smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

Says the INet1 England Farmer.


The following private letter upon the ques.
ton of freezing cream before churning, to.
gteher with the reply kindly furnishe US by
Mr.. l.. b. Arnold, of Rochester, n. Y, will
undoubtedly be of interest to many Of our
readers who are making butter this cold,
winter weather.


III have just been having little difficulty
with 4 churning Of butter, and | would like
to know what you can say about the effect
Of freezing cream on the quality of butter
have repeatedly allowed portion Of my
cream to freeze and never till to-day, observ-
ei any bad results from the practice, Last
week one half Of my cream was frozen solid.
IL was brought into warm room two days
previous to churning day, and thawed slowly,
but thoroughly. The butter was perfect
This week it was not fully thawed when
was ready to churp, so warmed it rather
hastily, but did not let the cream get above
707 in the pail in which was warming It,
l felt all the time that | was going to have
trouble with it, for it had the appearance OF
being already churned as fast as it thawed.


had two pals Of cream, one unfrozen,
and for fear Of overchurning the frozen part
| did not put much Of that in the churn till
the soft unfrozen cream had begun to show
signs of coming. 1t worked we'll, churned
all right came satisfactory, was good color
&C., but the first taste showed that some
thing was wrong. 1t is perfectly sweet, but
has that peculiar teeL-not really taste
that reminds one of melted butter, in the
mouth"


Reply by MIR. Arnold.


The practice of freezing and thawing
cream must be carefully conducted, or injury
is liable to follow. To freeze moderately, say
259 to 307 does not materially injure it
if it is not kept too long or thawed too fast
1t will grow bitter after a time by standing
1t will not, however, grow bitter so soon Al
259 or 800 as 500. To freeze cream
rery hard decomposes the cheesey matter in
the butter.globules, and thus not only doe,
the churning prematurely, but the trying out
also, as the butter will have the appearance
Of having been melted. In heating cream il
is important always to do it gradually, but
it is most especially so when frozen. 1t i.
then easily injured by too sudden change
aud that is probably what allied the butter
in the case above related.


1t is doubtful whether actual freezing o.
cream can occur without serious injury. Al
259 or 309 it is only the milk mingled
with the cream that freezes. To CONCEAL the
cream itself requires very low temperature
1t will, even then, change aud injure by long
standing. The injury, in this case, seems tC
be due to the milk or water in the cream
rather than the butter globues themselves
as after Churning aud working, butter may
remain at low temperature without serious
injury.
Year: 1875

cured free from spccks, which injure the APP
pearance Of the butter. When a sack OF the
purest salt to be procured can be purchased
for $3.50 to S3, or about one cent per pound,
there is certainly no necessity on the score
OF economy or of cost to use an inferior arti
Gle at half the price. It would pay to pro.
cure the best for use in the dairy, even
should its cost be twenty-five cents pound
instead Of the almost nominal value OF one
cent.-Neic York Times.
Year: 1875

sition, of the twelfth man, is enough
to thwart their will, and make all
the work bestowed on the case of no
avail We decide all other questions
by majority vote but this. Here
alone we require unanimity, and no
chance whatever is afforded to real
ize the results of preponderating
opinion. If jury trial could be de-
cided by a majority, even though it
should be fVe-sixths or eleven
twelfths, justice would have a bet
ter chance. As it is, we have always
to count in the chance of getting the
crooked stick, the dishonest man, the
corruptible man, and to admit his
power to spoil any verdict that elev-
en- men may decide upon. The law
does its best to make every juror IN
compent, by insisting that he shall
be so little intelligent in current af-
fairs as to have no opinion concern
ing them, as they may relate to cas-
es in hand.


Dr.. Holland says he would verv
much prefer to leave a case of his
with three men trained in the law,
or to one man accustomed to com
pairing and measuring evidence, than
to twelve selected by lot from the
realm of acknowledged inexperience
and incompetencY. After one has
picked out three best men of jury.
he has a better jury in the three
than in the nine which are left. A
sum is not increased by piling ciphers
uponit. The jury system, he asserts,
does not help the cause of law and
justice, and ought to be kicked out
of the way. 1t is oppressive to the
juror, it is anomalous in our system
of government, it makes the uncer-
tainty of law still more uncertain, it
is expensive, and it is utterly un-
necessary. There is nothing sacred
about it. To be tried by a mans
peers is not half so good a thing as
to be tried by mans Intellectual and
moral superiors.


