smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

On beautiful summers day, cler-
gyman was called to preach in town in
Indiana, to young Episcopal congrega-
tion. At the close of his discourse, he ad-
dressed his young hearers in such words
as these


Learn that the present life is prepar-
alton for and has q tendency to eternity
The present is linked to the future
throughout creation, in the vegetable, in
the animal, and in the moral world. As
is the seed, SO is the fruit; as is the egg.
so is the fowl, as is the boy. so is the
man; as is the rational being in the world,
so will he be in the next; Dives estrang-
ed from God here, is Dives estranced from
God in the next and Enoch walking
with God here, is Enoch walking with
God in calm and better world | be-
seach you, then, live for eternity Go to
the worm that you tread upon, and learn a
lesson of wisdom. The very caterpiller
seeks the food that fosters it for another
and brighter state; and more wisely than
man builds its own sepulchre, from
whence in time by kind of resurrection,
II comes forth new creature IL almost
angelic form And now, that which
crawled flies, and that which fed on COM
paratiyely gross food, laps the dew that
reyels in the rich pastures, an emblem of
that paradise where flows the river of life
and grows the tree of life. Could the
caterpillar have been diverted from its
proper element AID mode Of life, if it had
never attained the butterfy's splendid
form and hue. it had perished a worthless
worm. Consider her ways and be wise
Let it not be said that you are more ne
gligent than worms, and that your reason
is less ava liable than their instinct. As
often as the butterfly fits across your path
remember that it whispers in its fight,
live for the future


With this the preacher closed his dis
course but to deepen the impression, a
butterfly. directed by the Hand which
guides alike the sun and an atom in its
course futtered through the church. as if
by Heaven to repeat the
exhortation. There was neither speech
nor language, but its voice was heard say
ing to the gazing audience, 'Live for the
future
Year: 1872

\ Texas merchant writes to the New
York JouFHM cf Commerce TO ask the
following question: Suppose that with
an unsuliied reputation it has taken me
six years to make an honest living. while
in that time | have seen thity-two scamps
20 through the door Of insolvency into all
improvement Of their estate, how long will
it be before | will lay by something for
old age" The Journal answers: "A
man who has lived an active, unsullied
life in the midst Of such temptations for
six years has already laid by something
for the future: and there is One who will
keep that he has committed to Him, SO
that he will find that he has "a good foun
dation against the time to come. A
credit on that book is sure provision FOR
old age"
Year: 1872

Among old farmers, as we'll as all other
old people, there is feeling of being too
old to learn. Some object to reading pa
pers and books on improved modes of ag-
riculture, they refuse to try experiments
in new things or old, because forsooth they
are too old to learn; they give no thought
to the best light of the age, to improve
ments in crops, stock, implements, because
they fancy they are too old to learn after
one has seen the sun of life at its zenith.
Now all of this see-saw about being too
old to learn is mere twaddle While the
lamp holds out 10 burn one should always
strive to learn. Learning should be the
business of life, and nowhere more SO than
among farmers. Some old men have had
right views of living and learning. SOcra-
tes when very old learned to play on mu-
steal instruments; Cato at eighty the
Greek language; Plutarch when nearly
eighty commenced the study of Latin !;
Boccaccio, at thirty five, commenced the
study of polite literature, Sir Henry Spell
man commenced the study of the sciences
when nearly sixty; Ludovico at Is wrote
the memories of his own time; Ogllby,
the translator of Homer and Virgil, was
unacquainted with Latin and Greek till
he was past fifty; Franklin did not COM
mence his philosophical pursuits till he
was about fifty Accorso. an eminent law


yer, being asked why lie began the study
of law SO late, answered that indeed he
began it late, but therefore, lie should
master it sooner Dryden at nearly sew
enty commenced the translation of the
Had, and his most pleasing productions
were written in his old age Milton wrote
his grandcst work when quite old, and our
own Benton acquired his literary fame af-
ter spending thirty years in Congress, and
lust on the eve of his election to the great
/ Congress above. History is full of such


instances, and yet the impression every
where prevails that what is learned must
be learned when we are young. This is a
mistake. live and learn should be the mot
to of every one, and most especially SO in
this learning age. Fathers and mothers
should set examples of learning to their
children. We write especially now for
farmers; they have need to live and learn,
and in order to learn while they live, they
/ should secure aud read the best papers
and books on their profession. Agricul-
/ ture is becoming a science as well as an
art. it is knowledge as well as labor; it


requires mind as well as muscle, to prose-
cute it. The farmer in times to come is
to be the genius of intelligent labor, BY
which the fields are to wave their golden
/ harvest, and human life be adorned and
/ bouored
Year: 1872

