smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

| such canals.

 Fourth.-That the proceeds of said lands | herein granted shall be kept as an eX- elusive fund by the territory or state; first. for the payment of the principal and in | terest of all bonds so issued as aforesaid; /; second that any balance remaining after the payment of the bonds issued as afOre- said shall be used in the maintenance of said canals, or the construction of other canals, as the legislature of said territory or state shall from time to time by law direct.

 Fifth.-That any land within said terri tory or state which shall be filed on under the provisions of the pre-emption and homestead laws of the United States, after the passage of this act, if the said lands shall be brought under irrigation by the construction of said canals.

 SiXth.-That the bonds so donated to the several states and territories herein named, and the remainder of the public domain therein belonging to the general govern ment, shall be disposed of under revised and more strict pre-emptiOn and home stead laws than are now in force, and that no title shall issue until the claimant shall be bona-fide, actual settler upon the land claimed.
Year: 1873

conveying the mail on route No. -, from ------ -, do swear that I have the ability pecuniarily to fulfill my obligation as such bidder; that the bid is made in good faith, and with the intention to enter into contract and perform the service in case said bid shall be accepted; and that the signatures of the guarantors thereto are genuine, and that I believe the said guarantors to be pecuniarily responsible for and able to pay all damages the United States shall suffer by reason of my failing to perform my obligations, as such bidder.
Year: 1873

NOTE.-When the oath is taken before a justice of the peace, the certificate of the clerk of a court of record should be added, under his seal of office, that the person who administered the oath is a duly quali- fled justice of the peace.

 INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND

 POSTMASTERS;
Year: 1873

The floating debt of tho city, It is said, has in
creased during Ihe past year to the enormous sum
of eighty thousand dollars, Notwithstanding the
high rate Of tau levied last year. A bill Is now
before the legislature asking the authority of that
body to fund this debt. The Council must col
lect the money by tax and pay nifitis not funded;
OF they may run it through another year al high
rate of interest," and levy the usual amount Of tax.
Or, Ifthey pay It frOmthe taxes collected, they
will create another debt which amounts TO the
same thing.


There are lprge number of property holders
and others who desire to escape the payment of a
higher rate of tax and therefore urge the fund
ing of the eighty thousand dollars floating debt,
and also say that willie the city is laboring with.
out money it hns to work TO a disadvantage as
those who contract for work always charge higher
when there is prospect of waiting for money
The number Of those who desire TO become com
petitors for contracts is curtailed greatly when it
is understood that the city IS out of funds, and
the pay is only TO be got when the council sec
proper 70 go into the market and borrow money.


1t is doubtful whether the Council had the legal
right to contract large debt OF this character
and some persans take the ground that those who
Noteo 10 create the uept are individually hable.
This may possibly be Law in this case. Bot we
can readily suppose cases where it would be neces
sAry for the Council to create debt or allow the
city TO suffer very heavily. Such, for instance.
might be the etse if by some extraordinary occur
renee our water works should give way and the
reservoirs all require to be rebuilt. question
might arise of course where councilmen would be
responsible Otherwise that body might go into
extensive specblations. Like the city of Boston
they might buy up the low grounds and fill them
up. The WOrA, if it proved profitable, would be
hsld Legitimate enough but If it proved un-
profitable, there might arise this question of per-
Sonal liability and succeeding COuneilmen refuse
10 pay debts thus contracted.


The question which deeply concerns the people
H. how and iot what purpose this great floating
debt Of $4,000 was created. After paying such
heavy tax as that Of last year it seems one of the
nyuteFies of the day. What have we TO show
for itF
Year: 1873




The subioined petition respecting the usufy
laws signed by 3.oSs of the Wholesale business
Rrms of New York city--not the brokers @ stock
gamblers, but the solid business men and msf-
chants has been forwarded to the legislature OF
New York We extract the petition from an able
article in The Finaneier" of the 18th inst, the
whole Of which is well worth attentive peruaal,
but our limited space preventing Che insertion in
full we commend the following to the careful con-
sideration of the legislature of eur own State:
Tie Honorable the Senate and assembly Of the


Sac Of NsW York, AibaHysE


The undsrsirped. merchants Of the city OF New
York desire TO call the attention OF your honora-
bio body to the injurious workings OF the usury
laws of this State.


