smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

as not to be entitled to exhibition in
competition, they will report the
fact to the Board of Directors, that
such course may be adopted as
the case may require.


l6. The Committees will be care
full to examine everything entered,
and as there will be no general dis
cretionary list, they may recon-
mend premiums on articles posses
sing merit, Notwithstanding no pre-
miums may have been offered for
such articles, Awards of this kind
shall be subject to the approval of
the Executive Committee.


II. The standard Herd Book
will be considered sufficient evi.
dence of the purity Of the blood Of
cattle; yet there may be equally
satisfactory evidence of the purity
of the blood Of animals that are not
in the Herd Book. Great care must
be, taken in this matter.


ls. Committees will be careful
to put on the badges denoting the
premiums, as. they make their
awards; red for first, blue for sec.
ond; and especially careful that the
badges and reports agree.


10. The Chairman of each Com
mittee, when handing in his report,
will assist the clerk in making a
correct copy of it, SO there can be
no mistake rs to the meaning or in
tention of the Committee.


20. Persons entering thorough
bred animals will be required to
file pedigree of the same with the
Secretary of the Society.


81. One dollar per day will be
charged for forage to those who
enter any animal in the following
lists for competition, and then fail
or refuse to exhibit in their proper
class, when notified to do so by the
Superintendent Of such class, or by
the chief or assistant Marshal.
Year: 1872

i" single one-horse 2
All the above articles competing for
Premiums, must be manufactured in this
County


Best display of Boots and Shoes


not made in county Diploma
Best display Harness not made


in county Diploma
Best display Of Furniture not


made in county Diploma
Largest and best display Of Tin,


Copper and Stove Furniture


made in this county 5 so
Best display Stoves and Furni


ture not made in this Co. Diploma
Year: 1872

...... day OF. 1879.


= Justice of the Peace


The facts set forth in the statements
referred to above, shall be over the sig
nature of the competitor and shall en-
brace the following particulars:


!. Character, exposure and location Of
the land; the time of planting or sowing;
the method of preparing the seed; the
mode and amount of cultivation; the
time Of reaping or gathering; the amount
and kind of manure used, Gf amy, and
if corn, whether the cultivation was done
entirely by machinery, or by single horse
plow and hand hoe. The land must be
measured before the crop is harvested,
and if wheat the entire crop or product
must be thrcshed and weighed by the
competitor and one assistant; if corn, 1t
may be cut and shocked, Ga hills to the
shock, and ten average shocks taken
from different parts of the field; husked
and weighed, and the whole crop estima-
ted from these, or if the competitor choose
to husk on the hill, he may husk 30 rows
through the field, rows in place in
different places so as to get the average
yield, weigh the amount on the 20 rows
and from these estimate the entire field.
Year: 1872

There was consultation among the Gree
ley men for few minutes, and then one of
them ventured to suggest that the country
men could ''plant" $500 ON that proposition.


"COme and see me, boys" and out came
the old red pocket book, and five 500 bills
were counted out in twinkling.


The sum was covered by an equal amount
and responsible stake holder found and the
bet closed


The Grant men seemed to gain back bone
at this, and half dozen small bets were i'm
mediately made that Missouri would go for
Grant. There was fascination in the coun-
tryman's figuring and an assurance in his
pluck which was as reviving as camp-meet-
ing, and every Republican who heard the bets
made went off change reassured in Grant
and the Interchangeable radicalism of Missouri.


#El. Missouri Democrat
Year: 1872

yEGErNE-When the blood becomes lifeles
and stagnant, either from change of weather or
of climate, want of exercise, irregular diet, or
for any other cause, the VEGETINE will renew
the blood carry off the putrid humors, cleanse
the stomach, regulate the bowels, and impart
a tone of vigor to the whole body. WIS
Year: 1872

Not content with having burning itself to
the ground, Chicago thinks of ruin
ing itself more thoroughly by getting up a
jubilee after the Bostonian pattern, but with
out Gilmore, Grant and company.
Year: 1872

