smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

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Hustled Hobby, who has occupied a
small farm house alone in the village of
Greenwich, Conn.,, for years, and has
been known to all the people around as
a miser, is dead, The brief story Of his
life and its end Is thus told by the New
Haven Palladium:


stsHe was cattle drOver, and by
shrewdneSs and penuriousness had ac-
eumulateda a fortune of 500, 900. He
never spent any money but for the ver-
lest necessities of life. He never had
any washing done, but put on an under
garment and wore it till it wore out.
One day last week a neighbor went to
the house and knocked, but got no an
swer. He forced the door open and
found hideous spectacle. Hobby was
lying on dilapidated sofa almost dead.
On the floor was a calf which had evil
IDENTIFY died from hunger, and the body
had been partially eaten by several hogs
which were also in the room. The pan
try was used by chickens to roost. An
undressed pig was found in the stove
oven, and little bits-of flesh had been
cut out. Hobby was in dying condf-
tion from stroke of paralysis, and was
taken care Of by the selectmen at his
death.D s..
Year: 1872

The ladies in Russia are very anxious
to marry, because they have no liberty
before marriage. They are kept con-
stantly under the paternal eye, until
given up to their husbands, and then
they take their own course. Almost IS
soon as a girl is born in the better rank
of society. her parents begin to prepare
the dowFy she must have when she
goes to her husband. She must furn-
ish everything for an outfltin life, even
to a dozen new shirts for her coming
husband.o4 aItasf- @
Year: 1872

Vice-President COlfax has written
a letter to the editor of the India
napOlis Journal, in which, af-
ter noticing telegram from Indian
apOlis to the effect that a concerted
effort was being made to secure for
him the Republican nomination for
President, he says: mo such effort
is being made anywhere by my wish
or authority. Publicly and privately,
in speeches and in letters, I have in
variably declared myself in favor OF
| President Grants denomination, as
well to those not friendly to it as to
those who were, and have 50 written
to every friend in Indiana who asked
my opinion. When the ticket of
Grant and COlfaX was elected in 1858
l determined there should be no alien
alton between them growing out of
the distribution of presidential patron
age, in regard TO which 1 resolved not
to Obtrude, or from any lack of friend
ship or good will on my part, and
am glad to state that this was most
cordially reciprOeated by the Presi-
dent, so that there has never been the
slightest disturbance of our most de-
sirable personal and political reIa-
tiOns, nor can any discOrd in the par
ty be traced to any real or even pre-
tended antagOnism between US.
feel deeply tie obligations l am un-
der to the Republicans of Indiana and
the nation for their long continued
confidence; and political duty to a
party whose record for the past ten
years is the nOblest ever made by any
party, in any country or any age, in
duces me to say that if the national
convention deem it wisest to renom-
mate me for the office l now hold
would accept, but my interest in the
continued ascendence of Republican
ism is far greater than any personal
considerations, and if the convention
prefers some one else for the vice-pres-
idency, and there are many ADLER and
worthier, no man in the United States
shall exceed me in the cOrdiality and
earnestness with which I shall sup
port him. l am not a candidate for
the presidential nomination, being
just as decidedly as ever in favor OF
President Grants denomination, and
hope our convention on the 22d will
so declare unanimously. l beg, for
the sake of harmony, politically, and
to save me personally from the suspi-
ciOn of bad faith toward one with
whom my relations are and have al
ways been so cordial, that my name
may not be mentioned by any one in
our State Convention in opposition to
| Gen. Grant, whom | believe t. be the
first choice of very large majority Oi
| the Republicans of the United States


Truly yours,


SCHUYLER COLFAX."
Year: 1872

An aged Christian man was on nj.


death-hed, and was happy in his pros
peet of soon entering into the iOy O


the Lord. He had a brother who haC


made the world the great object Of hi


life, and who, of course, was very DOol


toward God, and with all his worldly
shreWdneSs was so shOrt-sighted as tC
nave made no provision for the world
20 come, and had no idea of ENJOYING
an inheritance beyond the grave.
his dying brother had given greater
| attention to the requirement of true
riches than to the realization of world
/ ly wealth; and in his infirmities and
sickness he required that Christian
friends should minister TO his necessi-
ties, as the holy woman ministered OF
their substance to the Lord.


