smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

IT SEEMS that a Mr.. Mahrenholz.
an American has devised plan for
utilizing the remains of his deceased
fellow creatures by converting their
skins into leather. He has lately
tanned the hide of a respectable
workingman who lost his life by
lamentable accident, and the value
OF whose skin was an immense boon
to his disconsolate widow and chill
dren. A pair of boots manufactured
from the skin of this illfated laborer
have been deposited in the Smith
sonion Institute at Washington.
where they excite much interest and
attention. 1t is proposed by the in
ventor to exhibit the boots at the
Centennial Exhibition. The leather
is remarkable for its softness and
pliancy, and takes a good polish,
but its wearing qualities have yet to
be proved. The general impression
appears to be that it is hardly adapt
ed for rough work, such as that of
sportsmen or pedestrian tourists.
but for evening wear at the theater
OF in the ballroom it will he found
far more comfortable than boots and
shoes made of the ordinary leather
Some little prejudice, it's expected,
will have to be overcome before the
new leather is taken INTO general
use.


/ Farmer at Cohoes. New York
dreamed that he was feeding his
COWS the other night, and that sud
denly one of them reached over and
whispered in his ear. Il am going
to set fire to this she'd" He SAYS
that he looked at the COW in aston
ishment, hut she kept on repeating
it over and over again until he woke.
and his dream was so wildly before
his minds eye that he went out to
the barn to see the COW that told
him she would set the barn on fire.
He went cautiously into the stall of
the would-be incendiary, and.
strange to relate. he discovered a
blaze of light in the manger. He
still thought he was dreaming. and
pinched himself, but it was useless
he was wide awake and there was
fire. He rushed for pail of water
that stood by the door and soon had
the fire out. This seems to be a
case for DIR. Carpenter, or for the
man that looks after the liars.
Year: 1876

Don't be afraid of little fun at
home. good reople Don't shut up
your house lest the sun should fade
yonr carpets, and your hearts, lest a
hearty langh shonld shake down some
Of the mnsty old cobwebs there. If you
want to ruin your sous. let them think
that all mirth and socinl ENJOYMENT
must be left on the Threshold without
when they cone home at night. If
enjoyment is not found at home. it will
be sought elsewhere.


Intelligent housemaid- "Oh. please,
Miss. there was young gentleman
called when you was out. He d'dr t
leave no card. Miss, but can show YOU
who he is, causs there's three of his
photographs in your album"


According to Glasgow savant it
takes one thousand eight hundred years
for seam Of coal one foot thick to
form. When yonr wife falls over the
coal sen tie j'i~t mention this fact ~ You
rub oil On her nose
Year: 1876

The reorganization Of the Democratic
Association with Hon. CHAs. B. LORE,
at its head, with the able and efficient
corps of officers at his back, looks like the
Democracy of Wilmington were going to
work in earnest. When politics will be
regarded as it should, as the work of pat
riotism, we shall have more purity at our
elections, and purer men will be placed
in Office. The wholesale senseless and
baseless denunciation of politics, political
parties and those who worked for the ad-
vancement of the country's interest, by
the Independent Press, has done more to
put in power the men who disgrace the
country than any other cause. 1t is duty
that now deyolves on the Democrats tc
make politics honest and honorable. and
honorable and respectable people will
fall into line.
Year: 1876

In order 10 understand the startling
growth Of the public expenditures, which
have 'ex panded in proportion TO the cor
ruption and prodigality under Republican
rule, it is only necessary to compare the
cost of carrying ON the Government before
the civil war with the cost since then. The
four years of bloody strife are left out OF
view. because the conditions were abnolm-
al and ought not to be applied to a state
of peace. The figures are taken from the
last report Of the Secretary of the Treas
ury, and they will be found eminently
instructive. They show the total expen-
ditures Of the Government for the peroid
Of seventy one years before the civil war,