There is good deal of truth in DR..
Hollands arrangement of the jury
system, but it scenes to us that the
cause of justice would be better SUBJ
served by raising the standard of
the jury instead of abolishing it al
together. The evils that he COM
plains of are not beyond remedy.
The absurdity of discriminating
against intelligence can be swept
away and two-thirds vote be sub
stituted for unanimous vote in or
der to reach a verdict.
Year: 1875

4 The Democrats are constantly mis-
representing the position of the-Rel
publicans on the finances, by assert
ing that our party is in favor of a
sudden contraction of the currency,
to the injury of business. Here is
the financial platform of the Ohio
Republican platform, adopted at the
last State convention: That policy
of finance should be steadily pursued
which, without unnecessary shock to
business or to trade, will ultimately
equalize the purchasing capacity of
the coin and paper dollar.
Year: 1875

GrasshOppeis-daneers on the
green.


A man who is always in a stew
generally goes to pot.


Peru viii pay off her debt with
guano-Scent per cent.


Carrying up bricks for maSons is
a hOd way of getting a living.


Hugo was about the only Victor
that the American Team met abroad.
Year: 1875

For Sale.


HE subscriber offers for sale, on
reasonable terms, his house and lot. Also two
other lots. situated on the South Ridge Road,
about twenty rods south of the corporation line.
Also other lots, upon the height Of land command
ing beautiful view of the lake, and country
around. LaLds conveniently situated may be
added to any of the aforesaid lots If desired.
10 7tf JAMES PHILLIPS.
Year: 1875

it away from the young, so the terri
bic disease cannot be contracted.
Conld the youth, TO whom the flavor
of his first wine is delicious as the
opening scenes of life, see the DESC
lation it causes, and be made to un-
derstand what dreary thing it is to
see aman going down precipice with
open eyes and a passive will-to see
his destruction and have no power
to stop it, and yet to feel It all ema-
mating from himself; to see all good
ness emptied out of him, and yet
not be able to forget time when it
was otherwise; to hear about the
piteous spectacle of his own self
ruin; to be an object OF compassion
to friends, Of derision to foes; to be
suspected by strangers, and stared
at by fools; to waste years of time
in senseless debauchery, is the wages
OF whisky drinking.
Year: 1875

The Memphis appeal has a very
good article on the ''Value of q good
Handwriting" in the course of
which it narrates two pleasant oc-
currences that our readers will
have but little difficulty in locating.
We quote:


A story is told of distinguished
railroad official who, to save his feel
ings, we will not name otherwise
than to call him "Charley." A
citizen had built a house on the
company's fright of way land'' very
near to the track of the road, and the
railroad king, who, like many other
business men, had spoiled an origin
ally fair hand writing by writing too
rapidly. sent the citizen a note, de-
string that the house be removed at
once off of the railroad land. Some
time afterward, the official passing
that way, discovered the house still
standing where it was first built
and, seeing the man at hand, asked
why his order had not been obeyed.
The citizen replied that he had re.
ceived no such order. Didn't you
get letter from meT' asked the
official. ''Yes / did" said the man,
''but l thought it was free pass.
and have been travelling on it ever
since" A we'll known old citizen
of East Tennessee, who died not
long since at Knoxville, far along
in the eighties, until he lost his eye
sight, wrote a very fair hand. A
young man came to him one day to
get his signature to a paper. The
old gentleman took up the pen and
began TO write his name, but unable
to see his way clear, he said to the
the young man while the pen was
still dashing away: " Tom is it writ
ing? Now, the moral of this is,
that blind men are excusable for not
writing a legible hand, but there is
no excuse for men who can see what
they are about, for inflicting upon
business men, and especially upon
us hard-worked newspaper men such
Chinese hieroglyphics as make up
the style of much of our correspond
ence. We hope the schoolmaster
may make a note of this for the bene-
fit of those who are soon to take our
places.
Year: 1875

sum in arithmetic is simpler than
that. If we do not keep even with
the semiannual interest and current
expenses public debt that has
been reduced from forty million
to twenty-odd million, viii get back
toward the forties faster than would
be wholesome or comfortable, unless
we propose to-just let it and not
lose any sleep about it.
Year: 1875




