smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

We copy this from the Wilmington
lDelaware) Star, Sept. Z.


We learn from one who has lately
been visiting different portions of
RObeson county, that Henry Berry
Lowrey has recently been playing
some practical jokes upon the soldiers
and militia who are in the field against
him and his gang. 1t is said that the
United States troops have their camp
near what is known as Pleasant Pros
pect Church, and that about Il mile
from there resides an old woman who
sells " tangle leg" whisky, who has
been receiving frequent visitations
from the "boys in blue.n Report has
it that on Wednesday last six of the
soldiers We're proceeding to execute
one OF their strategic movements ,
alluded to, walking leisurely along
the path, without arms, when man
suddenly sprang from the bushes,
armed to the teeth, and confronted
them, startling them with the infor-
nation that he was the redoubtable
Henry Berry Lowrey. He told them
they were fools if they came to Robe
son county with the expectation of
killing or capturing him, for it would
never be done. He had lately received
message from the Lord that he had
twelve years to live yet, and further
informed the astonished "men of
Mars" that he had singled out some
OF their comrades upon whom he in
tended to wreak his vengeance. Be
ing unarmed, the soldiers seized the
first opportunity to make backward
movement i'm the direction of their
camp, willing to forego the luxury of
indulging in their favorite beverage
rather than provoke the wrath of the
daring outlaw.


A few days after the above occur
renee, our informant states that IN
officer of the militia received mes
sage from Itowrey, stating that he had
visited their camp the night before,
and inspected their arms, to see if they
were IN proper condition. AS a proof
of this assertion, he stated that he had
left his " "card," which would be found
attached to one of their guns. Upon
examining their weapons, the name of
Henry Berry Lowrey was found in
scribed upon the breach of one ofthem,
very much to the astonishment of ye
gallant "melish."
Year: 1871

Saturday morning, the train from
the West, over the Detri0t and Mil
waukee railroad, brought into Detroit
what appeared to be lady and gem
tleman, both well dressed, stylish, and
seemingly man and wife. They
walked about arm in arm during the
forty minutes before the Lake Shore
train started, and they went on board
that train without more than three
persons being wiser for their brief
visit. But for one little fact, the pair
would have resumed their journey
without suspicion that the finely
dressed lady was young man, and
Newbergen, Pa, burglar, who had
been playing waiter girl, at Grand
Rapids, Mich, and that the seeming
husband was o Pennsylvania detect
i've. The wind blowing through the
depot, caught and lifted up a shawl
thrown earelessly over the locked
arms of the pair, and the depot police
man caught sight of two arms linked
together with a pair of hand cuffs.


Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1871

AMAN DREAMS THAT A RArTI.EsNAKE BITES
AND KILLS HrM-THE DREAM LITERALLY REAL
Enthusiastically gentleman of the highest char
acter, q minister of the gospel, related to us the
following remarkable facts, which We're furnished
him by the Rev. l. n. Thompson, well known
Methodist preacher of Southern Indiana, and for
merly presiding elder of the Mitchell district.
One Of Mr.. Thompson's parishioners had very
singular dream, which ran about as follows, as he
related it to his family the next morning: He
dreamed that in walking through one of his pas
ture fields he came upon certain tree near the
path he was following, and which had an opening,
from rot on one side. Near the foo. of this tree,
coiled along side the path, he saw in his dream a
large yellow rttlesnake, and this snake his dream
told him, had bitten him and killed him.


After relating the dream to his family next
morning, he concluded to go to the pasture, and
there, beside the path at tie foot of the halfrot-
ted tree, lay coiled up large rattlesnake. Seiz-
ing a small limb from tree lying near, he struck
at the SNAKE but in SO doing his foot slipped and
he fell npon the poisonous reptile, which bit him
upon the cheek. He hastened to his home, nearly
q quarter of a mile distant, where two hours later,
he died in great agony. This story is an almost
incredible one, bnt it comes to MS from such ahigh
source>that we cannot doubt its truth.-Louisrille
Commercial.
Year: 1871

CoRREcTIoNs.-The Wyandotte Gazette makes
several corrections of article the Free State
Fathers principally relative to the present where
abouts and occupation of some of the persons men,
toned. We supposed, at the time, that we would
commit many errors. We have since discovered
some of them; and have also thought of quite a
number of prominent old Free State men of whom
we made no mention. But perhaps it will serve
a. foundation for some person better posted ia
write up the Old Guard.


