smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

At last Judge Pierrepont is attorney gen
eral, and we are very glad of it. As law
yer and public man he is, without a lst-
terry, infinitely the superior of his pre5eces-
sor. 1t is great pity he has to wait so long.
aod that he only comes in to assist in tno
final overthrow of the party which 80 was
very slow to embrace. But it is greet shiog
to be attorney general any way.--New York
Sun.
Year: 1875

A great number OF uOlse> are in the habit OF
striking one leg against another; aud good
deal ofmgenuity has been at different times eX
ercised IN search Il q remedy Tor this very
troublesome practice. Bpth the fore and
hind legs are subjtc; 10 cutting, the latter
perhaps, most frequently; lut IN them 1t Is
confined to the lpllpck Joint, whereas IN the
fore legs the horse may hit either the ietlock,
the leg just above the pastern, or just under
The knee, where it is called speedy cut,
from lis occurring chiefly by fast action.


1t is desirable, before applying Il remedy,
to ascertain, is possible, the cause, and the
part which strikes, whether the shoe or the
foot, and if the latter, what part Of it. Many
horses strike from weakness, and cease to do
so when they gain strength and condition
This is more particularly observable with
young horses Others cut from faulty con
formation Of the limbs, which are sometimes
too close to each other and sometimes the
toe IS turned too much out or too much In
when the toe is turned IN the horse usually
cuts under the knee.


The objects to be kept In view in shoe ing
such horses must De to remedy, as much as
we can, the faulty action, and to remove, ii
possible, the part which cuts. The part of
the foot which strikes Is generally between
the toe and the inside quarter, sometimes the
inside quarter llscli, out very rarely the heelS
of the shoe. If the horse turns his toe in, in
all probability he wears the inside of the
shoe m lost; and if So it should be made much
thicker than the outside. If the contrary, the
outside heel should 0e thicker than the in
side The shoe should be beveed off on the
inside quarter, which should also be free
from nails.


In the hind legs we often find that II three
quarter shoe Will prevent cutting when other
plans fail; for here the part which cuts is not
situated 50 forward as in the fore legs, so that
the removal of the iron altogether from the
inside quarter will often accomplish our aim
1t sometimes happens that every plan we can
adopt will not prevent cutting, and then the
only resource Is the adoption Of boots orstraps
Prairie Farmer.
Year: 1875

We had two neighboas, in my boyhood
who pursued methods directly opposite II
their manner Of doing work. One was sys
tema,ic The labor for The day was written
out III the morning and strictly adhered 10
When Il job was begun, il was made The or
der of the day. All hands turned to, and
made light work of what would otherwise
have been tedious and unpleasant his work
was always done in season; well done, be
cause done under his supervision, ana ny
previously conceived plan. His premises
were very neat and orderly. He added large
ly to his Inheritance.


The other had no system, but worked al
random. His forces were divided; each man
doing different kind Of work, on aiHerent
parts of the farm. lie seldom flashed Jo6
in the time of it, but left them often times for
u long time unfinished. His work was al
most always behind hand; much OF IT was
poorly done. His premises were in a soven.
y and disord rly condition. Although a
hard working man, he added but little to his
property Both have long since passed away,
but the effect of their different management
is as visible to-day as during their lives


When one makes it rule not ~ begin q
lob until time can be had TO finish it proper
ly, and when begun, is stuck to until done,
marked improvement will soon become per.
Ceptlble. II this course is pursued for a
series of years. success will be almost inevl-
table, method and system being indispensa.
bic to profitable business. If but one thing
is we'll done in u day, the aggregate will be
very great at the end of one year, We shall
not be in the same slough from one years end
to another, but shall realize that the world
moves, and we are moving with it, The op-
posite course has many drawbacks, and is Of
ten attended with loss. Many kinds of work
from their nature cannot be- left without
serious loss of labor and material, which is
equivalent to cash. Who has not seen hun
drtd instances of such neglect?


