smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

DON'T BE TOO SENSITIVE. There are
some people-yes, many people-always
looking out for sights They cannot carry
on the daily intercourse of the family with
out some offence is designed They are as
touchy as hair triggers. If they meet an
acquaintance In the street who happens to
be pre- occupied with business, they attrib


ute his abstraction in some mode personal
to themselves, and take umbrage according
ly. They lay on others the fault of their
irritability. A fit of indigestion makes
them see impertinence in everybody they
come in contact with. Innocent persons,
who never dreamed of giviag offence, are
astonished to find some unfortunate word,
or sume momentary t9cituraity, mistaken
for an insult. To say the least the habit is
unfortunate. 1t is far wiser to take the
more charitable view of our fellow beings,
and not suppose slight is intended unless
the neglect is open and direct After all
too, lie takes It's use in great degree from
the color of our own mind If we are frank
and generous, the world treats us kindly. IT,
on the contrary, we are suspicious, men
learn to be cold and cautious to us Let a
person get the reputation of being touchy,
and every body is under more or less re-
straiut and in this way the chances of an
imaginary offence are vastly increased.
Year: 1871

II going uncovered indicates a reverent
spirit, as is claimed in some countries, many
of our ladies in fashionable circles are pat
terms of reverence They are head and
shoulders in advance of the world in gen
eral.
Year: 1871

with such approval as the suit made by the
two weavers.


But the Emperor has nothing on !"
said little child ''Ah, hear the voice of
innocence - said the father, and one person
whispered to another what the child had
said.


But he really has nothing on p exclaim
ed at last all the people This vexed the
Emperor, for he felt they were right, but
he Thought However, | must bear the
thing to the end - And the pages placed
themselves further from him, as if they
were carrying train which did not even
exist
Year: 1871

An Illinois man who had his watch stolen
from his pocket and advertised that the
bic, received before eleven o clock on the
same day three watches and a letter promi-
sing fourth if he would send twenty FIVE
dollars and ask no questions.
Year: 1871

in awe of her father, who forbade her to
hold out any encouragement to young Far
rington, giving these reasons that she. by
virtue of her bringing up, was united to
be the wife of poor man that he, her
father would never support son-in Law;
that every man should take care of his own
wife, no matter what the circumstances of
her parents might be- If the young fellow
really loved her, he would pluck up spirit
which he didn't seem to have by the way
strike a vein of gold, or Kidd treasures,
and come back and claim her in good time.
Then it would be well enought to talk of
accepting him, always supposing that she
kept of the same mind, which, in SO young
girl, was hardly to be expected. And so
on in the same strain.


Bessie did not die of disappointed love
it is not customary with the girls of the pc
riod. Still she felt that in her heart OF
hearts (whv should Hamlet only have a
plurality of them p she loved poor Kitten,
as her sister had mockingIy named him in a
happier hour.


She loved him with redoubled tenderness
since he had uttered that tounching, tragic
word, good bye for


How oft, if at the court of Love,


Gene, alment be the fashion,


When how d'dy-do has failed to move,


Good bye reveals the passion -
Year: 1871

The GUILTY THE FrRsT TO AccUsE-Is
may be observed. perhaps without exception,
that none are so industrious To detect wicked
ness, or so ready to iDpuic it, as they whose
crimes are apparent and confessed They
envy an unblemished reputation. and wha.
they envy they are busy TO destroy they arc
unwilling to suppose themselves neancr, or
more corrupt than Others; and therefore will
lingly pull down from their elevation those
with whom they cannot rise to an equaliry.-
No man was ever yet wicked without secret
discon'ept; and, according to the different
degrees of remaining virtue, or e1tinguisbed,
he either endeavOrs to reform himself, or cor
rupt others either to regain the station which
he has quilted, or prevail on others to initiate
his detection.
Year: 1871

a MUSICAL GENIUs.-The Lyuchburg
RePuIhcdH says: There is a man in this
city whose business it Is to blow the horn"
as the signal for the tobacco breaks at one Of
the warehouses, who can play any tune from
Old Hundred to the Fishers HoTnpipe upon
an ordinary tin bugle, aud never miss a note.
The most intricate piece Of music is rendered
with as much apparent ease as the most SIM
pie and familiar. In anything, from 4 long
meter doxology to waltz or jig, this wonder
iul genius Is perfectly at home. Who eau
beat il
Year: 1871

