smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

4 failure to elect directors at regular
meeting of the stockholders shall not
dissolve the company, but the directors
then in office shall continue to exercise
their functions until new board is elected
Five members of the board of directors
shall form quorum to do business. and
the board of directors shall have power to
make and adopt all necessary rules and by
laws for the government of the company,
provided the same do not conflict with the
true intent and meaning Of this "act of in
corporation. and the laws ofthe State The
board of directors may declare dividends
from time to time, as they may deem ad-
visable. ~-,
Year: 1871

A wise man has said that it is better to 60
to the house Of mourning than to the house
of feasting; ''for by the sadness of the coun-
tenanco the heart is made better" 1t is up
on this principle only that we can congratu-
late the radical men and brethren Of Belfast
upon the appointment to the Collectorship at
this port of Hon. B. NJ. Roberts of Stockton
If the bettered condition of the heart is to be
measured by the sadness of the countenance,
the faithful in this locality constitute the
largest assemblage of just men made perfect
Of which we have any knowledge. To think
Of the ,exertions put forth all in vain-of the
just claims ignored-of services unrequited
OF revilings and prosecutions borne in the
infancy of the cause, for its own sake-all to
go unrewarded


Is there no material for collector in this
city 2? Has Aliliken ceased to be a faithful
party man, q shrewd manager or a sharp
debater? Is not Lane finely trained bust
ness man. and an upright one? Hasn't Capt.
Wording the qualifications of a thorough
commercial man? Didn't our brother of
the Age wear out his type and break down
his press with the weight of his arguments ?
And, more than all, have we not here edu-
Gated professional and business men who are
manned by rebel bullets, and in the light of
radical party resolutions of a few years ago,
the strongest possible clams2 Why then is
it necessary for the appointing power TO
straddle from Thorndike to the Penobscot
river to find q Collector These are ques-
tans not for us, but for the friends''of the can
didates to answer.


How or by what means this result has
been achieved we cannot say Barnahas,
the son of consolation, has won in the game
Whether he played fair, or like the heather
Chinee, had twenty-four Jacks in his sleeve.
| is best known to those who sat at the table
! If he possessed the card which each one sup
posed William Nye had dealt unto him, they
will probably, at a favorable moment, Ego
for the Heather Chinee"


| These are the considerations that suggest
| themselves in connection with this melan-
choly event. With no desire to add to the
at1liction of the mourners, or unduly to OBJ
trude upon the sanctity of grief. we have felt
impelled to say thus much. We can only
| add that the ways of those in power at Wash
ington, like the dispensations of Providence
are inscrutable and past finding out.
Year: 1871

Another case OF man who went frantic
over his wife's little irregularities, and killed
neighbor, has just been tried in Cincinnati.
DIR. Gallentine it was whose wounded honor
demanded blood and so he shot DIR. Jones.
1t was proven at the trial that this highly
honorable man first demanded sum of
money of Jones, then published an account
of the alleged seduction in the papers to in
tmidate him into paying. Failing to get
money, this highly honorable man went
crazy for moment, Just long enough TO lay
in wait for Jones and kill him, The Jury
found him guilty Of manslaughter, and the
Judge sent him to prison for ten years. The
verdict should have been murder. BIT this
crazy shooting is played ont. The Hoswell
and the Gallentine cases show how the public
mind is regarding the matter
Year: 1871

Still they come. The Legislature of West
United States Senator in place Of Wiley,
Radical. The new Senator is man of abil-
ity. who will acceptably fill the high position
to which he has been chosen. This kind of
marching out and marching in will soon give
the Democracy the control OF the Senate
Year: 1871

There are thickening rumors Of further
cabinet changes at Washington The N, York
Sun, which keeps alive its little unpleasant
ness with the President. hopes "we may at
least have an Administration we need not
blush for. and that the country may gain
something by the event. As for President
Grant personally, he has nothing to gain and
nothing to lose.'
Year: 1871

A young lady stepped into store of a
merchant by the name of Wade, and yery in
nocently said she would like to be WEIGHED
CWade) Really, I'm very sorry" said he
'but my wife win tell you that YOU are too
late by couple OF years"
Year: 1871

The Railroad Committee of the Legisla
ture, have voted to report q bill for incorpo
rating the proposed road from point on the
Belfast Road, near Brooks, to Bangor, By
this time it is doubtless before the Legisla-
ture and on its passage.


