smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

the committee ON streets and separate
Government made an able report, looking
to the immediate improvement of the streets
and sidewalks of the town. The report
was adopted, and vote of thanks rendered
the committee for the faithful manner in
which they had discharged the duties in
trusted to them. The meeting then adj
journed to convene at the call OF the COM
mittee.
Year: 1872

You man don't make fool of your
self. ST nature has not already saved you
that trouble. Getting married is Sc
rious thing. When you visit young
lady at night, after business hours, and
find in the parlor kerosene lamp with the
chimney smoked up. and dirty, and, after
keeping you waiting an hour, the lady
makes her appearance, dressed a ta mode.
you may set it down in your mind that
the said young lady is not fit for your
wife, She may dance elegantly, round
dance, square dance, polka, mazurka,
lanrcrs, or what not but she will not keep
your house decent. She may sing like a
nightingale; but she will give you dirty
plate to eat out of. She will be almost
certain not to know how to spell. A
slocenly woman rarely has tolerable edu-
cation.


Whatever may be your present view of
the matter of female education. and how
ever you may talk n0ac against learned
women, it will not be pleasant to you to
find out, after marriage, that your wife
cannot write her mother tongue in toler-
able decent style, and that, in her note to
the grocer, she spells sugar with an h
between the and the u. 1t is not always
safe to trust to appearances but you may
know that neatness and cultivation are
commonly near of kin, and that dirt and
bad spelling are apt to go together. Be-
sides, those women who do not learn to
be neat during childhood and girlhood rare
ly learn in latter life, and the girl who
at eighteen years of age, spells balance
with two rs. probably never learns to Drop
the superfuous letter.


John Randolph used to say. that the
man of refinement and culture, who mar
ried vulgar woman, and expected to
raise her up, would find too late that he
was mistaken for she would always pall
him dozen; and John Randolph was one
of the Gerry feso really wise men who have
figured prominently in the histoty of
American affairs. s.-Christian Inder. a.
Year: 1872

DR.. Chalmers tells US -ofa poor old lady
in his congregation who could not use her
hands and feet. A daughter took ;arc
Of her, but was obliged to leave her every
day and work in the cotton mill. She
always made her old mother as comforta-
bic as she could before she left an6 built
up good fire of mill refuse," which
burned slowly aud kept her warm all
day. : >nruinIgTSa ie6 ;


One day the good minister set out to
visit this old lady but on the way he met
a man with whom. he, wished to talk. So
they sat down on bank, and talked
long time.-.Again and again feeling
came into the good mans heart that be
ought to 60 on: but several times he. put
it aside. Finally, the feeling was SO
strong he could not resist it; so of a sud-
den he started up and FASTENED to her
cottage. As he opened tie door there sat
the poor helpless woman, surrounded by
fire. The wall of fuel had fallen dowr.


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and was creeping slowly, steadily up. 1t
had almost touched her dress, when the
minister sprang forward. and caught up
her and her chair. and bore her to a
place of safety.


Was it a chance that he came there just
at that moment? Ah, no. You all
know it was God in Heaven who watched
over the poor woman. and brought her
help in her time of danger l do not
doubt but she prayed Him to send some
one to help her. You cannot be in so
great peril but God can help you. lie
has the world at His command, and all
the people in it. Often they are led to
work His viii when they have the least
thought of doing so. We are always safe
when we Jut cur trust il Linn. sn
Year: 1872

The following is juvenile correspond
ence. from love-sick lass sweetheart in
this city:


..MY DEAR DARLIN DICK IL have
set down to wright you a few lines to Let
YOU know that I am well, Dick have
rote sou one letter and you've not anser-
ed it yit. Are you mad at me Dick
Please tell me what you got mad at me
foraDidI ever do anything to make you
mad at me Dick. think you, have found
another girl that you luv better than you
do me, and if you hay letme no for L can
git lots luv other boys if l want them but
[ don't want them if can get you back,
and Dick if you have got another please
remember the happy days we used to hav
and you used to tell me that was the
only girl you ever loved in your sweet
little life.a But don't think your mind
runs that away now Dick. You told me
when you went away that you never
would have another sweetheart but me.
Dick, if you have 1. can't help it but l
love you as we'll as l alwus did, and alwus
will, and if you loved me you would not
go and get married to somebody else like
you are going to do.s But, Iwlls lay you
tiHdethif yed do marry somebody else.
Don't you remember darling Dick the


T. . p ,
time you kissed ME behind the door and and
you told me you would be back in two
weekssand youshave been gone sever
weeks and not come back yet now deal
Dick please tell me you amt agoing tt
get married and come home to your owl
darling baby Goodbye Dick | cant write
any more for crying. g


This is from your dear Susan S-to he
darling Mr. Dick Mat home 50 good
bye dal1 Chattanooga Herald.
Year: 1872

