smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

work any longer This is unquestlona-
bly, an interesting consideration to the
parent, but he should remember that ed
itors are very busy men, and should
therefore refrain from troubling them
with his mental processes. 1t the father
of n family would but reflect for q mo.
ment, he would perhaps suspect, what is
the precise truth-that for every such
letter Of reproof an editor receives an.
other OF commendation ard if he should
undertake to govern his conduct 10y them
the result would lie pitiful. Indeed, the
same disposition must lie made of the di.
dactic letters as of the indignant, and
they must be dropped into the limbo OF
entire uselcssness. What the individual
A suggests, the individual B rlicules :;
and that which arollses the iIe OF G, re.
joces the heart OF D. The editor, there.
fore, is the only person who can irteli.
gently and properly reply. in the abled
words of an eminent phianthrophisi,
whose charitable attention was asked to
II single case of suffering, II am too busy
with humanity to have time for indvid.
uals.'


The object of this brief discourse is to
save the time of worthy people who are
about committing indignation to paper,
or who kindly design to teach somebody
else how to manage his business The
text is to be found in an editors waste.
asket.
Year: 1876

Norristown HeuM! The Fulton Times
puts this graphic head on the descrip-
tion OF a wedding: THE Climax of Love
Hearts and Souls so near like one that
YOU can't slip piece of paper between
them" A year hence, when the male
heart comes home demOralized from a
torchlight procession, and his breath
toned down with cloves, the estrange-
ment will become so great in little
while that you might drive four loads of
hay abreast between EN-.
Year: 1876

Gymnastic exercises for young ladies
are part Of the regular instruction in a
large number of the schools OF Germany.
In the higher schools of Berlin they have
been for some time compulsory, and on
the LIST of October the same system was
extended to all the communal schools
for girls in the German capital. The
chief hostility to the movement comes
from the mothers of the pupils.
Year: 1876




Undoubtedly the most entertaining
parts of editorial correspondence are the
indignant and the instructive letters.
Hot wrath, bIlingsgatc and bad gram.
mar, deliberately written out sealed,
stamped, posted, and arriving in due
course OF mail, cool and still, are very
ludicrous. The staleness of champagne
that has been opened for some days is a
type OF the letter Of wrath and fury
when it reaches the editorial hand. And
it anger could ever he reasonable, the
furious gentleman or lady would count
twenty-five with Tattycoram before COM
mitting Indignation to ink and paper
He does not mean to be ridiculous, but
he makes himself SO: and no peals of
laughter in the busy sanctum are ever
more sincere and ringing than those
which greet the missive OF the indignant
correspondent


Of course honest and simple correc-
tons of state nent are of the utmost use,
and are in the highest degree valued by
every sensible editor. When the con-
ductOr of the London Times was asked
how he knew the movement of public
opinion, which his paper so accurately
represented, he answered that he knew
it by his correspondence. That was,
perhaps, as good 0n explanation as he
could give OF what is really incXplicable.
For an editor apprehends instinctively,
by tact which is not to be learned, 80
that, like the poet, he is born, not made.
Great volleys of epistolary censure are,
therefore, not necessary to teach him that
he has done something which displeases.
He knows that he will do so before he
begins, and be begins only because he
has counted the cost. If the editorial
object he to reflect public opinion, the
letters will represent only the scattering
readers who disagree, and whose disnp,
proval he expects and has already dis
counted. If the object be to oppose
strong public opinion, he knows equally
that there will be vehement and general
protest; and that also, he has already
weighed. If, indeed, the editor be not
IN editor, but simply an occupant of the
editorial chair, he is utterly at sea. Two
letters or twenty equally confuse and
Contound him. He has no idea, and can
have none, whether they represent the
crotchets of twenty people or public
opinion. The editorial sagacity is that
which assures its possessor OF action and
reaction in public sentiment, although
he cannot point out to you the detailed
sources Of his knowledge. In political
campaign he apprehends the movements
for or against a candidate or party, and
knows that to day the chances are doubt
ful which yesterday were favorable. To
write little letters of Indignation to such
man is like swearing at the north star.
1t is mere waste.


