smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

The life of an Indian maiden is blithe
and merry for few years, but when
she gets married and becomes q wife
S he is soon broken down with the
pains of motherhood and the heavy la
bors which fall to her lot, and she soon
becomes wrinkled, garrulous, cross,
scolding, in fact an old hag. OF course
such hags are not pleasant company in
camp, and in the brief of the Numa
such old hags grow uglier and meaner
until they dry up and whirlwinds car
ry them away, when they are trans
formed into witches; and lest such a
fate should befall old women, they are
taught that it is their duty to die when
no longer needed, and if they do not
die by natural means in a reasonable
time, they must commit suicide. This
they seem willing to DO rather than to
meet that terrible fate of being trans
formed into witches and being COM
PEELED to live in snake skins and wrig-
gle about among the rocks, their only
delight being to repeat the words of
passers-by in m0ckery. I once saw
three old women titus voluntarily
starving themselves. rode up to what
was almost deserted camp, the three
old women only remaining, sitting by
the fire and intently gazing into the
embers. They seemed not to heed my
approach, but sat there mumbling and
groaning until they rose, each drag
ging up their weight with staff, and
then they joined in a sidewise, shuf-
fling, senile dance around the fire,
propped by their staffs. and singing
doleful songs, having finished which
they sat again on their heels, and
gazed into the fire, and I rode away
On coming to the new camp of the
tribe the next day, aild inquiring of
Ghui-at-an-um-peak. their chief, why
these women were left behind, and
what they We're doing, | was informed
they had determined to commit sui
eide fearing lest they should be trans
formed into witches. = Major Poveips
forthcoming Rook.
Year: 1875

THERE is not in the whole world bright CT interrogation point than the eye of a child. It will ask more questions in a moment than a man can answer in a month. It beats a wOman's tongue ten to one, even if her hus- or lover has been staying up late O nights, or off she don't know where Not only this, but it has tue wonderful faculty of furnishing answers to its own questions, and very truth ful as we'll as satisfactory answers they are too. The wisdom of them often puzzles the Wisest heads
Year: 1875

"A western editor was carousng in bar room at Cape Girandeau, Mo, when sudden - ly his wife entered and deposited large covered dish on the table, saying, "As you was too busy to come home to dinner, have brought you yours" On removing the lid he found only slip of paper, on which was A written: hope you will enjoy your din- ,ss-ner it is all your family have at homc."
Year: 1875

A BAND of hoodlums at Placerville the other night turned out to serenade newly married couple. The husband induced the leader into the house, when the bride ad- ministered a raw hiding.
Year: 1875

LELAND STANFORD, according to the San

 Francisco Chronicle, recently said to re-

 porter:

 shall hope to live to sit upon wonder bal

 cony and look down upon city embracing in itself and its suburbs million of people.

 shall see trains of cars laden with merchan- disc and passengers coming from the East across the present transcontinentai railroad. I shall see trains from the line of the thir ty-second parallel. l shall see cars from the City of Mexico, and trains laden with the gold and silver bullion and grain that comes from Sonora and Chihuahua on the south, and from Washington Territory and Oregon on the north. I shall sec trains bearing to and fro the merchandise of each extreme l shall look through the Golden Gate and shall see fleets of ocean steamers bearing the trade of India, the commerce of Asia, the traffic of the islands of the ocean-steamers from Australia and the Southern Pacific. l shall see our thronged and busy streets, our wharves laden with the commerce of the ori- ent and San Francisco will be the first commercial city of the American continent.

 WHEELER.-Lieutenant Wheeler, the eel ebrated engineer and explorer of the United States Army, will soon arrive in Los Ange- les and at once proceed upon the survey of the Colorado desert In this connection the Alta says: ''The survey of the Desert region of the Colorado river, under Lieut.. Wheeler, will begin at bench mark at Los Angeles, and thence be carried forward under three parties, one going northward from San Der nardino on the crest of the Sierra Nevada, around the region of Death Valley and Pan amint mountains, and a third taking the Basin of the Colorado from the needles to Diamond river on both sides of the valley" IL. A. Star.
Year: 1875

don't feel at all responsible for the present
condition Of the stock market.


