smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

CAUTIoUsNEss is well enough as a
quality, but man may have too much
Of it. We think there are a superhuity
in the case of the bashful person who
went to Niagara by himself and mashed
his hat and mussed his clothes so that
they would look old, and so that the
guests would not mistake him for a bri-
dial couple.
Year: 1872

In all horses the neck should be fine and
arsh-looking where it joins the head. Firm
ness in this locality adds greatly to the beauty
Of the horse, and generally speaks we'll for the
purity Of his breeding. The setting on Of the
head and neck should he such as 10 cause the
nose to project little forward; still it must
not BE- pushed 50 far forward as to constitute a
"star-gazcr."
Year: 1872

Are a good index to the temper Of the horse.
They act as a sort of telegraph of his will
They give US warning Of his intentions, and
often enable u, when the animal is malevolent,
to prevent thoir execution. Horsemen gener-
ally prcicrears that are rather small and stu
ated not too far apart. They should be lively
in motion and erect they give animation and
expression to the head, and plainly indicate
the animals vigor and endurance.
Year: 1872

Some capitalists Of Belgium have
built an enormous hotel for the sole
use of their employees. For about
thirty five cents a day a man can get
a comfortable room, good meals
lonIy one Of which, however, is of
meat. and a certain amount Of
washing during the week.
Year: 1872

HENRICo COUNTY CoURT.--This court is
open during this week i'll order to allow the
township officers elect to qualify. No other
business Of public interest is to be transacted
during this term. The trial of Collector Tai
ley's case is set for the first Monday in July.
Year: 1872

Attention is called to the excellent stock of ready.
made clothing at 1900 Main street. Messrs. l.. Is
SPENCE & Son have always on hand splendid line
of the latest styles of cloths suitable for the season
which they are making up at very low prices. Give
them call.
Year: 1872

ANOTHER RuNAwAY.--A horse attached to
a buggy, the property of Colonel A. 5. Bu-
ford, president Of the Richmond and Dan
Willie Railroad Company, while standing in
the depot yard, took fright and ran up Four
teen,n street. The top Of the buggy was
Smashed, and the horse kicked out OF the
shafts and went his way up Cary street.
Fortunately 10 one was in the vehicle at the
time.
Year: 1872

Yesterday afternoon the remains of seven
hundred and ii ,ht Confederate soldiers, re.
Gently removed from the battle field OF
Gettysburg to this city through the patriotic
agency of the ladies OF the Hollywood Ne
moriai Association. were taken to the
Soldiers Section in Hollywood Cemetery,
where they are to find their last resting.
place. The occssion was one of such deeI
interest to our whole people that it called
forth the most solemn and imposing demon.
s:ration of respect 10 the dead ever witnessed
in Richmond.
Year: 1872

S ons of Temperance, let thy cry,
o inward, onward, ever be;


n ever from thy banners fly,
5 ons of Temperance never flee,
o f thy cause, its purity,


i or its theme, its chastity,
I hcse and love in YOU combine
d very heart and every mind
NJ ea to cheer to happiness,


p crhaps some crring one to Bless
+ MY naught but to be good;
r aisc thy standard in the night,
a dvance thy cause with loving mood,
n one shall then attempt thy might;
G. rime he hanishcd from the land,
L very heart in virtue stand
Year: 1872

In looking over recent issue of the
Republican administration, puo-
iished in San Francisco, we found the
name of Greeley in every article. That
paper is doing the old philosopher
good service.
Year: 1872

Reflect that sound mind and body are the
h.nnncss Indeed without these tfe journey
In hrnugh life becomes weary pilgrimage the
mrnsnoct hourly darkens to the view, the mind
hccomes shadowed wi h despair, and filled with
the melancholy reflection that tae happiness Oh
another is blighLcd with our own
Year: 1872

Many people think there is no
danger Of taking cold when the
weather is very warm, and expose
themselves in various ways when
oyc.neated, fatigued or sweaty This
is an erroneous ldea-destructive to
life and health, When the system S
tatigued with exercise, oyerheated or
sweating, great caution is necessary
to guard against taking cold. Some
people say they never take cold, and
have no fear Of taking cold, But
are they never i'll in some form ? 0
yes but they do not cough, and con-
cluue they DO not take cold.


