smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

We learn that young lady resid-
ing with her parents in this city, and
who. IL is said, Is quite favorite with
her father, has for some time past been
in the habit Of accompanying that gentle
man to the barnyard every evening.
after tea, to keep him company white
performing the duty Of giving his horse
his evening meal.


On the evening in question, the two
started forth a. usual, the young lady
looking as sweet as bunch of onion
tops. and apparently as happy as lark,
she having spent half the afternoon in
making her toilet, very good looking
and cstimable young gentleman having
sent her word that it was his intention to
make Il friendly call after he had finished
his days labor.


The father, who |. well OIL in this
world Of trouble, Is posscssor, among
other things, of large William goat,
which Is kept in the barn, the old gentle
| man believing. as great many of his fel-
low beings do. that goats ARE n ''good
| thing to have about horses


The "William'' ON this particular c.s.
seemed to be IN an unusual state of hilar-
ity. He jumped and frisked about, much
TO the joy of the young lady, who called
the attention of her father to the fact. a
the animal was gainboing around her.
The old gentleman, by this time, had
| assembled the ladder to the hay NOV. and
was engaged in throwing hay to the
lower floor. The goat, in the meantime.
had left his mistress and took Il position
on .he opposite side of the stable. The
old gentleman heaved down large
arm full OF hay. and with it an egg,
which the young lady observed rs it
| rolled TO the floor. She was standing
with her face toward the goat, and taking
a step forward, exclaimed, ooh papa. see
what come down with the hay:" with
this she bent over and was about to pick
mp the egg. when She suddenly felt some
thing come in contact with her head


which made total wreck of her catogan
braid, and completely knocked the rea-
sonlng powers out of her.


The old gentleman, who had witnessed
he billy goat charge on his daughter
from the loft, sprang to the floor below,
just in time to keep the playful billy--that
had turned with suppressed "bo-ali-ah''
walked on his hind feet, while cleaving the
air with his front ones, back to his former
position--from completely knocking the
breath ont OF the unfortunate young
| lady.


The billy seeing the young lady bend
down, to pick mp the egg, and having
caught full view of her head,
had misinterpreted her intention, think
ing she meant fight.


The young lady being in no condition
TO receive company so soon after the adj
venture with the William, caused the
young gentleman, of whom we have
| spoken, to be informed that it was not
convenient for her to receive him that
evening, as she had had slight with her
fathers billy goat, and that the goat had
got away with her."
Year: 1875

TO Cure Hoarseness.-Wh the voice
is lost, as is sometimes the case, from the
effects of cold, simple, pleasant reme-
dy is furnished by beating up. the white
of one egg, adding to it the juice OF one
lemon, and sweetening with white sugar
to the taste. Take a tea-spooniul from
time to time. 1t has been known effect
ually to cure the ailment.


A Pleasant Cough Candy.-Take two
tumblers. In one place a gill of flax
seed; fill the other with broken bits of
slippery-elm bark; ill both tumblefs
with boiling water, and leave standing
tor two hours. In saucepan place one
and half pounds Of Drown sugar.
Strain into i5 through muslin all the
liquid that will pour from the two tum-
blerfuls of bark and flaxseed. Transfer
to the fire.. and stir until the candy
seems upon the point OF turning back to
sugar. When this is seen to be the case,
pour out instantly, and break into small
pieces when cold. This candy is sur
prisingly pleasant to the taste, and found
beneficial, especially in the case OF pub
lie speakers called upon to tax the voice
while suffering from hoarseness.


Cure for Ringworm.-A simple and
harmless application, said unfailingIy to
cure this troublesome eruption. is found
by washing with solution made from
the root of the common narrow-leafed
dock, which belongs TO the botanical ge-
nus Rumex. Use vinegar as the sol
vent.
Year: 1875