1t is good thing for young men to be
knocked about in the world,' though
his soft-hearted parents may not think so.
All youths, or if not all, certainly nine
teen-twentieths of the SUN total, enter
life with surplusnge of self-conceit. If
in measuring themselves with wiser and
older men than they are, they discover
that it is unwarranted, and get rid of it
gracefully of their own accord, we'll and
good if not it is desirable for their own
sakes that it be Knocked out of them. ,er


The boy who is sent to large school
soon finds his level His will may have
been paramount at home; but school boys
are democratic in their ideas, and if arro-
CANT. are sure to be thrashed into Ie-
cognition of the golden rule. The world
is great public school, and it soon teach
es new pupil his proper place. If he
has the attributes that belong to a leader,
he will be installed in the position of a
leader; if not, whatever his own opinion
of his own abilities may be, he will be
compelled to fall in with the rank and file.
If not destined to greatness, the next
best thing to which he can aspire is res
reliability. But no man can either be
truly great or respectable who is vain,
pompous and overbearing.


Bv this time the novice has found his
legitimate social position, be the same high
or low, the probability is that the disa-
greeable traits of his character will be
softened down or washed away. Most
likely the process of abrasion will be
rough, perhaps very rough; but when it
is all over and he begins to see himself as
others see him, and not reflected in the
mirror of self-conceit, he will be thank
full that he has run the gauntlet, and ar
rived, though by a rough road, at self
knowledge. Upon the whole, whatever
loving mothers may think tothe contrary
it is good thing for youths to be knock
ed ABOUT in the world-it makes men of
them.
Year: 1872

Secretary Bclknap, the able and faithful Chief of the War Department, has made his report.

 He recommends the establishment of mili- tary prisons instead of the present system, and also the enactment of code of specific punishment for army offences. Desertions are reported as having greatly fallen off. He recommends that the extra to each regiment be dispensed with as vacancies occur, thus saving s16e,0G0 annually. He advised the raising of an intellectual standard of admis- sion at West Point, also the sale of large number of useless arsenals in the South and elsewhere, the establishment of general arsenal of construction on the Atlantic slope and another on the Pacific. He recommends the storage of torpedoes for the defense of New York and other harbors, and says that military expenditures are on | descend;no scale.
Year: 1872

We believe there is some little talk, among citizens of this county, for and against the fence law.

 We are quite sure that majority of our farmers are not in favor of the passage of such law; consequently it would be well enough for the next Legislature to leave the matter alone, until such time as it shall be the interest of people here to have such a law. It might, however, be of some advantage for the Legislature to pass bill giving every man who would plant and grow live fence or hedge, such sum of money as would en- courage land owners to go into this kind of improvement.
Year: 1872

The claims of the Original diamond com pany are now said to be in Summit county, Colorado.

 Mir Stanton, formerly of Vulture City, in this county and Territory, is now in San Francisco, with an immense ruby, which he recently picked up near Fort Defiance.

 Many citizens of Prescott and vicinity are stricken with the precious stone fever, and [ very little more favorable news will be very .pt to cause stampede.
Year: 1872

Late Virginia and Gold Hill (Nevada) pa pers say that ghost has been sloshing around there for some time past, talking to his little daughter, to Catholic priests and other religionists. The "spirit" said he was just out of purgatory and was making the best possible use of six days furlough, at the end of which he had to report in heaven.

 The priests, in fact all who conversed with the ..foreigner," have no other idea than that he was real being from the "otber shore One assertion of the ghost, that, in the other world, there is such thing as punishment for the wicked, by fire, will have tendency to "bull' the birthstone mine and cause sin ners to feel more uneasy than ever before.
Year: 1872

A very searching investigation was car
ried on few years ago, in the north Of
England, by two families who were hunting
up their respective ancestry.


The strife was great between them; each
one determined to look back into antiquity
farther than the other.


One of the families, whose name was
Spencer, employed an artist to paint a his
toric scene representing the building of the
arb, and the loading up of the ship by Noah
and his sons, with its multifarious cargo.


On the ang-plank leading to the deck Of
the ark two men were seen rolling up q
huge box, on one side of which was painted
in large letters, "Relics, insignia and papers
belonging TO the Spencer family"


This was considered a coup d'etat hard
to beat, but the other family, not to be out
done in the antediluvian pretensions OF
their name, prepared at great cost and re-
search record of their antiquity.


