smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

From every portion of Crawford county.
we have the gratifying information that the
wheat crop Is of better quality and promises
a larger yield to the acre, than it has before
for many years We were fearful that the
excessive rains, which fell the first ofJune
had produced rust in the wheat but we are
pleased to learn such is not the case And
we have only to regret that such small num-
Der of acres were sown last season. Our
farmers ought, by all means. to sow enough
wheat for home consumption at least We
urge upon them to see to II, that they SOW
sufficient wheat next Fall to do our county
and thereby keep the hundreds OF dollars. at
home, spent yearly abroad for Hour. 1t il OBJ
vious that this would be but the part OF Wis
dom. n. it would result In much good to our
ci tiYpNs
Year: 1873

sT" Both of the Fayetteville papers are
mistaken in their statements Of the John Read
case. We gave the facts, as given to us by an
eyewitness, in our last without embellish-
ment. The arrest was for the violation Of n
town ordinance month or two since. Tie
day ofthe shooting was the first time Read
had been in Van Burcn since the violation.
M,rshal Brodic had no other wish than to
bring him before the Mayor for the offence
charged and il lie had suffered quietly to the
Marshals arrest there would have been no
trouble. Mayor Johnson being absent from
town. ii, l., Hoffman, a Justice of the Peace,
was acting as Mayor and Read was brought
before him for trial. The question was raised
that Mr. HOLMAN could not sit as Mayor and
try the case. Mr.. Ilsliman decided the ques-
tion well taken and the case was thrown out
for want jurisdiction. The case WAS not on
its merits and the charge still stands in the
Mayors Court against Read, the same as be-
Icrs.


No complaint was made against Read and
party for resisting the officer, consequently
there was no discharge. IL is not unlikely
the Grand Jury will have the matter before
them at its next sitting.
Year: 1873

ARer the l.t o' july all papers put III the
Post office will require postage paid. whether
in the County or not.


Those of our subscribers who have hereto
fore had their papers put in the Post once
willynd them at this office until otherwise
ordered.


ANY of our city subscribers who fail 10 get
the PRrs, by the carrier. Ill please notifl as
that we may remedy the complaint
Year: 1873

tE- II 10 desirable that all who wish to at
tend the Railroad Convention at Fort Smith
on the 4th, be on hand at o'clock prompt. in
front of the Court House. Our Fort Smith
friends will entertain all who 90 in good style
free, No gate fee and ferriage half price.
Year: 1873

IN The Fall River mill owners propose 10
run on half time after the first Of July. The
cotton market Is dull. the supply being bare
" sufficient for the immediate demands.
Prints are running low. and manufactures
are holding back for higher price.
Year: 1873

~ we have noticed ten or twelve bales of
cotton brought to market the past week. Cot
ton Is quoted In New York at q cents, and
every Indication that It will remain up to
these figures.
Year: 1873

at least twenty head Of fat hogs. And
on the top Of that his farm wears mort.
gage that is worsc than hardpan to tie
soil, and the ANNUAL tax rots into his roof
worse than rain.


He must eat and wear, and from the
small price Of his produce must pay to
the manufacturer the artificial profit
which the tariff puts upon his goods,
while tho profit which the farmer should
realize goes to the railroad corporations
for carrying hia crops to market.


Should we be asked the process by
which this state OF things has been reach
ed, we could only answer that it 10 by
our congress, courts and legislature max.
ing moneyed corporations OF all sorts
supreme and superior to the people.


II was not so once. There was time
when the people were supreme, but that
tins is gone
Year: 1873

All indebted to us for subscriptions and
other work. will oblige us greatly and please
those we owe more, by calling and settling
heir accounts. We know that money is
eearce and hard to get but we trust our
i&iends will make an effort in our behalf
Year: 1873