An incident Of the presentation Of the case
before the Committee was decidedly rich
1t will be remembered that the stockholders
OF the Bay and River Railroad, at the annua
meeting IN this city, instructed the Directors
to oppose the chartering Of the Brook:
branch, and the Directors instructed Mr.
Hichborn to personally attend TO the matter
Accordingly the President was on hand
backed by delegations from Stockton anc
Searsport, with fearful array of plans, sun
vevs, &c. As soon as Mr.. Hichborn began
to talk about the injury to the Bay and River
Road one of the Belfast men suggested that
there was no such eorporaton A little dis
cussion and examination of record certificates
shew that the location and survey had not
been filed with the County Commissioners,
as required by the act of incorporation, and
consequently the act was dead by its own
terms The vote to oppose the Brooks and
Bangor road was the unauthorized act of ex-
onerated stockholders, instructing illegal
directors, under q null and void charter, tC
oppose a living enterprise for fear of harm
to a corporation that had not even a fiction
of law for its existence. 1t was a most inn
posing array of forces to defend the life Of 4
corpse


We have no belief that the Directors of the
Belfast road will oppose the re-chartering OF
the Bay and River Road As one of that
body, we shall certainly oppose any vote in-
structing the President, or any one else, tC
proceed to Augusta tor that purpose We
hope not only that the charter may be reviv-
ed, but that the subscribers to the stock may
renew their subscriptions, and the towns
their votes, all of which fall with the charter
The Belfast road can not only lend its aid to
the spread of the gospel in Brooks, but it
can further eXemplily 4 Christian faith by
doing good to them that desptefully use it.
Year: 1871

was totally destroyed Ivy lire last Saturday
evening. The origin of the fire is unknown


but the conectures are probably the right
theory. that the watchmen under the in
iluences of one of the coolest nights Boston
has seen for some time built up an unusual
ly hot fire and ignited some of the wood
work, for it was the in Iire-room of the
that the flames were first discovered. The


frs. alarm was given Just before the clocks
tolled the midnight hour, and was speedily
followed by two others. The high wind
that was prevailing at the time carried the
flames and cinders to q tremendous height,
and rendered the work of saving buildings a
hazardous one But the noble tiremen, de-
spite the intense cold and quickly collecting


ice upon their garments, fought bravely, and
kept the devastating elements confined to
the theatre and an adjoining hotel known as
Year: 1871

the words Of the Statute, and that this commu-
tnsiio into fee requires the exercise Of iu-
dieial as well as executive function. The Act Of
1854 merely gives the holder Of an award as
good title for bringing real action as Il he him
self held the Patent but of course gives him no
right Of action against any to whom he may have
assigned his claim; ner does this Act enable the
plaintiff TO inpeach the Patene "A law. on the
ground Of fraud or mistake, or because it was
issued in violation Of his rights.


The plaintiffs exception is accordingly orey'
ruled, and Judgment for the defendant with
costs, is ordered.
Year: 1871

Two things were remarkable In the first place
that if the dog. when thus dishonesty employed,
actually met his MASTER he observed great eau
ton in recognizing him, as il hshad been afraid
of bringing him under suspicion secondly, that
be showed distinct sense that the illegal trans
actions in which he was engaged were not Of &
nature 10 endure daylight. The sheep which he
was directed TO drive were often reluctant to
leave their own pastures, and. sometimes rivers
and other obstacles intervening, their passage
was made peculiarly difficult On sueh occasions
Yarrow continued his efforts to drive his plumber
forward until the day began to dawn, signal
which he conceived rendered IL necessary for him
TO desert his spoil, and stink homeward BY a cir
cutous road. 1t is generally said that this ac-
complished dog was hanged along With his
master; but the truth is he survived him long,
in the service OF a man in Lethen yet was said
afterwards TO have shown little Of that wonder
fnl instinct exhibited in the employment Of Mil
lar" Another instance Of similar sagacity,"
continues Sir Walter Scott, was discovered by
friend of mine in a beautiful little spaniel,
which he had purchased from dealer in the ca
nine race. When he entered shop be was not
long in observing that his little companion made
it rule 10 follow at some interval, and TO es-
trange himself from his master, so much as to ap-
pear totally unconnected with him. And when
he LEFT the shop, it was the dogs custom to re-
main behind him till he could find an opportunity
Of siezing pair Of gloves, or silk stockings. or
soma similar nronartv which II hronohk 10 ia
master. The poor little thing probably saved its
life by falling into the hands of an honest man"
Our Fou.footed Friends
Year: 1871