REvESGE.-The Doblest revenge We can
take upon our enemies is to do them kind
ness for TO return malice for malice. and in
jTry, for injury, will afford but temporary
qualification TO our evil passions, and our enc
mics will only be rendered the more bitter
against Us. But, TO take the first opportunity
Of showing them how superior We are 70 them,
By doing them kindness, or by a service,
the sting ofreprOach will enter deeply in their
soul; aud, while unto Us IL will be a noble re-
taliation, our triumph will no; uuIrequently be
rendered complete, not only By bIo;,ing out
the malice that had otherwise stood against
Us, but by bridging repentant hearts to offer
themselves at the shrine of friendship.
Year: 1871

y SCENE NOT IN THE BILLs.-An incl
dent occurred at the concert in the Presidents
grounds on Saturday evening, which was not
in the programme =


\ gentleman was observed in the grounds
walking with lady, when another gentleman
stepped up aud spoke TO the lady, notifying
her that she must not walk any more with the
other man, backing up his mandate with an
assertion Of his marital relations. The lady
refused to comply, expressing preference for
the society Of the party u whom she was not
married. Whereupon the husband stepped
up to the other party and gave him ire
mendous crack on the head. \ lively fight
ensued, of 4 rough-a tumble character, the
Partisanship of the lady being decidedly man
i.ested in favor of the man who did not claim
to be her husband, crying at frequent inter-
walls during the engagement, Give it to him."
''Pitch iuto him he is not my husband !"
and other expressions of active interest in the
proceedings. The result can be imagined
The ladies' are always on the winning side.
aud in few moments the alleged husband
yielded TO the adverse circumstances Of the
situation and called for quarter The victor
then tucked the lady under his arrn and the
twain continued their promenade. amid the
plaudits Of an admiriug auditory that had
gathered around during the fray.


UushiBOEOyl Patriot
Year: 1871

She sits beside the cradle


And her tears are streaming fast;
For she sees the present only, a.H.e.. .r
While she thinks of all the past
Of the day so full of gladness,


When her first born's answering kiss
Thrilled her soul with such rapture, a
That it knew no other bliss.
o these happy, happy moments, ...-
They but deepen her despair!
For she bends above the cradle,


And her baby is not there.
There are words of comfort spoken;


And the leaden clouds of grief
Wear the smiling bow of promise,


And she feels a sad relief
But her wavering thoughts will wander
Till they settle on the scene
OF the dark and silent chamber,
And of all that might have been;
For little vacant garment,


