smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

a man that knew bis business, and
said nothing. .ABlspt Ne took mp
the body carefully'oD his shoulder, ma
king the remark that be would a little
rather manage the weight all alone. and
carried it a distance of about forty rods
into the woods, but left the lantern in
the building. Then he borrowed nv
pistol, observing at the same time that
it was my affair and not his. lie tied the
pistol tightly to the stump of a sapling.
putting it directly at the corpse. and az
Ter he had fastenel one end of a ball of
small twine to the trigger, he cooked
the pistol and began to walk slowly
back to the factory, unwinding the bali
of twlne as he went. AT this point I
began to think him crazy, and remon-
strated with him, but he brushed me
aside, so to speak by manner he had.
and went on slowly until we got to the
factory. Then turning around he Quiet
ly remarked that he didn't believe thev
would ever find that body. and imme-
diately gathered up the slack of the
string and gave it jerk. / was stand
ing just behind him. l heard noise
like the sharp crack of five thousand ri
fles, felt rustling of wind past me. and
found myself sitting on the ground
with Parsons in my lap. Then the whole
thing flashed upon my mind


lie had filled the nigger with nitro
glycerine. -.


The concussion of the pistol bullet
had exploded it with result that can be
imagined. We made our way back to
the boarding-houe l was trembling
and uncertain, butParsons couldn't get
done to every body about the fun we'd
had with little nitroglycerine; and
when people talked about hearing the
explosion, he would break out with a
boyish, chuckle of pride: "That was us''
All next day he was out in the woods
with every body that came along show
ing them the hole in the ground and the
bare branches of the trees all about the
spot where the explosion occurred,
"from about as much of the dog-goned-
stuff" he would explain" "as you could
hold in your mouth"


Late in the afternoon the mother and
grandmother of the nigger came into the
i"S'Oiy hiIuilluS NiStnSl di DOy ndtl
seen him. Parsons winked at me when
he saw them coming and whispered that
81 needn't be afraid of there being a
funeral in that family this time" He
told them when they asked him, he had
not seen him since yestarday noon, and
didn't want to see him again. He was
ga trfin," no account boy around the
place ANYHOW He rerkonad bn nnct
have been somewhere around when the
explosion took place" The latter rath.
er correct opinion finally prevailed and
the whole matter forgotten.


The last time l saw Parsons was about
six months afterward. He was just
starting overland for California. He
had left Galveston the day before, but
had hung around the outskirts and came
back under cover at night for some
things he had left in haste. l never
asked him the particulars.


.....s San Francisco Chronicle.
Year: 1873

From the Chicago Tribune.


Number Seventeen, so says the 1ete-
graph, firing of her fractional welded
life with Brigham Young, has sued in
the Gentle courts for divorce, a naensa
ct horo, and asks for alimony. With
out stopping to enquire why she gets
divorce, or how she will get a divorce,
by the Gentle law, which does not re-
gard Number Seventeen as a legally
married woman at all, there are other
features of the case which are worth
considering. Number Seventeen desir-
ing divorce, it is fair to presume that
Number Seventeen is a lone, lorn dis
contented woman, who has failed to dis
cover any Cupids, roses, or rainbows In
her corner of the matrimonial paradise,
and, is, therefore, determined to secure
a whole man before it is everlastingly
too late, rather than pine away on the
fractional section of one any longer. 1t
is to be presumed furthermore, that
Number Seventeen must have been more
or less a stubborn and recalcitrant wo-
man who has been subject to family dlscl-
pline. Perhaps she was a Xantippe, who
made it is so lively for Mr.. Young that
he was compelled to Danish her from bed
and board, whereupon, we presume, she
has got mad, and is striking out for an
increase of privileges, by decrease OF
martial relations. Whatever may be the
cause, it is evident enough that there is
a row in the house, and that the one
soul with 46 hearts, which do not beat
as one, has got an episode on hand
which he has never dreamed of before.
What he will do remains to be seen.-
He must do something, otherwise Num-
bers One to Seventeen and Numbers
Eighteen to Forty-Six, inclusive, may
pick up their 46 carpet-bags and 81 band
boxes some fine morning, and leave MIR.
Young to eat his breakfast alone and
take care of the 60 or 20 youngsters du-
ring the day, which of itself is sufficient
ly appalling to contemplate without sug-
costing any further horrors. The Shah
Of Persia, could easily solve the Difficult
ty by shortening in his wives the length
of q head each, or quietly dropping
them into the Persian Gulf neatly sew
ed up in a Camel's Hair shawls, and
then ordering a fresh invoice. Had MIR.
Young the absolute powers OF the shah,
he mi ght drop them into Salt Lake,
the saline properties of which would for
ever keep them from spelling, and there
they might float as a warning to future
wives not to turn back,-the same use
to which Lots wife was put by similar
process.


