smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

II Socrates was probably often invited
out to dine, for, being constantly on the
street, where he could snuff the savory
oder of the kitchens, he had the best
fchance in the world to know where o
feast was about to be held. "A public
man, with as glib a tongue as Socrates
had, would not lack invitation. He was
constantly bringing home some one to
dine, when;his wife had not a scrap in
the house to cook, nor stick of wood to
cook it with. She could give no feast,
much less attend any, because she lacked
the means to present herself in suitable
attire. Plutarch says that the ladies
were invited q year beforehand that they
might have time to dress, Z 4.


The well-known occupation of Socra-
tes was finding fault with hisneighbors,
ard very naturally the wife did not es-
cape his censures. He even permitted
llerto be accused of; scoldingii in his very
presence "a thing which the world never
could have known and then, instead of
trying to defend and hide her faults, as a
loving husband should, he admitted that
this was true, and said: II have mar
ried this woman, being firmly convinced
that, IN case should be able to endure
her, shouldebe able to endure every
BODY


Such things as these are supposed to
make the very best of women scold.


Therefore since Xantippe probably mar
ried Socrates because she had no other
choice, and Socrates married Xantippe
because he knew their dispositions were
most discordant, and then did SO many
things to torment and aggravate her,
we claim that she was justified in ooca-
sionaily giving her husband q view of
domestic affairs from woman's stand
point, or, in other words, giving him
piece of her mind.
Year: 1872

4 RADICAL SENATOR ON AMNESTY.
IN the United States Senate, Senator
sawyer, on the subject of a proposed
amendment to the amnesty bill, said:


1.-The amnesty bill was SO important
and urgent measure of public policy
that he did not want to have it embar-
rassed by any other measure, however
ncritoriOus in itself. He believed that
the great mistake in the reconstruction
of the Southern States was the imposi-
ton Of political disabilities, and that it
was due to that mistake that his State
iSeuth Carolina) had now government
that was q disgrace to the Republican
party and q scandal to the country be-
for the civilized world. The Senator
from Massachusetts,, in his zeal for equa
rights, was seeking to tack his amend
ment on this bill but the col0red people
at the South, if they could be heard
would themselves say to that senator
'Give us amnesty first; we will be sure
to get our rights, sooner or later, under
your BILL"
Year: 1872

These noble lines-from the Southern
Mugazinc for the current month--preach-
ing cloquently the sublime heroism of
Peace, come with peculiar grace and
effect from q member of the sex, ever
last to forget the revengeful heritage of
War:
Year: 1872

A DETROIT woman got ready to
elope tho other day her cruel hus-
baud tod her she might go, but not
until she lad taken of her pretty
Spring suit, and donned her old
clothes. She did not want to be wick
cd. unless she could be so In becom-
ing garb, and so her husband locked
up her trunks and went after her
lover. He did not arrest that gentle
man because he could not find him,
and when he returned homo he conld
not find his wife, who had gone of in
her old clothes.
Year: 1872

The most touching eulogy, and the
most comprehensive, probably, was
at the grave Of Daniel Webster at the
close OF the funeral rites. A plain
man, probably one Of the nelghbors Of
the deceased, came forward, stood Mt
the grave, and said quivering lips {:
"Daniel Webster, the world will be
lonesome without you" The quality
which won for Daniel Webster this
touching eulogy is not his great and
brilliant intellect, but his neighborly
kindness. So
Year: 1872

A GrRI. OF THE PERIoD.-A beatti-
ful young lady who had allowed the
tendrils OF her heart to twine fondly
around q strapping great conductor on
a horse car. had her atfectionate nature
crushed by the discovery that he was
taking fare from her and deadheading
another girl who lived on the same
street. She did not eat pickles and
pine away, but wrote him an affecting
epistle, which read: You want to
nok- down enun stamps to get mo
pafsler shawl s dolley vardin before
sunday or 1 will put M awning over
that girls eye the next time meet her
IN society. You heer me-"
Year: 1872

A MoRBIpLY nervous lady, accom-
panied by her husband, arrived In Ball
timore recently on n visit, and OH their
way to hotel encountered two men
OH the sidewalk. quietly engaged In
conversation. The lady INSTANTLY fan
cied the men intended harm to her
husband and set up violent scream
Ing, aud before the husband could OBJ
IN explanation from her he WAS in the
hands Of two men, they naturally sup
posing that the femaie had been as
ssulted. An explanation Of the con-
duct Of the husband was demanded.
and the nervous female, perceiviug
that her champions were about to
thrash her husband, quickly explained
matters aud relieved her husband
from the awkward position in which
her own folly had placed him.
Year: 1872

