smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

a It was observed at sea that men
IRE never so much disposed to grumble
and mutiny as when least employed.
Hence an old captain, when there was
nothing else to do, would issue an order
to .'scour the anchor"
Year: 1875

Dear Transcript-As your cireula-
tion is net at all limited in Kent CO.,
and as we have all the facilities Of mail
routes, it is net surprising that myself
as well as many others are weekly re-
cipients of the TRANSCRIPT Never be-
fore having felt the occasion Of appear
ing in your columns-I do it now, not
to criticise, but to defend cid Kent, and
more particularly Chestertown, against
false ideas and false impressions, being
impressed upon your readers in your
last number. by person writing under
the name of "A Ripple from the Chesa-
peake An inquiring mind could
easily guess that "A Ripple from the
c." is lady, for ripple you know is
a very soft, delicate little thing, where
a wave assumes greater proportions.
That she is what she terms foreigner
there is little doubt. the nationality
might also be guessed very closely.
Marylanders are generally noted for
their hospitality, and there is an old
and sometimes true saying, that
Marylanders sell what they can't eat,
while Jerseyman eats what be cant
sell Therefore adding this together
with her compassion and sympathy for
the good danes Of Middletown. whose
streets are DETAINED by having cattle
driven through them. we can
easily imagine our fair corrsspon-
dent to be a sweet little frautein,
whose ancestors were originally from
the dear little town Of Brock, where
the streets are never profaned by the
tread of cattle or horse /; but whose
streets are daily swept and secured, by
the thrifty and good people who live
there.


That Middletown is lively and
pleasant little town we are pleased
to admit, but that it surpasses good old
Chestertown with its generous and hos
pitable Inhabitants, we most emphati-
cally deny. And to. tell us openly,
that we are indebted entirely to few
foreigners for all of our improvements,
is enough to make US say Nine Gott with
will As we claim to be posted in
public affairs in the neighbol hood Of
Chestertown, would "a Ripple" be 50
kind as to mention few private and
public improvements that We have, and
to which we are indebted solely from
the efforts of energetic foreigners. Do
please crafty us. I cannot close with
out replying to the very unjust remark
of "a Ripple" about the Kent County
R. R. That the conductor stops the
train for the passengers to gather fruit,
or to 60 fishing. there is not one Of your
readers believes But still the slur
thrown on the road by the writer is
calculated to injure it. have been
ever the road at least twenty times this
winter, and find it we'll conducted with
good accommodations, and Mr. Taylor.
our most worthy conductor, a perfect
| gentleman. Therefore, speaking from
what l know, l think that GA Ripple's'
information in regard to the Kent Co.
R R, is very limited, and if her
knowledge Of Kent county is to be
taken on par with the information
that she has blessed US with, we would
most humbly advise-not to write about
that which we know nothing of.


A WAVE OF THE CHESTER.
Year: 1875

THE Washington correspondent of the
Few York San tsys that Tom Scott's
frierds are very much demoralizsd over
the passage OF the snti-subsidy bill:
"Stiil they claim that it really does not
mean anything. They are confident
that the committee on Pacific railroads
will be favorable TO their scheme, and
expect to get strong report therefrom.
In this, however. they may be disan-
pointed, bat the indications are that
Speaker Kerr will make the committee
as favorable as possible to the enterprise.
1t was noticeable to-day that MIR. Ran
dali was one OF Holman's most active
and earnest supporters, and he was es-
peciaIiy emphatic in bis response of
Aye when his name was reached ON
the roll"
Year: 1875

The Medium will also be secured in an IRON
CAGE, so as to prevent the possibility o.
fraud.


A TABLE RISES FROM THE FLOOR, aud
is suspended In the air upon the open stage.