We found our way quite early in the
morning to the city markets, judging this
to be the best time to see all that Utah
had to show in the way Of fruits, vegeta.
bles and meats. We were quite curious
10 see what these saints fed on. The city
has not much to boast of in the architoc.
ture Of its markets. The buildings are
plain, substantial structures, and do not
seem to have any special adaptation to
the display and sale Of their products A
good deal Of the marketing is done at the
curbstone from the wagon. and when the
huckster has disposed OF his wares he
drives of home. We were particularly
interested in two wagon loads of fish, said
to be from Utah Lake. large body of
fresh water some thirty miles south of the
city, from which the Jordan flows north
ward into the Great Salt Lake. The fish
were Of three varieties. and are quite dif.
ferept from any species of the same name
that we ever saw 10 tho East. The troat
were Of . bright siivery appearance. with
small black spects upon them, and would
weigh from hslfa pound to three pounds.
These sold at twenty cents pound, and
are esteemed the best fish in the valley


They are taken 10 seines at this season OF
the year 10 considerable quantities. The
millet was eight cents pound, and the
club six cents. These would weigh from
Year: 1873

The peculiar vagaries Ito which
the lottery mania will lead peo.
pie are often as interesting as they
nre pitiable for contemplation
The intoxications of drink and Of
hope are equally fatal to success
in life when too much INDUCED in;
one will work nearly as much ruin
as the other.


A singular instance Of the des.
tructive tendency Of the "policy'
fever, and Of its tenacity, too, has
lately come to light in Baltimore.
A few years ago a grocer died
there, leaving his wife the store
and property, worth about So, 900,
on which she managed to live com
,fortably. One day a customer
mentioned to her that a friend had
made two hundred dollars on q
lottery ticket, and this so worked
upon her mind that she began in.
vesting in that way until, in a
short time, she had expended all
she owned and bad received moth
ing.


Since then she has opened a
lodging-room for men and boys,
where bed can be had for fifteen
cents, a bench for ten cents, and
an old blanket on the floor for four
cents. The room is well filled
every night, and as affording shell
ter, is the means of doing some
good but that is not the motive
for which the establishment
opened. The poor woman is as
ardent as ever in her belief that
she will some day draw a fortune,
and she requires Of every lodger
that he will try to dream of the
lucky numbers and must tell her
of them in the morning. When
ever she draws anything on such
information she gives a part to
the dreamer. Ia this way she
lives along from day to day put
ting her lew cents OF surplus in
to worthless pasteboard tickets
and receiving her regular divi
dends of disappointment.-Hart-
ford Courdnt.
Year: 1873

The Danbury Ne1cs man says:
If you have occasion to use il
wheelbarrow, leave it when you
are through with it, in front Of
the house with the handles to-
ward the door. A Wheelbarrow
is the most complicated thing to
fall over on the face of the earth.
A man will fall over one when he


would never think of falling o.
yer any thing else; he never
knows when he has got through,
falling over it, either; for it wilt
tangle his legs and his arms,
turn over with him and rear up
in front OF him, and just as he
pauses in his profanity TO con-
gratulate himself, it takes a new
turn, and scoops more skin of
of him, and he commences to
evolute anew, and bump him
self on fresh places. n man
never ceases to fall over 4 wheel
barrow until it turns completely
on its back, or brings up against


something it can not upset. 1t
is the most inOffensiye looking
object there is, but it is more
dangerous than n locomotive,
and no man is secure with one
unless he has q tight hold of It's
handles and is sitting down OH
S something. n wheelbarrow
has its uses, without doubt, but
in its leisure moments is the
blighting curse on true dignity.
Year: 1873

The Chattanooga Times has
this modest item: The South
ern CONFIDENCE Of the Methodist
church are talking of establish
ing an university in the South,
and a committee is now here to
see what inducements can be Of
fered to secure its location in
Chattanooga. Nothing def
mite has been done, but we be-
lieye the choice will rest be-
tween this city and Knoxville.
Chattanooga will bid as high as
any one. We will bid for any
thing that helps the city, from
a saw-mill to an university. We
are a modest community, and
very seldom blow our own horn,
but we never miss getting any
thinghe by failing to reach for
If y
Year: 1873

A new advertising dodge has
just been invented in Paris. Of
late a large number of bank
bills have been seen in circula-
ton with slips of paper pasted
upon the back. At first it was
supposed that the bill had been
torn and mended, but it was
when on new bills, a more care
full examination was made. 1t
was found that an enterprising
tradesman had pasted his adver-
tisements upon the back of the
currency of the realm, and had
taken this novel way of getting
his business cards into circula-
ton. A complaint has been
made to the Government, and
the question ofright will be de-
cided in the French courts.
Year: 1873