The publishers of the COMMERCIAL ALMANAC
AND YEAR Book are much gratihed at the popu-
lar favor the work is meeting with as evidenced
by the orders which are constantly coming in
from all parts of the State. We shall take care
to double our edition the next issue of the work,
for 1873.
Year: 1872

deal with the false and treacherous savages
who prey upon the hardy pioneers of civiliza-
tion scattered along our border. These men
have peculiar right to the most ample pro-
lection, and no canting or simpering of fools
ought to be permitted to stand in the way of o
manly and vigorous policy. Let Howard
devote himself to teaching Sunday school,
the work for which nature intended him.
Let gallant Phil Sheridan, who is now
on the frontier, have the orders he 50
earnestly pleads for. He can be trusted to
shed no one drop of blood uselessly but
the mere fact of his presence on the frontier,
and the confidence with which it will inspire
all parties that deeds of violence will be re-
pressed and punished, would speedily put an
end 70 Qptrages. The people of this country
are heartily sick of the canting peace policy,
with its hectacombs of innocent victims barbar-
ously slain by the cowardly redskins, who
delight in slaughter, but have not
much stomach for square fight.
Treacherous, idle and bloodthirsty, there
is only one effective mode of dealing
with the Indian He must be convinced that
unless he is content to live in peace and
labor for his food he must perish. We have
reached the point where we can no longer
afford the luxury of tribes of privileged assas-
sins. If the red man will insist on blocking
the way of civilization. civilization will tramp
over him. That is the lesson we must teach
the skulking murderers of women and chill
dren, whom mistaken philanthropy has
made the pet wards of the nation. We should
be rejoiced to see the ancient American race
preserved, but not on condition that they shall
be privileged to cut our throats when they
happen to be in on unusually good humor. To
indulge in the luxury of noble savage at this
price would indeed be folly. 1t remains in
the hands Of the President to take some steps
TO remedy the peace policy mistake, leaving
the gallant Sheridan and his troopers free to
act, with the simple order, 'Put an end to
these outrages.' We venture to predict that
in six months Sheridan would let us have such
peace as has not been known for many long
year to the unfortunate frontersmen. The
matter is pressing, as the patience of the suffer-
ing people is well nigh exhausted between the
thieving Mexicans and their bloodthirsty allies;
and unless repressive measures are adopted
by government we may look forward to the
Inauguration Of protracted and bitter border
warfare.
Year: 1872

The ''Witches of New York; was presented last
evening before very slim attendance, and, every
thing considered, 1t is not unreasonable to presume
that even the artists felt much relieved when the
curtain fell for the last time. 1t was rather poor
compliment to the patrons Of this theatre, rem
dered 80 attractive by the nmitable performances
Of Fox, to place such production on the boards.
The result was evident for apart from the thread
bare and disagreeabe character OF the piece its
miserable representation did not tend to improve
matters. Indeed, the least said about the whole
performance the better.
Year: 1872

The season Of golden hair opened last night at
this theatre with great success. Every part Of the
house seemed well filled, and th6::ssh the enthu
siasm was rather subdued the part
of the general audience, there were not wanting
warm expressions OF approval On the
appearance Of Lydia Thompson, the queen Of
blondes, the audience manifested their feelings in
rather boisterOus way, and Lydia acknowl-
edged them In provokingly charming
manner. There cannot be much said for
the burlesque of sT2obin Hood" IN which
the troupe made their first appearance,
and 1t may even be stated with confidence that 1t
was saved from collapse only by the charm of the
golden hair, aided by the dancing OF Lydia and
Willie Edwin who Is not only amusing but highly
original. Tho singing on the whole rather
thin, and though the acting was for the most
part lively the natural heaviness OF the piece rem
dered the best efforts OF the artists neiectua It
is to be hoped that "RObn Hood will soon be sent
to grass, and something lvelier put on the stage.
There Is no excuse for wasting the energy and
ability OF q good troupe on such Indifferent
material. 1t is creditable to the art
lists to say that they managed to invest the
piece with considerable interest, In spite OF its
heaviness. IL, however, affords many an Oppor-
tunity for q good laugh. Pronting by experience.
IN effort Is made to make local hits and puns but,
though the intention Is good, the success in this
matter is not too encouraging. Lydia and her
blondes will continue 70 delight the public for some
time.
Year: 1872

The low barometer in Iowa will probably move
eastward to the lower lakes during Tuesday, with
threatening weather over the Middle states and
probably with rain on the lakes Pleasant
weather will probably continue in New England.
RISING temperature and pleasant weather prevail
in the southern and Gulf States, with local rains
near the coasts.


