
physicians have attended her without
accomplishing cure.
Year: 1871

The dog of the Ardennes accompanies
the flock when it leaves the penfold in
spring. only to return when the winter s
cold drives the sheep home again for
shelter. Each shepherd possesses one
or two of these dogs, according to the
size of his flock, to act as sentinels.
Their Office is not to run about and bark,
and to keep the sheep in order, but to
protect them from outside foes. When
the herdsman has gathered his flock in
some rich valley, these white, shaggy
monsters crouch on the ground, appa-
rently half asleep; but now and then the
great sagacious eyes will open, and,
passing over the whole of their charge,
remain for a while fixed on the distant
horizon as though they followed train
of thought which led them away from
earth--so sadly do they gaze into the
infinite. es.tY


But let the mountain breeze bear to
his ever-moving nostril the scent of the
hated wolf or his quick ear detect an
unknown noise; then is the time to see
one of these dogs in his glory. His
eyes become black with ferceness; his
hair stands erect; his upper lip becomes
wrinlSled, showing range Of white, for
midable teeth, while a low growl alone
escapes from his throat. When his
keen faculties have detected the where
abouts of his foe, he rushes forward with
bound that overleaps all obstacles,
and bark that echoes from all the sur
rounding hills.


Every dog of the like breed that may
be near, takes up the note and rushes
cleaning through the brushwood to join
in the attack. Tender as the childhood
he protects, woe to him who dare lift a
hand on one Of the little ones with whom
he has been brought up. 1t is not he
who buys him who is his master; it is he
who fed him when a pup who
petted and shared his pittance with
him-he it is who has his love and re-
ciprocates his faithful affection.-Ore
land MonthIV.
Year: 1871

As to whether Alice Cary, the sweet
poet, ever had a lover, her sister Phoebe
in the last Ladies Repository. says:


"If in her mortal life she ever felt any
deeper and holier affection than that for
her kindred, except in dreams of poesy,
she rolled the stone over the mouth OF
its dead sepulcher, and sealed it with
everlasting silence. Among the things
not halloWed by her use there was not
left a single relic which could reveal
such a secret. Not a picture, not a
written line, not even a withered flower
to say that she had loved or been beloved.
And so, knowing there was one chamber
in her heart kept by her always as a safe
and sacred sanctuary, mine is surely not
the hand 10 liz from it now the solemn
and eternal curtain of the past.
Year: 1871

A Government agent has been sent
abroad, charged with the duty of ascer-
tanning whether any European power il
conniving at or perpetrating any viola
tions of international law in the ship
ment of paupers or criminals to this
country. The statistics OF the past ten
or fifteen years, says the New York
Commercial, have demonstrated the ex-
istence of this scandalous practice, and
it is now announced that our Govern
ment has recently discovered new facts
which inculpate the foreign agents of
our steamship companies. 1t is evident
that there is foundation for vigorous
protest, else the Treasury Department
would not have sent out its agent. The
criminal record, especially in New York
City, is undoubtedly swollen by the arri-
val Of culprits from Europe, and the
question which now to be decided is,
How large proportion Of the crimes
committed here is justly attributable
to rascals who have been saved from
punishment at home through the
easy process of perpetual Punishment? !?
This is the point which the Government
agent will have to determine, but the
requisite inquiries will be difficult. Mr..
Myers, the person to whom this duty is
committed, will need all the sagacity
with which nature has endowed him. or
which experience has given him, to get
at the bottom Of the mystery. 1t is a
serious thing to make direct charge
against a foreign government on ques-
ton of this kind, and the officers of
justice will naturally be reticent; still,
the knowledge that our Government is
aware Of the existence of the evil, and
is determined to investigate it, will pro-
duce salutary effect. The deportation
of paupers is a matter which can be
more easily investigated, for the records
of the poormasters are accessible, and
the books of the shipping agents can be
made to yield the desired information.
In regard to both these questions the
Governments of Europe should be en-
phatically apprised that the United
States can neither be made Botany
Bay nor an almshouse.
Year: 1871

