smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

I was the officer that arrested Ring last
spring; Ring started 10 run away from
me sud said, Tn off" He ran around
the hotel on the north side and was
stopped; there was blood on Rings face
be said he wanted TO go down the barn
and put bis horse up, but decliRed let
ting him; this was before he escaped;
Rings face was washed before the exami-
nation; have seen Ring and Thompson
together frequently in the hotel, but new
er saw them quarrel.
Year: 1871

Lives in Bristol; Thompson brought 9
gun to my shop to clean and otherwise re-
pair.


On one occasion Ring and Thompson
had bet to wrestle. Thompson and Ring
w-nt out to the barn, and Thompson took
IL of his weapons ont of bis pockets and
handed them to me; be told Ring that he
was coward, and didn't dare to lay aside
his weapons; Ring declined to lay any
thing aside and the wrestling match did
not take place; he saw Ring fee from
Thompson on one occasion and Thomp-
son following him.
Year: 1871

I knew Thompson and used to hear
him talk about Ring; once l heard him
say he was gong down to turkey shoot,
t kill John Rug if be was there; be
BOARDED with me and these remarks were
made openly.


Cross-eSaniasd - Thompson said he
Year: 1871

Lives in Bristol; have known Thonp-
IN about years between 2 and years
ago we were working at Brooksvills, and
on his way home he met Ring driving
t,wards Bristol; and when he came back
he said he had met Ring and caught him
by the back of his coat. but Ring whip
ped up his team and got away.
Year: 1871

MONEY, NOT PRINCIPLE.-Hon. Mr..
Evans, Of Petersburg, yesterday introduced
into the House, resolution asking that
body to invite colored ministers, as we'll as
white ones, to open its meetings with
prayer. The resolution was laid upon the
table the Democrats opposing it and the
Republicans favoring it. We were sur
prised and mortified to find this partisan
spirit so early exhibiting itself. We would
like for these Democratic gentlemen to ex-
plain the difference between sitting in the
same body with colored man or listening
to one of them pray ; and for fear we may
not be accommodated, we propose giving
our views of the difference.


To listen to colored mans prayers
would not increase the amount Of money
they receive, but to sit in council with one
brings in six dollars day. Thus the an.
swer is given, if there is any money in {
disagreeable arrangement it is all right i
there's no money it all wrong.


Out upon such hypocricy and its defend
ers, who for political purposes will cleo
Abe Hall to hold an office in this body
and yet BIS unwilling to see colored min
lister officiate in prayer.
Year: 1871

The Brooklyn Union says: "No Re-
publican is worthy of the name who, in
minor matters, that are mostly local, large
ly personal, and perhaps purely selfish, so
acts as to peril the success Of the great
principles of the party to which he belongs.
No politician must expect to have his own
way in everything. In order to act togeth-
er, men in politics, as in everything else,
must agree to differ where they cannot see
precisely alike; and especially they must
forever abandon the theory Of paying up
old scores growing out of past conten-
TONS"
Year: 1871

Z If good advice from all quarters were
all that is needed by the South generally,
and by Virginia in particular, that section
of the country might be the most prosper
Gus and enterprising in the land. Unfor-
tunately this is not the case. Advice is
not lacking of the requisite quality and in
abundance, but there are few to take it to
themselves and follow it. Here, for in
stance, is the Norfolk Journal, which thor
oughly comprehends the industrial stua-
ton, if it is somewhat out of the way po-
litically, urging upon its readers the neces-
sity of ''lnore money and more muscle,
small farms and paying crops" in the ag-
ricultural Gevelopment of Virginia. The
Journal and other Virginia papers have
sung the song, "Young man, 60 to work !"
since the war, without effect. The picture
drawn of the present condition of Virginia
corresponds very nearly with that given
soon after the war had ceased. Those who
have travelled through the South know that
the account is substantially correct. There
is great deal of shiftlessness among the
classes which ought to be wholly composed
of workers-hardly less, too, than in the
years gone by.


