smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

The remark Of Governor Tilden
that "a wolf is at the door Of every
home 10 the land, gount and hungry"
is thus handsomely parsPhrased by
the Ogdensburg Journal


The wolf at the door Of erery home
in the land-gaunt and hangry-is
the wolf Of the Democracy, demand
ing to be fed. 1t is the same wolf
that for a century fed upon the flesh
and blood Of human chattles 10 the
South; the wolf that, being threatened,
1861 sprang with savage ferocity at
the throat Of the nation, and inflicted
wounds that have not vet been heal
ed; it is the same wolf that has de-
youred the substance Of the people Of
the city and State Of New York,
which drove timid men from the
polls, which invaded the halls Of JUS
tice and of legislation, and which
obeyed no voice except that Of its
keepers, Tweed and Tilden; il is the
wolf that stood guard, gaGnt, and
hungry and cruel, at AndersOnville;
which for fifty years surrounded with
mortal peril the life Of every person
in the South who would not paw
tribute to it, neither regarding age,
sex nor condition; it is the same iden-
teal wolf that pulled down Charles
Sumner in the Senate Of the United
States and left him stunned. bleeding,
mangled and almost lifeless; it is the
same wolf that took the life Of Lin
coin, brutally 10 the presence Of bis
wife and friends, aud plunged the na-
ton into morning; il il the same wolf
that, with bloody jaws and glaFing
feroeity, now interpOses between Re-
publieans and the ballOt-bOx in every
Southern State, and imparts to the
approaching political conflict ell the
tragic incidents that surround a life
and death struggle. The wolf Of
poverty and hunger may threaten the
homes Of few Of this country, but
the wolf that baunts every home 10
the land" is the wolf Of Democracy
gaunt and hungry.
Year: 1876

and though we repeat thousand times
that we do not oppose their schools, any
more than we nuorc images, or trust more
i'm the Blessed Virgin than in the merits
Of Christ, they will Il thousand times re,
new the charge and swear that we do
We do not expect to silence such men;
but we appeal to all tuirmindcd citizens
not to lee led ostray by the bigotcd or
ignorant rnting OF men who would
blind them for their own political ends


We ask no favor or privilege, All we
ask is to be let alone in following the
dictates of our conscience, and you can
not refuse this without undermining the
Constitution, and preparing the way for
the loss OF the same freedom Tor your
selves.


Americans we are willing to rally
with YOU under the flag and Constitution,
and maintain them with our blood as VI
have done heretofore. But we cannot
help fearing that both are in peril whilst
a large number OF our fellow.ctizcns in
and out of office, allow themselves to be
influenced by tanatical or sclt-intercstcd
politicians or by infdel and revolutions
ary foreigners, who come to lis with the
proud prctcnson of teaching Us what re.
publican government is, about which
they know nothing themselves. All we
ask is that you will not so to such men
to learn what we aim at, what are our
sentiments. Give us fair hearing, and
receive this declaration as the sincere eX-
preston of our true principles, which we
make before God and men, actuated by
no other motive than our desire for the
welfare and progress and pcrpctuity of
our country, such as the fathers of '76
made it and intended it should remain.


Your sincere friend and lover of tho
American republic,


t JOHN 3. PURCELL,


Arhb&hop Of Cincinnati.
--Cincinnati Telegraph.
Year: 1876

Pref. Huxley lately made speech be-
fore the American Association for the ad-
vanccment of Science, in which he said
some pleasant things. We extract the
following:


/ will state some few of the most
salient impressions which have been made
on NE since my arrival. have learned
many things and various things. In
England we hear and read of America,
and have our occasional controversies
with her, but no Englishman who has
not had the good fortune to visit this
country can form real idea of what the
word America means. We have no ade-
quate idea of the extent of your country,
its enormous resources, the distances
from centre to centre Of population, and
we least Of all understand the great basis
of character which sprung from the 9th
er side of the Atlantic. A friend Of mine
in England went abroad for the purpose
Of seeing foreign countries, and came to
America, but while helc he said he could
not find that he was abroad. Every.
thing here was so English. The scenes
which l have witnessed duling my tray
els through your country are like those
which we are familiar with in parts of
England and parts Of Scotland. Your
beautiful river Hudson reminds me more
OF Scotch Lake than anything else.