The Raleigh NORTH CurOlinidn says
'' The Slamese twins, England and Chang,
who are now living in the western por-
ton of this State, and one of whom is "
ing dangerously III at the present time,
were born in small village on the coast
OF Siam in the year 1911. We are III
possession of some particulars concerning
them which may be Of interest to our
renders. Their parents got their living
by fishing And until 1929, when Eng.
and Chang were brought to the United
Stafes, they made their living By selling
she'll fish Their mother bore seventeen


children 81 one time she gave birth to
three, and never less than two But none
of these children were deformed. They
united at the anterior part of the chest
by rroleDgation of Kind of feshy band,
the size Of the hand. This band Of flesh
is about two inches broad and four inches
thick The whole mass Is tongh aud ca
pable of being considerably extended.
While you may whisper in the ear of one
without the other hearing while volatile
salts applied to the nostrils of one has no
effect on the other; and while pinching
the arni of one excites no sensation In the


other; still. if yon but stick pin in the
exact verticle center Of this connecting
link. both will finch from the hurt
These twins are seldom observed to con-
verse with each other They play good


game of drafts. make pretty much the
same moves. and at the same time and


frequently play against each other, They
are both married aud have grown children =
Year: 1872

If she had the framing of the law,
only such woman would be allowed to
vote as had sewing machines and knew
how to use them no woman would vote
who could not read and write; who was
not able to cast up her millinery accounts
and cut them down; who could not make
a loaf of bread, pudding, sew on a button,
wash dishes, and on pinch keep board
ing house and support a husband decent
IL -
Year: 1872

LADIES who have just returned from
abroad report that large paniers have gone
entirely out of fashion, and over skirts are
made short and plain. Thes also report
that the latest style OF dressing the hair is
in simple coil at the back, aud the front
hair smoothed over the forehead and put
plainly back behind the ears.
Year: 1872

AT school where words were given
OUT for subjects in composition. pupil
produced at sight this sentence on the word
''panegyric - "a few drops of panegyric
given on a large limp of sugar Is often
best with an infant with the stomach
nche -
Year: 1872

u The invention of our present lucifer
match was great because it was so small,
and it now turns out that the production
of the most useful, but at the same time
time most dangerous fire work, was due to
happy thought which flashed through
the brain of Mr.. Isaac Holden, who so
terms the idea in his evidence before the
Patent Committee. Mr.. Holden had to
rise at four in the morning to pursue his
studies in chemistry, and experienced the
gravest iucouvencies from his tedious ef-
forts to produce light from flint and steel


lie was giving lectures at this time to a
large academy. lie goes on to say "Of
course, knew, as we'll as other chemists
did, the explosive material that was neces.
sary in order to produce instantaneous
light; but it was very difficult to obtain a
light on wood by that explosive material,
and the idea occurred to me to put under
the explosive mixture sulphur. did that
and published it in my next lecture aud
showed it. There was young mau iu the
room whose father was chemist in London
and he Immediately wrote to his father
about it, and shortly afterwards lucifer
matches were issued to the world. Pal
Mall Gazette.
Year: 1872

nW A bill will soon be introduced into
Congress providing for the admission of
Colorado into the Union. The deficiency
in population requisite it is proposed to
make up by including the Territory Of
Wyoming, which would entitle the new
State to one Representative in Congress.
it is said that the people Of both Territories
are in favor of the change, and if it will
give the West three more votes, and u
corresponding influence in the national


councils. Admitting States into the Union
to add to the votes Of political party, or
swell the adherents of section, is Rad
ical idea and will be attended with mischief.
Year: 1872

ey- Many Affections will not cloud aud
obstruct the peace of mind SO much as
one sin; therefore if ye would wait cheer.
fully, be more careful to walk holly. All
the winds about the earth make no earth
quake, but only that within.
Year: 1872

u We ieara from Washington that
the bill to authorize the Postmaster Goa.
eral to issue one cent postal cards, will soon
be reported npon BY tho House Committee
on Postofices. The bill is looked upon
favctably in the comuittes. and viii BE-
brought before the House either q a
amendment to the revised postal code os
in the shape Of separate bill
Year: 1872