Don't forget that tbis is the on y Medium
in America that gives manifestations Of
NET, on the open stage, in plain sight OF the
audience.
Year: 1875

A TEXAS MADMAN.-Some months
ago large and powerful-built man went
into the Office Of Judge Smith, of Austin,
Texac, and asked the Judge to send him
him to the lunatic asylum. The man
said he was a dangerous madman, and
not fit to be running around loose. His
appearance of blunt candor did not con
vince the Judge, and he told him that be
could do nothing for shim. The man
went his way. The other day he visited
the office again, and the Judge recogniz-
ed him. There was another man, Mr..
Denton, also in the office, and it was wei
that he was. Judge Smith asked the Wis
itor what he could do for him, and the
visitor drew a long knife and told the
Judge he had come to kill him. Now
big knife in the hands of big man in
man in Texas means something. The
j ldge erasped his heavy cane and Den
ton picked up chair. There was a lively
skirmish, at the end of which several
chairs were broken, the cane was splint-
cred, and the man with big knife was
lying on the floor with a bleeding head.
This time the Judge thought the man
was mad enough to send to the asylum,
and he was accordingly sent.
Year: 1875

THE Modoc county Independent says
that "some people can never take hint.
In our young days when we went to see
young lady and she went off to bed and
left us in the parlor to await her return,
we concluded that it was about our time
to take a walk. But even this gentle
hint failed to have the desired effect on a
couple Of young gentlemen from Doris
Bridge short time ago."
Year: 1875

New HAMPSHIRE has law to fine a
person S. for pointing loaded gun at
anyone, but after loaded gun has pep
pered fellow to death, what amount Of
consolation can be extracted from FIVE
dollar fine?
Year: 1875

II wish l was a kitten, mamma"
said sleepy little Bennie. 81 could
curl up all day by the fire, and play
when liked. I wouldn't have to
go errands or pick up chips, or
anything else | hadn't mind to, l
could lie in bed in the morning, and
when [ got up would be all dress
ed, and wouldn't have to be washed
or combed. Oh, dear, l don't like
to go errands, mamma"


Little Bennie was lying on the
hearth-rug during this whine of his,
with the white kitten by his side;
and as he looked up to his kind
mother, the amused smile on her
face grew mister and fainter until
it entirely disappeared. But what
allied Bennie? He seemed to grow
smaller and smaller; his finger nails
grew pointed and sharp; be felt
smooth and velvety, and he had a
nice long tail which he whisked
ferociously about; for he began to
find out somebody was tormenting
him. Where lay the white kittie
when he began to scold, lay now
boy thatlooked liked him. And, look
ing a; himself, he found he WAS a
white cat, like the one he was tor
menting but a few minntes ago.
Had he got his wish? Oh! wasn't
it nice 10 be akitten, and not have
to work any more, seemed to be
all he could desire. But. if he
could only got away from the great
boy who held him so tight, his fin
gers pressing into his sides, (Which
felt sore and uncomfortable as if
they were in the habit of being
squeeze1. He found, by looking
at his paws, that his nails would
come in and ont, and he wondered
if he couldn't stick them into that
great boys hand that held him so
tight-even in the sound sleep
which he seemed to be enjoying.
For a momen. he felt almost afraid
to make a trial; but he extended
them a little way, making little
mite of a scratch: and still the
great boy slept on. Gathering
courage from this he ploughed them
deeper in the hand that restrained
him, and was duly rewarded by its
letting him free. Oh, wasn't it
nice! He galloped over the soft
carpet, under the chairs, and over
the great sleepy boy who lay by
the fire. In a chair by the window
sat a lady who looked liked his mo-
ther. And she looked at that image
on the floor as ifshe felt sorry about
something. Why! it was his mo-
ther; and he tried to tell her he
was Bennie, but only succeeded in
making a pitiful howl that set the
boy by the fire squirming. His
mother looked at him and said,
"Wbst's the mstser, Kttie!" But
Year: 1875

ABOUT EELs.-The eel season is
now at hand: the recent rains hay
ing started them in the Susquehan


ma and all the creeks and streams
on their fall journey back to tide
water, and the consequence is that
large numbers have been caught in
different parts of the country with
in the past few days. The eel trav


els up stream in the spring, and re
turns down to the salt waters in the
fall, always going in large schools.
There are great many peculiari-
ties connected with the eel that but
few people know Of. For instance.
there are some eight or ten kinds
of them, of which several never
enter into fresh water. Some of
the varieties are, when full grown,
ten or twelve feet in length, weigh
ing one hundred pounds. The kind
here, the common fresh and salt
water eel, is usually from twelve to
twenty-four inches in length. Eels.
it has been proved. have both sexes
in one, and spawn somewhat after
the manner of other fish. Like the
turtle, they can travel out of the water
for some distance, from stream to
stream. so that in almost every rivu,
let, however small, they can be
found. The gills or breathing or
gans. are covered up by most
delicate curtain. which acts like a
valve and a reservoir for water. so
to speak, to keep its gills moist
during the time it is out Of the
stream. It has a heart in its tail,
the same as is known to exist in
the salmon, with pulsations at
about ninety-four to the minute.
Year: 1875