The othe kind of remOnstrance is the
didactic. This usually concerns the char
acter of the feast which the editor pro-
vides for his readers, or consists Of judi
cious hints as to his management of his
own business. "The Father of Fam
lily" wishes to know why the editor adj
mitted a story which he is constrained
to say is far from the standard which he
conceiyes the editor of publication of
such lofty pretentious should constantly
regurd and he is sorry to say that he,
the parent, is considering whether it be
not bis duty to decline to receive the
Year: 1876

EE- When Seth got home from mack
ereing, he sought his Sarah Ann. and
found that she, the heartless one, had
found another man And then, most
awful tight he got. and SO he went away,
and bound himself to cut live oak, all
down in Florida. lie pined upon the
live oak land. he murmured in the shades !,
his AK grew heavy in his hand, all in the
wild wood glades. Mosquitoes bit him
everywhere, no comfort did he get aud
how terribly he'd swear whenever he got
bit, At last, despairing Of relief, and
wishing himself dead, he went into the
woods piece and chopped off his own
head
Year: 1876

kC 1t makes the new preacher awful
mad to be fumbling with the intrcacles
of front gate fastening trying 10 get in
and make his first pastoral call to have
the woman of the house turn the Stats in
the bay window, md call out. We
haven't got no old clothes TO give away,
and there ain't cald vittle in the house
Year: 1876




contained the most Of the cases for the
English goods in the main building,
the American and French exhibits in
the main and art buildings. and the
Mexican. Spanish. Austrian, Norwe-
gian and German paintings in the art
gallery. The loss will Of course be
considerable, and workmen will at once
be placed at work repairing the
damage: IfTE


The English and Canadian cases. as
indeed were all the foreign ones, were
fine and valuable ones, being all built
of heavy material. iron-bound, and
lined With zinc or tin. The English
loss will be about $4,000. the Ameri-
can the same, and the others far less.
Very fortunately the exact shape and
measurement Of each box was taken
before it was stored, and from these the
workmen can proceed to rebuild with
out loss Of time. The sheds and con-
tents were insured.


As the flames rose to an unusual
height the fire was visible from q great
distance, and the report was prevalent
for some time that the fire was raging
in the Atlas Hotel In this immense
caravansary everything and every
body was in the most complete confu-
sion. The hose had been carried from
Elm avenue through the corridors, the
hose in possession Of the hotel company
had been attached to the plugs within
the building and streams Of water were
running in every direction. The guests
we're aroused from sleep and we're in a
panic, scarcely knowing whether they
were on hand for a deluge. or whether
the end of the world had come. All
rushed pell nell from their rooms in
night array, with their valuables and
clothes under their arms. and for time
the vacant lotin front Of the hotel very
much resembled a mammoth dressing
establishment, lit up as it was by the
flames as light as MONDAY. There was
no sleep for the balance of the night,
but at nine o'clock this morning all
partook Of a second supper and retired
to bed to sleep off their fatigue and ex-
citement.
Year: 1876

+, proach to quiet, SO that either party could
be heard.


DO not jest any more about 1t. 1 will
hurry, and send you the dress as soon as
possible
1 am not jesting. demand from the
representative Of the law my own property
dress said the officer raising his voice.


The judge, thus appealed to, decided
promptly.


The officer is right, madame. You are
obliged to hand him over the dress on the
spot.


Il can't undress myself here before all
these people and go home without any
dress on said the young woman, with an
ser and tears.


You should have thought of that sooner
Now you have no time to lose. Either
give up the dress OF your own accord or
A nod that could not be misinteIpreted
brought to the lady's side two officers of
justice. who seemed about to take upon
themselves the Office Of my lady's maid


Take your money back. and leave me
NY dress


oh, nc, madame; that dress Is now W orth
more than two hundred rubles to me


How much do you ask for ltr


Two thousand rubles,' said the oficer,
armly.


L will pay the sum- the weeping lady's
husband responded, promptly. Il have
here i've hundred rubles, Give me pen
and paper and will write an order upon
my banker, for the remaining iifteen hum
dred


After he had written the draft the worthy
pair withdrew, amidst Kisses from the au-
dience.


Query: Did the lady ever again let her
train sweep the street!-Harper's Bazaar.
Year: 1876

You see this hoss don't your called out
a woman about forty years OF age as she
drove up to Grand River avenue black
smith shop yesterday.


