smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

Coal is carbon carbon combines
with oxygen to form carbonic acid;
there is carbonic acid in the air and 1t
is an interesting question how much
coal in combination actually exists N
the atmosphere about us. savants as.
sert that the total is not less than eight
hundred and fifty thousand millions OF
tons. But this is only fraction OF that
which formerly existed in the air when
the world was young The coal mines
of the world are estimated as containing
five million millionsof tons, all OF which
was primarily taken from the air by the
rank vegetation of primeval times.


OF course in those remote regions the
atmosphere containing say seven times
it's present percentage OF carbonlc acid
was untitled for the animal life now
fiourishing on the globe. But as the
carbon was Withdrawn the oxygen was
proportionally increased andrespiration
became gradually possible to animals OF
higher and more complex organization
and requiring more rapid oxygenation
of the blood. Hence as the atmosphere
changed by the growth of the coal form
ing vegetation, the organic creatures
progressed from the earliest reptiles
that crawled in the hot and wide reach
ing everglades to the being that, crown
ing the strange, long series, was made
in the image Of his Creator by whom
"into his nostrils was breathed the
breath of ife."
Year: 1873

We believe in the man or woman who
has enemies" This does not sound
sound, but it is sound. Your milk-and-
water people, who content themselves
with simply doing no harm, at the same
time never do anygood. They are mere
negatives. Your man. of force, who
does not wait for stone to get out of
his heaven-appointed way, but manfully
rolls it over, may unintentionally hurt
somebody's toes in the act; but thou
sands WHO will have to travel that way
will thank him for clearingit. The msn
or woman who has no enimies is gener-
ally sleek, creeping, cowardly crea-
ture, caring for no one but himself
smirking and creeping his unchallenged
way to the obscurity he merits. He
adds nothing to the common stock
does no good in the world, and is low
cred into his six feet of earth without
one sincere regret from any one. He
has had no enemies ; bit has he had a
friend? A place is vacant, but not in
any warm, grateful heart. fig for such
people
Year: 1873

Parson Dunham had been for many
years settled over the parish of Wilmot,
and by course Of events which had
happened, as such things are prone to
happen in this imperfect society of
ours, he had become unpopular with
many of his people, and they, to show
their feeling, and to extend hint which
they hoped the old minister would take,
on a certain March meeting, when the
legal voters of the town assembled to
elect officers, elected him to the Office of
hog-reeve. Mr.. Dunham was present,
and when the fact of his election had
been announced, he arose and addressed
the Moderator thus


"Sir, was chosen many years ago AS
pastor of this flock. To change is hui
man. That my people have changed is
not wonderful; I am only thankful that
they realize the change; and rs they
evidently made this change in my office
to correspond herewith, I accept it
cheerfully, and will endeavor to serve
according to the best of my Abilities
Ledger.
Year: 1873

Do not stop to tell stories in business
hours.


If you have place of business, be
found there when wanted.


No man can get rich by sitting round
stores and saloons.


"Never fool" in business matters.
Have order, system, regularity, lib
erality and promptness.


Do not meddle with business you
know nothing of.


Never buy an article you do not need,
simply because it is cheap, and the man
sells it will take it out in trade.


Trade in money.


Strive to avoid hard words and per
sonalities.


Do not kick every stone in the path.
More miles can be made in day by
going steadily onward.


Pay as you go.


A man of honor respects his word as
his bond.


Aid, but never beg.


Help others when You can, but never
give what you cannot afford, simply be-
cause it is fashionable.


Learn to say "no." No necessity of
swapping it out dog fashion, but say it
firmly and respectfully.


Have but few confdants, the fewer
the better.


Use your own brains rather than that
of others.


Learn to think and act for yourself.
Be vigilant.


Keep rather ahead than behind the
times.


