smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

A philosopher observes "Trying to run a
household without love ia like running rail
road train without grease, and many hot box
is Inevitable


All goats love tobacco but all creatures that
love tobacco are not goats.


All steamboat freight has manifest destiny.
Year: 1875

square naile is laid off at an eligible point
on the tract, with lots 25xl40; avenue 100 feet
and streets 80 feet wide.


stream of water can be brought in so as
to supply every lot with crystal, cool, sweet
water


Provision will be made for College and
Farm School.


large lot'will be set apart for each relig-
ious denomination. A block will also be
given for the erection of large hall by the
different Fraternal, Grange and Temperance
Societies.
Year: 1875

An amusing myth is told of the origin:
of the finger ring. When Jovc released
Promctheus from the bonds by which he
had been confined he condemned him, as II
sort of pcnance-perhaps somewhat after
the fashion Of modern ticket-of-eave, to
wear upon his finger as ring link of the
iron chain that had bound him to the Cati-
casian rock, in which was set fragment of
that rock itself. In this way, so fable goes;
the custom Of the finger ring originated
There is every reason to believe that this
use of the engraved stone began with the
Greeks and from them was copied by their
servile imitators, the Romans. 1t is every
way convenient and natural one, and
our grandfathers' custom of wearing their
seals at the fob, as it was called or hang
ing from the side pocket, was recurrence
to old Assyrian usages, which did not long
hold its ground
Year: 1875

should never have been guilty of The
absurdity of trying to whip you in the first
place. Now that we have seen for ourselves,
and COTTON some sort of an iC ca of the mag
nitude of the job of cleaning you out, we
consider that another war on our side
would be preposterous and ridiculous, and
we arc for peace. Yes, fellow citizens of
Buffalo, we are here in the intest of peace
God like peace In the glowing langu
age of the inspired psalmist, "Peace hath
her victories no less renowned than war.
We believe in peace. We are quite ready
to be harmonized. And [ am glad to be
able to say that everywhere we have been
in the North and West we have met cor
dial welcome and kindly greeting. Nobody
has made faces at us We have felt o. X.
all the time The railroads have dead
headed us and given us the finest drawing
room cars to sleep in. The hotels reduced
their rates, and some of them didn't have
the heart to charge us all. We have been
well fed at all your eating institutions where
We have stopped. In some place they
wincd us and they dined us, rode us out
in carriages and showed US the sights
mades peeches to us. serenaded us with their
brass bands, etc, etc. We have had just
splendid time of it. The ladies God
bless EN-, always have smiled upon us, and
the men have sometimes even gone to the
extent of asking us to take drink. That
last is the capstone to the climax of re-
conciliation. Hear, hear ] The true
road to a Mississippi editors heart is to
invite him to take drink with you. If
that don't harmonic him-if that don't
capture him-if that don't bring peace to
the land and save the country, nothing else
on earth will.
Year: 1875

Some time ago farmer living near Mil
lerstown purchased one hundred grains of
peculiar brand of wheat which had been
imported from Egypt. having been grown
in the valley of the Nile, and for which he
paid one dollar-at the rate of one cent per
grain. This year he planted the grains six
inches apart, and the yield has been even
more prodigious than was expected. From
these one hundred grains of wheat he has
harvested eleven hundred cars, for which
he readily found a market at one dollar
per ear. Thus from an investment of one
dollar he makes profit of eleven hundred
dollars in a single year.
Year: 1875

John Thompson, of Pottstown, q few
days ago, noticed something that seemed to
be fine string moving upon the ground.
On attempting TO pick it up, it parted at
the point touched, and was found to con-
sist of a number of very small worms, not
more than q quarter of an inch long. On
closer examination he discovered thas thc
string was composed of myriads of these
little worms, that were chnging to each
other while on the march. And now he
wants to know to what species they belong,
and where they came from.
Year: 1875

