smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

O nalI from the mouse, and the blocks are nOated
along 1t until they reach the apron OF the elevator.
frozen water that tinkle muscay against the sides
OF our tumblers as, thirsty ana heated we take
summer cobbler, are collected.


And now, coming back to the beginning OF this
seasons Are we for another year to be the Victims
OF she Knickerb0ckef and Washington ice compa
niesf0rced to pay exOrbitant for the meanest
dlrtest 'sn0wiesp' ice that was ever offered to an
American housekeepers Are there already any valid
excuses for our being supplied with the same nsera
BILE article and at the extorronate rate as last
Year, For, after all, our only possible supply is
supply OF natural ice Wherever the artificial artt
Gle has been tred-in Australia or the East Indies


1t has proved altogether too rotten and bubby be
brought into common use.


So Tar as


OF the Ice as yet harvested Is concerned there is in
deed, but little ground for apprehension The last
cold snap came on so suddenly and sharply that In
four or nve days the river was covered with ten or
eleven foot sheet OF ice, untatnted with snowflake
and unframed by any intermediate thaw. There
never certainly was more favorable beginning
Qf the season. In sober earnest, the words OF my
1rst informant proved true wherever went along
cheerful report was Nven-that the ice was the best
that had been seen for many years, clear as dia.
mond and sound as a dollar.


But


OF the past two or three days has unfortunately,


not been confined 10 New York, and for the present
the business OF Ice gathering IL completely stopped
How much Ice had been gathered before II set In 1t
would be impossible TO estimate Most OF the ice


houses could NOT be filed than twelve or four
steady days Of hard, uninterrupted work
They are, therefore, only 0ne-fourth full
and some oil them are even further behind than
that But " the tcehouses are onJ bali qlled the
Year: 1871

THERE is NOTHING IN THIS WORLD nicer


than gratitude, particularly where the pos


SCISSOR of it is a handsome woman and a sen
sible cne, and widow at that. Late New


York papers gave the romance of just such a


woman as this. She came from Liverpool In


1859, with her husband, William Young. The


pair moved to New Jersey, aud finally, In
1870, to Cincinnati. One day William went


out from their home in the latter place to


mail letter, and he has not returned to this
| day. Mrs. Young was without friends and
| money in Cincinnati, and the circumstances


in which she found herself placed were not
| such as to inspire confidence. She kecame


convinced finally that her husband was dead,
and, having a sister in Missouri, she managed
to reach that State. There Certain papers


were discovered showing that her husband


had been an Odd Fellow in high sanding.


The fraternity assisted her TO New York. The
Odd Fellows Of that city were applied to ior


aid to enable her to return to her home In
England, and Sir Knight Julian K. Larke, Q


wellknown journalist, TO facilitate matters,
went from lodge to lodge in her behalf until
he had secured enough money 10 pay her pas.
| sage across the ocean. With heart full OF


gratitude she accepted the aid and went home.
There she found a legacy awaiting her, amply


sufficient to place her beyond want for the


rest Of her days. She could not forget broth
er Larke, however. She embarked Tor New
York on the first steamer that lett Liverpool
after the necessary business bad been tIaus-
acted, and reached the former city on WASH
ington's birth day. We need cely tell The
rest. Brother Larke was not insane, and the
marriage few days since, was about the
grandest affair of the season. We exceeding
ly regret to add that brother Lake was q
widower and the father of five lchildren; bus


that fact, after all, only enhanced the beauty
and value OF the gratitude felt by his amiabls
wife. And now, we suppose, no unprotected
woman anywhere will find herself without
| friends for some time to come
Year: 1871