When his rich brother came to see
him, ne upbraided him for giving so
much attention to the things of God,
and giving away so much of his sub
stance for religious purposes, and sub
JecLlng himself TO poverty, when, if he
had followed his advice and example.
he might now have been in the enjoy
ment OF plenty, instead of being, as be
termed it, burden to his friends.


With great calmneSS and earnest
ness the dying saint replied, waving
his wasted hand toward his poor, self
deceived brother: "Quiet! quiet
Whist, whist, Tom / have a kingdom
ma begun upon and an inheritance that
L have ma yet seen."


Who was the richer of the two
brothers? The one who had his good
things here in this perishing world, or
the one who was begOtten again to a
lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead, and who knew
that he was heir to an Inheritance
which is ineOrruptible and undefiled,
and that fadeth not away, reserved in
heaven?


Dear reader, while you provide for
things honest in the sight of all men,
let your chief care be, not to be rich in
the worlds estimation, but to be
rich in the estimation of GOd-to have
q good hope through grace ofenjoying
the everlasting inheritance which is
laid up in heaven for all believers.


SuppOsing that you have "much
goods laid up for many years." and
have no hope for eternity-and God
should say at this moment to you.
''ThOu fool, this night shall thy soul
be required of thee then whose shall
those things be which thou hast pro-
vided ?'' $50 is he, says Jesus, "WhO
layeth up treasure for himself, and is
not rich toward God -
Year: 1872

In the northern part of this cOun-
ty, deep in the heart of the primeval
forests stands rude log cabin, until
Yesterday the home of Archibald Lee
rov, the hermit. For nearly half a
century he lived the life of an AnchO-
rite in that lone eand secluded spot,
and the vegetables which he cultiva-
ted in the little garden that surround
ed his house.


At one time Archibald Leroy must
have been a fine looking man; and
his regular features, bright black eyes
and tall straight form, gave him to
th9 very last a diStRgltC air that age
could not overcome. 1t appears that
when he was youth of twenty that
he met n young lady to whom he be-
came ardently attached-that they
were betrOthed-tEat on the evening
priOr to her marriage she begged him
TO release her from her pledge, because
she did not love him, and upon his
comDliauce she welded a bidze mar
of the world, whose money was his
only recommendation, and whose
reputation was that Of a rOUe. Archi
bald LEROY thereupOn Withdrew from





I house where he lived, and across
whose threshold he WAS carried to-day
/ in his collin.


He was a great student. The wall
of his cabin are lined with standar,
works, and all these bear the mark
of frequent use. de was also an art
/ ist, and in his portfolio were found
number of exquisite sketches of tn
| beautiful scenery that surrounds In
late home. He was in many respect
a remarkable man, with excellen
/ traits of character, rs his neighbor
testify, and with a wonderful store o
information on every subject, n


matter how abstrIIse OF profound 1t
character. But he must have lacke
an evenly balanced mind, to permi
an insignificant accident Of his boy


hood to change his whole after III


from brightness to gloom, and to pre-


vent his fellOw-man from enjoyin


the benefit of his genius and cOmpaT


ionship.-F0rt Wayne Sentinel.
Year: 1872

The following little story is told at
the expense of a young lady school
teacher in an eastern town, who is
very properly anxious in regard to the
prevention of smallpox in her
school, and therefore, strictly enfOrces
the rule that whenever a case of sick
ness is reported in the family of any
one of her pupils the pupil must bring
a certificate from the family physician
stating that the disease is not conta-
giOus, failing in which the pupil must
rorTlai1a-o5Es. ss-s-1siS JtsE5 TIEEfIryyi;ozy


one of her pupils, q little girl OF kqat
tonic extraction, had sickness in her
family. On being questioned, the girl
admitted that "she had sick folks in
her house :" that her mother was
sick. and that she had "marks on her
face.D She was accordingly sent
home. She returned in few days,
however, and reported that cher faith
or was sick" She was again sent
home with orders not to come again
without a certificate from the family
physician. The next day she return
/ ed to the school and shyly sliding vi
/ to the teacher, with her finger III hel
mouth, and her little bonnetswinginl


bv the strings, size said: Mis-


we've a leetle baby at our house, bu
mother told me to tell you It ISM


catchin'." The teacher said she wa!