A man in neighboring county who wished
to write history of his family, was unable to
obtain the necessary materials !; but when
he got nominated for Congress the opposi-
tion papers furnished him complete his
tory of the same for six generations back,
and didn't charge him cent. But he says
he doesn't believe his great-great- great
grandmother was burned for being whfch,
and that mis- great t-great- grandfather was
hanged for stealing sheep, as stated in the
papers-N0rristorn Herald
Year: 1875

A Pottstown woman had her fortune
told bo gypsy wohhan and offered in pay
ment a twenty dollar bill. The gypsy went
to neighboring hotel to gent it changed,
and did not come back until warrant had
been issued for her arrest, when she Ye.
funded the money to avoid suit
Year: 1875

Two months ago Hyde Park woman
fell from chair, and has inst died from
injuries then received Those who attach
a moral to everything can now begin a cru
sade against the dangerous practice of sit
ting III chairs
Year: 1875

FRENCH METHOD OF OYSTER CULTURE-M
Crupny announces IN Les MOndes that after 10 years
of groping in the dark in the treatment of the great
oyster banks of France, especially of Arcachon,
these have entered upon career Of fertility so
prodipious that Arcachon alone will be able to
furnish oysters for the whole world and at prices
much lower than those which at present prevail 1t
is well known, according to Crugny. that each
oyster produces, every year. spat sufficient to
furnish 100000 of young, but that innumerable
sources of destruction greatly reduce the yield. At
the present time, in the light of more recent ex-
periences spat is collected tiles previously coated
with sticky composition. to which it strongly at
taches itself; while the slight adherence Of this
compositon to the tile permits the introduction OF
an instrument which easily detaches the young
oyster without injuring it, The sDat. when it has
acquired the size of quarerfranc piece, u placed
in wooden boxes covered externally with zinc. tho
upper opening of which is closed by wire network
of close Ineshes After the oysters have increased in
this inclosure protected from every external attack
they are placed in large bitches, excayated either
by the hand Of man or by nature, In which at low
tide there is always sufficient depth of water to
protect the young shells against the seyerties of
the Winter or the heats of the Summer. Thanks to
all these precautions the oyster cutursts In France
have lately been able TO save large part Of their
crop and will be able, II nothing inteTferes to
furnish excellent oysters at q cheap price,


EFFECT or POLLUTED WATER on FIsHEs.-Among
the various agencies injurious TO fishes IN fresh
Year: 1875




1t may happen that the President will
want third term. 1t may happen that he
will order the next National Republican
Convention to renominate him. 1t may hap
pen that this time denomination will not
be equivalent to a reelection. 1t may happen
that he will need some great measure to
arouse the party and rally the country to his
support. II may happen that he will accord
belligerent rights to the Cuban insurgents.
1t may happen that this step will be followed
by war with Spain. 1t may happen that
the war will be naval war. 1t may happen
that our coasts will be partly blockaded and
our commerce injured 1t may happen that
England pursuing her ancient policy, and,
fearful of the fate of her own West India pos
sessions, will form an alliance with Spain.
1t may happen that instead of short war; re-
sulting in the easy conquest OF Cuba we
may have more war than we want 1t may
happen that even victorious war may cost
more than Cuba is worth. 1t may happen
that the country will be constrained to sus-
tain the President in such war, and that
the third term will become national neces-
sity growing out of national blunder.


But if these things do happen which may
happen, then others of vast Importance to
the American people must happen. 1t must
happen that the supreme power of the nation
will be lodged in the hands of the Executive.
1t must happen that his power, already equal
to that of constitutional monarch will be
enormously increased to that of modern
imperialism. 1t must happen that the
change in our traditional government will be
from democracy to despotism 1t must happen
that we shall contract another immense
debt and be burdened with new taxation.
1t must happen that resumption of specie
payments will be postponed far beyond 1S79
probably for twenty years longer. 1t must
happen that our bonds will come back from
Europe sunk in ruinous depreciation, both
abroad and at home. 1t must happen that
the policy of initiation will triumph at last
1t must happen that there will be bitter
division of the American people upon
the necessity of such a war with Spain, far
deeper than the divisions of the wars of 1912
and 1916. 1t must happen that the Centen-
nial Exposition will be destroyed, and all
the benefits of peace, good will, art, science,
commerce and comfy we expected to derive
from it be scattered to the winds.