1t is singular fact, which We neglected to
mention at the time, that while most Of the old
Free State veterans are occupying back seats, we
find many of the old Pro-Slavery men, who be.
came loyal at . comparatively recent date, occu-
pying Offices of honor and emolument by Repub-
lican favor; and these, when occasionally ousted,
raise such hullabaloo as to almost make one
think the props of the Government had been pull
ed ont.
Year: 1871




The Democracy are ut this time most earnestly
at work to rescue the country from corrupt hands,
and save the people from impending ruin. 1t is
q very hard job and here is the way they are mix
ing things up:


They bewail the condition Of the country, as
being loaded down with n debt contracted by the
Radical party; and they denounce the extrava-
gance of the Republican Administration, in reduc-
ing the debt at the rate of ten or twelve millions
per month.


They are shocked at the high taxes, and THEY
cry of the Radicals, while their own party in New
York are grinding the life out of the people with
taxes, and stealing such scale that they can
afford to offer newspaper million dollars to stop
its exposures of their rascality.


They are proclaiming their "New Departure"
recognizing all the results of the war and amend
ments of the Constitution, including negro suf
frage, as fixed facts; and at the South, they are
outraging and numbering loyal men, both white
and black, simply because they are Republicans
And to crown the impudence, they claim that the
Ku-klux outrages are the work of Radicals-the
Radicals numbering off their own party, to injure
the Democracy!


They denounce monopolies, and profess great
regard for the interests of laboring men; yet, in
every State where they have power, it is held
through the influence of monopolies-as the Erie
Ring in New York; the Camden and Amboy in
New Jersey; and in Kentucky, the old spirit that
believed in buying and selling the laboring man,
and forcing from him the fruits Of his toll.


They protest against being held responsible for
the acts and expressions of leading rebels; yet
they glorify every dead rebel leader, and defend
the reputation of every living one.


They delight in publishing to the world, rs
"Radical outrages," every case Of attempted rape
by a negro, and every improper act Of preachers
with the women; but they are sadly worried over
the ISLANDER against Mr.. Davis" concerning his
late sleeping-car affair, while his most intimate
friends have confessed to be true.


Verify, the Democracy have much uphill work
to perform, in their efforts to redeem the country.
Year: 1871

~ Reader, did it ever occur to you what sin
gular transpositions could be made of simple
words and names, by slight attentions in the let
tiers composing themf Take, for example, the
name of the nephew of DoN CARLOS BUELL.. Take
away the and he becomes the appropriate append
age to the neck of the old eunuch "f flock of
sheep-BEIL- Ta.e away the f, and he is Bull
But most remarkable of all, take away all the let
ters, or let them all stand, or transpose them in
whatever way you please, and he is a Jackass!
Year: 1871

Two-HANDED EUCHER N CHURcH.-On Satur-
day evening q sensation was created in the Pres
byterian Church, at Springfield, Long Island.
Two young men sat in a pew with young lady
between them. Their conduct attracted such
marked attention as to disturb the minister, who
was preaching on casting out Of devils. The sex-
ton advanced to the seat and discovered that the
young lady had her dress drawn down thightly
across her knees, and on it the young men were
having an enjoyable game of eucher. They were
forced to make hasty exit. The indignation of
the people is aroused, and there is talk of having
them arrested.
Year: 1871

fGOoD RsAsox.-We several weeks since gave
some account OF singular genius who was formerly
sejourning about here, and related an incident OF
his being lost while on buffalo hnnt. This has
reminded some Of the boys of another circumstance
connected with that event.


The old fellow was lost for four days, and When
at last he stumbled upon the camp. he was almost
starved to DEATH In telling his story, he SAID that
he had come to the bank Of n creek, and knowing
that If he followed on down the stream, it wonid
bring him to some settlement at least he resolved
10 pursne that course. The last night before
reaching the camp, he sid, he lay down ON the


bank of the stream, about snndown, to rest for the
night. Pretty soon he heard trampling, and a
considerable herd of buffalo, old and young, came
down into the water to drink. They were 80
close to hin; that as they stood in the stream,
switching their tails they sllashed water into his
face.