When less than thirty years ago
the examining committee Of the
Boston public schools recommend
cd the introduction OF Physiology
into the department for girls, the
movement occasioned much surprise
and some opposition from the trac!.-
ers. 1t was not their own igno,
rance. Tor most of them were hard
students in other directions. bat
some thought it useless. and many
Of them supposed it to be inlelicate
for young women to be acquainted
with the laws of their own being.


The committee said in their re-
port: "Those parts should be learned
first which are most essential to
the physical, mental, and moral
well-being of the individual A
woman might be an excellent
mother OF family, and yet know
nothing at all about the causes Of
the French or American Revolu-
ton. She could not, except by
accident, bring up her children with
healthy minds and bodies, unless
she were acquainted with the i'm
portance Of pure air and a whole
some diet, and the indispensable
necessity of good physical and NOR
al habits"


In another paragraph they speak
of ''the absurd phenomenon of girls
studying algebra at the moment
when they can find no time !or phy-
siology or the principles of domes-
tic economy; solving equation, be-
fore they have become acquainted
with the importance of pure air and
g healthy digestion; studying the
binomial theorem, while they are
ignorant of the laws of their own
structure as if it were more proba-
bic that they would become practi
cal engineers than practical house
wives: OF makers OF roads and
bridges, than mothers. nurses, OF
teachers of children.


To this one of the teachers ironi-
cally rejoined that they should
have said darncrs Of stockings and
washers Of dishes; for her part she
had something else to do besides
rocking the cradle and singing lul-
laby


Less than two years afterward
this same young lady assumed the
positi N Of wife and housekeeper,
and when a few more vars had
rolled away, I found her the de
voted mother of a half dozen health.
ful and Intelligent girls and boys.
Reminding he: of her indignant
question, DO you think that his
tory, algebra, and other studies are
to be neglected, while we learn the
best way to keep the house in order
or nurse the children ?" she replied.
thoughtfully, "lt is no matter now,
for I have learned those very things I
once so despised, and an still happy;
but if I could not have had my dear
mother to live with me the first few
years and teach me, I might nave
received a punishment I was not
able to bear" You will observe
we do not argue for ignorance in
any other science, for the neglect
of mathematics or languages, paint
ing, poetry, or sculpture. Attend to
these if you have time, taste, and
opportunity; but first Of all, and
far more imperative, study the l1rs
Of Ve.-.Sctence Of Health.
Year: 1875

How THE YoUNG LADY MANAGES IT.
Clerks at glove counters have great
deal to try their patience. For in
stance, very stylish young lady will
take pair of six buttened lavender
kids and wear them to party :; some
times, perhaps she will only put on one.
which when the dance begins. she will
remove to protect it from perspiration.
When she goes home she will carefully
fold the glove in the original creases,
put it between the leaves of the family
bible to press, and the next morning 60
down to the store and tell the clerk
that those gloves he sold her yesterday
are entirely too light, and she would
like to exchange them for a pair Of
three. buttoned in street-colors. By
this means she gets the good Of one
evenin's wear, all she probably cared
for. and new pair besides. Some
times the clerk sees through the plot
and refuses point blank to make the
change. Whereupon the young lady
founces out of the store threatening to
withdraw her valuable custom.
Year: 1875

A strange clock is said to have once
belonged to Hindoo prince. In front
of the clocks disk was gong swung
upon poles, and near it was pile of
artificial human limbs. The pile was
made up of the same number of parts
necessary to constitute twelve perfect
bsdies; but all lay heaped together in
apparent confusion. When the clock
indicated the hour of one, out from the
pile crawled just the number Of parts
needed to form the frame of one man,
part coming to part with quick clink.
and when completed the figure sprang
up, seized mallet, and walking up to
the gong, struck one blow. This done,
he returned to the pile and fell to pieces
again. When two o'clock came, two
men arose and did likewise and at the
hours Of noon and midnight the entire
heap sprung up, and marching to the
gong, struck one after the other, his
blow making twelve in all, then return
ing. fell to pieces as before.
Year: 1875