| Unfinished fences, which allow cattle to SC
where they please, are very common. A lit
tie timely labor would have saved the crops
and taught the cattle good manners. bitches
which have caved in, and the earth washed
away, require much more time and labor
to complete in new place. Doors and
gates without hangings are very inconve
nient much more liable to accident, needing
to be renewed in less than half the time, than
| if properly cared for. These arc few OF
the many instance which meet the eye in
| IjJurncylng through the rural districts. Ii
one has business which is pursued for a
| livelihood, it will pay to follow 1t in the best
manner. There is proper time when every
thing connected with it should be done. Ii
one Is in love with his vocation, his intultive
fee ling will inform him when is the right
time. Neglect to follow such promptings
will be regrcttcd,-|F. Broun, IN Country
Gent
Year: 1875

We read and hear a great deal about the
Importance of manure on the farm and OF
the immense outlay which the purchase OF
conn" m"rcal fertilizers involves. And If we
did not know the habits of farmers in this
respect we should suppose they would use all
available means to manufacture and also to
save manure on their farms. But while we
are glad to note an increasing interest in this
direction, we are sorry that SO many men neg.
leCl some of the easiest and simplest means
| for attaining this result At this season of
the year we see great many cattle roaming
around the fields, scattering ard, in a great
measure, wasting their manure. In allowing
this their owners are certainly guilty of neg
lecting very important item in farm man
agement. They may claim, as some do, that
the manure is not wasted that the cattle dis
tribute it over the fields where they feed, and
thus the labor of men in spreading it is not
required In this they claim to get the work
done without any expense. But such an idea
cannot be held by men who give mach
! thought to their farm work. For it can be
seen at Il glance that, although the manure IS
spread over the fields, it is done in most
wasteful manner 1t is not left where it is
wanted. There is a little scattered almost
everywhere on the farm, but there is not
enough in any place to do much good, and
what little there is left in place is not in any
condition to be used as food for plants. Be
fore it can be made available for this purpose
it must be pulverized; and to go all over the
farm with bone and break it in pieces, as
ought to be done every spring, if cattle are
left in the fields the preceding autumn, makes
considerable work. The manure will not be
worth more than half as much as it would i.
kept at the barn during the winter, and ap
piled in the spring Besides, if cattle are
kept in barns, sheds or yards, the manure can
all be saved, earted out and put where it is
needed. 1t is also very much better for the
COWS to be kept in yards than it is to be run
ming all over the fields They will get better
water and get it when they need 1t, II the far
mer pays any decent attention to his business
When they run at large they will not always
get water when they ought to have it: if it Ii
some distance from the barn they will not &c
to it more than twice day in very cold
weather, and sometimes not but once, They
then drink too much at time, get chilled
and are made uncomfortable. But if in the
yard where they can get water at any time o
the day they Will drink but little at a time
and get il as it is wanted THIS Is very mucl


better for them than it is to drink a great dea


of cold water at once They will not be a,
likely to take cold or 20 contract diseases o
the stomach or lungs. Cows will give more
and better milk If they are kept in the yart
in cold weather than they will to be roaming
around and vainly trying to satisfy hunger by
eating the spoiled and fros,-bitten grass
which is all the food they can find in the lots
All things considered it will pay well to keel
cattle in the yard during cold weather.-N
T.. Homestead.
Year: 1875

Farmers can plant corn another spring
without any fears of being obliged to sell il
at remunerative prices, even though there
should be good crop throughout all the
corn-raising states. 1t is estimated that wher
it is plenty and cheap, we usual commence
the winter with about half crop of Old corr
on hand. But by another fall the presen
supply will be all fed, and both farmers and
feeders Will be obliged TO depend upon the
new crop, which will make the price such a.
will pay the farmer well for his labor.
Year: 1875

Cattle of all kinds should be fed with great
regularity and not Over-ied Stock will thrive
much better upon the same quantity of feed
when it is given al regular periods than upon
larger quantity when irregularly given
Whatever kind Of feed is given, only so mucu
should be placed before them, or they will
not cat up cleanly, ald, On the other hand, ali
that they will eat cleanly should be given
them. Over-feeding, starving or irregulari
ties in feeding should be carefully avoided by
every feeder of farm stock
Year: 1875

1t costs less to breed ana raise a mule colt
to a suitable size for sale than a horse; less
time is required TO prepare them for market
and the young mules may be sold at any time
more readily and at better paying prices
they are less subject to disease, less liable 10
accidents, and more money can be made out
of them. and vet mankind are reluctant tc
engage in their breeding
Year: 1875

m ANOEA INo hExSs
In the land beyond the river,


Under the skies forever fair,
Dwells my sainted angel mother


Watching for my coming there.
One day o'er the silent waters


At the setting of the sun
Went she with the mystic boatman,
And her earthly life was done.
Much miss her at the twilight.