That the official and duly author
lied representatives Of the State
Government had visited New York
just before the first of July for the
purpose of negotiating loan which
to pay the July interest on the State
debt-and that they had failed to
effect that devoutly wished for con-
summation, and returned home with
a defaulted interest against the
States credit, are facts that are
familiar to the public. But for some
time the causes of the failure have
not been generally known. One ex-
PLANTATION was that the New York
banks demand higher rate Of inter
est than the Comptroller felt Justified
in agreeing to pay. Another state
ment, by a Baltimore paper, claiming
to quote from a letter of the State
Treasurer, that ''the proper officers
had an offer of the money at eight
per cent, and declined" The first
official statement of the real cause
of the failure is given Gin gthe sub
joined letter from his Excellency,
the Governor. in reply to a recent
letter from General NJ. j. Wright.
of Columbia:
Year: 1875

To PREVENT CARS JUMPING From
THE TRACK.-To prevent the numer-
Gus accidents to which railroad trains
from the cars jnming the track, it is
proposed apply to cars n kind of shoe,
consisting OF Il clamp-lile arrangement
which is affixed between the wheels of
each truck. This runs about two inches
above the rail, and if anything happens
to throw the wheels from the track the
clamp at once grasps the rails, holds
the car on tho track and brings the
train to II speedy halt. Such shoe
will, it is claimed, prove great saving
OF railroad rolling stock, and will add
one third to the strength of the truck
it being constructed of iron and weigh
ing about 500 pounds. 1t is found by
experiments made with cars provided
with this device that the arrangement
insures perfect security against the
class of accidents it is designed to meet
and it is also estimated that on ac-
count of the additional strength which
such an attachment must necessarily
supply a car must last twice as long,
on an average, with as without it.
Year: 1875

CLAIMING THE CHAMP oNsHIp.-
Fame Hose Company having extended
II challenge to the other engines Of
the Fire Department. which challenge
was not accepted within eight days,
they now claim the championship of
their engine. They have placed a row
of brooms ON the balcony i'll front of
their engine house, and have got the
"big horns" out in full view.'
Year: 1875

a CHICAGO woman, supposed by her
dress and appearance TO be wealthy,
was caught stealing an amount OF
candy worth about ten cents in a con-
fectioneTy store. She was arrested
and taken to the police station, where
she refused to give her name, and
begged to be put in cell out of sight.
She was incarcerated all night, and in
the morning, still hiding her identity,
she pleaded so piteously to the Police
Justice not to be exposed to any
chance of recognition that he had her
srrsIgned privately. She readily paid
a tne of Sl0 and escaped exposure.
Year: 1875

An old lady, observing sailor GO
by her door, and supposing i, to be her
son Billy, cried out TO him, Billy,
where has my COW gone to? The
sailor replied in a contemptuous man
ner, Gone TO the ID, l SUPPOSE


Wen, as you are going that way
SAID the old lady, l wish you would
Jn't let down the bars
Year: 1875

OSE morning, while a Berwick
(Fa-) farmer was driving his horse
across field. the earth suddenly caved
IN under the animals hoof without
any warning. Tie farmer made every
effort to save his horse, but before he
could do anything it had sunk ten feet
into the ground, where it was soon
sno.here1.
Year: 1875

WINKING OxEX.-Of course we can
drive the oxen home, we told the
farmer. The idea Of doubling our
ability when We have seen them hand
led every day for the past month. He
handed over the long whip and started
them, we taking the proper position
Just in front. 1t was easy enough,
though rather mouotonous, till We met
a team coming the other way; then
we 'geed' those oxen into a ditch,
and running against a tree, came to a
standsrill We received a pleasant
smile from the teamster, IS we had
gwen him the whole road. But there
We were. We hollered gee haw,'
back and swOre til our throat felt
rough. We couldn't get ahead unless
we borrowed sn axe and cut the tree
down, snd when We tried TO back
them they spread ont from the pole,
and stood face 10 face, nearly choking
themselves. Then our patience gave
out; we kicked the near one in the
ribs; he playfully retorted by switch


ing us across the face with his fly dis


perser. We lit a pipe and pulled
smoke into his nostrils. This was q
happy thought; they sneezed over us.
and backed, bat forgot to stop till
they got a stone wall between them.
We went home 10 borrow a steam
derrick. but before the arrangements
we're made the oxen came in view, and
calmly stopped in front of the barn.
lou may think there is nothing hu.
man IN an OK, but we are ready TO
swear that both winked when they
sax Us, and one had positive grin
'u us face. We refrain from ex-
pressing cur opinion of oxen.
Year: 1875