Colds do not affect all people
alike. All do not cough that have
been exposed to cold but the in
sensible perspiration can not be sud
denly checked without injury to
people and animals. Hence it is
dangerous to drink cold dr. nks when
one sits down to rest, though if ex-
ercise is continued, they may be par
taken Of in small quantities with
benefit, The systems OF men and
animals that exercise must not be
rapidly bat gradually cooled.


Horses ought not to be wattred
when about to stop exercise, either
in walm or cold veGther. This
practice subjects them to disease,
and oftea destroys their lives,


More than twenty-five years since,
read in Cutters Physiology" that
when people were warm with exer-
else, or from other cause, they ought
to throw something over their shoul-
ders on sitting down to rest Al
observance of this rule has, | am
satisfied, saved me much sickness
If men would put on coat wher
resting, or after work at night, il
would cave them many bad feelings
sickness, and sometimes death.
Year: 1872

"Poofl poof! poofl" snopted Mi
das, as his head emerged ont OF the
water "Well, this is really a re,
freshing bath, and l think it must
have quite washed away the Golden
Touch. Aud now for filling my
pitcher.


As he dipped the pitcher into tn
water it glad ;ened lis heart to see it
change from gold into .he same h on
est ear'hen vessel which it had been,
King Midas hastened back to the
palace, and you need hardly be told
the first thing he did was to spr nkle
it bg handfuls over the golden figure
of little Marygold.


No sooner did it fall on her than
you would have laughed to see how
the rosy color came back to the dear
child's cheek, and how she began to
sneeze and sputter, and how aston
ished she was to find herself drip
ping wet, and her father still throw
ing more water on her.


"Pray do not, dear father" cried
she ; see how you have wet my nice
dress, which l put on early this
morning"


For Marygold did not know that
she had been a golden statue, nor
recollect anything that had hap
pened since themoment when shehad
run with outstretched arms to com
fort poor king Midas. And her
father did not tell her how foolish he
had been, but led Marggold into the
garden and delighted her little heart
by sprinkling all the roses and turn-
ing them back again into real fra
grant beauties.


And when King Midas had grown
quite an old man, and used to trot
Marygold's children on his knees, he
was fond Of telling them this mar
vclous story, and said that the gold
tint in their hair was caused by
their mothers hair once having
been real gold All of which, o
course, they believed, as you mus
Year: 1872

If good manners are not to die
out amongst us, reverence must be
restored The old man must be
honored, and the weak must be con-
sidered. heillus rious must be de-
ferred to, and most Of all, women
must be respected. Women have
the matter in their own hands. They
can compel men to be well manner
ed, and men who know how to be-
have with politenoss toward women
will end by behaving with politeness
toward each other. Hauteur al
ways implies want OF consideration
for otheis, and is therefore no part
of pohteness, save when indeed an
impertinenco has to be quietly but
effectively resented. II we were ask
ed to name the word which en-
bodies female politeness we should
name "graciousness." " Women
should be gracious; gracious is their
happy medium between coldnesS
and familiarity; as self.respect is
that of men between arrogance and
downright rudeness. Probably
there can be no true politenes'
where there is no humility, either
real or well assumed. In self
making age we cannot be surprise(
at meeting with so much selt-asser
ton and so much aggressiveness
We can but wait for the time whel
the process will be complete, an,
the individual will be well -bre(
enough once moro to recognize hi
own significance
Year: 1872

This earth of ours is the lowest in
rank among heavenly bodies Were
an astronomer or some other planet
exploring the immensity of space,
the planet we inhabit, owing to its
small size, might readily elude his
intelligent view. The sun is one
million two hundred and twenty-five
thousand times larger; and yet that
enormous mass is comparatively
only u speck-a mere point, which
seems lost amid eighteen millions, Of
stars which are discoverable by in
struments in the milky way. What
an incomprehensible organ thu
human brain, to have ascertaineC
such astounding facts, and demon
strated the laws which govern uni
versal nature
Year: 1872

Hush, cannot bear 10 see thee
Stretch thy hands in vain;
/ have got no bread to give tnee,
Nothing, child, 10 ease thy pain.
When God sent thee first TO bless me,
Pioud and thankful, too, was
Now, my darling, /, Thy MOTHER
Almost long to see thee die.