When the shadows veil the skies,
For she used to sing at evening


Many tender melodies.
have stood in old cathedrals


Where hundred singers sung,
But their voices never thrilled me


Like her voice, when was young.
She would take her time-worn Bible,
When the lamps were all allght,
And from that Gods word she read US
Truths to guide our steps Alright,
And she whispered us Of Heaven,


Where the many mansions are;
And while she was here among us


Heaven seemed not so very far.
Oh, know the angels met her,


When the boatman rowed her DER,
And they sang song of welcome


When her feet touched Heavens shore.
There she waits the Heavenward coming
Of the one she loved on earth,
On her face and heart the glory


OF her new immortal birth.
Sometimes, in the twilight silence,
fancy she is near,
And listen for her blessing,


Which feel, but do not hear;
Then long to hear her calling


From that fairer shore than this,
For my heart grows weary waiting
For my angel mothers kiss.
Year: 1875

other authority, for the benefit or in aid, d.


rectly or indirectly, of any religious sect or
denomination, or in aid or for the benefit of
any other object of any nature or kind what
Year: 1875

ton.


REHABILITATION.


AS this will be the last annual message
which l shall have the honor of transmitting
to Congress before my successor is chosen, l
will repeat or recapitulate the questions which
| deem of vital Importance, which may be
legslated upon and settled at this session:


First, That the States shall be required to
afford the opportunity of good common
school education for every child within their
limits.


Second, No sectarian tenets shall ever be
taught in any school supported in whole or in
part by the State or National Government, or
by the proceeds of any tax levied upon any
community. Make education compulsory as
far as to deprive all persons who cannot read
and write from becoming voters after the year
1890. DISTINGUISHING none, however, on the
grounds of illiteracy, who may be voters at
the time this amendment takes effect.


Third, Declare Church and State forever
separate and distinct but each free, within
their proper spheres, and that all church
property shall bear it's own proportion Of tax
alton.


Fourth, Drive out licensed immortality,
such as polygamy and the importation of wo-
men for ilegitimate purposes. To recur again
to the Centennial year, it would seem as though
now, as we are about to begin the second GEN.
tury of our national existence, would be g
most fitting time for these reforms:


Fifth, Enact such laws as will insure a
speedy return to sound currency, such as
will command the respect of the world. Be-
lieving that these views will commend them
selves to the great majority ofthe right think
ing and patriotic citizens of the United States,
1 submit the rest to Congress- D..
T.. S. GRANT.
Executive Mansion, December 7th, 1875.
Year: 1875

the sky-lark has only Just tegun. Away
he goes on qniverng wing. infiating his
throat fuller and fuller. mounting and
mounting. and turning to all points of the
compass as if to embrace the whole land
scape in his song. the notes still raining
upon YOU lis distinct rs ever. after Won
have left him far behind, his strain indeed
suggests some rare pyrotechnic display.
musical sounds being substituted for the
many -colored sparks and lights. And
yet will add what perhaps the best read
ers do not need to be told. that neither the
lark song nor any other bird song in the
open air and under the sky is - notcea
BILE feature as my descrp pton of it might
imply, or rs the poets would have u be-
lieve; and that most persons, not especially
interested in birds or their notes, and in
tent upon the general beauty of the land
scape, would probably pass it by unrc-
marked. | suspect that it is Il little higher
flight than the facts will bear out when
the writers make the birds 90 out of sight


into the sky. l could easily follow them
on this occasion, though if took my eye
away for a moment it was very difficult to
get it back again. | had to search for
them rs the astronomer searches for 4 star
1t may be that i'll the Spring, when the
atmosphere is less clear. and the heart of
the bird full of a more mad and reckless
love, that the climax is not reached until
the eve loses sight of the singer. Several
attempts have been made to introduce the
lark into this country. but for some reason
or other the experiment has never succeed


cd. The birds have been liberated in


Virginia and on Long Island, but do not


seem to have ever been heard of after


ward | sec no reason why they should
not thrive anywhere along our Atlantic
sea board, and l think the question Of in
Producing them worthy of more thorough
and serious attention than has yet been
given it, for the Lark is really an institd-
ton. AMI as he sings long afer all other
birds are silcnt-l if he had perpetual
Spring in his heart he would be a great
acquisition to our fields and meadows
1t may be that he cannot stand The eN


treme, of our climate, though the English
sparrow thrives we'll enough. The Smith
sonian Institute has received specimen, OF
the sky-lark from Alaska. WHARF, no doub
they find Il climate more like the English