BY the sheer force of decomposition. There
Is no earthly reason why Lord Granville and
Mr.. FIsh-England being In reality now the
only country with which we have international
mplications-instead of communicating
through mediums which obviously, as the
Fish and Motley correspondence shows, rather
impede than promote the progress Of negotia-
lions. The same applies to all other coun-
tries. All that are needed are commercial or
consular agents for the transaction of routine
business, while all other matters may be
easily disposed of by direct intercourse
between the respective Ministers of Foreign
Affairs. The old school of diplomacy was
needed in the pro-steam and PROBABLE periods,
when the paucity Of international communica-
tion required diplomatic agent on the spot
and cumbrous machinery Of red tape and
circumlocution. But at the present day fossil
diplomacy belongs to the rubbish Of bygone
ages. It may still serve sinister purpose in
pandering to aristocratlc prejudices and in
vaunting even In q republic the soiled
plumage Of kingcraft 1t may by its dinner
parties create gastronomic interest, and daz-
zle silly girls and parvenu dowagers with the
glitterlng tinsel Of its ribbons and its stars;
but as vital institution it has become as OBJ
solete as an old Dutch sailing vessel for the
transport OF the transatlantic mail or the old
Courier and Enquirer after the NEW YORK
HERALD brought every morning to every bed
side and breakfast table, at the dawn of
morning, all the news of the wsrld on which
the evening before had set.
Year: 1871

POLICE SURGEONS AND MoRE PAY.-We
understand that movement is on foot among
the police surgeons to have their pay increased
by the present Legislature. The police sur
geons, we consider, are amply remunerated
for the services they perform, and an applica-
ton for greater remuneration would be as un-
reasonable in request as it would be unjust to
the taxpayers. 1t has become too much
custom Of late for every petty offce-holder to
have his salary increased on application. ''Oh,
stick it in the tax levy, and that's all thereM
be about it" is the cry. 1t Is time that this
kind of thing should stop. The police surgeons
of this city are far better paid than the sur
geons Of the United States Army, and if they
are not satisfied with the pay they now receive
let them resign, and their places, no doubt,
can be filed by men quite as capable as those
now holding those positions
Year: 1871

ending of her ilibustering venture. She
landed her cargo and lighting material at
Punta Bravo on Friday, but Spanish force
Immediately pounced upon them, captured the
whole cargo, killed some of the flibusters and
put the rest to fight. The Hornet herself sue
ceeded in getting away unscathed.
Year: 1871

THE NEW GEORGIA SENATORS will probably
be Miller and Hill. Foster Blodgett, who is
more complete radical than these two, is in
sore distress at the prospect of his rejection,
and is dodging about Washington trying to
secure his election among the Senators there
as he secured it among the legislators-by
pulling negro wool over their eyes.
Year: 1871

BEN WADE will be in the city to-day. 1t is
good to have the old war horse about and in
public life again. He carries about him an
air OF political robustiousness that seems to be
just the thing for the st. Domingo business,
and would be an excellent Ingredient in our
foreign affairs generally.
Year: 1871

SENATOR ABBOTT is fully determined to
contest the election of Senator Vance from
North Carolina. The latter is plastered all
over with disabilities, and is not likely to
make any better 6Qht than any other. disabled
soldier.
Year: 1871

The story of Boss Tweed's life would
hll book if told in detail. And vet it
may be fully told in a single sentence ::
he began at the bottom with nothing;


no joined an engine company, and work
ed into ward politics; he wanted Office
ana power, and got both by diligence in
Year: 1871

The proprietor of this celebrated medi-
cine justly claims for IL u superiority over
all remedies ever offered to the public for


the safe, certain, speedy, and permanent
cure of Ague and Fever, or Chills and Fever,


whether of short or long standing. He re-
fers to the entire Western and Southwest


ern country to bear him testimony to the
truth of the assertion, that in no case what
ever will it fail TO cure, if the directions are
strictly followed and carried out. Ia a
great many cases a single dose has been
sufficient for "a cure, and whole families
I have been cured by single bottle, with a
perfect restoration OF the general health.
Ii is, however, prudent, and in every case
more certain to cure, if its use is continued
in smaller doses for a week or two after the
disease has been checked, more especially in
difficult and long standing cases. Usually,
this medicine viii not require any aid to


keep the bowels in good order; should the


patient however, require a eathartic medi-


cine, after having taken three or four doses


of the Tonic, single dose Of BULL S VEG


ETBALE FAMILY PILLS win be sufficient.
Year: 1871

HORSE stealing is becoming so COM
mon in this State that an exchange hopes
the Democratic convention, which meets
next May, will nominate man for Gov
ernor who has no pardon in his soul.
-Four years administration Of such a
Governor will have q desired effect.
Year: 1871