very glad it wasn't catching" 4" anC


told her pupil to take her seat
Year: 1872

consider what it is that made him su
Perior to the other people / meet
Brother HObert was the general Of thi,
trip. He was the hsppiest man l met
He has use for every part of himself
He overtiOws with joy, and is living as
much to the maximum Of his power
Tor usefulness as any man 1 know
mean to have him come and talk in
this rOOm- / want him to talk to
Brother MOrtOn's class. His exper-
lence will teach you faithfulness with
whatever talent you have got.


If you have ten talents make them
twenty; or five make them ten; and
II you have one, don't put it in nap
kin, and say, God is so hard a master,
you are afraid to use that fer him.
Use what ability you have got, and
God will abundantly bless.
Year: 1872

A western woodsman recently found
himself helplessly pinned to the
ground by the premature falling Of a
tree. He was a greaG distance from
home, and in a few hours would
doubtless have died from the pain
and exposure, had not little whining
cur who had missed his master, and
tracked him to his wood prison, be-
gun a mOurnful howl as a possible re-
lief from the dreary mOnOtODy Of the
situation. This suggested to the suf-
fering man something Of the story
book kind, and calling to hislittle pet,
helD.. "'4ffed nlie ePe9t1fe feS4uentiS
realized the importance Of his mission
for he trotted homeward forthwith
and breaking in upon the astounded
household, gave the first alarm de
led the way back to the wounded man
and in an ecstasy Of whines attested
his satisfaction at the deliveranee.
Year: 1872

My worthy spouse, Oft hear tell
OF man who loved his wife so well,
That when death took her from his side
His thoughts were bent on suicide,
His grief was great. He vowed that never
Would he from his beloved one sever;
Without her, love of life had fed,
Hope and ambition-all was dead.
So he betook himself away,
To take his life that very day.
While passing through neighboring wood
A friend espied him as he stood
AS one who was without hope
And in his hand he held rope,
Which he was then about to throw
Across an overhanging bough.
"HOldr cried his friend, "what impioui


thought
To go unbidden to your God;
Believe me, sir, that such course
Can;onIy make the bad still worse,
Go seek the Sage, heed what he'll say,
You never will regret the day.





Upon the morrow
To the Sage he went and told his sorrow.
The Sage with a most knowing leer
Said, 'sEight months hence, thou meet me


here,
1 will devise-t'is my belief
A plan that viii dispel your grief.''
Eight months passed o'er, cen to the day,
And still the widoWer kept away;
His grief was gone, he knew no pain,
For long ere then he'd married again.
''so," quoth my wife, ''lIke him would you,
II should die, most surely do"
Year: 1872

tina, / had shocking attack of night
mare in which [ was attempting in vain
TO drag him from a house on fire, and
from which awoke with a sense of hor-
ror at seeing him perish in the flames,
while appealing to me for help. went
up to his room, and told by his sick nurse
that be was in a refreshing sleep but
that he had sprung up in the night with
scream, saying that his room was on
fire. L was determined, if possible, to
trace out the origin of so strange coinci-
denca, and search among the trihes of
the past day. Recalling my thoughts, L
remembered that at crowded meeting
the previous evening | had coDjectured
what would be done in the Ill constructed
building if it took fire, and how I could
possibly rescue my own family who we're
seated 10 the inmost part of it, So much
for my part. But what of my boys
share On making minute inquiries, l
ascertaiued that the physician attending
him had casually remarked in his hear
ing the day before, although this room
is very comfortable, have dislike to
all garret rooms reached by wooden stairs
on account FIRE" This remark he
had heard and noticed. Thus our dreams
so much alike, occurring the same night,
originated in different yet similar trifling
incidents of the previous day Norman
4Hacte0d, IN Good Words for the IOung.
Year: 1872