A ROMANTIC marriage occurred at
Cleveland, Ohio, last week. the parties
to which had never seen each other
until an hour before the ceremony
took place. This novel affair was
brought about by the proprietor of 4
tailoring establishment to whom the
woman applied for work aud who ad-
vised her TO marry one OF the work
men who wa, mstrlmonially inclined.
Thus the Ice was broken; in twenty
minutes they were engaged,an Within
sixty minutes from the time the woman
had entered the store, the twail were
one.
Year: 1872

Presidential chair to one term.


H. That the enlightened spirit Of the ag'
demands the abolition Of the system of con
tract laoor in our prisons and other reforma
tory institutions.
l3 That we deem it expedient for Con
gress to revise the Patent laws 80 as to givI
labor more fully the benefit Of its own inven
tions.


a. That we demand the subjectiOn of tht
military to the civil authority, and the con
tinement of its operation to national purposes
alone


Is. That We are in favor Of granting gen
eral amnesty, and restoring the Union at Onc'
on the basis of equality Of rights and privi
leges to all, the impartial administration O
jnstice being the only true bond of union Il
bind the States together and restore the af
fections of the people to the government.
Year: 1872

The outrageous advance demanded bS un-
pIlncIpled landlords men who are determined
to take advantage Of others mlsfortunes
seems 10 call ior more than a passing notice.
The poorer class especially seem to he the
subjects Of their avarice We have heard Of
several cases where an advance of 100 per
cent has been demanded, accompanied with an
unmlstakable threat that IN case Of failure to
accede to the demand. election would follow
" hen II Is known that the average rate of
wages for the present season will not exceed
that Of last year the oppressive injustice Of
such demand can be appreciated. And
while the daily press have great deal to say
about the injury which general strike would
have upon the citys interests, they have no
word Of repruol for those cormorants Who are
doing all IN their power to create one. Unless
something Is done, and that speedily, Ia pre-
vent certain parties from carrying out their
programme, trouble Is sure To follow. II the
expenses Of our Workmgmen are increased
thirty or forty per cent. matter Of course
their income must be correSpondingly in
creased


OuT adNic, under ia, circumstance Is for
nifty or a hundred wrrkmen t" club together,
each t. purchase 4 lot, make contract with
an honorable lumber merchant. and erect their
dwellings On the cooperative principle Ii
this plan is followed out. the trade Of the
ELECTORS viii ere long - At a discount
Year: 1872

GREAT preparations are teing made to make
the unveiling of the soldiers monument
grand affair LIMITATIONS have been sent and
accepted throughout this state. an several
other States. will. ho doubt, IL largely repre-
sent,Si II will probably ie the largest gath
ering Of Knight TemPlars ever seen in the
western country That and other attractions
must call together here a large crowd nf visi-
tors on the 9TH ct April next.


THE Irnn Moul,iers Union CIV, their annual
ball, at Merrill Hall. on the evening Of the
3lst. Systematic and characteristic arrange
ments are ia progress f"r the event. AMI efforts
being male ~ the efficient committee. The
success attending their former efforts Is a
sufficient guarantee that It will h conducted
in pleasant ami profitable manner to all con
cerned. and those Who wish to attend, and
pass pleasant evening with high minded
and true hearted class Of mechanics. viii he
amply repaid for their visit


THT last few days Of tine weather have given
a great impetus to trade in many outdoor
branches Builders are busy closing contracts
for the season, which bids fair to be busy one
here. Several large blocks are to be erected
the coming season, and the prospects for fair
wages are good. Good painters and bricklay-
ers are in demand also. shiPwrights and
caulkers, while nearly all shop mechanics are
busy Those organizations which have re
manned intact can start of this spring with
fair compensation for their labor, while those
which have permitted their unions to languish
through the indifference Of their members " i'll
be out in the cold As regards q well-regu-
lated system Of prices, in the language OF the
statesman. Cass, in time Of peace prepare for
war IL is easier TO defend the door than
the tireside the porch than the altar.


