smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

A "CHARM DOCTOR recently restored
the speech of Tennessee woman who
had been dumb for seven years, and the
last seen of him was sitting on rail fence
picking the buckshot out of his head, and
the infuriated husband was hurrying
homo to reload his gun.
Year: 1875

The peremptory call OF the Shelby coun-
tv Law docket will be made Monday
morning, and in order to reach here In
time the lawyers should take the Sun
day afternoon train from Memphis. The
Monday morning train from Memphis
makes no connection by which to place
the lawyers here In time.
Year: 1875

The particulars OF the grand erup-
ton of the mountain called Troiland-
vuiav. in the north of Iceland, have
been received The eruption occurred
in Decembr last, and was proceeded
by earthquakes. The weather during
the month was very foggy, aud the
flames from the burning mountain
could not be seen to advantage until
the % of January, when the sight
presented was magnificent. Columns
of fire and stones were shot straight
up into the air to a great height, and
fell back into the crater in SO narrow
a circumference that the formation of
new lava only extended II miles from
northwest to southeast. An exploring
party state that from the side of the
ravine, at a point as near as they
could get for the burning lava, they
could see down through the volcanic
fssure lurid flames like vast reeking
rivers of fire playing in wild confusion
among the "wreck of matter" For
tunately, no damage was done either
by thu earthquake or the eruption.
Year: 1875

1T was stated the other day that the
grasshoppers bad been frozen out by
the severity of the winter, but late
dispatch from st. Joseph, Missouri,
announces that they have multiplied
and grown like magic in the past few
days, and from that point all the way
out to the Rocky Mountains we hear
of them in alarming numbers. In
some parts of Kansas they are said to
have already done great harm, and
there seems every prospect of another
''plague" like that of last year. This
is what comes of killing off the birds
from the prairies. Tens of thousands
of grouse and other game, the natural
enemy of these pests, are brought to
Eastern markets and even exported to
Europe every year, and still the Wes-
tern people wonder that they cannot
keep down the grasshoppers and
beetles.
Year: 1875

The Montgomery AdUertisey says
the Developments in the Spencer in
vestigatiOn are rich. rare and racy.
The committee have unearthed the
most astounding rascality. When the
testimony is laid before the Legisla-
ture it is believed that a memorial
asking Spencer's expulsion from the
Senate will be unanimously voted.
Will the Senate retain him in the face
of evidence that amounts to a judg-
ment of conviction in every impartial
mind 2
Year: 1875

Gov. Hartranft seems to have the in
side track in Pennsylvania for renomi-
nation on the Republican ticket. His
record is SO notorious that the Demo
Gratis will be we'll satisfied with this
Arrangement
Year: 1875

BY its espousal of the cause of the
"Coming City, San Francisco blovia-
tors, the Express has placed itself in
an awkward position, from which it is
trying to extricate itself by charging
that the HERALD is fighting the Los
Angeles and independence Railroad.
This is too thin. The HERALD has
done more toward inaugurating and
carrying out that enterprise than the
Express ever can do. What we have
done and what we propose continuing
to do, is to expose the scheme of lot
of INSCRIPTIONS spectators who are
flooding the country with statements
that Los Angeles does not meet the
commercial wants Of Southern Cali
fornia, and that they are going to de-
stroy her by building city of one
hundred thousand inhabitants at San
ia Monica. These statements are false
and are intended to injure Los Ange-
les and to delude people into buying
lots where there never will be town.
There is a difference between building
. railroad TO Los Angeles and moving
Los Angeles down to Senator JONES'
sheep ranch. The HERALD wants to
build the railroad, but the Espress
advocates the moving.
Year: 1875