A correspondent writes from Niagara
Falls: "The ice bridge is formed in all
its perfections, more SO than it has been
for the past twelve or fifteen years. The
ice columns rear their heads in all their
majesty below the American and Horse
shoe Falls, to the height of over 100 feet.
Those at the base of the American Falls
reach nearly to the top of the falls, and
are as clear as crystal. On visiting Ia
bic Rock the visitor passes between the
ice columns and the tails, and they pre-
sent to the view Of the beholder mag
nificent spectacle. The ice-bridge above
the falls extends at least mile or more
up the river, and varies in thickness
from two inches to five or six feet. Mon
day party Of seven young gentlemen
started from the head OF the Third Sis
ter Island, went up the river opposite
Grass Island, which is about mile from
the starting point, and stopped at the
old scow which is anchored in the river
above the rapids, returning, they went
under the Second Sister Island bridge
down to McCullough's Rock, broke some
OF the rock oil as q memento, went
over to the old scow below the Three
Sister Island and returned home. The
distance Travelled on the ice bridge, was
over five miles, and this, it will be re-
membersd, is located over a portion OF
the swiftest rapids approaching the cat
aract. 1t is said the district trayersed
has not been frozen over before i'll
twelve or fifteen years. In some places
the ice seemed frozen to the rocks, leav-
ing but little room for the water to flow
between the ice and the bed of the river.


The ice gorge below the tails is very
rugged; il is supposed to be in some
splaces piled up TO the thickness Of
twenty or thirty feet. One gentleman
assured your correspondent that in one
locality it was forty ieet thick, but we
took the story. in with a good deal OF
allowance. The bridge below the falls
is very rough, making travelling tiresome
in the extreme to pedestrians, though
this does not deter people from crossing
and re-crossing the river up to within a
stones throw of the great cataract. The
scenery, from both the Park and Goat
Island is magnifcently grand"
Year: 1875

do you think we have reached the
end of the scandal suit, or will 1t be re-
newcd again: Z"


II don't know. | want this charge
of conspiracy to be tried and l want 10
see all the perjurers punished but can
say how things will go. If they bring
on that charge it won't take long to try
it


After some further conversation OF an
unimportant character the reporter with
drew, fully convinced that Mr. Moulton
was decidedly on the warpath and likely
to continue so.


Mr.. Moulton went to the district attor-
news Office Yesterday afternoon. There
was no one in the Office at the time but
messenger. His visit was supposed to
be for the purpose of offering to meet
any process that might have been lnsti
tuted. Mr.. Moulton intended to leave
for the country in the evening.
Year: 1875

At the hands OF Daniel Michael. Master of
Van Furcn Grange, No. 80, we are invited to
attend a Picnic, TO be given by this Grange
on the 9th inst near his residence.


From the character of the ladies and gem
tlemen connected with this Grange, we are
sure this viii be the pic c.nic ofthe season. A
general invitation has been extended to all
the Oranges in the County, and we may well
expect to see larger gathering of Changers
at this time than ever before at one time since
the organization has been in existence.


We are assured that a warm welcome will
be extended to all who may attend
Year: 1875

Several of the poSt-o0ces down the Little
Rock road complain that the Press does not
reach them in due course ofmail. From Alma
we learn that our paper did not get there
last week. until Thursday, We put the Press
in the Office here. every week, on Tuesday, in
time to 20 down on that day, and we know no
reason why they should not get it that same
night. Will tie postmasters find remedy
for the complants?
Year: 1875

And it shows how much ought to be
thought of the jurys action. ! think the
result is bad, seeing that know that
Beecher was guilty of adultery with Mrs.
Tilton, and that there was evidence
enough to prove it. The jury did not
fnd according to the evidence +"
Year: 1875

A late number of the Scientific Amer
icdn containsan exhaustive article on
"Fiith as the Source of Preventable
Disease,u which. should be read by all
and copies of it ought to be framed and
hung up in the council room of every
city and town in the nation. The
Musselman theory that death from
poison engendered by cesspool is the
will of God is hardly endorsed by the
American people, yet in too many
places death arises from these fetid
holes and stalks through a town while
the people exclaim, Gods will be
done. The death rate of city is in
creased by the neglect to remove re-
fuse matter from inhabited places and
the license which is permitted to cases
of infectious diseases to scatter far
and wide the seeds of their infection.
The first originates i'm local uncleanli-
ness and the second from local neglect
and Indifference. Dr. SIMoNs, on
summing up the results Of extensive
and able Investigations of sanitary
conditions says: "In total power, un-
Year: 1875