Owing to the delay OF the proper reports no more
detini'e Information can be given of the storm
which Monday afternoon was threatening Illinois
ana Lake Michigan.
Year: 1872

Essults would be disastrous to this city
to the last degree; and while the
fortunes of this city and OF this road
are insepsrably interviewer, the city
would first recognize the shock OF
calsmities involved in the direction
ef the great eastern system Of roads,
controlled by Scott, to a more south
ern crossing point on the Mississippi.
To reach Texas and California, Mem
phis would then be driven to reliance
solely on her own inherent local
strength and resources, The world
and its capitalists would stand aloOf.
They would see that the tide OF traffic
and travel across the continent had
been diverted, and t1is city, with its
great RAILROAD to Chattanooga and to
the eastern ocean, would sink into In
significance. Its connection with the
western ocean would be delightful
dream, only INDUCED by those
who, to day, in grasping at q shadow
while opposing ScOtt's purchase, lose
the substance, and, worse than this,
abandon the certainty of making viii
lagos, cities and the country tributary
to the Memphis and Charleston road
as prosperous and magnificent as were
ever created by the hand Of wealth
and commercial genius.
Year: 1872

Prior to 1920 Boston Blue was the only trot-
ting horse that had beaten three minutes
but since that time, by selective breeding from
thoroughbred stock and judicious training, we
have many horses at the present day that can
trot under two minutes and twenty seconds.
Our high-bred trotters resemble the thorough
bred racer so much in appearance that the
gait alone is the distinguishing difference be-
tween them. Many of our very fastest trot-
ters are three-quarters or seven-eighths pure
blood, and are the most beautiful animals on
earth. The value of the trotting horse has in
creased immensely within the last thirty years.
When the famous trotter Dutchman, whose
three mile record stood at the head of the list
for thirty-three years, was purchased by Mr..
Hammel, of Philadelphia, just prior to his
great performance of three miles in 1921, the
price paid for him was three thousand dollars,
whereas since that time many horses that
could not have performed the feat that he did
have been sold for from twenty thousand to
thirty thousand dollars. The cause of the
great advance in the rate of the trotting
horse was the great rivalry that existed
among our old merchants and wealthy citi-
zens for the possession Of speed, and their
inclination to make matches on their respec-
tive favorites, and trotting tracks were laid out
oil over the country to encourage this laudable
pride in improving the trotting horse by cul-
tivating his action. The country became much
enriched by the increasing value of the i'm
proved system of breeding, until at this time
the value Of the horses at present in America
may be estimated ut the enormous figure of
three thousand million dollars.


But the question arises, will this increase in
the value of horses continue or will it fall off?
Is there not an element working its way into
the trotting turf that will in time make this
popular amusement with oil classes Of our
people unpopular 1t is but few years since
gentlemen owners of fast trotters were fond of
making matches on their pets and many
happy days were spent on old Centreville,
Union, Huntington, Beacon, Cambridge and
other trotting courses in the neighborhood of
this and our sister Cities Do We find these
Year: 1872

