smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

"GRAcE GREENWOOD has been aston
ishing the people "down East" by the
accounts of the mud-baths which she has
seen or heard of during her late travels on
the Pacific Coast. baths are said to
be a popular remedy with certain unciv-
ilized copper-colored savages. The bar
barous beings, when sick, are said to bur-
row in the mud, very much as certain name
less scavenger quadrupeds do in civilized
countries, of ahot day, whenever they can
find a puddle large enough. Some OF
our contemporaries seem to think that a
prescription that is good for pigs is for
that very reason very bad for humans.
But we beg leave to differ. A cleansing,
or cooling, or other remedial process may
be equally applicable whether the patient
be hog or the "higher animal"


At first thought there may be some
thing vividly suggestive of dirtiness in
the idea of mud-bathing. But we are
prepared to show that mudopathy is just
the cleanest treatment in existence. The
reader is respectfully requested not to
confound the idea of naturalization
with mud-spattering. No one would like
to have mud thrown into his face nor on
his clothes and he would resent SINH
lar application of water. Yet, intrinsi-
cally, nothing is cleaner than earth, moth
ing purer than water and the admixture
of the two constitutes mud.-Science Of
Health.
Year: 1872

We all want to know how good and
strong men have made their ways in the
world. They were once boys like you-
What steps did they take to become true
men? An eminent merchant in New
York, Mr.. Jonathan Sturgis, tells us
little of his experience, which / am sure
every boy will be glad to hear about.


Zone of my first lessons" said Mr..
Sturgis, twas in 1913, when 1 was
eleven years old. My grandfather had
fine flock of sheep, which were carefully
tended during the war of that day. /
was the shepherd boy, and my business
was to watch the sheep in the fields. A
boy who was more fond of his book than
the sheep was sent with me, but left the
work to me, while he lay under the trees
and read. did not like that, and finally
went to my grandfather and complained
of it. l shall never forget the kind smile
of the old gentleman she said


"'Never mind, Jonathan, my boy; if
you watch the sheep, you will have the
sheep"


"What does grandfather mean by that?
/ said to myself don't expect to have
sheep. My desires were moderate, and a
fine buck was worth thousand dollars.
could not exactly make out in my mind
what it was, but l had great confidence
in him, for he was a judge, and had been
to Congress in Wzshington's time; so L
concluded it was all right, and 1 went
back contentedly to the sheep. After l
got into the field, I could not keep his
words out of my head. Then 1 thought
of Sundays lesson-'Thou hast been
faithful over few things. 1 will make
thee ruler over many things / began to
see through it. Never you mind who
neglects his duty; be you faithful, and
you will have your reward


81 received second lesson soon after.
l came to this city as clerk to the late
Lyman Reed. A merchant from Ohio,
who knew me, came to buy goods, and
said: Make yourself so useful that they
cannot do without you.' / took his mean
ing quicker than did that of my grand
father.


swell, / worked upon these two ideas
until Mr.. Reed offered me a partnership
in the business The first morning after
the partnership was made known, Mr..
James Geery, the old tea-merchant, called
to congratulate me, and he said: You
are all right now. 1 have only one word
of advice to give you-be careful who
you walk the streets with That was
lesson number three"


And what valuable lessons they are!
Fidelity in little things; do your best
for your employer; carefulness about
your associates" Let every boy take
these lessons home, and study them well
They are the foundation stones of char
acter and of honorable success.
Year: 1872

diving. Have patience, Young Folks. in
experimenting with the tail and the fas-
tening of the string to the kite at s,
which it often takes little skill to ad-
just.


There have been some famous kites.
You all remember how Benjamin Frank
lin was once drawn across pond by one,
while boy carried his clothes around ts
the other side, where he came out OF the
water after delightful trip; and how by
means of another he afterward drew
down lightning from the clouds. A kite
has been invented for communicating
with stranded ship snd a lee shore. And
it is by means of kite that suspension
bridges over impossible chasms have
been begun-like one of those across the
Niagara the kite taking over the string,
which is followed by a cord, which draws
after it the rope, which leads the way fol-
the wire cable and the whole marvellous
fabric.-Our Young Folks.
Year: 1872