The smith came out and replied that his
sight was good.


Il want shoe on that foot right to
once,' she continued, and she jumped down
and had the horse almost out OF the old
wagon before the smith reached the curb
stone. She led the beast into the shop. sat
down on the bench and prepared to take
smoke, and as the blacksmith took down
shoe she observed


No foolng, now. l want that shoe to
stick to that foot for whole year. You
can't impose on me cause I'm woman.


After the hoof had been prepared the
horse suddenly became restless, dancing
around and botnering the shoer so tina he
could not proceed.


You don't seem to have had any eIpe-
rience with horses remarked the woman
As she rose up and laid her pipe aside. Il
know this beast from Dan'l TO Besheba,
and you just git back a little


The smith retreated a few feet and the
woman caught the horse by the bit, gave
him two hundred pound kick in the ribs
and yelled;


.WOai Charles Henry git around there
stand over and take that--aDd this-anC
some morel Now come up and toe thu
mark!


Charles Henry kicked the anvil off the
block as she kicked his ribs, but she kickee
the hrdest. sud when the horse shoel
stuck Ms head into the shop the horse wa
half over q bench, but IS quiet as lamb


Nov purceed, said the woman, as sh'
picked up her pipe. when hoss goes e
fooling around me aching for row he
! laying up sorrow for his gray hairsP
Year: 1876

Mutual EMBAERASsMENT.-l small
town on the Schuylhill River there is u
church in which the singing had run down
II had been led many years by one OF the
dcacons whose voice and musical powers
had been gradually failing. One evening
The clergyman gave out the hymn, which
vas in an odd measure, rather harder than
usual, and the deacon led off. Upon its
conclusion the minister said; Brother b.
will please repeat the hymn, as | cannot
pray after such singing The deacon very
composedly pitched it in another tune, and
the clergyman proceeded with his prayer.
Having finished, he took mp the book to
give the second hymn, when he was inter
rupted by the deacon gravely getting up
and, in a voice audible to the whole con-
gregation saving; i'll Mr.--make an
other prayer? Ii would be impossible for
me to sing after such prayer as that
Year: 1876

AS President Chadbourne, of Williams
College, dung lecture was telling the
freshman class that the notion of allowing
girls to enter the college for the sake OF
their good influence on the boys was not as
sound as it might be, freshman raised
his hand and eagerly inquired, Don't you
think that it would have a. good influence
on the young ladies'?
Year: 1876

By Associated Press.


LONDON, Sept. 5.-Mr. Gladstone z to
speedily publish Q pamphlet on the Tur-
kish question, and Earl Russell writes let
ter calling for an Autumn session OF Par
lament. A letter from the Bishop Of Man
chester calling upon the people as q nation
to subscribe for the relief Of the Bulgarians
concludes % follows:


1t seems impossible If We are to have any
regard for our bonds or our good name, that
we should any longer throw or allow 1t to
be supposed we throw the shield of the pro-
lection of England over power which rely
ing on that protection has done deeds which
have startled and shocked the conscience of
the whole civilized world.


The "Pall Mall Gazette" apprehends that
the Servian reliance on Russian aid has
been so palpable throughout, that Russia
will be almost compelled to protect her now
and may interfere in such manner as to
provoke general war This is the only
danger the Turks will surely listen to Eng
ltsh Counsel of the negotiations are not de-
feated by Russion demands In excess of the
Portes patience. Meanwhile an armietice at
least may be regarded as certain.
Year: 1876

The cause of the alarm Of hrs last svsn-
ing, was occasioned by several bouflres In
the northeastern part Of the city.


In running to one of them the Delaware
breke the hind axle of the hose carriage
which will be out of service until repairs
are made.
Year: 1876

and profitable. Encourage and stimulate
others to do the same, and if measures are
introduced that are not satisfactory to all
present after suitable discussions, let the ma
jority decide all questions amicably carry
out the true principles of the Order, as laid
down by its founders, and there need be no
question about the permanency of the Or
der.-Di-iqo Rural.
Year: 1876

There seems to be a few doubling Thom-
ases both in and out of the Order, who are
continually croaking about whether the p
of III. will be a permanent organization, or
whether it will be like some others in the
past, have its mushroom growth and then
pass into oblivion like some forgotten dream.
They seem to forget that nearly ten years
have already passed since it was first organ.
lied, and that it has spread from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, from Maine to Texas, and
still the tidal wave sweeps on, and its men,
bers are swelled to nearly two millions in
our own borders. while Canada pand Eng
land have taken up the rallying cry, al,d are
sweeping into line. They seem to forget that
history shows no parallel case of an organi-
zation among the agricultural classes, or of
any other, that in so short a time ever spread
with such rapidity or retained its member
ship in such remarkable degree as the Pat
rons of Husbandry. And yet the Order is
just in its infancy what will it be when it
attains it's manhood?