MAIDEN OF SrxTY-FTvB MARR1Es YOUNG MAx
OF TWENTY -TuRER.-It isn't often that we have to
record the marriage of blushing youth to
cent maiden but here is a story Of such perform
anee. related by st. Louis correspondent:


At fashionable boarding house. a fashionable
thoroughfare, In this fashionable " future great
city," incident occurred recently OF so unusually
romantic a nature as to deserve passing notice. The
house was, but is not now, kept by maiden lady,
who, Of the temporal allotment vouchsaied
kind, has passed three score and five years, aud in
the management of her establishment she was ably
assisted by her nephew, bright lad OF fifteen
mers. Miss B. for such was her name) unlike
most fashionable or questionable boarding house
keepers ever heard of had, by close attention TO
business and personal supervision Of Der household
affairs, accumulated snug little fortune to wit,
thirty forty thousand dollars and was very com
fortably situated.


Last summer a handsome and fashionable young
man, apparently about twenty-three years Of age
came here from England, and engaged at a high fig
ure an elegantly furnished room and board at the
house aforesaid. He seemed to have no business
and for time paid his monthly bills with the rcgu-
larity Of cloekwork. 1t was noticed, however, that
he no longer wore the costly jewelry he displayed
his arrival, and it soon became painfully appa-
rent to the landlady that be was out OF funds She
seized upon his costly trunk and contents during
his absence one day, which she had right TO do
under our laws and be obtained a writ Of repleyin
for the recovery OF his property, and accompanied
officer to the house TO identify IT, The constable
took Rseat in the hall while the young and the
lady parleyed in the parlOr. The consequence was,
the young came out and paid the costs that had
accrued and gave directions for the dismissal Of the
suit. He had offered the spinister his hand and
heart, which she accepted.


Was in this humor wood


Was woman IN this humor %


His father. who wealthy Birmingham manu-
faeturer, had failed became bankrupt and hopeless
ly insane and no longer able to send promised re-
mittances. They were married the next day, the
house and fixtures sold, and he is now engaged
in profitable business, all which proves At least that


There g6ose % gray,


But day soon or late,


An honest gander that way,


And claimed her for hs mate"
Year: 1871

lie. In the matter of the city affairs


we have pursued the even tenor Of


our way, criticising them fairly and un-


flihchingly, while the party journals were


sleeping. But, while 1--WE earnestly de-


mand an investigation and reform, we have
had reason to doubt the motive of the pre-
tended reformers We have seen too often
how such reformers turn out in the end. The
outs are forever fighting to get in. They
raise howl which usually requires the sooth-
ing action Of a committee of sixty or seventy
nice, quiet gentlemen, who, with many hens
and haws, proceed to what they term an inves-
tgation, generally ending up with a
dinner, handshaking and an
ill-considered verdict, and then everything
goes on as before, the old combination carry
ing on its old game or else they demand q
new deal, and the new combination, just in,
grasps with terrible rapacity at the treasures
placed for the first time within its reach.
Year: 1871

| Good Advice 10 tho Democratic Party.
The advice of the COoperstown (N W


Freemdns Journal to the democratic party is


that of man who looks the political situation


fairly in the face, with the purpose of meeting
| the necessities of the crisis. Thus our rural


contemporary says that this years elections,
| especially those of Connecticut and California.
''are among the indications that the democratic
party, as now organized, is in minority in the
Unon;" that ''the defeat of the republicans
in New Hampshire was not democratic victory


in the true sense of the term" that ''Ohio


will be carried next month by the republicans


almost beyond doubt" that ''Pennsyvania


will very likely go the same ways" that ''t


must then be acknowledged that there is little


or no hope Of success with Hoffman (who is


not candidate for the Presidential nomina-


tom, nor for Hendricks, Pendleton or any


old democratic leader of that class" In all of
which opinions we concur, because they are
opinions over and over again expressed by the
HERALD.