TIM RIO GaAHDn CONGRESSIONAL OonmsIosl
has returned TO Washington. and win present
mass Of evidence relating TO the spoliations
carried on by Mexicans in Texas. The chief
points Of the information they have derived
from their visit are published in another
column Of the HERALD. The means intended
to be proposed Of protecting the line Of thS
river by stronger cavalry force will. we fear.
be of as little avail as it will be expensive.
In only one way can it be made to near its
purpose by allowing our cavalry to
pursue the cattle-thieves ON Mexican soil
which is at present an Arcadia for them. With
Mexico powerless TO prevent these incursions
on United States territory. and our soldiers
obliged to follow the marauders back to their
Mexican lairs, it seems to US short distance
to the only real cure for the trouble, and that
is annexation.
Year: 1872

opinion in favor Of this new departure
exceedingly encouraging to the high
contracting parties. But from North Car
olina in August to Pennsylvania in DC
tober there has been no encouraging
response from the people And whereforea
Simply because this coalition movement OF
democrats and liberal republicans was more
the work of the politicians concerned than Of
the people, and because it rapidly degenerated
into quarrel over the spoils and ceased TO
promise any definite or substantial reforma-
tions in tho government So much for the
thorough discussion through the public press
which the subject has undergone before the
discriminating tribunal Of the people. In this
discussion nearly two-thirds of the party
journals of the Union have been against the
administration; but the American people,
upon the facts, tho law and tho testimony,
Judge for themselves


We have heard much Of the danger Of the
establishment of a regular military despotism
from the reelection Of General Grant; but
we had the same foolish apprehensions
expressed in reference to General Jackson.


II bold and ambitious party leader in the
United States at this day could lead his fol-
lowers like Cesar or Marc Antony, or like
Napoleon the First, or even like the revolu-
tionary chiefs of Mexico, to any extremity, we
might talk of the perils of a military despot-
ism but oil such alarums are absurd among
our free people, possessed Of all the adyan-
tages of free schools, telegraphs, railroads and
the printing press, and Of general intelligence
and self-reliance to an extent that is the mar
vel and the admiration of the world.
Year: 1872




We think our northern neighbors slow So
they are if we contrast their history with ours
for the past century. Still, the statistics show
that during the last decade Canada has received
by immigration an addition of more than
forty per cent to her population, and during
the last thirty-three years more than twice
doubled her number Of inhabitants, count
ing now two and half millions. against half
q million third Of century ago. AS our
population exceeds that Of the Canadian Do
minion by more than tenfold it is natural for
us to look upon her growth as insignificant
Yet since the breaking out of our late war she
has gained at more rapid proportionate rate
than we have. our increment OF population
having been thirty-6ve per cent. As Canada
has three hundred and fifty thousand square
miles of territory. being equal in extent to
Great Britain, France and Prussia, or Six
times the size Of England and Wales,
she has as yet only ten persons for
each six hundred and forty acres OF
land. Consequently she has abundance
of room for all who may come to find homes
upon her fertile soil or to win fortune from
the abundant facilities she offers for profitable
commercial or industrial enterprise. Should
she continue to grow at her present rate till
the end Of this century she will then have
population Of twenty millions, or about half
our present number. Though events do not
move with o rush so rapid beyond our northern
frontier as on this side of it, Canada has vast
enterprises which mark her population as en-
bracing the same elements Of thrift which are
so rapidly developing our own greatness. Her
great rivers and excellent harbors, her canals
and railways, when completed, will offer to the
products of her fields, forests and mines easy
means of export, while her rapidly growing
and prosperous population will furnish abun-
dant consumers for the fabrics with which
Europe balances the traffic. It cannot be
doubted that for British subjects who wish to
escape the overcrowding and excessive COM
petition in all industrial and commercial
pursuits sat home" and who hesitate
about trying our experiment Of self
government, Canada offers abundant hope for
an improved condition, and it is fair to be-
lieve that for several decades she will receive
constant and liberal flow of immigration, and
that the two English speaking nations must
control the destinies of North America. If in
time Canada wishes to take her place in the
constellation of stars upon our banner Of free
dom we hold ourselves ready to comply with
the dictates Of manifest destiny" Should
she prefer to stay out of the Union we shall
still be true friends, generous rivals and good
neighbors. Her prosperity will only stimu-
late ours
Year: 1872

Tho Spanish Government and Colonial


Slavery.


