smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

THE "Fat Contributor" in writing to
the Cincinnati Times, tells the following /;


At the time | was in Columbus, Penn
sylvania, the community was being
startled or amused, according to the men
tai makeup Of communities constituent
parts, by the story of haunted loeomo-
tive. An engineer and fireman on the
middle division assert that while running
a night express one night last week, the
devil stepped on board the locomotive
and proceeded to run it without the aid
of fireman or engineer, those worthless
falling back in not very good order on
the tender, where they sat tremblingly
observing the operations of his Satanic
majesty. They aver that he not only
opened the furnace door and put his
head in to see how the fire was burning,
but that he actually crawled in, and they
could distinctly see him in the glaring
light industriously stirring up the fire with
his tall This seems incredible, | admit, but
both engineer and fireman say they will
swear to it. Then emerging from the fur
mace without hair being scorched he pro-
ceeded to handle the levers as though he
had run locomotive all his life, hum
ing some diabolical tune meanwhile.
He did not crowd on all the steam, as
they expected he would do, and run the
train with its passengers to destruction
at devil of rate but, on the other
hand, he used the accustomed caution,
Stacking up around the curves, and be-
having altogether like a careful, temper
ate engineer, who recognized his respon-
sibilities. Once only did he notice the
two terror-stricken men on the tender,
and then he made an imperious motion
to the fireman to fire up, and when he hes
itated the devil fired up himself so infer
nally that the fireman made haste to COM
ply with the command. 1t seems strange
that he didn't take advantage of his op-
portunity to run the train to destruction,
but he was probably satisfied with the
pace at which the passengers were going
to the devil, anyhow and accordingly
held his hand. Arriving at bridge cross
ing deep stream, he suddenly waved
them an adieu, and leaped off the engine
over the bridge and disappeared. The
men say blue flame followed him, and
they could hear great sputtering of the
water when he struck.


1t is declared in Columbia to be fact,
that when the train reached the next sta
! ton these men told the above story, and
actually refused to run any further on
that engine, so that it became necessary
to substitute other men for them in order
for the train to proceed. give you the
story as il is current in Columbia. 1t is a
strange enough story at the first blush,
but judging from the diabolical accidents
| that frequently occur on our roads, one
might think it was not so very rare
thing, after all, for the devil to run trains.
Year: 1872

A hot-headed youth, at Waterbury, Ver-
mont, was recently trying to catch baseball
when it rolled upon railroad track just in
front of a coming train. But young Amer-
ca was not to cheated, and went for the ball
just in time to be caught by the cow-catcher
of the engine, and carried along about two
hundred feet before the train could be stop
ped. The boy wasn't hurt but he missed the
ball.
Year: 1872

There is Russian at Old Orchard Beach
whose fondness for the sea and everything
connected with it is eccentric to the verge of
mania. He drinks two or three gallons-it is
said-of sea water daily, eats seaweed by the
handful and bathes four or five times day.
He is very healthy aud robust, fat as a seal
and has round red jocund face.
Year: 1872

A journal once gave a grave account of a
river misadventure, where a steamer nearly
came to grief through running against rat
explaining it in its next issue that it should
have said ''raft." And Southern editor
once had to apologize for calling Mobile the
fourth coffee-pot, instead of the fourth coffee
port in the country.
Year: 1872

WHILE thanking the good people of Portland,
w for their kind patronage through the last sea-
son would invite any, and all who are to have any
see if will not give them the best satisfaction both
as to price, style and promptness of work have also
on hand lot of excellent Hose which shall sell at
reasonable rate old ones also neatly repaired.