But why will none OF these old stagers Of
1864 and 1868 answer for 1922 Our rural
contemporary aforesaid answers the question
by frankly confessing that the democratic
party wants candidate who will draw some
reinforcements from the conservatives of the
republican party; because the democratic
party cannot succeed without such reinforce
ments that the Presidential candidate Of the
party must be some such satisfactory man on
the ''new departure" as Chief Justice Chase
or Governor Gratz Brown, cor some other
man of that stamp" And this, too, is our
opinion. But, says our Cooperstown phloso-
pher-and he is pbilosopher-'t the first step
towards this much needed success (the national
success of the democracy is that they carry
the State of New York for the democratic
ticket this fall; for, says he, 'let New York
90 republican this fall and Grant will claim
his reelection as certain to follow" Just so;
and we think it may be said that the democrats
themselves will admit that if they lose New
York this fall they are gone, shook and line,
bob and sinker."


In order to save New York, however, the
managers Of the party should get their State
Convention together at an early day, so as to
take the new departure demanded In reference
TO our city affairs. Instead of considering this
important subject, the Democratic State CON-
mttee have called their State Convention to
meet on the 4th of October, week after the
Republican Convention, because the Demo-
cratic Committee want to see first what the
republicans will do. They will be apt to steal
the very thunder which will be most effective
in the elections and so here we have demo-
cratic blunder which, If not corrected, may
cost the party the loss Of the State. Our
Coopcrstown philosopcr intimates that the
Year: 1871

md France.


Since the close of The late war Alsace and
Lorraine, the ceded-or, if the reader prefers
1t, onquered-provinces have been most
unfortunately circnmstanced. The provinces
mainly depended on their manufactures. But
the whole system of arrangements made them
dependent on France. Cut off from their ancient
market and not yet having time to obtain
new, their condition was miserable in the
extreme. 1t was natural that in these circum-
stances Alsace and Lorraine should be discon-
tented and even disanfected. The treaty Just
concluded, if we understand it Alright, gives
them their ancient privileges with France
So Tar as trade is concerned they are as they
were before the war broke out. In concluding
this customs treaty we think France has done
well. To conclude such treaty was no doubt
against the grain of the French people Bat
the German has had to pay for it. The one
thing which France desires and needs now,
next TO freedom from her debt obligations, is
the evacuation of her territory by the German
forces In consideration of what Germany
gains by the treaty Germany consents to evacu-
ate the departments Of the Aisne, Aube, Cote
dor and Jura and to reduce the whole army
of occupation to fifty thousand men. As
we have said il was good and wise thing for
France to do. We hope soon to see France
herself again, and we feel convinced that this
customs treaty will not retard her recovery.
Year: 1871

THE EoUNoCTIALs.-We have had the first.
if not the last, of our September equinoctials,
and, according to the old rule in such cases,
we are now entitled to few days of bright
and balmy weather; but, considering the ex-
traordinary season of cold, cloudy and stormy
skies that we have had since May last, we
ought to be prepared for thunder storm,
snow storm or hurricane as the next thing in
order
Year: 1871

THREE CoLoRED MEN were hanged on Sat
urday in ST. James Parish, La, all the officials
men. This may be termed a progressive step
for the lowly race, for when they SO far forget
the antagonist k races as to carry out the
severest penalty of the law upon their own
adberents, peacefully and as matter Of
course, they have advanced beyond even some
of the white nationalilies ip this country.
Year: 1871

THE MExIoANs IN LOWER CALIFORNIA have
been celebrating the anniversary of Mexican
independence by the blending of United States
glories with those Of Mexico. If they would
further celebrate it by restraining Mexic an
pirates on the Gulf shore from seiziug Ameri-
can ships they would further conduce to cor
dial harmony between the two countries
Year: 1871

boon gained by modern civilization. Society
is npheaved to its very foundations, and is
passing through the most important crisis in
history. 1t ought to be the mission of tho
Churches to aid the people in their aspirations
for better state of things.
Year: 1871