In describing the exploits of one of their
ancestors at a very early day, who was
represented as a man of great authority
this remarkable passage occurs During
this year Adam and Eve were driven GU;
of Paradise ~ ..--,.--
Year: 1872

We find the following remarks, which
all printers and publishers will agree in
calling sensible, in an exchange, and COM
mend them to the attention Of the reader.
They will apply to all localities in which
newspapers circulate:


The printers dsllars-where are they ?
A dollar here aud dollar there, scatter
ed over the numerous small towns, all
over the country, miles and miles apart; /;
how shall they be gathered together 2 The
paper maker, the journey-man compositor,
the building owner, the grocer, the tailor,
and all assistants TO him in carrying on
his business have their demands, hardly
ever SO small as single dollar. But the
mites from here and there must be dill.
gently gathered and patiently boarded, or
wherewith to discharge the liabilities will
never become sufficiently bulky. We
imagine the printer will have to get up an
address to his widely spread dollars some
thing like the following:


Dollars, halves, quarters, dimes, and
all manner Of fractions into which you
are divided, collect yourselves and come
home. You are wanted. Combinations
of all sorts of men that help make the
printer proprietor gather in such force
and demand with such good reasons your
appearance at this counter, that nothing
short of you will appease them. Collect
yourselves, for valuable as you are you
will never pay the cost of collecting.
Come here in single tile. that the printer
may form you in battalion. and send you
forth again to battle for him and vindlcate
his feeble credit.


Reader, are you sure you haven't a
couple of the printers dollars sticking
about your clothcs2 If you have, order
them home Immediately.
Year: 1872




The St.te Of Ohio used to be famous
for its camp-meetings and religious revi-
walls; but if what We hear from there
nowadays is true, it has sadly lost Its
prestige in those particulars. An Iron
ton paper tells us of circumstance which
lately occurred in that locality, which Is a
strong indication that there Is something
wrong either about the preachers or the
people. A revival preacher who had
achieved considerable reputation as to his
powers in the pulpit, went to lronton for
a week, to "start revival He showed
great zeal, preaching every night during
his stay, got double row of 'mourners'
benches ready and called frantically upon
his congregation to come forward. The
last night there was an immense gather
ing, and the preacher fairly outdid him
self. He shouted, and pleaded, and
pleaded, and waited, but all in vain.
Not soul rose. Finally, discouraged
beyond measure, he sat down. At that
iuncture a long-faced, anxious-looking
man got up and said that the elder had
been working hard and labOred faith.
fully with them, and as token of
appreciation he moved that the congre-
CATION give him three cheers. 1t was
done with heartiness which made
the pews tremble, and the people went
home satisfied they had fully and faith
fully performed their duty. The preach
er has ever since been waiting to see
Ironton destroyed by fire.
Year: 1872

MIR. Charles II. Flood Of Chelsea
died recently from the bite of spider.
Two or three days before, Mr.. Flood, ac-
companicd by his wife. went on a ride to
Brookline, he wearing a coat which had
been hanging in his Office at the stable.
While riding, and before reaching Brook
line, he felt the bite Of an insect under
one arm. but so slightly as to give him no
alarm. A few moments later, however, a
severe bite was felt. and, grasping the
clothing at the place Of pain, remarked to
his wife that he had received sting from
something. 1t was found that he had
been bitten by poisonous fanged spider,
which soon caused much pain, and, in
spite Of medical aid, the entire surface Of
his body assumed redness and death en-
sued as above stated.
Year: 1872

1 will tell you rather barefaced story
of how q chambermaid is said to have got
twelve commercial travellers into eleven
bedrooms, and yet to have given each a
separate room. Here we have the eleven
rooms.
Year: 1872

On yesterday morning. at the residence of
Major Elliott, by Rev. James Park, Mr.. A. j.
Albers TO Miss Ella King


the newly welded couple left on the eastern
train for a trip to the brides home in Ohio, via
the Northern cities


The good old fashioned custom of remember
ing the printer was observed on the occasion,
and bountiful supply of the bridal feast sent
to our sanctum. May bride and bridegroom
enjoy all the happiness allowed mortals here
below, and loves young dream last till their
golden wedding.
Year: 1872

To discover spurious greenbacks or ma
tional bank notes divide the last two
figures of the number of the bill by four,
and if one remain the letter on the genu


inc will be A if two remains it will be
B: if three, C and should there be no re-
mainder the letter will be d. For eX-
ample. a note is registered 2,461 divide
sixtv-one by four and you will have one
remaining. According to the rule the let
ter on the note will be A. In case the rule
fails be certain that the bill is counterfeit.
Year: 1872

a young exquisite attempted to tip his beaver
to two ladies' at the same time yesterday, one on
eacn SIDE OF the street; bus losing his presence
OF OF nllna ms cane nearly tripped him up, and
to whether he was attacked with cramps or had
stepped on a hornets nest.
Year: 1872

Had it not been for April we should never
have had umbrellaSl This may seem bold
statement; but if you consult Herodotus (4th
chapter, 18th verse of Koran, you will see that
he does not, even distantly, allude to it. This
should decide the wager Was there q wager?
Well, never mind, the matter is clear enough to
us, and if Adam and Eve did walk about With
out umbrellas in this showerest of months, we
are no longer at loss to conceive their bequest
Of rheumatism to suffering humanity. April
we love thee but never more be officer of ours
Year: 1872

1t may not be generally known that we have
one ofthe very best Job Offices in East Tennes-
see. We are prepared to do all kinds of book
and job work on short notice, in the latest
stYle and on reasonable terms
Year: 1872

The Senate is discussing the bill for depot in
the heart of the city for the Pennsylvania Cen
tral combination.