and nine years since it ended:
Year: 1876

Abou, hali-past eleven O'Clock last night man
named James Kelly shot himself with pistol In front
OF the lower end Of the Post Once building, the bullet
taking effect in tho left breast, little 10 the right Of
the left nipple. He taken 10 tho Twenty sixth
precinct station bousc and the wound examined by
police surgeon There was only very small hole and
mark OF outward bleeding. and the ball seemed
have passed straight Inward just above tho heart The
said he lived At the Soldiers Homo 10 Newark and
that his mother lives At No liz West Twentieth street.
New YORK when questioned As 10 why he had shot him
sell he answered, gruly, that his stump bother
ing him and he wanted TO die, !" auding 10 the stump
Of his eft arm, which he lost Ia the lie said he
hac served In Kearneys brigade. and was very sorry
he was "kiled with poor kearney.n lie had t2l 20
in his possession and asked particularly what the
amount and gave particular directions
10 have ID ecnt 10 his mother lie stated
that be was thirty three years Of and unmarried but
the or tho Third avenue cars states that just
before the act committed Kelly Informed hum that
bis family botherng him, and that he was going
70 shoot himself he had evidently been drinking
turing the day, bat st could not be said 10 be noxi-
Gated


He was taken 10 the New York Hospital, and at
late hour was ia q very precarous condition
Year: 1876

The subject of the danger of overcrowdng excursion
boats in this port frequently alluded to In these
columns last summer To prevent recurrence of
these dangerous proceedings the United States Board
of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels at their
cent meeting in Washington agreed for the future that
only passengers shall be allowed for each vessels
registered ton. This rule only applies for the sea-
board. 500 ton vessel will be allowed, therefore, to
carry 900 passengers the of the Hudson and


in the harbor, and less il going up the Sound and still


less If going outside Sandy Hook, at the discretion OF
the Board of Local Inspectors. life preserver will
have to be furnished for each pass cngcr and large
complement OF boats than hitherto The overcrowding
OF about twenty excursion steamers plying this har
Dor and on the Providence River down to Rocky Point
is to be stopped during the coming summer Treas
ury order to the above ELECT will shortly be Issued
Year: 1876

p9-NoTICE TO CAPTAINS OF VESSELS ENTERING
THE PORT OF NEW YORK AT NIGHT-The NEW YORK
HERALD has adopted distinguishing Cos:on night signal for
board the HERALD yacht showing while burn
ing the coors red red changing from tho other
In succession and be several miles distant Cap
Trims OF vessels seeing this signal will obge by
preparing any arine they may have for the Ship
News Department OF the HkaALp


z5-Pesons desirous Of communicating with vessels arrv
ing New York do by addressing such vessels
of HERALD yacht pier No East River New York
Letters received from all of the world and promptly do
Nvered Duplicates required
Year: 1876

only important business under consideration was the
question OF resumption the Goth inst II was do
olded to at that time, and committee vas ap
pointed confer the subject with the Lehigh Board
Prices for the year have not vet been adopted The
Board awaiting the action of President Gowan, OF
the Reading Railroad, on the subject This question
will probably be settled next week. II Is thought the
Reading Railroad will make reduction OF ten per cent
on the tolls OF the past wear
Year: 1876

About four O'CLOCK yesterday afternoon an unknown
man, about forty Eve years old. committed suicide in
closet Of No las East Third street by shooting himself
through the head with sngle-barrellcd pistol He
was clean shaved about tvc SIX inches hIgh and
dark clothes and old pair OF boots The body
removed 70 the horguc and word the
Coron mice
Year: 1876

Cornely. It's a cross, but I must bear
it."


He kissed Cornelia and departed, and
since that day COrnelia has had ample
time 10 acknowledge to herself that she
made a slight mistake in whiting down
the record of her age in the family Bible,
and to weigh against the advantages OF
those ten additional years the advantages
of q husband and a fortune.
Year: 1876




The New Orleans DEMOCRAT has it,
Some time since II said


The Democrats in every section Of th" STATE
have learned the utter futiitv of attempting f,
accomplish any good end by CONCESSIONS Of
principles or by compromises Of any character
The cordial acceptance OF this fact IL tho first
prerequisite Of victory. because II means tho
solid. compact resQlute. desperate organization
of tho people for the redemption Of the State.


Yes, fellow citizens, 1.-The solid, com
pact, resob,te. desperate organizations Of
Tie PEOPLE" is what we have In More
house, and with it we will win. The
laggard in the good work will be spot
ted. Men cannot sit on the fence.
They must come to the front and show
thefr hands, This is no time for milk
and cider men. We mean business
dctire business and every one who Is
not with tis and Of us. is an enemy. and
we will so regard him.