Header, cut ont this, and if there be
folly in the argument, let us know.
Year: 1873

How THE PRESIDENT DRAWS HIS SALA-
RY.-The Washington Star says: The
President never draws his salary him
self, but receives it through the First
National Bank, to which he has given a
power of attorney, and the money is
always drawn from the Treasury by the
cashier of that bank and placed to the
credit of the President in the bank. The
warrants for the salary of the President
and Vice President are made out at the
Treasury every month, the former un-
der the new law receiving "a, 166 &C per
msnth, and the latter 1888 33. Mem
bers of the Cabinet are paid from the
rolls of their respective departments,


and receipt therefor the same as all
other employees. The President and


Vice President do not sign any pay roll.
Year: 1873

Men of business, believe me, there is
now and then profitable venture in do
ing nothing at all. In the power to
put business aside, and abiding now
and then in perfect quiet, things some
times solve themselves, when We give
them that advantage, which refuse to
come clear for all our trying. We all
know how, by simply talking some per-
plexity into the deepest silence short OF
death-a good nights sleep-we can do
better sometimes than if we sat up and
wrought at q task all night. When
Matthew Murray, of Leeds, wanted to
see his way through some sore perple1-
twin his inventions, and all other efforts
were of no use, he rested night and day
from all noise, and all effort except the
effort an active man has to keep himself
quiet and then the thing he wanted
would steal in and look at him, and light
on, and stay as birds used to light on
the old hermit, no more afraid OF them
than of the trees under which they sat.
And mothers, you may care and toll in
cessantly for your little ones, neyerrest-
ing moment in your devotion and
then, because your never do be quiet,
but enter into you very closet with a
little frock to mend, you shall never be
quite able to take the whole sunlight
and some of your motherhood into your
baart You will he so full of care about
the bread that cometh down from heav-
en-. No person in the world needs so
much now and then to be still, and open
her soul only to the silence, as an earn
est, energetic, whole-hearted mother.
This eternal activity is almost sure to
run at last into shallows.-Ro6ert Coll
yer.
Year: 1873

We are very glad to know from your last
paper the Ladies' Department in your
journal " is not dead" We infer it is there
we are to look for small talk, perhaps some.
thing novel in the line of fashion, or receipts
for cooking, or practical things. 1t is re-
Gently great change of base in our mode
and plan Of life to throw down the easel and
palette in exchange for the rolling.pin and
duster, 1t is a prodigious wonder to us
IN this land of big turnips, fat cattle, and
numberless sources, all calculated to awak.
en- the energies and ingenuity, that any
one can deplore and lament the fate Of being
a farmers wife, 1t is not only wholesome
discipline, but an amusement for us to walk
into the pantry, and before the window at
the broad shelf mix those agents that spark.
lie and ferment with each other, when the ex.
act proportions are prepared for cream.
tartar " biscuit, luxury in themselves when
well made. Then there is the Royal Bak.
ing Powder lately introduced excellent in
various forms OF cake, and an indispensable
agent among the fastidious in cooking, for
making warm biscuit the ingredients of
which do not demOralize or affect the tone of
digestion. Let those who are not familiar
with its use try il. With the best brand of
-four, aud this modern new chemical in the art
of cooking one will feel paid for the expert.
ment and labor, 1t is very desirable and
indispensable feature in every household, to
have some variety in the eating line, as we'll
as a well ordered and tidy table, in all its
details. Who can feel themselves incompe.
tent, or tail TO have the inner man sus.
tanned for want Of the modus operandi aud
mutitudinous sources presented before us.
Sour bread and poor mullins belong to days
Of barbarism. A refined alkali in nice cook.
ing is proper proportion of hartshorn.


IL. l.. @.
Charlotte, Vermont,
Year: 1873

Do your readers know that splendid ice
cream can be made at almost moments
notice at this season of the year? l found
it out by accident, and this is the way did
it. Take a pint of rich milk, or cream, (if
milk, one or two eggs beaten in will improve
it,) add one large cup full Of powdered sugar
not granulated-and small teaspoon full
of lemon or vanilla extract then stir into it
light, freshly fallen snow, until the mass be-
comes thick. The success is best when the
cream and snow are both very cold. With a
little experience this ice cream can be made 50
as not to be distinguishable from that made
in the ordinary way.