WHEN the fierce Scipio Africanus
gave utterance to the memorable
words Carthage SIT belinda, 1t was in
the interest of Rome he spoke and he
was flushed with ardent patriotism.
The Express may try to ridicule the
alarm of the HERALD at the danger
that threatens Los Angeles. 1t was
no coinage Of the HERALD, it
was simply reproducing the sound of
the first gun fired by the modern stock
broker, financier, Solon, Lycurgus and
Sage Brusher, the morning after his re-
turn from his ice factories and deals on
Wall street. The Express man may try
to laugh it off but let him rest assured
that he will find, perhaps to his cost,
that we have had a little too much
Santa Monica served up for breakfast,
dinner and supper. Ifthey have faith
in Santa Monica, let them cry Car
Mage SIT belinda; do like other birds,
foul their own nests, seek home
with the Saint, wait for the title OF
the Sheep Ranch to be settled, and
sell the few lots they are getting for
their blow. The stockholders SUBJ
scribers and patrons ofthe Express are
pretty sick, and there is no Disgusting
the fact. Americans are very con-
cervative and say but little, but when
they act they act with vigor and ra-
pidity.
Year: 1875

From the Sacramento and San Joa-
quin valleys-the great wheat fields
of the State-comes the report that
labor is scarce and harvest hands diff.


ficult to obtain in sufficient numbers
to meet the demand. To the person


not familiar with the California mode
of doing things, this would imply q
scarcity of farm labor, yet such is not
to great extent the case. There
ought to be, and we believe there are,


plenty of men in this State to harvest
the present crop at reasonable wages
and without the loss Of single bushel
of grain. But it is difficult to get the
requisite number of good hands at the
proper time, and there are two causes
for it. One is found among the labor


ers and the other among the farmers.


AS general thing, the harvesting in


California is done by men who do no
work the year round except during
the six weeks or two months of hay
ing and harvesting. They expect to
be paid as much for this two months
as the average farm laborer receives
for the whole twelve months. AS the
haying season sets in, hundreds of
great stout fellows sally out into the
country from San Francisco, and with
the sacking of the last bag of wheat
they return to their old haunts in the
city to idle away their time until
the commencement of next years
haying. They have no thought OF
remaining on.the farm from harvest to
harvest. The offer of thirty dollars
per month the year round is no induce
ment to leave the old loafing places in
the city. They only work during har-
vest-the period of the year when their
services are In such demand that the
farmer will pay almost any wages to
get them. This is the laborer. Now
for the farmer. The great wheat
grower of California does some foolish
things. One of these is never to hire
man until he cannot do without him
and then treat him as an inferior, a
serf or coolie, while he has him. The
visitor to large wheat ranch during
harvest will at night find dozens OF
men rolled up in their own blankets
sleeping in header beds, under wagons
and In hay sheds. If he will go to the
breakfast table in the morning he will
find the men standing around an ele.
waited platform from which they are
eating the coarsest food prepared by q
cheap Chinaman In the most uninvit.
ing style. He will find that these
men are called from their blankets al
the earliest dawn and kept in the field


until darkness renders impossible fol


further labor. The moment a mans ser.


vices can be dispensed with he is dis.
! charged. Can there be kindliness Of
Year: 1875

feeling or harmonious action between
such laborers and such employers?
There Is nothing save the wages to in
duce the man to remain on the farm,
and he leaves when he can no longer
command exorbitant remuneration for
his services. He says he is fed and
housed like pig, worked like slave
and treated like an inferior. The pol
Icy of the farmer is to pay the man
who works for him two months during
harvest about what he should pay him
for half the year. There is remedy
for this expensive evil. When labor
ers learn that it is more profitable and
far more respectable to remain on the
farm all the year at fair wages than to
exact exhorbitant pay for two months
and idle away the remaining ten in
penury and want, and when the
wheat grower discovers that it is bet
ter and more money making to pay 8
good man thirty dollars per month,
and treat him as an intelligent being
all the year round, than to pay him
four dollars per day for two months,
farmers will commence harvest full
handed and there will be fewer able
bodied men loafing ten months in
every year around the streets of San
Francisco. These may be said to be
extreme pictures and we admit that
they are, but there is enough truth in
them to convey an important lesson to
both laborers and farmers.
Year: 1875

New YORK, June 1.-THE official
discharge of Tweed arrived from Alba
ma last night, but at the request of his
counsel he will not be released before
Saturday. Probably the object of his
counsel is to obtain the necessary bail
in the criminal suit to follow, and thus
permit him to return to his family
without being again consi gned to
jail.
Year: 1875