R.-But people do consider you RESPONSE
bic. They say you have been the means OF
breaking the market; that you have been ac-
cumulating and locking up money; increas-
ing the demand for securities, and instru-
mental in making the collapse widespread.


f. with raising of the eyebrows and q
suggestive hump of the left shoulder)-The
people are always ready to blame and very
slow to do justice Taking into considera-
ton the fact that have $4,O00,000 loaned
out, this suspicion is very unkind.
R.-Do you intend to call in any Of these
loans?


FL have not attempted to call in any ex-
cept that of Garnett, and it seems l am TO
lose that at last.


R-When do you expect to open your new
bank?
F.-On or about the 1st Of October. Fer
haps before that, if the building is ready
Throughout the interview Mr.. Flood was
| as cool and ,lndisturbed as though the dark
fringe of the financial storm had never passed
| across his vision. He was apparently in


sympathy with the unfortunate bank, but not


disposed to shed any tears or go into very
deep mourning over the event.
Year: 1875

First of all, take his head in your
hands and look him full in the face.
If he doesn't finch, but looks you
back again, he is an honest horse, let
me tell you that. Next offer him a
biscuit or a gingerbread nut. This
will induce him to open his mouth,
and you will have an opportunity to
see how many teeth he has. If he
has thirty-six in the top row and for
ty-eight in the bottom, he has enough
teeth for any horse. If, however,
you catch sight of a gold plate attach
ed to the roof of his mouth, you may
be sure he has got some false teeth
perhaps Il whole set. You will hnt
this II great nuisance, as they Will
have to be taken out every night and
put in every morning. AS rule,
you'll find that hostlers don't like the
job. They say they won't be bother
ed with it. In order to Judge of a
horses temper, go to the rear of him;
then take his tail, divide it into four,
and plat it all the way down. AS a
further test, put one of his hind legs
in sling. If he stands quiet and
doesn't exhibit any signs of impa-
tience, then take, my advice; buy the
horse at once, if you have the money.
If you haven't, borrow it. 1t will be
sin to let him go. He is the near,
est approach to christian you can
get in quadruped. He is almost
too good foran earthly stable. Take
my advice; have him.
Year: 1875

Kindling Il fire on bitter morning
in winter, when the alternative lies
between dressing in the cold or
creeping back to bed until the room
is warmed. is 4 thing that wants to
be done with expedition and certain
ty. There is neither time nor incli-
nation to scurry around after kind
lings, and the oil can means involun-
tary suicide. The best things are
corn cobs. Take ten bushels of them,
soak them for few minutes in
hot water in which saltpeter has
been dissolved in the proportion OF
one pound to six gallons, dry them
well and have them handy. Chuck
about half dozen underneath, then
pile on the wood, touch them with
a lighted match, and hustle back to
the grateful partner of your joys. 1t
will be all right.
Year: 1875

"Hyatt Smiths column in the Bap-
list Union opens with this bit Of auto
biography:


1t was a summer Sabbath morning.
The mercury was high up among the
nineties. My house was well filed with
my warm friends. At the close of the
Introductory service, which was unusu-
ally brief, said to the suffering assem-
bly,, "Dear brethren, l do not believe
that the Lord is pleased with our at
tempt to obey one law of His ordaining
by the violation of another. It seems
to me that the law written upon the
fieshly tablets is as binding as that
which was engraved upon the tables of
stone. ! will not preach this morning.
/ recommend that you each go to your
house, and in the briefest time take
your place in the bath room, and turn
ing ON the cold water, sit down and
quietly mediate upon the goodness Of
God. Receive the benediction.'


am confident that never preached
a more popular sermon. 1t was NOV
ing discourse. There was no religion
in their suffering the word Of exhorta-
tion.s ssas "
Year: 1875

An ingenious modification OF
Ericsson's plan of employing hot air in
place of steam has been devised, with a
view to meeting the requirements for an
economical, safe, and reliable engine for
light work. The machine is described
as comparatively noiseless, works very
steadily, and is compact and simple in
its construction. With the use of from
fifty to sixty pounds of coal for each
day of ten or twelve hours, with contin-
uous work, this machine can be worked
up to two-horse power; and requires no
more care or skill than does an ordinary
stove. There is no water, steam, nor
water nor steam pipes nor boiler to care
for, consequently there is nothing to
explode or endanger, and but little to
get out of repair, beyond what attaches
to an ordinary office stove. 1t occupies,
too, but small amount of space-three
and one-half by two and two-thirds feet
on the floor and seven feet in height.
Year: 1875

put in this every day, and would walk <
two hours. After q few days he needed
no attention, as he seemed to enjoy it,
and was SO impatient to start that we
could hardly hold him still long enough
to tie him.