Mrs. A.
NelBuOrt VprlDOyt
Year: 1873

to be sure, an important item Of their profit.
There is nothing in the name of Jersey or
her race to commend her especially over 9TH
er cattle, nor would her beauty, or her gen.
tleness alone be sufficient to secure her such
ardent admirers and strenuous advocates, but
the great secret is just what we have shown
you, she is profitable.


The dairy interest of Vermont, though now
so large, is far below what it should and
might easily be. With our hilly farms
denser population and dear labor, where
every bushe o. corn we raise costs us dol
lar, we cOnnot afford to attempt to compete
in making beef with the broad fields ofa0hio
and Kentucky, and the broader prai of
Illinois and Iowa, where to-day "a are
burning corn as their cheapest fuel


New England shares with New York and
Pennsylvania the practical monopoly of the
eproduction of prime butter for the whole
country. Good judges estimate the amount
of butter coming into market which will
rank as prime, to be hardly more than ten
per cent, and though the market for common
butter may be dull and over crowded, there
is always room higher up, as Daniel Web
ster said Of the profession Of law, and the
demand for the last is always good


Here, with the markets Of the great cities
at our very threshold, we have a marked ad-
vantage, and with better COWS, and greater care
in making and handling, can largely increase
our product and raise its reputation and
price, saving millions, yes, repeat, saving
millions of dollars every year, which are now
lost, and thus promote this most important
industry and add largely to the wealth and
prosperity of our state, whose interests should
be so carefully cherished, and her welfare so
dear to the heart of every son and daughter
of our own beloved Vermont.
Year: 1873

now have never shown a symptom
of it.


There are people with whom
the chief use, aim and end of cattle
breeding seem to be beef, and
bright red cattle. With such,
nothing could more fully condemn
a creature than to assert that it
would not make beef. When |
have tried to trace these objections
to some reliable source of authen
ticated fact, | have failed TO find
anything better than everybody
says so, universally admitted" or
there are good physiological
reasons why a great milking race
cannot make beef" | can con-
ceive Of no physiological reasons
why in an animal which so thor
oughly assimilates and converts
the nutrition in her food to pro-
duce so much and so rich milk.
Year: 1873

1t has been determined that the
beautiful cathedral at Strasbourg is to
be completely restored at cost of
over s125, 900. Much of the masonry
has to be rebuilt, and over 1900 panes
of glass are to be put in. The famous
clock is said to be uninjured, and only
to require cleaning. During the seige
shell entered one of the windows
and buried itself in the organ without
exploding No essential part of the
organ was injured, SO that it can still
be played, but it is not impossible that
the shell might fall from its position
and explode. Aspirants to the Office
of organist are not numerous. iYa
Year: 1873

OBITUARY.-lt can hardly be remembered
when death in this town caused sucii unlyer-
sal grief and depression as was manifested last
week at the death Of our young townsman,
+. +. Rasin, ESQ. We record it in the proper
place. In the full flush Of youth and energy; ;
in the full tide of most prosperous buSl-
ness career; in the fullest enjoyment OF re-
markable personal pOpularity-his young life
went out almost without warning, and even at
this distance our sorrow. stricken people can
hardly realize their loss. When, after repeated
invitations, he was taken from his isolated sleep
ing room in his place Of business TO the CON
genial chamber of taste and comfort in the
house of an ardent friend, it was hoped he
would soon be restored, but Omnipotence
ordered otherwise There, surrounded by those
nearest and dearest to him, he yielded up his
life to it's Author.