/ have heard great deal from your
own writers about the degeneracy of the
present American stock from the primi-
tive English type. Nathaniel Haw-
thome used an expression which rather
rubbed us; he spoke Of the distinction
between English and American women,
and told us English women were rather
too beefy. Now that was his expression,
not mine. Laughter. l confess the
signs OF the notifications OF type spoken
of don't strike me. The main difference
between you and us seems to he one OF
shading only. AS to stature, your men
have rather the best Of ours. In regard
to the stature of ladies l cannot find
much difference, and for fine matronly
frames, the average is as great here as on
the other side. There has been some
talk Of the influence of your climate car.
rying you back to the North American
type. | cannot say that | can see any
signs of that unless it be in the develop
ment of that virtue of hospitality which
prevails among all sayages. have Wis
tied your wigwams-and they are pretty
good wigwams too. You entertain us
with your best, and not only give us u
Year: 1876

At the receub conservation of the
new American Church 10 the Via
,Naziopale, Rome, Bishop Littlejohn,
In his sermon, addressed the congrega-
ton to the following effect:


~ AS the remarkable occasion which
had brought thom together would
doubtless create inquiry and provoke
criticism, the Bishop though it pro
per, in anticipation of both, to state
why theyfwere there, and what they
proposed 10 do. Their civil right TO
build this churca was sufficiently guar
anteed by the religious liberty now SO
happily established in this realm.
Their ecclesiastieal right would natu-
rally be Denied by all who accept the
absolute supremacy of Rome. But
the right rested on grounds which
could not be shaken, grounds which
justified large part of the Church of
the sixteenth century in driving from
its borders universally admitted cor
ruption and usurpations. They were
here to shepherd the sheep in their
own fold, and not in the spirit of ag-
gressive propagandism, or to work con-
fusion and disorder.


Controversy would not be invited,
but neither would it be declined if the
interests of truth demanded it. This
church would strive for peace with all
men, and the true unity of Christ's
body. 1t would be concerned before
all in maintaining the purity and unity
of the Catholic Church and the writ
ten word of God, the unerring source
of all that is necessary to be believed.
But the written word of God must
have interpreters. Where, asked the
bishop, is that interpreter to be found?
Under what condition and by what
tongue does it speak? 1t was impos-
slble for any living branch OF the
church to be silent under the porten-
tous conflict of opinions which these
questions have excited
Year: 1876

Dom Pedro, the Emperor of Brazil
who is now in this country, says he in.
tends to visi! every state in the Union.
He goes to the Pacific coast to get Z
good start, and will work his way
eastward. M M
Year: 1876

| On the north side of Main street, I'd door east
from 4th street, where will be found at all


times an extensive and well selected stock
of all sizes and styles, consisting of Gentle
mems, Ladies Misses and Childrens wear
His goods are all of the finest and best
quality, elegant and substantial, and every
artieal that he ma nufactures and sells is
warranted
Year: 1876

The boys of Detroit seem to be going
down hill IN their morals Of late. Sun
day, one Of the legion, who had always
been noted for his respectful demeanor
toward the great public, observed an old
citizen yowniug and gaping on a street
corner, and said to him: Better not
open your mouth too wide" "Why ~
Was the surprised query. "Thcre's a
law agin opening a saloon on Sunday"
continued the sinful child, as he slid for
the middle of the street.
Year: 1876

The danbury News states that New Haven
marched q procession Of thirty tramps to the
gusrd-house last week, and the mistaken
editor came out the next mornings issue
with ..Another great rally for reform
Year: 1876

NEW YORK, July "a, 1891.


