smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

1t 10 . painful duty to record the death of
this gentleman, which occurred yesterday
morning in this city. He was native of
IllinoiA and came with his fathers family to
Madison parish in 1864. His father was q
partner Of General Frank P. Blair. He
formeds warm attachment for Judge Steele,
and when the latter was appointed Assist
ant Attorney General he assigned him to
duty 90 his chief clerk in that office, in
which capacity he was serving when taken
Ill. He was we'll educated, an energetic and
competent business man. His loss is keen]y
felt by the warm pert tonal friends who sur.
rounded him, and his death will be regretted
BY all who formed his acquaintance. His
funeral took place last evening. He leaves
. father, mother, brother and sister in Madi-
SON parish, to whom the news OF his death
will be . terrible blow.
Year: 1875

A KIND WORD FOR MoTHER.-
Dispise not thy mother when she is
old. Age may wear and waste a
mothers beauty, strength, limbs,
sense, and estate, bnt her relation
as a mother is as the sun when 1t
goes forth in its night, for it is al
ways in the meridian and knoweth
no evening. She may be gray hair.
ed. but her motherly relations never
die. 1t may be autumn, yea. winter
with woman, but with the mother,
it is always spring. Alas, how lit
tie do we appreciate q mothers ten.
derness while living. But when she
i. dead and gone, when the cares
and coldness of the world comes
whitening to our hearts, we expe
rierce how hard it is to find true
sympathy-how few will hefriend
us in misfortune. Then it is that
we think Of the mother that we have
lost.
Year: 1875

To Young MEM.-One the most
fatal mistakes, and common one,
leading to many others, which We
have often heard with amazement,
is conveyed in the almost proverbial
phrase: The world owes me a liv-
ing The world does not owe you
a living. 1t is no debtor to voc,
but you are debtor 10 it, and you
cannot work too hard to discharge
your obligation. 1t not only does
not owe you anything, out it is not
going to pay you anything unless
you earn by hards licks, industry
and attension TO business, and just
so long as you pursue such course
in life it will pay.


We are none of us going to thrive
except by work, not by waiting for
this or that to turn up, not by look.
ing for this or the other man to
help you, lot by excess. There are
'Micawbers waiting for something to
turn no all the world over-men
as contemplate as they are misera-
bly, useless.


The fact is, this is a very busy
world, a bit selfish if you will, thor
oughly absorbed in various interests
to think much about individual men,
old or young. The only thing that
gives significance to US in this world
is industry, fidelity and work.
farmers VindIcator.
Year: 1875

LovE.-The love tnat survives the
tomb is the noblest attribute OF the
sou!. If ithas woes, it has delights;
and when the overwhelming burst
of grief is lulled into the gentle tear
OF recollection, then the sudden


anguish and convulslve egony over


the present ruins of all we most
loved are softened away in to PEN
sive meditation OF all that it was in
the days OF its lovellness. Who
would root such sorrow from the
heart? Thongh it may sometimes
throw a passing cloud over the
bright hour Of gaiety, or spread a
deeper sadness over the hours OF
gloom. vet who would exchange it
for the song of pleasure or the burst
of revelry? No; there is voice
from tomb sweeteI than song there
IS a remembrance of the dead to
which we turn from the charm OF
Ihe living.
Year: 1875

REv. FATHER WISE, beloved and
esteemed by oil who know him, was
in our city on Tuesday last, looking
in the best of health after his late
severe illness from yellow fever at
PascagouIa, where he went to nurse
and care COR those stricken down by
that terrible disease. - Holly
Springs Reporter.
Year: 1875

Forneys Sunday Chronicle Returns to


the Charge-Ihe Republicans Must


Accept Grant or Political Chaos.