Again. the Democrat says:


There is. however we believe. enough true
and d untless manhood left in the State TO make
o stand and rally To our banners. all the faint of
heart all who ha " not Already sod honor.
manhood country. for some dirty little office OF
the promise Of ono. Louisiana now needs all
the devotion, courage and patriotism of her
people aud he is but rcrreant who refuses to
fight her battle.


Yes. only those who have sold honor,
manhood, country. for some dirty little
Office, or the promise Of one" will fail
to respond in this hour Of Louisiana s
need Brave hearts and stout arms will
win us the victory, rs surely as God
reigns on high. We intend to make the
Radical leaders quake from Arkansas to
the gulf BE it so
Year: 1876

is that the whole truth about
these affairs shall be told. and we


insist that the Republican shall here
after tell Athe truth about them.


We efe Determined that 1t shall do SO
inAthis panyass. But II it still persists
IN tts Infamous policy of misrepresent-
ing the white people Of Louisiana, we
shall follow It UP step by step exposing
its falselhoods ; and II there survives any
sense Of honor in It's editors bosom, we
shalt force him to the truth, or to skulk
through this city branded as a falsifier
and malignant defamer of the people
among whom he lives. and who, in q
spirit Of Christian charity. tolerate an


odious existence which is an offense to
society and u scourge Of their Interests.
Year: 1876

In consequence Of the continued dry
spell, the waters OF Cooper river have
become materially effected by the salt
water from below, and planters are un-
able on the lover plantations to get a
proper flow of ffesh water for their
Young rice. It is stated that a portion
OF the young growth is suffering to q
considerable extent from this cause. -
TCharieston News and Courier.
Year: 1876




Apropos OF the coming to New Orleans
Of an honest Congressional committee
to investigate the acts and affairs OF
Federal officials in Louisiana, we would
again suggest the overhauling of Her
wigs ' Soft Soap factory at this city.
It Is matter OF undisguised public no
an Illicit distillery at this place q few
years ago and making fraudulent re-
turns to the effect that he was manu-.
featuring soft soap. Friend Knicker-
bocker's COW used to eat up the mash,
and there aSe numbers OF gentlemen
here who know positively that Herwig
was distiling whisky. The man is here
yet who used to ship it for him, and the
clerk Of the revenue Office is here who
used to receive the "soft soap" reports.
The facts can be proven viii the
DEMOCRAT assist in pressing this matter
before the Congressional Committee
Year: 1876

A young woman down town i'm
agined that a young man who had
been very attentive to her for six
months, had deserted her, and an old
woman of her acquaintance advised
her what to do. take one of his
letters, the very sweetest of all that
he ever sent you, and put lock of
your hair in it ana then put it back
into the envelope. Go TO the White
Spot, and on your way up hunt
piece of thin witch hazel wood. Here
the old woman gave full description
of this mysterious bush. "Then
come back and try to remember n
place where he kissed you standing
ON the ground. AS near as you can
remember, bury the letter, lock of
hair and witch hazel right on the
spot where he stood and kissed you,
and let it remain there three days"


The young woman followed the old
woman's advise, cut off a lock OF her
hair, went and procured the witch
hazel, and then she set to thinking
where she had last been kissed. She
could call to mind no outside kiss
that she had received from him, ex-
cepting one that he gave her one
night while they were walking down
Canal street toward Bingaman, OPP
posite the Eckert fire brick works.
Four nights ago she repaired thither
with a trowel that she borrowed, aud
she quickly buried the articles. The
third night was last night, and she
went to watch that little grave. What
she saw she afterwards related to the
old woman. She said she saw sparks
of fire shoot up from the ground.
"All right" said the old conjurer,
"his conscience is burning and tor
turing him. He'll be back in less
than ten days. Be of good cheer. On
the third night go and get your
things out of the ground and bury
them under the caves of your house
some where, so that the rain drops
will fall over them" And that is how
the young woman tested the fidelity
of her negligent lover. - Reading
EG1Ip
Year: 1876