Afold farmer says :-"When l mar
ried I told my wife she was never to
board hired laborer. Thirty-6ve
years have elapsed and l have stuck to
my agreement I get first class men
by selecting those who have families,
and I give them comfortable homes to
live in. They can board themselves
much cheaper than I can do it 1t
would seem absurd for my wife to
make slave of herself to feed laborers
and do the work of providing them
three meals day, sick or well, and do
the innumerable tasks of drudgery con-
nected with it, in order that my mans
wife should escape and have a good
time Of it. Yet there are thousands of
farmers, we'll to do in the world, who
are wearing out and killing their wives
with this very thing"
Year: 1875

A poor Irish woman applied to a
lady for flower or two to put in the
hands Of her dead infant, and when a
handsome bouquet was handed to her,
she offered to pay for it, which Of
course was declined. when. with look
full Of gratitude. she exclaimed "May
the Lord meet you at the gate Of heaven
with crown of roses !" Nothing could
be more touchingly beautiful as we'll as
peetical.
Year: 1875

GROWTH OF OAKLAND, CALIFoRxrA.-Oak- land is one the most attractive, thriving and rapidly growing cities on the Pacific Coast, and promises, in time, to become a commer- cial point of great importance. Already it stands in about the same relation to San Francisco that Brooklyn does to New York. The most marked feature of fOakland's growth is the building of elegant private residences. The erection of commercial houses will doubt less follow in due time. It has already be- come fashionable for men to live in Oakland and have their business offices and headquar- ters on the other side, and we think it is a fashion that will become more common as time passes Il Stockton Independent
Year: 1875

General Sherman's memoirs are being han dlcd without gloves, on all sides. General Logan, Montgomery Blair, General Hooker and host of others regard them as unfair, and an attempt at aggrandizement at the expense of his late companions in arms. Sherman has always manifested an over bearing spirit, and want of judgment. So that those who have closely watched his career are not astonishcd at this new out break of cgotism. Had not Grant upheld him with that answering tenacity for which he is so noted, Sherman would have been cashiered and perhaps dismissed from the Army on account of his blunder in re- ceiving the surrender of Jo Johnson, and again for his patchwork of the Indian ques- ton in Dakota, immediately after the close of the war.

 The eclat with which his march to the Sea was received, together with the approv- al and encouragement of the Commander-in- Chief, and his subsequent promotion have turned his weak head and impressed him with the idea that he is a second Napoleon There was probably not a Lieutenant in his command that could not have conducted the troops through Georgia as we'll as he did. In fact, there was nothing to do but march, and the wagon-master was more important to the success of the expedition than the commander The troops were intelligent men and knew where they were going, while the mules had to be directed. Still the world gave him credit for great achieve ment, and it would have gone down to his tory as an act of almost unparalleled Gen eralship if he had not written book.
Year: 1875

How sweet is perfect understanding be- tween man and wife. He was to smoke e. gars when he wanted them, but he was to give her ten cents every time he indulged in one. He kept his word, and every time she got fifty cents ahead, he'd borrow it and buy cigars. And so they were happy
Year: 1875

YEARS ago, when the middle aged men of to-day were boys, Horace Greely wrote " It is a great source of consolidation to us. that when the public shall be tired of us as an editor, we can make satisfactory liveli- hood at set ing type or farming, so that while our strength lasts, ten thousand block heads, taking offence at some article they do not understand, could not drive us into the poor house."

 And so many man becomes truly inde- pendent.
Year: 1875

CALIFORNIA has now such an opportunity to advertise herself as was never offered her be- fore. Nebraska ana Kansas petition her to send enough barley to seed their desolate fields. We hope she will answer the call that both wheat and barley will be sent. Every farmer of California can afford to give bushel of each-some, great deal more. If it is sent it will not be lost to the gyers. Such wheat and barley as California produ- ces is not raised beyond the Rockey Mountains and when the men of Kansas and Nebraska look at it, it will be talked about fl om one end of that distressed land to the other, and the result will be that many a one will break away as soon as he can get means, and search out the State where there is no winter, and where no storms or frosts disturb the har- vests. In this way California can exchange her grain for men, and thus this grain ship ped beyond two ranges of mountains will, in its own good time, spring up and swell the harvest of California; Virginia Enterprise.
Year: 1875




Aug 10, 1875.
o the Editor u THE woRKrSsNASs Advocate


Sir The miners here, after twenty
nine weeks struggle, have been defeated,
not through any lack Of energy or perse-
verance uf theirs no other class of men
could have put forth more energetic and
persistent efforts than the miners Of Clay
County have done during the the strike
Just now ended They have not been beat
their employers and their capital, but
.hrough the willing servIle tools-miners
who have been in large numbers import
ed daily here, till our gallant soldiers have
been completely swamped or swallowed
up.


