smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

DOES IT AY?-Wben mankind EN-
bark in any undertaking, the question
apt to bo uppermost in the mind is,
Will it pay? We publish in the Herald
this week u new advertisement of Messrs.
Cake & Rogers tannery, boot, shoe, har,
ness, collar and saddle establishment
Since the formation of their copartner.
ship, they have been liberal advertisers,
their bill with this Office alone being
something over ss5 for the past year. 1t
must pay them, else they would not per
sist in laying out this amount to advertise
their goods, and we are confident it does
pay them; for their trade is increasing
daily, and last week their cash sales for
the six days ending Saturday amounted
to over $40 day, together with large
sales on time. We venture the assertion
that there is not another business house
10 the town that can count up as much
for one week. This success we are free
to admit is partly due the cleverness and
general popularity of the gentlemen
composing the firm, their satisfactory
work and low prices, but we know they
will also freely admit that it is partly
due their iudicious system Of adysrtis'
ing,
Year: 1872

The home Of Mr.. Ezekiel Downing oi
Now Hope came neas being burned down
a fow days since. A spark from the chin.
ney set the roof on fire, and it acquired
considerable headway before the flames
were discovered. Prompt action on the
part of the citizens, however, saved the
building, but the destroying element left
a ten foot hole IN the roof.
Year: 1872

| Out i'll a certain western fort, some
| time ago. the major conceived the idea
that artillery might be used effectively In
| fighting with the Indians by dispensing
| with gun-carriages and fastening the can
non upon backs of mules. So he explain
ed his views to the commandment. and it
was determined to try the experiment. A
howitzer was selected and strapped upon
an ambulance mule, with the muzzle
pointed toward the tail. When they had
secured the gun, and loaded it with ball
cartridge, they led that calm and stead
| fast mule out on the bluff and set up tar
get in the middle of the river to practice
at. The rear of the mule was turned to-
ward the target, and he was backed gent
ly up to the edge of the bluff. The off,
GERS stood around in a semi-circle, while
the major went up and inserted time
fuse in the touch-hole of the howitzer.
When the fuse was ready. the major lit it
and retired. In a minute or two the hith-
erto unruffled mule.heard the fzzing back
there on his neck, and it made him un-
easy. He reached his head around to as.
certain what was going on, and. as he did


SO, his body turned and the howitzer be-


gan to sweep around the horizon.


The mule at last became excited, and
| MS SuiioSty SiCW hiOIc auu I0Ofo lutc0Sc,


and in second or two he was standing


with his fore legs in a bunch. making six


revolutions minute, and the howitzer,


understand, threatening sudden death to


every man within half mile. The COM
4 n,andant was observed to climb suddenly


up tree the lieutenants were seen slid


ing over the bluff into the river, as if they


didn't care at all about the high price of


uniforms; the adjutant made good time


toward the fort; the sergeant began to
throw up breastworks with his bayonet,
and the major rolled over the ground and
groaned. In two or three minutes there
was puff of smoke, dull thud, and the
mule-oh where was he /? A solitary
jackass might have been seen turning sue
cessive back-somersaults over the bluff.
only to rest at anchor, finally, with his
howitzer at the bottom Of the river, while
the ball went off toward the fort, hit the
chimney in the majors quarters, ratified
the adobe bricks down into the parlor, and
frightened the majors wife into convul-
sions. They do not allude to it now, and
no report Of the results of the experiment
was ever sent to the War Department
John PhHnir
Year: 1872

It is not possible to ask man to
return borrowed goods, books,
money, or anything else, without
putting in peril the beautiful friend
ship on the strength Of which he
deece1 you. He was a wise man
who said to his friend wishing to
borrow, "You and I arc now good
friends. If I lend you money and
you do not pay it, we shall quarrel.
If refuse to lend you, I suppose
We will quarrel. II I refuse to lend
you, I suppose we will quarrel.
There are two chances of aquarrel,
and I think I will keep the money
rather than run the risk of losing it
and you.' .-.-:,,.. ..'....y,-


He had in mind the old saw:


IL had my money and my friend,


I lent my money tony friend,


I asked my money Of my friend,


Ilost money and my friend"
Year: 1872

Heretofore Federal Offices have been regarded
too much as the reward of political service.
Under authority of Congress rules have been
established to regulate the tenure Of Office and
the mode of appointments ,
1t cannot be expected that any system of
rules can be entirely effective, and prove
perfect remedy for the existing evils, until
they have been thoroughly tested by actual
practice aud amended according to the re-
quirements of the service. During my term
Of office, it shall be my earnest endeavor to
so apply the rules as to secure the greatest
possible reform in the civil service Of the
Government, but it will require the direct &C:
ton of Congress to render the enforcement OF
the system binding upon my successors; and
1 hope that the experience of the past year,
together with appropriate legislation by Con.
gress, may reach satisfactory solution of this
question and secure to the public service for
all time, practical method of obtaining
faithful and efficient officers and employees.


u. S. GRANT.
Year: 1872

A WHOLESOME MED1c1NE.-Are you in
trouble Work it of: Don't try to quench
your sorrow in rum or narcotics. If you be-
gin this you must keep right on with it, till it
leads you to ruin; or if you try to pause, you
must add physical pain and degradation to
the sorrow you seek to escape. Of all wretch
ed men, his condition is the most pitiful who,
having sought to drown his grief in drink,
awakes from his debauch with shattered
nerves, aching head and depressed mind, to
face the trouble again. That which was at
first painful to contemplate, will, after drink,
seem unbearable. Ten to one the fatal drink
will be again and again sought, till its victim
sinks hopeless, pitiful wreck. Work is your
true remedy. If misfortune hits you hard,
you bit something else hard. There is moth
ing like good, solid, exhausting work to cure
trouble. There are some great troubles that
only time can heal, and some, perhaps, that
can never be healed at all but all can be
helped by this great panacea. Try it, you
who are afflicted. 1t operates kindly and
we'll, leaving no disagreeable consequence in
its train, and large quantities of it may be
taken with the most beneficial effects.
Year: 1872

The LAST NEWSPAPER READ BY GENER-
AL LEA gentleman residing in this city,
and who returned from the Washington and
Lee University, of Virginia, relates some
pleasant facts connected with the last days of
General Lee He says that the private room
in the University which the General occupied
has been left just as it was when he went out
of it on the morning he took his bed, and from
which he never arose. The general went into
his room at his usual hour that morning, put
on his slippers, took seat near window,
from which he drew the curtain partially back,
and began reading copy Of the Nashville
Union and american. Hehad been complain
ing of feeling unwell, and after reading q
short time, he laid the paper on the table and
left the room, never more to return. To-day
the visitor to the University is shown the room,
which he is allowed to enter, but is prohibited
from touching anything. On the dust:covered
table he sees the paper as it dropped from the
hand of the great chieftain, and near the
chair, which is partly turned around, his slip
pers. The curtain is in the same position in
which the general placed it, and in the ink:
stand is the deeply corroded pen, just as it had
been left when last used. A guard is mount
ed at the door every day to see that nothing
about the room is disturbed by any one visit
ing it.-Nasbmle Union and Americrn, No.
vember 6.
Year: 1872

ulSIluSulSueu loI lLS ulItoA ohu ih1i6n P"ioou
ality, he never, where principle as he saw it
was involved, sacrificed the right to the expe'
dient but always preferred, in maintaining
his convictions, rather to break than to bend.


His name will be national property, and will
continue for many generations to reflect lus'
tire upon bis country, while the colored race
whom he aided so much to relieve from chat,
tel and civic bondage, will, in gratefully cher
ishing the memory of his noble service, forget
his once grievous fault


In conclusion, fellow-citizens, I would do
injustice to the impulses ofmy heart should l
fail, on such an occasion as the present, to
recognize and gratefully acknowledge the
services rendered to the cause of free govern
ment in South Carolina by my distinguished
predecessor. First entering the State as a
prisoner of war, whose command was defeated
without dishonor, he was duly exchanged, af:
ter long confinement in military prison, and
at the close of hostilities in the field returned,
with promotion to the rank of ma jor general
of the United States Army, to administer the
affairs of an important bureau Of the govern
ment of our State. In that capacity he or
ganized the labor system on free basis, pro.
tecting alike the rights OF the employer and
the labor. His administration as Governor
of South Carolina is before the country, and
by the country it will be judged. Whatever
that judgment may be, l but express the opin-
ion of those who know him best, when I say
that he has endeavored to discharged the du-
ties of his high office in the interest of the
party that elected him and for the welfare of
the people of the State.