The action of Number Seventeen
shows that she is not very proud of Mr.:
Young, and she probably is only one OF
the 46 others who indulge in the same
feeling. The woman who can get up
any interest in the LAC part OF man, as
men average, must be curious sort OF a
woman. Hereabouts, and in most all
communities less enlightened than Utah,
it is extremely difficult to get woman
interested in a whole man, and, even
after getting interested, some of them
get tired and want a change to relieve
their ennuG.


1t takes great many relays of men
here before woman gets thoroughly in
terested in one man. When Number
! Seventeen was signed, sealed, and deliy'
-
Year: 1873

In Oneida county, New York. four
teen girls took advantage of leap year
to select husbands. There are four
teen more rs mad as blazes to think
that they must wait four years before
another comes.
Year: 1873

lnce Of seventy-two. The improve

 nent made by the scholars, is quite remarkable. At the commencement scarcely one could speak Q word Of the

 tn8hsh language; now many of them can read and write very well and have
Year: 1873

accordingly went for Smith, and in ten
minute rough and tumble night came
out second best. Now right here Is
where a sensible white man would have
quit and where the traditional heroism
Of the red asserted itself. He had been
grossly insulted in the presence OF his
sunburnt loves, and then ignominiously
thrashed. II was too much, and with
voice humbled with shame and a hosom
barred to the skies he approached Mr..
Gohn with: me licked; me big lngen,
and me no want to live. You shootee
me, George-you killum me quick-me
no want to live" George demonstrated,
but in vaiu-that buck was disgraced
and wanted to be gathered TO his fa-
Tiers, and insisted on being killed as he
stood shifting his brave, brown bosom
before the human slayer Of kline, Fail
ing to convince him that many white
man got whipped and then had the au-
dAcity to want to live, Gohn had TO lead
him away. On Smith returning to town
and cabin in the evening, the noble Ban
mack again came and insisted on being
killed, and fually persuaded Smith to
perform the bloody deed with a little
axe" Stoically stood the chief under
the shadow Of the blade, ready for the
sacrifice, and as it descended with q
crash, Mr.. Indian sprang one side, and
you couldn't have seen his heels for the
Dust, as he struck out for his f" wskiup."
II Cooper had been writing this. that In
dian would have now been an honored
corpse, but as it is, he remains for US to
endure and the peace commissioners to
take care of.
Year: 1873

They wished both to keep the color
ed people in a state of degrading ig
norance, and at the same time to
attach them as serfs to their soil, IN
the mistaken idea that thereby they
would be the better laborers.


We all know that such conduct is
repugnant and contrary to the all-wise
designs of our Creator, who hath
shown us by His prophets and evange-
lists that He Is no respecter of per-
sons; and besides that, none will deny
that the cOlored man is even now pre-
eminent IN the march of prgress, and
he is bound and impelled by the cur
his honorable position.


Old Joe Davis, the brother of jeff.
Davis, the Confederate President, and
Year: 1873

If this is true of thatparty who have
done for us all enumerated above. is it
to be wondered at that those who COM
batted this party from first to last, and
on this very account, should be found
refusing to acknowledge our civil
rights. Is it to be wondered at that
the Southerners, who from the very
foundation Of their being, as I before
remarked, were filled with unreason-
Year: 1873

do not Ddnt that stock. If the General as
sembly should decree that this dam is to be
forever kept up, you will never see who vii!
buy.


Objection has been made to the clause
in our bill providing that the cities along
The line may subscribe to the capital
not wish them to do anything Of the sort.
and Will be glad if you will strike that
out, unless the Senator from Richmond, or.
from Fredericksburg. or from Petersburg
or from Alexandria, on the line, wishes to
reserve the privilege; in which case we shall
not object.


Ill we care for is IN open highway over
which men and things may 90 without pay
ing toll to another and remote interest, aud
we will take it and work it in Tie interest OF
the public. We wish to multiply freights
and encourage transportation, to be able to-
reduce fares, serve the public, and make
money out of that service for ourselves.
Free trade and producers rights repeat it.