California is destined to be the great
fruit growing portion of the country
Her vineyards are already immense, and
the wine product is increasing in a man
ner which is remarkable. Latterly at
teution has been directed to other fruits.
The orange, the lime, the lemon and the
walnut are all found to be suitable for
cultivation in the southern part of the
State, and their products are in quality
excellent, while the prices obtained for
the fruit yield such profit that scarcely
any other culture will give better re
suit. The orange pays at the rate of FROM
fifteen hundred to three thousand seven
hundred dollars per acre walnuts pay a
profit of from six hundred to one thous-
and dollars an acre. This is, of course,
after the trees arc full grown. The
orange, lime and lemon bear in their ninth
year. The olive has also been cultivated
with SO much success as to prove that it
will hereafter be a crop of great value.
Year: 1872

A bolt of lightning in Appleton City,
No., uuhinged door, carried it across the
bed of sleeping couple and deposited it
over the cradle where little child was
lying without injuriDg any one.
Year: 1872

cause his father put him there" said he,
at last, in rather q low voice.


That's it, my boy; then you see there's
something stronger than a rope to hold a
boy; duty, frankie, o6edience, that was
what held Casabianca steady, on the very
spot he was put in, until the ship blew
up. Was Julian tied up this morning as
well as your"


Nos said Frank, "Julian don't want
to run away; he's afraid"


"But Julian likes to go into the kitchen
with mamma, and see her make cake
why did he not gos"


"Julian's good" was the rather reluct-
ant answer.


Sand so he don't need any roper" said
Uncle Dan. ST once heard of another
boy-a little Dutch boy, who was one day
playing by himself, Just outside large
city, on bank built to keep the water of
a river from overfowing. He noticed q
little water trickling down the side of the
dyke, as it is called, and, STOPPING down
to look closely at it, he saw that there
was small hole through which the water
was leaking, and the hole was growing
larger every minute. 1t would not be
long before there would be q great open
ing in the dyke, and the water would
rush through and make q tremendous
food. As quick as thought he put his
hnger into the hole, Just like cork, and
stopped the leak. There he sat, not dar-
ing to take ii out, waiting for some one
to come by who could carry the news to
the city, and send men to stop the mis-
chief. But for hours and hours nobody
came, yet still he sat there; he must have
been very tired and hungry, and am
sure his fingers must have ached with
holding it so long in the same position,
but he never stirred until at last help
came. A great many boys would have
gone away, and not have cared what hap
pened. What kept him there!"


81 guess because it was right" said
Frank.


"That was il" said Uncle Dan. "Now,
frankie, are you going to be like horse
or a cow, that must be tied up to keep
them from running away, or like brave
boy that minds because he ought to? Are
you going to need a rope again;"


''Pll stay without a rope next time"
said frankie.


And that was the end of his running
away.-Christidn Union.
Year: 1872

THERE is now and then person so stu
pid as to believe that advertisements in
the newspapers are not generally read,
and that money expended in advertising
is practically wasted. Even such viii
concede that If a hundred men of polite
address, of fluent speech and ready wit
were to call upon a hundred others and
get the ears of each long enough to say
John Smith, or Jones, or Thompson, at
such place, has such and such goods at
such prices, or would sell farm or house
and lot, or had lost a horse or pocket
book, or would loan money, etc.-we say,
such men will concede that the services
of this hundred men would be of great
value to Smith or Jones, and in some
manner advantageous to the party to
whom this statement was made This
one hundred men could not be employed
to go from door to door, and make this
statement 10 ten thousand people, at less
than a cost of several hundred dollars
each trip. All this is done by the news
paper at a cost of few shillings, or a. few
dollars at most, and the visits are made
week after week and day after day. The
messenger who travels, addresses himself
to the ear, and takes the party addressed
when he may have his thoughts absorbed
in business or other matters; but the
newspaper reaches the party sought
through the eye, when the reader has his
thoughts solely fixed upon the paper be-
fore him.