X. MCDONALD, 200 Fore ST.,


aug9dtf Foot of Plum ST.
Year: 1872

Lecture of Prof. Fiske before the American


Geographical Society.l HNSN


Planets are continually integrating


diffused materials which they encounter


in their progress through space, and it


has been estimated that the earth adds


to itself nearly one hundred and fifty


billions of such meteoric particles every
year. Secondly, it has been proved that
every planet must be slowly losing a
part of its molar motion of rotation.
The effect of tidal waves, which are
caused by the gravitation Of liquid to-
ward d>other planetary bodies, is to re-
tard diurnal rotation; aud, in fact, the
terrestrial day is heightened by reason
of the friction of tides, and it is destined
in the remote future to give about four
hundred and eighty hours between sun
rise and sunset The earth is also los
ing molecular motion by radiation.
That some terrestrial heat is lost with
out compensation-and very slowly, of
course-can hardly be doubted, and for
the state of things thus ultimately to be
produced, we may find parallel in the
present condition of the moon That
appears to afford an example Of the
universal death which, in an inconceiva-
bly, distant future, awaits the entire solar
system. II, along with the dissipation
Of the molar and molecular motions, the
planets are also losiRg angular velocity,
the loss of motion willultimately result
in their integration with the sun. OF
two facts which bear upon the subject,
one familiar to all students of science)
is the observed retardation of Encke's
comet by the resistance of the medium
through which it moves. The other,
which, so far as know, has not hitherto
been mentioned, is that all the planets
are nearer the sun than they ought to
be, according to Bodies law, the varia-
tons being most conspicuous, as might
be expected, in the case Of Neptune. 1t
is at least worthy Of notice that the dis
crepancy is such as might have been
caused by a slow diminution of the
angular velocities Of the planets. An
other fact, that the interplanetary
spaces are filled with matter, and that,
consequently, all planetary bodies rush
ing through them must meet with re-
sistance and loss momentum, proves
that immense momentum will be eaten
up by the resistance force. This loss
OF tangential momentum must bring all
the planets into the sun. As the planet |
slowly draws near the sun its lost tam
genital momentum is replaced, and |
somewhat more than replaced, by the |
added velocity due 10 the increased
gravitative force exerted by the sun at
the short distance. At the last the
planet must strike the sun with tremen-
dous force. The heat generated by the
earth and the sun alone in snoh q col
lision would suffice to produce a temper
ature of nearly five million degrees CEN
tigrade. OF course, disintegration would
Immediately follow, and the next stage is
the dissipation Of the whole into q
nebula. ".#D
Year: 1872

The life OF political party is its principles.
When 1t renounces or anjures these, or consents
to subordinate them to views of temporary expe-
diency in a scramble for spoils or plunder itfor-
feits its selfrespect, and ceases to be respect
able.-N. Y, World


Yes, precisely so. But suppose we were to
judge the Worlds own party by such rule, as
that which the organ here proposes, and how
much that is respectable" would be left to it
From the time of it's overthrow, in 1860 down to
the present what have been it's principles"
but a continuous series Of temporary expedi-
ents to regain the spoils or plunder5" Let
any one look back the history of the Dem
ocracy. during the past twelve years, and see
what principle, asserted in their National Con-
ventions Of 1850 1864 and 1868 they adhere to.
Nearly every expression Of purpose, every az
proval Of measures, every declaration Of princi-
pls made at each Of these National gatherings,
has been abandoned, until there is now scarcely
one distinguishing characteristic by which We
can recognize the old Democratic platform in
the modern resolutions Of the party.


1t is true that the successive abandonment by
our opponents of position after position their
confused retreat from every declaration which
once they so strongly maintained-marks the
real progress Of free institutions and the de-
velopment of the Republic into truly Demo-
cratic government. On this account, good men
must rejoice, but they are not, unfortunately
for the Democratic Party. called upon to give il
the credit for this progress. Its retreat has
been compulsory 1t has yielded because it
could not successfully Withstand the pressure OF
the people. Its successive expedients for max
ing new resistance have never taken the form
of true and sound principles.


The theory of the World is good No just
man will discredit it. But when we apply the
rule with judicial frmness to that party which
is now rent in factional differences over the
question OF adopting Horace Greeley as its can.
didate-not from principle, but solely for rea
sons Of temporary expedency" how can the
result be pleasing to the party put on trial;
Year: 1872

BRUTAL ATTACK ON PEAcEABLE CITIZENS


Yesterday afternoon a gang of rowdies at
tackled a number Of peaceable Germans at
Smiths Island opposite the city Three special
officers iuterfered, and securing three men took
them on board the boat to bring them across to
the city. They were followed by the gang Of
roughs and a fearful fight took place on board,
in which several men were badly injured. The
officers we're severely hurt. On reaching the
city other officers came TO their assistance, and
running fight took place through the streets
for a distance OF three squares. Nine OF the
gang were captured One of the officers had his
head cut and ribs broken. Another was terribly
beaten
Year: 1872

There seems to be some prospect of getting
a Postal Telegraph bill, at this session OF Con-
gress. Speed the day The House Committee
on Appropriations, yesterday agreed unanimous,
ly to authorize Mr.. Palmer to report his Postai
Telegraph bill and recommend its passage.
Year: 1872