IT is stated that there is now more
idle money in San Francisco than ev-
er before. People are Withholding
their funds from the banks, and the
banks are retaining their coin. Loans
are refused on the most uneXception-
able security. 1t is not probable that
the disposition to held on to money
will disappear until the annual settle
ments are made. Exorbitant rates
are demanded and acceded to where
accommodations are given. In some
instances, on aside loansn interest as


high as five per centpe month ispaid.
This shows degree of closeness In the
money market of San Francisco, not
felt in this city: Money is compara-


lively plenty here and on satisfactory
security may be had on much easier
terms. Our people are not disposed to
hide away their coin. This is appar-
ent by the large number of deposits
made daily in the Farmers aud Mer-
chants Bank. The utmost confidence
in this bank prevails throughout the
entire community and it is expected
that in short time all traces of the
late stringency will have entirely dis
appeared.
Year: 1875

THE San Francisco Ne,Us Letter be-


lieves there are too many banks in
that city and.that the aggregate capi-
tol is divided into too many sums.
There is q great deal of truth in this.
1t is more than probable that if all
the banking institutions of San Fran
cisco were merged into five or six


well managed banks the interests of
the entire community would be bet
ter served. We have not only in San
Francisco but throughout the State
too many banks that are wanting in
both the management and the securi-
ty necessary to inspire n feeling of
safety among those who are seeking a
place to deposit their money. A bank
ought to be based on principles that
admit of no possible loss to those
whose funds are entrusted to its keep.
ing and such banks the people of CAL
ifornia must have before a feeling of
perfect confidence is restored. If the
stockholders Of II bank are worth in
individual property three orfour times
the amount of money entrusted to
their keeping and they hold this prop
erty unincumbered and as collateral
security for the money of their de-
positors, loss is impossible. Fewer
banks and better ones is the great e.
sideratum. We have few of this
class of banks, and we need more of
them. 4.-.-sF .-...r -. 8
Year: 1875

The races yesterday were quite interesting.
The hurdle race was the feature af the day.


The great thirty thousand dollar race in
San Francisco has been postponed till Christ
mas. ~


A young man named Jose Marie Porta fell
under the train yesterday at the Southern
Pacific depot and one of his feet was so badly
crushed that amputation above the ankle was
necessary.


The telegraph line was working badly last
night and we are without full reports this
morning.


Thanksgiving, day was generally observed
In this city yesterday.
Year: 1875

The San Diego Union says: The in
valid lady who wrote from San Diego
to q friend in Los Angeles, that she
was thrown out of her bed by the vio-
lence of the earthquake, must have
been dreaming. Nobody else felt any
such shake, and all laugh at the gross
exaggeration.
Year: 1875

In order to establish cheap and ready
means OF communication between the adver-
tlser and the reader and facilitate the bust
ness OF seller and buyer, landlord and tenant,
employer and employee, we have reduced the
rate OF advertising in our "want" column To
five cents a line. Business men and the gem
eral public will find this the best possible
medium OF Accommodation and the
cheapness OF price will recommend il to all
Year: 1875

Wisely and slow; they stumble that
run fast.


He that lives to no purpose lives to a
bad purpose.


Uttered out of time, or concealed in
its season, good savoreth of evil.


No man can answer for his own valor
or courage till he has been in danger.


Perfect valor is to do unwitnessed
what we should be capable of doing be-
fore all the world.


Every one must fiud out for himself
the key to the riddle of life. 1t is of
no use to have it told. Some DO not
hear, others misunderstood it.


This is a comfort, that nothing but
fidelity is required of stewards, not
talents, nor inventive powers, nor mani
fold activity, nor success.


Goodness and truth are of more
weight than brilliant talents, and good
temper goes further than great gift.
We cannot expect people to believe
either in our principles or our sincerity,
when they see them failing to amend
our faults and strengthen our virtues.