The result Of this was that he was the
most active and vigorous bull I ever saw
and out Of 81 cows served the summer
he was four years old, only four missed.
Some of my stock breeding friends have
tried these experiments. and say they
have been the means Of proloneing the
usefulness Of their valuable bulls for
years. We all know that far too many
Of our high priced and choice bulls 60
prematurely to the shambles in couse-
quence Of the above troubles.-Cor.
County Gentleman.
Year: 1875

All stock breeders know that larg e
bulls have perfect disregard for fences,
and, therefore, have to be kept in the
stable sometimes for years. Experience
has shown in most cases where bulls are
kept so confined. without air or exercise,
that they become either impotent, OF
very precarious stock-getters, also head
strong and dangerous to handle. kept
q short horned bull six years. When
he was three year old l began hand
ling him with rope similar to one or
diaarily used to cast horse He would
make great resistance, and after hard
strug gle would have to come down. ]
repeated this every six months as long
as | had him. and he never knew that he
had any strength. His lofty head was
levelled to the ground in manner very
humiliating to him; he was always as
kind as an OK, and any child could lead
him to the water. Throwing him took
the conceit entirely out OF him.


then invented plan to exercise him.
I set post in the ground about three
feet high, with . cart wheel on top, then
lashed 16 foot ash pole across it, made
a frame for his neck at the end, so that
the pole would lie against his breast,
with rod running out in front to tie hi:
strap to. He very soon learned to g
around, describing circle 80 feet il
diameter, with : good track He NJ,
Year: 1875

Crop RorATIONIN PENNsTLvANIA.-A


regular rotation Of crops is the principal
feature of farming in the eastern part ot
Pennsylvania, and in no particular has
there been 20 general unanimity, begin


ming with corn, following with oats. then
wheat, and timothy and clover the next
spring, then grass five or six years, then


corn again BY this rotation the crops


were generally as remunerative as they
could be or a. was expected they would


be. according to quality and condition Of
soil. Trouble, however, has arisen in


consequence cf the considerable failure


of the oat crop, and eXpedients have


been tried In my own case sowed
clover with oats, and allowed the fields
| to lie in that condition one year. Ii the
season favored the clover would then


plow down. seeding to wheat and grass.
But found a strong tendency to grow
trash. gai lick included, that made it rath-
er hazardous, and the last fall followed
the oats OF summer with wheat. having
made and used considerable phosphate
in the spring on oats and corn- The ef-
tect on the oats was very apparent in the
growth Of straw, but the drouth. as has
been the case for several years, much af-
fec.ed the promised yield. | have found
the great want Of the farmer is manure.
First the corn crop should have it, then
the wheat and grass must have it, and to


have enough for both Of good quality j.
the great question. We should learn


that all decaying substances are manures,
and that to apply them directly to the
soil where needed, or to store them where
they will no; be wasted until used, Is all
important As to applying common


barnyard manure to the sod In spring,
and Immediately plowing down and
| planting with corn, mT experience OPP
poses. as in dry season ike that Of lass


year there is danger Of more harm than


good. My plan henceforth shall be to
apply all manures late in the fall after


seeding wheat, and grass and not to be
plowed for two or three years In this
way will expect to get all the benefit
from all manures applied--S. N: n
Fiacent, Chester O. Fenn.
Year: 1875

We thank Thee ever gracious Lord;
Our grateful songs with one accord


Shall make thy goodness known.
Unworthy though the song may be
Accent the thoughts tn at rise to thee


And bless our Harvest Home.
We own that we have oft forgot
Thy goodness past, and trusted not


In Thee for good to come;
Look not on this, O King of Kings;
Forgive thy peoples murmurings


And bless our Harvest Home.
Lord of the harvest when we FEED
Upon the God-giving strengthening bread,
Forgive the thoughts that roam
mid earth's low cares far from thee,
From vain repining set US free,


And bless our Harvest Home.
Presence Divine Thy power we feel
And humbly now before Thee kneel:


0, let ou1 praises come
Like evening incense to Thy throne,
And while Thy bounteous hand we own


Bless thou our Harvest Home
Image of our Redeemer bless'd,
Be thou upon our lives impress


While here on earth we roam;
Until we joined the ransom'd throng,
And sing the Resurrection song


Gods Glorious Harvest Home.