Our constant experience proves that legsl res
trictons upon the rate of interest are utterly in-
efectual as a protection to borrowers; and, that,
by preventing tree competition among all classes
Of lenders they iniuously restrict loaning opera
tiops. and cause the average rate of interest TO
range higher than it would in the absence oil al
tempted legal regulation.


We regard said laws as being among the most
fruitful causes of the monetary crises Which now
90 Frequently derange mercantile operations; and
further as being opposed in principle to that free
between buyer and seller which reg
ulates values so perfectly in every other depart
ment of business.


whom the usury laws are designed to benefit, we
therefore respectfully pray that oil such enact
ments may be rescinded from our stItute books
except SO far as may be necessary to determine
the rate of interest in contracts wherein no rate is
specified and that hereafter our citizens may Gu
Joy the advantage of free trade in money.
Year: 1873

The following is a verbatim copy of case on
the docket of one of the negro Justices of MO
bile:


"doliIe Al in the case tried be for me vi her in
Lean Mcdaniel d wife plaintiff on Judgment
render for the Plaintiff for tendollar an cost
painst Charles Kuhl defendant aR the sead de-
fendant tax an appeal to the Circuit Court Mex
to Be trid in Mobile County. JAcoB ANDERSON
p NC
Year: 1873

BRAIN FooD. - The Sacramento RecO,d
saws that oat meal and fish are the best
brain food; upon which the Post says if these
articles do not actually create brain, the
Record folks may as well not eat them The
Arqls stockholders had better not spend
much money in fish and oat meal for the
empty pate of that concern until this ques-
ton is settled.
Year: 1873

A New York telegram says /: At the
reception of Wilkie Collins at the Lotus
Club on Saturday night a remarkable
scene followed the Introduction of
Charles Bradlaugh, late in the evening,
in the restaurant. He referred point
edly to the fact that class distinctions
in England were SO great that this
American club had given him on foreign
soil the first opportunity of his life to
meet countryman whom he was SO
glad to honor, and even to say word
in his praise. "There was no club in
England said he, "that would give
me an equal privilege. The speech
was received with wild outbursts of en-
thusiasm. Prolonged cheers were
given, and even after Bradlaugh had
turned to his seat at the table beside
Collins the crowd continued cheering
until he came forward and spoke briefly
again,
Year: 1873

Returns for the Month of September


from the Agricultural Bureau.


The average condition of the wheat
crop for the entire country, according
to the returns is 95. A comparison with
the September average OF last year will
illustrate the crop prospects of the pres
ent, when the increased area of the
present season is duly considered:
Year: 1873

FRIENDS AND FOES OF THE RING.


THE BOARD or ALDERMEN REsCIND THEIR PRE-


yIoUs ACTION AT THE REQUEST or THE CON


TRoLER-THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE CALL FOR


VETO OF THE BRIDGE BILL


The communication of Controller Schroeder, yes
terday, to the Brooklyn Common Council, fell like a
bombshell among the advocates of reform
in that city. His strongest apol0gsts had
expressed belief that he was act
ing solely in the interest Of good government
and that if he had done things which appeared
doubtful at all events, his intentions honest.
In eXten uatiOn of his payment Of Brooklyn Bridge
bonds in advance of the private subscriptions il
urged that he had simply misunderstood the proyi-
sions of the law and his motion, made at the last
meeting Of the Bridge Directors to compel the private
stockholders TO pay up, interpreted as indicat
ing his intention to do the full measure OF his duty
in future; but when yesterday he virtually acted as
the apologst Of the defauting private stockholders
and sent communication 10 the Common Council
asking it to rescnd its former action, which held
them to their contracts, his warmest friends stood
aghast, and could offer nothing in his behalf in
tenuation The opinion was freely expressed that
never before had so contradictory a communication
been sent to the Common Council while Others gave
it as their belief that the Controller had been
all along acting covertly with the Ring, and
had concluded at last TO throw off the mask.
All persons cOncuTed in stating that it was most
unexpected and extraordinary documents that, if
cOncurTed in by the Common Council, il would
dispense with the necessity of having Gov Dix sign
the new Bridge BILL it would enable Kingsley
and his adheTents to carry the enterprise without
their making any additional payments, and, in deli
Of public sentiment to carry out their schemes.
The communication created no surprise among the
majority Of the Aldermen, and motion to rescind
the previous action of the Board was carried after
debate, in which Aldermen Wylie, Ropes, Rodman,
Taylor, and Richardson participated.