POPULAR FALLAcIF:.- That you can re-
ceive one dollar Z. day, spend two, and get
rich, That tue man who can't pay for his
breakfas: can raise the money to go into II
circrs. That to do a man one favor, and
refuse him another, won't make him twice
',s mad as if you had refused him the first


That when friend presents you hound it
will cost you nothing. That next years
taxes will be lighter, That every other man
is to die but you. That if you have good
cause in love, war or law, pitch in, you are
hound to win, That when you buy horse,
he will be certain to turn out as represented.
That if you always say what you think you
will win the regard Of the entire community.
Year: 1871

THE Danbury Ne,rs sup. .ment that story
,bout the girl in South Norwalk who caught
husband by writing her name and address
IN the lining of hat she was trimming
with the following: "This is an old trick
played by several Of our girls, one of whom
IN particular had an eventful experience.
She stitched her name inside the lining of Il
hat beneath the statement: 81 am thine
wilt thou be mne?" and sent it adrift.
After various vicissitudes it was purchased
ny gentleman, and took position on hi
head. One day the lining became loose,
md in endeavoring to fasten it his eye rested
upon the sentiment and name, and he invol-
UNFAIRLY exclaimed, 'D--n fool When
Martha returned to her home that day she
was taken to a retired part Of the cottage
md warmed with strap. The gentleman
who got the hat was her father"
Year: 1871

A MECHANIC who called to pay his sub
scription to the PdtriOt, few days since,
said "One little paragraph which l saw
in your paper twenty years ago, has been
worth to me all my subscriptions paid you
since that time. We asked him what the
,rticle was. lie said, the directions how to
easily remove rusty screws from wood The
method is this Apply hot iron to the
screw head. The whole screw will soon be
heated, and can be easily removed. For
the benefit of other mechanics we republish
his
Year: 1871

TO Colon KIDD GLovEs.-P handful
of logwood into bowl, cover with alcohol,
and let it soak until it looks strnng-one
day, perhaps. Put one glove on the hand
dip a small woolen cloth or sponge into the
liquid, wet the glove all over, rub it dry
and hard until it shines, and it will be nice
purple. Repeat the process, and it will be
black.
Year: 1871

A MARRIED lady who was in the habit of
spending the most of her time in the society
f her neighbors, happened one day to be ta-
ken III. and sent her husband in great haste
for physician, The husband ran short
distance. and then returned. exclaiming,
"My dear, where shall fad you when
come back?"
Year: 1871

The FOLLY OF ATTEMPTING TO CONTINUE
YouNe.--Once for all, there is no misery 80
distressful as the desperate agony Of trying to
keep young when you can't. know an old
bachelor who has attempted it. His aifec-
.ation Of youth, like all sffectations, is mel
ancholy failure. He is vapid young man
of fifty. He plies innocent young ladies
with the pretty compliments and soft nothings
iu vogue when he was a youth Of twenty.


The fashion Of talking to young ladies has
changed in the last thirty years, you know.
and this aged boys soft nothing seems more
out of date than two-year-old bonnet.
They make you think, somehow Of that time
honored frog story wherein is set forth the
discovery of galvanic electricity. When yoa
see his old fashion young antics-his gal
vanic gallantry, so to speak, and hear the
speeches he makes to girls in their teens,
when he ought to he talking to them like
father, you involuniarily call him an old
idiot, and long to remind him of that quaint
rebuke of grand old john "rhou talkest
like one upon whose head the shell is to this
very day" That is how he seems. He ia
old enough to have been almost full-Aedged
before you were born, and here he is trying
to make believe that he is still in the days Of
his gosling green, with the shell sticking on
his head to this day! 1t is melancholy
absurdity. One can't be young unless one
is young. Only once is it given to US to be
unried and soft, and gushing and superlative
and when the time comes for it all to go, no
sort Of effort can hold back the heeting days.
Year: 1871