Weldon G0odfello,c.
Year: 1875

On the effect which the loss OF a por.
ZION of our wheat crop is likely to have
on our commercial relations with other
countries few words may be said.
The less wheat we have the less we shall
have to export The wheat exports oI
the last two fiscal years surpass in quan
tity those of any proceeding years in the
history of the country, as the following
table will show. The quantities stated
are the number OF bushels exported to al
countries. The years end June so:
Year: 1875

How THEY HATCH EGGS IN CHINA
In Minturn's From New York to Delhi"
| was reading lately what he saw of
egg -hatchlng in Southern China. 1t is
SO different from the usual methods in
practice that it struck US as being well
worthy of reproduction in the Tribune.
.sOn our return from the Gardens we
stopped at an egg-hatching establish
ment This was large wooden, barn
shaped building on the river bank. The
eggs are purchased out of the produce
boats that come down the river, and are
here artificially Matched. The process
employed is singular, as using only the
natural heat ot the egg, and is as fol-
lows: Large baskets, each twice the
size Of an ordinary barrel, and thickly
lined with hay, to prevent the loss of
heat, are filled with the eggs. and then
carefully closed with closely fitting
cover OF twisted straw. The eggs are
now left tor three days, after which they
are removed from the basket and re-
placed in different order--those eggs
which were before on the surface being
now on the lowest tier. At the end Of
three days more the position OF the eggs
is again altered, and SO on for fifteen
days, after which time the eggs are taken
out Of the basket and placed on shelf
in another department. and covered with
bran In the course Of day or two the
chicken bursts its shell and makes its
way out of the bran, being at once taken
charge of by an attendant who is always
| on the watch. The whole secret OF this
process is the fact that the anima, heat
Of the whole mass Of eggs being re-
tanned BY the basket, which is formed Of
materials which do not conduct caloric,
is sufficient to support the animal life Of
any one particular egg, and to foster its
development. This Is the only egg
Matching process ever heard Of which
did not require artificial heat. should
think it might be practiced in America
in summer" 1t seems to me that it


would be good plan to try the China
method. Let the basket be lined with
an old cotton or wooien comforter, any
thing to retain the animal heat, and let
eggs be changed in position every three
days for fifteen days, then laid upon


shelves, and dry bran put over them


I apprehend the temperature should be
| kept as uHiioIiu a. Po>siUic, Auu Wcil U Y
to Summer heat. The experiment is


worth trial. ] have known chickens
hatcned in cotton or wool kept near a
cooking stove. so am prepared to be-


Iieve the practice Of the Chinese has
merit in it. Martin says: Thousands
Of ducks are hatched in China by artifi-
cial warmth, the eggs being laid in boxes
Of sand which are placed OIL brick
hearth, proper temperature being
maintained around them until the duck
lings come from their shells He refers
to the northern portion Of the Empire
tTT. G.. 2.
Year: 1875

Crop reports from various parts Of "iscon-
sin indicate that the recent cold weather did
very little damage to grain. The general
tenor Of tho dispatches show that tho less
hardy fruits havo received severe check, If
they lavo not been entirely cut of, by tho
unreasonable frost.
Year: 1875

the Courier" presents as a hard
nut for the RECORD to crack. The
efforts of Coulson to procure a sub
sidy from the people of Bozeman-
for that is really the drift OF his
overtures-wilI yet prove bitter
pill for the Courier" to swallow.
Coulson at one time, not very long
ago, attempted in q like manner to
inveigle the people of this section,
and our merchants came very near
falling into the trap and thereby
compromising the freightlng inter
ests of the Territory, Failing here
he gave his services to the Carroll
people and now, disgusted with
the losses he has sustained on the


Carroll route, his attentions are
turned to Bozeman, with thee hope
Of making a successful raid upon
the purses Of our neighbors OF East
ern Montana.
Year: 1875