Sleep, my darling, thou art weary;
God is good, but life Is dreary.
have watched thy beauty fading,
And thy strength sink day by day;
Soon, know, will want and fever,
Take thy little life away.
Famine makes thy father reckless,
Hope has left both him and me
We could suffer all, my baby,
Had We but crust for thee.


sleep, my darling thou art weary
God is good, but life is dreary.
Better thou shouldst perish early,
Starve 50 soon, my darling one
Than live TO want, TO sin, to struggle
Vainly, still. as have done.
Better that thy angel spirit


with my JOY, my peace were flown,
Than thy heart grow cold and careless,
Reckless, hopeless, like my own.


sleep, my darling, thou art weary
God is good, but life Is dreary.
am wasted, dear, with hunger,
And my brain Is all oppressed,
have scarcely strength TO press thee,
Wan and feeble to my breast.
Patience, baby, God will help Us,
Death will come 10 thee and me.
He will take US to his heaven,


Where no want or pain can be.


Sleep, my darling, thou art weary;
God is good, but life is dreary
Such the plant, that late and early,
Did we listen, we might hear
Close beside us-but the thunder
Of city dulls our ear.
Every heart like Gods bright angel
Can bid one such sorrow cease
God has glory when his children
Bring his poor ones Joy and peace!


Listen, nearer while she sings,


Sounds the fluttenDg of wings
Year: 1872

A WHOLE bushel OF wheat is made
up Of single grains.
ADVERSELY is easier borne than
prosperity forgot.
A POOR man wants something, a
covetous man all things.


A MAN has often more trouble to
digest meat than to get it.
Year: 1872

and brought her a fine mHtr-a
Christmas present, but she would not
touch the muf or even look at it.


Gracie, the youngest could think
of nothing worth offering after this,
but stood looking on in sorrow, un-
til at length following an instinct
of her own, she sat down beside the
little stranger and cried too. Then
presently she took her by the hand,
and eneircled her tiny arm, she
drew the weeping head nearer and
nearer, and imprinted q gentle kiss
upon her cheek. This decided the
battle. There was nothing said,
Oracle soon led the way into the
parlOr, leading her captive by She
hand.


"WelI, girls" said the mother,
Grace has found ont the secret, and
the four letters are / o We. Love
is the strongest rope in the world
even God viii follow when you draw
with that.


Ah!yes, love Is a great power. Tt
drew the Son of God down to earth
to lie for us, and led him back to
enterceds for us; and is able to draw
Him down sgain, any day and every
day, to dwell with US in our hearts
It will draw answers to all Of our
prayers.
Year: 1872

The Golden Age thus concludes


an article under the caption, s'Why


cont we marryP'


There is no question that our


costly style of living diminishes the
number of marriages, and indirectly
recruits the ranks of the vicious


and depraved. So long as fashion


demands q style of living which on
ly a millionaire can really afford,
and a Young married couple must
support an expensive establishment,
or be excluded from the circle in
which they moved before marriage,
bar is raised to matrimonial ep-
gagements which only the very
courageous or very INSCRIPTIONS
will have the hardihood to over
step. The opportunities and lures to
a single life of easy indulgence and
dissipation have constantly in
creasing influence over the young
men of our cities; while a contin
uallY increasing number of Young
ladies are educated to a life of ease,
display and extravaganza which on
ly few young men can possibly sup
port them in and be honest. So our
fashions put a premium upon bach
elOrism and vice on the one hand,
and untold waste and wretchedness
on the other.


What is wanted more than any
thing in our society to-day is the
courage on the part of young men
and women to break away from the
present thraldom, and set a new
and noble fashion of independence
and economy. A score or two of
examples of that heroism which de
file the foolish sentiment and Gus
tom of the time, and dares to be
true to the noble instincts of the
heart, and lives simply and honest
~ in a small and quiet way, would
create a reform, if not a revolution.
The question comes to every young
heart: Which shall I sacrifice, the
instincts and affections of the heart,
or the shows and shams of society?
Alas, tnat so many yield the former
to the latter! For love is the reli-
gion of the young; and whOsoeyer
suppresses it for the sake Of display,
whoever sacrifices it for fashion, I
commits a sacrilege for which moth
ing on earth can atone. Love isl
nothing to be ashamed Of or laughed
at, but a sentiment to be cherished
and glOrifed in; and, at any sacri
fee it may require, is cheap so long
as it adds fuel to the precious flame
which purifies the heart, refnes and
ennobles the character, and makes
and WOmanhoOd worth |
the saving and worth the name,
Year: 1872