With a solemn appreciation of the grave
responsibility imposed upon me in the perfor-
nance of my duties, and in the earnest hope
that the important matters involved in the
situation before US may bring about the ut
most concert and unanimity of action, COM
mend your deliberations to the merciful su-
perintendence of that Almighty Power which
presides over States and nations.
Year: 1872

sa- In recent dog suit in California the
effect of cutting off dogs ears and tail came
up incidentally, and it was in proof that if
you clip the dogs ears after the dog is year
old, the ears will lop forward; otherwise, if
the ears are trimmed when the dog is a pup,
and so with the tail cut when the animal is
young, the stub will retain an elevated posi-
tion at an angle of forty-6ve degrees ever
after.
Year: 1872

naT An old farmer named Ami, returning
from market little boozy, stopped for nap.
Awaking at night little bewildered, he So
liloquized thus Gam I Ami or am l not
Ami; if 1 am Ami, then where am l !; if lam
not Ami, then who in the deuce am I p
Year: 1872

In the forthcoming State Convention
on the 9th inst. to appoint delegates
10 tile National Convention, it is now
evident that our new congressional
lastricts will not be formed SO as 70
peunit of dividing the delegates on the
basis o. nine districts. We therefore
suppose the Convention will give three
delegates to each Of the present Con-
gressional districts, leaving four to be
chosen at large. We think this the
correct plan, especially as it is the one


wc have always adopted heretofore.


Let the delegates from each Congress


onal District hold caucus and agree


upon their candidates and report them


to the Convention for its approval
merely.
Year: 1872

This is the way the Boston Post re-
ccives the news of the result in New
Hampshire:


The inclement weather compels our
roostcrs to stay in the coop this MORN
ing. They are patient birds.


The weather and tho voting were
both bad in New Hampshire on the
18th.
Year: 1872

From the New York Hernld, Oct. l4.l


One Result or the October Election


How Business In New York was AZ


feeIed.


The result in Pennsylvania has
quickened business all over the city
and driven of that languOr and indif-
ference which would have been the in
separabIe CUnufti0n Or aTIUUrIcr month
of doubt with the prospects Of many
months of further waiting to learn
what would have been the financial
policy Of the candidate and party


whose chances were so signally over
slaughed on Tuesday last. There are


millions who believe that Mr.. Gree
/ ley's administration, should the fates
grant him one, would not be less con-
servative of the b Isiness interests of
/ the country than Gen. Grants; but


now the presidential question is decid-
! ed-aC least SO Wall street believes and
/ bets, and so think the thousands of
merchants who haye been waiting.


The change since Wednesday morn
/ ing last mas been like the work of


magic The dry goods trade sprang
/ into life once more; a confident feel
| ing pervades the money market
stocks have risen several per cent ,
and real estate is firmer, and all be-
cause men may make reasonable cal
culations of the future OF everything
/ for the next four years. And this


view further suggests that the forth
coming winter and spring are to see


a revival Of speculation at the Stock
Exchange unparalleled siuce the pal
my days of the spring of 1869, when
/ the Grant administration began to


pay off the debt at the rate Of enc
hundred millions per annum, aud


equal, perhaps, to the great iIfigti0n


OF earlier years of the current paper
money decade.