Well, we are lazy in Norfolk, that's
q fact. But there is no need oi
working here. If man has energy
enough to dig a worm he can take a
pinhook and sit down on the wharf
and catch fish enough in one day to
last him two. II he is too lazy to dig
a worm he can tie piece of flannel
rag on string and catch crabs
enough to last him a day or two, and
if he is too lazy to tie piece Of fan
mel to string he lays down on his
back on the sand at ebb tide, opens
his mouth, and when the tide comes
in the crabs run into it. What
need is there of work i'm a country fol
which nature has done so much?-
From North Carolina Letter.
Year: 1876

robbing bank, of selling my dead
aunt to a medical college, and of
holding the doctrine that the whale
didn't swallow Jonah, and that when
Moses crossed the Red sea he pad
died over in boat The Argus said
that if my wife dared to tell how /
treated her the community would be
filled with horror, but anybody might
see for themselves who would notice
that her back hair was all thinned
out. And it said that / had a wen on
my leg that untitled me for active
duty anyhow, even if had not for
feited all claim to public confidence
by turning my grandfather out of
doors when he was dying OF con-
sumption, and then setting my dog
on him and making the aged man
roost in a mulberry tree on the cold
est night last winter for fear of being
eaten up.


People began to avoid me on the
street. The general impression pre-
vailed that / was a desperate and
hardened villain. 1 might have stood
that, but you know the way they lev
led on me for expenses was awful.
There was brass band. kept that
band in luxury for three months; and
it used to come around and serenade
me three nights in the week, and
wake all the babies in the neighbor-
hood. L lost 200 votes in consequence
OF those wakened babies. Then the
club would come and call me out for
a speech, and when / would get
through L would have to ask them in
to feed, and they would stay there
and how until four o'clock in the
morning, and get drunk and fight and
smash the furniture and bleed over
the carpets. Then they would assess
me for a mass meeting and adjourn.
l handed out cash for posters and
rum aud brass bands and barbecues
and fireworks and torch light process
sions and transparencies and for flags,
and the Argus all the time accusing
me Of buying up votes and having re-
peaters ir my pay.


"The night of the election the brass
band and club came around to con-
gratulate me on my success,and after
having final spree and concluding
with a riot in the parlor, 1 went to
bed, glad L had won anyhow. The
first thing saw in the Argus in the
morning was the announcement that
the hoary- headed chicken -stealer had
been beaten by 1000 majority, and
would have to keep his eccentric nose
at home, and rejecting that a free
people would never elect to respon-
sible Office man who would tree his
consumptive grandfather and traffic
in the remains of his aunt. So that
lets me out in politics. When / run
for Office again you chuck me right
into an insane asylum. ."-Philadel-
phid Bulletin.
Year: 1876

1t was just after the fall election
that we met him. His name was not
Stretch, but we will so designate him
He poured his sorrowful story in the
ear of an attentive listener:


"No, sir; I'll never run for Office
again, said Mr.. Stretch. "You know
when they came and asked me il PC
accept a nomination in the Legisla.
ture they told me that the whole
community wanted me to run, and
that / was certain TO be elected, be-
cause l was a man whose character
was so good that nobody could find
fault with it. / thought so myself
and agreed to run, and accordingly
they nominated me. Well. sir, the
very next morning the Argus came
out with an assertion that had been
detected in stealing chickens, and il
gave a full history OF the case, to-
gether with pictures Of the chickens
and after darkly limiting that since
abandoning chicken stealing / had
been continually engaged in other
forms OF robbery, it asked il the peo-
pie OF this State wanted to see q
chicken thief making laws for them
And the mischief of it was that / did
hook couple OF chickens from my
grandmother's coop when / was a
small boy, but how'n the thunder they
ever found it out beats me. 1t was
fifty-two years ago.


Now, look at my nosel 1t amt
much of "a nose for beauty, is it?
know well enough that its crooked
But nobody ever alluded to it until j
was nominated, and then the Argus
said that there was tradition, that j
had my nose mashed around sideways
during my career as a prize fighter,
although some people insisted that
had run ii hard against door while
was drunk. And then all the illus
trated papers in the State began to
publish pi lures of me with nose
like the jib-sheet of an oyster sloop,
only twisted around sideways; and
one of them said that when L sneezed
on the front porch the concussion
acted like boomerang and blew the
back door open.