OuR State Legislature have finally got
through the bill to re-district the State and
form Congressional districts under the new ap-
Portionment The political feeling of the
house being like jug handle, of course all the
proceedings are the same way, which shows
which are the ms and which are the outs.
The Democrats don't like the programme, but
they must swallow the pill he it ever so bitter
Year: 1872

THE BEICkLAYERs. Last Tuesday evening
We paid visit to the Bricklayers' Union. and
found it to be in a most hourishing condition
From IFS officers We learned that it now mum
bers about eight hundred members, and that
every meeting brings new accessions We
are also informed that there are over five hun
tired idle hricklayers in town, who cannot get
work, and that nearly all Of these have been
induced to come under false representations
Il IS the intention of the union to issue a man
iiesto to their fellow craftsmen throughout the
country, stating the true position Of affairs in
chicago, showing that the labor market is a.
ready glutted, and that al who come, knowing
these facts, viii prove false both to their own
interests and the interests Of their brothers
already here. We suggest that the plasterers
and carpenters join in the movement as they
are equally interested in blocking the little
game Of unprincipled employers
Year: 1872

This work is now ready for delivery. copy of it
should be in the hands Of every worngnan in the
Try. II is handsomely bound volume of $50 pages,
containing Of the abors Of Of the fore
most Of his time and whose life devoted TO
the interests Of the producing classes The history
VIM. IL Syyis Is the history Of the Labor Movement in
the United States, and who desires to make
himself acquainted with this afford be
without it. Price 81 50. Send money by registered
letter p o order and the book will be BY re-
turn mail A. G. CAMERON,


Exclusive Agent for the Western States.
Year: 1872




We read, not long since, In some lead
ing agricultural paper 1--WE forget which)
an article on the subject ofFairs, in which
II was stated, that the public interest in
them seemed to be lessening instead Of
increasing as most desirable. This was
attributed TO the great number of them
throughout the country, by which, Of
course, each one was rendered Of less i'm
portance. You may divide n really good
thing into SO many little parts that not
one Of them is worth having. The advice
was to lessen the number Of Fairs and
make the few left of more interest and
value. We were forcibly struck with the
explanation and the suggestion acompa-
nying it. We are having too many Fairs
in Texas, especially in northern Texas.
One for each county is more than is need
ed, and more than can be successful.
There are to be Fairs this Fall in the fol-
Parker Denton, Collin, Grayson, and, we
believe, in some other adjoining counties,
and some of these conflict with others.
Neither can be what Fair should be, and
some Of them probably may prove grand
failures. One big Fair a year for north
ern Texas would be enough, and one
could be made very interesting. Why
not agree to this and let the place be
changed every year How would that
work Say one year at Navarro, another
at Waxahachie then one at Dallas, and go
on TO the more northern and western coun-
ties. One Fair year would attract at
tcntion-it would be talked about and
looked forward to with absorbing interest.
premium or certificate from such Fair
would be eagerly sought after and con-
tended for. There would be great gather
ipgs of the people frcm a distance, and
they would become acquainted with each
other, and know what each could do in
the respective sections in which they
lived, and much good would be effected.
AS it is, q county Fair offers little induce
ment for stran gers to attend, and, with
one every year, IL becomes, after awhile,
quite a common thing, in which little in.
terest is felt. We trust our cotemporarics
will give this matter some reflection and
favor us with their views. If they can
suggest anything better, let them do it.
Year: 1872

1t may not bo out Of place tc
state in this connection that 70.
sided in Western Texas many
years, and during that time my
main occupation was farming, and
tho experience | there had with
tho native breed Of cattle, has had
much to do with the faith l now
possess in regard to the dairy bust
ness ultimately becoming an i'm.
portant branch Of industry in that
State.