Or shining tress of hair,
Tells her heart, in tones of anguish,


That her baby is not there.
She sits beside the cradle,


But her tears no longer flow;
For she sees blessed vision,


Andforgets all earthly woe,
Sanity eyes look down upon her,


And the Voice that hushed the sea
Stills her spirit with the whisper,


'Suffer them to come to Me-
And while her soul is lifted


On the soaring wings of prayer,
Heavens crystal gates swing inward


And she sees her baby there
Year: 1871

A correspondent of. the Cincinnati
Gazette has some odious things to say in
favor Of what, he chooses to call "Men's
Rights" g am,". hesays, "a bachelor,
81 years of age, in sound health, and in
receipt of salary of $1,500 per year,
and, therefore, a good match for any
woman, no matter who she may be; yet
I remain unmarried from principle, and
will remain single. until the laws are so
altered as to make me master OF my
own home. i am the owner of real
estate acquired by my own labor. do
notmean to allow any woman to con-
troll me in the disposal of that property
simply because she should happen to be
my wife. She would have done moth
ing toward earning that property, and,
therefore, have no moral right IN its
sale. Any law giving her a dover third
is simply fraud on me, the more so as
the law does not give me any dover
third in her property. And then the
ceremony nowadays, called marriage,
does not give me wife I; it merely gives
me a woman who can leave me when
ever she pleases. I cannot keep her
against her wishes She may go back
to her father or elsewhere, and can't
compel her to come back but should |
leave her for any reason she can have
me arrested and compel me to support
her. Such thing is .one.sided- and un-
fair. A woman held by such loose tie
is not, in my opinion, a wife in the holy
way decent man has shrined in his
thoughts. The laws have degraded her
into a oAao,,b;na
Year: 1871

That the skin of the Ethiopian is
tolerably secure from change has ever
been an undisputed fact, yet according
to the most recent revelations of science
such is the case no longer. A San
Francisco doctor has discovered a pro-
cess. by which a white man can be
transformed into a negro, which is GER
tainly no less remarkable than that the
African should be converted into
white man. The surgical operation,
that has become so common since its
recent discovery, of transplanting a
portion of skin from some other part Of
the body, or even from some other per


son, to an ulcer, for the purpose Of start
ing a new growth Of cuticle, was per
formed upon the arm of a white man
of 25 years, and a ruddy complexion,
the borrowed cuticle having been taken
from the arm of full -blooded negro.
The experiment was success, SO far as
the ulcer was concerned, but to the
horror Of the victim the black skin is
spreading rapidly, and the pleasing
probability is that he will soon become
a negro. Of course corresponding
operation on a negro might go far to-
ward making him what our Southern
friends call Caucasian" ....,.... ~.
Year: 1871

CURE FOR CoRNs.-Take little sweet
oil, on getting up in the morning, and
before retiring at night, and rub it ON
the corn with the tip of the finger,
keeping the corn well pared down.
This relieves the friction, which causes
corns, and will cure them in a short
time.
Year: 1871

THE mystery of the " frozen well' at


Brandon, in which water remains fro.
zen during the hot months of the sum-
mer, has never been satisfactorily ex-
planned. 1t was supposed that the
freezing was due to the dissolution of
some material in the water, or to cleo
tricity, but it is found, by chemical an
alysis, that the water holds nothing in
solution which would account for its


temperature, and the electric needle
fails to show any current of electricity.
the opinion is that the ice in summer
is caused by the freezing of the gravel
bed during the previous winters, and
that the cold gets fastened in, in some
incomprehensible manner, and the ice
just stays through the summer.
Year: 1871

Of appointing me 10 the position OF one on me Cop.
sOners Of Public Education OF this city, butt regret 'na
law two years ago determined not to assume the duties
OF any position which would exact from me al Oil seasoh'
or the year or at particular days or hours ,r %


have been connected with the public schools ior q.
years. an Inspector of the Fifteenth and Egttcrhth
Wards. which TO me is very agreeable POSITION an one
that does not exact from mo any particular duties
particular times. can visit them when please and
have become attached to the schools OF these wars anu


believe they are attached to me- ana 40 not %s
the meetings of the Board but in tho exactng du es OF
the various committees which tho magnitude OF lne
system OF public education requires. am absent 1r0n
the rlty from early Spring up tO late In the Fa ana
pared to perform at all seasons and at all days ana o
l shall continue with great pleasure to perform my
duties as Inspector and Will my endeavors for inc


ure, as have done for years past, to elevate tho IN
ellcctua and moral standard Of the children Of the
wording classes OF New York. am with respect yours
very truly, JAMES W. GERARD.


JUDGE HILTON ANXIOUS TO BE RELIEVED.