The Baton Rouge Sugar Planter says
that one day last week Mr., E. N. Bean,
TIE chief constable, called on Rev. Lake
Billups, a worthy colored man who has
accumulated some property since the
war, and solicited his vote and influence
for Robert Morris as the delegate to the
Republican Convention in New Orleans
next month. Mr.. Billups made this
reply to him;


" | cannot support that man nor any
other stranger. see around me gen
tlemen working in the fields with the
pillow and hoe who were wealthy before
the war. Among them | see my old
master Thompson W. Bird, earning his
bread by the sweat of his brow, while
new comers are making their living
easily by staying in the shade, and that
is something / do not understand. ]
have lived in this parish thirty-three
years, and have always been well treated
by every one residing here, and shall
give my influence to no man who is not
identified with the parish. This is all
have to say about the matter" ai


1t is hardly necessary to add that the
conference was Immediately brought to
close.
Year: 1871

OF the newly discovered soda spring
on Tule river, California, correspondent
of the San Francisco Bulletin says:
" The McReivy soda spring was discov-
cred over a year ago by party consist
ing of Belknap and others, from Van
dalia, who were looking for pleasant
retreat in the mountains to spend the
summer at. It is situated on the north
side of the south fork of Tule river, and
delivers about sixty gallons Of soda
water per hour. 1t bubbles up eontinu-
ously, is as strong as almost any one
would wish, and too strong for some
until they let it remain in the cup for q
moment; and, think, quite as good as
artificial soda water, if sweetened with
syrup, though most people prefer it with
out sweetening. 1t contains some iron,
but not enough to spoil the taste. There
are several other springs near by, some
Of which / think contain sulphur"
Year: 1871

From the Nashville Banner.l


A very curious incident, illustrative Of
the power which can be exercised over
the animal creation by kindness and
careful training, occurred but few days
ago at Spottsville, Kentucky. The sis
ter of officer Harry Mansfield, of this
city, had raised mocking bird which
she taught to go and come at her call,
and which, in return for all the kindness
bestowed upon it, exhibited a peculiar
fondness for her. Last Monday week
Miss Mansfield was taken i'll, and to
while away the tedium Of the sick room,
she had her little pet brought to her bed
side, and day and night It cheered her
with its sweet carols, bringing to mind
many happy thoughts of field and
meadow, sunshine and song. AS her
illness grew more alarming, and day
after day brought no relief from suffer
ing, the warblings of the little songster
rather served to annoy than to please
her, and so turning YEARLY on her pillow
she said to him, Birdie, hush, you
worry me.p Strange to say, the words
seemed TO. be, understood, for immedi.
ately the song was hushed, and the bird
retired within himself, as it were. On
the next day the lady died, leaving, it
would seem, command of silence upon
the bird, which win never be broken, for
although several days have elapsed
since, and every effort has been made to
induce him to sing, he refuses to respond
with song to any lips but those of his
once loved mistress.
Year: 1871




A few weeks ago a girl fifteen years
of age came to her death in a most sin
gular and painful manner at Candice,
N. Y. She was i'll about six weeks be-
fore her deeease At first she COM
planned of pains in the chest and stom-
ach, and hard Jumps began to show
themselves from the inside, feeling very
much like protruding bones. She be-
came weaker day by day, suffering great
agony, and for some days previous to
her final dissolution she could rest in no
other posture than by placing herself
upon her hands and knees upon the
floor. A post mortem examination dis
closed frightful state of affairs, for
there were several large tumors taken
from her, some Of them weighing over a
pound apiece, and her liver was enlarged
SO as to weigh four and half pounds.
The physicians are completely puzzled
over the affair, as they had never before
witnessed or heard of such state of
disease, and cannot account for their
presence in one so young. The tumors
have been sent to Bellevue Hospital,
New York, for examination.
Year: 1871