WASHINGTON, November 81 For
ney's Sunday Chronicle returns to the
third term question with an elaborate
leader this morning, showing the cha.
otic condition. .of political parties and
the inevitable disintegration of Repub-
licanism if Grant shall not be made
the candidate in 1876. The following
extracts give fair idea of its tone:


What Eepoleon was to the empire
Grant Is 70 tho Republican party. Mil
itary glory in both cases made the
object adorned by it famous, and
when the politics of the present are SO
combined as to form St. Helena for
Grant, just SO sure will the Republican
party be buried by the allies called in
to save it, it wss the creation of mil
itary glory-,its first victory grew out
of an antagonism which made war
necessary to save the governme from
treason-and it must continue to find
vital force for victory at the ballot
box in the prestige it won upon the
battle. field, or perish ingloriousIy in
the weak hands of civilian manipula-
tors. Great necessities like
those which now surround the repub
lie and the Republican party compel
the people to look beyond the present
far into the future, and it is this infu.
ence which now guides the Republican
masses on this question. 1t il not tht
man, but the times, the epoch which
we discuss. And yet, when man car
SO stamp himself upon an age, when he
can SO engraft himself on a nationality
as to become the glory of the one and
the vital force OF the other, We ar,
bound 10 accept him, or continue tc
1 suffer from the chaos of uncrystalizec
political opinion, The country was
never so barren in ideas as it is now
never SO ploughed with failures in
the shape of sham statesmen, and
therefore, it clngs to the common
sense and military glory emboried il
Grant. Neither the Demociatit
nor the Republican party can presen
man at the present time who com
Dimes the same element Of strength
which are embodied in the silent mar
of the White House. His persona
lprestige yitalizes the party which h,
now heads, and the Democratic, mart,
appreciates this more keenly than lh,
Republican party when they hurl nj
their force in their effort to break hin
down.
Year: 1875

THANKsGIvING.-It is greatly to be
desired that tomorrow will prove what
1t is indcrded it should bc-a day OF
real thanksgiving to God for the boun-
ties SO lavishly bestowed upon our
country. Were it not for our sins and


disebcdience-for our rash and unwise
conduct, what wealth of all that is
necessary for comfort and enjoyment
the country would posses! The real
cause Of nearly all our troublesis to be
found in our own evil actions. How
merciful then is it that We are not
bereft of the bountcous frHits of the
earth; and for this let all be grateful
and resolve TO be better in the future.
Year: 1875

This elegant preparation is prepared from the
true Jamaica Ginger, combined with choice ar0.
matics and genuine French brandy, and Is vastly
superior to every other Extract or Essence of Gin.
ger before the pubi;-all of which are prepared
with alcohol by the old nrOceas.
Year: 1875

n n n WILL BE PAID ior bottle of any
EVnII other Extract or Essence of Jamaica
y IUVD Ginger if found to equal it in ilne iavo


purity, and prompt medicinal effect
Largest, Cheapest and Best Take no other unit
you have given it q trial.
Year: 1875

The frequent lament that our hill farms
are abandoned and allowed to run
down is not founded on the very best
philosophy. The abandonment of q farm
is not necessarily or always to leave it to
deteriorate Even grass lands i'll many
locations in New England will well nigh
hold their own lor many years though
nothing is done to them except to cut the
grass. We have in mind several farms in
Il New England hin town which have
been un0ccupied for several years. The
buildings have of course dccayed. Bat
the grass sold for about as much this year
as it was worth the season the farm was
abandoned. This would not hold true OF
farms subjected to high culture. but it is
true of'a great majority Of our hill farms.
Moving fields never top-drcssed, closely
cut and pasturcd after hayin@, are a good
deal worse off than fields moved early
and the aftermath allowed TO remain on
the ground as a top dressing.


The woodlands Of course improve an
nually. and with a rapidity hardly appre-
ciated by those who have not closely OBJ
served them. The land in one sense, fall
lowed by non-cuItiyation and gathers
strength from year to year Aud the time
is coming when our New England hill
farms will be worth double their present
value We do not however, advocate
abandonment as a means OF rccuperation.
But it is Il good deal better TO abandon Il
farm than to skin it. [l4owell Courier,
Year: 1875

Ave Mich, y the charming lady humor-
ist, of the Detroit Free Press, gives the
following recipe, which her lady readers
will read with pleasure.


l'ia you ever eat piece Of pumpkin
pie? | don't mean any Of your modern
'yeller' things, but a real, oldtashoned
quadrant, such as grandmother used to
have about at Thanksgiving time Weren't
grandmothers comfortable people about
those times? My grandmother used to
make the best pumpkin pies OF any one in
the neighborhood When she died, she
Willed the recipe, and, like the vender of
patent medicines, have resolved, for the
SAKE OF humanity, to give it to the world