WHEN we said the Express was
working against the interests of Los
Angeles with the zeal of well paid
attorney, we did not mean to say that
it was In the pay of the Coming
City" speculators; but the haste with
which it twists our language Into such
a charge and then denounces the
ghost of its own raising, gives rise to
the suspicion that 1t texpects retainer
from the "Coming City, fathers.
Year: 1875

Now Is your time! No such chance again In
one hundred ycarsi The Bazaar Is selling out
their entire stock of Dry Goods 25 per cent.
goods business and keep only Gents Furnish
Ing Goods. This Is no bogus sale, but genu-
Inc selling out Of our entire stock Of Dry
Cry Goods, as you will dnd out by calling at
the Baaaar, corner OF Main and Requena
streets, opposite the U. 8. Hotel. jei7
Year: 1875

Moore's Restaurant, on Commercial street,
u the proper place to go for q good meal, with
good cup of coffee or tea to drink with it,
There In probably no restaurant on the Pacific
coast where SO many of the substantials and
so many of the Injuries may be had for 25 els.
Don't forget the place-Moore's Restaurant,
Commercial street. Private eating rooms have
been neatly htted up for the accom- mmodation


ladies. i5-tt
Year: 1875

EDITOR HERALD: Having been
spending some little time in this Sec
tion of'the country with view to per-
manently settling here, it became
duty as well as a pleasure to chronicle
such events as may interest intending
settlers and rebound to the credit of
the settlement.
Year: 1875

ever tempt me to make another draw.


| remember | felt completely resigned


in regard to my matrimonial pros


poets. l produced rhyme at the


time which perhaps contained more


original goneness than anything Of


it's size ever heard of. It was some


thing after the manner of this:
| Since It must be my fste-though Oft repented,
| Far from the walks Of welded love to roam.
III teach my heart to beat contented.


And prize the pleasures Of bsch'lors home.


But then how wretched, how like
shoddy compared to the genuine broad
cloth we buy of our Idaho merchants
at half price, appear our most cher
ished amusements, when we look
about us and behold the pure joy, the
calm felicity, the blooming wreath of
double blessedness that love has set
upon the brow of everybody and his
wife. What can we, sad single dogs,
say in extenuation of our miserable
mode of existence? Nothing valid,
think. Let us drop it and console
ourselves by applying that trinity OF
earthly balm. "Oh, it's awfulp
there's more genuine consolation, l
think. in those three little words than
in all the rest of our mother tongue
combined. Its a sort of benevolent
antidote in general use for everything
unpleasant in life-cven the toothache.
Sam. says if he was dentist or an
old girl, he would straightway petition
the lower house Of Congress (its Dem
ocratic and Of course sympathizes
with the oppressed people) for a law
prohibiting folks using the expression.
He thinks with protective measure of
that sort, their chance of success in
this world would be greatly increased.
Sans a way for saying or thinking
of the kind, and l wouldn't ].
endorse it if knew it was fact.
But there is another feature of the
case which l think goes far toward
making men prefer the roasting Of
bachelors frying pan rather than take
chances on being stewed in domes-
tic caldron. And that is the firm con-
viction that If we were to closel ex-
anime all the matrimonial wreaths
worn at the present day, we would
find a goodly number Of them are held
10 their place by an inner wreath of
very, very. wicked thorns; and if we
sought still farther | think that we
should find mammals participation in
midnight orgies in company with
agreeable single gentlemen, while pa
pa amuses himself at home with baby,
mas been very instrumental in placing
It there. | sincerely hope may be
mistaken in this, though l honestly
believe am not. The PILGRIM.