Judge Hilton also sent letter to Mayor Hall. yester
day, OF which the following is a copy:


DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS, Nov. 30, 1871.
The Hon. OAKEY HALL, Mayor Gc.:


MY DEAR SIR Permit me to call your attention 70 the
consequeHtly my resgnation is heId G in asey ace With
all respect must now insist upon being at once re-
in tins Department While remain Commissioner in
charge Of its works, am constantly called upon to
ing, as have repeatedly Informed you fully deter
mined to vacate my Office Very truly, HENRY HILTON.


MR.. swEENY'S FORMAL RETIREMENT.


Peter b. Swceny retired from tho Department Of Pub
lie Parks Saturday, without formay ceremony Of
any kind simply stating that he was going aud would
not return" and also intimatng that as his resignation
took effect on Monday, he would not meet with the
Board Of AppOrtionment on that day The Department.
is its controller, and who has been connected with the
Central Park and Department OF Parks Tor many years
Year: 1871

that which he bears among prominent Republicans here
far from enviabe Tho fact that he held the import
ant and lucrative position Of Attorney to the York
Tax Commission, by appointment Of Tammany Hall, and
In accordance with bargain by which Is said that
that Commission sold out to the Democrats, Is re-
membered Nor is 1t forgotten that he did not resign
that position until after Murphy's confirmation, and
when the Ring which had seized the offices In
found more profit in running the CustomHouse than in
feeding on the crumbs which fell from the Tammany
table.


Ii IL also asserted that Gen. Arthur has never dis
tnglshed himself except as the aid and counselor OF
the Shoddy Contractor and his onfdtntal associate
and attorney In matters relating to the Collectors
TaInmany Real Estate and other spcculaions. what
was wanted was change In the administration OF the
New-iOrk CustOm-House. This nobody here seems 10
cXpcCt under Arthur
Year: 1871

1t has been stated in political circles that
Charles O'Conor has expressed regret that there is
legal obstacle the path which will retard the proaetu
tion Of Tweed and probably conduce to his escape from
the punishment he justly merits from the out
ragged majesty OF the law.
Year: 1871

THAT woman was a philosopher who
when she lost herhusJand, said she had
one great consolation-she knew where
he was of nights!


JOSH Billings says: I am violently
opposed to ardent spirits as a beverage,
but for manufacturing purposes, I think
that little of it tastes good


\ young man having late railroad
disater in.his mind has broken his en-
gagement with young lady because
she wears a train and is negligent Of
her switch,


a lady in menagerie, being asked
why she SO closely scanned the elephant
with her opera glasses, replied that she
was looking for the keyhole to his
trunk
Year: 1871

4 BURGLAR was once frightened out
of his scheme of robbery by the sweet
simplicity of solitary spinster, who,
putting her night-capped head out Of
the window, exclaimed, Go away,
amt you ashamed
Year: 1871

AN angry western editor wrote to
poetical correspondent the other day
Ifyou do not quit sending such abom-
Unable poetry, Pll print a piece of it
some day with your name attached in
full, and send copy to your girl" The
poetry from that fountain quickly dried
I'D
Year: 1871

From he Milwaukee Sentinel April5.


Attorney General Barlow is about to commence an
important law sui in behalf of the State of Wisconsin


gainSt the city of Duluth and citizens of MINES ta
TIE nature of the may be briefly stated follows
The St Louis river is the boundary line between the
States of Wisconsin and Minnesota the channel of
which nearly south through the bay of Superior
then defects and into the lake, between
Minnesota Point the north, and Wisconsin Point
on the south. This mouth Of the river is the
ly Superior bay and harbor aud the haror
OF Duluth The United States government has adopt
ed in its plan for the Improvement of the barbo the
mouth of the river its entrance and has already
pended large amount in building piers out into the
deep waters of the lake combining the waters in mar
channel increase their force and thus pre-
vent the formation of bar the entrance to the har
bor Superior Bay, from Rces Point where the st.
Louis river enters the bav the mouth of the river
into the Lake is little five miles long and 5
about two miles wide. The waters ot thc river, in
seeking their way TO the lake, obliged
through the bay lengthwse, before they can empty
into the lake. In order 10 make the entrance the
bay the city of Duluth than it now is the peo
pie of that city prop rse to dig channel through Min
nesota Point nearly opposite the OF the river
into the bay at Rces Pont-simiiar the straight
cut in this citvso that the river would find its way
into the lake a distance of two miles instead On
five. And as the lake is on the same level at both
points the fall of the would be as great in two
miles by the direct cut ii is in FIVE by its nat
ural channel and as conseq' would take the
shortest and most direct channel the lake This
is contended by the United States engineers, would
divert much of tie OF the st. Louis River
from its natural outlet to greatly decrease it's force
and volume at that point and that, a consequence,
it would be much difficult to keep the present
entrance TO the harbor open and they instance the
effect produced in the Milwaukee harbor by the
straightcu-the old outlet being filed up by the wash
of the lake.