A correspondent of the New York
Mail says; Our good people are losing
their madness for display which leads
them to the crowded hotels, and seek
quiet country places where they may
enjoy themselves like sensible people.
Year: 1871

improved land for rent, buy you @ good span of horses, and rent at least eighty aopes of titled land. The last of March or first of April SOW thirty acres to wheat and ten with oats ;; blow your forty acres and mark off for corn. Plant your corn, then harrow it, and buy a good two-horse corn-plow, and blow it well twice each way. You can do all this and find time to break twenty acres on your own land. Now, if you have $50, hire some man to break twenty acres more see that your breaking is all done ln May and June. By the first of July your corn laid by and you are ready for harvesting. If you have done all this well, don't buy any reaper, for you will always find some one who is ready to cut your grain if you will bind for him !; and in this way cut, bind and stack your grain. You can now cut your hay on your own land and stack it there, dig well and make stable for your horses | and COW. You may ask how much money a man ought to have to do as have slg- gested. Five hundred dollars but $35O will do. Suppose he has not got that, what can he do? will tell We will suppose that every man at the age of A0, WHO naS W1Io c9D, aICer paylnS all he owes, buy two tickets to Iowa. If he can, and they are both willing to work, he is all right. Thousands of us farmers are glad to see him. One came out just that way one year ago last spring. He hired out for S20 month, and his wife at the same place at $2.50 per week. Last winter he bought span of Jour- year-old horses, one-half cash, the bal

 nce this fall, ono good COW and one hog. He has worked 11O acres of corn, oats and wheat this summer, and the other day he asked me about the 16C acre lot up between me and the town, saying he would like to buy it. A few words to men with money If you have Sl5, 900 to fool away, go and buy steam blow. If one wants to plow his land at g cost not exceeding fifty cents per acre, ] will tell you how. I have three gang blows and niIe yoke of oxen, and three ,lrivers. The blows cost about S9( each, and the oxen $125 per yoke, tht drivers labor and board S1 per day

 They can average four acres per day each. My oxen are good for the money at any time.
Year: 1871



 The fall has many pers for the weak and feeble and sudden atmospheric changes trying to the oon- sttutions of the robust. The chilling temperature of the nights, as compared with the almost summer warmth of the days ssary exercises an unhealthy influence all who exposed to it. Hence dysentery

 diarrhea. intermittent fevers bilious attacks and de- ransements of all the secretons, common at this season. The true way to escape them is to meet the causes with protective and invieorating medicine. Hosetters Stomach Btters designed this exi- gency. This powerful vegetable specific relieves the system of all aorid humors pures the fluids tones the secretve promotes healthy evaporation through the pores the activity of the digestive tons cheers the spirits and regulates the To do this to make the whole body vigorous and render

 it proof against the vicssitudes of temperature and against malaria of the great tonic and stera-

 tive is therefore in all advisable preventive this I the other hand, the mischief is ready done and intermittent remittent fever

 ally present. the liver, bowels stomach dsordered

 there is medicine so certain to effect quick and thorough this harmless and agreeable prepara

 tiou.
Year: 1871

A JUST APPRECIATION OF THE VALUE OF THE COUNTRY PREss.-The following testimonial from J. B. Dinsmore, Esq, will be read with interest, as based upon a varied experience in advertising

 'sM My opinion of the relative value of city and country newspapers as advertis- ing mediums, is decidedly in favor of the country papers, price and circulation being equal.

 I should prefer to have my advertise ment inserted in @ country paper having 500 circulation rather than have it in 500 copies of 8 city daily paper. The coun- try readers have fewer papers and more leisure, and consequently read their ps- pers more thoroughly and take better care of them, while daily paper after being glanced at is thought no more of than last years almanac. My opinion is based on twelve years study and expert ence in the business"
Year: 1871

The rose has faded from thy cheek, And furrow'd is thy brow; Thy sparkling eyes that seemed to speak, Are dull and heavy now. The locks on thy beloved head, That orce were like to golden thread, Are white as Winter snow; Yet is my love for thee not dead,

 My love of long ago. too am old. but at thy voice

 burn with youthful fire; Its music makes my heart rejoice,

 And throb with fierce desire. Its tones seem echoes of the time When we were both in life's glad prime Sweet sounds. though faint and low, Like some far distant wedding chime

 My love of long ago.
Year: 1871

The mortality among the very young children ill Chicago was very great. Hundreds of little children have died in consequence of the extreme exposure to which there was no other alternative than to subject them.
Year: 1871