An exciting session of the Committee of One
Hundred was held in the evening, at which
ports presented on the Charter the Bridge bill,
and Street Openings. The Governor was urgently
enjoined to veto the Bridge bill, which unspar-
ingly condemned in the Committees report.
Year: 1873

"Japhet in Search of a Father" has soueWha


of counterpart in Aaron 10 searchof a mother
bat without the attending circumstances eoips
to make up an interesting and romantic storv
or, ifthese exist the tale is cut short by the new
that the Dover scandal is "a lie Of the vbole
CLOTH And 30 We are constrained TO believe
1t, since We ha We been assured that many orthe
most respectable, wealthy aud educated men ot
Dover say they have known Mrs. Adams from
her girlhood up and no breath Of scandal ever
attached to her name. Such gentlemen as Hon.
j. ?. Comegys, n. P. Smilhers, ESQ, S. lava
Esqp VIM Todd, Esq, and Dr. Jump declare The
story foul slander, and the hero of il NOT less
deserving than the celebrated Tichburp claim
ant


1t is SAID the man Aaron has visited Dover
and begged loans ofmoney from various gentle.
men under the plea that he was the illegitimate
son Of deceased relative; that he has even
travelled TO New York with this object


Wemake no excuse for the rude mode by which
the lady IN question sought to take REVENGE for
the horrid slander that has been hurled At her


Ne- N "0PoPSibj hoI nave We any Cens
sure to apply. 1t is certainly hard enouob 10
bear the presence Of one seeking TO ruin her
good name and attach to it one Of the most bor.
rid stains which the female charac,erean endprs
Let any innocent lady for n moment reflect and
put herselfin like position, and we guarantee
the indignant blood will be quick 10 rise. This
Delaware Tichburn, if convinced that he !.
mistaken will no doubt still believe he had .
mother; is entitled to mother; and 90 in
search Of a mother; and who NAV he M,
next honor with a visit. The money seeker
who would thus follow a woman 10 distress and
bring her name, In her old age down in sorrow
to the graVeif were he her son, should be held 10
be an unnatural one and only deserving the
scOrn and contempt Of the world. A man with
the feelings that should pervade the heart of .
son would have been content to wait until The
cold earth covered The body and then eaabli.b
his claim and heirship. How many good peopls
have in this, forgotten the remark Of our blessed
Saviour "let him who is without sin throw the
6fst stone" and almost criminated themselves
By circulating this slander against an unpro-
tected, Innocent and unofending old lady ready
sOOn 10 lay her down in her last sleep after long
yeaFS Of SOrrOWing as a widow, with none 10
comfort her bat the kind friends with whom she
lives in Dover.
Year: 1873

The suspension OF the operation OF the Fishery
Law restricting the New Jersey fishermen, will
enable them to supply us with fine Delaware shad
which the gillers from that State take in great
numbers
Year: 1873

Harper's Bazar says 70 make the hands
soft and white, one of the best things is to wear
at night large mittens Of cloth filed with wet
bran or oatmeal, and tied closely at the wrist.
A lady who had the whitest, softest hands in
the country confessed that she hal great deal
Of house work to do, and kept them as white
as an idler's by wearing bran mittens every
night. The pastes and pOultces FOX tie face
owe most Of their efficiency to their moisture
which disolyea the old course skin, and to their
protection from the air, which allows the new
skin to come tender and delicate. Oatmeal
paste is efficacious as any thing, though less
agreeable than the pastes made with white Of
egg, alum, and rose water. The alum as.rin-
ges the flesh and makes it firm while the egg
keeps it sufficiently soft. and the rose-w ater
perfumes the mixture and makes the curd not
so hard
Year: 1873

There's many rest in the road Of life,
five would only stop to take It;
And many tone from the better land,
If the querulous heart would make III
To the sunny soul that is full of hope.