To MAKE CLOTH WATER-pRooF.-In q
pail Of soft water put half a pound of sugar
Of lead. half pound Of alum; stir this at
intervals until it becomes cool; then pour It
into another pail and put the garment there
in, and let it remain for twenty-four hours.
and then hang it up to dry without wriugiug
il.
Year: 1871

Girls, don't talk slangi If it is neces-
sary that any one in the family should do
that, let it be your big brother, though
would advise him not to adopt pigeon
English" when there is an elegant, sys-
tematized language that he can just as well
use. But don't you do it. You have no
idea how it sounds to ears unused or
averse to it, to hear young lady, when
she is asked if she will go with you to
some place, answer, mot muchI' or, if
requested to do something she does not
wish, to hear her say, "can't see itl"


Not long ago l heard a young miss, who
is educated and accomplished, in speaking
of young man, say that she intended to
"go for himl" and when her sister asked
her assistance at some work, she answered,
"Not for Joep


Now, young ladies of unexceptionable
character and really good education, fall
into this habit, thinking it shows smartness,
to answer back in slang phrases; and they
soon slip fiippantly from their tongues
with a saucy pertness that is neither lady.
like nor becoming. al bet" or "you bet VI
may be well enough among men who sre
trading horses or land; but the contrast is
startling and positively shocking when a
young man is holding the hand of his
iady-love to hear those words issue from
her lips. They seem at once to surround
her with the rougher associations of his
daily life, and bring her down from the
pedestal of her purity, whereon he had
placed her, to his own coarse level


know the bright-eyed girl who reads
this, will think the matter over, and do
what is right, and discard slang and un-
ladylike phrases.-ErchdHge.
Year: 1871

THE Chinese have many customs pecu-
liar TO their nation, which strike the
outside barbarian" SIS being unnatural
and strange. Their religious traditions
are so deep-rooted and so strongly foster
ed by superstition as to give little en-
couragement to missionary laborers. The
most striking of these superstitions are
those pertaining to the disposition of their
dying and dead relatives. Very often the
dead bodies of Chinese men and women
are found in untenanted buildings in the
Chinese quarter of this city, and those un-
acquainted with their superstitions are
prone to set the desertions ofdying friends
down as acts of selfishness This, how
ever, is not so, as the Chinese believe that
ifpersons die in house that they lived in
before death, their spirits will haunt the
place ever after, and give unpleasant evil
dence of their presence to all who remain
In order to prevent the manifestations of
the restless spirit, as soon as the doctor
gives it as his opinion that a patient can
not survive he is taken to another place
and left alone to die. Yesterday case of
this kind was reported to the Coroner. A
young Chinawoman, who had been given
up by her attending physician, was carried
by her relatives to an untenanted house
in Ellis Place, off Pacific, above DUPONT.
luty Iucu uIcSSeu ACi u ACi DCos SlOsA-
ing, spread a new mating on the floor,
and laid her on it They brought in pre-
serves, meats, fruits, candies, boiled rice,
etc., lighted some punks and retired, leav-
ing her alone to await the coming of the
common destroyer. During the day she
died, and was found last night. Coroner
Litterman removed the body, and it is
now at the Morgue awaiting the further
action of the relatives. who will probably
leave her to be disposed of by the city, as
is generally their practice in all such cases.
Many Chinamen-those of the wealthy
classes-do not desert their dead friends
and for the furtherance of this desire
there are several hospitals fitted up, in
order that those about to die may be re-
moved there until they have paid the debt
of nature, after which they are buried with
all the ceremonies of the disciples of Con
fucius.-iSdn Francisco Bulletin.
Year: 1871

What terrible creatures are little
childrenl They are always investigating
affairs by the light of their own innocence,
and bringing older people to confusion
thereby.