/ The Norfolk Journal has apparently
given up the effort to induce the people Of
Virginia to build up their own fortunes, ,and
it calls for immigrants. The productive.
ness of the soil of Virginia is proverbial
Hands that might be tilling it are not lack.
ing, but the disposition to work is. The
average earnings of the people of the
south are far below those of the northern
people themselves. Whether the conditieI
Of these States is to be improved by tn,
coming of strangers to possess the land
under such circumstances, to problem W,
do not care now to discuss; but we canno
forbear saying that even the most fertile
country, if already peopled by strong bu
unwilling laborers, who are likely to be
come charge upon the community, is no
the most attractive field for immigrants
The people of Virginia must show tina


they can make money before the can eS


pect others to be eager to share their lot.-


Boston Adre,fisr.
Year: 1871

A correspondent of an exchange says
"a farmer had just come into our market
with some very nice looking poultry. 1t
was not over fat, but just right mixture,
as a village epicure terms it, and the flesh
had very nice, clean, yellow or golden
look, which made it very tempting. l
asked him how he fed his chickens and
turkeys to make them have that appear
ance He said that they were fattened on
pumpkins, but on questioning him further,
found that he gave them half and halt
mixture of corn meal aud boiled pump
kins, and the latter feed impaired the
golden tinge to the flesh which made
them take so well in the market. This
may be hint worth remembering.


Another thing about this batch of
poultry is worth noticing. They were
dressed clean and nicely, and this added
to their market value The herds were
removed, and the skin tied down over the
stump of the neck, the wing feathers
pulled out, the entrails carefully removed,
aud they were dry picked This latter
spoke volumes in their favor"
Year: 1871

In an old churchyard stood stone,
Weather marked and stained;
The hand of Time had crumbled it,
So only part remained.
Upon one side 1 could trace,
'' In memory of our mother :"
An epitaph which spoke of g home"
Was chseled ON the other.
I'd gazed on monuments of fame,
High towering to the skies,
I'd seen the scnlptured marble stone
Where great hero lies
But by this epitaph paused,
And read it DER and Ger,
For had never seen Inscribed
Such words as these before.
''She always made home happy"
noble record left
A legacy Of memory sweet


To those she loved. bereft
And what testimony was given
By those who knew her best,
Engraven OH this plain, rude stone
That marked the mothers rest
1t was humble resting place
l knew that they were poor,
But they had seen their mother sink,
And patiently endure
They had marked her cheerful spirit,
When bearing, one by one,
Her many burdens up the hill,
Till all her work was done.
So, when stilled her weary heart,
Folded her hands So white,
And she was carried from the home
She'd always made 80 bright,
Her children raised a monument
That money could not buy,
As Witness her noble life,
Whose record is on high.
A noble life but written not
In any book of fame,
Among the list of noted ones
None ever saw her name
For only her own household knew
The victories she had won,
And none but they could testify
How we'll her work was done.
Better than costly monument
OF marble rich and rare,
Ii that rude stone whose humble face
Such words of honor bear.
Oh may we chisel on the 3earts
OF those at home we love.
An epitalh whose truth may be
Witnessed for us above.
Year: 1871

hack; the cute fool had made him dis
charge his pistols. There was nothing
for it but to walk away, cursing his own
stupidity, and ever after if any one wanted
to provoke him, they had only to ask him
when he had last seen Jerry the Fool
Year: 1871

has been continuously used are few. Should
it be demonstrated by experience that the
free and habitual use of ether is less
injurious than alcohol, the use of ether as a
tended. The price of % pure - ether here is
about the same per gallon as the highest
class brandy. 1t mixes with alcohol in any
proportion Hoffman, anodyne is a mixture
of three parts alcohol and one of ether
Almost any flavor may be impaired to it to
make it palatable:.


The time may not be far distant when it
will be called for at the drinking bars of
New York as regular beverage. 1t is very
volatile, and its vapor when mixed with air
becomes very explosive gas. The alarm
ing contingency is suggested that man
full of ether would be charged with an ex-
plosive compound, and, coming near q
flame, might go off, like a fired gas tank,
with a vehemance to which spontaneous
combustion is no parallel. =
Year: 1871

The work of Strengthening the levees for
the protection of the rear of the city, by
way of guarding against the effects of the
anticipated September gales. is being effici-
emily prosecuted The Administrator of
improvements contemplates the employ
ment of additional force, if necessary, and
the probability is that we have seen the last
of the frequent overfows from the lake.
Year: 1871