The Ways and Means Committee is consider
ing the details for a uniform tobacco tax.
Year: 1872

CENTRAL CONMITTEE.-Thers was a tolcrably
full Committee, at the meeting ON Wednesday.
The action was harmonious, and the business
wasdcspatchcd quickly. The result will be found
in the call for the Convention. There was
general feeling in favor Of nominating Represen-
fatives for the Districts at the same time having
it arranged that the Delegates to the County
Convention should also represent the various
Townships in the District Conventions. 1t was
decided to leave the question to the District
Committees. They should take action at once,
80 that there may be full understanding of the
matter,
Year: 1872

TIE explanation Of Col. Mosby
concerning his interview with Grant
will mend the matter very little. He
says he simply told him that be
would support him in case he offered
for the South something better than
Greeiy should promise. No one
knows better than }Iosby should, that
Grant promise is worth nothing at all
and no one better knows than he, that
Grant bids we'll where there is any
thing substantial to bid for, and there
is no two men between whom the
public can lnore uncOncemedly per-
nit a very spirited bidding than this
overrated pair of antipodal military
hacks, Grant and Mosby.
Year: 1872

TIE assault of Dan'l w. Voorhees,
upon Mr. Greely has provoked the
severest criticism from his former
friends and has elected praise from
radicals only. Ills course is plainly
dictated by a spasmodic attack ofpo-
litical disappointment and his only
reward will be that kind of pay which
incipient trcason extracts from those
who desire to mature it, and if the
election Of Grant can be brought
about he is very sure Of an appoint
ment. He defends his democracy
and discredits that of the party which
now supports the Cincinnati nominee.
Such self lauded loyalty is perhaps
more than any other Characteristic
the exclusive function of those who
are ready to sell principal for pay.
Year: 1872

The STEAM koAD.R1LIER.-Thi piece of
city property was at work yesterday morning
and afternoon i'll rolling Broad and Capitol
streets from Ninth 10 Twelfth. IT attracted
the attention of large number Of spectators.
Year: 1872

There is young lady in Milford who has
been taking music lessons on the piano for
some eight years. The other day she sent an
order TO music store IN New Haven, and fear
ing tha: her spelling might not he NIL right,
added this postscript: "iou must exkews this
letter. as plA hi noat butt spell hi ere"
Year: 1872

preliminary to their contemplated attack
upon us. The next morning ut sunrise
we were thirty miles away and had so
completely out-witted the Indians that
they made no attempt to follow us. In
dus time we reached camp without loss
and received undeserved praise for our
conduct; whereas we should have been
ccnsured for exposing ourselves unneces-
sarily, for we should, with our accustomed
vigilance, have performed this part of our
journey by night with perfect security.


W. A.F
Year: 1872

The New York correspondent of the
Savannah Advertiser writes:


81 ain informed Of gallant act
performed in mid ocean by Captain
Berry, of tho steamship Charleston,
which plies between the port by that
name nDd this city. While ho was
standing on the promenade deck lit.
tie child in the arms of its nurse
either sprang or fell ovctborurd. As
quick AZ thought tho uoblc fellow fol-
lowed, and almost before tho little
one touched tho water he had the
child in his arms and safe. Being
an exccllont swimmer, he sustained
himself until the steamer was stopped
and boats came to the rescue"


Such an act Of gallantry is nothing
more than the friends Of Captain
Berry would expect. Nevertheless
the act is one whose parallel we do
not remember as being Of record an
old salt, pnst the meridian of life, his
head bcsprlnkled with the frost of age,
lenps from the deck Of tho ship he
commands, in mid ocean, and saves q
mother's infant darling. All honor
to the commodore's chlvalry.
Year: 1872

Take two or three handfuls Of meal
mixed coarse and fine, in PROPORTION
Of one.third latter to two Of the for,
NOR. Mix in o basin Of GOLD water
and pour into q pan containing about
Q quart Of boiling water, adding a
small portion Of salt. Set on the FIRE,
and keep stirring adding from time
70 time email doses Of meal until it
hollis and has acquired q proper con.
sistenoy which may be made known
by its glutinous state, as 1t drops
from the spoon Let itFSimmer ten
minutes, then pour into common din.
nor plates. Spoon out portions and
float in new milk, adding sugar to
taste.