We see and feel its immense benefits al
ready in its social, intellectual. and financial
features, but it remains for our children, and
our children's children and all future gener-
ations ;-as with age it throws its protecting
arm around them in its fraternal embrace,
to shield them from the oppressor, and re-
ceive its powerful protection with its many
and lasting benefits. There are a few who
are weak kneed and have lost what little faith
they ever had, that are falling out by the
wayside and who will return to their idols !;
and to such, there is no advantage in, nor
perndhnency to the order, because of their
little faith and less works. But to the faith
full workers in the cause there is mnch to
hope for. if not in our day, if not in this our
Centennial year, it will be in the near and
the distant future, and we predict that the
Patrons of 1867 will celebrate the centennial
birth of the Patrons of Husbandry by the
gathering OF all nations in one grand jubilee
which will eclipse in magnitude our rnation's
present Centennial birthday. But to do this
we must work and have faith, ii We wish to
hand down to posterity our noble Order,
with its social, educational, and financial
benefits. Then let us grid on the armor of
faith, hope and charity, be vigilant and
watchful ut the gates, lest the enemy creep
into the fold and SOW discord and conten-
tention among those that are already wayer-
! ing and of little faith.


Give help and advice to the weak and des-
ponding, visit the sick and afflicted, and let
your work show that by faith they shall
know you. Carry out to the letter, the
Golden Rule, to do as you would wish to be
done by; attend the grange meetings If pos
sible, promptly, at the hour appointed; and
take an active part while there and do your
| individual share to make them interesting
Year: 1876

Withdraw your patronage from all pa
pers except such as are run in your own i'll
terest, and concentrate the patronage on one
OF your farmers papers, a@d then tell the ed
itor you want and must have first-class
newspaper. Recollect that the newspaper
is the great power of the age-powerful for
good or evil, and it remains aoiM you how
that power will be welded.


The farmers should be the great govern
ing power in the Nation. Their interests
are the most prominent and should be al
ways first protected but how is it at pres
ent )? They are objects of ridicule in our
Legislatures, where the cheek and impu-
dence OF the lawyers will always force them
into the background. They are made the
pack-horses of society on whose CALLED and
jaded backs every new tax and oppression is
heaped. What the farmers lack is seLf-re-
spect and confidence IN themselves. The land
owners of England are the great leading
power of that wonderful nation. Ever since
the Barons and hardy yeomanry OF Eng
land forced the great charter from King
John, they have been the first and most
prominent interest in the nation. Every
member of Parliament must represent the
landed interests, and what is the result? Com
pare the burthen of taxation which the
American land owner staggers along nn-
der with what his compeer in England has
to bear. speak with bonds when assert
that here in this great Republic, we, the
land owners, pay ten to one in proportion.
Now this is owing to the class of newspa-
pers that are so freely distributed abroad
amongst our people and patrom'sed by our
ta7msers.-Saaauel Snnett IN Patrons Of Hus-
bandry.
Year: 1876

ENEMIES IN Our Own CAMP.-We have
had occasion heretofore to bring the atten-
tion Of the ouDoruinato draugoe to the fact
that we have enemies in our midst-men
vino have gone into the Order for no good
purpose. Such men, if they are honest,
would at once withdraw from us, that we
may know that they are "open foes,'' and
not "secret enemies.'


We warn our brothers fall such charac-
tiers. These are a class we cannot success
fully contend with, because they blow both
hot and cold. To the Subordinate Oranges
we would say, find out, if possible, who
these men are, and drive them out Of the
Grange-let the camp be purified-let no un-
holy thing come into its midst.