"And then they tackled me about
my war record. You know 1 was out
with the militia. And the Argus
published "a letter from man who
said that during the battle of Gettys-
burg / was hid in a refrigerator i'm a
cellar in the town, pretending that j
was ordered there to mount guard
over some rations of cold beef. And
the Argus asserted that the only
man9vre / was ever good at was fall
ing back; that whenever the enemy
was expected to be approaching al
ways made bee-line for Nova Scotia
and never turned up until after the
fight but once, and then we wer sur
prised, and l fired my musket so wild
ly that L shot our own colonel i'm the
leg and surrendered to an Irishman
who belonged to our regiment and
who came up to me to borrow a plug
of tobacco. To tell the truth | wasn't
much Of a fighting man, but how in
the mischief they found out about
that refrigerator gets me. Awful, isn't
it? / wouldn't have minded it sc
much only they got up a poster and
stuck it around the street and headed
it Stretch's War Record and put on
it picture of me with a monstrous
lopsided nose sitting inside that re.
frigerator gnawing at bone out ol
the roast beef.


"And then, as the campaign went
along, they accused me of having de.
lirium tremens, OF beating my wife
of wiping my nose on my sleeve, o.
Year: 1876

She South Carolina Democratic
convention did not instruct its dele
gates to the National convention.
Each has his own preferences, but
will most likely vote for the candi-
date most likely to win.
Year: 1876

| am very thankful to the people OF Mar
shall county. for their patronage for the
past ten years. and hope you will all con-
tinue TO come and see me at my New Store
when you want any Goods in my line.
such as
Year: 1876

Commenting upon the announce
ment that Messrs. JARVIS, ENaELHARD
and HERMAN will speak at Currituck
Court House on next Saturday. the
Norfolk FrQiaaida expresses the opin-
ion that there will be lively time in
the Old North State from this date
until election. It thinks all the signs
point to complete and overwhelming
Democratic victory and commends our
example to the consideration of the
good people of the Old Dominion. 1t
says:


We presume that, having once put
foot i'll stirrup, they will move steadily
on i'll the good work, until the battle
shall be fought and the victory won
The gallant and indomitable Vance
will doubtless be heard all over the
State; and woe betide the luckless
knight who may encounter his stirring
eloquence, his withering sarcasm and
his irresistible wit With leader
like Vance, and with such lieutenants
as Jarvis and Kenan and Engel-
hard, we expect to witness most Wig
o,ous campaign in our neighboring sis
ter State. The canvass will be hot and
ively;and from the heimpetus that the able
and dashing leaders of the party will
give to the general democratic senti
ments. we confidently predict that the
State will he swept as with whirlwind
and that the democracy will prove vic
torious in the approaching election by
q majority unprecedented in the annals
Of the State ,ince the war.


We rejoice at the political prospect
in North Carolina. We recognize un-
mistakable omens of success in the
pluck and zeal with which her De-
mocracy have launched out into the
canvass. They have buckled on their
srmor at the first word of Command,
and have dashed into the fight like
men determined to win brilliant VIC
tory.


While we admire the promptness
and energy of our friends in North
Carolina, we desire to commend their
example to the imitation of our own
people. Let US profit by it. Is it lot
time that We too were moving Have
We not great work to do and is it
not time that we were ''up and doiug?"


Let us sound the tocsin. Let us have
a grand ratification meeting to endorse
our national ticket, and let us grid on
our armor and march on to battle and
to victory side by side with our breth-
rem of North Carolina and the other
Democratic .,tates.
Year: 1876

The importance Of thorough organ
ization in this campaign cannot be
overestimated. Victory or defeat in
November next will depend upon how
we dispose of this question of orgsni-
cation. This fact ought to be known
and appreciated. But this is not the
only fact necessary to be known and
appreciated, for it is a fact that there CAN
be no efficient organization without
gond active energetic men as members
of the Township Executive committees
Has this matter been attended to :?
What say our friends in Baden and
Brunswick ? Have you got good men
in your Township Executive Commit
tees, men who intend to keep a sharp
lookout for the good of the party in
their nelghborhoods until after the
elections? If not, see to it ut once
that there is a Township Executive
committee in each Township.


Nor is there any time for delay. If
We would get organized in time to do
effective work we must begin now. If
there is ne Township Executive COM
mittee in any township let one be ap~
poinied at once and Eegin to report to
the County Executive committee the
condition of affairs. This is the way
to do the work and now is the time,
We might as well make up our minds
first as well as last. that the campaign
which we are entering will be no
child's play.