It is well known that sows not
unfrequently attack and deVour
their own young; or if prevented
from this, will not let down their
milk, so that the yoang pigs neces-
sarily die for want OF nourishment.
When this state of things is not
cansed by a diseased condition Of
the uterus, it is said that the SOW
can be brought to terms by pouring
a mixture of ten to twenty grains
Of spirits of camphor, with one to
three Of tincture of opium, into the
ear. The SOW viii Immediately lie
down on the side of the ear to which
the application was made, and re-
main quiet for several hours in this
position without interfering with
her pigs; and on recovery from her
stupOr will have lost her irritability
in regard to them. The experiment
has been tried in Germany hundreds
of times, according to one of the
agricultural journals, without any
injurious effects. 1t is also said
that the eating Of pigs by the pa
rent SOW can be readily prevented
by rubbing them all over with bran
dy and making the same application
about the nose of the SOW herself
Year: 1872

We find the following sensible
and practicable plan to build rail


roads through our State, published


in the Bartlett Enterprise, proposed
by W. J. Sykes, Esq, a man whom
no one in Tennessee ranks higher
as thoroughly posted railroader,
and a friend to developing all our
material interests:


If the people on q line of road


have no money with which to build
it, they have that which is as good
as money. and that is land. There
are within three miles of a road,
say for illustration, 100000
acres of land. One fifth Of this
would be siyty-one thousand four
hundred and fifty acres. This
would secure the building of the
road. The owners of this land


would be much richer after parting
with one fifth of their present land,
and obtaining the road, than they
now are, with the whole of what
they now have, much of which they
cannot cultivate, and which is going
to waste. The company could take
One-ffth of the land within three
miles of road. sell it to actual set
tiers who could and would cultivate
it, and with the proceeds of these
sales the road might be built. The
land might be sold on ten years
credit and the notes used by the
company in building the road. The
men who buy these lands would not
cultivate the land they might buy,
but they would assist in cultivating
the other lands. In this way labor
would be obtained and value added
to all the land near the road. This is
the best plan TO secure immigration
and labor. A man s wealth does not
merely upon the number Of
acres he may own, but upon its ca
pacity for production, its nearness
to market and the means of prOcur-
ing labOrers to cultivate it. The
railroad would increase all of these,
and although he might possess few
er acres, he would be much richer.
Year: 1872

Who can estimate the power Of
love! and yet how little it is appre-
ciated by men and women! 1t is
the grandest and greatest power on
earth, and the greatest moving, won
der-working principle of heaven
Oh, if we only knew the power Of
love; how much wretchednes wouI3
be alleyiated, and how much hap
pincss promoted. Read the follow
ing touching little story, and let us
all learn wisdom from the moral It
teaches. 1t should be printed in in
deIlible golden letters upon the tab
let OF every heart.


A kind Christian LADY, in one of
her visits of charity, found a poor
destitute little orphan girl, and
brought her'to her own house. The
little stranger at first would take no
comfort, but sat down weeping IN
the hall The children in the hOu G.
tried 10 make friends with her and
draw her into the parlor but they
could not, and so they said to their
mother: "She will not come and
play with us. She will not leave
the hall"


There is a secret, said the lady.
''by which You can bring her where
YOU like. It. is a secret in four let
ters. Try if you can find out what
it is"


The eldest sister took the lead.
searching eagerly among her pretti-
est things. Il know what it is,
cried she, sit is doll" So she
brought her best doh and offered 70
give it TO her, if she would come into.
the parlor. No; it was a complete
failure.


The next in. age said to herself
"Nfuf is spclt with four letters;
Year: 1872

Farmers who raise stock should
give them plenty of charcoal to eat,
and furnish them freely with salt.
Both improve cattle and keep them
IN condition. Salt acts healthily on
the blood; charcoal strengthens and
heats the mucous membrane
throughout the alimettary canal,
and increases the power of the di-
gestive organs, healing any un-
healthy condition existing there
The best plan is to knead the salt
and charcoal together with clay, and
sun-dry the mass, as previously
recommended by US, and then place
it where the stock can have free ac-
cess to It.
Year: 1872

lis not the things-that is, the
thin IS that we call best-that makes
them; it is not the most pleasant
things; it is not the calm expert
onces Of life; it is ife's rugged ex-
Periences. its tempests, its trials.
The discipline of life Is here good
and there evil, here trouble and
there JOY, here rudeness and there
smOOthness, one working with the
other; and the alterations of the
one and the other which necessitate
adaptations which constitute the
part of the education which makes
a man a man, in distinction from an
animal, which has no education.
The successful man invariably bears
the mark Of the struggles which he
had 10 undergo on his brow.
Year: 1872

You should not stone your neigh
Dor, but you may rock his baby.