What we habituate ourselves to ad-
mire, we love to associate with, and
what we associate with we gradually
initiate and adopt its features into our
lives. Those who associate with the
good are much stronger than they who
alone go out to fight the evil.
Year: 1875

The New York Graphic in an article
on the gravity Of the European situation
remarks that the conclusion cannot
be avoided that Europe is on the verge
of one of the greatest wars of modern
times. Russia and England have ap-
parently succeeded i'll postponing the
calamity for little while. 1t would be
some satisfaction if this crime of starting
another war could be laid at the door Of
the rulers of France and Germany, but
really the besotted peoples of both coun


tries seem eager for the fray. The
insane vanity and love of glory of the
French, famed to fever heat by the First
Napoleon and rekindled to save his
crown by the Third, demand that the
stain of defeat shall be wiped from their
shield; and the whole male population
of the German nation seems to have
gone mad with Bismarckism-tha cold
blooded, cast-iron doctrine which he has
taken from Frederick the Great, that
nation is of no account except i'll SO far
as it can be nodded into an effective
army. So France arms to regain its
"gtoire" and Germany arms to maintain
its prestige, and no means of preventing
the renewal of bloody hostilities is ap-
parent. Lord Derby, in reply to ques-
tion from Earl Russell lately with regard
to what England was doing to prevent
the wal, answered evasively that Britain
had done her duty without sacrifices,
past, present, Or prospective" " and that
in unison with Russia she had endeavor


ed to act as a mediator. Then he told
the old story about the fear felt in
Berlin that France meant war. But the
French government disclaimed the IN
tention, and he believed them honest,
though they naturally desired to have II
strong army, and thought that Germany
was very anxious for pretext for open
hostilites. The only possible conclusion
from all the facts is that war that will
involve many European nations must
soon occur.
Year: 1875

A very large proportion of the idle
and thriftless portion Of the population
which betakes itself TO the towns in the
winter, attracted thither by misdifected
charity, spreads itself over the country
as soon as the weather grows little
genial, and there becomes a curse to the
farmer and terror to his wife and
family. The profession of the tramp is
Incidence. His great principle is to do
no work, and, come what may, he adj
heres to it very strictly. No induce,
ments that can be offered to him will
cause him to earn an honest living, al
though it be but for a single day. He
is not altogether averse to stealing when
a good opportunity offers itself, but
even that must not cost him much.
trouble. He lives by begging, and if
we can judge from his manner and ap-
pearance, he is not quite devoid of some
degree of pride in his calling He is at
war in lazy kind of way with society,
and reioices at being able to prey upon
it. Where he cannot have all he wants
by solicitation, he uses threats where
he fails to excite commiseration, he
tries the effect of fear. Isolated road
side houses are his delight. He can
take these on his way without the
trouble of special walk to reach them,
and If he can avoid the dinner hour,
when men are apt to be about, he knows
that he can generally gain his end by
working on the feelings of the women.
At night he betakes himself to the
farmers barn; and if he does not set it
on fire before morning, the farmer owes
him no thanks. We have no facts be-
fore us, says the New York Times, to
prove the amount of mischief he does in
this way, but from what we do know it
is very reasonable conjecture--indeed
it is very safe assertion to say-that if
tramps had no existence, fires would be
very much less frequent throughout
the country.
Year: 1875

The Cincinnati superior court has just
finished wrestling with the suit of Mary
Smith VS.. the Manhattan Life Insurance
Company. This was an action brought
on policy of insurance. A premium
note was given by the assured, and by q
condition in the policy, the interest was
required to be paid annually in advance.
That payment was not made, and it was
claimed that the policy had lapsed on
the ground that an advance payment Of
interest on account of premHlm for
which credit was given, was, in itself,
premium, and therefore fell within the
provision of the policy which terminates
it on the nonpayment of the premium.
The question therefore to be determined
was whether this accruing interest itself
was premium.


