smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

Mir. Haskell G. Smith has returned from New Haven, and Mir. Gray and family from Bridgeport. It is feared that the long continued dry weather has injured the grass in our meadows, but our people turned out in the rain last Sabbath, and expressed their thanks in public manner for the falling water. It is still very healthy here, no deaths having occurred for long time. H.
Year: 1872

Is the oil you burn reliable and safe? Few families appreciate the importance of this question. You can obtain cheap and perhaps good light from unsafe oil, but endanger your life and property by using it.. Be wise in time, and avoid the possibility of danger by burning only Pratt's Astral Oil
Year: 1872

No greater crime can be committed
against popular government than by
corruptins the elective franchise. Up
on the freedom and purity of popular
suffrage, depends the maintainance of
popular liberty. Without this, there is
no form of political government which
affords less security to life. liberty and
property, than the government of the
people; it ceases to be a government of
law and becomes a government of mob
rule. No intelligent man will dispute
these propositions, while many with
vital interests at stake in the communi-
ty, view with apparent Indifference, if
not with approval, a system of huckter-
ing with votes which is breaking up the
foundation of our political system.


Here it is scarcely disguised that the
Governor of the Territory, sworn upon
the Holy Evangelists to see the laws
faithfully executed, enters into the mar
ket, to buy votes TO defeat the popular
will and perpetuate the rule Of ring
which subordinates the public interests
to personal considerations. This is
falon act, and if the laws were faithful
" executed, would consign its perpetra-
tor to a felon's doom; but in the present
state of popular sentiment, it is only an

evidence of political shrewdness, justi-
fed by party necessities. Two thousand
dollars, it is said and there is no
doubt of its TRUTHS the price which
Gov Ferry agreed to pay for the vote of
a lawless rabble in this city who recog-
nize no laws, human or divine, and
whose votes are calculated to offset an
equal number of the votes of substantial
law-abiding citizens. Every man who
votes with the party who thus prosti-
tutes the sacred franchise, votes to per-
petuate this monstrous system of bar
gain and sale in our elections. 1t is
moral felony which admits of no palia-
ton or excuse. and where this crime
against society is perpetrated by an of
fcer of the Government, it is an out
rage which cannot be tolerated without
surrender of all that political organi-
zation makes valuable as means of
protection or defence.


Every citizen who honestly desires
the well-being Of society and the per-
petuation of our civil institutions, is
morally bound to use all the means
within his power to rebuke and defeat
system of corruption SO fatal in its
consequences to purity in government
Or safety to personal rights.
Year: 1872

Owing to tie late date at which the
Convt ntion was held and the nearness OF
the day of election, feel obliged to say
~ my constituents and friends that the
imperative engagements that call for
fulillment will employ all my time. I
trust that in those localities l shall be
unable to visit, my friends will stand
faithful. Recollect that your interests
are mine, and mine are yours. Recol-
lect that the interests of Washington
Territory demand of you to do your
duty and battle for victory.


Let your battle cry be" Down with
the Ring and victory to


McFADDEN.
Year: 1872

The reception of Judge McFadden in
this city was all hat his most sanguine
friends could anticipate or desire, and
was in marked contrast with the recep-
ton accorded to his competitor few
days before. 1t is not necessary to null
tiply wor S in an extended description
of the incidents of the occasion. 1t is
enough to say, that without any import
ed band of music, or enthusiasm paid
for at so much q shout, he had nothing
to complain of, and the result will be
made manifest next Tuesday.


The reception at Port Blakely was but
a repetition of that at Seattle. The
hearts of the people are in it.
Year: 1872

We all know what Mr.. Garfelde prom
ised 10 do and has not done. We know
that he has not during his term of Of
fee, secured to the Territory an appro-
priation for any purpose other than or
dinary expenses, which he admits would
have been passed without any Delegate
there, and these appropriations amount
to much less than to any other Territory
several of which are represented by
Democrats not in accord with the party
in power, and he is the author of no
measure for the general benefit in which
he had not special personal interest.