There is now in course of con-
structiOn in Washington city
a sewer of nine feet in interior
diameter through which six
mule team can be easily driven.
Seven hundred bricks and two
barrels of cement are required
for each foot Of advance made.
Year: 1873

In cleaning out his well the
other day, a farmer had occasion
to lower an Irisbman about forty
feet into the bowels of the earth.
When about halfway down the
Celt became frightened, and shout
ed, "Let me up, or I'll cut the
rope!"
Year: 1873

Chief Justice Chase is represented
as having change from the hand
some, smooth-faced, portly man of
the past, to a tall, heavy, thin man,
with a yellow beard. His mind is
clear, but his voice is weak and the
thin lips quiver from paralysis. He
is the ghost Of his former self.
Year: 1873

A citizen OF Helena, Montana,
was discovered in the street with
lis garments ON fire in the rear. lie
he had put pipe which be had been
smoking, into mis- coat pocket. He
remarked that he thought the
weather was moderatin' Id sud
den"
Year: 1873

Itis bad enough to see a bachelor sew
on a button, but he is the embodiment
of grace along side Of q married man.
Necessity has compelled experience in
the case of the former but the latter has
always depended upon some one else
for this service, ard unfortunately for
the sake of society, it is rarely he is
obliged to resort to the needle himself.
Sometimes the patient wife scalds her
right hand, or runs silver under the
nail of the index finger, on that hand,
and it is then that the man clutches the
needle arol nd the neck, and forgetting
to tie knot in the thread, commences
to put on the button. It is always in
the morning, and from five to twenty
minutes aftU, he is expected to be down
in the street. He lays the button exact
ly on the site of it's predecessor and
pushes the needle through one eye, and
carefully draws the thread after, leav-
ing about three inches of it sticking up
for the lee way. He says to himself:


"Well, if women don't have the
easiest time I ever see."


Then he comes back the other way,
and gets the needle through the cloth
well enough, and lays himself out to
fird the eye, but, in spite OF a great





point persists in bucking against the
solid part of that button, and finally
when he loses patience, his finger
catches the thread, and that three inches
he had left to hold the button slips
through the eye in q twinkling, and the
button rolls leisurely across the floor.
He picks it up without a sing le remark
out of respect for his children, and
makes another attempt to fasten it.
This time, when coming back with the
needle he keeps both the thread and the
button from slipping by covering them
| with his thumb, and it is out of that
part of him that he feels around fol
the eye in very careful and judicious
manner, but eventually losing his phi
| lOrOphy as the search becomes more and
more hopeless, he falls to jabbering
about in a loose and savage manner
and it is Just then the needle finds the
opening, and comes up through the
button and part way through his th mt
with a celebrity that no human ingenui-
| ty can guard against. Then he lays
down the things, and presses the inju
red hand between his knees, and then
holds it up under his AIN, and finally
Jams it into his mouth, ard all the timI'
he prances about the foo, and calls up
on heaven and earth to witness tha
there has never been anything like
since the world was created, and howls
and whistles, and mOans, and sObs
After awhile he calms down, and puts OF
his pants, and fastens them together will
a stick, and goes to his business yer.
changed man.
Year: 1873

The undersigned in returning his sincere
thanks for the very liberal patronage with
which he has heretofore been favored would
respectfully call the attention of all needing
anything in his line, to his


LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
of everything belonging to the Drug Business.
Physicians, Country Merchants and Planters
orders solicited.


Prescriptions will receive particular attention
at all hours of the day or night


CLAUDIUS MAYO,


PhaTmaPputiSt
Year: 1873

Under the above heading the editor
of the Perry (kas.) Times devotcs
threc-fourths of column TO the edito,
Of the Eagle,-1uoting. advising and
denouncing by turns. The writer
works himself into a terrible stew in
which he associates the editor of the
Eagle with .bull whakers.' gam
blers." "low-down" fellows, and all
that. We always took the editor OF the
Times to be a fool and now we know
il. What effect does the windy galoot
of that obscure patent seven by nine
sheet suppose his rawlings will have
upon the future destinies of Texas or
the circulation of the Eagle?