My Dear Sir; Seeing in the Tribune
the death of your sweet child, whom ]
so well remember, impels me to write
you a word | offer no consolation, and
| need not assure you of my sympathy.
But you and your wife are still young
and hopeful, other children will doubt
less be lent to you; and though you will
never forget this firstling Of the flock,
nor fail to remember her with pensive
and chastened sadness, yet you will live
to realize, even in this state of being,
how wisely prescieut and merciful is the
chastisement which ''smites but to heal. !"


Let me give you in this connection a
leaf from my experience.


/ have had seven children, of whom
five are gone. Of three sons none sur
vive, and two of them were respectively
five and half and six years of age
when they were reclaimed. ] need not
say how beautiful and good they we're
the early called are always thus. When
the first of them died my youth ended
| thought could never be sorely strick.
en- thenceforth. Yet in due time there
came another, not so delicate, so besuti.
ful, SO poetic; yet SO loving, SO tender,
so devoted to me, that l thought / had
never been understood before. / cannot
remember that during his six years
abode with us he even wished to contra
vene my will.


left January IA, for that hard west
ern tour in brave spirits and good gener
al health. At Galesburg, after leaving
you, ] had letter dictated by him
leaving him in excellent health. | heard
no more till ! reached Scranton, Pa, OIL
my way home, when telegram reached
me during my lecture stating that he
was dangerously i'll of Group. hastened
home, next evening at s only to find hin
dead an hour before, after enduring {
severe operation and extreme suffering
With him buried my last earthly as
piration. have two little daughter
one eight years old, the other but foul
months, having been born since his death
but they are very different from him ant
do not replace him.


Did you not mean to see me, this sea
son ? Kind regards to Mrs. Yours


HORACE GREELEY.
Year: 1876

A woman who had been washing for
us said " Seems as if the Lord took
very direct ways to reach peoples feel
ings sometimes. Now | was astonished
once in my life. lived away out west,
on the prairie, me and my four children
and | couldn't getmuch work to do, and
our little stock of provisions kept get
ting lower and lower. One night we sat
lowering over our fire, and | was gloomy
enough There was about a pint of
meal in the house, and that was all. /
said Well, children may be the Lord
will provide something. =" | do hope it
will be a good mess of potatoes" said
CHEEKY little Nell. =" Seems to me /
never was SO hungry for 'taters before
After they were all asleep, | lay there
tossing over my hard bed, and wonder
ing what / would do next. All at once
the sweetest peace and rest came over
me, and sank into such good sleep
Next morning | was planning that l
would make the tinfull of meal into
mush and fry it in a greasy frying pan
in which our last meat had been fried.
As / opened the door to 60 down to the
brook to wash, saw something new.
There on the bench beside the door stood
two wooden pals and sack. One pail
was full of meat, and the other full of
potatoes, and the sack filled with -four.
/ just brought my hands together in my
joy, and just hurrahed for the children
to come. Little dears They didn't
think of trousers and frocks then, but
came out all of hutter, like flock OF
quails They knew the Lord had sent
his angels with the sack and pals. Oh,
it was such precious gift / washed
the empty pals and put the empty sack
in one of them and at night Istood them
on the bench where | had found them
and the next morning they were gone.
tried and tried to find out who had be-
friended us, but | never could. The
Lord never seemed so far off after that
time" said the poor woman, looking
down with fearful eyes.-Arthuw's Mag.
azine.
Year: 1876

FORWARD CHILDREN.-No physician
doubts that precocious children, fifty
cases for one, are much the worse for the
discipline they have undergone. The
mind seems to have been strained, and
the foundation for insanity is laid.
When the studies of mature years are
stuffed into the head of a child, people
do not reflect ON the anatomical fact that
the brain of an infant is not the brain of
man that the one is confirmed, and
can bear exertions, and the other is grow
ing, and requires repose that to force
the attention TO abstract facts, to load
the memory with chronological or scien-
tific detail in short, to expect child's
brain to bear with impunity the exer-
tions of a mans is as irrational as it
would be to hazard the same sort of ex-
periments on its muscles. -- Quarterly Re
viea0.
Year: 1876