We know that the last Territorial Leg
1slature memorialized Congress on sever
al matters of deep public interests, and
that he did not present one of those
memorials to Congress. His excuse was
that he was not served with copies
This many know to be positive false
hood; George McConaha, our Represen-
tative in the Legislature, transmitted to
him a certified copy of one of those NE
MORALS and his attention was specially
called to it by many of his anxious con-
stituents and yet he took no notice of it.
We allude to the memorial asking Con-
gress to cede the mud flats Oh Duwam'sh
Bay to the City of Seattle. The people
of this City had deep interest in this
matter, because they had good reason to
believe that if the city had the disposal
of these lands they could make terms
with the Northern Pacific railroad for
terminus at this place, and they had re-
liable assurances upon which this belief
was based. Mr. Garfelde knew how
much was at stake and he hoped, as in
other cases, to force subsidy for his
influence. 1t was wilful neglect of
manifest public duty for a base motive.
Every citizen Of Seattle feels that it was
a most perfiious betrayal of their in
terests, however Mr.. Garfelde may ex-
plain, or attempt to explain it.


We have not the space to pursue this
snbject further at the present time, but
ask every candid man to examine the
record of this mans official acts and let
his conclusions govern his vote on Tues
day next.
Year: 1872

Our MoTHERs.-Many discour.
aged mother folds her tired hands ut
night, and feels as if she had after all. .
done nothing, although she has not
spent an idle moment since she rose.
1t is nothing that your little helpless
childrent have had some one to come
to with oil their childish griefs and
joys? 1t is nothing that your hus-
band feels ''safe" when lie is away to
his business, because your careful
hands direct everything at home ?
1t is nothing when his business is
over, that he has blessed refuge of
home, which you have that day done
your best to brighten and refine =?
Oh weary and faithful mother, YOU
little know your power when YOU
say 81 have done nothing" There is
a book in which n faircr record than
this is written over against your
name.
Year: 1872

As a general rule, the best place for
q young man to begin life il right
where he is. He need not go hun-
dred or three hundred, or thousand
miles away from home to try the
world; that particular spot where he
lives is part of the world, and jus,
as good place to try as some other
particular spot three hundred miles
of. In the Easter: States where So
ciety is settled, and things change but
little, where the business 10 held In .
fixed channel, and certain families
are supposed to have a prescriptive
right to do everything that is done
there is not much inducement for
Young man to remain at home, unless
he possesses the genius and enter
prise.to break through the tradition


hat hampers him; but no such condi-
ton of things exists out West; here
everything is new, fresh and plastic,
and a Young man may do his part in
moulding things to his purposes. II
is very common mistake for young
eters, who have not yet buttcd their
tender heads against the hard angles
OF the world, to imagine that they
possess superior talent, if they only
had an opportunity to exhibit it.


If they live on farm, there is no
chance to show their genius; if they
live in a country town, it is entirely
too small to spread their wings in.
They ycarn for great city, where
talents are appreciated, aud imagine
there is the field for them to rise to
cmincnce and wealth:and yet they had
better stay where they arc, and
make their beginning in the locality
where they were raised. lfthey really
possess genius or special aptitudcs,
may first develop them, aud test the
metal they are made Of in the limit
ed sphere OF their native place, and
if the experiment proves satisfactory,
afterwards transfer them to q wider
sphere of action. Thousands Of Young
men who go to great cities to try
the world, find such cities too much
for them, and learn too late that il
would have been better for them 10
have made their trial in ali humber
and safer sphere.
Year: 1872

1t shows a great lack Of considers
ton and good sense for lady TO
keep caller waiting while she arrays
herself in some gorgeous toilet. II
would be much better to receive
them in any dress, provided it only
lie neat and becoming.
Year: 1872

A Long Island farmer has sued his
wife for divorce, because, after
coming to New York and listening to
. lecture in favor Of free love, she in.
sisted upon hailing every man who
passed the house and inviting him to
have o talk.
Year: 1872

One OF the most pleasant and
noblcst duties of the head of the
family is to furnish its members with
good reading. In times which are
past it was considered enough to
clothe and feed and shelter family.
This was the sum of parental duty.
But lately it has been found out
that wives and children have minds,
so that it becomes necessity to edu-
cate the children and furnish reading
for the whole household. 1t has been
found out that the mind wants food
as we'll as the body, and that it wants
to be sheltered from the pitiless
storms of error and vice by the
guarding and friendly roof of intelli-
gencc and virtue.


An ignorant family in our day is an
antiquated institution. 1t smells OF
the musty past. 1t is dark spot
which the light of modern sun OF
intelligence has not reached.