-SritnerS for Seftenlter.
Year: 1875

HENRY WARD BEECHEt
All never yet was said or heard
In ary cine or age
A wiser or t,uer word


BY prophet or by sage,
Than this which seems Il simple III ing,
a hymn can lift IL, like a Win.."
A simple thing. and yet there lies
Discovered by the phrase
a secret spell to reach clear skies
Upon the darkest days;
Our souls will soar if we but sing,
A hymn can lift us like a wing
Can lift us like wing-yeS, higher
Can lift us off the earth!
Q, souls that sorrow, souls tina, tine,
Try once what this is worth;
Though voices break and quaver-sing
a hymn can lift us like wing"
There is 4 wondrOus story told
a story sweet and true
How, once in cruel days OF Old,
Two Christian captlves knew
Such hymns of magic power to sing,
That prison doors did open swing
At sound of them. For centuries
The lie was known AMI rca
BY men with careless, idle eyes:
And no man felt or saIi
The hidden lesson of the thing,
Or bade poor captive heart to sing.
Good thanks to him the sign who saw.
And set for us to -dav,
In phrase whose love Will live when law
Has lost its hold aui sway,
This simple phrase, this simple thing,
"A hymn can hit us like 4 wing
Christian Union. ii.
Year: 1875

The cheekiest performance ON the part
ot tramp yet heard Of 10 reported from
Hartford, whore three'of the fraternity
called at = house, the other day, armed
with raw shad, which they said they
had just caught, and begged leave to
cook 1t over the kitchen fire. The lady
Of the house, glad to encourage their un-
usual industry in catching the fish, let
them use the fire, after which they made
a hearty meal and departed. When the
lady was about to prepare her own din
ner, and went for shad which she had
laid away In cool place, she found 1t
not-the tramps had stolen it, and with
out suspicion she had let them cook 1t
before her very eyes,
Year: 1875

n Why are certain Kansas papers kicking so
tremendously against the proposition now before
the Legislature, relative to calling Constitu-
tional Convention Theresoluticn aims at nothing
more than preliminary step which must be TAX
en- before a Convention can be called-it propos-
as simply to submit the question to the voters of
the State, at the next general election. whether
OF not they are in favor of having a Convention.
If they decide in favor of it, it will require


eIal years to call the Convention and submit
Constitution. Arc they afraid to let the people
say whether they want one or neti Or, do they
know better than the people what they wantf
Year: 1875

S We call attention to the prospectus Of the
Chicago Inter Ocean, in this weeks paper. 1t is
the leading Republican paper of the North West,
and was battling for the principles of the party
while the Tribune was deserter in the euemy's
camp. As a news paper, il is also UNSURPASSED.
Year: 1875

The blood being the source from which our
systems are built up, and from which derive
our mental as well as our physical capabilities,
how important that it should be kept pure. If
it contains vile fostering pOisons. all organic
functions are weakened thereby. Settling upon
important organs, as the lungs, liver kidneys,
the effect is most disastrous. Hence it behOOves
every one too keep their blood in perfectly
healthy condition, and more especially does this
apply at this particular season of the year than
at any other No matter what the exciting
cause may be, the real causes of large propOr
tion of all diseases is bad blood. Now DIR. Pierce
does not wish TO put his Golden Medical DiscOv-
cry in the catalogue of quack patent nOstrums by
recommending il to cure every disease, nor does
he so recommend il, on the contrary there IRE
hundreds of diseases that he acknowledges it
will not cure; but what he does claim is this,
that there Is but one form or 0E6od disease that II
will not cure, and that disease s cancer. He
does not recommend bis discovery for that dis
ease, yet he knows it to be the most searching
blood cleanser yet discovered, and that it will
free the blood and system of all other known
blood pOisons, be they animal, vegetable or min
eral. The Golden Discovery is warranted by him
TO cure the worst forms of Skin Diseases, as all
forms of Blotches, Pimples and Eruptions, also
all Glandular Swellings, and the worst forms of
Scrofu!ous and liberated Sores of Neck, Legs or
Other parts and ScrofHlous Diseases of the Bones,
as White Swelling, Fever Sores, Hip Joint and
Spinal Diseases, all Of which belong to Scrofulous
diseases
Year: 1875