FREE TRADE AND PRODUCERS RIGHTS
Is the shibboleth we proclaim. The gentle
nlen presenting this bill are anxious to do
all they can to promote the cheapest, most
convenient, and quickest transit from the
fields Of the producer in the Carolinas to the
lap OF the consumer, and with the least pos
sible cost. / now leave the subject to you.


The promise now made by Mr.. Robinson
that he will pro rate with Mr. Ragland by
bis tariff, or any tariff that this committee
may prescribe, does not, in my judgment.
under all the circumstances, afford such
guarantees for free, unobstru@ted, and profit
able commerce after the adjournment Of the
General Assembly, as Virginia Senate ought
to require in tie interest of the Virginia
people.


The committee then rose to meet at the
Senate chamber tonight at o'clock.
Year: 1873

AN unfortunate man is George Lount Several years ago, he built large lime-kiln on Granite creek, which flood soon after washed away, and not many days ago, rain come and dissolved several thousand incipient brick, which were spread out in his yard These are not all the streaks of bad luck George has had, and he would now like to compromise with the clements
Year: 1873

Last Tuesday, Messrs Prebble and Thorne were riding in buggy north of town when bolt gave way and the horses cleared them selves from the carriage and ran to town with the pole. When near town they attempted to go both sides of tree, breaking the pole and making a wreck of the harness
Year: 1873

It seems to be tue general wish that the Board of Supervisors should, at their meeting to-day, extend the time for the collection of taxes till January lst. Such an extension will be particularly beneficial to the farming community.
Year: 1873




The Interest ON City M0neys-Suit Against


Ex-Collector Badcau for 100000.


In accordance with resolution recently passed by the
Common Council, Corporation Counsel De Witt be-
half Of the city, yesterday instituted action against
Isaac Badeau late Collector OF Taxes to recover the
amount Of interest city moneys received and alleged
to have been appropriated by him during his terms Of
70 5sy ,s r w
os found the man points q the sSeap In she ease
That under and by virtue Of the acts aforesaid be-
the duty OF the said as said tax collector
Gr taxes d @ cy eSa
Of h he M for sa
said city Of Brooklyn and e render tS
That divers and sunary times between the ast day
said deiendant as collector Of assessments
ssed G Large
q ad


That The said deiendani in violation of his duties as
IN Of the acts oresaa and
Brooklyn upon the day which he received the
his property in various banks and moneyed nstu
Il AYERS on Information and belief that said banks and
moncyed institutions allowed for the use Of said moneys
and the rate Of three four cent annum
and paid s % n ad and 70 aid
during the period above named. amounts the OF
about 100000 .


That by Of the neglect and refusal Of said de-
fendant to pay said moneys received by him
aforesaid to the Treasurer Of the city OF Brooklyn the
plaintiff lost the interest which would otherwise have
accrued thereon and been paid to this plaintiff and
thereby damaged in the sum OF more than $l0o0O0,


~ the s q e o sSd


made aforesaid is the lawful property OF this plaintiff
but that the defendant In violation OF his duty such
collector and in violation OF the acts aforesaid.
hold the same IN his own name and for his own and
refuses to pay the same to plaintiff although frequent
demands have been made by plaintiff for the payment
fharao
Year: 1873




The case Of Adrian H. Muller, who sued the city for
SIS services Of the committee to apprass
the city property under the direction of the Commits
oners of the Sinking Fund was brought to trial yeser-
day The put in the usual defence that there
Judge Davis held the defence insufficient but expressed
doubt to whether the complaint stated cause of
the Sinking Fund Commissioners directing the Comp
what the fees were be- Both sides were given time to
amend their pleadinQs.
Year: 1873

WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH oUR
DAUGHTERS !-Apropos OF Mrs Liver
more's late lecture on the above impor-
tant question, the Davenport Democrat
thus sensibly makes answer:


Bring them up in the way they should
60.
Give them a good, substantial, COM
mon-school education.


Teach them how to cook Z good meal
of victuals
Teach them how to wash and iron
clothes.


Teach them how to darn stockings
and sew on buttons.


Teach them how to make their own
dresses


Teach them to make shirts,


Teach them to make bread.


Teach them all the mysteries of the
kitchen, the dining-room, and parlor.


Teach them that dollar is only one
hundred cents.