The other day little girl, not past the
years of babyhood, was taken out to ride
in a city car by her affectionate aunt
There had been considerable illness IN the
family. and she had seen one lady fire.
quently supported on some ones shoulder
while her head was being bathed with cam
pbor. or in order that she should change her
position for awhile Also there had been
some fear of the invalid's death, and baby
had listened to much that had set her to
thinking deeply. Now that she was
perched upon the car cushions, she looked
about her at the passengers, and soon
settled her attention upon young man
and Young girl who, probably not being
well versed in the customs of polite socie-
ty, were revealing the fact that they kept
steady company" in true Central Park
style. Anyone may see what that Is
by taking a walk in those paths by moon
light and looking at the benches, on every
one of which seem to sit young glIl
with her head upon a young mans
shoulder and his arm about her waist


Baby looked wisely for awhile, then
shook her head, and plucked her aunt by
the sleeve.


aAunty," she said, in shrill, childish
treble, ooh, aunty, do you think that lady
is going to die el-the one the gentleman is
holding upon his shoulder"


Aunty sat overcome. The majority OF
the passengers Uttered audibly, while the
more polite looked out of the window,
and plainly saw something on the side
walk which amused them. And the
young lady's head was set straight upon
her shoulders in moment, while her
sweetheart indicated to the conductor his
wish to alight at the next crossing, an
operation which Baby witnessed with the
remark that "that lady seemed to be
better, and could walk all by herselfnow."
Cincinnati Times.
Year: 1871

BY REV. T. NIELD.
TBERK lived three millers in Labortown,


Each owning q big stone mill


On a stream where the waters tumbled down


From the rapids beneath the hill,


With g roar beneath the hill.
First, Simon Coon was an easy soul,


And nothing disturbed old Coon;
And often he watched the big wheel roll,


And he smoked his pipe till noon;


And that was bis work I'LL noon.
At noon he complained 1t wa. so hot,
Ana half dozed the hours away;
Then at night was sad to think Of what


He might have done that day


Each beautiful summers day.
Next, Moses Jay was a restless man;


or fortune dreamt old Jay,


And every morning he had plan
For grist OF gold that day,


That he meant TO grind that day.
Great things he was just about to do,
When the mill was wrecked on his hands,
And his life grist only amounted to
sackful OF worthless plans,
Though gold was In all his plans.


Then Jacob spry was a thrifty man,
And bright life had old Spry;
he planned his work, and he worked each plan,
And had from q very boy,
For man was in the boy.
His days went on Ike the water-wheel,
SO busy, and steady, and true.


And never day was allowed to steal
Away without something to do,
And that he would always do.


Who knows the millers Of Labortowni
Who do you think they could bef


just lend us an ear and sit right down,
And we'll tell Of all the three,
| Until you know all the three.
| The boy who will waste life's golden day,
Its morning and then Its noon,
Who, when he should study or work, win play.
Is little old Simon Coon
| A thriftless and worthless Coon.
/ The boy who's always going to do
Some wonderful things each day,
Yet finds each night his plans fall through,
Why, he is old Moses Jay
| simple, chattering jay.
| But he who Is up with the rising sun,
| And, before the day goes by,
/ Has his grist of study or work well done,
| Is thrifty old Jacob Spry-
A steady and true old Spry.
| The world has no use for an idle Coon,
| Nor yet for Jay of boy,
| But in Its heart there are warmth and room
| For every industrious Spry,
/ And its blessing will fall on Spry.
| -CkildreH's Hour.
Year: 1871

Little Charles Williams lived near q
mandatory, and he was very fond OF
going among the workmen and the young
people who were at work there. The fore
man would say to him: Keep away from
the wheels, Charlie" Charlie did not
mind, and would often say: 81 can take
care of myself" Often he would go near,
and the wind of the wheels would almost
suck him in, and two or three times he
grew so dizzy that he scarcely knew which
way to go. At length, one day he stag
gered while amid the wheels, and fell the
wrong way; the band caught his little
coat and drew him in, and he was dread,
fully mangled.


So it is, boys, when you go in the way
of temptation: you may think you can
take care of yourselves, and keep clear oi
the wheels; but OH you may find your
selves dreadfully mistaken. Before you
are aware of it, you may be caught and
destroyed. Keep away from the wheels
Young Reaper.