AS matters now stand in Spain there is but
small reason to hope for the early abolition Of
slavery in the Spanish colonies In tho ad-
dress from the throne the general question
was unavoidably alluded to. An amendment,
however, was offered to the Kings address by
q republican member praying for the emanci-
patton of the slaves in the Spanish colonies.
By vote of one hundred and sixty-one
against fifty-seven the Lower Chamber of the
Cortes has refused to take this amendment
into consideration. 1t is great pity that
Spain has so long refused to make an end of
slavery in all her colonies and SO put herself
as nation on the same advanced platform
with Great Britain and the United States of
America. It is the one reason why the Spain
of to-day is without the sympathy Of the
nations Fair play, however, compels us to
admit that, with Spain as Spain now is,
paciAcation ought to precede emancipation.
The world has waited long for this pacif-
cation; it now waits with some degree of
impatience, and it is not unfair to say that
the patience of at least one people is ex-
hausted. A little while longer will be granted
Spain to do her best in Cuba; but if pacifca-
ton and emancipation do not speedily become
facts in Cuba the people of the United States
will rise and demand interference, nor will
any government be strong enough to resist the
popular clamor Cuba is the difficulty of
Amadeus; it may be the opportunity of
General Grant.
Year: 1872

The BANK OF ENGLAND put up the discount
rate yesterday to 6 per cent, the highest since
the week in 1870 when France declared war
against Prussia, although the open money
market quotation is only 5 a 50 per cent This
is not the first time the Old Lady in Thread
needle street has gone off at half-cock. This
lime she breads America and Germany, who
are both draining her Of her pounds British
mon" Despite this fresh application of the
screw our bonds in London went up an eighth
per cent showing the waning influence of
'the bank" on the one hand and the popu-
larity of our bonds on the other, enhanced as
they have been in foreign eyes by the recent
endorsement in Pennsylvania of what for
,eigners style 'the government and we the
administration.
Year: 1872

In the death of Mr.. Seward, which it is our
duty to record this morning, the country loses
q statesman who, more than any other, shaped
her destinies and assisted in the development
of her resources In politics he sometimes
took up with the issues of the time, which the
country afterwards learned to regard as tempo
rary madness, as in the case of anti-Masonry,
upon which he first entered public
life. But his devotion to common
school education and his opposition
to slavery were among the great pur-
poses of his career. Two Of his phrases, the


"Higher Law and the "Irrepressible Con-
fict," did more to overthrow the slave power
than the armies OF Grant and the victories of
Sherman. His hostility to slavery, however
ill-advised when the country was at peace,
was the result of sincere and solemn devo-
ton to the ideal Of liberty, and the country is
learning to regard him with veneration in
striking contrast to the contempt once show
cred upon him. His fame will chiefly rest
upon his diplomatic skill and power as an ora
tor. No Secretary of State who preceded him
showed greater abilities, and many able men
have filed that lofty position. In the Senate
Mr.. Seward, who possessed few Of the out
ward graces of oratory, was confronted by the
most distinguished Senators who ever graced
that body, and that he should prove himself
the peer Of oil of them was in itself the evil
dence Of very great merit. Compelled to meet
the ponderous majesty Of Webster, the
magnificent eloquence of Clay, the subtle
force Of Benton, the specious philos-
ophy of Calhoun, and the accomplished
ease and marked elegance Of Everett,
he held his own by power not inferior to
theirs. Classic in style, philosophical in tone
and spirit, clear and concise in recital, mar
shalling his facts like a soldier marshalling
an army, and always presenting his case with
logical acumen and Skill he was ON adversary
dangerous to attack and not easily beaten
A hundred triumphs in the Senate and in
the council chamber prove all this, and
show him very great statesman, as he was
o very great man. The industry which
distinguished him while he was yet a
child clung to him through life, and death
found him busy finishing the record of his
journey round the world. To-day every
tongue will be busy discussing the merits and
achievements Of man who has taken jour-
ney of which there can be no record in this
lower sphere. However opinions may differ
concerning him there will be universal recog-
milton of his greatness and general and sin
cere regret at his death, though in the fulness
Of his years and his fame.