And whose beautiful trust ne er iaileth,
The grass is green and the flowers are bright,
Though the winter storm prevaileth.
Better to hope though the clouds hang low,
And TO keep the eyes still lifted;
For the sweet blue sky will soon peep thro'
When the ominous clouds are ritted
There never was night without day,


Or an evening without morning;
And the darkest hour, as the proverb goes,
Is the hour before the dawning.
There is many 4 gem in the path Of life,


Which we pass in our idle pleasure,
That is richer than the jewcled crown


Or the miser's boarded treasure;
1t may be the love Of a little child,


Or mothers prayer to heaven,
Or only beggar's grateful thanks


For a cup of water given.
Better to weave in the web of life


4 bright and golden filing,
And to do Gods will with a ready heart,


And hands that are ready and willing.
Than to snap the delicate minute threads


OF our curious lives asuuder,
And then blame heaven for the tangled ends,
And si', and grieve, and wonder.
Year: 1873

The following exquisite Irish ballad was
published over an anonymous signature in a
London paper Let Irishmen read it:
Its sailing am at the dawn o. the day,
To my brother that's over the sea,
But its little I'll care for my life anywhere,
For its breaking my heart will be;
But n treasure I'll take for ould Ireland's sake
That I'll prize all belonging above;
rs handful o. earth from the land cf my birth,
From the heart o the land love.
And won't the poor lad in his exile be glad
When he sees the brave present bring?
And won't there be flowers from this treasure OF





In the warm Of the beautiful spring?
Och. Erin machree though it's partin' we be,
It's blessing I'll leave on your shore,
And your mountains and streams I'll zee in my


dreams


Till cross to my country once more.
Year: 1873

Organized efforts are in progress in
Germany to promote emigration to
America It is now stated that among
those who propose leaving the Father
land this wear for the United States are
ten thousand tobacco-growers and
twelve Thousand wine-growers.


And what are the people of our i'm
mediate section doing to secure any
portion of these immigrants? Do we
suppose these men will know or care
for the advantages we may offer, if We
take no pains to advise them ? Are we
to stand still while other sections and
localities are holding ont welcoming
hands to foreign immigrants We
will surely fall behind our neighbors
unless we exert ourselves In the race
for prosperity, for population and
wealth, every locality must look ont for
itself. All sections aud States and
counties are rivals. Each must look
after its own interest. Why will we
not hestii ourselves
Year: 1873

NEW YORK, January 1s.-A Pottsville
Pa, letter states that alarm is felt in the
Schuylkill and Lehigh valleys at the
prospect of the Reading company elect
ing monopoly in the coal trade. The
coal men say It is only question of time
when they will have to shut up business,
1t also stated that every iron mill and
the large factories using quantities ol
coal will be at the mercy OF this mo-
nopoly.


meeting oi the coal operators this morn.
ing, q resolution was adopted inviting re.
tsilers to join with them in the fight
against the Reading Railroad Company
A general meeting was afterwards held
at which thirty retailers signed tho con
stitution OF the coal operators The price
of membership is $25 for wholesale deal
ers and $40 for retailers.
Year: 1873

Reelection.


FoRT SCOTT, KS, January is.-Tbere
was large meeting of the citizens Of this
city and county held tonight, at which
resolutions were unanimously adopted TO
the effect that almost the unanimous sen
timent OF the people Of this part Of the
State Is emphatically against the re.clec.
ton OF Senator Pomeroy; that to continue
him as Senator is to continue the disgrace
which has 80 long been endured, and con-
tinue the stigma OF tho rotten Common
wealth which be has done 80 much to
lasten upon the State, and urgently ap-
pealing TO the Legislature to elect some
man in his place whose character IS with
out stain and whose integrity is unques'
toned.
Year: 1873

Rs A corps of engineers are surveying the Connecticut river, with view to i'm. prove navigation above Hartford. While engaged in boring near East Hartford, in order to find the rock at the bottom of the river bed, the engineers struck, AS feet be- low low water mark, log firmly imbedded in the red clay and gravel which helps to form the river bed. The point of the augur used in boring penetrated the log, but all efforts to make the screw cut were unavail- ing, the log having become so thoroughly water-soaked and elastic that the augur couldn't be made to cut the elastic flores.
Year: 1873