"Thundcrw put in one of the boys; "you had
your gun along; why didn't you shoot one of
them, and have something to eatr


"why,p replied the old fellow, with much ear
nestness" had no saltw
Year: 1871

~ Cincinnati is again excited over the Sum
day question. The repeal of the Sundy laws is
being agitated. Some days ago, one branch Of the
City Council voted to repeal the Sunday laws;
but ON subsequent day, the other branch Of the
Council refused to concur. So the question is open
to set people wild at the coming Fall election.
Year: 1871

VIZ take the liberty to nominate Andrew John
son for the Presidency-on the Democratic ticket.
The Democrats would like to elect their candidate
and he would like to be the same in such con-
tingency. He has made arrangements to have q
grand welcome in Paris. and he cables that he
will arrive there soon and win deigu to accept the
enthusiastic acclamations of the people His
election next year would tend to eo0ciIiate the
French. Besides this A. johnson is the legitimate
successor of A. Ward, as the great American hu-
morist- No man ever made more fun than he did
during his playful little cirrumabiency in 1867.
1t beat all. We assure him of our cordial support
remembering that there is nothing he likes bet
ter than some sort of cordial
Year: 1871

u For common barber to black-baH the
nephew of Major General for membership in a
Good Templar's Lodge, and then institute scab
on his nose, and prepare his eyes for goggles, is
what we eall adding injury to insult.
Year: 1871

VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS URGED TO WORK FOR THE
NEGRO VOTE.-The conservatives of Virginia
can carry onehalf at least of the colored vote in
the State. They have all the appliances-they
possess the intelligence aud the property-and
nothing is wanting but the temper, the conde-
scension. and the industry. 1t is reproaeh to
their sagacity and their patriotism, too, if they
fail to do what is SO obviously their interest
and their duty. If they do not use the colored
vote, il will be used by their enemies. Policy
and patriotism alike dictate that should make
a strenuous effort to gain the confidence and CO.
operation Of the better portion Of the black pop
ulation. We have the arguments of ercry sort for
success. Let every Conservative go to work and
enlist as many colored voters as he can under his
standard. The negroes are proud and aristo-
cratic race, and they would greatly prefer an al
lance with white gentlemen to one with white
blackguaris- Kind and consderate treatment of
them by gentlemen will 90 far to win them. 1t
will be great good to break up the solid negro
vote: 1t will be good for the blacks and good
for the whites, and good. of course for the whole
monwealth.-RickmoRd Whig.
Year: 1871

Dr.. BELLS Balsam of Alpine Moss
affords prompt and permanent relief to
patients afflicted with consumption. We
suggest to those of our readers who have any
ground to suppose the enemy is lurking in
their system, to try . medicine which can do
NO harm and will prove priceless blessing
See advertisement in this paper.
Year: 1871

Rumor has it that some of our butch
ers have been selling damaged beef. The
story goes that man living near the
lforks Of the Sleepy Hollow and Dyers-
burg road had cow-whether from be.
ing SO poor that she could netsstaDd up
oraeeidentally tnmbled into ditch and
damaged herself so as to be of no future
use to her owner,-and sold her to one
of the city butchers and the meat dis
posed of to our citizens. It is said that
the COW lay in the ditch two days, and
consequently the meat was not fitting for
use. We cannot vouch for the truth OF
the above further than we saw on Sun
day morning last, some men trying to
geta COW out Of ditch at the place
named. With one or may be two excep-
tions, we do not believe the taste of our
citizens has become SO deprayed as to
require the purifying process to make
their beef palatable. We understand
that hash IS just now an unpopular dish
at our boarding establishments also
that ipecaeuanha has materially declined
in price.
Year: 1871