Respectfully yours,


VIM. b. IIARKNESS.
Year: 1872

New GovEnSoH.--The appointment
of Gov. Ferry as Governor of Washing.
ton Territory, is announced by telegraph.
This appointment is better in poiut Of
moral character than that of Legate, the
previous appointment, but is no better
in point of public policy. Ferry is q
mere partizan who regards party success
acd the rewards of party service as the
sole end and aim of the political endea-
vor. Egotistical to the last degree and
correspondingly dictational, he always
seeks to ruin where he fails to rule. He
left the Democratic party by boltine
from Convention in which he was
beaten for q nomination, and he did the
same in the Republican Convention on.
" Last week in Thurston county. His
appointment insures split in the Re.
publican party and the almost certain
defeat Of Gar6elde. '7-e
Year: 1872

80" s~~ 's.SN' -.
his village as "a noble old burgher,
proudly loving his native State" But
was it not a serious cause for dissatis-
faction and alarm when the editor saw
in the paper next morning that the re.
morseless fend upstairs had made him
speak of the eminent citizen as "a mob
by old burglar prowling around in q
naked state" And can it be regarded
as excessively singular that the sfore-
said noble old burgher called around
in the morning with a can of nitro
glycerine and a brigade of Irishmen
with Solferino hair, for the purpose :of
blowing that frsmer Of public opinion
into microscopic fragments 1t was
right for the editor TO leave. The Pc
culiar combination Of circumstances
was such that We cannoI blame. him
for wrapping up ihis only shirt in a
copy of his last edition, and selecting
the railroad pass that carried him the
longest dist ance, and leaving suddenly
for Liberia or Osksloosa, or some
where.
Year: 1872

The Sviss Times is Of opinion that
among all inventions which the theory
Of secret voting has induced, one just
put in practice by the President Of a
little commune in the Grisous may be
commended for its simplicity. The
worthy President lsbored for leng time
over the words secret voting
manded for the first time by the federal
without seeing how the object was
to be attained. At last q brilliant idea
struck him. On the day OF the election
be made the small contingent Of electors
enter his private room singly, where be
first asked the voter with the greatest
secrecy" for whom he voted, and regis
tered the answer.
Year: 1872

TH. wsyn.sburg Republican. Of the
18th inst, says: A rumor was current
on the streets last week that one OF
our bank officers had received letter
from New York detective to the effect
that some Of the bank robbers Of that
city had left there, and would in all
probability arrive here on Thursday or
Friday last with q determination to
crack" one Of the banking establish
ments in this place. Bnt owing to the
efficiency OF our police, or the diff
Guilty Of transportation, (the river is
frozen tight) we have been cheated out
OF q first class local, as they did not
make their appearance.
Year: 1872

The construction OF iron churches 10
coming to be no unusual thing in and
around New York. Four have been
completed in Brooklyn, one has been
commenced in New York City, and
plans have been submitted for several
more. The designation comes from the
use of corrugated galvanized iron for
exterior walls and corrugated plain iron
for interior ceilings. The objects
sought 70 be gained are lightness and
beauty Of exteriers, improved acoustic
effects within. and q large reduction OF
the cost oil construction compared with
that of stone.
Year: 1872

SPRINGFIELD, ILL, December S.-
There is a prospect that the coal
miners strike will succumb before
many days. One Of the pit bosses said
to-day, that the miners acknowledged
there is no justice in their claim that
they were making enough money at
the present prices. he was hopeful the
end Of the strike was approaching.
Coal is being shipped here, and there is
little danger that the supply to meet
al demands will be constantly on
hand.
Year: 1872

THE FOLLOWING TOWN SITE ENTRIES


L embracing Lots In tho Town Of GOLD
HILL. have this day been passed for patcnting,
the required proof OF residence and citizenship
In each case having been furnished.
Year: 1872


OFT as my lady sang for me
Ihat song of the lost one that sleeps by the
sea-


VI the grave, and the rock, and the cypress
tree
strange was the pleasure that over me stole,
For twas made of old sadness that lives in nv
soul


So still grew my heart at each tender word.
That the pulse IN my bosom scarcely stirred.
And hardly breathed, but only heard
Where was [? Not in the world of men
Until she woke me with silence again.
Like the smell of the vine, when it's early


bloom


Sprinkles the green land with sunny per-


fume,


Such delicate fragrance filled the room
Whether it came from the vine without,
Or arose from her presence, l dwell III doubt.
Light shadows PLAYED on the pictured wall
From the naples that futtered outside the


hall,


And hindered the daylight-yet, ah not all;
Too little for that all the forest would be-
Such sunbeam she was to mel
When my sense returned, as the song was