BERLIN, May 1S.-The Roman Catholic
Bishops Of Russia, who addressed petit
tion to the Emperor, received a reply last
month from the Minister of State, have
made the rejOindar that, to reject the de
cisiOn Of the Vatican Council would be
equivalent to the abandonment Of CathO-
licism, and that they are convinced the
Holy Sea would never be unwilling to act
in conformity with all proper decisions oI
the State Government.
Year: 1875

THE three Republican dailies OF
Pittsburg distinguished themselves last
week by suppressing the Associated
Press report of the Spencer revelations
in Alabama. To publish the news Of
the day has become a bitter pill to Ad-
ministration partisans.
Year: 1875

A squaw sat down on the curb in
front of the postoffice in Austin, Neva-
da, and, unrolling bundle of calico,
commenced the manufacture of q
dress. In less than an hour the dress
was finished, and putting it on over
her old clothes the squaw pulled out a
pin here, peg there, and united a
string in another place, made one step,
and, presto! the old clothes lay in the
gutter. Gathering up the rags just
shed, the noble daughter OF the forest
cast one look of triumph on the spec
tators, and skipped gracefully off in
the direction of the Indian camp. A
prominent citizen, who was an inter-
ested witness ofthe transaction, mild
ly remarked that he would give $50
if Mrs. P. G. could shed herself like
that.
Year: 1875




To the Editor Qf the National Republican:


SIR The action Of the Supreme Lodge knights
OF fPythias Of the WCrId, and OF the Great COun-
Gil Improved Order of Red Men Of Pennsylvania,
as published in your columns, would SHOW that
the completion Of the Washington National Mon
ument is a subject in which the country is deeply
interested.


1t seems to me to be the duty Of every man to
give this matter especial attention. and no doubt
every citizen Of W Washington will be glad to aid
and cooperate in the effort. l have obtained the
form Of subscription used, and would suggest,
through your columns, that the reader cut the
form out and send it to acqUsntances in remote
from every State and Territory in the Union in
the governmental departments here eace one of
whom could render great service in the active
measures being put forth by the society BY car
responding with friends at their old homes giving
the history Of the monument its present condition
and the plan adopted for raising means TO CON-
pIete it, If the citizens of Washington Will first
make up their minds that the monument shall be
finished and give very little Of their time and
earnest attention TO 1t, they can greatly aid the
society.


No more simple and comprehensive plan could
be submitted than that adopted. The contingent
subscription, payable in installments, direct to
the order Of the treasurer Of the society," renders
1teasy for sIbscTibers, makes it certain that the
society will get all the money paid, and that
when work is again resumed, the shaft will be
omPleted-indeed, the character of the subscrip-
ton is that each one is the one that will put the
coPestone on the monument


There are many Of our citizens who are fdenti
fed with the secret and beneficial organizations
Ito whom the appeal Of the society is more espe
eially directed) who have acquaintances in kin
dred organizations In other parts Of the country
whom they could interest in this patriotic work
Let us all lend helping hand, and the pride
each viii feel when he shall behold the finished
monument will more than repay for all the time
and labor expended.


The following is the form of subscription:
J. Carroll Brsnt, Secretary Washington National
SIR: This will advise you that t--has SUBJ
scribed - dollars towards the building Of the
Washington National Monument. This amount
TO be paid in accordance with the terms adopted
by your society," viz: On being offieially notlhed
that the contingent subscriptions have reached
an amount necessary for the completion Of thai
work then one half of the above amount Will be
forwarded to the order Of the treasurer Of the
society, and the balance in two equal payments OF
six and twelve months from date OF FIRST payment
Respectfully, &c,