In the first place, YOU must be very par
tlenlar about picking out your pumpkins.
Don't take the biggest, but be sure and
get the yelowest, and a crinkly one, if
you can. If you happen to be a carpen-
ter's Wife, take it to the shop, put it in the
wise, and peel it with the draw-shaye. Its
the quickest and easiest way, and you
won't be halt SO apt to cut your fingers. II
you are not a carpenters wife, you'll have
to take it to the kitchen, cut it into round
rings, and peel it with the butcher knife


After peeling, cut the pumpkin into
small pieces and put them into the kettle
to stew. Now, the real goodness Of the
pie depends on the stewing You must
stir 1t often TO keep it from burning, and
then you must let it stew. and stew, and
stew, and stew. till its about the color of
your best mahogany bureau. You can't
stew Your pumpkin and make your pies
the same day; SO, the next morning strain
your pumpkin through u colander, sweet
en- it with molasscs or brown sugar, sea-
son with ginger. and thin with rich sweet
milk. Make q rich crust, and when your
pie is ready for the oven put in u teaspoon
full or thereabouts, OF melted butter Bake
Slowly and evenly, and when it is done, it
viii be a rich, dark brown. When it gets
cold. give your husband a piece. Not a
prime, little, acute angled triangle, on
China plate with u silver fork, but when
the hired girl goes out to hang up the
clothes, coax him into the Kitchen, and
give him i whole quarter. He won't speak
cross 10 you again for week. Give him
some cheese 70 cat with it. Not u smooth,
rectangular piece, cut with the carving
knife. but let him cut off a chunk" with
Ms itck-knto. You take another piece of
Die and sit on the edge of the sink while
he sits OH the woodbUN You'll enjoy life
almost rs well as you did counting.


When your minister comes to see you,
give him slice. If he has spark of re-
ligion, he'll appreciate t. Hell cherish a
lorgiving spirit toward the school COM
mittee all the way home. and when he
gets into his study he'll make several cor
rectons in his next Sundays sermon.


When YOU eat pumpkin pie. don't be
afraid Of it. Set Your worries clean down
through it crust and all. Oh-oo, amt it
luscious
Year: 1875

If the only good 4 boy ever did about
the farm was to repair The pump, hang
gates, make mole traps, put in rake teeth
file the saw, and hang the grindstone. and
he did these things We'll obviously the
farm is not the place for him-but the ma
chine shop is If a boy will walk halt a
dozen miles. after days work is done. 10
hear political speech, it he takes time from
play to attend trials before a Justice OF the
Peace, and sits up half the night when he
is going to school to learn declamations
which bring down the house at spelling
schools. most likely he will do the world
more good if you put Il law book and not
u manure fork into his hand. If he can
earn more money trading jack-kniVe es and
fish lines on rainy days than he does hoe
ing potatoes and cutting grain in fair
weather, give him u chance at the yard
stick. Again. il Il boy is Skiliul in skin
ming small animals and stulling small
birds; if he practiccd making pills Of mud
when he was Il child, and extracted teeth
from the Jaws Of dead horses with pincers
when he got older; if he read physiology
while his brothers were deep in Robinson
Crusoe, he viii be far more likely to sue
ceed with a lancet than with u scythe.


chronological Journal
Year: 1875

CORRECT, Go AHEAD! The following
actually occurred in u school in certain
locality in this province not long since.
A lady teacher was instructng u young
class in the meaning CT different words.
principally by illustration. At length the
word ..husband" was reached. None OF
the pupils could clearly understand the
meaning of the word To make it clearer
for them she said, e" Supposing that |
should get married, what would it be
that would have?" For few moments
their little heads were busy trying To
comprehend what it would be, when one
bright little fellow, with his countcnance
beaming with satisfaction at having solved
the problem, shouted out "A baby. ma am. -
How refreshingly natural. Colonial
Farmer
Year: 1875