One important matter should not
be lost sight of, notwithstanding the
unfavOrable action of the Bank of


England-viz, the flow OF foreign
capital to this country which will be


resumed with a greater volume when
/ the hustle and confusion Of presiden-
! tial election are over. It is significant
that our bonds in London jumped up
when the news from Pennsylvania


was known, and that the bank put


up the rate the following day.
Year: 1872

An ancient custom Of the Jewish
people made the acceptance by young
woman Of a gift from man, rendered
with the words, 81 cOnsecrste my
self to thee with this,D a valid mar
riage, and an INDECENT Algerian Jew
recently availed himself Of this to Sc
cure q rich young miss IntrOduc n
himself as a jeSeler, while trading
with her he handed her a coin, and
instantly pronounced the esacramental
words. She denied the marriage anc
was brought before the magistrate,
where the rabbi decided the contract
invalid, but the agitation Of the affair
resulted in the illness and death Ofthe
girl.
Year: 1872

For the convenience Of our readers
who may wish to try their skill at pc
litieal estimates We print below the
list Of the electoral college as it will
be constituted in choosing the next
President:
Year: 1872

How To PUT THE CHILDREN To BED.-Not
with reproof for any of that days sins Of
omissiont or commission. Take auy other time
but bed time far that. If you ever heard
little creature signing and sobbing in its sleep
YOU could never do this, seal their closing eye
lids with kiss and blessing. The time will
come, all too soon, when they will lay their
heads upon their pillows lacking both. Let
them then at least have their sweet memory Of
a happy childhood, of which no future sorrow
or trouble can rob them. Give them their ro-
sy youth. Nor need this involve wild license.
The judicious parent will not SO mistake my
meaning If you have ever met the man
or woman whose eyes have suddenly filled
when little child has crept trustingly to her
mothers breast, you may have seen one in
whom chldhood's home dignity and severity
stood where love and pity should have been.
Too much indulgence has ruined thousands Of
children too much love not one.
Year: 1872

LEAP YEAR.-A letter from New York says
"The customs Of leap year are now being very
generally discussed and quite number OF
girls have formed club, agreeing that each
one shall propose to the cavalier Of her choice
during the magic year, and at the last hour
of the last night Of 72, meet to recount their
heart-histories In the reign of one of Scot
lands Queens law was passed which allow
ed any maiden to choose for her husband the
swain she loved best. II he was cowardly
knight and refused her, he was heavily fined,
could only be exempted on the gronnd Of pre-
yious betrothal'
Year: 1872

How TO SuccEED.-Co. James Fisk once
said: "If man wants 10 succeed in America,
let him first get his base all right-that is, let
him be sure be is going todo something which
the public want to have done, aud which will
add to the general comfort and convenience
and then let him put all the men on it aud all
the money in it he can, and the public will pay
him back handsomely; but let him scrimp and
play shabby, and try to make the public eat
cold victuals, and they leave him alone just as
sure as hard shell Baptist will ,hun tenn
perance hotel.
Year: 1872

correspondent of the Country Gentle
man says: Corn, as we all know, is A warm
climate production and needs all the warmth
of the sun it can get. Where the land is
rich, pumpkin vines will almost cover the
ground, and consequently the suns rays
cannot shine on ana warm the ground,
which is so necessary to good growth OF
corn. This year by way of experiment. |
ploughed up FOUR acres of moderately rich
land, and planted two acres In corn and
pumpkins in the usual way. and the rest
half corn and pumpkins separate The
first grew well until the vines began to run
and then it seemed almost to stand still the
stalks were large enough, but it did not ear
We'll, while that without the pumpkins was
the best piece of corn In the neighb0rhood.
About two thirds was good for seed. while
there We're more than enough pumpkins to
pay for the extra land.
Year: 1872

An Indiana farmer, writing to the Ger
mantown Telegraph, saws: About twelve
wears ago nearly all the farmers in this part
Of the State bought ''corn and cob crush
+rs,' and expected to fatten their stock on
the chops which the machine made. The
crnsher performed it's part well enough.
but the trouble was that the ignorant cows
would not eat the meal, and finally could
not be coaxed into the stable as long as
there was a sign of the meal there, while
the hogs left their pens and took refuge in
the woods, We finally concluded that cob =
meal was only valuable as a substitute for
saw-dust | have heard great many
"hook farmers argue in favor of grinding
the cobs with the corn, but after trying it
they invariably gave up the idea that there
was any food in the cobs. If any one has
a desire to try the experiment, let him grind
the cobs alone, and see If he can induce any
OF his stock to eat it. That will convince
him that cobs as food are entirely worth
less
Year: 1872

Never sendest thou an article for
publication without giving the edi-
tor thy name, for thy name often
secures publication to worthless
articles.