Yet when the American nation understands
what must happen, if it is now forced into
war, what may happen might be very differ
ent from what is now conjectured. Then it
may happen that the people will declare
irresistibly for peace with all the world and
that the President himself, like man stand
ing on the verge of precipice, will draw
back from the danger and hesitate before he
takes the leap.
Year: 1875

Guibord's body is disposed of at last, and,
contrary to the general expectation, the burial
was quietly accomplished. The law hal
been vindicated, and that is something, and,
what is Of greater consequence, it has beer
yindicated without the shedding of blood
But now that the affair is over it is only JUS
to say that the issue is one which
ought never to have been raised. We see
no reason why the Roman Catholic Church
or any other Church should not have the
right to prescribe who shall be buried in the
ground consecrated by its rites. The ques-
ton took different shape, however and the
issue became one of obedience to the civil
power or to an ecclesiastical authority.
After the State had made an order in the
premises there was no course possi-
bic except to compel compliance, but
the order was the result of bitter
sectarian feeling. which was unwise and un-
necessary. There should be no conflicts
anywhere growing out Of questions of relig-
ious sepulture, and we are afraid that the
wicked will long continue to sneer at this
exhibition and that Christianity will suffer
in consequence. We trust it will be a long
time before we shall hear of similar occur
ranca
Year: 1875

There must be some defence for the publ,
against thep plea of insanity now brought NJ
regularly in favor of every murderer fol
whom no other defence can be found or in.
vented. This is made manifest by the atti.
tude of counsel in the case of Scannell
Hitherto men have been tried on the issue
not whether they did the act, but whether
their insanity did not render them irrespon-
sible; now it is proposed to find a jury on
this issue. To such a degree is the defiance
of Justice carried that the lawyers pro-
pose to exclude from the jury in murder
case not merely citizens who have formed
opinions on the crime charged, but such
as have formed opinions on the favoritt
mode of defeating the ends of justice
Let us say rather that they propose to ex
clude only such as have formed their opin
ions adversely. Justice, impartiality, is faI
from what they want If a man has formed
his opinions in favor of the defence of insan-
ity-if he believes that capital punishment
should be abolished under cover of thia
ruse, he is the man they are eager to secure.
They WISH therefore, only to exclude those
who have formed an opinion that this species
of defence should be scrutinized with pecu-
liar care, and who believe that murder should
not be committed with impunity under this
pretence That is to say, they wish to ex-
clude from the jury all men of common
sense or common honesty, and who
are not fanatics. The question named
seems to us most improper one for any
judge to permit counsel to put to jury;
but this conduct on their part will force
society to adopt some other system in trials
where there is any probability that such
defence is to be made. Issues of insanity
must not be left to an ordinary jury. Either
the Judge must have power, when such de-
fence is made, to Immediately refer the case
to commission of experts to determine that
particular point or the trial must be had ex-
clusively on the issue of insanity, and that
plea, if made, must be referred to the Gov.
ernor in mitigation of the penalty if the case
is against the culprit on the issue of fact.
Without some such change it will soon be-
come impossible in this city to even try men
for murder, much less to punish them.
Year: 1875

| Providence has imposed upon the Anglo
Saxon race in this New World. A war orthe
apprehension of war would fall upon the
Centennial as blight. Although 1t might
well be reasoned that no tree people should
for a moment permit sentiment like
the celebration of an anniversary
to interfere with the honor or the
duties Of nation, still those sentimental
questions are very often the most important.
1t would be a great disappointment to the
people Of this country to have the celebra-
tion of the one hundredth anniversary of its
independence a failure. Nor would there
be any recompense for this in winning Cuba
at the cost of a war.