Wick-e-ups they call them. A piece of
land recently bought for them had q
house upon it, but they pitched their
tents alongside, saying White mans
house no good. Musquawkes like wick
cup" Aside from their annuity hun.
ting is their main dependence, and
yields them scanty subsistence. Upon
nearly 500 acres of land owned by them,
they do not produce grain enough to
support them more than one month out
of the twelve. Their food is prepared
in the most homely and untidy man.
ner, and consists chiefly of meat. After
excepting their ponies, which they rev.
erence too much to eat, they are not par.
ticularly nice in their choice of animals
for food. If we'll fed dog finds his
way to their camp, he had better send
word home that he is engaged and can't
come back. He is destined to find his
way, piecemeal, down the outlets OF
these hideous canine ghouls. This is
the exception l made to their honesty
transgression in no way particularly
damaging to the interests of society.


The government keeps local agent
for them, who looks after their interests
and pays them the government allow
ance per capita regularly every six
months. About year ago an effort was
made to establish q mission among
them. An organization was formed,
officers elected, and q correspondence
opened with the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, which correspondence devel-
oped the fact that the department did
not consider the organization such one
as it could do its business through, but
that it would continue to furnish its
own agent as before, aud give the socl-
ETY. carte blanche to spread its benevo.
lence upon the Musquawkee field, in
such manner and quantity as in its
Year: 1871

Every citizen should feel personal re-
sponsibility in building up the future in
terests, institutions and enterprise of his
own town. lie should not leave it for
others to do. but should take hold of the
work as though he believed the success of
the town depended on his individual effort.
If you do not support home enterprise.
how do you expect to be Supported in a
home business? Some persons have a
perfect mania for going out oftown to pre-
cure that which they can get at home,
and in nine eases out of ten just as cheap.
as though foreign article was so much
better than that at home This is decid-
edlp wrong, and detrimental to the place
in which you i've Ifyon have any mo-
ney to spare, be sure and use it in your
own community. instead of foreign one.
Live and let livc," should be your mot
to. 2
The only way to build up and keep
town alive, is to spend your money at
home. Hire home mechanics, patronize
home manufactures. deal with home MGR
chants-always giving advertisers the
preference. Build up your own local In
terests, and all will be safe. BY 50 doing
you will not be compelled to sell out and
20 somewhere else TO find live town.
Year: 1871

He is harmless, pursuing his pleasures
as Byron did, though with one mistress
and greater fidelity. Isabella does not
look like bad woman She would never
commit a positive crime, and in spite of
all the naughty things said Of her, one can
not help admitting that there is a shade
of sadness in her countenance, and many
shades of kindness ana, goodness, We'd
ded to her husband, who was granite IN
tenderness and ice in warmth of tempera-
mant-to man she despised-her turn
ing away from this lpathsome man is not
such a great wonder after all. A man ,6t:
ted TO her taste and suited to her ssdisposi-
ton would have made Isabella a discreet
woman in history Correspondence llycso
York HerclI.
Year: 1871

ESJoYMENr.-"L Lively times" is a thing
to be enjoyed by the young folks. If YOU
have Lively Times" in the domestic circle
you have uninterrupted enjoyment both for
the young and the old. What more enjoy
ment or comfort can a man or W. man want
than to sit around the triumphant Lively
Times" in cold weather, now on exhibition,
and for sale at the Stove Store of Michael
Kane? Call and witness for yourselves; or,
if you choose, call at the residence Of DR..
Gregg where you can satisfy yourselves that
tre Lively Times throws out regular
b ,Althy and invigoratinE heat, warming the
feet and nosroasting the head, and yet con-
sumes less fuel than any other soft coal
base burner now in the market.
Year: 1871

The BRDGE APPRoACH.-Our remarks
last evening on the necessity Of construct
ing some kind Of safe approach to the IRON
bridge, seem to have awakened no little
attention among our business men. /, is
well enough settled that We want the trade
Of the Island as long as we can keep it, and
tha, we can well enough afford reasonable
outlay to make it perm nAnently ours. Since
every body seems to agree to it, We hope the
City Council will act on the suggestion o.
several Of our business men, and appoint q
committee to ascertain what the proposed
will cost. fthey are to oos
too much, let us have some other scheme
devised. We have no time TO lose.