The present entrance to Superior Habor lies equal
ly IN the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota the en-
trance proposed would lie entirely within the State of
Mnnesota-so that if the design should be carried out
it would result in turning onehalf of large navgabe
stream from Wisconsin into Minnesota To such
one-sided proposition the people of Wisconsin natur
ally object, and the Legislature its last session a-
thorized such proceedings necessary prevent
1t, and has appropriated 900 carry on the suit
Senator Carpenter has been associated with Attorney
General Barlow in the case
Year: 1871




A..4NNUAL TOWN MEETING:
Continued as per adjournment to receive report OF
Committee appointed to examine report OF Town Clerk
Present William r. Smith Chairman James Newton
and Andrew Soderland Inspectors of Election and
John 4. Foster CieIk.


Tie chairman announced that the meeting was now
open, to take action report of the Committee
Mr.. Perry on the par: of the committee made the
following report:


The undersigned committee appointed to examine
the report of the Board of Supervisors of the Town
Superior for the year ending April 4th 1871 would
respectfully represent that they have attended to the
duties assigned to them and find upon examination,
that the affairs of the Town have been managed with
as good degree OF economy, and regard for the pub
lie welfare, circumstances would permit, and there
fore would recommend the acceptance of the report.
But they desire to represent also, that, in their
opinion the present plan of supporting the poor is at
tended with unnecessary expense, is very annoying,
and not calculated TO the comfort and happi-
ness of those dependent upon public support
large amount is yearly paid out for rent, repairs,
fire wool care sc which would be saved if suitable
home for the poor as provided and economical pro-
vision made for their support.


The committee would recommend the transfer of the
poor, from Town TO County charge and that such
economical provision be made for them as is provided
by statute. Respectfully submitted


GEO W. PERRY Committee.
Superior April 11th, 1871.


solved That the report of the Board be accepted
Resolved, That the report of the Committee of exam
nat0n and the report of the last Board Of Superv-
sors be adopted Carried. On motion Of Mr. Richie
moved to adjourn: carried, D. GEO. MORRISON,


Town Clerk.
Year: 1871

Mr.. Editor: For one. / am exceedingly
glad to see the exposure Of the outrage
Gus and unlawful monopoly, for horse
tanning purposes, by Mr.. Grant, of the
grounds south of the executive mansion,
and which have always been used for the
convenience and pleasure of the public.
The surly and improper persons employ
ed by Mr.. Grant, with orders to for
biduany man woman. or child passing
through or resting themselves in these
grounds, only intensi6es the outrage
He is an usurper and trespasser himself,
when he thus monopolizes and appropri
tes to his private use public parks and
public property. IF the Dent family
with its numerous "retinue" Of rimps
and hangers on; if the Grant family and
staff can and do, thus outrage decency
let us point the finger of public scorn al
them, and if they remain unmoved there.
by, let US go to the peoples representa-
tives and demand redress-some enact
ment to protect che public in their rights
Shameful and shameless is the exclusion
by Grant of those who would enjoy the
shade and retirement of these delightful
parks. We protest, and demand our
rights, as against all public monopolists
and official assumptions.


One OF THE PUBLIC.