And now the Philadelphia
Press thinks the GRANTEES will
gain nothing by abusing Chas.
Sumner, and says he is one of
the grandest historical charac-
ters Of our time, standing al
most alone in the immensity Of
his intellect and the sublimity
Of his patriotism and integrity,
He is the ideal of a Democratic
Senator in arepublic, approach.
ing more nearly the Roman
model than any that lives to.
day. His life is a record OF
absolute fidelity to liberty and
human rights, Of that rare vir.
tue that clings to right in the
absence of reward and at the
expense Of preferment. In the
struggle against slavery and
caste he has been the formost
man in America, an through all
the mutations of our politics,
the apostasy Of some leaders
and the lukewarmness of oth>
ers, Charles Sumner has been
consistent in his rigid devotion
to Republicanism in the widest


meaning of the term.
Year: 1872

The bill in reference to this matter still
lies in the hands. of the Committee, to
whom it was at first referred, and to
whom have also been referred from time
to time various petitions pro and con,
Year: 1872

The Senate fews since indefinitely
postponed Senator Wilson's bill to re-
peal the Litigant Act, in accordance with
the recommendation of the Judiciary
Committee, the ground taken being that
the passage of the repeating act would
leave no law by which the publication of
legal notices could be had. The natural
presumption from this act would be that
the Senate were in favor of continuing
that obnoxious law, but this would be un-
just. The bill repealed all former acts
regarding the publication of legal notices,
and made no providence for the future.
Enough Of the Senate are in favor of the
repeal, and new bill to the same effect,
soon to be introduced, will probably pass
with little opposition.
Year: 1872

WHAT'S THE MATTER ?-The Statutes
of last Winter have not yet been received
in this county. Something must be
wrong somewhere. Heretofore the Stat
utes have been forwarded in June. Last
Winter special pains were taken to keep
the printing up with the action of the
Legislature, and the laws passed ought
to have been ready for distribution earlier
than usual. Instead of this being the
ease, it is already month later than
usual. Somebody needs stirring up and
general newspaper inquiry will be suifi-
cient.
Year: 1872

MOUNTAIN FIREs.-The smoke Of fires
10 the mountains to the South Of "Bally"
indicate that quite an extensive piece of
ground is being burned over. At this
season of the year when the earth is be-
ginning to be parched with the Summers
neat, fires in the woods spread rapid y,
often do great damage, and the utmost
care should be used by those who camp
OUT to prevent the camp-fres from
spreading. There is severe penalty at
tached to setting fires Intentionally.
Year: 1872

WARMLY CoNMENDED.-The special
committee appointed by the Grand Jury,
were warm in their Communications of the
management of the County Hospital by
DR.. Montague. They stated that in the
matter of food and lodging especially, it
was equal to the best hotel in the county,
the table being supplied with the best Of
everything to be obtained in the market.
Year: 1872

REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
A meeting of the Republican Central
Committee for Trinity county, will be
held at this Office on the afternoon of
Monday, July 22d. Business of import
ance connected with the coming campaign
will come before the commi3ee and a
full meeting, either in person or byproxy
is requested.
Year: 1872

OF THE TRINITY JOVENALt
OF THE TRINITY JOURNAL
OF THE TRINITY J0URSXLi
OF THE TRINITY LOURNkLt
OF TIE TRINITY JOVRNALi
OF THE TRINITY JOURNAMi
AZ THE TRINITY JOURNAL
OF THE TRINITY JOVRNAAI
OF THE TRINITY JOURNALI
OF TIE TRINITY JOIRNALI
OF THE TRINITY JOVRNAI.i


OF TREE TRINITY JOURNAL
Year: 1872

opinion that 1t would be well for the people at
large II the schemes Of Wall street gamblers were
more amenable to the laws than they at present
are. Said the great merchant :-"Tnese men actu-
ally gamble upon their own ability to upset the
operations OF men having less capital than them
Selves but invested in a more honorable ana
legitimate method. II the kind OF business
which these stock operators carry on anected only
themselves and those engaged in similar pursuits
parayze trade and very seriously inlure oil deal
ers who rely upon moderate capital To,day gold
Is b0bbing up and down and men dare not BUY,
although the flush OF the Fail trade IS setting IN
upon them. Gold, see, has reached nlteen al
ready to-day, and men cannot feel commence
enough to purchase, while at the same time tney
can see nothing definite TO be gained by delay. lt
Is very wrOng-wrong both In principle anu III
pracJice.n r1T vi C.4