For these reasons we cannot resist
pointing out to the administration and the
people the duty of absolute peace. Nor
should we suspect the administration of any
purpose to break it, were not the signs so
ominous, and if we did not see surrounding
the government an ambitious party resolved
to retain power at whatever cost. What may
be called the regular army of the republican
organization, the drilled cohorts who observe
its discipline and follow its flag, mean to
fight for the third term, and, if possible to
win it. To them war is nothing but step
toward power. If they can infame the
country either by the fear of reputation or
by forcing war upon the country to resent
the ''outrages Of Spain" and to ''free Cuba"
they will do so as a deliberate act of political
management Against this we earnestly pro-
test. We urge the President to remember
that for him the highest fame is what is to be
found in peace. He has won laprels enough
in the battle field to care nothing for West
Indian trophies or for military success over
a friendly and sorely troubled people.
Year: 1875

The Court of Appeals rendered its decision
yesterday on all the points presented by
Tweed's counsel, and the appeal was dis
missed as legally untenable on every point.
In relation to bail there were two points-one
that an arrest cannot be made and bail re-
quired in cases where the property of the de-
fendant is attached, and the other that the
amount of bail fixed by the court below is
excessive. On the first of these points the
Court Of Appeals has decided that although
al attachment was issued it does not state
that property was actually taken to satisfy it,
and that even if property had been taken it
was in the discretion of the court below to
order both an attachment and an arrest. On
the second point, as to the amount of
bail, the Court of Appeals decides that it is
also in the discretion of the court below, and
is therefore not renewable. 1t is also decided
that there is no force in the argument Of
Tweed's counsel that a second suit on the
same matter of complaint is not maintainable
because the first suit had not been finally
closed by the payment of the defendants
costs. On the only remaining point, that
the new act under which the second suit is
brought is unconstitutional, the Court de-
cides that it can properly come up only in
the trial of the case, and gives its own
opinion, though not positively and finally,
that the constitutional objection will not
hold. So Tweed is defeated on every point


and there seems prospect that he will be
no longer able to battle justice by the skill of
his lawyers in raising legal technicalities.
Year: 1875

THE ST. LOUIS WHIsKEY RING. We print
elsewhere this morning an interesting letter
from Colonel William Nj. Grosvenor for
merly editor of the ST. Louis Democrat, and
an active agent in the exposures last spring
of the ST. Louis Whiskey Ring. He gives a
curious history of the origin of this Ring ;
Of many Of the persons who were concerned
in it of its relations to and effect upon the
politics Of the State of the manner in which
its mysterious influence at Washington was
used Of the singular method by which its
frauds upon the revenue were detected of
the tricks used to avert exposure and punish
ment, and of the reasons which induced GER
tain minor members of the Ring at last to
confess OF course the end is not yet. The
Grand Jury has not completed its work. The
prominent men concerned in this huge fraud
upon the government are still hoping to
escape the people are looking on and
watching for the result. But Colonel Gros-
venor's letter throws some important light
on the mysteries Of this iniouity in st. Louis.
Year: 1875

1t would be a dreadful commentary upon
the efforts of the courageous and far-seeing
men who gave New York Central Park to
find that wonderful and attractive pleasure
ground turned into plague spot. Yet this
is what we have now to fear. There can be
no doubt the drainage of the Park, and
especially of the lakes, is defective These
bodies of water, which are calculated for the
amusement and the instruction of the
people, have been so much neglected that
they are little more than fever spots. The
surface of the water is covered with thick
vegetable matter, decomposing, and throwing
off poisonous gases The attendants COM
plain of chills and fever and inform us that
unless the whole system is revised our peo-
pie will as soon think of going to the Small
pox Hospital in the Lower Bay for amuse-
ment as going into our noble pleasure ground.
All this should be arranged by the competent
men who have charge of the Park and
who gained so much honor by their re-
fusal to allow it to be made political ma
chine. They can amend it. In doing this
they should abolish the fretting restrictions
which make the Park of little more use to
the children who go there in such large
numbers and the families of the poorer
classes than panorama or painting. The
Park should be made pleasure ground in
the fullest sense of the word. 1t
should not be under police sur
veillance as if the people were tramps
or pickpockets, and as if the mere
fact of their going into the Park was
proof presumptive in the policeman's
eye that they intended to commit crime.
While rearranging the Park we should have
bride path running parallel with the car
riage ways. Altogether our Park Commits
sioners will lose whatever fame they have
gained by the management of this famous
pleasure ground unless they take the whole
subject up seriously and reform it
altogether
Year: 1875