We are standing on the threshold we are in the


opened door.
We are treading border land we have never


trod before;
Another year is opening and another year is gone
We have passed the darkness OF the night we are


in the early morn,
We have left the fields behind us per which We scat-


tered seed
We pass into the future which none of us read.
The among the weeds, the stones. the surface


mould,
May yield partial harvest: we hope for sixty fold
From out the tender hearts of children we have


taught.
From all the grateful homes where temperance


wrought.
Then has ten TO fresh labor to thrash and reap and


sow;
Then bid the new year Welcome and let the old year


go:
Then gather all your vigor, press forward in the


fight
And let this be your motto; For God and for the


right - Temperance Banner.
Year: 1876

A WIRES PowER.--A good wife is to
a man, wisdom, strength and.courage a
bad one is confusion, weakness and des-
pair. No condition is hopeless to a man
where the wife possesses firmness, decision
and economy. There is no outward pro-
priety which can counteract Incidence,
extravaganza and folly at home. No
spirit can long endure bad influence.
Man is strong but his heart is not ada
mant. He needs tranquil mind and
especially if he is an intelligent man,
with a whole head, he needs its moral
force in the conflict of life. To recover
his composure, home must be place of
peace and comfort There his soul re-
news its strength, and goes forth with
renewed vigor to encounter the labor and
troubles of life. But if at home he finds
no rest, and there is met with bad tenn
per, jealousy and gloom, or assailed
with complaints and censure, hope van
ishes, and he sinks into despair.
Year: 1876

A colored preacher down South took
for his text the words, Though after my
skin worms destroy this body yet in my
flesh | shall see God" which he divided
into three parts, as follows, first skin
worms second, what they done; third,
what the man seen after he was eat
un.'
Year: 1876

Have just received fresh stock of Mems. Ladies
and Childrens' Boots and Shoes which propose to
sell at a small profit and in these hard times dol
lar saved is a dollar made, Read our advertising
medium and profit by its teachings.
Year: 1876

AE14hOvINIAN ihsUnn pTIe1ll
The 1ersegovinian In1urrectie wasfsy
|cognis from the first aslikely 70 leaa ato
tie downfall Of the Turkish dominion in


Europe. The spiritless manner in which
ths Turks hsvs endeavred 70 maintain


their supremacy, combined with obstinate


determination Of the insurgents to continue


the fight despite their weakness, does not
promise we'll for very long continuance
of the Mehommedan rule west Of the


Boephorus. With the opening Of Spring,


the rebels against the authority Of the
Sultan of Turkey, are resuming offensive
operations with an intensity that can
scarcely fail to lead to important results


before many months. Thi1 insurrectionary


movement will he Of greater consequence
than that started several years ago in
Cuba, and which up to the present time,
has achieved no results of value to any


body, for the reason Of the ousinterest
involved, and the danger that the very
irregular conflict now being waged, will
result in general war between the ma
tions concerned in the preservation Of the


balance Of power in southeastern Europe


The conflict now appears to have reached
the stage where the hatred which exists
between the Mahommedans and the
Christians is beginning to show itself in
acts of pure atrocity, such as in these days
are unheard of among people who deserve
to be called civilized. 1t seems as if the


Russian Government has been secretly
engaged in stirring up this strife. and


in encouraging the insurgents to hold out,
and the prospects now are that before the
summer closes events will occur which will
effect great religions, political and social
changes in southeastern Europe. As the
ineffciency and the essential powerlessness
efthe Sultan's Government becomes more
and more evident, the insurrectienary
spirit receives more encouragement, and
the Turks every day find themselves con-
fronted with new enemies. The conflict
although only desultory and irregular
one, promises to reach a character that
will demand positive action on the part Of
other great powers, which they have up
to this time, been unwilling to take.
Year: 1876