The latest accounts from Carroll
of the arrival and departure up
stream of heavily laden craft at
this season, is conclusive confirma.
ton Of the repeated assertions Of
the RECORD, that freight can be
landed above at any time at which
It can be delivered at Carroll. It
goes further even; it shows that
freight has been delivered later
above than at Carroll. This will
forever close the question upon
that point, and it should be an IN
eentive towards immediate action
towards obtaining the necessary


means to improve the navigation
Of the the Missouri to this point.
Year: 1875

The Bozeman Courier publishes
an extract from a letter said to
have been received from S. B. Coul-
son, in which the latter states that
the people Of Bozeman will receive
shortly q communication from him
in reference to the plying Of bis
packets On the Yellowstone. This
Year: 1875

remember a case in which a neigh
Dor of my own, a very wealthy gentle
man whose house was always open and
always full of guests, dying, left each Of
his children a plantation. To the eld-
est son, however, he gave the home
estate, worth three or four times as much
as any of the other plantations, and
with il he gave the young man also
large sum of money. But he charged
him with the duty of keeping open
house there at all times, and directed
that the household affairs should be
conducted always precisely as they bad
been during his own lifetime, and the
charge well nigh outweighed the inner


itance. The new master of the place
lived in Richmond, where he was en-
gagged in manufacturing, and after the
death of the father the old house stood
tenantless, but open as before. Its troops
of softly shod servants swept and busted
and polished as of old. Breakfast. din
ner. and supper were laid out every day
at the accustomed hours, under the old
buffers supervision, and as the viands
grew cold his silent subordinates wait
ed, trays in hand, at the back of the
empty chairs. during the full time ap-
pointed for each meal. have stopped
there for dinner, tea, or to spend the
night, many a time, in company with
one of the younger sons, who lived else
where, or with some relation of the
family, or alone, as the case might be.
and / have sometimes met others there.
But onr coming or not was a matter OF
indifference. Guests knew themselves
always welcome, but whether guests,
came or not the household affairs suffer-
ed no change. The destruction of the
house by FIRE finally lifted this burden
from its owners shoulders, as the will
did not require him to rebuild. But
while it stood its masters large inherit
ance was Of very small worth to him.
George Cary Egglesson; Nov. Atlantic.
Year: 1875

" A coal merchant named Goodwin. re-


sident in Stanley, has just lost valua-


BILE mare under peculiar circumstances.


For some time past the animal has BEEN


ailing, and has to all appearance suffer-


ed unknown agonies, no cause being APP


parent for the acnte pain it WIS evident


ly suffering from. A farrirr of consid
erable experience and skill was called


in, but his services were of no avail


Ultimately. ON "A post-mortem examina-
tion of the hurse's stomach being made,


il was found to contain large stone of
some ten or a dozen pounds in weight, in
color, not bad imitation of piece Of
uncaicined stone. Being sawn in two,
the fiat surface presents the appearance
of large onyx stone, the grain being
laid on in layers. no doubt the result of
rolling round and rnund in the stomach
in its efforts to collect the particles of
undigested stone dust eaten along with
the horses food The smell emitted
from the stone is not unlike that given
ont by decayed tooth. Horse ke+per-
from this should be careful, when giving
their horses food, that the dust ofien
found in corn is properly sifted out he
fore being given along with the animals
provender Occasional analyses should
also be made of the food, 80 as to detec,
frand in mixing the same with calcined,
flint stone and plaster of Paris to add
to its weight, and thus deceive the pur-
chaser"


We clip the above from an English
exchange at the time that a similar case
came under our observation in this
country. A few days since we were
shown by Mr.. Dorian, of Fulton Market
a stone precisely similar to the one men
toned. above. which was taken from the
body of horse which had been carried
to the official depot at Barren Island
The stone in question was not discover
ed until the horse was dissected for the
purpose of obtaining what was of value
from his hoofs, hide, and bones. and
from among the hundreds brought there
weekly it would of course be impossible
to identify this one. In addition to the
canses aScribed by our contemporary we
are inclined to think that drinking of
water Impregnated with lime Is fruit-
ful occasion of this disease, and, as in
the case under notice. many horses die
from this tronble without the cause be-
ing known. Any-of our ''vets" who may
desire 10 see the stone can do 50 by call
ing upon Mr., Francis Swift, the city
contractor for the removal Of offal.-
Forest and Stream.