COMPTROLLER GREEN has written an open
letter to Mayor Wickham critcising General
Porter's management of the Department of
Public Works. 1t is bitter and scathing, and
although Mr.. Green is not much of favor
ite he makes some points against the Com
missioner which the public will warmly in
dorse. If Green's charges are true there are
inefficiency and wastefulness in the Depart
ment of Public Works, and neither Mr. Wick
ham nor General Porter can afford to rest
under these imputations.
Year: 1875

JUDGE DoNoHUE decided yesterday that
the Panama Railroad cannot compete with
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company in the
trade between this port and San Francisco.
1t seems that the powers Of our Courts are
limitless, and we shall not be surprised if one
Of our judges some day ties Up our commerce
altogether
Year: 1875

THERE WAS UNATTEMPTED SARCASM in the
answer Of . juror in the Scannell case yester-
day, who said, in reply to question as to
whether he had read all about the previous
trials Il hears 50 many Won dem cases"
The irony was against public morals as well
as public law. Homicides occur SO fire.
Year: 1875

The PEACE OF EUROPE is assured as often
nowadays as the Union was saved in the
years just previous to our own civil war.
The latest bulletin to this effect comes from
Russia; but there is another view of this
question besides the one apparently put by
the Russian journal Three emperors striv-
ing for peace are quite as likely to make war;
and whether they resolve upon either makes
little difference to the struggling Christians
of herzegovina,
Year: 1875

"ON TO CUBA TT is said that the Spanish
power is so decrepit in Cuba that we have
only to warn the Spaniards out Of tho island
to secure their departure We are reminded
that Andrew johnson and Secretary Seward
drove the French out Of Mexico by a
threat, and General Grant is censured
for not doing as much with the Spanish
in Cuba. But it should be remembered
that when President Johnson menaced the
French he was fresh from the great war, he
had the best army Of the world at his COM
mand, with Grant and Sheridan only too
anxious to cross the Rio Grande. This is far
different from the situation now "On to
Cuba = must not become another "A'Berlin -
Year: 1875

her eggs In the artificial process too there Ia IN
crease OF over rs per cent over the natural mode


DIR. ealter, former United s ates Consul at China,
stated In few words that there had been great progress
in the art Of shcuure there. He also SAID that e ad
eaten sbad which were caught in the yang Tee kane
River 1000 miles from s At the MOI u OF the
river the water is very dirty and muddy being OF the
color OF pea soup. Mr. Roosevelt said this was an I'm.
wished TO stock the Mississippi River with shad but had
been doubtful to the of the paD because OF
its extremely muddy nature. Dr. sater said that In
China the culture OF FISH considered to be tne
second only In importance to agriculture. Prof. ON,
spoke at me length on the geographical distribution
OF 1sb His statements were once or twice disputed Ny
Ms Green. Mr. Wilmot IMPRESSED upon The society the
adNisahtv OF using effort toward the protection
OF sh by legislative acdon He thought IT was time the
Society did something hesdes listen 10 detailed accounts
the habits OF fish. lie said the 1sh had nearly all
been destroyed by reckless fishermen. lt was neces-
Mr.. wimot the association adjourned before acting
In the matter.