But the way to make
the more graceful sort,
such as we see so often
in pictures, is not so
well understood. For
one of these, choose
first for the center
piece or upright of
your frame a fiat, lath-
shaped stick "a good
lath itself may dO) of
the required length,


say six feet. B G, in
the figure). Point the
top, and fit into a
crease cut below it a
strip of light cane,


which must be firmly
bound to the upright
(notched for the pur-
pose) by stout thread
Year: 1872

ATUBE is clasped to sewing machine
table Panhandle is made fast by a
screw, and the fan draws toward the
operator by an elastic band, through the
agency of cord the treadle in its down
ward movement draws up the fan, and
when it rises again the elastic band low
ers it. And so the seamstress is vigor-
ously famed, as she sings the "Song of a
Shirt"
Year: 1872

If there is any other region of country
which so thoroughly epitomizes the char
acteristics, capacities and resourcet of the
known world. as does the State of Califor
MIA, it has yet to be discovered. 1t tseems as
if there all The vitalities of Orient and Oc-
cident, of North and South, of animal,
mineral and vegetable existence met and
mir gled in one embrace. The two latest
marvels that have been broue hit to light are
the existence of vast accounts of iron sand
on the coast, in quantity and quality sufi
cient to warrant the establishment of iron
manufactures in their vicnity-apd the
discovery of an immense mouutain Of solid
iron ere, on the line of the projected thr-
ty-fIth parallel railway, the quality Of
which is said to fully equal that of the IA
nous iron mountain in Missouri. 1t is
very probable that deposits of coal exist in
the same State, and it is quite certain that
the di coveries in question will beget a
sharp search for them. Twenty five years
hence the Golden State may be black with
the smoke cf forges and foundrics.-Amer.


lean Manufacturer.
Year: 1872

A TOUCHING lNcIDENT.-In describing
the food which was so disastrous to many
sections of Virginia, the Lynchburg papers
record the following very sad and touching
incident: GA mother and several little
children were making their escape from a
narrow neck of land which lies between
the river and the canal, when they were
amazed to find that the bridge was already
gone, and their only hope was to cliug to
the abutment of the brid ge until the angry
waves should subside. But, as they stood
there clinging to the abutmeDt, the waters
continued to rise higher and higher, while
10 the deep darkness they could hear the
crashing Of trees amid the thunders of
bridge timbers that were wildly dashing
all around them. They had been in this
desperate condition for some time. when
the little girl felt that her strength was
gone, and, with wild shrek of terror, she
exclaimed: kiss me, mother, for can t
hold any longer !" Ard with the warm
pressure of that mothers lips upon her
cheeks, she was swept away, and was seen
no more"
Year: 1872

This is called to meet Sept 3rd, for the
purpose Of making Democratic platform.
and putting a Democratic candidate for
President in the field. The managers claim
that thirty-one States have already declared
that they will send delegates thereto, and
announce that the nominees of that body
are already assured of $4,000 votes :
Evidence daily accumulates indicative of
the now apparent fact that this convention
will be formidable bolt from Baltimore
And the mos: positive proof thereof is to be
found in Greeley's Portland speech. That
carefully prepared statement was but
strained effort to break the back of Louis
vile and keep Democrats therefrom. Gree
ley must have sensibly felt the force of that
movement OR he would not have broken his
silence when and as he did. 1t begins
now to appear that the statement of James
Watson Webb in his letter from England
indorsing Greeley will become entirely true,
namel y-that if the Democrats bolt in any
respectable numbers, or make another NOM
ination, Grant election is as sure as the
sun.-Bee.
Year: 1872

The MEMoRY.-As a general thing,
thing, we read too much, and think about
what we read too little; the consequence
is that most Of the people We meet know
something in superficial way about almost
everything, and very little in a thorough
way about anything. Not tenth part Of
what is read is remembered for month
after the book. magazine, or newspaper is
laid aside. Daniel Webster, who had
very rich store Of information on almost
every subject of general interest, on being
asked how be could remember soaccurately, so
replied that it had been his habit for years
to reflect a short time on what be read,
and so to fix all the facts and ideas worth
remembering in his mind.
Year: 1872

A REMEDY FOR WoUNDs.-A cores
pondent of the Country Gentleman gives
the following remedy for painful wounds:


Take pan or shovel with burning Goals,
and sprinkle upon them common brown
sugar, and hold the wounded part in the
smoke. In few minutes Tie pain will be
allayed, and recovery will proceed rapidly
In my own case rusty nail had made a
bad wound in the bottom Of my foot The
pain and nervous irritation were severe.
This was all removed by bolding it in the
smoke for fifteen minutes, and | was able
to resume my reading in comfort We
have often recommended it to others with
like results. Last week one OF my men
had finger nail torn out by pair of ice
tongs. 1t became very painful, as was to
have been expected. Held in sugar smoke
for some twenty minutes the pain ceased,
and it promises speedy recovery.
Year: 1872

A small Biddeford boy put lighted
match into nearly empty powder keg to
see what would happen. He wont do so
again, as his curiosity is entirely satisfied,
bpt the girl who sat next to him in school
thinks he looked better with his nose on.
Year: 1872

1t is said that Charles O'Connor, of
New York, will not only support the Louis
vile Convention but will even accept its
nomination. This is strange, for O'Cou-
nor was counsel for Jeff. Davis and was
grateful to Greeley for going on JEFF s
bond
Year: 1872

The New York Tribune says, "The
honest journalist breads doing wrong to
any man, not for fear Of legal consequences,
but because it is an abuse Of his power and
discredit to his profession.
Year: 1872

MIREs & HILL. PROPRIETORS OF THE
Pine Hill Steam Saw Mill, situated at the head of
Oak Run, in splendid Sugar Pine timber locality
would respectfully inform the public that they
Lumber and to deliver the same at anv desired
point


Orders for Lumber to be delivered at any point
on the Railroad or Sacramento river from
Year: 1872

disease don't know They would be travelling
down town, buying right and left, utterly reck-
less Of my inability to meet their extravagant
bills. God bless you and the horse disease.
You are dollars and salvation to my credit" and
be disappeared like flash Of summer light
ming.
Year: 1872

This is not, perhaps, the most pleasant
season Of the year for Northern tour; and
yet it may not be uninterestipg to the
readers of the RKFUBZIcAN TO learn what
are it's agreeable and what its unpleasant
faatu-aa
Year: 1872

Your correspondent, nos without 9ome
feelings Of regret, one pleasant day last
week turned his back upon the Crescent
City, and has striven TO retain some of the
impressions which. were conveyed to him
by observation along the line Of his route.
Year: 1872

A young man from an eastern
city, says the Titusville Press, who
had been visiting rural friends in
this vicinity, after seeing a farmer
thrash out ''hooring" Of oats the
other day, asked and received per-
mission to swing the fail a few
minutes, upon assuring the agri-
culturalist that he was ''perfectly
familiar with the art Of thrashing."


Expcctorating upon his hands, the


young man went at the oats, but


at the first pass Knocked the horn
off new milch COW that was leisure
ly chewing her cud in neighbor-
ing stall. The second swing caved
III the head OF the farmer, who
thought he was safe enough as long
as he roasted on the top of the fam
ning-mill in the end of the barn,
but without discovering the havoc
he was making, the city artist kept
at his labors. The third blow fell
upon the oats, and the fourth killed
a setting hen in manger near by,
while the fifth pass of the deadly
weapon was best of all, for it came
around the young man boomerang
fashion, and taking him under the
jaw knocked him down, and thus
put an end to the slaughter. The
mere fact that the city "thrasher"
returned to consciousness an hour |
before the farmer did, allowed the
former to get several miles out of
town before his efforts at thrashing
oats were discovered by the neigh
bors.
Year: 1872

Do we not mistake. when We con-
slider happiness, as we sometimes
do, as that emotion OF jOyoEsness
that presents itself as we move in
the glitter and glow of social pleas
ure: Ii is that enjoyment that we
feel when auy Of the gratifying
scenes of life are passing us by TO-
day, that tomorrow shall be known
only in the past.


Nor is real happiness 10 be found
only where il is often sought, where
the only aim is our own selfish feel
inss, the gratifying Of the desire to
destroy the thought of a hereafter
in scenes of present hilarity and
mirth. But il we would find hap
piness that Is deep and abiding, that
none of the little storms of life can
disturb, then let MS arouse TO some
noble and pure work Of love, that
shall he q benefit to ourselves, to
your friend, or TO the world at
large.


Whenever we yield our will to
tie wishes OF others, We become
better, and when we make q saeri-
flee, whenever we cultivate and i'm
prove ourselves, whenever, by con-
slant watching or earnest effort, we
rid ourselves Of Il fault, then we find
that true happiness that alone is
worthy of the name, and that is
pure and substantial 10y.