P.S. The copyright Of this last
chapter Of the Pilgrims progress is
secured according to the Declaration
If independence, and will be be-
lueathed as legacy to the married
ady who shall attend the great
,st number of fandang aes
c1tl.oM the encun,brance Of her
husband during the remainder Of the
present year. T. ?.
Year: 1875

f1Suer anu tine LOa0 ne " QUA carry


Donnelly as the representative of the
come-outers of both parties whom he ap-
propriately names "foaters," cruelty re-
minds the Democrats Of their sore need
Of votes at every election, and notifies
them that the votes they want this fall
cannot be had for such an old bunker
as Fisher. And he is right. 1t is not at
all likely that he can be nominated. The
Democratic managers are not fools; on
the contrary, their filling has generally
consisted in being too smart; SO smart as
to beat themselves; and while that ring
Of old St. Paul politicians Of both par ties
who with charming indifference to par
ty, are always and at work for Ram
sey or Sibley or Rice or any other St.
Panlite Of either the Democratic or Re-
publican old crowd, would be delighted
with Fisher. and while the Pioneer Press.
which is anything to beat Davis, would
be glad to see some one nominated who
they hope could divide the st. Paul vote
with the young Governor who has trod-
den on their political machine and
smashed it, and thus brought upon them
the loss Of the post-cfice and all its woes,
those OF the party who have no personal
spites to crafty must see that Fisher,
with his staunch pro-slavery Democracy
and with his old record as editor for
years Of the Pioneer and now Of the
Pioneer-Press would be the most vul-
nerable candidate they have ever put up
to be criticised or ridiculed. He wsuld
60 forth from . nominating convention
into the wilderness Of the canvass as the
scape-goat went from beneath the hands
Of Aaron. He would bear all the sins Of
the Democracy Of Minnesota, from Joe
Rolette down to date, on his venerable
front. and while he might get some votes
in St Paul, the mass Of voters through
out the agricultural counties, who, By
the way, are going to elect the Governor,
would scarcely realize that he was . can
6date.
Year: 1875

The early call for Democratic Liberal-Re-
publican State Convention, seems likely to
prove serious bar to q representation Of the
different counties, and more especially the re-
mote ones. Coming, as it necessarily must,
in the busy season Of the year, call for a
tail 20 meet with liberal response, even If the
time was not SO limited We undersa aud that
Wright county will not be represented, as the
county committee deem it inadvisable to call La
convention, and will probably let the matter
60 by cetault.
Year: 1875

The Pioneer-Press started the 'sFisher
Wave," and has devoted large amount Of its
ed torial and other space to the task of giving
that worthy gentleman good serd of as the
governor. It next sends its business manager
as proxy to the meeting Of the Republican
State Central Committee to assist in devising
the beast means for defeating Fisher and Sc
curing the trium h of the Republican nomi-
nee, whoever he may be. The great consoli-
dated concern evidently elieves that . man
must be a "cussed fool'' to be satisfied with
simply standing upright when he is capable Of
the much more brilliant feat of Cleaning two
ways at once-Winona Republican.
Year: 1875

His progress with the accumulated files
of the Pioneer and Pioneer Press on
his back would be more melancholy than
that of Bunyan's Pilgrim, because, alas,
he would never reach the cross of his de-
liverancc, but would fall by the roadside
buried under the dead weight of such
heavy and crushing load.-Rocheste
Post.
Year: 1875

There We're seventeen of them-ex-
actly seventeen. They marched down
Michigan avenue in double-file-all but
one. He marched alone at the head of
the column. They were noble young
men. They had high foreheads and in
telligent faces, and there was stern,
determined look ON each face-a look
which said that they would die at their
country's call. Were they going forth
to battle? Were they going to the res
cue of some kind sentiment which the
wicked world was trying to blot from
the hearts of menl Were they going to
the succor of the unfortunate and dis
tressed? No, not a cents worth-they
were going out to play base ball. 1t was
an imposing sight to see them march,
march, each form erect, each step in
time, each face bearing that look which
warriors wear when the roar of battle is
loudest. If every one of the seventeen
had been on their way to the woodpile Oh
the corn field the sight could not have
been more grand and thrilling.-Detroi,
Free Press,
Year: 1875