DER,


fain would have said to her, " Sing it once


more,"
But soon as she smiled my wish forbore:
Music enough in her look found,
And the hush of her lip seemed as sweat as the


sound
Year: 1872

The parcel postal law, which went
into operation July 1, 1872, provides
that packages of dry goods, hardware,


drugs Except liquid drugs, and other
merchandise not exceeding twelve
ounces in weight, may be mailed to
any part Of the United States at a
charge of two cents for each two ounces
or fraction of two ounces. Much time
and money will be saved by this az
rangement. The express companies
demand at least forty cents for the
transportation Of package, however
small, for any distance. The depart
ment has lost, up to this time, by the
system. This is owing to the fact that
the people have not availed themselves
Of its advantages, which is probably
due to the fact that it is not universally
known. It takes time to get such facts
before the people. In the multitude
of items cast before them every day,
such one as this starts "a good chance
to lie buried for long time.
Year: 1872

Those cases in which the brain is hard
at work during sleep, instead Of being to-
tally Oblivious to everything, may be
called dreaming or somnambulism ac-
cording to the mode in which the activity
displays itself. Many OF them are full Of
interest. Some men have really done
hard mental work while at sleep. Con-
dorcet finished train of calculations in
his sleep, which had much puzzled him
during the day. In 1866 collegian no.
ticed the peculiarities of fellow student,
who was rather stupid than otherwise
during his waking hours, but who got
through some excellent work in geometry
and algebra during sleep. Condilac and
Franklin both worked correctly during
some of their sleeping hours.


The work done partakes in many cases
more of the nature of imaginative compo-
sition than of scientific calculations. Thus
a stanza of excellent verse is in print,
which Sir John Herschel is said to have
composed while asleep, and to have rec
objected when he awoke. Goethe often
set down on paper, during the day,
thoughts and ideas which had presented
themselves to him during sleep on the pre-
ceding night. A gentleman one night
dreamed that he was playing an entirely
new game of cards with three friends;
when he awoke, the structure and rules of
the new game, as created in the dream,
came one by one into memory, and he
found them so ingenious that he afterwards
frequently played the game. Coleridge
is said to have composed his fragment of
"Kubla Khan,r during sleep. He had one
evening been reading Purchas' "Pilgrim !"
some Of the romantic incidents struck his
fancy he went to sleep. and his busy
brain composed "kubla Klan." When he
awoke in the morning he wrote out what
his mind had invented in sleep, until in
terrupted by a visitor, with whom he con-
versed for an hour on business matters;
but, alas! he could never again recall the
thread of the story, and thus 'Kubla Khan"
remains a fragment. DR.. Good mentions
the case of a gentleman who in his sleep
composed an ode in six stanzas, and set it
to music. Tartini, the celebrated Italian
vioinist, one night dreamed that the devil
appeared to him, challenged him to trial
OF skill on the fiddle, and played piece
wonderful for its beauty and difficulty;
when Tartina awoke he could not remem-
ber the exact notes, but he could re-
produce the general character of the mu-
sic, which he did in composition ever
since known as the ..Deyil's Sonata" Lord
Thurlow, when youth at college, found
himself one evening unable to finish a
piece of Latin composition which he had
undertaken; he went to bed full of the
subject, fell asleep finished his Latin in
his sleep, remembered it next morning,
and was complimented on the felicito1s
form which it presented.-AH the Year
Round.
Year: 1872

The South, journal published in
New York, and devoted to the mater.
ial interests Of tho Southern Stntes,
argues that cotton has wrought the
final ruin OF that section not the
simple growth of it, nor even the ex-
altation Of it into their chief article
of production, nor tho investment Of
millions Of dollars aud the expendi.
ture of much mental effort and physi.
cal energy in its culture. Not In all
these has lain the curse but rather in
excessive, absorbing and, therefore,
ruinous devotion to tho growth of
cotton, to the relative exclusion Of
othor important agricultural produce
tons, which were necessary in order
to render her independent of foreign
sources of supply, to the neglect Of
those mechanic arts without which no
State can realize tho highest advan.
tage of civilized condition, AMI to
the utter disregard Of numberless
other profitable modes of Investing
capital and utilizing lltor.
Year: 1872

The Chesterfield Democrat soys':
We learn that tho Pee Dee river is
rapidly rising, aud already overfowing
the low grounds opposite this place.
1t is feared that much damage may be
done.
Year: 1872

A thoughtful Danoury lady puts
lard on the stoop when she wants her
husband to stay homo Of an evening
Barring en- hour or 90 devoted to rub .
bing bis back, the time is pleasantly 90
cupied.