The Springfield Republican, says there is
town of several thousand INHABITANTS in
Western Massachusetts, in which every male
citizen is an Orangeman, and such is their
influence over newcomers that man can
not live there year without becoming one
of them.
Year: 1871

Reflect that sound mind and body are thG
most necessary requisites to promote r"nnubial
happiness Indeed, without these the Journey
through through life becomes weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly darkcns TO the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filled with
the melancholy reflection thut the happiness oi
another is blghtcd with our own.
Year: 1871

OUR SUCKING THUMBs.-Our ancient
cotemporary, the Seattle Iateligencer has
at last walked up to the fact that there is
such a place as Seattle, and that news
paper has something to do besides
maunder and srowl. Selling upon our
idea of a historical and business sketch
of this city, our ancient friend woke up
and got off last week very creditable
article upon the capacities and growth
of Seattle, with one-sided list of bust
ness men, putting its patrons names in
capitals and condemning every one else
to small type. The Intellige,,cer is well
come to the idea, which it has shown
so much enterprise in adopting. The
only unfortunate thing about it is, that
the Editor and Proprietor of that sheet
must forever remain in our debt, there
being no possibility of our getting even,
because the thing stolen is an idea.
Year: 1871

sg The Miserable tools who have for
two weeks past torn almost nightly the
Dispatch from our Bulletin board, are
weaker than their masters, if they think
they can squelch this paper by any such
contemplate acts. The Dispatch is a
live paper-devoted to the interests Of
Seattle and her People-and the
wretches had better desist from their
nefarious acts, for every good citizen
will be detective on their track.
Year: 1871

E An apology is due to the general
reader for the space occupied in this
issue by the Code Amendments, and the
Business Review. This latter article
was crowded out last week by a column
of new advertisements; and this week
another column crowds out notices
of local matters.
Year: 1871

THE LEvEE STILL CRUMBIING AWAY-EsTlAATED


DAMAGE TO TIE SUGAR CROPS.


NEw-ORIEANs, May t. Several hundred
persons went on an excursion to the Bonnet Carre Gre
vase yesterday Tho eveo both sidos is stl giving
way although unremittng labor Is being made to stop
the further spread Of the The roar OF the cur
rent at TIE break be heard at the distance of more
than mile. Well Informed planters estimate that he
loss to the sugar crop viii exceed 10000 hJgsheads
Year: 1871

A lazy man is always good-natured.
He never flies into passion. He might
crawl into one, if that were possible but
the idea of his flying into one is prepos-
ferrous. Who ever heard of lazy man
breaking into a bank where a crowbar
had to be used, or drilling into a safe ?
Not but that he might covet his neigh
boris goods contained therein, but the
horror of handling crowbar and drills
would always deter him from actually
committing burglary. He never runs
away with his neighbours wife, simply on
account of the horror he has of running.
If he is ever known to run, it is to-run
to seed. He rarely lies about his neigh
bors, for it would be too much exertion
but he lies about bar room all day. He
is of inestimable service to a billiard
saloon, keeping the chairs warm and
watching the game, for few would care
to play where there are no spectators.
The fact that he does this without pay,
day in, day out, shows the unselfshness
of his nature. The lazy man never gets
up revolutions, instructions, and Other
popular excitements, and don't make 6
nuisance of himself by training around
the country making incendiary speeches
to promote public discomfort In his
own neighborhood he is never a busybody
in other peoples affairs, for the very ide;
of being busybody at anything woult
drive him out of his head. No lazy MAI
ever ran mad. If he went crazy, it wa
because he couldn't go anywhere els'
without walking, Lazy men don't dis
turb the quiet of peaceful neighbors b.
putting up factories, furnaces, and othe
denominations. --Erchdpge.
Year: 1871