Teach them that the more one lives
within their income the more they will
save.


Teach them the further one lives be-
yond their income the nearer they get
to the poor house.


Teach them to wear calico dresses
and do it like aQueen.


Teach them that good round rosy
romp is worth fifty delicate consump-
tiycs.


Teach them to wear thick, warm shoes.


Teach them to do marketing for the
family


Teach them to foot up store bills.


Teach them that God made them in
his own image, and that no amount OF
tight lacing will improve the model.


Teach them every day, hard,practical
common sencc.


Teach them self-reliance.


Teach them that a good steady, greasy
mechanic without a cent is worth 4
dozen oil-pated loafers in broad cloth.


Teach them to have nothing TO do
with intemperate and dissomte young
men.


Teach them to climb apple trees, go
fishing. cultivate garden and drive a
road team or farm wagon.


Teach them accomplishments-music,
painting. .drawing-if you have the time
and money to do it with.


Teach them not to paint and powder.
Teach them not TO wear false hair


Teach them to say no,and mean ii; or
yes, and stick to it.


Teach them to regard the morals, not
the money of the beauX.


Teach them the essentials of life
truth, honesty, upri9htness-then at \
suitable time let them marry.


Rely upon it,that upon your teaching
depends in great measure the veal or
woe Of their after life.
Year: 1873

THE Fourth Grand Gift Concert authorized
Il by special act OF the Legislature for the
beneht of the Public Library OF Kentucky,
viii take place in Public Library Hall, al
louisville KanfuckV
Year: 1873

The pencil marks you see around tins
Paragraph (thus) mean that your sub
scription is out and unpaid, and that


~ are requested to pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure in extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons,
but cash alone will pay expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to strict cash
rule. We hope you will comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such a
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


F8- We enter no new names on our
books without the money in advance.
Year: 1873

THELEE MEMORIAL AT LE1ISG TON.


The Lee Memorial Association, inccr-
porsted by the Legislature of Virginia
and organized for the purpose Of erect
ing n suitable memorial over the re-
mains Of Gen. Lee at Lexington, Va,
has made an appeal through its chair
man, Rev. W. y. Pendleton- formerly
an officer in the United States army and
chief of artillery under Gen Bee-for
aid in completing the plan selected by
the distinguished sculptor, Valentine Of
Richmond, with whom the association
made contract for the preparation and
erection Of the memorial. The cast Of
the work in plaster has been completed
by Sfr. Valentine. and is spoken Of in
the circular just issued by the assoeia-
tion as admirable in its very impress
sive likeness, and the entire work. as a
specimen Of art, is in every way worthy
OF its great subject.
Year: 1873

OUR NEW IMPROVED MACHINE


Stands without a rival, and should find its
way into every family. 1t has reached the
highest state of perfection of the Sewing Ma
chine yet produced, and its sales are constant
ly.increasing throughout the world.
Year: 1873

A lady, who had read of the extensive
Of OdOmetors to tell how
far Il carriage had been run, said she
wished some Connecticut genius would
invent an instrument to tell how far hus-
bands had beenin the evening when they
lust step down to the post t-Office,
Year: 1873

A soldier having had his nose, left
cheek, and q portion of his chin carried
away by a shot in battle, was asked by
some of his comrades if they could do
anything for him. Boys" said he,
speaking as we'll ashe could in hismang-
led condition, II should like drink of
water mighty well, if l IOnly had the face
to ask for it."
Year: 1873

eff We're in California; said young
fop, in company the other evening, "in-
stead of working in the mines, | would
waylay some miner with bag of gold,
knock out his brains, gather up the gold
and run" 81 think you would do better
to gather up the brains," quietly res
pOnded young lady; ga man should
always secure what he is most deficient
Year: 1873

A man sold farm, few days since,
as perfectly level" The buyer went
to look at it, and found a mountain on
it. "But," said the man, " the land will
be perfectly level-after you take the
hill away. | sell you the level land un-
derneath, and throw in the mountain y
Year: 1873

A Detroit boy and girl, each with the
weight of eleven years upon them, cele-
brated the Fourth by elOping and look
ing all over the State for somebody to
marry them. They were unsuccessful,
and finally found by stern parents, who
sent them supperleSs to bed.
Year: 1873