We do not think it will add any
lustre to the history of the Lone Star
for having given birth 70 such man
rs the editor of the Times. but if il
will calm his outraged feelings any we
will state thar the article quoted by
him was not written by us nor did if
ever appear in the columns of the
Eagle. We are not in the habit of
showing up the worst side of our city,
neither have we nor do we ever expect
10 become the apologist of gamblers
or the putler Of hawdy houses. Our
inclinations. tastes, and education. lead
MS i'll another direction. although we
are not sure but such associations
would improve the manners and iudgc-
ment of the editor of the Times.
Year: 1873

To the constitution is meeting with
opposition from the journals in the
older settled portions of the state. II
will be recollected that we predicted
this action from the old counties. The
state senate last winter, by an over
whelming vote. defeated the joint res
olution submitting it 10 the people, and
not until senators Edwards, Barker
and the writer hereof had entered up
Oh the senate journals solemn protest
against such action. did that body re-
consider and submit the proposed
amendment, The Commonwealth was
the first to open the fight. It's article
was void Of sense. and contained but
little wit. 1t talked fipaniIy about
''the representation from the buffalo
grass regions" and deserted counties
We have not time and space in this
article to present the figures which we
presented last winter TO The senate;
| but for its better information we will
state that we will represent Oh the floor
Of the senate. the coming session. over
10000 people, or abont four times rs
many as the senator from its district,
or six times As many as the senators
from some of the eastern districts.
In truth, the twelve counties compris-
ing this senatorial district contain
about ono-tifth or one sixth the entire
population Of the state. and yet these
eastern county editors have the impu-
dcncc to declare the amendment which
proposes to give us something like an
equal representation, an Enwise one.
And new counties are in greater need
of representation than older settled
counties.


Now the eastern and northern por-
tions Of the state can do just as they
! like with reference to the adoption Of
this amendment, for they have the
power as yet, but we plainly tell them
that Western and Southwestern Kan
| sas will take note of their action. And
after the next apportionment, which
is three years hence, that the counties
now being ignored will run this state
her legislature, conventions and cleo
tions-furnish her governors. congress
men and senator's the east NAV
wish they had acted little more justly.
And still another thing, after The apor-
tionment of 1875, the eastern portion
of the state will bc much worse off
under the present constitution than
they would under the amendment, be-
cause under the constitution every or
ganizcd county is entitled at the time
of apportionment to at least one rep
resentatlyc.
Year: 1873

From declarations and statements.
made by several gentlemen, we arc sa-
tisiied that some misrepresentation
must have been made, or at least the
truth held back, touching the dodger
convention. Col. Stuart in uninistak-
able terms explains himself. Besides
We have been requested To publish an
other statement signed by several re-
publicans, washing their hands Of the
entire matter.


The truth is there are few rcpubii-
cans 10 be found who will knowingly
lend their names TO an effort TO destroy
the organization with which they have
been Identified. Upon the whole this
effort to break up the party in this
county will only tend TO unite more
closely all who believe in the princi-
pies of the great national party.
Year: 1873

From information derived from citi-
zens throughout the country, we csii-
mate that, should the weather prove
pleasant, there will be an attendance
at our county fair of. from three to
five thousand people. Let every far
mer bring something for exhibition.
Visitors from various portions Of the
state. and men who are interested in
the future of this vale. and men who
arc not entirely satisfied as yet touch
ing the wonderful productiveness of
this valley. will be present TO see what
kind ofa showing we can make. Any
thing from big potato TO durham
bull should be brought out to show.
Year: 1873

The republicans of Scdgwick county
will meet at the various voting prec-
incts to elect delegates to the county
convention. See that good. honest
and capable men are sent up, TO the
eud, that we may not only have q
harmonious convention, but that the
best men may be chosen TO fill our Of
fees. Don't rely upon the big major
ity of last fall. Within the next year
or two we think it possible 10 make
considerable reduction of our expenses
as county-to lower taxes materially.
To successfully attain this we must
have capable and good officers.
Year: 1873