Thou shouldst not rap at the
door of a printing office, for he
that answereth the rap sneereth in
his sleeves and loseth time. "''-


Neither do thou loaf about, ask
questions or knock down type, or
the boys will love thee like they do
shade trees-when thou leaveth.


Thou shouldst never read the
copy on the printers case, or ths
sharp and hooked containcr there
of, OF he may knock thee down.


Never inquire thou Of the edi-
tor for the news, for behold it is
his business at the appointed time
to give it to thee without asking.


1t is not right that thou shouldst
ask him who is the author of an ar
ticle, for it is his duty to keep such
things unto himself.


When thou dost enter his Office,
take heed unto thyself that thou
dost not look at what may be lying
open and concerneth thee not, for
that is not meet in the sight Of good
breeding.


Neither examine thou the proof
sheet, for it is not ready to meet
thine eye, that thou mayest under
stand.


Prefer thine own town paper to
any other, and subscribe for it inn
mediately.


Pay for it in advance, and it
shall be well with thee and thine.
Year: 1872

Kindness Is stronger than the sword.


proverb is the child Of Experience


Oil and truth viii get upperrnosi al The
last


lie that speaks is Of other men burns
his own tongue.


In prosperity we need moderation IN
diversity, patience.


Condemn no man FOR not thinking as
you think.


Men willingly believe What they wish
to be true


Satire II a glass in which tho beho'der
sees every body's face but his own.


Prefer loss before unjust gain, Tor that
brings grief but once, this for ever


Mankind are very odd old creatures
One half censure what they practice, and
the other half practice what they consure
A man should no more mako his hon
esty q boast than q woman should her
virtue. To speak too much OF either ron
ders them questionable.


Though taste Of pleasure may quicken
the relish Of life, an unrestrained indul-
gence leAds TO inevitable destruction
Year: 1872

adopt this mode OF advertising my business
instead of employing agents. My object is, to
reduce the expense OF the business as much as
possible, 80 bv purchasing of me you pay no
agent fees. You can also save the expense or
delivering the work If you choose; besides you
can select the Marble yourself and see the sytle
of 1t, as il will be, 40 there is no possible ehahee
for being deceived or being disappointed.


Bv taking tins course, there Il saving OF
from twenty to thrty per cent according TO
how far tho purchaser comes.


You can readily see that the money save by
not keeping agents goes TO the purchaser IN
stead OF the agent.


AGENTS claim that they can furnish work
cheaper That cannot be done, unless done by
Apprentices. | furnish no work of that class
as / employ no Apprentices.


Nv work and material cannot be questioned.


81" Patronize home, If you can, and save
money by so doing. Sl3
Year: 1872

PARTRIDGEs.-At a meeting of horticultur-
lists in Illinois strong ground was taken against
the destruction of these birds. To show how
useful this bird is, it was stated that flock of
partridges were seen running along the rows of
corn just sprouting, and seeing them engaged
in something which was believed to be pulling
up the young plants one of them was killed
and its crop examined, which was found to
contain one cutworm, twenty-One striped
bugs and over one hundred chinch bugs.
Another member related that he had adopted
measures to protect the bird, and that they had
become so numerous and so tame that hun
dreds of them, after snow falls. could be seen
in the barnyard with the fowls where they were
fed As result of their presence upon his
premises his wheat crops were unusual abund-
ant, while in many other places not far off the
chnch bug and other insects had destroyed
half the crop.
Year: 1872

A bill has been introduced in the Mary land
Legislature to refund to every citizen of the
State $500 who furnished a substitute or paid
communication money to avoid conscriptlon
during the late war.