A Providence, Rhode Island man has just
received information of child of his that
he didn't know he had. and it opened up
quite a romantic story. About twenty
years ago he was divorced, and his wife
shortly after gave birth to daughter, with
out his knowledge, she having kept her
condition secret. She removed from the
city and gave out that the child was her
sister, which was readily believed, as she
was quite young. Some time after she be-
came engaged to young clergyman, but q
report was circulated that the little one was
her illegitimate child, And, as he was not
satisfied with her statement that the child
was her sister, and she did not dare tell him
the truth, she lost him. When the little
ssister" had grown up she married, and
her husband learned the whole truth which
he diyulged to her. She has communicated
with her father, who is still at Providence,
and he has started to make her visit.
Now, to complete the story, he should be
reunited with his former wife.
Year: 1876

All work and NO play sent man to the
lunstic asylum in Davenport, Iowa. He
was workman in q factory, and his In
dustry during ten years could not easily
early and left it late. No amusements
broke the monotony of his daily life. He
scarcely knew of anything outside of the
factory and his home. 1t is not wonderful,
therefore, that his mind had room for NOR
bid fancies. He imagined that his fore
man was plotting to kill him. and that the
whole world, excepting his daughter, was
in the conspiracy. He made the girl stay
constantly with him as defender. Next,
he barricaded himself in his house, and
from that mimic stronghold he was sent to
the asylum. The moral points to the
wisdom of recreation.
Year: 1876

Be decent first and heroic if there be
time to dress yourself. That is the de-
cision of the staid old magistrates at
Woodbridge, England. Jones was ply
ing towel in bathing machine at Fe-
lixstowe one morning after bath, when
he heard shouts for boat hook from
house not far off. Jones fancied that
somebody was drowning, and being
good natured soul and an expert swim
mer, ran along the shore for about a
quarter of minute, and plunged into
the breakers to rescue-a bathing suit,
which, being somewhat inflated, re-
sembled helpless and corpulent fellow
creature. Now Jones, in his reckless
zeal to save human life, had been so in
discreet as to leave his clothes, his bath
ing dress, even his towel behind him,
and his chagrin at finding the clothes
without anything but air nsile was SO
overpowering that he lost bis head, and
instead of putting ON the floating suit
he tucked it under his arm and swan
back to his own toweling. Unfortunate
ly, a London attorney was on heground
with his wife and family and they were
dreadfully shocked. Was there not an
act of Parliament to protect the public
against such indecent exhibitions? :?
We'll, there was. The magistrate could
not fine him on conviction, but would
have been compelled to send him to
prison. Jones seemed to be a well
meaning fellow, and mercy should sea-
son justice; they directed him to sub
scribe G5 to the Suffolk hospital. This
he refused to do, and the case is now
in the courts. Poor Jones He may
as we'll let the next man drown.
Year: 1876

The story is told of the visit of the
Southern troops to Boston, last June :
One of the South Carolina soldiers was
invited to the fremont club, and while
there gentleman came in and was in
troduced to party. The Carolinian,


who eyed the gentleman from the mo-
ment he entered the room, overheard
his name, Col. Joseph I. Baker, and
asked him if he did not command the
Fourth Massachusetts, cavalry Septem-
ber 80, 1864, the day after the battle of
Chapin's Farm. The colonel replied
that he did. The soldier said, raising
his hat: "Do you remember giving
me this cut with your saber when my
squad were charging on your pickets Z"
at the same time showing an ugly saber
wound. The colonel did recollect, and


asked pleasantly what he was "going to
do about it," SWELL" said the South
erner, I was taken prisoner by You,


and marked you SO that if l ever met
you again l would know you and kill
you but since then have changed my


mind, and suppose we try to wash out
this scar with bottle of champagne ~