The old salary theft, Ben. Butler. the
man who origina ed the great steal of
the age and then attempted to cram an
endorsement Of the robbery down the
throats Of his own people, was beaten
last week in the nomination for gov
ernor in a republican convention.
Thus one by one the great national
party is laying upon the shelf its cor
rupt members. There were more than
a thousand members in that conven-
ton at Worcester, and the defeat of
Butler was no! the result of wire-pull-
ing, but an honest expression of the
party's determination to rid itself OF
corruption. Let the good work go on.
Year: 1873

and outside of the fair grounds for
camping. with an abundance of water
handy. Those who will visit the fair
for more than one day and cannot re-


turn home each evening, should come


prepared to camp. There will be plcn-
tv of chances for meals on the ground,


but sleeping Accommodations in town


will in all probability be scarce.
Year: 1873

An extraordinary law suit is now
going on in Paris. Some years ago a
surgeon made the acquaintance Of a
girl, who soon became a mother. 81
cannot marry YOU" said the doctor,
(although he was not MARKEDLY "but if
you can find any one else to make you
his wife and adopt the child as his own,
| will leave him all my fortune" But
husband could not be found to accept
these conditions. However, among the
girls friends was a school companion
of hers whose brother had just died
abroad, and she proposed to take her
brother's name and attire, and marry
her friend, to save her from disgrace.
This was done and they duly married
and lived before the world as man and
wife. The doctor died in course Of
time, and, according to his word, left
his whole fortune to the child. The
sol di:qnt husband also died, and the
secret was discovered. Hearing this,
the relations Of the doctor have sought
an action against the child to recover
the fortune. The money, they say,
was left to the child OF Mons. and
Nine. A; but as there was no Mons.
A., there could be 10 Nine. A.-ergo,
the child could not be theirs. The suit
is still at this point, the plaintiffs Gaze
being alone heard as yet.
Year: 1873

- Nv


Pelsgie Brown is the singular name
of q mysterious female who will confer
q great favor il she will step into the
Picaylm: Office at New Orleans ard
mention whether she is dead or not. 1t
seems that she is an important witness
in the libel suit OF Jacob Hawkins
against that paper, and the proprietors
offer three hundred dollars to any one
who will produce her in court. Pelsgie
was always rather an irregular female.
She was at one time indicted for the
murder by poison Of Miss Fanny
Crouch. She appears to have escaped
conviction on this charge; for she was
afterwards tried for perjury and sent to
prison. There the mystery begins. In
the court four or five persons swore
that she died in prison and was regu-
larly buried. After this view OF the
case had been thus satisfactorily estsb-
lished, the keeper Of the prison can
forward and swore OF his own positive
knowledge that she left the prison alive,
having been pardoned by the Governor
and another gentleman who had known
Pelsgie for fifteen years, swore that he
met her on the streets only few days
previous. From this muddle 'he im-
preston is gradually evolving that there
was a bogus funeral and some other
hocus-pocus by which Pelsgie was re-
stored to society before the expiration
OF her term.
Year: 1873

A CLERGYMAN and q lawyer Of Oah-
kosh have been having q little fun with
the boys, or rather with the girls


While on their way about two miles
from that city, to attend dying man,
their buggy broke down, and they start,
ed on foot. A lady coming along with
a two seated open buggy, invited them to
ride, which they accepted, the minister


taking the front seat with the fair dri-
yer. She drove them into town, and


dashed up and down the principal street,
making great sensation, setting the
people on the sidewalks into loud GUT
faws. They didn't discover until alter
ward that she was a woman noted for
her much wickedness and little virtue.
Year: 1873

TOLEDO, June 80. D. Ben jamln a
well known billiard table manufacturer,
of this city and his brother George oil
Clevland, went out on Lake Erie In a
small sail boat from the latter city
Yesterday, and ,have not been seen or
heard OF since A barge was sent IN
search of them to-day, but returned
this evening without finding any trace
of the men or boat.
Year: 1873

ANEW YORK Central railroad con-
ductor seized a nobby dressed young
fellow, who had dropped an insulting
note in a lsdy's lap on his train, the
other day, dragged him from his seat
and led him by the ear through the
train to the smoking car, where ne badt
him remain. The passengers enjoyed
the young reprobste's discontinue.
Year: 1873

Tho Printing Committee Of tho Senate are
said to have just found out that it is not tho
:ustom in European Governments to distribute
public documents gratuitously throughout the
country,