Mr.. Rasin possessed some remarkable traits.
With the keenest relish tor the enjOyments
of society, he followed strictly the rule of
business before pleasure )" and with the
widest range of social acquaintance, he could
not be induced to break with his resolution of
total abstinence Though the youngest of our
merchants, he was one of the most prominent,
and held business status in the community
enjoyed by few. He had been resident OF
the town since his seventeenth year, and his
prosperous business career covered period OF
over six years. He was the oldest son Of the


late Dr. Rasin, of Millington, Md.-the reli-
ance of devoted mother, the pride OF sisters
and brother. So clear a record rarely falls to
one in his position.
Year: 1873

3 In the National Temperance Convention,
at Saratoga, Thursday, on motion of Rev. ID.
w. -Conant, grand national mass meeting
was ordered to be held in Philadelphia in 1876,
in connection with the Centennial, and the
chair was authorized to appoint the committee
OF arrangements for the purpose. The sum of
sll, 900 was subscribed by delegates, to pay
the Indebtedness of the National Publication
Society Resolutions were adopted declaring
that vendors of intoxicating liquors should be
held responsible for damages caused to
inebriates that all temperance societies should
advocate the repeal of all State license laws,
and urge Congress to pass laws abolishing the
manufacture and sale of liquor il the District
of Columbia and the Territories; that this
temperance issue should be introduced into
State and National politics that temperance
men should cooperate with existing party
organizations when such approve the policy OF
prohibition, but otherwise organize a separate
party; that Congress should appoint CON-
mission to inquire into the effect Of temper
ance on the public welfare that ministers Of
the Gospel should preach against the use Of
intoxicating liquors; that temperance soce


ties should be formed in Sabbath schools
that Congress should prohibit the importation
of alcoholic beverages; and that the National
Temperance Society should issue text book
for schools, showing the evil effects of intem-
perance. On motion, the appointment of a
committee to prepare the book suggested il
the last resolution was ordered, and the Con


vention then adjourned sine die
Year: 1873

WHAT Hon. j. CLANCY JONES THINKS
Hon. j. Clancy Jones, who lived three years
at Camden, has written letter in reply to
newspaper correspondent who desired his
views. We make the following extract !:
Il have produced wheat equal in quantity per
acre, and in quality, and price in the Phladel-
phia market to the average yield of Pennsy-
vania and New York. The climate is mild
moderated by the waters nearly surrounding
the Peninsula, and the average longevity of
the inhabitants is quite equal to that of any
other country in the world. As t. its people,
they are like other people who are land owners,
anxious to see substantial, industrious farmers
purchase lands. settle OF and improve them,
and whenever such come into this region of
country, with an honest view to the improve
ment Of their worldly estate they are cordially
welcomed, regardless of their political or reli-
giOuS beliefs. In this regard they are as free
from bigOtry and prescription as any people
ever saw. L bought nothing to sell again, and
| have no hesitation in saying that the
Peninsula offers inducements at this particular
time to be found no where else to the pur-
chaSers of land, but | advise no man to come
here with a view to speculation. If farmers
with small capital will come to buy homes
labor themselves, fertilize their lands as they
do in Pennsylvania aud New York and refrain
from intermeddliDg needlessly and Oficiousl
in the institutions peculiar to this section be


fore they are warm in their seats they viii
prosper, enjoy as good average health as car
be found in any country under the sun, anC
find as cordial reception from as hospitable
people, without regard to politics or religion o


the new comers, as they will find anywhere


in the United States"
Year: 1873

The most serious step yet taken toward the
establishment of new organization in State
and National politics is the action of the
Democratic and Liberal Committees of Wis
oonsin in throwing aside their former names
and uniting in a call for Peoples Convention
ON the oath of this month.
Year: 1873