A correspondent Of a Western paper,
writing from New York, says The street
cars are always crowded. Nearly all
start from one and the same point-the
CITY Hall-from which the different lines
radiaie in all directions. On Third ave-
nue., where a car goes every minute, the
traffic is enormous, half the time the
cars are oyercrowded. A car will carry
sixty, and seventy, and eighty people,
and still the conductor viii not refuse to
stop, AMI one more will Chamber up the
platform. About thirty will sit, fifteen
on each side, twenty or thirty will stand
in the car, and some twenty on each one
of the platforms ; and so a car will hold
hundred people. The cars go very
fast, the conductor taking scarce time TO
let the passengers out. In car which
is crowded, you will find those that sit TO
be men, and those that stand to be
women. Here there is no time for gal
lantry. The writer has been in cars in
which a dozen or fifteen ladies stood,
while probably the same number of men
had seats. But no one offered his seat
TO lady. 1t does not matter whether
the lady is old and descrepit, or has a
babe on her arm your gallant New
Yorker will calmly keep his seat and let
her stand. OF course the women, seeing
the men rude, have become polite, and
are particular in thanking them when
ever they enjoy the good fortune to be
offered a seat. 1t is Just as convenient,
in fact more so, to ogle woman in the
car while you sit and she stands and
whenever a New Yorker gets into a car,
it is such hard matter to get a seat
that he is determined to keep it, the
ladies and gaIlantry Notwithstanding.
The ladies wear now open sleeves, and IT
is an advantage to see their fair arms
while they are grasping the strap.


The New York rowdy is in his glory in
the car. He is often in company of O
young woman whom he holds tenderly
to his heart, while the other people look
on and giggle. The sovereignty of love
is here manifest it is open and uncon'
cealed. If the gentleman without a col


lar-and the New York rowdies are al


on the very worst terms with paper col


lars and bows-step slightly on The foo
OF the lady sitting beside him, it is surely
not his fault he has been brought NJ


to it. Ii he utters some jocular remark
about her appearance to the other collar


less gentleman innocent, lepiC
, joke, you know-why, he means M
harm. He is a rowdy, you know. l


he is drunk and snores, no one will dis
turb his gentle doze the conductor vii
, take particular pains not to disturb him
Year: 1871

Nature seems to have taken into con-
sideration their warlike disposition, for
she has certainly endowed them with
the power of renewing their arms and
legs. It is also asserted that they are
almost, if not quite, insensible to pain,
for celebrated naturalist states that he
once saw crab eating another which it
had Just killed, while larger one was
picking off and eating bits of his body.
Thus crab number three was eating crab
number two, who went on feeding as If
he did not mind his big brother treating
him as he had crab number one. There
is another fact equally remarkable, and
that is, that some crabs--the spider, tor
instapce-th away their limbs with
apparently as much ease as an old soldier
could his wooden leg. When pursued
they are probably aware that their enemy
wants something to eat, and therefore
fling him leg to appease his appetite
and to save the loss of more. l once
had spider crab sent to me, and l was
very much vexed to find that he had lost
leg, and blamed the person who had
put him into basket, for having, as
thought, done it carelessly. I put hin
by himself in a glass OF fresh seawater


and next morning, on looking at him


you may guess my surprise at finding
that he had but one leg left to his body


the others being strewed about the bot


tom of the glass. l presume that ht
felt so annoyed at being captured anC
imprisoned that he threw away his leg


in fit of despair, or perhaps it was al
act of spite against me for being g tn


cause of his capture. AT all events, h


paid the just penalty of his folly, TO


after trying to hobble about on one LEI
for day or two he died. Before w


return, 1 must tell you that the shell o
the crab does not grow much larger
although his body increases in size
When he begins to find his jacket to-
tight to be comfortable, he has a natura
desire to take it off. This is not an cas-.
task to perform because he has SO man,
claws and legs, the covering OF which l
so attached to the jacket. He therefor


crawls beneath q heavy stone, whic
! holds his shell tight, and then wriggle
himself out of his shell clothing. A


soon as he has undressed himself h


becomes much bigger than he was before


and could not possibly re-enter his shell
His body is then as soft as your hand
and, therefore, well knowing that If b
: met any hard-coated crab, he would Gel
tainly be killed and eaten, he hides hin


self until his skin hardens and forms


new suit of armor to protect him fro1
his foes.-LiHle Folks.
Year: 1871

REVENGE. remember once says
novelist, hearing of a lady who had mar
ried out of sheer revenge. The right
man had omitted to propose or had pro-
posed to somebody else. Whereupon
she took q man who was simply ugly, old
and stupid. In advanced life she can
didly owned how it was that she had
made such a marriage. 1t was simply
done out of spite. She had sort OF idea
that the man she loved would be grieved
at her marriage, and she wanted to grieve
him. / believe after all, that she found
very tolerable husband
Year: 1871