But those who affect to believe that
there is little use in advertising urge as
an objection that the advertisements are
not read. They can easily be convinced
of their error in this respect by making
inquiry. Let them insert an advertise
ment offering to purchase some article
that is tolerably plenty in the market,
and they will be flooded with offers to
sell before the ink of the advertisement is
dry. An enterprising weekly that has
circulation of one, two or three thousand
copies, is in a position to do the village
merchant great good, and for which, as
rule, the publisher does not get one fourth
of what he justly deserves. In its
sphere, the weekly is of quite as much
service to the advertiser as is the daily,
and oftentimes enjoys the privilege of
being the exclusive family visitor, priv
ilege the daily seldom has.-UniOn and
Advertiser Rochester, ~ T.
Year: 1872

In Mrs. Stoves story, entitled "My
Wife and L" there OCCURS a thrill
ing passage regarding the degrading vice
of drunkard's appetite, which reveals
its desperate tyranny. 1t is where Bolton
is giving his reason why be dares not
marry, and is as follows: "One sip
would flush to his brain like fire, and
then all fear, all care, all conscience would
be gone, and not one glass, but dozen,
would be inevitable. Then you might
have to look for me in some of those
dens to which the possessed of the devil
flee when the fit is on them, and where
they rave and tear and cut themselves
until the madness is worn out. This has
happened to me after long periods of
self-denial and self-control and Elusive
hope. 1t seems to me that my experience
is like man whom some cruel fiend con-
demns to go through all the agonies of
drowning over and over again-the dark
plunge, the mad struggle, the suffocation,
the wild horror, the agony, the clutch at
the shore, the weary Chamber up steep
rocks, the sense of relief, recovery and
hope, only to be wrenched off and thrown
back to struggle and strangle, and sink
again. If / had fallen dead after the first
glass of wine / had tasted, it would have
been thought a horrible thing but it
wosld have been better for my mother,
better for me, than 10 have lived as /
did"
Year: 1872

all points is known in advance, and

 with, rare exceptions is made to a

 minute, yet some growler is too often

 found to bewail the speed and proper

 stoppages from beginning to end. Af-

 ter reaching the cars. made every

 prominent point, and nearly all

 obscure ones within two minutes of

 the published time. Thus in seven days to this city, I reached the hotel coach here within minute of the hour I left it for the Oakland Ferry in San Francisco. A journey of this kind is not without its available les sons for life use. No one whines about the beginning, and the end comes soon enough for nearly all. The necessary or actual troubles of life are often groundless anticipations or ex- aggerated realities. A genuine busi- ness man once said to me that there was plenty of fun in this world if it were only hunted out and worked up, and that otherwise it was as scarce as money in "hard times;" as matter of fact, he insisted that while fun was abundant and attainable, it was only iberally possessed and realized by the same perseverance, and determination which most men display in accumulat- ing cash or its equivalent. It is now and then worth ones time to reflect upon these facts, for otherwise many will worry themselves to death to pos sess wealth with scarcely an hour of the enjoyment its requirement is SUD- posed to bring.

 These hints will be serviceable to overland travellers, if they have sense enough to apply them. The overland trip can easily be made so as to con- bine recreation for mind and eye with new acquaintances to be re- afterwards with continual pleasure and something to advantage in business concerns. J. w.
Year: 1872

WE have received 8 communication from our correspondent at Sanford, but owing to press of other matter we have only room for the following condensed items:

 The farmers are nearly through cut ting grain, and some are threshing.

 Many Papago Indians are employ ed in the harvest field at an average price of one dollars per day and board. Their women glean what is left.

 The Indians have been in the habit of collecting about town and purchas- ing liquor from some bad men and getting drunk. It had become such an intolerable nuisance that Judge Page and the citizens determined to stop it. A Mexican was caught in the act and find $25-the full extent of the fine under the Territorial law. Representing attorney in this case declares that in his legal opinion the criminal is still liable under the laws of the United States, and as the at torney is o near relative of Black stone, his opinion is entitled to con- sideration. Certainly no punishment that can be inflicted either now or hereafter Is to severe.

 Our correspondent says since our favorable notice of Sam Wise (rela- tive to his capacity to run a circus, Sam. entertains strong desire to go into the business, but wishes to obtain the services of the editor of THE CIT- ZEN for a clown. We doubt our abil- ity, but as almost any other position in life is preferable to that of an edi- tor, if Samuel has the stamps, he will meet with but little difficulty in en- ticing us into the ring"