in japan, even in the lowest inns, says
4 writer in Temple Bar, the travellers re-
quest for bath is never met with that
stare of blank astonlshment which often
attends the demand in England and every
other European country. | know in Ire
land once i asked for a bath. and they
brought me Il horse bucket; and on anoth-
er OCCASION in France, | could 60 no near
er the article than a horse trough; while
in Germany the request has more than
once led to q serious breach OF the peace
between myself and the landlord. In ia
pan, on the contrary, there would be much
more surprise felt ii the traveller did not
ask for one There were no preparations
required, no rushing about of chamber
maids, no turning on this and of that
Everything was quite ready, and was at
once conducted to a huge wooden bath
with a small earthen furnace set III at the
foot, and lid enclosing the whole OF the
top, with the exception OF space Just blg
enough for the head OF the bather tC
emerge through. In one OF these contrlv-
ances, with small furnace burning gaily
a Japanese, after his days work is over,
will sit calmly boiling himself with the
lid on, and the water bubbling about at
boiling heat lie seems, however, to like
it uncommonly, to Judge from the pleasec
expression on his face fast deepening un-
der the process into beetroot-like tints


and when he has at last had enough :
about an hour of TIL takes off the lie
and energies as much like boiled lobster
as Il human being can be one. My bath
was quite ready; the small furnace glow
ed with live pieces OF charcoal; the'watel
bubbled merriy, and my companion OF
the bath. taking off the lid, invited me t(
enter. Not being, however, either ia
panese, blue lobster, or a potato, | die
not see any particular object in being boil
ed, and so had the fuel raked out OF the
furnace and few buckets of cold waite
added before got in.
Year: 1875

In the old days there were angels who
came and took men by the hand and led
them away from the city of destruction
We see no white winged angels now
But yet men are led away from threaten
inc destruction: a hand is put into theirs
which leads them forth toward calm and
bright land, SO that they look no more
backward; and the hand may be a little
child's. TGeorge Eliot
Year: 1875

A pair of stairs that ordinarily are as solid as
a rock will straddle in the joints and crcak and
creak together with all the fervor of thunder
clap when one is attempting to climb them
noiselessy late at night
Year: 1875

An honest California farmer sent to the
Illinois state fair the heaviest fleece of
wool on record, its total weight being a
trife over fifty pounds. The wool growers
association had it secured and weighed.
There proved to be thirty-eight pounds OF
grease and dirt in it and two pounds OF
burs, so that it was case OF more fleece
than wool
Year: 1875

be time keeper left his seat by
the door as the whistle sounded from
the roof of the boiler house and the
echoes of its booming shrek came
back from the hills across the ravine
through which the Black River found
its way He had handed in his re-
port at the office before the slacken-
ing speed of band and wheel and
shaftIng had softened the elamorous
whir CT the spindles and the rumb-
ling Of the mules to a whisper and
then to silence: when down the stair
cases of the great central tower, past
the now unguarded door, and out in-
to the gray darkness of the late twi-
light, LusIled a crowd in calico,
dividing into three streams as it
flashed over the threshold, one going
north to the corporation boarding
house, another taking the opposite
direction toward the meaner part Of
the small village, and third cross
ing the canal directly to the tene-
ments dimly seen on its bank. The
hundred windows of the huge mill
shone yellow. To travellers on the
down express" that stood by the
station platform, the pump of its safe
ty brake painting as if impatient of
the delay, those lights seemed gold
en- flecks in mine of prosperous in
dustry, and their distant gleam sug-
gested pleasant thoughts of a busy
multitude Near to the walls the
slaniing rays lighted up iEdistinct
figures, hustling away in long pro-
cessions that broke into knots or sep
| arated into individuals. They were
mainly those of women Some wore
showls drawn over their heads, Others
were still sheltered by the straw hats
that had seen service under the heat
of the summer sun; some stepped
along with g SOC. of sorry jauntiness
in feathers and feminine trappings
THAT futtered and swung in the
glanciDg reflections from above.


With cling OF the bell the rain
moved on toward the great city.
The lights disappeared by sections
from the front Of the mill-a score of
windows being blot,ed out at once,
like wink Of Agus-aud the few
hurryiag feet that sped away lhrot e .
the gathering darkness left behind
them a towering black monument,
whose broad stony exparse was re-
lieved only by the glimmer of a
lantern here and there as it passed
window after window at the pace of a
mans walk.