NEEDLE WoRK.-A very ingenious
method of performing needle work styled
photographic embroidery-has been in
vented by an English mechanic, and the
affair is altogether a curious device. A
number of jointed frames are employed,
each carrying tambouring or sewing ap-
paratus. They are so arranged and con-
nected together that the needles they
carry may be made to traverse in any
direction over the surfaces of the fabrics
to be embroidered, and that the move
ments of the several needles shall be
simultaneous and similar. The needle
frames are also connected with penta-
graph having tracing point capable OF
being led by the workman over the lines
of pattern which it is desired to copy,
and when this is done the needles will
each travel in and work along path
similar to that passed over by the trac.
ing point Thus each needle will pro-
duce embroidery resembling the pattern,
though not necessarily of the same size
usually it is preferred that the patterr
should be on somewhat larger scale
than the work that is accomplished by
| its means.
Year: 1871

The Nashville Republican Banner has
the following:


''tVhilo Nose*a. StopI,ooo- aud TUutuDo
and few other disconsoIate statesmen of
lost opportunities of the Southern wing
of the Democratic party are teaching
their handful Of disciples that the amend
ed Constitution is all wrong and ought to
be annulied, the recent address of the
Boston Young Democracy contains this:
We must have it derstood-briefy,
broadly and omprehensivcly-that we
are for the National Constitution as it is;
that we regard it as our first. last and on
iy guide, and from its parchment folds we
would not erase single letter or single
line.


The Banner will find that the followers
Of Toombs and Stephens are not mere
handful of disciples" but that they
embrace a majority Of all old fashioned
Democrats. The only sensible thing for
the Banner and all other new departur-
lists to do, is to join the Republican party
and thereby attest their sincerity in pro-
Tossing new departure principles.
Year: 1871

Our last shot into the den of that de-
lectable sheet brought out a discharge Of
the veritable Skunk" under the name
Of Uncle Philo." Happily we are
standing too high, to have even to fear
of being reached by the foul discharges;
the mephitic stencil will continue to CEN
ter in the originator. We now repeat for the
third and last time, that we never recciv-
ed two payments for one account through
Mr.. Fuessenich or any one else, and fur
ther, that If one Of our charges proved
too high for some job work for the
County, we had the best authority for the
charge in the law fixing the rates and in
the decision Of the late Go. Com. on
claims.


That the assertion in our article on
Democratic depravity' is true, we can
prove right here il the way Fuessenich
was permitted to get away. Selah.
Year: 1871

A communication in the Plot, dateo
at Two Rivers closes as follows:


1--WE have Superinte ndent, now, who
Is competent; who does his whole duty,
and who Is without reproach; and Ton
our children S sake and our own self re
spect, let Us not barter him oft for some
>cheming, p0thouse politician, whose on
y aim is so gobble up the salary and STAY
at home. letting the sch Ools of the coun-
ty take care of themselves. Why not
nominate and elect them by a rousing
majority ?'


We have delayed answering that COM
munication so as not to influence the Re
publican County Convention if the gen
tlemen forming that body were satisfied
with the present incumbent, we should
have been; for a County Superintendent S
office ought never to be dragged into pol
ltics, ard if the above euiogy on Mr.
hnwan were TRUE, we should have adj
vocated no Republican nomination for
that Office. But DOES Mr.. Kirwan his
WHOLE duty and is he WITHOUT RE
PROACH? Does he not in a great meas



ure act, as III" says some scheming.
pothouse politician would, only aa'n, to
gobJle a,p the salary and stay at home.
letting the schools of the County take care
Of themselves? Is it the business of a
School, Superintendent. to hire himself
out as book keeper, when he is receiving
the full salary of School Superinten-
dent? Has not the County the same
right that any private employer has to
the time of his employee? And is it not
a necessity as well as the duty Of any
School Superintendent to devote his
lChole time to his Office? Is it a valid
excuse noao for that officer to say that his
salary of $1,000 is not sufficient? Why
did he accept the Office at all? We have
had such miserable administration of
the office Of School Superintendent that
our people are satisfied with almost any
Improvement and Mr.. Kirwan is certainly
a great Improvement on his predecessor
We cheerfully accord to him all the
praise he deserves, and would have glad
ly supported his reelection, had he done
what he ought to hare DONE