We are progressive beings, and
live in 4 world of Improvement,
and only as our advancement Is con-
slant shall we be able TO keep our
position III society, and, surely, if
we see those that have occupied a
place by Our side, or in some lower
walk OF life, passing by US to a
sphere from which they will look
down on Us, it will be destructive
to our peace of mind if we have anv
moral ambition or pride. Then let
US all, even at the expense Of the
most laborious effort and exhaust
ing toll, reach the highest position
attainable, and thus wield our great
est power for good, and receive the
richest recompense Of happiness.
Year: 1872

We talk about a Yankee, a New
Englander, as if all of 'em were just
the same kind of animal. 'EThere is
knowledge and knowledge" said
John Bunyan. There are Yankees
and Yankees. Do you know two
native trees called pitch pine and
white pine respectively OF course
YOU know 'em. Well, there are
pitch-pine Yankees and white-pine
Yankees. We don't talk about the
inherited differences of men quite
as freely, perhaps, as they do in the
Old World, but republicanism does
not alter the laws of physiology
We have a native aristOcracy, a SUI
periOr race, just as plainly marked
by nature as of u higher and finer
grade than the common run of peo-
pie as the white pine is marked in
its form, its stature, its bark, its
delicate foliage, as belonging to the
nobility of the forest; and the pitch
pine, stubbed, rough, coarse-haired,
as of the plebian order. Only the
strange thing is to see in what = ca
priciOus way our natural nobility is
disturbed. The last born nobleman
| saw was only this morning; he
was pulling rope that was fastened
to a Maine schooner loaded with
lumber. l should say he was about
twenty years old, as fine figure of
a Young man as you would ask to
see, and with regular Greek out
line of cOuntenance, waving hair,
that fell as if a sculptor had massed
it to copy, and a complexion as rich
as q red sunset. | have a notion
that the State of Maine breeds the
natural nobility in larger proper
ton than some other States, but
they spring up in all sorts of Out-of-
the-way places. The young fellow


| saw this morning had on an old
flannel shirt and pair of panta-
looms that meant hard work, and
cheap cloth cap pushed back on his
head so as to let the large waves of
hair struggle out over his forehead:
he was tugging at his rope with the
other sailors, but upon my word |
don't think / have seen a Young
English nobleman, Of all those
whom have looked upon, that an
swered to the notion of blood" so
well as this young fellow did. l
suppose if | made such q leyeling
confession as this in public, people
would think | was looking towards
being the labor-reform candidate for
President. Bat | should go on and
spoil my prospects bY saying that |
don't think the white-pine Yankee
Is the more generally prevailing
growth, but rather the pitch-pine
Yankee.- Oiirer Wendell Holmes.
Year: 1872

Less loving hearts than those
which prompted the preparation of
the spices wherewith TO embalm
their Lord, might-knowing the
greatness of the stone at the door OF
the sepulchre-have deemed it use
less to attempt to visit His tomb, or
bear the fragrant gifts to anOint His
body. How many faithlcss one
would have folded their hands in
mute despair, and felt the obstacles
in the way insurmOuntable. Not so
with those women who were first at
His sepulshre. With loving hearts
they came, and richly was their
faith and love rewarded. For while
thev asked themselves, "Who shall
roll Us away the stone Z" when they
looked they saw the stone was rolled
away. And when their Lord him
self appeared unto them, how must
their hearts have eXulted, and their
sorrow have been turned to joyl


And is not the Lord still equally
ready to reward the devotion OF
those who trust and honor Him p
Yet how much do His children suf-
fer from their gloomy apprehensiOns
OF evil; their dread of what the fu-
ture NAV bring; their anxiety: who
shall roll away the stone2 Many 4
trembling disciple has gone mourn
ing all his days from fears never re-
allied; or found, when trials came,
that the Angel of the Covenant had
gone before him, aud the presence of
his risen Lord made light the way.
Blessed are all they who put their
trust in Him.
Year: 1872

The patter of little feet on my of
fee floor and a glad voice exclaim-
ing:


"Papa, Use come TO 'scOrt YOU
home,' made known to me the pres
ence of my little six year old darl-
ing, who often came at that hour
to take me home" as she said. Soon
we were going hand in hand on the
hOmeWard way.