The mills had closed for the night.
But before the last row Of lights went
o1t, there stepped through the va
cant doorway yet another figure in
calico, not hastily, but With al ex-
pectapt air, as ii the delay lad been
With purpose. Even in the dim
Hight, and clothed 10 mean ana
ma,odorous factory dress. IL could
be seen IS that of q young woman,
tdil OAQ GStsi
and graceful in movement. The girl
came slowly out aud paused at the
bottom of the eranita steps. i
quick hut shutting football was heard
upon the path of cinders leading up
from the canal. 1t came nearer, and
a mans form appeared IN the gloom.
The girl stepped out toward it.
! "Joe!' she said


The man, who was in working
dIess, and carried tin pail, With e
cup of the sane material set on the
top like the turret of monitor,
turned quickly and peered at the
speaker.


why. Maryln he said. with some
thing like annoyance in bis tone; 81
ddn't want you to wait form tonight
I I'm late nov, and the boss II be
Lad enough. You'd better go right
home
Year: 1875

The severe lesson n Pittsbnrg man lately
received from his wife, is thus set forth by
the Commercial of that city:


"The husband had been in the habit Of
staying out late at night, and on the even
ing in question, at about half past eleven
o'clock, he WAS standing in front of an AL
derman's in company with some friends.
including the magistrate. A woman close
ly yelled came along, apparently under the
influence of liquor. The husband referred
to proposed that she be arrested and tried
at once. The party took up the sug sestion.
with the idea that there was fun ahead,
and the Alderman's Office WAS at once OPEN
ed, lit up, and the woman brought in. Tho
case WAS called and the friends stood around
to hear the trial lie who had suggested
the arrest and the trial was forward in the
progress of the case, and desiring y view Of
the face of the female, rudcly lifted her
veil. His astonishmcnt and modification
may be imagined when he discovered that
it was his wife! There was u sudden dis
persemcnt of the friends. The wife had
been seeking her wandering husband, and
had taught him and his friends lesson,
that they will not soon forget
Year: 1875

so the hot blood gushed out and stained my
hands. Then l was seized by Anthony
Bell and others, accused of heing the MUIR
dercr, taken off to prison, and now have
been tried and found guilty. My lord and
gentlemen of the jury. did not commit
that horrible deed. l am innocent"


A profound murmur welled from the lips
of the crowd, and it was some time before
order was restored.


The judge put on the black cap and arose
to pass sentence.


Just then terrible commotion arose out
side the courtroom, and two men entered,
bearing between them the form of man,
whose face was half hidden by red hand
kerchief which was tied around his head.


This man was Jack Rape, who had that
day recovered his senses, and on hearing
that young O'Connor WAS on trial for the
murder of Mr.. Blake. requested that he
should be brought to the court as he had
important evidence to give in the case.


policeman advanced toward the bench
and whispered something to the judge,
who ordered two policemen to guard the
door, and allow no one to leave the court
room.


The invalid was seated in chair on tn,
witncss-stand, and, after having been duly
sworn, deposcd as follows:


"His name was John Rape; ON the even
ing of the 29th Of July, the evening on
which the murder was committed, he WIS
walking in field near where the deed was
done; saw Mr.. Blake pass by, and when he
passed him little way saw man with a
black mask jump from behind ditch and
attack his master, he ran to his assistanc,
and grapplcl with the assailant, tore the
mask from his face, and as he did so he was
struck with some blunt instrument on the
head. The man who assaulted his master,
and from whose face he tore the mask, was
not the prisoner. The man WAS ANTHONY
Bell!


A tremendous uproar arose in the court
room. and rush was made toward the
door.


Bell, seeing that his game WAS up,
thought to escape, and caused the excite
ment just spoken of, but he WIS seized by
the two trusty policemen and placed in the
dock from which O'Connor had been hon
orably released.


Seeing that all hope Was gone he confess
ed his guilt. and WAS made to pay the pen
atty of his crime on the scLllold.





A year passed by since the above trans
pircd.


Boniires blazed on the hill side, from
which the joyous shouts of tn, peasantry
were echoed in the valley below, where
nestled the village of Blllyglen.


The marriage bells pealel forth their
joyous anthems, as 4 maria ,c coterie en-
tered the pretty little church and advanced
up the fower-strewn aisle and stood before
the alter.


very handsome couple they arc who
Ire about to be joined in wcdlock. Th
bride is dressed in lavender silk and lace,
u wreath of white flowers decorltcs her
head Of golden hair-as pretty a bride as
ever happy groom led from the alter.


And SO thou e,ht Gerald O'Connor us the
minister pronounced Molly Blake his we'd
ded wife.


And as our story comes to an end we
will bid them adieu, hopin.; that a long life
of love and happiness will be theirs.