The court found that the question had
been decided in the court of appeals of
Kentucky in the case of Griggs VS.. the
st. Louis Insurance Company. A dis
tinction was taken between premium and
interest. The premium note was re-
garded as loan, and the payment of in
terest upon it as the payment of interest
upon loan, and the action maintained.
In this state of the law, he could not but
follow the lead of that court. Judgment
for the plaintiff.
Year: 1875

Mr.. Lyon Playfair has laid before the
English House of Commons bill pro-
viding that person shall be guilty of
misdemeanor, or shall be liable on sum-
mary conviction to penalty not exceed
ing ESQ, or imprisonment not exceeding
three months, if he shall make an expert
ment causing pain, or of a nature to
cause pain, on any live animal, save as
follows: 1. Any person, for the purpose
of new scientific discovery, but for no
other purpose, shall be permitted to
make an experiment on live animal of
a nature to cause pain, notwithstanding
this act and the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals act, provided that the animal
be made and keptinsensible by anmsthet-
les or otherwise. 2. A person licensed
for the purpose by the Secretary of State
may subject live animal to an expert
ment without the use of an@sthetics,
provided that the experiment is made for
the purpose of new scientific discovery
only, that insensibility cannot be pro-
duced without necessarily frustrating the
object of the experiment, that the ami
NAL benot subjected to any pain which
is not necessary for the purpose of ex-
pertinent, and that the experiment be
brought to an end as soon as practicable.
A further condition in both the above
cases is that if the nature of the expert
ment be such as to seriously iniure the
animal, so as to cause it after-suffer-
ing, the animal shall be killed imme-
diately on the termination of the expert
ment
Year: 1875

EDITOR HERALD: / am nervous,
vexed; have not slept for a week until
two or three O'Clock in the morning.;
my health is fast failing and very soon
there will be solemn funeral and a
long obituary, stating that | died of
some disease to which the doctors will
give scientific name requiring twenty
letters to spell it and which nobody
living can understand, when the fact
of the matter is, I shall be literally
howled to death. My neighbors have
score of ours that make night hideous
with bowling. Nothing undermines
health like the loss of sleep, and
when health fails, nothing makes
one SO nervous as the howl
of dog. If the truth were
known, ] have not doubt but
there are fifty victims now sleeping in
the silent grave in this city who were
how9ed to death. l love a good dog;
one that will quietly watch the house
Knd obey when spoken to, and has
sense enough to know that no bowling
is permitted in aclvilized community.
Civilized people will not permit any
other kind of dogs to live, especially
in city. We have stringent dog
law in this city, and we have officers
to enforce the law; but so far as we
know, there is perfect harmony
between the officers and the own
ers of dogs. Occasionally the
vicious ours will pounceupona a woman
or child and nearly devour them,
then the officers wilt sputter around
and sell dozen or two brass ,llars
for two or three dollars each, aud that
is the end of it--all quiets down until
another outrage is committed. Is there
no law to make officers execute this
law? If not there ought to be. give
the City Fathers timely notice that
heauy damages will be claimed when
die. l have engaged the lawyer and
posted my heirs, and the city must
pay for it. The only means of escape
from this loss is for the city to put the
dog law in force and save my life.
Year: 1875

NyOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ Common Council of the city of Los Ar
geles will receive proposals at its meeting of
February 4, 1875, for the construction of sewer
according to the following specifications:


M. KREMER,


Clerk of Com. Council.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR SEWER ON NEW HIGH.
The sewer on New High street, from Short
street to the junction with the sewer in Main,
corner of Turner street, to be l4xl4 inches in
the clear inside to be built of Pinch clear red
wood the sides to be laid lengthways of the
sewer and the top and bottom to be laid cross
ways of the length of the sewer, the whole TO
be properly nailed with 40penny nails and all
Joints and connections to be made tight and
all joints of side pieces to be covered with strip
of 2x6 redwood.


The sewer on New High street from the hill
in front of DIR. Bush's property to its junction
with the sewer on New High street and Tur-
ner street to be 10xl0 inches in the clear inside
to be built of 2-inch clear redwood, the sides
to be laid lengthways of the sewer and the top
and bottom to be laid crossways of the length
of the sewer, the whole to be properly nailed
with 40 penny nails and all joints and connec-
tions to be made tight, and all joints of side
pieces to be covered with strap OF 2x6 redwood.
The sewer to be placed not less than feet be-
low the surface of the street.
Year: 1875

as The tide ofinmigration is steadily set
ting in, and the first thing eastern people do
Is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
n new one of DESMOND. They say there Is no
comparison between the two. 215o