A DEMOCRATIC REvIvAL-Under thi.
caption the Mobile Register remarks:


That the Democratic party of the
United States can defeat General Grant il
1872 admits of no possible doubt in ou,
mind, providing that party can summon
the virtue and courage to be true to itself
its traditions and its principles. What i.
wanted is simply, first, a revival, and the
brave and true preaching of the gospel Of
the Constitution, and, second, absolute self
reliance Both teach the same lesson; both
point to the same practical cud. Upon
what other hook can we hang hope? We
have tried "new departures" aud reaped
widespread defeats. We have tried for
bearance, and wiuking at Radical iuroads
upon the frame. work of free government
with the hope of conciliating outside sup
port, only to sap our strength and to be
laughed at for our pains. We arc now as
saying passivsm," and it is one of the
favorable signs of the times that that
scheme of surrender is rapidly ending a
brief cousumptivc existence aud is hooted
at by the strongest of the late departure
lists" In short, in the last year the Dem
ocratic party has tried every thing cxcep,
the saving virtue aud strength of its undy.
ing principles, and now, why not try that
plan Why not rally upon the adamantine
foundation of the Constitution and face the
foe on ground that has not been taken and
firmly defended without glorious result
Self Reiiancc' This should be our sup
porting staff, and not the ticklish aud
bending reeds of anti-Grant Republicans
These last may be encouraged and con
quered by the power we may display. But
deserters rarely 80 over to the weak side.
Year: 1872

Suppose young, warm hearted girl,
that, as you lean on the broad shoulder
in the half lit up parlor, thinking how
nice it is to have somebody fond and
protecting, and how dear you seem to
be to him, suppose you should be made
aware of all the cheeks that had rested
on that shoulder, and all the forms that
arm had encircled. IT'S fortunate you
don't know these things. 1t might lead
you, however, to keep yourself more
sacred for some one who will love you
as entirely as you love this man, who
"takes life as it comes" and by force
of habit, if rot by inclination, could
not remember one woman six months
if his happiness depended on it.
Year: 1872

Dost thou seek a star with thy swelling crest
o wave, that leavest thy mothers breast?
Dosc thou leap from the prisoned depths be-


low


In scorn of their calm and constant flow?
Or art thou seeking some distant land
70 die in murmurs upon the strand?
Hast thou tales to tell of the pearl-lit deep,
Where the wave-whelmed mariner rocks in


sleep?


Canst thou speak of navies that sunkin pride
Ere the roll of their thunder i'll echo died?
What trophies, what banners, are floating free
In the shadowy depths of that silent sea?
It were iu vain to ask, as thou rollest afar,
Of banner or mariner, of ship or star;
1t were vain to seek in thy stormy face
Some tale of the sorrowful past to trace;
Thou art swelling high thou art dashing free
How vain are the questions we ask of thee.
too am a wave on the stormy sea,
1 too am a wanderer, driven like thee;
too am seeking a distant land,
To be lost and gone ere l reach the strand,
For the land l seek is waveless shore,
And they who once reach it shall wander nc


more.
Year: 1872

Lord Byron said: "The mechanics
and workmen who can maintain their
families are, in my opinion, the happiest
body Of men. Poverty is wretchedness
but even poverty is, perhaps to be pre-
ferred to the heartless, unmeaning dis
stimulation of the higher order" An.
other says: Il have no propensity to
envy any one, least Of all the rich and
great; but if disposed TO this weakness,
the subject of my weakness would be
a healthy young man in full possession
of his strength and faculties, going
forth in the morning to work for his
wife end children, or bringing them
home his wages at night"
Year: 1872

This country is not priest ridden but
press-rdden.