The worst way 70 improve the
world is to condemn it.-Fssfus.
Weakness is more opposed to
| virtue than vice itself-Roehstda-
eault.


\ thief running away is q scamp,
but the policemau's chase after him
is a scampcr.


Pay your little outstanding earth
ly bills, and don't romance about
the falling dues Of heaven.


Joseph wore the first Dolly Var
den coat of which mention is made
in profane or sacred history.


Josh Billings says: FKnowing
how to sit square on a bile, without
hurting, is one of the lost arts


Daring distress God comes; snd
when he comes it is no more dis
tress- GuIiic ProvsrB.


They say that the potato bug in
Kansas is causing all the converted
farmers to back-slide.


Chronic cerebro-spinal mendacitv
is the latest phrase to designate the
quality of a constitutional liar.


If God did not exist It would be
hOOVe MAI to invent hifl.-RoJeS
pierre.


The hell that a lie would keep a
man from going to is doubtless the
best place fer him to go.-- george
Mcdonald


Twelve hundred and fifty dollars
made the ancient talent" Ii takes
some talents to make 81 $50 now a
days.


Why should We look to medical
aid TO put down the eccentricities OF
fashion? Because they can best ad-
minister clo' o'-reform.


Mrs Partington says that since
the invention of the needle gun
there is no reason why women
should notfght as well as men.


The hardest thing 10 hold in this
world is an unruly tongue. It
beats q hot smoothing-iron and a
kicking horse considerably.


There are two reasons why some
people don't mind their own bust
ness. One is that they have no
business, and the Other is that they
have no mind.


Never repeat a story unless you
are certain it is correct, and not
even then unless something is to be
gained, either Of interest to Yourself
or for the good Of the person con
ccrned.


You will find among your acquain-
yances that the best cultivated men
are the least conceited; the pedan-
tic are men Of less understanding;
when they get into q higher level
there comes along with culture
more and more Of child like sim
plic!ty.
Year: 1872

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thus} mean that your sab
seription IS out and unpaid, and that you
are requested to pay mp at once. We
would take great pleasure IN extending
credit 70 our ftiends and patrons, but
cash alone VIII pay expenses, anu We
are forced to adhere to a strict ca-h
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such :
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor


* We enter no new names on our
books without the money in advance
Year: 1872

Says the Columbia Herald: "a
gentleman of this county recently
ordered some negroes to cut down
a tree that had been struck by light
ming, but they positively refused to
do So, stating that were they 10 cut
a tree struck bv lightning the light
ninr would strike and kill them"
Year: 1872

You will Gnd among your acquain-
tances that the best cultivated men
are the least conceited; the pedan-
tic are men of less understanding;
when they get into higher level
there comes along with culture
more and more Of child like sim
pliclty.
Year: 1872

Meeting OF the stock and Bendb claers
in Boston Ycstcrday-Statemcnt by the
President OF the Road-Thc Floating
Debt To Bc Retired and the Company
Converted Into a Corporate OrSaniza-
ton.
Year: 1872

Somebody, having nothing better to
do, addressed to each member of the
Maine Legislature an interrogatory as
to his religious belief,' to which one
of the representatives replied: ''My
hope is for. a better life somewhere,
with less friction than here.n This
was rather more definite than the re-
sponsest of two prominent members
that they "had no religion to speak OF, +"
a suggestion of humility to confessors
and of good manners to the inquisitive
interrogator. But we turn to the hon.
est man who hopes that there will be
less friction in Heaven, with the most
approving satisfaction. In some re-
spects this is an excellent world; but
then it is an extremely busy, bustling,
noisy, jostling, wearing and tearing
world and it is u sweet and anirnating
idea Of Heaven that there will be no
friction there; though we do not see
how good many men and women
who are first rate Christians here will
be happy upthere without controversy,
which usually tends to friction.
Year: 1872

ly every day, the steel shoes are cheap
est in the end. These sleds are very
durable if taken care of during the
summer, and a coat of crude petroleum
put on viii increase their durability
If made of well selected stuff, pair of
these sleds are good for five years, when
probably they will need new pins or
sound repairs.