Another gentleman, whose interests are closely
affected by any pulsation OF the gold indicator,
gave 1t as his opinion that the policy OF the gov
ernment in reducing the gold balance In the ma
tiOnal treasury TO 80 low an ebb as mas
been the case within the past two or three
years was great mistake. Said hc:-"The govern
ment should always In my opinion, keep such Q
reserve OF gold on hand as wOuld be perpetual
check to the conspiracies OF these fancy operators
1t Is, to certain extent the duty OF the govern
ment to protect the masses OF the people against
any and all combinations which signify danger TO
the general welfare II the gold and stock operators
knew that the government had always Q spare iund
OF ten or twenty millions on hand TO be used IN
checking their games, and which could be dropped
into the market at any time, there would be none
OF these Wall street forced pancs and such thing
as Black Friday would be unknown" III
Year: 1872

The Londen Daily Ne'cs says: " \ book Of
modern Irish anecdotes has yet to be written.
There is not town or city in the island with
out its budget of contemporary witcism arpli-
cable not oaly to local but to national occur
reuces. Cork would be a famous district to
beat up for this purpose 1t still retains a
number Of wits in whom the faculty rscy Of
the soil has not become impaired or Gegenera-
ted. And throughout the rural parishes a
wealth of novel and modern stories might be
picked up by the skilled cdiGo"aier who
would give his mind to the task.


"Itisa mistake to accept the account Of the
Nationalist journalists that the heart of Ireland
is broken The heart of Ireland beats health
lily and heartily enough under an improving
commercial prosperity, and although there
may be an absence of that unrestrained joviali-
ty typifed BY Mr.. Bourcicault or Mr. Edmund
Faconer, the people Of all classes in the coun-
try remain as hospitabe and as bright-humor-
ell as ever they were in the days of Buck
Whalley or Bully Egan The bar of Ireland
certainly does not now engage in prolonged
word combats with tie bench, hard drinking
is less frequent, and picturesque poverty and
raggedness is not comnon enough out Of Con-
nemara or Gwecdore to pay the expenses Of
any enterprisipg artist on tour Of inspection
for an Illustrated paper
Year: 1872

Just at the harbor's mouth she stood;


Behind her was the beacon white,
Which sends its kindly warning forth


From evening shade till morning light.
Above her was the golden sun;


More golden shone her tossing hair;
The oceans azure, at her feet,


With her blue eyes could not compare
Full sheer the cliff whereon she stood,


And, though her eyes were downward cast
still could row my boat anear


And see their glory as passed.
Patiently there she watched her line,


That sank among the golden weed,
"Who would not be fishg ~ thought |,


''By such sweet hands if doomed to bleed
Sweet hands. but browner than the rock


Whereon her pretty feet had place,
Which, browner yet, laid hold oft


With naked purity and grace.
One day dared TO speak 10 hers -,
.'What have you caught to-day, my dear =
"Nothing but just thought or twoi
More thoughts than fish come swimming here.
"And have you caught this thought, my dear,


That love YOU aud YOU love LIE ~
[ dared not speak the question out;


Such joys as that might never De.
SO every day pass her by,


But cannot bring my lips to say:
"8ly heart is caught upon your hook,


And cannot tear itself away"
Why should speak? She would not slip


From OF the rocks into my boat,
And say, LAS thus forevernore


Let US together sit and ioat.
She would not love-'tis not her time;


Blu, naught that she can do or say
Can rob me of my right divine


To love and worship her Away.
0, maiden at the harbor's mouth


BY day, with their distracting light,
Your eyes will wreck more Venturous hearts


Than ever beacon saved by night.
Year: 1872

The too pyoh,se use Of the title of Colonel
elicits these pertinent remarks from the Phila-
delphia Pos.l