When the editorial party were at
the summit Yesterday morning num-
ber of them who had been informed as
TO The amusing performances OF the
LARGE Cincinnati bear at Caidweifs
Hotel expressed a desire to zee him ac-
complish his feat Of drinking a glass
of whiskey, and Caldwell, TO Oblige
them. ordered the keeper OF the anl


ma; 20 take him into the saloon, where
the bar. keeper promptly prepared
whiskey punch and placed it on the
counter before him. The bear placed
his fore.paws on the edge of the
counter and drank the liquid with ap-
parent relish, many of the excurslonlsts
meanwhile patting him or feeling oi
his coat. The glass having been
drained of It's contents, the bar-keeper
COMPOUNDED a second punch and gave
il TO the bear with his left hand, but
at that moment one of the bystanders
pIayfuIly took the bear by the ear.
The beast becoming enrsged instanta-
npouslv. seized the bar keepers hand,
sinking his teeth deep in the tieshy
norton of it, and attempting mean
while to pull the man over the count
or The keeper beat the bear over
the head to make him let go, but with
ont the desired effect. The bar-tend-
er drew a revolver and pointed it at
the animals head, but did not fire,
fearing the shot might not be fatal,
and that matters would be made
worse, and some of the bystanders
would also have used their revolVers
but for the same reason. A scene OF
intense excitement prevailed. All et,
forts to make the bear loose his hold
failed. and in the end the hand had TO
be pulled by main force out OF bis
Jaws, causing terrible laceration, strings
of flesh hanging down as the hand
was finally withdrawn. The bear
now grew much more violent, and the
crowd of ladies and gentlemen that
had filled the saloon became panic
stricken and fled in all directions,
the men shouting and the women
screaming. The keeper, however, hav-
ing hold of the bears chain, took a
turn around a post, supporting the
ceiling of the apartment, and kept him
from doing further hurt, and finally,
after receiving a considerable OF a
beating, he was removed 10 his cage
The bar keeper, whose wonderful nerve
and courage were commented upon as
admirable by all-he having scarcely
changed color, Notwithstanding the
pair-expressed his determination to
kill the bear, but the keeper and
others opposed him, and he then gave
up his situation at the house in disgust
Year: 1875

A Nevada woman recently knock
ed down seven burglars, one &ftef
another. Her husband watched
her frotti the top Of the stairs, and
felt so brimfnl of battle that he
couldn't cool off until he had jer.
ked his eight year old boy out Of
bed and whaled him soundly for
not getting up and helping his
mother.
Year: 1875

w A Detroit saloon-keeper whose
place has been cleaned on: two or three
times by rcughs has got things fixed to
his liking now, There is trap-door
ten feet square in front of his bar. work
ing by spring, and when rough strikes
the counter and begins to raise row he
Is dropped into the cellar. A pail of
hot water is flung over him by the same
machinery, and hickory club. worked
by steam, strikes him 9S times minute.
When the fellow finally gets clear of the
machinery big dog welcomes him,
snuff is thrown into his eyes, and he
reaches the street with solemn VOW up
on his lips to become one of the most
exemplary citizens of Detroit.
Year: 1875