RAILROAD AccIDENT-On the NOR
ming of the I'd inst, as the passenger
train of the Nashville and Northwestern
Railroad, on its way from Mckenzie to
Nashville while turning a curve about
four miles west of Huntingdon, ran into
a live sweet gum tree that had fallen du
ring the night across a small trestle.
The body of the tree was some ninety
feet in length and was about one foot in
thickness, where it lay across the track.
The engineer, owing to the shortness of
the carve, did not see it in time to stop
the train, and although he whistled
breaks down and reversed the engine. he
only succeeded in checking the velocity
of the train so as to save harmless two
passenger and one sleeping coach. The
engine and tender leaped the obstruc-
ton, but the baggage car caught in the
tree, twisted it around some twenty FIVE
feet and by its reactionary force threw
the engine and tender down an embank
ment some six feet high. The wreck Of
the tender was complete. The engine
was greatly injured, the steam chests
being torn to pieces. the stack broken
off; the shielding of the boiler ripped of
in some places, and the cap utterly torn
to pieces. The baggage ear did not suffer
SO much, merely careening on its side
with the platform aud wheels torn off,
The track was torn up some forty feet,
cross-ties and rails being jumbled togeth
er IN an almost inextricable confusion.
No lives were lost. The escape of the
engineer Ed. McGraw and of the fireman
was truly providential. The engine
turned three fourths over; breaking the
cap into a thousand pieces, but they
escaped unhurt, crawling out from the
debris, covered with ashes, and fire and
mud and water.


The baggage master, though consider
ably bruised by the upturning of trunks
received no serious injury. The road
was repaired the same day of the acct
dent and all trains arrived on time.
Year: 1871

The following bit of good advice is
from the Working Man, and is worthy the
attention of all readers:


Lay it down as foundation rule, that
you will be faithful in that which is
least" Pick up the loose nails, bits Of
twine, clean wrapping paper, and put
them in their places Be ready to throw
in an odd balf hour or hours time, when
it will be an accommodation, and don t
seem to make merit it. DO it heartily
Though not word be said, be sure your
employer will make a note of it. Make
yourself Indispensable to him, and he
will lose many of the opposite kind be-
fore he will part with you.


Those young men who watch the time
to see the very second their working hour
is up-who leave, no matter what state
the work may be IN, at precisely the in
stant-who calculate the extra amount
they can slight their work, and yet not
get reproved- who are lavish of their
employers goods, will always be the first
to receive notice that times are dull, aud
their services are no longer required.
Year: 1871

The Hog Law being Enforced.


The past week has been marked by
great activity in the hog market. Trans
fers have been lively and emigration has
taken place on large scale. The aris
tocratic Berkshire, as we'll as the long
shouted razor back has had to get up and
git. The city fathers are deaf to all en-
frsaties---and the swine had to travel
II was a sorry sight to see SO many old
familiar faces leaving, and it was piteous
20 hear the heart rending squeals that
went up during their departure Yes
they are gone, and the gardens and the
mud holes that knew them once will
know them no more. Peace to their
hacon
Year: 1871

NEW YORK, May 3-A Washington
special says step toward the execution
of the Kuklux law will probably be to
issue proclamation by the President,
which may be expected in a very short
time, calling attention to the provisions
of the law, apd his purpose to enforce it
promptly and thoroughly whenever VIC


lated There is considerable evidence Of
good moral effect 10 the law suppressing
disorders at the South already exerted.
Year: 1871

THERE is nothing but what has its
use. You needn't now 60 away of to the
sands of the sea, or to the stars of the
heavens, for comparisons when you wish
to overwhelm one with numbers, just say
as numerous as the caterpillars, aud you
will fill the bill to your own satisfaction
aud everybody else.
Year: 1871

DAsDRuFr, so snnoying from its unsighny
appearance on the clothing, and from the
itching and burning of the scalp, is detached
cuticle, or outside layer Of the skin. 1t is
thrown off by the presence of humors.
Rings Vegetable. Ambrosia is compounded
in part to eradicate this humor from the
scalp, and it does it most effectually in every
case, leaving the head cool and clean and the
clothing as it came from the tailors
Year: 1871

The working people Of England are
losing their traditional reverence for
royalty Their organ (Reynolds' Jour
naD announces the death of the child
born to the Prince of Wales under the


heading of "a HAPPY Release, and thus
Year: 1871

The confirmed cold wet weather is very
materially damaging the farming inter
ests of this section, corn planting is sus-
pended, and will remain so for several
days to come should the rains cease now
Though vegetation set in earlier this
spring than it has done for many years
past, still many of our farmers are back
ward in planting.