Let good reading 60 into a home,
and the very atmosphere of that
home gradually but surely changes.
The boys begin to grow ambitious,
to talk about men, places, principles,
books, the past and the future. The
girls begin to feel new life opening
before them i'll knowledge, duty and
love They 500 now felds of ucor,,,
ness and pleasure. And SO the fam.
lily changes, and out from its number
will go intelligent men and women,
to fill honorable places and be useful
members Of society. Let the torch
Of intelligence be lit in every house.
hold. Let the old and the young vie
with each other in introducing new
and useful topics Of investigation, and
in cheering love of reading, study
and Improvement. =-.---.
Year: 1872

General Butler il reported to have said that lie
will make no particular effort to secure the noml-
nation for Governor in Massachtsetts, but it the
Labor Reform or Republican party nominate him
he will not decline.
Year: 1872

NJ SMALL Pox.-We are reqpested. by the
President Of the Board of Health, TO state that
he is now able to positively make the gratifying
announcement that not single case ofsmall. .pox
exists in our city. Our people can now rejoice
in the knowledge Of the fact that this terrible
s,ourge has at last entirely disappeared.
Year: 1872

MRs. OLEARY's Cow.-The people
of Chicago are not ungratefnl. Look,
ing at the magnificent buildings erected
on the site of the ashen desert of year
ago, and the countless improvements
which could never have been made but
for the clean sweep of distractions by
the fire, they turn with grateful hearts
towards Mrs. OLeary, whose COW and
kerosene lamp combined caused the
confagration, and propose TO give
grand ball for the benefit of that lady,
the proceeds to be devoted to reinsti-
ting her in her former position and con-
dition, and to the purchase OF another
cabin, COW and lamp.
Year: 1872

4 gentleman advertised for a boy to
assist him in his Office, and nearly nifty
applicants presented themselves to HIM.
Out of the whole number, he in short
time. selected one and dismissed the rest.


i should like to know, said friend,
son what ground you selected that boy,
who has not single recommendation!


You are mistaken, said the gentle,
man: he had great many. lie wiped
his feet when be came in, and closed the
door after him, showing that he was
careful. He gave up his seat instantly
TO that lame. old mai, showing that he
was kind and thoughtful. He took off
his cap when he came in, and answered
nv questions promptly and respectfully,
showing that he was polite and gentle
manly. He picked up the book which
l had purposely laid on the hoor, and
replaced it on the table, while all the
rest stepped over it or showed; and he
waited quietly for his turn, instead of
pushing and crowding, showing that ne
was honest and orderly. W hen spoke
to him, l noticed that his clothes were
carefully brushed, his hair in nice order,
and his teeth as white as smilk; and when
he wrote his name, noticed that nm
ger-nails were clean, instead of being
tipped with jet, like that handsome 1T
tie fellow in the blue jacket. Dontyou
call these things letters Of recommenda-
ton | do. and / would give more Tor
what could tell about boy by using
my eyes ten minutes than all the letters
he can bring me.
Year: 1872

A green sort of a chap seeing sights
in New York, one day and coming
across to bank, he stepped in and be
gan to gawk around. well, what do
you want, gruffiy inquired a stuck-up
clerk, who happened to be alone in the
bank. wall, dunno, drawledhe. what
du YOU sell here 7 Calves heads, re-
piled the clerk Pshaw you don't
say 30 I, and then looking around he
said: Must be COLL dang dull trade.
why so = Cause | see you amt got
but one head left He shot out OF the
door of that bank just n time to dodge
an ink-bottle that the clerk started after
him.
Year: 1872

".And on the same old farm I'll stay,


And raise my cattle and my corn
Here shall these hairs turn wholly gray;
These feet shall never learn to stray;