The miners met in mass at Cardonia on
the 18th inst, and after conside able dis
cussiun pro and con as to the advisablhty
of carrying on the strike. motion to hold
to the former resolutions, to fight TO the
bitter end, was voted upon, giving large
majority in favor Of continuing the con
test. but there being some fears and dis
satisfaction expressed, which caused the
question to be reconsidered. Then the
question Of giving up the strike was voted
upon by ballot. The majority, although
not 50 large, was still in favor If main
tanning the strike, and an endeavor was
made % get the vote made unanimous, but
failed So under the circumstances, the
majority very reluctantly and with Nsid-
cradle hesitation gave way, and offered a
resolution which was carried, and termins~
ted their twenty nine weeks strike They
then selected five for an auditlng commit
tee, and passed a resolution that whatever
little money which had not been dlstribu-
ted was to be retained by the district pres
ident until further orders. 1t has been a
painful duty on our part TO record the de
feat Of men who have courageOusly strug-
gled for better results and while the ma
jority Of them could not realize the real
situation, and we're unwilling to give it up,
III Jul oNil JuhEclIcilts III the idCc " ShSA
a food Of imported miners it could not
now, or two or three months hence, terml-
mated otherwise.


Under such a disaster to all our well
meant and best directed Efforts to the in
terests Of the miners Of Clay County and
the Western mining regions generally, We
pray God TO save and protect our men
from the dire consequences that must fol
low our defeat. And We humbly ask our
friends who have contributed to our aid to
accept from us, in behalf of gallant men,
who were forced to succumb to tyranny
through the efforts Of willing slaves, their
most sincere and heartfelt gratitude for
their contributions of aid and for favors
received


Yours, Respectfully,


ROBERT LINN.
Year: 1875

The other day we said of Champlin of
Blue Earth


But he was elected by the votes of political
party, and every man elected on the same
ticket with him participated in that caucus
except himself; but he wonld not; ;--he fitted
about like bat between both parties, lousy
nd lonely, we mean the bat.


Now nothing could be palmer than
that we meant the bat, For it3is well
known fact in natural history that bats
are lousy. But the Unsuitable Champlin
steps to the fore and insists that we
meant him. He disputes the honors
with the bat; he would rob the poor bat
even of it's well-earned reputation. BE
it so. He shall have no quarrel with
us over little thing like that. We
hand over the bat to his tender mereies
he may eat him if he wants to. We
now move to amend the paragraph by
striking out the words, "we mean the
bat"


4 is Champlin now happy?
Year: 1875

Probably one-third of the wheat ftrmArs of
this State make practice OF threshlng their
grain from the shock, which saves some labor
and time, and to do this they are obliged to cut
and shock the grain and let it stand and dry
before threShing. This year it has demonstra-
ted clearly 10 every farmer who takes care OF
his grain IN this way, how foolish and careless
the method. In the midst Of their cutting the
heavy rains came on and now about one-fifts
OF their gram Is spoiled, when il would have
been saved had 1t been stacked the same day il
was cut Donnelly is so eager to take up any
censure against the farmers, that he slops over
to an alarming extent -Chisago Coantu. Post.


The blunderhead that wrote this does
not understand that if you have a thresh-
ing machine ready you can thresh YOUR
wheat as soon as you can stack it. In
many cases large farmers finished cut
ting one day and had the thresher in the
field ready to commence the next MORN
ing, when the rains came on They had
time neither to thresh nor stack. The
richest lands are the heaviest and con-
sequently the slowest. Farmers who
had but fifty acres or so of wheat on
warm loamy soils could get through and
stack before the rains; but this was moi
the case with the large farmers on the
best soils.


But it is amusing to hear these embry.
otic lunk-heads telling the farmers. what
to do. This Post man says: I'm the