The caterpillars are devastating the
orchards, and IT is feared that the entire
apple crop will be destroyed. The ac-
cursed things do pot molest the peach,
that crop at this time promises to be
abundant.
Year: 1871

1--WE have much satisfaction IN an
nouncing that the newly born child of
the Prince and Princess of Wales died
shortly after It's birth. thus relieving the
working classes of England from having
to support hereafter another addition to
the long roll OF Stase beggars they at
present maintain
Year: 1871

COMPRESSED AIR VS.. HORSE FLEsH.-An
experiment was made in Chicago few days
since which, if successful, will completely do
away with horses as motive power for street
railway cars The Chicago Tribune has the
following in reference to the new motor:


On side track was an ordinary one. horse
car attached to what seemed to be an ordinary
baggage car, differing only from it iu that
small platform at each end left place for the
driver who attends to the simple wants of his
engine by moving lever, to stand. At the
side of the dummy is door, which. when open.
ell, ,discloses the whole Of the machinery There
is one tank, constructed Of boiler iron, and test
ed to pressure of l6O pounds, connected with
y small tank, which, in turn, Is coD nected with
couple ofcyIipdsrs, acting as in steam en-
gine The larger tank is filed from an air
pump, and a governor regulates the amount OF
dir let into the smaller tank. The amount re-
uuircd for running the machine is only twenty
pounds.


Having viewed the dummy, and e1ulted in
it as Chicago invention, party OF thirty got
aboard the one horse car. MIR. Myers superin-
tended the machinery, and away they went on
the dummy track going y miles in eight min
utes Then the engine was reversed, and the
party came back, the last mile being accomplish
I'd in 81 minutes.


The company have drawn up comparative
estimate of cost between running street car
line with horses and compressed air, and give
the proportion as six to one in favor OF the
latter
Year: 1871

The symptoms of Liver
Complaint arc uneaslness
and pain in the side. Some
times tho pain is in the
shoulder, and is mistaken


for rheumatism. The atom
ach is effected with loss OF


appetite and sickness, bowels


in general costive,, some
times alternating with lax
l with pain, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable loss
of memory, accompanied


with painful sensation Of hav-
ing left undone something


which ought to have been


done. Often complaining OF


weakness, debility and low
&c n;rits Sometimes many oI
Year: 1871

The Times Of this morning states that
u has reason to believe that large num-
Dor Of the most inHuentisi citizens In the
community have agreed to call public
meeting, and to resist the payment Of any
further taxation until the present rulers
OF the city can DO forced TO render an &C.
count Of their stewardship. Over one
thousand names, including those Of many
eminent merchants and bankers, have al
ready subscribed ts...
Year: 1871

The only business transacted IN the after
noon was a discussion relative to abollshing
the present State prison contract system,
lasting from 2 to 6 p. M, which terminated
in the adoption Of a preamble and resclu-
tions, asking for an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the State, taking the manage
mont Of the penal institutions out Of party
politics.


There was also discussion a. to wheth-
er the New York Globe or Star should be
made the official organ Of the Assembly.


Adjourned till Friday morning
Year: 1871




The world il full Of mOurDf,l incidents.
How little DO we know Of tho poignant sOr-
row myriads Of our fellow-creaturcs are
compelled to suffer. The following touch
ing event we take from the Boston Jour
max


An express man, upon reaching bis Office
early one cold morning in January, Observ
ed on the sidewalk long, heavy box,
which his practiced eye at once identified
as containing a corpse. Upon the end OF
the box, shivering with cold, sat a little
half-clad boy, about seven or eight years
old. Addressing him kindly, the gentleman
said:


my lad, do not sit there, you will freeze;
come in and sit by the stove"


Bursting into tears, the little fellow re-
piled: "No, l can't come, my mother is
in this box, and l promised her that |
would not leave her until we got home"


Deeply affected with the touching devo-
ton of this brave little fellow, be finally
succeeded in convincing him Of the entire
safety of bis preaious charge, and taking
him to neighbOriDg restaurant, gave him
warm breakfast, and then armed the par
ticulars Of bis story. His father died about
year previously, in a remote village In
Minnesota, leaving bis mother in poor health
and nearly destitute. She died but few
days before the boys sad journey. charging
the little hero with the duty Of conveying
the remains to her friends in distant State,
and furnishing him With (All she had) sum
of money barely sufficient 70 carry them
both by freight cars to their destitution.
The little fellow had actually ridden night
and day in a freight car, with bis melan-
cEoly trust, not for moment losing sight
of It.