'As MAD AS A MARSH HARE. The
Milford Ne,cS is terribly indignant over the
management Of the junction Il Break water
Railroad. It says: Tie shippers by this route
are utterly disgusted and indignant and the
general expression is that the country here
would be better off if every rail and tie in the
rotten and bankrupt concern were blown to
atoms. The causes for the complaint are
manifold: little river steamers are put on to
carry the fruit which they are compelled to
throw overheard if they encounter weather the
least stormy. They make no time and get the
fruit in so late that its sale is ruined. The
company take TIE freight all along the line re-
gardless of the capacity of the boats to carry
it from Lewes and the result is that large
quantities of fruit are left upon the pier to rot
and ruin before the next boat can take it to
market. Every possible obstacle is put in the
way Of shipping by the Delaware road and the
small growers are thus virtually compelled to
submit to tie Outrages inflicted by this picayune
corporation. And they have no redress The
company is pecuniarily irresponsible and a
Judgment against it for damages would proba.
bly, be worth less than the paper on which il
was recorded The policy Of Barmgsrdnel
seems to be to get the last dollar possible out
OF the rotten concern, which OF course he viii
pocket, while the outraged patrons of the road
can pocket their losses.
Year: 1873

WHEN man comes home and tries to
bolt his door with sweet potato. pokes
the fire with the spout of cohee-pot,
attempts to wind up the clock with his
boot-iack, tries to cut kindling-wood for
the morning with paper-knifs, takes
cold potato in his hand to light him TO
bed. and prefers sleeping in his haf ana
boots, you may reasonably infer that he
has been making the acquaintance OF
some very friendly people.
Year: 1873

II there is anything in which mere partisan
ship should be avoided, it is certainly in
questions of public money. We appeal to
thoughtful citizens of all parties, and to all
honest Congressman, however classified, to
consider dispassionately the present alarming
deficiency in the revenues of the United
States Treasury. The temporary depression
IN our foreign imports produced by the panic
has undoubtedly diminished the revenue, but
the extravagant appropriations of the Forty
second Congress would have produced def
cheney without the aid of the panic. Certain
it is that the expenditures of the current fiscal
year will exceed those of the last by several


million dollars, and yet the ordinary expendl-
lures of the last fiscal year are without prece-
dent in the history of shes country. Why
should the Army expenditures be nearly three
times greater than they were IN 1907 why
should the cost of tho Navy have more than


doubled in the same tmei Why should 1t ehli
Year: 1873

Here is shown an increase IN eighteen items
of over fifty per cent in five years. Congress
grows expensive in the same ratio that 1t
crows contemplate. AS the Judiciary sinks
in public estimation the administration of JUS
tice rises in cost. Public buildings call
for five times as much as they did five
years ago. Indian affairs require double the
amount they did in 1868, but what percentages
90 to the Indians and what to the agents we
cannot say. In every item there Is an in
crease, except in the solitary instance of the
Marine Hospital establishment Observe, too,
that the current fiscal year is destined to show
n large advance on the disbursements of the last.
In the year ended June 80, 1865, the last year
of the war the expenses of the Government,
after deducting the interest on the Debt,
drawbacks. pensions and the cost of the Army
and Navy, were only S34,0l5,358 So. The same
exrenses last year were S757o1, ,l25 05, or sew
eral millions more than double In 1863 they
were s5i ,6SS,5o1 "A. The responsibility for tho
rapid increase of the public expenditures can
not be saddled on the panic or on Gen. Bur-
riel. The taxes must at no distant time be
increased, and the reasons why an increase OF
taxes is necessary must be sought in the reck-
less infdelty of those in power, both in and
out of Congress Shall it continue uncnecked.
and unrebukcd?


1t is not surprising therefore, that Congress
men, alarmed at the yawnng emptiness of the
public chest, hesitate to replace the abolished
taxes. Our Washington dispatches give a
vivid picture of tho dismay which has been
caused by the reluctant admissions of Secretary
Richardson. IL is pointed out that thirty millions
of appropriations are practically in the reach
of members of the Cabinet, and may bo re-
turned by them to the available funds of the
Treasury. Retrenchment is vigorously called
for, and we are assured that the Chairmen
of the various committees in charge of the
revenues and appropriations are in full accord
upon this all important subject. These virtuous
resolutions in favor of economy are mournfuly
late; but nothing else remains; the country
is in a poor state to endure increased taxation.
Every possible retrenchment must be insisted
upon and we shall be heartily glad If Con-
gress and the Secretary can show how the
expenses of the Government are to be met
without further imposition of taxes.