Cheerfulness is the best hymn to the
MULTIPLICATION.


He is most like the gods who wants
nothing.-Socrates.


Man begins with God when he gets to
the end of himself.


Your trouble is easy borne when
everybody gives it lift.


Wise books. for half the truths they
hold, are honored tombs.


To the sentinel that hour is regal
when he comes on guard.


1estamentary charities are no better
than dead sacrifices.


In character, in manner, in style, in
all things, the supreme excellence is
simplicity.


A cunning man overreaches no one
half so much rs himself'-H. W. Beech.
er


Cowards die many times before their death;


The valiant never taste of death but once.


Shakespeare,


Dare to be true, nothing can need lie;
A fault which needs it most grows to thereby
-Georyc' Herbert.


Self-ease is pain; the only rest
Is labor for worthy end.
-Whttitr,


Silence is the perfectest herald OF Joy;
I were but little happy ii could say how much
Shakespeare.


There is no real use in riches, except
it be in the distribution; the rest is but
conceit. .-CdcOn.


God asks no man whether he will ac
cept life That Is not the question. You
must take it. The only choice is how.


Matthew Arnold says that the differ
ence between the Bible and the Koran is
that the former grew, while the latter
was made.


Like beautiful flower, full of color,
but without scent, are the fine bat fruit
less words of him who does not act ac,
cordingly-Baddha.


If the whole be greater than part, a
whole man must be greater than that
part Of him which is found in a book
BulUer.


Half the sorrows OF women would be
averted, if they could repress the speech
they know to be useless-nay, the
speech they had resolved not to utter.
A man has no more right to say ar
unciSil thing than to act one; no more
right to say rude thing to another thar
to knock him down.-JOhnson.


No man was ever yet convinced OF
any momentous truth without feeling in
himself the power as we'll as the desire
of communicating it.-SoGtHsy.


With many readers, brilliancy of style
passes for affiuence Of thought, they
mistake buttercups in the grass for ina.
measurable gold mines under ground.


Men are often capable Of greater
things than they perform. They are
sent into the world with bills of credit
and seldom draw to their full extent
Walpole.


A man Of genius is nexhaustfble only
in proportion as he is always nourishing
his genius Both in mind and body,
where nourishment ceases vitality fails.
|-BalVer.
Year: 1872

Something can be done to improve
the eyebrows; comb them just as regu-
larly as you wash your face, and then
moistening your thumb and forefinger,
pinch them together and press them
down in slightly curved line they can
thus be trained to grow far more deli
cate and fine than nature usually traces
them. The eyeIashes will grow longer
and thicker by occasional clipping.
Year: 1872

Every man who votes for Gran
places himself directly on the record ii
favor Of ostracising the South from
universal amnesty, peace, political
equality, perpetuating the rule of knave.
and vandals who have robbed and plum.
dered the Southern people, and who
now uphold the Federal bayOnets and
encourage a war Of races in military ac-
ton. On the other hand, every vote
cast for Greeley is aid and comfort
given to reconciliation, a help to resto-
ration in its noble sense, and a peace
Offering laid upon the altar Of a COM
mon country. He is no Democrat at
heart or in spirit who can stand back at
such crisis, OF refuse to strike hands
with old opponents, when the reward OF
that effort will be TO restore the Union in
all its Integrity and to insure tranquility.
We have Alright to claim the aid Of DEM
Ocrats in this cause, for it represents the
great principles which they have main
tained, and has been the distinctive issue
against Radicalism. The same motives
which induce Democrats and Conserya-
tives TO support Greeley should incite
them to vote for Doyle and Powell.
Curry viii vote for Grant, and Of course
indorses the coruptions and usurpations
of an Infamous administration. How,
then, can a man zealously support Gree
ley for President, and a rabid Grant
Radical for Sheriff?
Year: 1872

To the Editor of the sun;


SIR-From 1881 to 1884, | was carry
ing on the business of stereotyping at
2l6 William street, and most of the
time was employing a great many COM
pOsitOrS, not few of whem have since
earned a large share of fame in the
world. From the days of Franklin
even to those of Greeley, the composing
room has graduated its full quota of the
men who have distinguished themselves
in the history of the country. Why
shouldn't the institution be ineorpor-
ated, have faculty, and the authority
to confer degrees? Why shouldn't it
make LIDS as well as old Harvard?