But will die where | was born.
Year: 1872

STEALING GOLD ADNDIAMoND FIELDS
Stealing is the only word to define the doings
OF the British Colonial Government in South
ern Africa, says the New York Commercial.
The discovery Of diamonds and gold in the
Trans-Vaal Republic and the Free State of
Orange, fires the cupidity of the greedy Sax
on, and under the shallow pretext of exercis-
ing a protectorate over a native chief who
never had jurisdiction in the territory, whole
district is declared to be-" annexed 4" to the
British dominions. An official declaration
from the accredited agent of the Orange Free
State, just laid before President Grant, gives
a complete account of this latest theft. The
tribe over which the English claim to exercise
protectorate number only two or three hun
dred souls, and the pretensions of their chief
have neither been recognized nor enforced in
the region partly covered by the diamond
fields. On the contrary, the regulations under
which the fields are worked have been estab-
lished by the Free State, and its authority is
respected accordingly. The history of Brit
lsh rule in India is about to be repeated in
Africa, FIVE may believe the stories concern
ing this new scheme of annexation-and they
are certainly stories which bear the semblance
of the exact truth.
Year: 1872

HINTS TO YOUNG MEN WHO GO A SPARK
ING.-After all, in looking out for a wife,
man must consider how she win show at
the fireside, rather than at parties. You can
learn so much of literary and aesthetic tastes.
the favorite books that are always in hand,
the music that is regularly studied and sung,
the kind of associations and the general order
OF tastes. 1t is by far the best way of get
ting up Irritation, which is not unpleasantly
done under parental eyes when such eyes are
kindly and benignant. Love-making is an
uncommonly pleasant employment for the
winter nights. You may talk of the perils of
young men when they come up to town; but
there is no better safeguard than giving such
young fellows the associations of home and
sweet woman. Parents make an immense
mistake in taking too severely monetary a
view Of a young fellows prospects. never
knew young fellow under ever so dun a
cloud, who, with purpose and ability, could
not work out his way into the sunlight. Bet
ter even the long engagement, or the early
marriage, than many other suppositions that
might be put.-LOndon Society.
Year: 1872

z 3-1O
g 0 L D L 0 A N!
A Choice Investment Security
We offer for sale at par and accrued interest, the
FIRST MORTGAGE
LAND GRANT GOLD BONDS


OF THE
NORTHERN PACIFIC
RAILROAD COMPANY.
Year: 1872

Below we give the average price per acre Of the
sales of the Land Grants on different roads, that
idea may be formed of the immense value of the co.,


100000 acres granted to the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, for there can be no doubt that
the average price per of its and sales will be
much above the general averagprice of these roads,
Year: 1872

Sam Galloway. who died in Columbus,
Ohio. few days ago, was one of the most
effective public speakers in the West. His
force was in his face -nakings, Of which be
was almost as perfect master as Tom
Corwin. He would get up before an au-
dience and make what would read like a
very plain speech to those who had not
witnessed the facial emphasis with which
it was interspersed during its delivery; but
he could hold crowd for hours and keep
it in con, ulsions of laughter, not by what
he said SO much as by the way he looked
just after he had said it. There we're those
who thought he merely initiated Tom Cor
win, but he was not an imitator of anybody
He had very homely countenance to begin
with-as had Corwin also-and he had a
wonderful faculty for twisting it into shapes
to suit the tenor of his speech. 1t used to
be said of him that he could make first
rate speech without uttering syllable; and
it was habit with him to 60 through with
a few facial contortions before proceeding
with his discourse.
Year: 1872

TO all whom it may concern Notice is
hereby given that the undersigned will make
application to the Hon. Board of Supervisors
in and for the county of Shasta, State of Cali
fornia, at their regular meeting in the month
OF August, for License to keep Ferry on
the Soda Springs and Pit River Road at q
point where the said road crosses Pit river
and formerly known as the old Stone Ferry OF
the McPhee and Smith Ferry


P. G. STRICKLAND.
Shasta, May 3rd, 1872.
Year: 1872

Gray hair may be made to take on its
youthful color and beauty by the use of Halls
Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer, the best
preparation for the hair known to the science
of medicine and chemistry.
Year: 1872

THE Duluth Tribune lets daylight into the state
Of affairs in the Zenith Citee" Whatever the mo-
tives of the editor may be- he has, of late made some
home thrusts against the old settlers ring which
; raise tempest about his ears, and result speedily
n MAKING him the champion editor at Duluth or in
crushing him out with an iron hand, according as he
has indeed correctly or incorrectly concerning his
streneth in that community and the opposite time for
such disclosures he has made


He rakes the city council, fore and aft, for Illegal
nroceedings reckless expenditure, poor inancIerinG'
dctatora assumptions and refusing to give account
to their masters, the people.