Sidney Smith cut the following from
a newspaper and preserved it for him
self "When you rise in the morning,


form the resolution to make the day a
happy one to fellow creature. 1t is
easily done left off garment to the
man who needs it; kind word to the
sorrowful an encouraging expression to
the striying-trifes in themselves as
light as air-will do at least for the
twenty-four hours. And if you are
young, depend upon it, it will tell when
you are old and if you are old, rest as
sured it will send you gently and happi-
ly down the stream of time to eternity.
By the most simple arithmetical sum,
look at the result. If you send one per.
son away happily through the day, that
is three hundred and sixty-five in the
course of year. And suppose you live
forty years only after you commence tha


course of medicine, you have made IA, COZ
persons happy-at all events fora time. ;
Year: 1875

Mans Singular Undertaking--Pushing


Three Children from New Orleans to


New York in a wheelbarrow.


One day last week man, giving his
name as Harrison Weston, pushing q
wheelbarrow in which lay three little
children, attracted attention on the river
front at Louisville. The man was about
45 years old. One of the children was
boy years old, and the other two
were girls, one of about 4 years and the
other years old. The wheelbarrow
was little wider than the usual article,
and over it were attached hoops. bed
was made in it in which lay the three
little children. The man said that he
had wheeled the vehicle all the way from
New Orleans. Some months ago Wes-
ton said he was compelled to go to st.
Louis from New Orleans. Necessity
drove him to take this method of travel
ing. He placed his children in the
wheelbarrow, and he and his wife
trudged all the way from the one place
to the other, and then back again. A
short time ago he made up his mind to
go to New York in this manner to make
some money. He left New Orleans
some time in April, and with his wife
and his peculiar coach, started for Mem
phis. All his worldly goods were placed
in the wheelbarrow, together with his
three children. In case of rain or cold
they had the proper covering, which
was thrown over the hoops to protect
them. He and his wife logged along,
he wheeling the vehicle. They stopped
at farm-houses and other places on their
route, and arrived in Memphis in May.
At that place his wife died, and he had
to proceed alone with his children. He
left Memphis the 14th of May. He had
been about six weeks on the road, fire.
quently taking long routes in order to
be sure to reach his journeys end. He
said that the elder girl and the boy
walked eighteen miles on Sunday with
out complaining, although both were
barefooted. He told his listeners that
he had walked some days thirty miles,
often for ten miles at time failing to
be free of the wheelbarrow for rest. The
three children were fat and healthy
looking, the girls were dressed in calico
and barefooted, as was also the boy,
who was dressed in a rough suit of cloth
ing. The man was shabbily dressed,
but spoke as if he had some education.
His trip is certainly one of the most re-
markable on record. It is over 800 miles
from New Orleans to Louisville by rail,
but his route must have been much
longer.
Year: 1875

DURING the trial of lawsuit in Indian
apolis the other day, one of the coun-
sci was annoyed by disturbance pro-
ceeding, as he supposed, from party
OF young people seated on one side Of
the room, and sent a request through n
court officer to have them change their
position. AS they made no sign Of
moving in obedience to his suggestion,
Year: 1875

he was beginning to exhibit good deal
of wrath, when a bystander interposed
with the explanation that the obnoxious
party were inmates of the asylum for
deaf mutes, and must be appealed to
through some other sense than that of
hearing.
Year: 1875

THE committee appointed by the
Nashville Cotton Exchange to obtain in
formation and statistics in regard to the
growing crops of the South, express the
belief that the coming harvest, both of
cotton and grain, will be the largest pro-
duced in that section since the war.
Year: 1875

The American team of rifemen in Ire
land seem to be the special favorites of
victory. They not only carried off the
honors at the original match for the
championship, but one of them won the
Spencer cup, subsequently in a match
at a thousand yards. The feeling in
spired even among the Irish people
seems to be that of generous enthusiasm,
though we suspect that any victors but
Americans would hardly have been SO
acceptable. 1t is never easy to submit to
defeat with grace; but the earlier history
of the United States for independence
was so crowded with heroes of Hibernian
birth, that their descendants do not re-
gard us as strangers, and certainly not
possible foes. These pleasant inter-
changes of courtesies, therefore, are
gratifying to witness.