1t was in 1882 or 1888, | think, that be-
ing at one time much in need of more
cOmpOsitoTs, | asked those in the office
to let the fact be known at their respec-
tive boardinghOuses. Among others who
applied for work in response to this call
was queer-loOking chap, brought in by
one of the hands in the Office. He was
of rather more than medium hight: his
hair was almost white, his face quite so
and entirely beardless, and he walked
with shuffling and uncertain gait. He
wore a very old white hat and fustian
pantaloOns, which did not come
Gown to his boots, and these completed
a personality which had never before
met with in a cOmpOsitor, and, turning
to Seymour, who brought him in, in
quired if that fellow was cOml0OsitOr.
He replied, "He's a queer-lOOking fell
low, but they say he's a good work
man." Being too much in want of help
TO be very particular about the personal
appearance of compositOr, | gave him
case and copy, and you may judge
of my surprise when i tell you
that his weekly bills exceeded by
from thirty to fifty per cent. those of
the other compOsitors by his siaewhO
were on the same work. And what
was equally remarkable, no matrerhow
rapidly he picked up the type with his
fingers, the stream of talk that rolled off
his tongue was never interrupted. He
talked incessantly. When he mtlde out
his first bill, i learned that his name was
Horace Greeley,


In those days he was eoml,ositor,
and he was a good one. He set type
rapidly and made clean proof. When
he was young man he did his work
well, and now that he is an old one, and
there is a big "take'' ahead to give out,
L propose that we give it to him.


J. :. REDFIELD.


New York, July 10. 1872.
Year: 1872

Published by President Grants Republican


Congressional Committed


The following Is an Hptraet copy of the
original paper now in the hands of the
government, and it will be read with in
tense interest by every loyal citizen:
Year: 1872

He then gave history of the Liberal
movement, maintaining the Cincinnati
banner was that of tbs true Republican
party. He denied BoutwelPs statement
that the Democrats opposed emmigra-
tion, and said the oppressive taxation
by plundering carpet-baggeTs was not an
inducement to emigrate. He thought
it strange that Boutwell, should advise
Southerners against clasping hands
across the bloody chasm Of the wal, say
ing the heart must be obdurate to coun-
sci against uniting in


HARMONY; FRIENDSHIP, AND PEACE.
When the bloody chasm was once
bridged by clasped hands, there would
be no longer any need of Republican
party. The disclosure of the rebel plans
TO burn Northern cities was being
paraded before the people of the North,
to keep alive the old war. The Repub-
lican party could not live and prosper
except by despotism, corruption and a
revival of war animosities. 1t does not
deserve to live. He urged Republicans
Year: 1872

who could not afford better evidence of
their acceptance of the issues of the war
than that they now rallied around the
Greeley banner. He referred to the
needs of the colored people, and advised
them to cultivate friendly relations with
the whites, for they never could live
happy if the white man was not their
fripnh He claimed that if
Year: 1872

How TO PuT CHILDREN TO BBD.-Not
with a reproof for any Of that days
omission or commission. Take any other
time but bedtime Tor that. If you ever
heard little creature signing or sobbing
in it's sleep you could never do this.
Seal their closing eyelids with a kis. and
. blessing. The time will come, all too
soon, when they will lay their heads
upon their pillows, lacking both. Let
them then at least have this sweet MEM
ory of happy childhood, of which no
future sorrow. or trouble can rob them.
Give them their rosy youth. Nor need
this involve wild license. This judicious
parent will not so mistake my meaning.
If you have ever met the man or the wo-
man whose eyes have suddenly filled
when little child has crept trustingly
to its mothers breast, you may havs
seen one in whose childhood's home dig.
nifty and severity stood where love and
pity should have been. Too much in
duigence has ruined thousands OF child
rem too much love not one, j "a