The interesting part of all this is, that the charges
are true They have been made in one shape or an
other from this side of the bay but OF course "iseon
sin assertions of fact presumed to have no weSh
with loval Duluthians. And even the voice OF the
Morning Call was hushed up last year because amlc
all its erratic utterances it let out entirely too muei
truth about the doings of the Duluth Council OF Ten
But now when paper that has been and is, violent
and almost unscrupulous partizan of Duluth, o''di


makes the same assertions the people of that place VII
hon 70 suspect there is something in the stat
of Denmark"


As to the reckless expenditure, poor hnanciei
ing. and refusal to give account, we care httle
lone as Uncle Samuel does not foot the bills In
dctatora assumptions easily have the wlnu take
out of them whenever they talk too loud, but with IN
illegal proceedings have bone to pick Ihat ca
nal affair with all its concomitants is an eSaity froE
first to last and the day will come, when the intere
ing with an interstate boundary, the disregarding
United States injunction, and the obstruction OF nav
gable wa.ers by The illegal measures of half dozen pc
sons STYLED city council, will be ripped up and owe
thrown. In the meantime We are interested in seen
tho Tribune backed by the Railroad the Duluth legi
,tors and the new settlers, walk into the council pr
ceedings that are backed by the Branch bannln
Ninnesotian Old Settler "ring
Year: 1872

SUPERIOR has been out in the cold so long Tor the
want of railroad connection with the outside world
that now when such Gesideratum is only question
of time, the very cold weather of this our winter o.
discontent is considered, even if thought Of and
work her railroad is pushed ahead just as If we were
in the midst Of our glorious summer season-Ploneei
of the lst
Year: 1872

You hereby summoned and required 10
the complaint David Quinn the plaintiff in the above
entitled action said comp tut filed in the office OF the
Clerk of in and for Douglas Comfy aforesaid


at Superior said County and 10 of yonr answer


mon he Office the of Superior IN sld
Douglas County within twenty days after the service OF h
exclusive the day OF service and shall "
answer lid complaint hereby required within the time
said the plaintiff will apply to the court for the r
in said complaint. IL N SEIGEh fiaintih aaotn.s
Noyember 18th, ISL lanI3-Ieo-f
Year: 1872

Translated from the German Gazette.


On Monday the Democratic and on Tues
day the Reform Conventions meet. On
these conventions will rest the responsible
ity of our success or defeat. The action Of
the Pinchback convention in adjOurning to
Baton Rouge on the same day the Custom
house convention meets there, shows
clearly that it is intended to join the two
conventions, and nominate a straight Re-
publican ticket, to which the support of all
the Republicans viii be secured by the
resolution which subOrdinates the national
or Presidential question TO that of carrying
the State for the Republican party.


The question is: Shall we rest quietly and
let these two wings of the Republican party
get together, or shall we prevent the june
ton by inducing the DemOFatic and Reform
conventions to cOalesce with the leaders of
the Liberal Republican movement, and
make ticket on which all persons opposed
to radicalism, Capitalization and Grant may
be combined? This can and ought to be
done.


The time has come now when we
feel it our duty to speak out plainly. The
desired coalition can not be secured with
out the aid of Governor WarnlOth and his
friends. 1t is impossible, and we might
just as well make up our minds to it. Cover
nor Warmotll's friends will not and can not
IL
tion of the State ticket We have seen
enough at the Pinchback convention to con-
vince us that WarmOth has yet a strong
party behind him. His strength is to be
found mainly in the country parishes, and
as an ally to the cause of reform he can
simply not be spared. That's the whole
truth.


While we at present can not see how he
could accept nomination at Baton Rouge,
unless Greeley and Brown were indOrsed
there. we do see that his friends will de-
mand of him the use of the power and ma
chinery, which they have placed in his
hands, to secure the election OF the ticket
they make. But we can not refuse to
cOalesce with him, and at the same
time ask him for his support. The
only sensible thing for us to do,
is to lay aside our prejudiees, nominate
him on our ticket, put on a Liberal Repub-
ican or two, and unite with the Democrats
and RefOrmers. In this way we can divide
the Republican party, elect Warmoth and
a good Legislature, send him to the United
States Senate, if the latter regards him fit
for it, and secure all the local reforms we
desire.


No other plan for carrying this State, or
even this parish, in the interest of reform
is possible, as every man of common sense
must admit.