Ss A lady residing in Lansingburgh, hailed passing car with her little son, the other morning, to see him safely on a a horse car for trip to Troy. He stepped on board and scrambled for the front of the car. As he was going his mother said, "Why, areu't you going to kiss your moth CT before you go p The little fellow was 50 delighted at the prospects of ride, and in such hurry that he hastily rejoined looking back excitedly: ''Mr. Conductor won't you kiss mother for me?" And of course the passengers couldn't keep from smiling.
Year: 1873

The Poughkeepsie Telegraph says ''The

 passenger and mail train on the Pough-

 keepsie & Eastern Railroad met with a se-

 rious accident Tuesday morning, 7.l5, while

 passing Upton's Pond, about three-quarters of mile above Clinton Corners, by the

 breaking of an axle of the rear truck of

 the tender. The break was close up to tue wheel which rolled under the forward

 truck of the postal and smoking car tear

 ing it completely loose. The strain broke

 the coupling between the tender and car and the engineer ran the locomotive ahead to avoid collision, as the momentum pro- pelled the car for hundred feet or more almost sidewise.

 'It seemed to the engineer that the car, which was half full of passengers, would certainly plunge over the embankment into the pond, but it fortunately swerved around just at the critical moment and plunged end first into bank of dirt which stopped its progress. The end of the tender which had lost wheel, settled down on the rail, and the projecting journal tore the seepers the entire running distance. It did not, however, leave the track. Upon examina- tion it was found that no one in the smok- ing car was injured in the least, though it was broken in at the end, holes knocked in the bottom and the siding torn away in places.

 ''The rear trucks were off the track and the car laid obliquely across the rails The rear or ladies car was off the track for ward, and but for the patent Miller plat form would probably have been considera- ply damaged. The passengers, of wLcm there was 8 considerable number, also ese ,aped harm, but were greatly frightened The rails and ties were torn up in places and the rails were moved from their place several inches.

 'The locomotive drawing the train was No, l, Edwin Corners, engineer; Freder-.lI ok Melius was the conductor. The acci- lent was caused by flaw in the axle, which was so hidden as to escape the closest scrutiny. The freight train which left this 'lty at 7.OS A. N., proceeded to the scene of | he disaster and brought the passengers and nails to their destination"
Year: 1873

On one occasion the writer desired 90
erect a board fence around a field which
WAS free from stone, aud he proceeded
on the following plan The line Of the
fence was laid out perfectly straight,
and small stakes were driven into tho
ground sixteen feet apart. A sharp
wedge-shaped pointed crow-bar was pro-
cured, with which holes we're punched
in the ground where each stake was
placed. BY working the bar back and
forth in the ground, the hole was made
large enough 10 fit the post closely, and
two and a half feet deep. The post was
pointed very evenly ON each side, 80
that il would drive straight. The top
was beveled so that il would not split
in driving. A triangular stool, with
three legs three feet long, and a heavy
beetle, completed the outfit. The
beetle was made out of n piece OF soft
maple, fifteen inches long, cut from a
small tree about a foot in diameter.
The bark was trimmed of, and the
edges were beveled off about three in
ches handle of ash, two inches
thick, was put through the beetle, and
was trimmed down so as 10 be an inch
and half thick one way and two inches
in another. This prevents Il from turn
ing in the hands when striking with il.
When the posts were all ready 20 be
driven, n man held one of them with
the point in the hole, while another
mounted the stool and drove 10 down
with the beetle. With little care, the
man who held the post kept il upright
and in line with the rest. As the posts
were driven, two men followed mailing
on the boards These four men com
pleted five-board fence around a square
ten-acre field in one day and half,
making the labor equal 10 six days
work Had the holes been dug, the job
would have taken at least four times a.
long. The cost of the labor was less
than ten cents a rod. The men we're
good mechanics, or il would ha, cost
much more, their labor at two dollars
and half a day being probably twice
rs cheap as common labor at half that
rate. In addition 30 the superior rapid
ity and cheapness of the work, the fence
was much firmer than IL could possibly
have been had the holes been dug for
the uOstg