Now, papa, let's play | was a
poor little blind girl, and you must
let me hold your hand tight, and
you lead me along and tell me where
to step and how to 60"


So the merry blue eyes were shut
tight and we began: Now step up,
now step down, here we 60 round
the corner, and so on till we were
safely arrived at home, and the dar-
ling was nesting IN my arms, say
ing, WASN'T it nice papa: | never
peeped Once,'


But" said mamma, didn't YOU
feel afraid you would fall dear?''


With a look of trusting love came
the answer,


"Oh, no, mamma. | had tight
hold of papa's hand aud l knew he
would take me safely over all the
hard places" D"


Dear trusting childhood, What
a lesson to our doubling, troubled
hearts, Oh, that we might with
just this loving trust clasp the
Heavenly Fathers hand,-up and
down the steep paths, round the
sharp corners, and over all the
rough places or this trOubulouS,
changeful life, never letting 90 and
never open our eyes to wonder or
doubt as TO his way,-knowing that
it will at last bring US, when the
weary walk is done, to rest in his
loving arms forevermOre.
Year: 1872

Major had net single drop OF
blood i'm his countenance. He
trembled so violently that he was
hardly able TO stand erect.


In order TO end his misery the
captain aimed quickly and lowered
his pistol, handed il 10 the jockey,
and said "'The man is not worth a
charge of POWDER" and left.


The next evening he appeared
again dressed i'm black, in the cafe,
but no one disturbed him.


The Major, of course, saw himself
compelled TO resign his position in
the army.
Year: 1872

The rattle has been too often de-
scribed to need much to be said
about it here; lis known to consist
of number Of bones, looking like
small knuckle-bones, securely fast
ened together, yet so loosely that
they make a Clicking" noise when
shaken. These grow on the tail of
the reptile, and the popular belief is
that the first joint, which is always
of darker color than the others,
takes two years to grow, while af-
forwards the snake has an addition
al Joint each year. Some observers
contest this, and argue that the rep
tile forms its rattle much faster than
at this rate. The wearing of this
rattle in the hat or bonnet is said to
be an infallible specific against the
headache, and is frequently worn on
that account.


/ have been on the prairie when
opinions have been divided as to
whether a certain ominous clicking
arose from the grasshoppers, which
were there in great numbers, or a
rattlesnake. 1t is not pleasant, at
twilight, to have any doubt on this
subject. The chief thing against the
rattlesnake theory was, that these
reptiles seldom move or leave their
holes after sundown. But l would
warn the reader not to depend too
much on this, as some snakes are
certainly of irregular habits, and
have been known to crawl into tents
and into beds within the tents
This was for the sake of warmth.
Very often the reptiles will content
themselves with coming inside; and
so true is it that use doth breed a
habit in a man, that have known
men to sleep quietly all through the
night when they were perfectly
aware that a rattlesnake was within
the walls of their tent. They rolled
themselves tigAtin blanket, know
ing that the creature would not
touch any one if it were not first
attacked, and that, when the light
came, it would go away.
Year: 1872

ages.


Before Judge Barbour.


william Schaws Vs. The Manhattan Gas Com
paDy.-Plaintf seeks to recover damages on ac-
count OF loss OF pictures. According to his state
ment the pictures were slowed in the basement OF
his residence and were damaged by water coming
into the basement He charges that the defend
street. had not laid them properly and that the food
Ing or his basement resulted from negligence in this
regard. On the other hand it is claimed that the
Oains were properly laid but that an excessive
rain storm, the water falling as alleged, an inch an
hour, did not allow the sewers to carry the water
away and that the flooding resulted from this. The
jury were ordered to bring In sealed verdict.
Year: 1872

The NEW YoRK HERALD has constructed telegraph line
from New York city to whitestone, L. and the same is
open for the transaction OF business
This line will be found OF great service to those having
business with passing and from the Sound and
every facility will be given TO merchants and others to
communicate promptly.


As there is other telegraphc communication with
Whitestone the Herald Line will be open for all business
and private messages and the attended to with all
possible despatch.


All messages must be prepaid


The following rates have been established =
Private messages twenty-five cents for ten words
less two cents for every additional word.
Business messages-For message Of twenty words or
less to be delivered board vessels of Whitestone
dollar; five cents for every additional word.
Advertisements for New York HERALD free.





Herald ONCE, corner Broadway and Ann street.
Herald Ship News ONCE, pier No ! East River
Herald Branch Office, No 1865 Broadway
Whitcstone Dock, Whtestone, L.