A soldier was seen in the trenches hold
ing his hand above the earthwork. His
captain asked, "What are you doing that
for, Pat?' He replied with a grin and
q working of his fingers. clam a feelin'
for furlOugh, sure!" just then rifle
ball struck his arm below the wrist.
Slowly drawing it down, and grasping
it with the other to restrain the blood, o
queer expression of pain and humOr
passed over his face, as he exclaimed,
" An faith it's q discharge!n
Year: 1873

TREASURE TRovE-A few days since boy
named John Mosman found in the bottom
ABOVE the city kettle containing Sc, 600 in gold
ana sll yer coin. The boy is an orphan, the son
OF soldier who was executed at Fort Leaven-
worth for desertion, when johnnie, who is
now IA years Of age, was baby. The boy used
to 70 live in this city, and earned his living by
olacking boots but this wiDter he went out in the
country above the city, and hired himself out to
a farmer for sl2 per month and his board. At
the tune spoken of he was out after the cows
and concluded to dig up a piece Of sassafras
root on the hillside to take home for tea. 10
digging for the root he struck the kettle, and
upon exhuming it found that it contained
money. He lugged his treasure home, and it
was counted out and showed something in the
nneelghborhood of $4,000 in gold and silver.
Mosman very sensibly took his money up to
Omaha, where some of his relatives live, and
has deposited it, and proposes to educate him
self we'll with part of it and go into business
with the remainder.-&. Joe Gazette.
Year: 1873

Reflect that sound mind and body are tho
most necessary requisites to promote connubsl
happiness. Indeed without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly dnrkcns to the view, tho mind
becomes shadowcd with despair, and filed with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
Year: 1873

1t is rarely we are called upon to re-
cord any event so sad and hcart-rending
in its nature and details as the one to
which we now allude. Last week 4
young lady, named Eliza Stewart, whose
mother resides on the farm of Mr.. Clay
Irwin, near Macon, in this county, started
out to take ride on a rather wild horse.
Being reckless rider, and wishing to en-
joy the exercise, she laid whip to the ami
NAL and was soon going at rapid speed, ,
On she went, unmindful of danger, until
she came to sudden turn in the road
when the saddle turned, as the horse was
in the act Of making the circuit, she was
dashed headlong against tree, and fell
lifeless and mangled TO the ground, never
to rise again. Her chest was completely
crushed, and without speaking a word
she ceased to breathe in about fifteen min
utes. She was only sixteen years Of age,
was in the bloom and flush Of maidenly
beauty, and her sad and unexpected death
was a he I'd blow to her widowed mother
and to the remainder of her family. Tho
deceased was a native of East Tennessee
and came to this county about a year ago.
Her family are poor but respectable PEI.
pie. They have the heartfelt sympathie,
Ofths entire surrounding community in
their sad bereavement.--Somernrle Fal,
con.
Year: 1873

House cleaning is great horror to nine
men out of every ten. When that time
comes the men folks as a rule, give the
domestic hearth wide berth Oceans
of suds-the product of tons of soap-fair-
" food every part of the house. The
women, from the mistress down, labor as
they never worked before, and what with
the discomfort, the smell of suds and the
dampness, and not unfrequently sickness,
the product of colds and overwork, mat
ters are generally disagreeable. The sim
pie use of Sapolio instead OF soap does
away with all this discomfort 1t hghtens
the labor hundred percent. because ii
removes dirt, grease, stains and spots,
with hardly any labor, with but little water
and in one tenth the usual time


2deod&w2w
Year: 1873

We see by the Chicago papers that
PRecToR & GAMBLE have reduced the
price of their long established and popular
brand NOTIFIED GERMAN SOAP, its pres
ent price and superior quality makes it the
cheapest as well as the best soap for con
sumers 6-23d3m
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEsT.-The Commissary
General of the United States, after triaI
of all the principal starches in the country
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch was the best that could be procur-
ed, and the government from that time tc
the present are buying this article. This
is fact worthy the attention OF consum
ers
Year: 1873

Rennes Pain Killing Magic Oil is one
Of the best things we know of for clergy
mans sore throat, for headache or for sore
ness of the stomach or side, and mixed
with soft water it makes a splendid eye
water, for weak or inhamed or sore eyes.
Try it and see.
Year: 1873

Don't Suffer your hair to fall off when
a bottle or two of Natures Hair Restorative
will check it. Splendidly perfumed and as
clear as crystal. All wide awake drug
gist sell it. See advertisement.