ITO call a man Colonel is to convey the
idea that he is ola mild, meek and benevolent
disposition. 1t is also an evidence that he new
er was a soldier For instance we may recall
some Of the Colonels of Philadelphia. There
is Colonel Forney, Colonel Mcclure, Colonel
McMicbae, Colonel Scott, Colonel Mann, Colo
mel Fitzgerald, Colonel Philips, Colonel Green
and Colonel Fritz. OF what rcgimeut2 And
we might mention many more gentlemen of
high standing who have never been in the army
and can only be called Colonel Is a tribute to
their antipathy to blood. Ifeyery Colonel was
a soldier, the standing army in Philadelphia
would be menace TO our liberties. Their
number is as great as it was in San Francisco,
to which John Phoenix bears witness in the
following story The steamboat was leaving
the wharf and every body was taking leave Of
friends-al but Phoenix who had no friend to
bid him farewell. Ashamed of his loneliness,
as the boat sheered off he called out in loud
voice, 'Good-by Colonel, and to his great de-
light every man on the wharf took of his hat
and shouted, Colonel, goodbyl'
Year: 1872

Oar stay ia Salt Lake City amounted to only
two days, and therefore we had no time to
make the Customary inqusiions into the work
ings OF polygamy and get up the usual staiis-
tics and deductions preparatory to calling tho
attention of the nation at large once more TO
the matter. had the will to do it. With
gushing sef-suiliciency Of youth was ieyerish
to plunge in healoug and achieve great re-
form hcro-nntil saw the Mormon women.
Then | was touched My heart was wiser than
my head. It warmed toward these poor, un-
gainly aud pathetically "honely creatures,
aud as | turned to hide the generous moisture
Of my eyes, said No, the man that mar
ries one Of them has done an act Of Christian
charity, which entities him to tho kindly
applause Of mankind, not their harsh censure,
and the man that marres sixty Of them has
done a deed of opeu-handed generosity 50
sublime that the nation should stand uncovered
in bis presence and worship in silence"
Year: 1872

A Coop TABLE SAUoE.-Takc one gallon Of
tomatoes, wash and simmer in three quarts Of
water until nearly done. Strain through
sieve. Add two tablespoonful Of each Of the
spices-gnger, mace, black pepper, allspce
and salt, and ore Of Cayenne pepper Boil
down to one quart. Pour in one pint best
vinegar, and then pass the whole through hair
seive. Bottle in balf-pint bottle, cork and
seal securely, and keep in cool place.
Year: 1872

most add only efficient, when brought to
the aid of manuring properties already in
the SOIL Lime and fermented manure
should never be mixed together, for the
reason that it is the tendency of lime to
drive off ammonia, which is q large con-
stituent property of fermented manure.
The lime should be first brought in con-
tact with the earth when it loses that re-
pellent power. Put your barn-yard ma
nure upon the grass sod, (Which is always
the best place to put it,, plOw it down
and then put the lime upon the surface
of the plowed ground, and by the time it
reaches the manure it is prepared to do its
work effectually. Lime can not be put
upon land at the eCrOng time, for such is
its character ana durability that its effect
will be seen upon the first crop of grass
which follows it, and clover will grow any
where and in any climate if lime be used
plentifully. Lime is one of the large con-
stituent properties of grass, and where
grass grows we'll anything else will grow
we'll which is congenial to the soil. 1t
is an erroneous idea that lime should not
be used upon slate or sandy land because
it will burn it up. If lime will not save
a crop from burning up with the sun, it
will be because it can not be saved. All
its tendencies are to attract moisture. On
rich limestone land, there is no reasonable
limit to the amount of lime that may be
put OH. Four hundred bushels to the acre
would do no harm, but that quantity put
upon their slate or sandy land would make
it unproductive for long time. On such
land from twenty to sixty bushels is plenty,
but if but twenty be put on, it should be re-
peated the next year or two.


believe have replied substantially to
all the queries put to ME and l think that
your club for whom you write may be
benefited.


| send you the last monthly for May and
June, i'll which you will find some articles
that may be useful to your friends.


| am very respectfully


Your ob't serv't,


FREDERICK WATTS.
Year: 1872

Urinary and Womb Diseases, Gravel, Diabetes Drop
sy 1ncontinence of Urine Brights disease AIbuminn
ra and in where there are Brick dust deposits or
the water is thick. cloudy mixed with substances Ike
the white Of an egg threads like white silk or there
morbid ozark, bilious appearance, and white Bone
dus deposits, and where there is pricking burning
sensat and pain in the small of the back and along
the l0ins, In all these conditions, Railways SarparI
lan ResOlvent, aided by the application of Railways
Ready Relief to the spine and small of the back and
the bowels regulated with one or two of Radway's
Regulating Pills per day will soon make complete
cure In few days the patient will be enabled to hold
and discharge water naturally without pan and the
Urine viii be restored to its natural clear and amber
or sherry color.