SWEDEN ARMING.-As one OF the warlike
eigns of the times it deserves to be noted that
Sweden, one Of the most peaceful of the king
doms Of Europe, is reorganizing her army In
the event of Russia and Germany coming into
collision ii will be difficult for the King of
Sweden and Norway to keep out of the fight.
Il is well for Sweden to set her house in order.
Year: 1871

SwILL CARTs.-A great complaint is made
by many of the citizens that boys are allowed
to collect swill and then drag their broken
wagons over the sidewalks, permitting the
filth to drop on the bricks leaving long trail
of filth emitting an intolerabe stencil, and
they claim that such proceedings are not sane
toned by the City Ordinances. These COM
plainants acknowledge. with the same breath
that they sometimes give their swill to these
same boys because the city Offal cart does not
come round often enough to remove their gar
bage. 1t seems then that the fault lies in the
insufficiency of ofal carts belonging to the city
But for the health of the city let something be
done to abate this nuisance. Particularly at
this season of the year should all such matters
receive first attention, and no such sights be
permitted as that of small carts, filled with ref
use that taints whole neighborhood, quietly
standing by the side of fence for half an hour
while the little garnins to whom it belongs in.
dulge ia game of ball.
Year: 1871

Patrick Doyle, OF No. aas West Nineteenth street,
got into row with his better half, Ann, and when
she endeavored to defend herself from his attacks
he caught her about the BODY nung her on tho oor,
breaking her collar bone and inJuring her severely
about the head. The woman was removed by the
police to the Sixteenth precinct station house, from
where, after being attended TO by the police sur
gc0n, she was sent TO Bellevue Hospital.
Year: 1871

A correspondent from Switzerland
writes of recent fatal disasters in the
vicinity of Mont Blanc:


A gentleman, with his bride and
lady friend made the ascension to the
Grand Mulets, which is six thousand five
hundred feet above the Valley of Cha
mounix. The day was so fine that when
there, urged by the ladies, whom, with a
guide, he left behind him, he started to
make the ascension of Mont Blanc.
Shortly after he left them, becoming cold,
all three went out for walk, tied to-
gether, as they always are, for greater
security in the mountain excursions.


Walking upon the ice and snow
crust, the guide offered his arm to the
wife, who had hardly accepted it when,
owing either to the softening of the
crust by the heat, or cracking from the
weight, or the formation of creyasse,
both the guide and wife disappeared, the
friend only escaping their fate by the
breaking of therope Disappearing thus
instantly in place which die danot seem
dangerous, they have never been seen
nor found, though eight of the guides, at
the risk of their lives, went down into
the crevasse sixty feet-in fact, made
attempts until the Government forbade
any more, as the lives of others were
periled for those that had been lost.


The lady who was left screamed, and
remained on the spot until the gentle
man returned to find that he had lost his
wife and bride, in the enjoyment of full
health only half an hour previously
Such are the dangers of ascending Mont
Blanc, where no amount of foresight or
experience can foretell the accidents
which may happen at any time with loss
of life to some or all of those engaged
Year: 1871

A correspondent Of German paper
from Versailles gives the following de-
tails: II wish you could once eat with
me in the evening at six o'clock, in the
Hotel des Reservoirs, He writes;
There you could perceive almost all the
men that have become famous during the
war. But the center Of Attraction is
General Count Won Moltke When he
enters the dining room everybody, reign
ing monarchs, royal highnesses, etc, rise
with one motion to greet the great man


When he lights a cigar after dinner and
seems to enjoy it, looking around the
room with an air Of calm eontentment,
this is Q sign that everything goes well
With the army. This little thing is
watched with a great deal Of interest BY
everybody, and bis goingor staying after
dinner is, as it were. a political ther-
mometer. From thirty 10 thirty-six
other prominent officers dine at the table
Al which the old General is eating
Year: 1871

An effort is being made to displace
The long established hoop skirt A gored
haircloth skirt, stifened with barr cords
running horizontally around the gar
ment and enlarged at the bottom with
several hsireloth aounces, is expected
to take its place.