A dozen good, true Patrons are worth to
the Order more than hundred pretenders.
Let us have the pure metal, and we can
manufacture a jewel that will shine brighter
and brighter, until the Order is what it
should be, blessing to every farmer in the
State.
Year: 1876

and extending over the whole country, upon its


''merit only" And we claim without fear or favor
it is the best family medicine in the world and


guarantee it the best blood and liver and kidney
syrRp produced. Send for circulars, read and
Judge for yourself. We will be pleased TO send q
circular 10 any person who writes Tor one.
Year: 1876

The games played last week did not very seri-
ously affect the standing Of the clubs in the
championship race, the Chicagos still occupying
a commanding lead both in games won and lost.
They are tic with the Louisvllein games played,
both being ahead Of any other club IN that par
ticular. The St. Louis are as yet ahead of the
Hartford for second place, but have much tho
hardest games to play this week. It would not
be at all surprising to see the Hartfords back
second week from now. The other clubs have
settled down about where they will stay for the
present. The score Of lost, won, and tied is as
Year: 1876

crop frequently results from turning too
much water into the furrows; particularly
is this the case when they are shallow.


Some farmers complain of their potatoes
taking what is called a second growth if irri-
gated after they have well set. This only
occurs when they have permitted the ground
to dry out and stop their growth.


AS it is known to most of you that, last
season, some of the potatoes raised weigh
ed 81 lbs, it may be expected by some that
I will tell how l raised them. Those pota-
toes were the result OF accident to a great
extent. | had made one of those mistakes
of which have been speaking, and but few
came up. In many places the hills stood
several feet apart, and it was those hills that
produced the large potatoes.


In conclusion, will say that have treat
ed the subject as briefly as it seemed to me
its importance would admit. Many things
of importance connected with the raising of
potatoes have been omitted for want Of time
to properly consider them. As it is, can
only hope that have said something which
may be Of benefit to my hearers.
Year: 1876

Prlckly Pear Grange Hall, July 8, 1875.


The subject to which | will invite your at
tention at the present time is How to Raise
Potatoes.


In my opinion. we have shown wisdom in
selecting this and other kindred subjects for
discussion at our meetings. While it may
be true that we are not, at present, in con-
dition to receive large pecuniary benefits
from what is usually called cooperation in
trade, yet think I may safely say, that we
are in condition to enter into an intellect
ual cooperation with both profit and pleas
ure to every member of our society. This
is an age of improvement and progress, in
agriculture as well as in all the other indus
tries, and the farmer who thinks that what
he does not know about farming is not
worth learning, is unworthy the noble occu-
patton he has chosen. The idea that seems
to prevail among those who have little
knowledge OF the science Of agriculture, that
Il man who lacks the brains to make a living
at anything else, may reasonably hope to
succeed atfarming, is nearly exploded. The
successful farmer must be man of brains,





recognizes the fact that agriculture is Il
science, only to be learned step by step, by
hard study and close observation.


The beautiful Garden that must have de-
lighted our first parents, flourished only
under the fostering care of Omnipotence.
How then can the Lily of the Valley-the
beauty and the glory OF the Floral World
flourish unless it's culture is directed by in
telligence? No, the successful farmer is a
man of good common sense, willing and apt
to learn, and those who think otherwise will
soon find themselves outstripped in the great
race of human progress.


The potato is a native of America. Cen
turies ago it was found, growing wild, on
the table lands of the Andes mountains in
South America, at an elevation OF from 5000
to 10000 feet above the sea. The mean
temperature of these table lands is about
Coz, and being in the torrid zone, varies
from this but little at any season of the year
In fact, the country is said to present the
appearance of perpetual spring. The soil il
said to contain large proportion of sand
lime and vegetable substance, and is natu
rally well drained. ''Such," says a recen
writer, sis the native home of the potato
where it grows spontaneously, nepewins
itself from year to year, from its tubers ant
Seeds" Such being the conditions unde
which the potato flourishes in its native land
we would conclude that the nearer we ar
proach to those conditions the more success
full we will be in its cultivation. [ woul
therefore recommend the selection of


sandy loan as the kind of soil best adapte
to the growth of the potato. 1t is possibl
that more heavy soil may, some seasons
with very good culture, produce large
crop, but the superior quality OF potatoe