" A malicious attempth has been dis
covered to stop the working of two of
theWestern Union Telegraph company's
wire between San Francisco and Sacra~
mento by wrapping them with fine wire.
one end of which was fastened to nail
driven into tree in such manner that
it could not be seen by the line men. 1t
was several days before the difficulty
was discovered. The company offers o
reward of $3.50 for the arrest and con-
viction of the person or persons. The
act is penitentiary offense.
Year: 1875

confidence in the good faith and hon


esty of purpose of Senator JONES, but


in the language of the speaker who
announced himself authorized to


make the proposition, "Senator JONES
thinks as much of himself as he does
of Los Angeles" "He gives


you the preference, but if the South


ern Pacific or any other corporation


offers him his price, he would be an


ass not to take it if you will not help


yourselves" There is an implied


threat in this language which any


business man has a right to make as
an inducement to close bargain.
The people subscribed literally to the
California Pacific Railroad; that road
is now owned by the Central Pacific.
The people of Oregon aided by subsidy
and subscription the building of the
Oregon and California Railroad; that
road is now controlled, if not owned,
by the Central Pacific. Stockton and
San Joaquin county voted subsidy
of nearly one million dollars to the
Stockton and Copperopolis Railroad;
the road and subsidy is the property of
the Central Pacific Railroad Company.
The people of Los Angeles county
have subscribed $275,000 to Senator
Jones' competing railroad, and they
are now warned of the danger that un-
less they subscribe 100000 more that
road and subscription will fall into the
hands OF the Southern Pacific. Has
it occurred to any one to enquire what
guarantee the people will have that
after voting this additional S400, 600 to
the competing road Its owner will not
still think as much of himself as he
does of Los Angeles; still have his
price and still be an ass If he does not
take it when offered by the Southern
Pacific or other corporation? The
HERALD Is All earnest advocate Of
railroad enterprise, and it allows no
Out w Uc moIc eItuuSiaotlC III thc
work of establishing competing lines.
But we remember the fate of the op-
position roads above named, and
would suggest to the subscribers to the
100000 stock demanded, as we'll as to
the entire community, that it will be
but just, before adding nearly a half
million to the quarter Of a million al
ready assumed, to so firmly anchor
the control of the proposed competing
road that another threat to sell out un-
less more money is subscribed cannot
be made, and place the road itself be-
yond the posi- bility of drifting into
the charmed circle which has deprived
all competing roads heretofore built
of the power to inhuence-much less
regulate freights and fares. The peo-
pie of different localities in the state
have taxed themselves heavily to aid
the building of competing railroads,
but the result has been that while they
have carried their self imposed burden,
the object for which they took it up
has not been attained. Let the peo-
pie of Los Angeles learn from the er-
rors of their neighbors, and only lend
their assistance to a so-called compet-
ing road when they have placed the
road beyond the control of any man
who "has his price"
Year: 1875

THE more timid began to feel APP
prehensive that our supply of rain
would be short when the usual Christ
mas storm did not put in an appear
ance, and we heard just the faintest
murmuring on all sides over what was
tortured into signs of dry season.
Last evening complaints were changed
to rejoicings when about dark heavy
clouds soverspread the heavens and in a
few minutes gentle rain moistened
the earth's surface. At late hour
the prospect for prolonged damp
spell was more than encouraging.
Year: 1875

THE HERALD has received letter
from Congressman WIGGINToN, In
which he expresses his regret at not
being able to visit this city, and his
Southern constituents generally, prior
to his departure for Washington. He
desires to be kept fully informed Of
the wishes of the people of Southern
California and repeats his determina-
tion to omit no opportunity to advance
their every interest.
Year: 1875

The Coroner's jury at the inquest to-
day on the body of Mrs. Lasse kicked
to death by her husband on Christmas
eve, rendered verdict against Lasse.
Lasse's step daughter, twelve years
old, the only eyewitness to the trage-
dy, was the only witness examined by
Judge Louderback in the Police Court
this morning. The little girl recited
the horrible story of murder with evi.
dent reluctance, the monster who
claims the relationship of step father
having impressed on the infants mind
the belief that if she divulged any
thing concerning what had transpired
between him and her mother on the
night of the murder, the authorities
would hang her. She related how the
prisoner entered the house on the
night of the crime, and without say
ing word seized her mother by the
hair and pulled her out of the bed to
the floor tore her night clothes off,
and kicked her a great many times.
After this he drove the girl into an
other room, telling her that she would
be hanged if she related to any one
what she had seen. Las5e's counsel
waived an examination, and the pris-
oner was committed to answer before
the Grand Jury on the charge of MUIR
der.